Chapter 14-Depression of the Angelic Kind

"What the hell happened to you?" Sam asked as Cas walked into his room. His face was starting to bruise from where Cam had hit him.

"You should have seen the other guy." Cas remarked, thinking back to a saying that Dean had told him once when he was giving him training in pop culture. Dean joked about how this must have been what it was like for John Conner when he was trying to teach the Terminator to be "cool".

"What? No Dean?" Sam asked, looking around for his brother.

"No." Cas said softly. "I didn't bring him."

"Then what are you doing here?" Sam asked.

"I had a run-in eariler with someone and it made me realize that you and me are more alike than I gave you credit for." Cas said. Sam set up in bed and just watched Cas. Not really staring or glaring...just watching.

"Who did you have a run-in with?" Sam asked.

"My big brother." Cas said after a moment of silence.

"Zack?" Sam asked. Cas shook his head.

"My biological brother." Cas said. "See, angels are just like humans. We are born to a mother like you. We just say that the angels are our brothers and sisters because we never see humans growing up. Yeah, Gaberial did take me to Earth once and showed me how much fun walking amongst you can be, but things changed fast and the children were no longer allowed to see Earth." Cas paused, running a hand through his bloody hair.

"Cas..." Sam said. Cas knew what he meant. Sam had used that tone with Dean before. It meant 'stop' or 'you don't have to'. But Cas just waved it off.

"He hit me around a couple times, but that got me to thinking. Maybe I started out on the wrong side of the war." Cas said. He set down in a chair next to Sam and for once, Sam thought that Cas was showing a true human moment. "Maybe I'm making a mistake by not joining Cam."

"Cas, don't say that." Sam said. "If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have my brother and we wouldn't be friends..." Sam looked away from Cas. "Cas, you know about what I saw, don't you?"

"I..."

"Don't you lie to me." Sam said, sounding strangely like Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side.

"Yes." Cas said. "That's why you ran, wasn't it? You saw the future and you didn't like what you saw." Sam sighed and nodded his head. He decided that it was about time to change the subject though. This was going nowhere fast and he was trying to get rid of these feelings, not keep them bottled up.

"So, your brother? Is he another angel of something?" Sam asked. Cas shook his head no. "Then what?"

"He's a demon." Cas said. "He walked out on us and joined Lucifer's reign. Believe it or not, I'm considering to join him." With that, Cas was gone again, leaving Sam confused.

Oh, poor little Cas! Should his brother come back into play or should he be one of those one hit wonders in the Supernatural world? Please review!