"That is so...fascinating." Hannah smiled. "But confusing at the same time." Cas chuckled at that. "What's so funny?" She frowned.
"I was like you." Cas smiled. "I first thought Earth was a strange place it had so many things I did not understand. The Winchesters helped me, they opened my eyes and introduced me to many wonderful things."
"Like the bees."
"Like the bees." Cas said with a nod.
"Peanut butter and jelly?" Hannah raises her eyebrow. "You ate that? We don't need food."
"We don't but it is an experience worth trying."
"My vessel liked strawberry cheesecake. I don't know what it tastes like but according to her it's...sweet, soft and full of flavor...whatever that is."
"Maybe when we get out of here I can take you to the dessert store and you can try one." Cas paused when he realized what he said. He gives the other angel an apologetic look. "I'm sorry."
He sighs. Having this conversation brought back memories of his Hannah. Cas loved showing Hannah the world and humanity. Her curiosity and awe warmed his heart it made him feel he was doing a good thing. Castiel's goal was to show the angels the beauty of God's work. Nature, landmarks, food everything that made the world a wonderful place to live in. He opened his Hannah's eyes and gave her a fresh perspective on the world.
The alternative Hannah showed the same reactions as his Hannah did. It almost made him forget he was talking to another world version of the angel.
"You are thinking about her." Hannah says. "The other me."
"Yes." Cas admits. "We had this very conversation. She to was interested in the world."
"I guess that would make sense. She is me so we would share the same qualities and interests."
"Do me and your Castiel share the same qualities?"
"No." Hannah huffed a laugh. "Definitely not." She clasps her hands on her lap and her face goes dreamy. "Raphael promised us paradise. He said he would take all of us there."
"You believe that?"
"Yes." Hannah gave him a 'really look' "He has kept his word so far."
"Hannah, Raphael is a liar. Once that rift is open he will leave he doesn't care about you."
"Michael left us and we didn't know what to do. Raphael took the throne and he helped us. We found our purpose again."
"Torturing and killing humans that's your purpose."
"I..." She sighs. "It is not my fault the humans are rebellious."
"Can you not blame them? The angels destroyed their homes, killed their loved ones of course they are going to fight back."
"That was Michael's doing. Raphael is a builder and a healer when he goes to paradise he will make it a better place for everyone."
"No." Cas shook his head. "He will destroy it. It's going to end up exactly like this world."
"You don't know him."
Hannah stands up and goes to the door.
"He's going to kill me."
Hannah looks at Cas and shakes her head.
"Not if you join us."
"That's never going to happen."
"He might make an exception, you are an angel."
"And Jack? What about him?"
"I don't know." Hannah admitted with a frustrated sigh.
"Hannah you're not stupid. You know deep down Raphael will never take me in and he will never accept the humans. Everything that makes the world great will be gone. You will never get to try that strawberry cheesecake."
Conflicted emotions flash across her face. The battle between loyalty and desire raged in her head. Hannah desperately wanted to explore paradise she wanted to see everything Castiel described to her. Will Raphael do the same as Michael and destroy paradise? Will he take over and force all the humans to become his slaves? Will he kill the angels in the other world?
That thought disturbed Hannah. Surely Raphael would form an alliance with the other world angels. He wouldn't start a war against his own kind. Hannah did feel betrayed by Michael but that didn't mean she wanted him dead. Despite what Michael has done he is still her brother.
Her thoughts are interrupted by a high-pitched scream. The room starts to shake. Cracks form through the ground and walls. There is a roar of thunder followed by a flash of lightning. Rain pours down and hits the roof. Both angels stared at the ceiling with a look of horror as the storm suddenly dies down and the earth quake stops.
"That was angel." Cas said with a wide eyed expression.
"Yes." Hannah replied with the same matching expression. "They are in trouble!"
Hannah runs out of the room. Cas noticed the door is still open. His alternative sister forgot to lock the door. Cas takes several steps forward and peeks outside his cell. The area is quiet. The angel steps outside. He sighs with relief when nothing happens. Now that he is out he can find the others and get out of here.
Jack , Sam, Michael, Dean. Just hold on a little longer. I'm coming.
Hannah finds the other angels with their blades out and they all heading towards the main quarters.
"Sir!"
She pushes through the crowd and goes through the door. She stops when she sees Raphael sat on a chair and covered in blood.
"Sir."
She tried to hide her shock but failed miserably. Raphael turns his head and smiles at her.
"It's not mine."
"Whose blood is it?"
Raphael looks at the other angels who are all huddled around the entrance. He then turns his attention back to Hannah.
"Michael."
"Michael! Is he okay?"
"He's wing less but he will live."
"Wing less?"
"How to put this in a simple sentence well...Michael planned to go to paradise without us I stopped him and because he betrayed us again I thought he deserved to be punished so I removed his wings."
Hannah's eyes widen. The others go silent by the unexpected news.
"I know." Raphael sighed. "It's shocking that an archangel turns on his own kind."
"You cut his wings?" One angel said.
"I did." Raphael raises his eyebrow. "Is that a problem?"
