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One way ticket - Chapter two.
They got settled in the motel room, it was your average room, nothing particularly special or bad about it, just average. Sam and Dean sat at the table, both with a bottle of beer in hand. Sam had his laptop in front of him as he continued to research for the case they were chasing. Cas stood in between them leaning his weight on a cupboard with his arms crossed as he watched Laila who sat at the edge of one of the two beds and flicking through the TV, amazed. His attention was suddenly brought to Sam who sighed deeply.
"Damn. Another death" He turned his laptop to face Dean.
"Damn that vamp moves quick" Dean shook his head as his bottle met his lips and he took a swig.
"Maybe its more than one" Sam suggested.
Dean put his bottle on the table "What you thinking? A nest?" He asked.
"Maybe" Sam shrugged.
"Then I'm gonna get my four hours" Dean announced as he downed his beer and stood up to get himself ready for bed, "What are you two doing? I'm sure you two have a lot to catch up on." He winked at Cas, "You getting a room or what?" He asked Cas, Sam looked up at him.
"I'm not sure" Cas replied quietly.
"Well, be sure" Dean told him with a yawn.
Cas stepped towards Dean, "Dean, I need to know what Laila is doing here, she is one of heaven's stationary angels there has never been a plan for her to come to earth, I don't understand" Cas spoke lowering his voice.
"Well you can talk about it in your own motel room, I need sleep Cas" Dean whispered back impatiently.
"Dean" Sam spoke warning his brother not to be so harsh on the angel who was obviously asking for their help, "What do you think it could be Cas?" He asked quietly as he stepped toward them.
"It has to be important for them to send her" Cas spoke in dread.
Dean really just wanted sleep, he turned to Laila, "So, female Cas, welcome to earth" He started forcing out a smile.
"Thank you" She smiled as she stood, leaving the TV remote on the bed.
"What mission has the man upstairs set for you then?" Dean asked acting friendly.
"That is something I have to talk to Castiel about" Laila replied as she looked at the angel.
Dean looked at Sam and Cas and then back to Laila, "Great, here, take this and check yourselves in" He took some money out of his pocket and shoved it in Cas' hand with a pat on the back.
"What is it Laila?" Cas asked; worry evident in his voice.
"We should do this privately" Laila took a step towards him.
Cas stood his ground, "What ever you have to say you can say in front of Sam and Dean" he told her sternly.
There was a moment of silence as Laila looked at him before she spoke, "I'm here to take you home Castiel" She told him with a smile.
"Home?" Cas replied confused, he almost added 'but I am home' but luckily cut himself off as he realised that wasn't true.
"Back to heaven" She informed him, "Castiel your mission is long over" she added, "you have been on earth for many years now, you are no longer needed here, you are needed in heaven."
Sam and Dean looked at Cas in shock, they did not see that coming.
"No" was all Cas could think to say.
"What was your mission Castiel?" Laila asked.
Cas looked towards Dean helplessly and then back to Laila.
"You do remember it?" She asked.
"Of course" He told her as he took a step towards her, "it was to pull Dean from perdition" he stated.
"That was in 2008 Castiel" She stated carefully.
"But other things came up, the seals were being broken, Lucifer rose, the apocalypse happened, I couldn't leave. I was needed here." Cas spoke raising his voice slightly.
"Exactly, 'was needed' Castiel" She told him, "Now you are travelling for hours in a car to kill vampires with hunters" she added, "You are needed for much greater uses Castiel"
"Like what?" Cas asked.
"God has his plans" She told him.
Cas shook his head, "As an angel we are to help humans, to watch over them, to look after them. Laila, I do that with Dean, and Sam too" Cas explained.
"You have befriended them Castiel, that was not apart of your mission, Sam and Dean can do fine without you" Laila told him.
"What if I say no?" Cas asked raising his chin, standing his ground.
"You know what will happen Castiel" She replied easily.
Cas looked towards the ground.
"What will happen?" Dean asked Cas.
"He will be thrown down. Stripped of his grace" Laila told Dean.
"He'll become human" Sam stated throwing a glance at Dean .
"For good this time" She added, "Cas' downfall is that he loves humanity more than any other angel, he has killed his brother's and sister's for humans-" Cas cut her off.
"Angels are made to love Laila-" She cut him off quickly.
"Not enough to betray their own brothers and sisters when they are needed" Laila told him. She took a step towards him, "All Dean Winchester has to do is click his fingers and you'll be at his side, no matter how busy you were in heaven. Do you not remember the civil war?" She spoke.
Cas looked toward the ground, "I remember it too well" He mumbled, ashamed.
"Humans are your weakness Castiel" she told him, "and it's time to come home" she held her arm out, her palm facing Cas as a white light began to glow from her.
Sam and Dean stood tall in protection.
"No!" Cas called out as he stepped behind Sam so she couldn't get to him with her angel magic.
Laila sighed deeply and put her arm down, "Castiel, this is ridiculous, you are an angel of the Lord. We could have brought you back as soon as you dragged Dean from hell but we didn't, we have given you long enough and now God wants you back, he has plans for you" Laila walked towards Sam and Dean.
"Wait, there has to be some other way?" Sam asked in desperation as she reached them.
"There isn't" She told them.
"Woah okay just hang on, just hear him out you can't just show up out of nowhere and take him" Dean spat out.
