Gabriel stood in front of the Governor's mansion pen in hand smiling for the all the 'nice' reporters and making a list of who he would be visiting once he had real business out of the way. There was more than one of them who deserved to be taken down a peg or two.
"Governor! Aren't you the least bit concerned with releasing three known serial killers back onto the streets of Massachusetts?" The blonde woman was shoving a microphone in his face.
Gabriel quickly read her sins realizing that the woman was only here because she had always profited from the work of others. There was only thing she had done herself to get where she was and that amounted to sleeping with with her co-anchor while his wife was in labor giving birth to a son. I'll definitely be seeing you again sweetheart, and soon.
Out loud he said "Of course not. These men have never posed any danger to the law abiding citizens of this state. In fact through their actions the citizens of our fair state are now safer than they were before. I have no regrets in granting them a full pardon.
Now ladies and gentlemen, if you have any further questions, please direct them to my office. The Macmanus brothers and Romeo Rivera are free men with all the rights and privileges due them."
Gabriel was an archangel. While Purgatory was closed to most, there was a gate that allowed angels to come and go freely but it hadn't been used in eons. Gabriel was sure that Castiel was too young to remember it or he would have immediately come through it, dragging Dean Winchester back with him. That's why Gabriel was now in Purgatory.
Most beings would be terrified in Gabriel's position but then they weren't archangels, there was only one thing in Purgatory that could harm him and that was the leviathans. But even the leviathans didn't want to tangle with an archangel unless it was in a pack. Unlike the Seraphs, Archangels could give as good as they got, against a handful of Leviathans. A lone Leviathan didn't stand a chance and what was once Dick Roman knew it. Most of the leviathans were still on Earth, part of Castiel's mistake.
It took a while to find Castiel who had been bound by the Dragons using an old Enochian spell. The dragons were amusing themselves by singeing off Castiel's feathers over and over again. Gabriel snapped his fingers adorning himself in his full armor. His celestial sword (Not to be confused with his angel blade which was more like a personal dagger) in his hand. He extended his wings behind him to their full extension.
Castiel looked up to see a figure adorned in glowing golden armor and the distinct gold and emerald wings. Castiel smiled at the sight of Gabriel gathering his power, the golden glow growing more intense until even the Dragons noticed it.
The dragon that currently had hold of Cas' wing looked up and squawked in fear. Cas looked at the dragon holding him and said seriously. "I believe my big brother is about to smite your ass."
The dragon didn't doubt it. He still remembered the last time Gabriel had smote him. It was how he ended up in Purgatory to begin with. The Dragons weren't even about to fight they simply ran off abandoning their prisoner.
Gabriel snapped his finger erasing the spell. Grabbing Castiel he dragged him out of Purgatory and up to heaven where Balthazar was speaking to a group of angel's. Releasing Castiel,Gabriel glared at him and said "Stay here until I get back. And for Dad's sake, try to stay out of any more trouble."
"Sam! How's the brain pan?" Gabriel asked popping into the motel room.
"Gabriel?" Dean asked startled into dropping the beer he had been holding out to Sam.
"The one and only!" Gabriel answered with a patented Trickster smirk. "Did you miss me!"
"Uh Dude, you are dead." Sam said. "I remember Lucifer killing you. When he was in my mind he showed me."
"Yeah well what Dad wants and what Lucifer can do are two different things." Gabriel said. "I need to check and make sure that Castiel was able to fix you." Gabriel laid two fingers on Sam's head. "You're good to go now, Sammy. The memories won't come back years down the line."
"Look Gabe, I admit you aren't exactly a complete douche but you're not exactly the angel I want to see right now." Dean started.
I know, you were in Purgatory and you think that Cas deserted you, now you feel the need to display your own brand of Dean Winchester douche-bag-i-ness." Gabriel said. "Well you can just stow it.
Castiel is supposed to be your friend and has saved your ass on more than one occasion. This time he needed you to save his. Where were you?
Sam had a chance to live a normal life and the first thing you do is start in on him for quitting the family business. He jumped into the cage with Mikey and Luci. He sacrificed himself to save the world. Sam earned a vacation.
Castiel is back in Heaven now, recovering from being captured and tortured by a group of dragons when the two of you hitchhiked along for the ride with Dick. I got him out of Purgatory and once Castiel is recovered, I'm grounding him for the next decade."
Gabriel raised his hand about to snap his fingers when Sam yelled "Wait! What do you mean you're grounding him?" Sam asked.
"Well somebody has to clean up the mess you three Muttonheads managed to create." Gabriel explained. "And since I'm the only Archangel left in a position to do so, it's my responsibility. Now try not to break the world again would you?"
Sam and Dean watched as Gabriel snapped his finger and disappeared on a flutter of wings.