Replies to reviews: Wow, I guess I lit something up with the last line in my previous Of course, you all know who is coming. But there is an aspect here you haven't considered. Hope you all like what I am about to do with the whole Gabriel thing.

GalaxyWolf2.0 – I do intend to do a chapter about what is going on in the Forbidden Universe, but I will be a bit later on.


Later that evening, SSam is not surprised to find Dean in the garage, ready to head out. "What do you want?" Dean asks surlier then he intended to. By now he could tell them apart just by looking at SSam, who avoided eye contact, shyly looking away and the clear sadness that just emanated from his entire appearance. "I actually wanted to see the car." SSam states looking at the impala with a nostalgic look. "I realized I have been here for almost two weeks and I haven't seen her... "

"Her?" Dean asks looking confused. He never expected to hear any Sam refer to the car as a her. SSam kept looking at the car as he approaches and sets his hand on the hood, almost caressing it. When he finally looked up at Dean, he could see Dean was waiting for an explanation. SSam's lips curve into a small sad half smile. "I haven't seen her in a long time."

Dean raises his eyebrows as he asks "What happened to her? I mean back there in your world."

"Nothing. Dean still drives her, I guess. I ... um... I haven't seen my brother in a long time too." Dean frowns, trying to understand and he leans on the car and crosses his hands. SSam runs his hand over his face, "It's... Um... It's complicated. We... we didn't fight or anything... I wasn't really our choice... – SSam sighs heavily and Dean feels a pinch in his chest – You... You shouldn't fight with Sam. You are both doing the best you can. You... you should stick together, because you never know what might happen."

SSam didn't know where he found the courage to speak up like this. He just knew he hated seeing them fight, and he badly wanted to do something about it, to help. He was expecting a dirty look from Dean, or a frown, as it was none of his business to preach Dean about what he should or shouldn't do. He wasn't expecting Dean to open up to him.

Dean knew well Sam's puppy dog eyes. But this SSam, he was more like a puppy all together. It was so weird for Dean to see that version of his brother. So apologetic, so sad, and a part of Dean just wanted to hug him and hide him from the world. "I know. I just... With everything that happened with Jack, and us loosing mom and Cass... It has all been just a bit too much, you know."

SSam looks at his with questions in his eyes "Cass? What do you mean you lost Cass?" Dean smiles not remembering how they have lost him, but how they got him back. "Lucifer. He killed Cass. Jack brought him back." SSam was a bit amazed to hear that Jack had that power. Dean continued " I guess Jack is trying, I can see that. I just... I don't know. I guess I am worried. I want to get mom back, I really do, but I am scared. She is stuck there with Lucifer and that other Michael..."

"You are worried what would happen if they were ever to come here? Both Michael and this world Lucifer?" SSam asks and Dean had to smile just a bit at the comforting look in SSam's eyes. Then he sighs and shakes his head."What if Jack decides he wants to be with his real father? What if he turns out evil? And that Michael... If you only saw what he did to that other world..."

As SSam and Dean continue their talk in the garage, Sam was standing in the middle of the Main hall looking up at the entrance of the bunker, completely surprised by what he was seeing.

Ketch entered the door, dragging in a man. The man was in shredded clothes, dirty and muddy, cuts and bruises everywhere. When Sam saw his face and his lips stitched together, he felt like he was thunderstruck. "Come on, I don't want to hurt you, I am only helping you." Ketch said to the man as he was dragging him down the stairs. When they reach Sam, the man breaks free for Ketch and runs in a corner. He curls up, looking scared out of his mind.

"That is the angel Asmodeus was taking grace from. He was injecting himself with it, growing more powerful with each intake. Now that I have cut him off of his supply, he will be mad. Here... – Ketch takes Sam's hand and drops two vials of pure grace in it – took the rest with me too. No need to leave it there for him to take more... Sam? Sam, what is it?" Ketch only then noticed the look on Sam's face.

Sam shakes his feelings and tries to approach the broken archangel. "Gabriel? Gabriel, it's me... It's Sam." Gabriel didn't seem to recognize him. Sam tries to extend his hand toward him, but this only made Gabriel flinch, as his whole body trembles and he looks at Sam with a terrified expression. Sam sighs and closes his eyes, remembering their guest at the bunker. He gets up and looks at Ketch. "Quick, help me get him to a room."

As gently as Sam could he directs Gabriel to one of the empty rooms they had in the bunker. They set him on a bed, and as soon as they let go, Gabriel jumps off the bed and into another corner. As Ketch notices the worried look on Sam's face, mixed with the realization Sam actually know this angel, he speaks up "Asmodeus was torturing him, both physically and mentally. When I found out, I knew I had to get him out." Ketch as a bit worried before, not sure if the brothers would help him, would take him in, but after seeing Sam's reaction, he hoped he did well. And he certainly hadn't expected to hear Sam say "Thank you, Ketch."