"That's exactly what I'm going to do" she told him as she looked over his shoulder, her face dropped. "Castiel?!" She called.
Sam and Dean looked over their shoulders to find Cas had gone.
"Well…this is awkward" Sam exchanged confused glances with Dean.
"He's gone" Laila huffed.
"What you gonna do now eh?" Dean asked as his phone beeped in his pocket, he pulled it out to find a text message off Cas, 'Call me, do not make Laila aware.'
"I have to call a friend" Dean announced flashing a knowing glance at Sam, Sam looked at him confused.
"Is that friend Castiel by any chance?" Laila asked.
"No" Dean replied quickly, "its a, a hunter friend probably calling about a case" He lied.
"Then please, get to work" Laila smiled.
Angels really were gulliable as hell.
Dean left the room and walked to Baby as he pressed his phone towards his ear, "Cas?" He whispered as he answered.
"Dean." Cas replied.
"Jeez man you couldn't have left it, I dunno, 30 seconds before you text?" Dean spat out sarcastically, "where are you?" He asked.
"I'm not sure" He stopped as he looked around him, "Scotland" He concluded.
"Scotland? The country Scotland? The place with the Haggas and the bagpipes and the funny accent Scotland?" Dean asked confused.
"I panicked" Cas replied with a sigh, "Dean I may be warded but she will find me and she'll take me back, she won't stop until she does" He added with a hint of fear in his voice.
"Yeah well I doubt the first place she'll check is the land of kilts so I think you're good" Dean replied, there was a silence that followed, Cas didn't understand what he meant by 'land of kilts'.
"Anything we can do?" Dean suggested.
"Just keep her in the dark as much as you can" Cas pleaded.
"Okay" Dean replied, there was a beat of silence before he asked, "are you okay Cas?" He asked.
There was another moment of silence before Cas spoke out, "I don't want to go Dean" he replied honestly.
"Why?" Dean asked, "Cas you're an angel, Laila is right you can't spend your whole life on earth" he spoke bluntly.
"Dean this has taken up the smallest percentage of my life, I think you're forgetting how old I am" Cas half laughed, "I have been living for a long time before you and I will be living for a long time after you" he told him.
"But still Cas, earth is pretty shitty, your purpose is to serve god isn't it? Go, do that me and Sam will be fine" Dean reassured him.
"Earth is beautiful Dean and humans are by far God's best creation. I like it here" Cas admitted, "If I go back to heaven I would have to say goodbye to all that, and to you too" He added.
"Jeez Cas I have had to say goodbye to everyone in my life, Bobby, My mom, My dad, Jo, Ellen, Kevin! There's so many, but there's a difference with you Cas you won't be dead." Dean told him.
"I don't think you understand Dean yes I won't be dead but it will be goodbye, goodbye forever. Once I'm gone my vessel will be destroyed and I will not be back on earth, not in your lifetime anyway" Cas informed him with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Oh" Dean replied as he thought, "Well, that's gotta be better than losing your grace becoming human again right?" He spoke looking on the bright side.
"Being human wasn't so bad" Cas replied as if he'd already toyed with the idea.
"Cas being human is crap, you have to work a dead end job eight days a week just to get by and even then that's barely enough to get you by, you work your way into an early grave spending your whole life looking forward for Friday and for what? For you to be on your deathbed to be happy that once you're dead you'll finally be out of all the debt you've built up your entire life just trying to live. I don't want that for you Cas" Dean told him.
Cas groaned, "um, but Dean, there aren't eight days in the week, just seven" Cas spoke out confused.
Dean smiled, of course that's the only thing that he would find important about Dean's speech, "exactly Cas".
"You and Sam aren't spending your life like that, you get by okay" Cas told him.
"Me and Sam are criminals Cas" Dean laughed slightly referring to the credit card fraud they do as their only way of making money, that and hustling people at pool and poker, "I'm just saying being human isn't all swings and roundabouts, it's more depressing and barely getting through" Dean explained.
"I've seen it myself Dean, I understand being human is anything but perfect" Cas replied agreeing with him.
Dean took a deep breath, "Maybe it's best you go home Cas" he told him carefully, the angel didn't reply, "Cas?" Dean asked.
"Yes Dean?" Cas replied.
"If you do go back upstairs" He stated, "…If I pray will you still hear me?" He asked closing his eyes, hoping to get the answer he wanted to hear.
"Yes" Cas replied, "I wont be able to answer or visit…but, yes I will hear you" he told him sincerely. "The voice says I'm running out of minutes Dean" Cas informed him their phone call would have to come to an end, "I have to keep my distance for now Laila will be expecting me to come back to you and Sam" he explained.
"Okay" Dean replied looking over at the motel room.
"Stay safe Dean" Cas told him though it was more an order.
"Always" Dean replied with a hint of sarcasm, with his job it was near impossible to stay safe.
The phone went dead and Dean made his way back inside. He unlocked the door and put the keys down on the cupboard as he entered. He shut the door behind him and looked up to find Sam tied to a chair with blood pouring from his nose.
"Sammy?!" Dean called out in panic as he rushed over to him but was stopped by Laila who stood in between the two holding her angel blade.
"I'm okay Dean" Sam reassured him.
"What the hell is going on?!" Dean roared in protection.
"You will pray for Castiel to come to you or I will kill your brother" Laila threatened as she held her blade up to Sam.
Dean looked at Sam and sighed deeply, "son of a bitch".