Castiel teleported into Bobby Singer's kitchen a few days later, where he found Dean sitting at the table with his phone pressed to his ear. Castiel was holding his own phone, which was ringing. "You were calling."
Dean hung up his phone. "Any news on your asshole brother?" It had been over a week since he'd seen his brother, not including the dream invasion, and he was getting antsy. He wanted Sam back and away from the dick trickster slash archangel.
"I would've told you if I'd found Gabriel," Castiel said.
"Come on, Cas, there has to be a way to 'find him," Dean said.
"I'm doing everything I can, Dean. He knows how to hide. He's been doing it for a millennia."
"I want my brother back, Cas!" Dean fumed.
"I understand. He hasn't appeared to you while you were sleeping again?" Castiel asked.
"No," Dean said. He'd hoped Sam would come back into his head. For that reason, he hadn't fought going to sleep instead of looking for Sam. He'd hoped Sam would show up. But it didn't work.
"I suppose it is logical that he didn't. After being caught, Gabriel would watch him more closely," Castiel guessed.
An idea occurred to Dean. "Wait, you said you could go into people's dreams. You can go talk to Sam."
"I did consider that. It's not a good idea. Gabriel would know the moment I entered Sam's dream. He would pull me out," Castiel said.
"And maybe kill you," Dean realized.
"That's a concern, yes. Gabriel isn't as quick to attack as the others, but he's still an archangel and his wrath should be both respected and feared. However, that's not the reason I don't try it. One reason is as I said, it would be redundant as he would sense me and pull me out. The other is that any chance I have at getting him to trust me would disappear," Castiel said.
"Why would you care if he trusts you?" Dean asked. They didn't need this bastard to trust them. They needed to find him and get Sam away from him. No trust was necessary.
"Because I need to know what he knows. Something he knows is dramatic enough that it could cause a war. We need to work together to try to stop that from happening. I understand that you're angry about Sam, Dean, but Sam has already said he'd okay. Gabriel won't hurt him. It's important to figure out what's going on. For that, I need Gabriel to know he can trust me," Castiel said.
"Well, I don't give a damn about his trust. I want my brother back. We gotta find him. There has to be a way," Dean said.
"I have considered calling out to him as I did with my brother Jedidiah, but it would be very risky. All angels would be able to hear it and they would act. It was different when I called Jedidiah. No one would care about random angels contacting each other, especially the archangels. They wouldn't care enough to pay attention. But Gabriel is another matter. He hasn't been seen in thousands of years. It would draw a lot of attention," Castiel said.
"I'll do it then. I can pray to him or something," Dean said. Any prayer he'd send out would probably actually be a large rant filled with threats, but he was sure it was the same principle.
Castiel shook his head. "No. Any angel would be able to hear you and they'd come immediately. It would be no different than handing you over to Michael."
"What about Bobby?" Dean asked.
"What about me?" Bobby asked as he entered the room.
Castiel looked at Bobby, considering it. That could work. Then he turned back to Dean. "You'd have to leave."
Dean shook his head. "No freaking way."
"Dean, the angels know you're friends with Bobby. If they hear him praying, they may show up," Castiel told him. He hoped that wouldn't happen. He hoped that they wouldn't be paying too much attention to Bobby. The fact that it was a specific angel might make them listen, but maybe not. Gabriel was known in the man made Bible. They might not think anything of a human calling for him.
"Wait a minute, you want me to pray?" Bobby asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, to Gabriel," Castiel said.
"Cas, he has my brother. I'm gonna be here when the SOB shows up," Dean said.
"First of all, Dean, I don't know that Gabriel will show up. This is simply the only chance we have to get a message to him. Second, you being here and angering him isn't going to help Sam, and finally, we can't allow Zachariah to get to you and take you to Michael. You promised Sam never to say yes, remember?" Castiel asked.
Dean just sat there for a minute. Then he wordlessly got up, grabbed his coat and walked out the back door.
"So you want me to do this now?" Bobby asked. He couldn't believe he was about to pray to some freaking angel. But it was to get Sam back. That was enough of a reason.
"No, I need to make sure I can get rid of any unwanted angels that show up first," Cas said before grabbing a knife that was on the table and cutting himself. He then went to the door and drew the banishing sigil in his blood, just like he had a while ago to try to help Dean.
"Your ass if cleaning that with this is over," Bobby informed him.
Once Castiel finished, he walked back over to Bobby. "You must be careful about what you say. We want him to come so we can work together to stop whatever war may be starting. We can't anger him."
"So not only do I have to pray, I have to be nice. I aint even nice to people I like," Bobby grumbled. "What do you want me to say?"
"Just impress on him the need to speak with him. Don't mention Sam's name. We don't want other angels to know he's missing even from me, especially Lucifer. Don't mention yours either. Hopefully the others won't know your voice and will just ignore you like most others. Gabriel will know who's calling to him without you saying your name," Castiel said.
"I don't even know how to do this," Bobby said.
"You've never prayed?" Castiel asked.
"I'm not exactly religious," Bobby said.
"I wish I could direct you, but I'm unfamiliar with the way human's pray," Castiel said.
Bobby sighed and looked towards the ceiling. "Gabriel, we could use your help over here and maybe you can use ours. I think no matter what else, we have a common goal. We can work together. So get your ass down here, would you? That's as nice as I get," Bobby said, directing the last part to Castiel.
"That should be alright. You didn't say anything to alert the other angels that something is amiss," Castiel said. It would've been different if it had been him. Like he told Dean, an angel calling for Gabriel would raise suspicion, but not so much with a human. Most angels tended to disregard those prayers altogether.
"What now?" Bobby asked.
"We will have to wait to see if he comes," Castiel said before sitting down at the table.