"I'm gonna head out, maybe clear my head a bit." Dean says after going through a full chick-flick moment as he called them. It was more like an hour long conversation then a moment. He gives SSam an awkward hug and quickly gets into the car. SSam gasped when Dean hugged him, but tried to keep a bright expression on his face. He watched Dean drive away and he knew he made progress with him.

He walks back into the main hall and sees Sam standing there talking to Cass and Ketch. He tries to walk over to them, but mid-way he stops. He felt something, something familiar. His whole body shivers and his eyes dart every corner of the room, not finding what they are looking for. When Sam sees him and his expression, he practically runs to him. "Sam? Take it easy..."

"Where... where is he?" SSam asks almost frantic. Ketch looked baffled by this reaction, not really knowing who or rather what that Sam was and how he relates to Gabriel. Cass lowers his head, not wanting any of this to happen. But he knew SSam could sense Gabriel and he only hoped he would listen to them first, so that they might prepare him for the sight of a damaged archangel.

"Sam, listen... He..." Sam tries to explain, but SSam wouldn't listen. He tries to follow the direction of his father's grace and when Sam grabs his hand trying to stop him, he pushes him away, more strongly then he meant to, nearly sending Sam to the ground. When he finally reaches the room, he stares at the closed door for a second before he opens it.

It was like somebody stabbed him in the heart and twisted the knife. He felt such sharp pain in his chest and his hands started shaking uncontrollably. The vision of his father so beaten up, so helpless was just too mush. Tears run down his eyes and his lips tremble as he tries to speak "Da... Gabriel?"

Sam runs in the room standing behind SSam, and SSam takes a step forward. Gabriel shakes even more, backing into the corner and if he could he would go right through it. He screams, but with his mouth still sown shut, he sounds like a wounded animal. It was clear he was terrified by SSam and SSam didn't understand why. He tried to take another step and Gabriel screamed again, each note of it drove a stake right through SSam's heart.

Sam grabs his look-a-like and pulls him out of the room. SSam's eyes were red with tears and he barely speaks, his voice shaking "What..." Sam grabs him by the shoulders and gazed at him, with a seriousness on his face, but a comforting look in his eyes. "You need to stay away from him, you understand?"

SSam looks at Sam, not sure he heard right "Wha... Why?" Sam gulps as he tries to explain "Asmodeus was taking his grace and torturing him. He... He doesn't know you, doesn't know who you are to him... He sees you as his tormentor."

SSam felt his heart stop and all the air disappeared from his lungs as he makes the connection. If the prince of Hell was really taking his grace and injecting himself with it, and SSam shared Gabriel's grace as he was his son, then... Then Gabriel must indeed see him as Asmodeus. And the thought horrified the nephilim.

"It probably doesn't help that Asmodeus now has shape-shifting powers and Gabriel just saw the two of us in there." Sam says, his eyes watering up to at the sight of his double's pain. SSam burries his face in his hands and starts sobbing as he lowers himself into a crouching position, leaning against the wall. Sam crouches next to him, and sets a firm hold on his shoulder, trying to comfort him. He wished there was more he could do.


When SSam finally calmed down enough to get up of the floor, Sam took him to his room, promising he will fix this. Then Sam finds the suture kit and brings it to Gabriel's room. Ketch and Cass were already in there, Ketch observing as Cass tried to help Gabriel, trying to heal at least a part of him, as he knew full well, he had no power to really heal an archangel.

Both Cass and Ketch had to hold Gabriel down, and it really hurt them all to see the scared look on Gabriel's face as Sam was approaching it with small surgical scissors. Gabriel screamed when Sam cut the first string on his lips, nearly making Sam graze him with the scissors. But when he felt relief on one side of his lips, he calmed down just enough for Sam to finish the job. When he finished, Ketch and Cass released him and he ran back into the corner.

He felt his lips move again, still sore from being stitched together. He flinched when Sam approached him with a glass of water, and he just stared at him, wanting to take the glass, worried it was a trick and he might get punished for making a wrong move. Sam's face grimaces and he lowers himself to Gabriel's level. He extends the glass towards Gabriel's mouth and bends it forward. He nods at Gabriel, his look saying it is ok to take it, and Gabriel leans to the glass, taking just a small sip.

He backs away and his eyes look at Sam with fear, expecting a reaction, and when Sam nods at the glass again, Gabriel leans in again, drinking it all. He flinches again when Sam stands up, and Sam gives him an apologetic look, saying he didn't mean to scare him. "Cass, can you get him something to eat, please?" Sam asks not taking his eyes of Gabriel.

Cass exits the door and finds Jack hovering in front. He squints his eyes at him for a second and then sighs "You want to see him?" When Jack nods, Cass continues "I don't think that is a good idea. But if you must, holster your grace. He doesn't know you and if he senses you, he will think you are Lucifer."

Jack nods again, understanding what Cass is saying. Gabriel has already been tortured enough without having to feel his brother, the archangel who tried to kill him in the same room. Jack takes in a deep breath and hugs himself for a second and then lets go. Cass nods assuring Jack he is fully cloacked.