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vrskaandrea: Thank you for the review. :D I love the lizard scene. That was my favourite part in Wayward Sisters.
Divineoverseer: Yeah they do lol.
VegasGranny: I thought the sign language would be a nice touch. I thought angels should know sign language .They know all the other languages. :)
ki guy: AU Raphael in my story is dead. AU Michael has killed him. I think Michael wants all the power and be the one in charge. Maybe he fears the other archangels taking his place or maybe there has been disagreements.
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Blood. Blood everywhere.
Body after body after body drops down to the ground. All killed by the devil. The archangel Gabriel receives a stab through the heart by his big brother Lucifer. Gabriel's scream was suddenly cut by a knock.
Nick sits up straight. The flashbacks stop. He was back in the bunker again.
"Nick." Cas walks in holding a tray. "I brought you some nourishment. Now that he's, uh, gone, you must remember to eat."
Nick turns round. He nods at the angel.
"Right. Thanks." Cas puts the tray down keeping his back to the former vessel. Cas couldn't look at that face without thinking of Lucifer. Nick sighs. "I'm not him Castiel."
Cas sighs.
"I know." He says.
"But you still can't look at me."
"It's difficult. You don't remember all the things you did in his thrall, but I do."
" I know. I just don't...I don't...get it. I don't understand why I would do something like that, I don't, I don't get how I would let Lucifer possess me. "
"You were in a lot of pain. And Lucifer saw vulnerability, and he, he exploited it."
"Is that what you tell yourself so you can be near me?"
" I guess so."
"I just don't know what kind of pain would make me allow Lucifer to possess me."
" It was your family."
Nick frowns.
"My family? Sarah and Teddy?" Cas nods. Nick's eyes widen as memories start crawling to the surface. "No."
He gets a flashback of Sarah who was actually the devil in disguise smiling at him.
"It's you, Nick. You're special. You're chosen. Nick, I need you to say yes. "
Nick looks at the woman who he has always loved and misses very much.
"Then yes." He says.
The flashback fades. Nick covers his mouth in shock.
"Oh my God." Tears form in his eyes. "Who could do that? Who could do that?"
"A man broke in to your house, and you weren't there." Cas explains.
"That was no man. That's not man. That's a monster. It's a monster, and then Lucifer found me and made me a monster, too." Tears pour down his cheeks. "Oh my God."
Cas stands not knowing where to put his face. He couldn't help Nick. He couldn't sit down and comfort him. The memories of Lucifer is what kept Cas distant from Nick. The only option Cas can do is leave the man alone to grieve and come back later to give the next meal.
Cas walks to the door keeping has eyes away from the former vessel. He couldn't look at the tears streaming down Nick's face. Cas couldn't bring himself to express sympathy to the former vessel.
Lucifer is the reason why nobody wants to talk to Nick. Nick saw himself as Nick but others saw him as the devil. Although Cas has told himself for weeks its Nick, he couldn't let go of what happened. Lucifer has hurt Sam, Dean, Mary, Jack while wearing Nick's face. How can Cas drop that?
"What did my family do to deserve this." Nick sobs.
Cas grits his teeth ignoring his temptation to look round. He walks out and slowly closes the door behind him.
AU Naomi walks down the hallway. Humans bang on the cell shouting insults at the angel. AU Naomi ignores them not even hurt or offended. She goes into a room where there was a table and two chairs facing opposite each other.
This is the room angels refer as the interrogation room. It wasn't like the ones the cops use. This room was the Hell room. Prisoners who go in there, get tortured with every type of torture. Some didn't make it out alive because they refused to share information.
AU Naomi sits down making herself comfortable.
"Bring him in." She ordered.
Two angels drag a prisoner in. They abruptly put him down on the chair. AU Naomi folds her arms on the table. She grins wide at him.
"Archangel Gabriel. We haven't spoken for a while now. How are you?"
Gabriel looks up at her. His eyes glow blue.
AU Naomi nods.
"Aw. Seems you are nearly back to your full level of power. Grace getting there I see. "
The archangel muffled behind his muzzle. AU Naomi chuckled slightly.
"Oh I forgot my apologizes."
The angel didn't sound sorry. One of the angels removes the muzzle and steps back. Gabriel moves his jaw left and right. AU Naomi tilts her head.
"I will repeat the question. How are you?"
Gabriel raises his hands that are in cuffs.
"I gotta say Naomi this place seriously needs improving. My stay hasn't been great. I would not give this place a five-star rating .I would give it...more like a one. And I would definitely not recommend it to anyone. You wanted to know how I'm feeling, I'm feeling very unsatisfied."
AU Naomi smiles.
"Hmm. I see what you're doing. Trying to use humour to cover up what you are actually feeling. A lot of prisoners crack jokes in these situations. You may find it funny but I find it lame. It shows me that inside you are breaking. Piece by piece per day. You think it makes you look tough but it actually makes you look weak. "
She does go on. The archangel thought with a sigh.
