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Chapter 10 Progress Or Regress

A week after Michael possessed Dean.

"How's it going, is the mark any better yet?" Sam asked.

"It will take a while for the mark to be gone, completely." Michael answered looking up from his seat in the library.

"I thought that my brother was suppose to be in control, of this whole shabang?" Sam asked in confusion.

"He is...your brother is just very tired today. So he said that I could "hang" here while he is resting." Michael replied.

"Is he okay? I mean, is that normal?" Sam asked with concern for his brother.

"I wish that I could tell you, Samuel. What I can tell you is that the mark is less angry, in it's presence and in appearance." Michael told Sam as he rolled the sleeve of his shirt, and showed that the mark was now a light pink instead of a bright red.

"That's great news, but here's the thing I feel like I haven't gotten to speak to my brother much, in the past week." Sam informed the angel worriedly.

"I could wake him from his sleep if you would like." Michael suggested.

"That would be good, thank you." Sam answered a little weired out, by talking to this angel who not only looked but sounded like his brother as well. Which lead him to wonder if that's how Dean felt when Gadreel was in control of him.

Then all at once the golden skin of the angel turned pale.

"What's up Sammy, are you okay?" Dean asked sounding completely drained.

"Yeah... I just wanted to make sure that you are okay." Sam explained not wanting to tell Dean that he really only wanted to make sure, that his brother was still there.

"I'm fine, Sam. I just thought that Mike could use some human interaction." Dean answered with a smirk, not his usual one though this one was muted somehow.

Sam believed this about as much as he believed in big foot, but decided to nod anyway.

"Don't worry so much, Sam. He's not like Gadreel, he's a good guy...for an angel anyway." Dean told him in a reassuring tone.

"How do you know? Gadreel started out being a "good guy" too, right?" Sam asked even though he knew that the only reason Gadreel turned out bad, was because of Metatron's influence.

"Mike saved our brother from Lucifer. If he was a bad guy, not only would he have let Lucifer have at him, but he would have fried Adam so that he could have his vessle all to himself, but he didn't. So any angel who would choose to save a Winchester is a good guy." Dean answered sounding as drained as Sam had ever heard.

"I guess that will have to enough for me too, then." Sam managed right before the golden tanned angel was back in control.

TBC

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