(Sorry for the delay here is 3 new chapter)

Chapter 25:

"Are you sure about this, Cas?" Dean asked as Cas worked on the ingredients.

"Nope, but can't hurt to try," Cas said.

"I love you, Castiel," Dean said abruptly.

Cas looked at Dean and smiled.

"I love you, too, Dean Winchester," Cas said and kissed Dean.

The kiss was passionate, but not needy. They wanted each other, but knew they needed to finish this.

Neither one of them wanted to pull away, but Cas had to finish, so he pulled away.

Cas summoned Metatron and he appeared.

"You wished to speak with me," Metatron said and was trapped in holy fire.

Cas conducted the spell, the heart, the bow, and Grace.

"NO!" Metatron said once it is all over.

"You have fallen," Cas said smiling.

Metatron was fuming.

"You cannot do this to me, Castiel!" He yelled.

"But I just did," Cas replied.

Metatron looked at Cas, then smiled. "Let's have a little fun, shall we, Dean."

There was a breeze in the room and the fire went out and Dean was flung across the room, slamming his back against the wall.

Metatron appeared next to him and started choking him.

"NO!" Cas yelled.

Metatron just smiled and threw Dean across the room again and started punching him.

"DEAN!" Sam yelled, who was standing in the background the entire time.

"Do you want me to stop?" Metatron asked and Dean was hurtled into a table.

Dean was bleeding, mouth dripping with blood.

Metatron wasn't going to give up, so Cas drew his Angel Sword and charged at Metatron.

"Not today," Metatron said and Cas was thrown to the wall, along with Sam.

Dean was lifted again, thrown to the wall, and sunk to the ground.

Metatron looked up, listening to something.

"I'll be back for you later," He said to Dean and disappeared.

"DEAN!" Cas yelled, got up from the floor, and ran to his Hunter. "Are you alright?"

Dean shook his head, moaning at the movement, slipping into unconsciousness.

"Let's get him to his room," Sam said, appearing beside Cas, and he nodded.

Dean moaned as they picked him up and brought him to his shared room.

"It's going to be alright," Cas said.

"I'm going to call up Kevin," Sam said, leaving the room.

Kevin, on Cas' request, went into town, Cas not wanting him to be hurt.

Cas nodded and grabbed Dean's hand.

Sam returned a few minutes later.

"Kevin's on his way back," Sam said and looked at Dean. "Should we take him to a hospital?"

"No," Dean groaned, regaining his conscious.

"What hurts?" Cas asked.

" Right arm, ribs, left leg, head, face, and back," Dean barely was able to mutter.

"We'll get you bandaged up," Cas said and ran to get a roll of bandages.

Cas came back and Dean was unconscious again.

Cas and Sam lifted off his shirt and bandaged his chest, and Sam left while Cas took off Dean's jeans to bandage his leg.

Cas looked at Dean for a few seconds, wondering if he would ever be alright, and continued with bandaging his head and arm.

Cas looked at Dean's swollen face, looking at what Metatron had done, looking at what he let Metatron do. Cas didn't know why he didn't intervene at the first throw to a wall, all he could do was stand there, shocked.

Cas sat down and stared at Dean, knowing he might not be conscious for some time, but he wasn't going to leave his side.