A/N: I'm putting warnings for torture and gore on this chapter. Please heed this warning!
"No," Sam said. "You're not real. I'm dreaming..."
"Sam, Sam, Sam -"
"No, you can't hurt me. This is a dream!"
Lucifer smiled. "Can't I?"
Lucifer pointed his index finger at Sam's stomach, and Sam felt as though knives were slicing into his stomach.
Sam screamed and fell to his knees. He looked down and saw his own blood gushing over his arms.
The dog began barking furiously at Lucifer.
"See what you made me do, Sam," Lucifer said, ignoring the dog. "I told you, I would never lie to you."
Lucifer moved his finger some more, and Sam screamed again as he felt the muscles in his abdomen tear and his guts threaten to spill out.
The dog snapped at Lucifer.
"I'm so very disappointed in you, Sam. Here I thought we had something special, that we were starting to understand each other - and you run off with my baby brother, Gabriel." He shook his head. "I'm very hurt."
Lucifer twisted his hand and Sam screamed again as he fell to the floor, laying a pool of his own blood.
"Now say you're sorry, Sam, and maybe I'll forgive you."
The dog lunged at Lucifer, and as it crossed the boundary of the doorway, there was a flash of light.
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Sam woke up in bed, on his side, breathing hard.
He felt thrashing at his side, and he turned over to see Gabriel, laying beside him, seemingly asleep, seemingly fighting an invisible attacker.
"Gabriel? Gabriel!" Sam yelled. "Gabriel, wake up!"
Sam tried to shake Gabriel, and he was knocked off the bed and nearly across the room.
Then Gabriel screamed.
The whole house began to shake, and the ceiling cracked.
The door flew open and Thor rushed in.
"Loki!" Thor yelled as he reached the bed. "Wake up!"
He grabbed Gabriel by his shoulders and shook him.
Gabriel let out a gasp, and his eyes opened.
"Loki, look at me! You're safe, brother! You're safe!"
The room stopped shaking.
By then, Sam had managed to crawl over to the bed and pulled himself up next to Gabriel.
Gabriel was looking at Thor, wide-eyed and frightened.
"You're okay, little brother," Thor said. "You're with us - you're okay."
Gabriel's head lolled over to look at Sam. He lifted a trembling hand towards Sam, and placed it on Sam's shoulder.
"-you 'kay?" Gabriel slurred.
Sam nodded. "I'm okay."
"Lu- sick bas- hurt you-" Gabriel unsteadily patted Sam's shoulder.
"I'm okay..."
Gabriel lolled his head again, running his eyes up and down Sam's body. "- bruised. Not okay."
"I've had worse," Sam said.
Then Sam felt warmth spread throughout his body, and Gabriel smiled. "There-go- Moose better-" He snorted. "Much better."
Gabriel's eyes rolled back into his head, and he passed out.
"You ass," Thor muttered, stroking Gabriel's head. "I could healed his bruises, Loki."
Then Thor closed his eyes, and began to whisper in Enochian words that Sam couldn't catch. After a minute or two, Gabriel's skin glowed, then went back to its normal coloring.
"He'll rest now," Thor said, looking at Sam. "Want to tell me about it?"
"It was Lucifer," Sam said. "He was in my dream - Gabriel did something, didn't he?"
Thor nodded. "His brother is strong - stronger than Gabriel expected. I think -" He shook his head, and looked at Sam again. "I think that when Gabriel awakes, he should finish telling his tale."
Sam nodded. "I'll stay with him."
Thor smiled. "Get some rest, Sam Winchester. I'll keep watch over this house."
Sam started to object, but Thor touched two fingers to Sam's temple and sent him to sleep.
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Sam awoke to the smell of pancakes and coffee filling his nose. He stretched and opened his eyes.
He rolled over in the bed.
Gabriel was nowhere to be found.
Sam got out of bed, and followed the, scents into the kitchen.
Gabriel was at the stove, with an apron that said "Kiss the Cook".
"Okay, Ben, peanut butter and jelly pancakes are up!" Gabriel shouted, handing Ben a plate piled high with pancakes.
"Yes!" Ben said. "Gabriel, you're awesome!"
