Well, that was something at least. "Gabe?" He looked down at my face, his eyes a warm honey colour. "Yeah?" His voice was soft and sweet, and I wished we were alone, in my room, preferably on my bed. I saw a blush creep up his neck, and realised he was still tuned in to my thoughts. Hurridly, I imagined a wall between our minds, blocking the transmission. Gabe blinked as he felt the connection sever. "How much are my wings like yours and Cas'?" I managed. We broke apart, Gabe swallowing hard. Gabe cleared his throat and manifested a sucker in his mouth. I smiled. It seemed he needed that to set his thoughts in order. He popped it out, and made me blush by licking his lips. "I'm not sure. I think they are of the same basic make, but we use our Grace to use them. That makes them behave very different."
Cas nodded at that. "That gives me hope, brother. If they are of the same make, then chances of the spell actually working, are higher!" This lifted my spirits. "Are you sure?" Cas smiled at me. "I'm pretty certain, but let us ask Sam and Dean. They might shed another light on this." Smiling, Gabe nodded. "I'll go find them. I think Dean is in the garage again." Cas said. "Sam is probably in one of the storerooms, catalogueing." I watched his back as he walked off. "Wow. He's really gotten to know them, hasn't he?" Gabe smiled ruefully. "Well, they have been through a lot together. Dean and Cas actually spent a year in Purgatory together." I frowned. Sam had mentioned it before, but I didn't know if it was a themepark, a town or what. "Where?" A big sigh. "Purgatory. Actually monster Heaven. Kill a monster, it's soul or whatever ends up there. What I learned since I first heard of it, it's a bleak and dismal place, where monstersouls hunt eachother over and over."
I gulped. "And Dean and Cas spent a year there? How come?" Gabe looked me over. "Long story short: hunt gone sideways, as usual. That's how they got to be in both Heaven and Hell too. I'm betting if... Heaven decides to upgrade your security and make it so you need to have been in all four realms to see an Earthangel's wings, Cas and Dean would still see them." Feeling I had noticed his hesitation, he stroked my cheek, crumbling the mental wall I had built. 'And they will love that they can, once they see yours all whole again.' he thought lovingly at me, making me all warm inside. "Actually, I would too." came Sam's warm voice suddenly. Gabe whipped around. Sam, Dean and Cas casually walked in. "You what?" Gabe snapped. "When did you get to Purgatory?" Sam grimaced. "A while back. I had to get Bobby's soul from Hell, and I took the back door through Purgatory. Sadly the ride back never showed, so we were forced to follow Dean and Cas' footsteps and find the escapehatch."