Gabriel looks at the fire with an irritated expression.
"Guys you mind putting this out." He looks at their shocked expressions. "Please."
"How long?" Dean asks.
Gabriel sighs.
"Guys."
"How long..." Dean repeats. "...have you been back?"
"Since we came back from the other world."
"But..." Sam frowns. "I saw you. Michael killed you."
"Oh come on Sam you do know who you are talking to right?"
"But but you were low on grace..."
"I left Sam. I left my vessel."
"And possessed Ketch." Dean pulled a face as he said it. "Out of all the people you chose Ketch?"
"He is right here you know." Ketch spoke up with a glare.
"He's not that bad." Gabriel interrupted with a smile.
The Winchesters are stunned for a few moments. Hearing Ketch and Gabriel speak and it comes from the same mouth, it was weird.
"Why did you not tell us you were back?" Cas asks.
"I..."
"Did you not know what was going on? Lucifer? Michael?"
"I heard about the big fight and what Dean did. He met his fate and said yes to Michael. He said yes to the wrong one." He looks at Dean. "What were you thinking?"
"If you showed up sooner maybe my brother would have not considered it as an option." Sam glared.
"This is now my fault." Gabriel waves his arms in frustration. "You saw me I was weak against him even if I did come that day I would have been useless. It would have gone down the same route."
"You don't know that. Ketch..." Sam looked betrayed. "You knew how serious this was you knew Michael was a threat and we needed all the help we can get. You..."
"I'm sorry." Guilt showed on the Englishman's face. "I did want to help."
"You didn't." Sam snapped. "You knew Gabriel was alive. You...kept it from us."
"It's not his fault. He did want to tell you but I stopped him."
"Why?"
"Because." Gabriel huffed angrily. "Can someone seriously put this out."
Water splashes on the archangel's head. Gabriel coughs and spits the water out. He looks down and sees the flames burn down to smoke.
Rowena lowers her hands.
"Happy?" She says.
Gabriel grins.
"Much thank you."
Rowena didn't respond. She to looked betrayed. She did think Ketch fancied her she gained a crush on him. She felt embarrassed.
Gabriel frowns and approaches the witch.
"Rowena."
Rowena turns away.
"I have a crystal to prepare."
She leaves the room without looking back.
You hurt her. Ketch says.
"Gee ya think I didn't notice." Gabriel grits his teeth.
Gabriel knew it wasn't going to be like those movies where the woman jumps into her lover's arms and they kiss but he thought Rowena would be happy to see him alive.
What he did was play with her emotions. Hit on her as Ketch not himself. He was expressing his feelings through by pretending to be someone else.
No wonder she walked off.
"Why?" Dean asks.
The question brings Gabriel out of his thoughts. He is faced with four pissed off guys.
Oh. Gabriel sighed heavily.
"First I need to change."
The archangel snaps his fingers. He smiles at his dark red suit.
No. Ketch scolded.
"Yes." Gabriel runs his fingers along his vessel's hair. "Black is a boring color to me. It's either this or green."
Red. Ketcn answered with a defeated sigh.
"Thank you."
For Rowena. Two reds together.
Gabriel wished there was a mirror so he could give the Englishman a glare. He brushes his suit and clears his throat.
"Can I get a drink before we..." The Winchesters, Cas and Jack all stood impatiently waiting for answers. "Fine."
Gabriel slumps down in a chair. Sam and Dean lean on the table while Cas and Jack remained where they were.
"So continue." Dean says.
So Gabriel told them everything he told Ketch.
"You wanted a break?" Dean raises his eyebrow. "End of the world and you wanted a break?"
"That was before Michael. I originally planned to stay until I was back to full power then I was gonna go Heaven."
"I told you how serious Heaven was. Its worst than the last time we spoke about it." Cas says. "The Shadow invaded it."
"Shadow?"
"The Empty."
"What? The place where we go when we die its ruler came to Heaven?"
"It's not like you care you were busy watching Downtown Abbey with your Brit buddy here." Dean says.
"It's a good show." Ketch replied with a sheepish smile.
"I saw it." Jack says. "The Shadow wanted to take me."
"Why did it want to take you?" Gabriel frowned.
"Because he died." Cas snapped.
Gabriel blinks a few times.
"W...What?"
"I died." Jack says.
Gabriel wanted to reach out and touch the nephilim to confirm to himself that the nephilim is alive now. The archangel's mouth opens and closes but no words came out.
"Ho...How? When?"
"Without my grace I..."
"Oh." Gabriel realized. He heard about this. A nephilim needed their grace to maintain a balance. "When?"
"Around the holidays."
"What?" Gabriel shakes his head. "Kid I spoke to you through the webcam and you looked fine."
"Webcam?"
Gabriel bit his lip realizing he slipped up.
"During the time Ketch sent the egg through the damm mail?" Dean asks.
"That time yes." Ketch nodded.
He received a glare from Dean.
"You were talking to us the whole time?" Sam asks.
"No just Jack. Ketch took control and talked about his mission." Gabriel answered.
"Coming to London to do cases with you, you said that?" Jack asks.