"Why yes I am! Thank you!"
"And modest too," Adam said.
"Nope! Never! How are those bacon pancakes?"
"They're fan-fu-uh-freaking-tastic!" Adam looked at Ben and blushed.
"Nice save," Lisa said. "Gabriel, these blueberry pancakes are to die for! And the blueberry compote!"
"Thanks! The secret of the compote is blueberry cordial!"
"Are you trying to get me drunk?"
"Please! I'm trying to keep you drunk! Bobby, what's the verdict over there?"
Bobby let out a snort."Not as good as my buttermilk pancakes, but good," he said.
"Everyone's a critic," Gabriel said. He turned and saw Sam in the doorway. "Sam-a-lam! You're up! Just let me finish these chocolate pancakes for Castiel and Inias, and I'll get started on yours!"
"I'm good; I'll just have some cereal."
"Boo! You're no fun!" Gabriel exclaimed. "Samandriel, how are you liking those butterscotch pancakes?"
"They're amazing, Gabriel," Samandriel said.
Gabriel grinned, and looked at Sam. "So, you see - you need something besides cereal. How about I make you some strawberry pancakes with my strawberry compote with my super special ingredient, strawberry cordial?"
Sam started to object again, but there was something pleading in Gabriel's expression, and Sam nodded and said, "Sounds good."
Gabriel grinned. "Good? They're gonna be great!"
He rolled up his sleeves, and Sam saw red marks on Gabriel's arms.
"Gabriel..." Sam said, coming over to Gabriel. "Your arms..."
"It's okay, Sasquatch - Thor took care of the worst of it. I'm fine." Gabriel rubbed his hands together, and finished off the chocolate pancakes with whipped cream and chocolate chips.
He showed a plate to Sam. It had a smiley face.
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It was after breakfast that Gabriel got everyone together to watch his "home movie" again.
Again, it started in the warehouse with Castiel saying, "Hello, Gabriel."
"Hey, bro - how's the search for Daddy going? Let me guess? Awful!"
The onscreen Castiel gave Gabriel a bitchface that had Sam looking over at the real Castiel, then at the real Gabriel.
Castiel seemed stoic and unemotional; Gabriel looked resigned
Onscreen Gabriel looked cocky and looked at onscreen Castiel as if to say, "What?"
"Okay," Dean said. "We're out of here. Come on, Sam."
"Uh okay," onscreen Gabriel was rapidly looking worried, "Uh guys! So-so what? Huh? You're gonna- you're gonna leave me here forever?"
Dean turned at the door, looking back towards Gabriel. "No - we're not! Because we don't screw with people the way you do! And for the record, this is not about some prize fight between your brothers, or some destiny that can't be stopped! This is about you being too afraid to stand up to your family!"
Onscreen Gabriel looked shocked, as if no one had ever dared to say those words to him before.
Dean smashed the glass of the sprinkler system and pulled down the alarm. Gabriel looked up as the alarm went off and water began to move through the pipes. Then the water came out of the sprinkler and began to douse the ring of fire.
"Don't say I never did anything for you!" Dean yelled. He opened the door and walked out, with Sam close on his heels.
Castiel waited a few moments, looking at his brother, then he too walked out on Gabriel.
Gabriel stood for a few moments, with head down, and in a voice over Dean said, "All that stuff he was spouting in there - do you think he was telling the truth?"
"I think he believes it," voice over Sam replied.
Again, the film stopped with the sound of the scratching of a record, and Gabriel said in a voice over. "Yes, I did believe it. I believed every word of it. But what if I'd gotten it wrong? What if - what if everything I believed to be the truth was wrong?"
The film cut back to Gabriel, who stood in the middle of the water soaked warehouse, with a look of determination on his face.
"What had my Father said, that day, a long time ago, when Michael and Lucifer first went to war?"
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A/N: And again, Gabriel's home movie is taken from the episode "Changing Channels"!
I know some people might have problems with Lucifer hurting Gabriel in this story - all I can say is that the Gabriel in this story is actively hiding Sam Winchester from him, and he's none too happy about it!
And yes, Thor does call Gabriel "Loki" as well as "Gabriel"!
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