Michael's expression goes blank. His lip twitches followed by laughter. Cas frowns as his brother laughs. He laughed so much he had to raise his finger to wipe a tear away.
"Brother." Michael places his hand on Cas's shoulder. "I can assure you I am not a psychic freak."
"Don't want to sound blunt but it appears that you are a psychic umm freak." Cas says .
Michael's smile drops. Cas's serious expression said it all.
"Castiel." Jack turned concerned. "Did my anger hurt him?"
Cas looks round.
"An overload of negative feelings can impact an empath massively. This place itself is full of pain and death. No wonder Michael is feeling shaken up."
Michael stands up and starts backing away.
"You're wrong. Castiel you made many mistakes in your life you could be wrong about this to. After all we just got our powers back you might be a bit rusty."
"I am certain I am not wrong about this." Cas said his tone with confidence.
Michael bit his lip. He can feel the surge of confidence from his alternative brother as well.
"But." Sam frowns. "How did he become a..."
"Maybe getting his powers back triggered a new ability." Cas shrugged.
"An ability I would rather not have thank you very much."
Michael clenched his fists and his shoulders tightened with stress.
"Brother deep breaths and calm down."
"Can you stop telling me to calm down."
However the archangel did obey and he breathed in and out. Sam had to hold in a chuckle. This reminded him when Dean had a panic attack when they thought the Impala went missing but it was actually Bela who hid it from them.
Castiel is ready to approach his shocked alternative brother however Jack got to the archangel first and asked.
"Did I hurt Dean?"
Michael shakes his head while keeping his eyes closed. Jack nods and lowers his head unsure what else to say.
"I'm good." Michael opens his eyes. "Right so where were we?"
" I said you were a emp... "
"Right yes hmmm." Michael folds his arms. "I assume whatever sent us here wanted to make a few adjustments. I'm not sure whether it is to improve or make me suffer." I do deserve the punishment. He thought. "However we have a mission and it's important we complete this without any interruptions." His intense green eyes go on Jack. "I get you are pissed off I am to but we're both stuck here unless we work together so suck it up and get on with it." Jack gave him a glare for that. Michael rolls his eyes at the kid's behavior. "Life is a bitch but hey God wasn't going to make our lives a walk in the park. You are heroes your lives have to be dramatic and adventurous. You should know Samuel you are the bookworm of the family." He looks at the younger hunter. "So do heroes have a quiet peaceful life?"
"Uh no."
"You see no."
"Villains in the story get killed right" Jack said with a smirk.
Michael raises his eyebrow at Jack's amused expression.
"Oh ha ha funny. Sorry Jack but we skipped that part. I'm not going in any refrigerator, freezer and most certainly I am not going to be killed by you." His fingers brush through his short stands. "I'm not going to become a red-head."
"Red head?" Sam frowned .
Michael smirked remembering when he found out he was supposed to be possess Rowena. Then the archangel put his hand on his stomach and frowns.
"Castiel." His eyebrows furrow. "I'm hungry."
Cas cocked his head and his expression turns curious.
"You are?"
"Very."
The two angels look at each other curiously.
"Dean is most of time hungry maybe you are feeling it." Cas suggested.
"Perfect." Michael sighed. "So I'm feeling everyone including my own vessel." He raises his arms. "Seriously what next?"
There was suddenly a growl that came from the distance. Michael straightened up as another growl echoed across the land. Sam gets out his weapon and looks round. Jack goes by Cas's side and looks round.
"Monsters." Jack stated.
As soon as Jack said that, a figure sprung out and sends Sam on the ground. Sam grits his teeth and struggles with the weight on him. The monster showed his fangs and Sam swallowed as memories of when he got killed by the vampires come flooding back to him. Cas charges in but another vampire jumps out and sends him on the ground.
Jack grips his weapon and starts to move back. The pack of vampires move towards the kid. The boy's scent caused them to drool. His young blood is fresh, pure and sweet. There hasn't been any food source for ages. Now these four humans have turned up. The vampires finally have the perfect feast they been waiting for.
