It took only a couple of days for Cas to be back to his old self. Surprisingly, Gabe stayed with us the whole time, never leaving the room, not even to get candies. As expected, questions were asked. Cas got yelled at by Gabriel for possessing me. Apparently, even though I was Michael's vessel, my body wasn't able to support Cas' grace which explained part of the unhealed cuts and the memory loss. On my hand, I got reprimanded by Sam and Ketch (of all people) about getting shot in order to say yes.
The next bunch of questions were about the hospital. That part, I still didn't understand. I got told that I had been shot there, but it was Cas who shot me in the motel. And there was also the part about the infected wounds. They should've been treated there, but I still had an infection.
Anyway, we packed everything up as soon as our angel friend felt better. Thanks to Gabriel, we didn't have to pay a cleaning fee or explain to the police why there were five bodies in the bathtub. He had made everything disappear in a snap of his fingers. Ketch was out packing the trunk of the Impala while we were making sure we weren't forgetting anything important.
"So, 'you coming with us?" I asked Gabriel.
He glanced at his younger brother who was helping Sam pack the last duffle bag.
"Yeah… Just to make sure you guys don't get killed."
The door opened behind me.
"I thought you were supposed to wait outside for the other…" I started turning to Ketch.
I reached for my gun in my back and pointed on the three figures who had just entered. Ketch was the first one. He had a blade on his throat. Behind was what I presumed to be a demon. The most interesting part was the woman who walked in after. I recognized her from the hospital.
"You're the doctor I flirted with."
"Yes…"
"And, of course, you're a demon. Sam, I think we are cursed on that point." I joked.
"And, you, you have your memories back. Let me guess… Castiel?" she laughed.
Nobody answered.
"Ha… Well, this is getting boring."
She snapped her fingers and Ketch's neck snapped. His lifeless body fell on the ground. I fired at her. The bullets did touched her, but not even a single drop of blood flowed out of the holes. She turned to Gabriel.
"Ok…. I will try to forget that...How are you doing, son?" she asked walking toward him.
Gabriel froze at the , great! Asmodeus! Sam and I put ourselves between the archangel and the Prince of Hell. She stopped, smiling at me.
"How are you alive?" Sam asked her.
"Apparently we work almost the same way as the reapers. If Lucifer kills one of us, we come back stronger. You should've seen the look on his face when I broke his vessel's neck. I don't think he appreciated."
"The hospital…" I asked, incapable of stopping myself from it.
"Oh, that. Well, we found you unconscious and thought we would, you know, play with you a little. We were hoping your little friend here would come to rescue you with his brother" she said, pointing at the angels with her chin," But you escaped before."
"Your demons were too enthusiastic "
"I know, that's why I let you go. And you did a pretty good job! You led me straight to Gabriel. Now, less talking and more, well…"
She waved her hands in the air. Sam and I were sent through the wall leading to the bedroom. Castiel tried to intervene but Asmodeus sent him on the ground faster than he could react. She turned to Gabriel. The archangel still hadn't moved. The Prince of Hell hit him… or more his "fake" self. The image dissolved as Gabriel tried to stab him in the back with a blade. The woman turned on herself. She grabbed his wrist, knocked his weapon away and twisted his arm in a horrible angle, forcing him to get on the ground. She made appear a syringe out of thin air and injected it in Gabriel's neck.
"Now, I hope you've had time to regrow your grace," she told him.
Castiel jumped on her before she could extract the grace. They rolled on the ground. Sam and I were finally able to get back on our feet. We raised our guns, but we didn't need to shoot. Cas had just stabbed the demon in the heart.
As he got up, I started to feel distant. I replace my jacket's collar. Wait a sec… I was never doing that. I wasn't controlling my movements anymore. I surprised myself laughing. Castiel's eyes slowly met mine. I wanted to talk, but nothing happened. Not a sound, nothing.
"Oh boys, you were so preoccupied with finding Castiel that you forgot an important thing" I smiled, "The angel completely blew up his anti-possession tattoo."