Gabriel nods.
"I wanted to spend time with you kiddio."
Jack's face softens. Gabriel smiles. Then the nephilim's face hardens again.
"You lied to me. You lied to all of us. You made Ketch stay quiet because you wanted a break?"
"It was gonna be short."
"It wasn't! Lucifer was here and you did nothing, I was dying and you did nothing, Dean suffered and you did nothing, Heaven was struggling and you did nothing!"
"I had faith in you guys."
" I had to kill Michael I burned my soul. I did bad things I killed Mary." Jack's face screws up when he sees the shock on his uncle's face. "I didn't mean to. I had no one to turn to for help. If you were here then maybe...things could of turned out differently."
"Jack...I didn't know."
"If you did would you have come?"
Gabriel couldn't give an answer. He loves Jack, he is proud of what his nephew has achieved but the thought of Heaven being on his shoulders the thought of being the responsible one scared him. He didn't like drama he preferred to be as far from it as possible. Especially family drama that is a big no to him. That's why he ran when Lucifer and Michael were at each other's throats.
The archangel couldn't believe the anger he was getting from Jack. He thought the Winchesters would be the ones giving him Hell not Jack.
Jack felt betrayed. He thought all his family were one. Gabriel being alive Jack would have wanted his help but also he wanted Gabriel to be his uncle. The Winchesters and Castiel are his family but Jack wanted his real family by his side. It angered Jack he thought Gabriel was selfish to do that to his own nephew.
"I'm here now." Gabriel says.
"It's too late. I...I can't forgive you."
"Jack." Sam says.
"You're...you're a coward."
Gabriel stands up within seconds. Rage flashes across his eyes.
"Listen here kid." He said his voice low. "You have no idea what I been through. I was betrayed by Loki. I was a prisoner to a Prince of Hell for years." His fists clench. "You have no idea what I been through... I went through Hell but no you have no idea." He shook as memories he would rather forget resurface. "Nobody saved me not even my own father...I wasn't his son I was just a copy he had lots of Gabriels. He didn't care about any of us." He grips his arm. "I went through so much pain I can still feel it. It will always stay with me no matter how much I want it to go away." He laughs. "Kid you have no idea..You think I'm a coward." He bangs on the table causing the nephilim to jump back. "I'M NOT A COWARD. I FOUGHT BACK I KILLED ASMODEUS, LOKI I EVEN FOUGHT MICHAEL TO BUY YOU GUYS TIME. I DID ALL THAT AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM KETCH." He glares at Dean. "Whatever you think I don't care Arthur Ketch is a good man. He saved me. He didn't have to do that. Yes he made mistakes but he is redeeming himself." His eyes go back on Jack. "I am sorry for not being there and you must think I am selfish...I'm not. I am finally free after all these years I deserved that break."
"Gabriel."
Gabriel shoots a Sam a look. Sam goes silent but guilt shows on his face.
"Hey if that's what you think." Gabriel shrugs. "Guess me and you are done kiddio."
Jack's anger fades when Gabriel walks to the door. Dean and Cas looked stunned by the archangel's sudden outburst. Sam wanted to say something but he felt it is the wrong time. Gabriel needed to calm down.
Gabriel walks through the door and slams it shut behind him.
Michael sat in the chair with an anxious expression. He told Garth and Bess about his talk with his aunty. He insisted they needed to move but Garth argued that the former archangel needed to be fed and learn to control his new abilities. Michael sensed the anxiety from both werewolves and it only made him anxious even more. He was so anxious he could barely think.
The kids woke up from their nap and ran down the stairs with Kate and Scott. The kids gave Michael a wary look but Garth assured them Michael is good.
"Kate come and help me with the cooking." Bess asks.
Kate nods and goes in the kitchen.
"Scott I need you to come with me. We are going out." Garth asks.
"What?" Scott frowned.
"We're not going far just down town gonna see what's going. We can look for the Hell hound while we are at it."
"What about Michael?"
"Don't worry about him."
Scott's frown deepens. Garth had that look that he was up to something.
"Why are we really going Garth?" Scott asks.
Garth sighs.
"One I am worried about what is going on out there and two I did some research. Kids can be a good for empaths."
"You want Michael with the kids?"
"He needs to feel happiness. We gotta put him in a good mind state otherwise he will have an emotional breakdown."
"We're using the kids?"
" It's a good idea. I mean these abilities he now has it's like teaching a baby to walk. We gotta start from the basics." He grins. "He loved the teddy bear."
Scott's eyes widen.
"Teddy bear? The archangel had a teddy bear?"
"Don't laugh."
"But its funny."
"It's not. The guy has been through a lot he needs our help. If he hurts them Bess is in the other room. She knows." Garth winks and gives Scott a gun. "Now we better let Mikey know we're heading out."
The werewolves walk in the living room. Michael is still on the chair looking tense.
"Hey Michael can you do me a favor?"
Michael puts on a smile.
"Of course what would you like me to do?"
Garth grins.
"Can you look after my kids?"
Michael frowns.
"You want me to do what?"
