Castiel flew towards where the humans were as fast as his wings could possibly carry him. There was no way Dean was in pain and fear and it wasn't due to the humans. His heart was beating with fright and he was in his own greatest hell.
What is Dean got captured? The thought of his baby in the hands of these monsters terrified him beyond belief. Dean was different. The humans wouldn't just welcome Dean with open arms into their society even know Dean was one himself. Humans were cruel truly awful creatures. Hadn't they taken enough? They were already taking his forest, and now they were going to take his Dean too.
Castiel landed close to the camp and decided to go on foot. It was more likely the humans would spot him by air. He started walking, feeling more pain with every step he got closer to the ruined trees.
He was so close now that he had to stop and put a hand against a tree for support to breath. He felt the tree start to take comfort that he was here. He smiled and ran his hand down the tree that was supporting him, vegetation and a vine grew up it and the tree hummed in pleasure.
"Please. Please tell me if you saw Dean." Castiel said gently running his hand over the rough bark. Castiel knew all the trees knew of his human. They had watched him run through the forest when he was young and had helped Castiel locate the child in the past when Dean ran too far.
Castiel pressed his forehead against the bark to communicate directly with the tree.
The tree was happy that Castiel was paying direct attention to it in particularly and Castiel felt it thrive, vegetation shooting up from the soil around them.
"Human pass here. Got caught and hurt. Other humans take human away." The tree whispered into Castiel's mind. Castiel pulled back nodding giving the tree one last touch.
"Thank You." He said before walking away toward the humans site. When he got there he flinched with every whack he heard as the trees were cut. He ducked behind some bushes and watched. At least thirty five humans were in the area. Cutting away.
Castiel searched for a human without clothes, but there was no sign of Dean anywhere. Suddenly Castiel got a scent. He sniffed the bushes he was behind and his eyes widened. He recognized this scent. He knew it better then he knew how to fly. Dean had been here. Castiel reached for Deans mind but there was to many active brains here, he didn't even know where to begin. And the last thing he wanted to do was tip one of the humans off he was here.
Castiel went to stand, but his legs gave out. Castiel gasped in pain. He had never felt so weak in his own life. He couldn't abandon Dean though. But he was no good in this state. He had ran into this slaughter zone totally blind.
If he returned to his nest he could come back in a few hours rested and with a plan. He didn't like it, but it was a better strategy then this. He walked away from the human camp for a couple of minutes, every step he felt more and more like he was abandoning his child until he flapped his wings and took to the skies.
Dean woke up with a massive migraine and his throat parched. He cracked his eye lids, crusty with sleep. He noticed his breathing was off...labored. He felt so hot, like he was next to the sun.
He lifted his head weakly looking around. He was in the humans structure...a tent Sam had called it. Five humans were talking and the human Sam looked self conflicted. The scrawny man and the bigger man...Bobby were there too.
Suddenly a man looked over at him and looked surprised.
"Sire, the savage is awake."
Sire Sam just rolled his eyes and sighed rubbing the back of his head.
"Okay then lets get started." Sam said and walked over, crouching down next to the soft bed Dean was on.
Dean flinched at how close the human was to him.
"It's okay. We mean you no harm." Sam said smiling. Dean just glared at the friendly gesture.
When Dean tried to get up he hissed and looked down.
"Relax. You were hurt." Sam said pushing Dean back down gently. Dean lifted his hand to feel what covered the wound.
"It's cloth. Gauze actually." Sam said smiling. Dean just swallowed, before Sam picked up a damp cloth and pressed it in to Deans mouth.
Dean just opened, to weak to fight. The cloth gagged his mouth and he was rewarded when water dripped out off it and down his gullet.
Dean bit down on the cloth to get more water off of it and sucked at it greedily.
"We had to give you stitches but you'll survive." Sam said smiling.
Once the cloth was almost sucked dry Sam removed it from his mouth and stood up. The other humans were just staring.
"My name's Sam. I'm the prince of Winchester, son of John and Mary Winchester. What's yours?" The humans asked curiously.
Dean just swallowed sharply. No way was he telling this human his real name.
"Jensen." Dean lied cooly.
Sam just smiled buying it.
"Nice to meet you Jensen. Can you tell me why you were wandering outside naked in my construction zone." Sam asked gently smiling.
Dean just flinched.
"You're cutting down my home..." Dean mumbled staring at Sam.
Sam just furrowed his eyebrows.
"So. You are feral? You live in the forest?" Sam asked curiously. Dean looked up at the other humans feeling uncomfortable they were here. Sam picked up on this and looked behind him nodding and the humans left through the flap in the tent.
"It's just us. You can trust me." Sam said smiling gently.
Dean didn't know why but he really did feel like he could trust this human.
"Yes." Dean whispered nodding, answering the Prince's question.
Sam just nodded considering this.
"Then you must know that an angel lives here..." Sam said slowly.
Dean cringed.
"I'm...aware." Dean said uncertainly.
Sam eyes just widened.
"And you live here? Despite the danger? You are a very brave man indeed Jensen." Sam said smiling widely.
Dean furrowed his eyebrows. He was not a man. Male yes but not a man. And what danger?
"I think you're maybe confused..." Dean said tilting his head studying the Princes features to see if he said man on purpose.
The princes smile shrunk.
"What do you mean?" He asked concerned.
There was a pause before Dean replied.
"I am not a man. I'm...not a human." Dean said calmly.
Sam's eyes just shrunk with concern.
"You are ill." Sam said sadly.
Dean just shook his head.
"No one gets ill here. Ca-The angel protects everything here." Dean said nodding.
Sam just shook his head.
"No Jensen I mean soft in the head. You are just as human as I am. See." Sam removed the top layer of cloth Dean now recognized, that covered his body and Dean was greeted with one layer of fair skin like his own. Maybe not as tan as his, but Dean realized that the second layer of skin was cloth now.
"And sadly Jensen angels don't protect people. They are violent, unpleasant, scary beings that will not hesitate to kill.
Dean just furrowed his eyebrows.
"No...you're wrong." Dean said angrily.
"Just because I have robes and you don't doesn't make you any less human." Sam smiled.
This human...Sam...had a chest just like Deans. It was almost identical, just a different build.
Dean just looked at him with wide eyes.
"No." Dean whispered shaking his head. Cas had told him humans were manipulating. This human was just trying to get the better of him. Turn him against Cas.
But Dean always knew that he wasn't Castiel's real offspring. Or else he would have wings and powers. What if...what if it was possible that a human gave birth to him? But then if he was human why would Cas take him in when he hated humans so much? None of it made sense.
"Yes." Sam nodded.
"No...he...he would have told me..." Dean choked out, tears running down his face. How could he belong to such a horrible species such as humans?
"Who Jensen?" Sam asked tilting his head and buttoning his robes back up.
"My...Cas wouldn't have kept something like this." Dean found himself saying even know he didn't mean to. But his head was overflowing at the moment.
"Jensen." Sam said taking his face in his hands.
"Who's Cas?"
