Hi again. I know this chapter is short but I am busy and wrote the whole thing on my iPad mini. Let me know if you like it or have any ideas or anything. I love hearing from you. The next chapter is half done and should be posted today or tomorrow plus is much longer. Now onto the story!
Gabriel waited until he was alone with the twins to put his plan into action knowing Castiel was right no matter the pain he felt saving the twins had to be his top priority and John's death was a sure fire sign they had a traitor in their midsts. He carefully bundled each of the newborns up and layed them in a small cart swaddling them in blankets knowing he had to move fast or Sam would come back and everything would be ruined.
Once the twins were coddled in thick black fur blankets that would keep them warm and safe he changed his own appearance and outfit looking at the carriage that was being prepaired for his and Sam's journey home. He turned to his most trusted servant and took her hand. "Don't let Sam do anything stupid. He'll be broken... I know I'm hurting him but I have to protect our babies. It's the only way for sure. Keep him safe and alive, Castiel knows where I'm going if I must be reached. Please Charlie, I'm counting on you." He told the red headed woman softly and she nodded.
"I'll serve you the best I can and keep Sam from any harm my queen. But you be safe too. Don't try to take on too much. I know Sam will forgive you for this whenever you are able to return." She said hugging him before handing him a dagger. "It was my father's. Keep it, and may it serve you well. Now go, I'll rake care of the rest." She said watching as he left with the twins and she looked around before starting a fire in one of the carriages and called for help but the thing was ablaze before Sam could hardly get close and she held him away from the flames herself, everyone of his screams for Gabriel and their daughters seeming to pierce her heart personally due to knowing his mate and children were alive and well but he couldn't know that or it'd ruin the plan.
Dean rushed out ordering Castiel to stay giving the angel time to put together an act to cover the fact he knew his favorite brother and nieces were safe. Michael ran out with Dean and both of them dragged a sobbing and screaming Sam back into the castle with help of Charlie. He resigned himself to his and Dean's room crying not for his brother's death but the pain he could feel radiating off of Sam. It was agony, pure and simple, and guilt since he was blaming himself for what he thought happened. Castiel wanted to hug him and reassure him of Gabriel's safety but that would make the pain he was already feeling in vain. Fire towered from the carriage turning the whole castle and area around it a horrid ruby red color that made Castiel feel sick.
Sam had finally quieted but seemed in a comatose state. He wouldn't move or speak or even look away from where his eyes were trained on the sight of the inferno that stole his life from him. It didn't matter he wasn't inside the flames. With Gabriel and their precious daughters... Only hours into this life... gone he had no reason to go on, no reason to live. It was weird that just a few months ago he was single and hadn't a care in the world besides keeping Dean out of trouble but then there came Gabriel. Smiles and sweets, laughs and trouble, his joy and light, Gabriel. He had become Sam's world and watching the flames starting to shrink their amber light casting shadows on Sam making him look as empty as he felt, he knew he'd never love again. Then it was so much worse knowing the girls were lost too. They were so fresh to the world, they were so wonderfully perfect and all Sam could think of was what did they do to deserve this? Not even Lucifer could possibly justify these actions. To destroy such innocent beauty so soon after it's birth must surly be impossible... but the fire finally died and a darkness settled over Sam with it that wouldn't go away once the sun rose again. Nothing but Gabriel and his girls would ever make it leave him and they were gone forever not even a body to bury.
Dean returned to Castiel seeming in shock but nothing compared to Sam. Castiel ran to him and hugged him sobbing into his shirt hating all of this and cursing Lucifer over and over for everything. "Cas... Oh Cas... They... They were just here. We should have... We should have... Gabriel and... Then Sam... Why? Why us? Why now? They never hurt anyone to deserve to die that way, to deserve to die at all! If I ever, EVER, see Lucifer I'm going to rip him to pieces for this! I swear it on my mother's grave!" He hissed before breaking down crying with Castiel not knowing what else to do.
Gabriel could feel Sam's agony through their bond and it staggered him nearly making him fall to his knees but he had to move on for his daughters, he had to make them safe. In the castle there were too many people, too much structure. If Sam came with them then no one would believe they actually died, just that they faked it again. It had to be this way, for the girls' sake. Castiel would find a way to make it safe for them to come back, he'd keep an eye on Sam for him, he knew. Until then he had to keep off the map. There was a tiny two bedroom cottage hidden away in the thick forest to the North-West of the castle. It had a vegetable garden, a small stream nearby and plenty of wildlife to hunt. Gabriel had stolen enough goods from the carts to last a while as well but he knew they'd be alright once they got there. The girls were sleeping deeply while they traveled, thankfully, and Gabriel hoped it lasted. It was only a day's travel by foot to the cottage so he knew he'd make it there alright but he was worried about the girls drawing attention to them. He looked nothing like what the people knew him as and they'd never seen the twins but Lucifer's minions might recognize them and that worried him. As long as they kept quiet he thought they'd be okay though.
Sam finally stood once the sun came up and walked out to what remained of his family taking a handful of ash in his hand and holding it to his heart closing his eyes and letting out a soft broken sob. He'd find Lucifer and make him pay for this. He swore it. For his mother, for his father, but more then that he'd tear Lucifer's wings straight off his back for Gabriel. For his babies. For the future they all almost had. He put the ash in his hand in a vial that he wore around his neck as a reminder and walked back inside to get cleaned up. He had work to do.
Castiel walked out to the burnt remains having been watching Sam and was confused by Michael's lack of emotion. Gabriel was his brother yet he only had seemed worried or upset when he thought Sam was going to go after them. Once they had gotten Sam away from the fires Castiel found Michael seemed much too calm for his liking. It troubled him.
He looked at the mess and sighed thinking of the cost of carriages and how he could make them less flammable not wanting it so easy to destroy them. He jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder sighing seeing it was only Dean. "We're still going ahead with the funeral for my dad. We're going to announce that... That Gabriel died the time we faked his death but Sam had escaped and just came home. Sam's talking now but I don't think he'll be the same after this... I can't even imagine..." He muttered and Castiel hugged him resting his head on Dean's chest and listening to his heartbeat.
"Everything happens for a reason Dean and all things find their way in the end. Maybe we should not of been so quick to dismiss Gabriel's nightmares as simple dreams but now all we can do is carry on and hope for peace in the end." He muttered sadly thinking of the color of the flames and his stomach twisted uncomfortably. Maybe he shouldn't have sent Gabriel away but it was too late now. He only hoped it wasn't a bad omen.