Michael sensed the excessive hunger rolling off each and every vampire. The more he felt the more hungrier he became. That explained why he felt hungry in the first place. The archangel knew when monsters are like this they will not be thinking straight. This means he had an advantage. The archangel picks up a shred of glass and places it on his skin.
"Ladies, gentlemen." Michael calls out. He then digs the glass and causes blood to draw out. He raises his arm and a smirk forms on his lips. "Come and get it."
A female vampire is the first to turn and her eyes go wide at the sight. She looks at Michael's seductive expression then back at the arm. Hunger took her and without hesitation she charges at him. Michael grins and his eyes glow. He swings his fist and hits the vampire. Her head snaps back. Michael punches her in the stomach causes her to groan. He then grabs her by the hair and smashes her face against the tree. One of her fangs breaks off and falls on the ground. Michael laughs and moves towards the pack.
Cas manages to push the vampire off him and gets to his feet.
"Brother here." Michael says.
Michael tosses the glass to his alternative brother.
Cas frowns.
"You want me to cut myself?"
"Yes."
Cas's frown deepens.
"I am not feeling suicidal brother. Even if I tried I would heal."
Michael rolls his eyes.
"The blood will send them crazy." He explained. "When they are crazy they will do reckless things. I already can feel their struggle. They are struggling to focus." The archangel raises his bloodied arm. "Over here!"
Another vampire who was close to Jack's neck stops and looks at the archangel. Like the female vampire he turns and charges at Michael. Michael steps to the side and grins when the vampire falls into the bushes.
Cas pulls his sleeve up and makes a small cut across his arm. The vampire who attacked him earlier growled and runs towards him. Cas's eyes glow and he places his hand on the vampire. The vampire screams and his face glows bright white. There is a flash and the vampire drops down to the ground. Cas's eyes return to normal and he stumbles slightly. He felt the energy from that attack slowly draining from him.
"Smiting was a bit too far." Michael shakes his head and he hits the vampire on the head with a rock. He drops the bloodied rock and goes up to his alternative brother. Cas raises his hand to say he is fine. Michael raises his eyebrow and gives him the 'really look'. "You classed me as a psychic freak so you should know you can't lie to me. I can feel the exhaustion from you."
"Am I putting you to sleep?" Cas tried to joke.
The archangel yawns but quickly snaps himself out of it. He spots Jack stabbing a vampire in the leg and pushing him off the younger Winchester. The vampire turns and snarls at the former nephilim. Jack raises his blade and slashes across the vampire's throat. The vampire gasps and starts to choke up blood. Sam finishes the vampire off by chopping his head off. Sam kicks the head away.
"You okay?" Jack asks the younger hunter.
Jack notices Michael looking at him with a proud expression. Jack turns away and focuses his attention on the younger Winchester.
"I should be asking you the same thing." Sam smiled.
"I'm fine." Jack assured him.
Sam looks round.
"Cas you good?...umm..."
"Dean is fine." Michael assured him.
"I was actually gonna ask you if you were okay."
Michael looked surprised. Sam ducks his head down feeling awkward. Michael smiles.
"I feel fine now that you asked." He beamed.
The archangel didn't want to admit it but Sam thinking about him made him feel touched and it kind of made him feel part of the team. He also wanted to praise his alternative nephew but he decided to stay quiet Jack didn't want to hear anything from him. That caused the familiar feeling of loneliness to return to the archangel.
Sam felt something hard press against the back of his head.
"Don't move." A female voice warned him.
Sam tensed up and his eyes widen.
"Turn around." The same voice ordered.
Sam turns round with his hands up in the air. All the air left Sam's body when he faced the owner to the voice. His legs shook and his mouth opens and closes but no words came out. He took a shaky breath and swallowed. He finds his voice and one word came out.
"Jess!"
I don't know why but I thought because we haven't got the brotherly interactions between Sam and Dean I decided to replace it with Cas and Michael. Also duh duh meet AU Jess. This is certainly going to be an emotional moment for Sam. Yes I know I haven't got round to explaining the empath thing yet but I will eventually.
Next chapter coming soon.