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Blondie 20000: Tnx for the review. Jack was starting to get his powers back slowly when he pulled Sarah and Misha into their world. Glad you liked Mary/Jack thing. Nick is so much more then messed up.
Cass pops in the dungeon room. He ties Nick down to a chair and pops out again. A few seconds later he pops back up, with Sam.
Dean heard something in the dungeon. He went over to see what is happening, and passed the main hall. Again, he thought he'd seen the sparkles, that a rift was opening, but again, nothing happened. Dean thinks What is going on?, but goes to check out the dungeon. He saw Sam and Cass and Nick tied down. He stood aside, not wanting to be noticed. He couldn't see them anymore, but could hear them.
Sam stood there for a second thinking. "This makes no sense. Zepar told us Nick has no soul, but his reactions...I could clearly see he had feelings. Strong, devastating feelings, they were tearing him apart."
Cass says "I can check."
"Check what?"
"If he has a soul." Sam frowns but nods "Do it."
Cass goes over to still unconscious Nick and thrusts his hand into his chest. Nick screams in agony and pain and stops as Cass pulls his hand out. Nick was now awake, breathing heavily "What was that for?"
Cass turns to Sam and with a semi-sad face shakes his head. Nick didn't have a soul. Cass says "You're right, it makes no sense."
"What makes no sense!?" Nick cries out.
Cass turns to him "You have no soul."
"No soul? But how?"
"Could have happened when we killed Lucifer, somehow, you died, your soul left your body, and Jack's grace could have kept you alive." Cass replies.
"But that still doesn't explain his emotions. – Sam says – when I had no soul, I was all reason, logic. He is so full of emotions, he's about to explode."
Cass frowns thinking. Nick's face was covered in tears "What?" he asks not understanding what is going on. His head and his heart were pounding at the same time.
Cass looks at Sam uncertain. He had an idea, but he didn't like it. After everything that happened he swore he will never do that again. Especially to someone as broken as Nick. But there was no other way to know what is going on inside Nick's mind. And they had to know.
Sam looks back at Cass. He knew he had something on his mind. "Cass, what is it?"
Cass sighs There is no other way "I might have a way to find out what is happening to Nick."
"Tell me."
Cass looks down. "I can go in."
"Go in?"
Nick shouts out "Posses me? NO! Cass, you can't do that to me!"
"I can't unless you agree to it. Believe me; I don't want to do it either. But it is the only way I know how to figure out what is wrong with you."
Nick looks down and starts sobbing. He just wanted the pain to go away. He thought getting Abraxas, getting revenge was the answer. But what if it wasn't? What if he gets his due and the pain still doesn't go away? He looks up at them, eyes all red from crying "Why don't you just kill me?"
"Yeah? Why don't you?" Dean comes in and leans on the door. He takes a sip of his beer.
Sam sighs. He had thought about it and so did Cass. But after everything they have seen, they've been through, they couldn't just take an innocent life. After all, they were supposed to be saving people.
Cass looks at Nick with a most compassion he knew how to express "Let me do this. Let me try. I promise I will be quick."
Nick looks back at Sam "You and I, we know what it was like. What he was like. Can you really stand there and tell me I should do this? I should let someone else in?"
Sam replies "This isn't just someone, Nick. It is Cass. You know him. You know he won't hurt you. He just... We all just want to help."
Dean rolls his eyes and says "Ough, boy."
Nick thought about it for a minute. His head was still pounding, he couldn't think straight. But for some reason, he believed Sam. He knew them. He knew them all. He gazed at Cass's eyes, like he was trying to figure something out. And then he just lets out "Yes."
Cass nods and pulls up a chair. Just as he sat down on it, he departs his vessel and enters Nick. Sam and Dean stood there in expectation, looking at Nick.
Nick's head takes a dive. It stood down for a few moments and it goes up. Nick looks over at Dean and then Sam. And then smirks. Sam freezes. He knew that smirk all too well.
But Cass jumps right out and back into the body of Jimmy Novak. He falls over the chair, and keeps staring at Nick with clear terror on his face. "He... He..." But Cass couldn't speak, couldn't get a sentence out.
Dean didn't understand. He didn't figure out what was going on, but he could see Cass was out of his mind with fear. Nick looks up at Cass. "What did you see? Please, tell me. Please!"
Sam stood there not knowing what to do, what to think. Dean tries calling out to him, but it was as if he wasn't there. Now Dean has had enough. He grabs Cass 's arm with one hand and Sam's with another and pulls them out of the room. He could hear Nick screaming "Tell me!"
"Alright, what the hell is going on? Cass, what did you see?"
But Cass was still too terrified. Sam gulps "Lucifer. He saw Lucifer."
"What?!" Dean frowns in fury. "How can that be Lucifer? I killed... Michael killed him." *
"It... it is him. But he doesn't know it's him. He thinks he's Nick." Cass answers.
* Author's note: Is it just me, or has AWMichael failed in killing any archangel in this world?