"Don't you think that's a bit extreme." The same angel replied. "I understand punishment is needed but sir wings that's an important part to us we never touch them."
"Are you questioning me?
"No sir." The angel shook his head. "I would never..."
"You just did."
Raphael gets his blade out and stabs the angel in the chest. The angel screams and drops to the ground.
"ANYONE ELSE?" The archangel looks at his followers with fury in his eyes. The angels stayed silent. Raphael waves his blade. "GET BACK TO WORK!"
The angels obey and quickly leave the room.
"Not you."
Hannah stops and looks at her older brother. Raphael goes up to her. He leans forward.
"You understand right?"
"Understand what sir?"
"Michael's punishment. He said he was on our side but actually all this time he was with the humans and the freaks."
"He...was." Hannah became worried. "Including Castiel?"
"Including Castiel." Hannah looks down. "Hannah don't tell me you have fallen for that freak."
"No." Her answer was too quick to be believable. "No." She repeated. "But sir I know Castiel is from another universe but he is still our brother."
"No he's not. Humanity corrupted him they made him soft."
"The other angels? What about them?"
"They are no use to me." Raphael scoffed.
"You are going to kill them?"
"I did have a peek into our prisoner's mind. Apparently there are not many angels left over there Heaven is barely standing."
"We should help them."
"We help Heaven not them. When we go there we take over and clear them all out. Every last one of them."
"Sir..."
Hannah shuts her mouth fearing if she spoke up she will end up dead just like the other angel.
"Please." Raphael smiles. "Continue. What do you want to say?"
"I will return to my duties sir."
Raphael stared at her. Then he steps back and lets his sister go. Hannah leaves and goes back down to the dungeons. Her eyes widen when she sees the cell door open. Hannah runs to the cell and looks inside.
Castiel was gone.
Hannah backs away and gets her blade out.
She then charges down the hallway.
Castiel reached the area where the humans are locked up. The angel winced when he saw some people collapsed on the ground with their ears bleeding out while others were dead. He saw Quentin splayed out on the ground with a puddle of blood next to him. Cas looks away with disgust. He had no sympathy for the older alternative hunter.
"Sam!" Cas calls out. Please hope you are okay. "Sam!"
"HEY!" Indra appears and charges towards the angel. "How did you get out?"
Cas immediately dodges the blade and punches Indra in the jaw. Indra snarls and goes to strike but Cas again dodges and he pulls the blade out of Indra's hand. Cas swings the blade. Indra lifts his arm and holds back a cry when a long cut forms. He elbows Cas in the face and kicks him in the stomach. Cas falls back against the wall. He goes to stand up but Indra stops him and pins his arms above his head. Indra picks up the blade with his free hand and smirks.
"You escaped." Indra eyes the angel up and down. "I had to kill you in self-defense. Raphael will believe me."
Indra raises his blade. The angel suddenly gasps. He looks down and sees a blade sticking out of his chest. He looks up at Cas with wide eyes before falling head first on the ground. Cas blinks with shock when his eyes meet the attacker's.
"Hannah?"
Hannah removes her blade from Indra's chest.
"Here." She picks up Indra's blade. "You need this."
Cas takes the blade and nods to say thanks.
"Why are you doing this?" He asks.
Hannah sighs.
"Because you were right." She says. "About everything. Raphael he...he...he's lost it. Michael."
"Michael what about him?" Cas swallows as a horrifying thought comes to his mind. "Hannah, the scream that was Michael."
She sadly nods. Cas pushes down the worry that threatened to consume him.
Michael is fine. He's strong he can take care of himself. He will take care of Dean.
Cas is sure on that. He was one of the first to notice the change in Michael when they were in the actors world. He trusted Michael...his brother with Dean's life.
"We need to go." Cas nods. "Now."
One minute Sam and Jessica were talking then suddenly there was an earthquake and there was this sound Sam couldn't explain it was so loud Sam thought his ear drums were going to burst.
When the earthquake stopped Sam removed his hands from his ears. Panic settled in when he saw blood on his hands. His ears are ringing and his vision started turning blurry.
"Jessica!"
He rolls on to his stomach and starts to get up. A wave of dizziness hits him which causes him to back down.
"Jess!"
He pushes himself up on to his elbows and begins crawling. He goes through the destroyed cell and continues to call out her name.
"Sam!"
The ringing drowned out her voice. Sam groans and places his hand on his ear.
"I'm coming." He said weakly.
The hunter froze in horror when a body fell next to him. He recognized the person from Jessica's camp. Their lifeless eyes bore into his. Sam looks away feeling like he is going to be sick.
"Sam!" Jessica yelled.
Sam blinks several times. His head is pounding and his vision is getting worse. He pushes himself forward determined to reach the girl he loved. It is not his Jessica but it is still Jessica. He failed to save his Jessica. He can save this one.
"Sam!"
Jessica is slowly walking towards him using the wall to support herself.
Sam smiles.
"Jess!"
Just as he is about to reach her an angel appears and hits Jess in the back of the head.
"JESS!"
Jessica falls on the ground. The angel steps over the huntress. He looks down at Sam and smirks.
Moments later Sam's world went black.