"Okay. Maybe I was being too harsh. I know you guys do get offended easily. How about a two rating. "
AU Naomi leans back.
"Okay Gabriel. I think we need to show you how serious this conversation is."
" What you gotta do? Force me to swallow holy oil, give me the whip, mind torture. " The archangel yawns dramatically. "Boring. You see all this is nothing compared to what I been through in the past."
"With Asmodeus?" Gabriel flinched at that name. "Oh yes. I know. Angels do update me. You should be thankful we haven't extracted your grace. "
"But you are planning on doing it."
" Yes. I told you when we first met, you are going to be the key to getting that rift open. Once Michael returns to give us news about paradise, he will want to reopen the rift. That's when you come in. Instead of Michael draining his grace, we think it's best if you do it. Leave it open long enough for a whole army to come through. "
"Do I get to join? Have been feeling a little home sick."
"No. "
"Oh. Not surprised."
"We will cut your neck. Right here. " AU Naomi touches an area on her neck. "And make sure every last drop of your grace goes into the spell."
Gabriel 's confident mask was slowly coming off his face. The thought of someone extracting grace from him terrified him. The sight of syringes and needles causes him to cringe. The good thing that came out of the years of torture from Asmodeus was that Gabriel felt stronger. He wasn't afraid to run anymore. These weeks in the angel prison, Gabriel fought through it. He hasn't had a psychotic breakdown like the first time round. He got over a lot of things but not the extraction.
The memories of his grace being extracted from him still haunts him to this day. The day AU Michael returns ready to get this hands on the archangel's grace, Gabriel was certain it will add to his nightmares.
AU Michael was not the brother Gabriel looks up to and loves. AU Michael was a monster. Gabriel is sure the alternative archangel will definitely beat the crap out of him because he failed to kill him that day.
In any world I can still fool my brothers. Gabriel thought. Feeling proud of himself.
"Do not worry. You will not be alone. "
Gabriel raises his eyebrow.
"Really?"
"Your brother Michael is here. In this world. "
The humour vanishes from Gabriel's face. The archangel turns serious.
"What?"
"The one who was in the cage. He got out. "
"W...W...What?"
Gabriel didn't know what to say. His brother Michael has been in the cage for years.
"Your joking."
"Why would I joke about your family. "
"He can't be out. No way. Someone would have had to release him. "
"They did. His vessel is a hunter. Dean Winchester."
"Dean Winchester?" He shakes his head. "No I know Dean. He never wanted to say yes to Michael."
"Now he did. You want proof? I will give you proof."
AU Naomi touches the archangel's head. The scene when the alternative angel first meets Michael appears in Gabriel's eyes.
Gabriel looks through the angel's eyes. He sees Dean Winchester restrained by the werewolves. From the archangel's knowledge, in this world Sam and Dean do not exist.
That has gotta be my world Dean. Okay so they won't lying about Dean being here.
"Hello Michael." AU Naomi says in the flashback.
Gabriel sees the blue glow around the hunter's body. He sees the stretched out wings and the bright glowing eyes.
That's when Gabriel knew. Standing there was Dean's face but inside was the big brother he always loved and looked up to.
Michael.
Gabriel bit his lip.
Its been so long.
Gabriel didn't want to leave Heaven. Gabriel wanted to be with his family but he couldn't put up with the arguing and the fighting. It eventually got too much. He had no choice but to run.
"Naomi."
Dean sounded different. He didn't sound so gruff and deep. He sounded more clear, calm, and soft.
Gabriel's eyes widen.
It really is him.
There was times Michael spoke so smooth and soft and there was times when he used his stern tone. The stern tone. Gabriel knows that's the time you should not question the archangel. Gabriel has pushed his brother's buttons a few times in the past and it didn't go down very well.
"You lost Michael. You are ours now." AU Naomi says.
" That how you speak to someone who has a higher authority than you. " Michael replies.
"You might be the high mighty archangel where you come from but over here, you are nothing .You are nothing but an unwelcome guest."
"I am Michael. Surely you would know I can be trusted. I am one of you no matter what universe we are from. "
Hearing Michael speak made Gabriel's eyes go wider by the second. It all seemed like a dream. This all seemed too good to be true. No this is real, Michael is out there and Gabriel knew nothing about it.
The archangel didn't want to think what was going through his brother's head. Michael has been in the cage, surely the cage has messed him up.
The conversation got interrupted. A fight broke out. Gabriel watched his brother fought his way out of the angels grip. The scene finishes before Gabriel could find out what happened.
AU Naomi let's go and folds her arms again.
"He got away. He kidnapped a hunter. Eileen Leahy." Gabriel didn't show any sign of relief or fear. His face was still, frozen. "You're in shock." AU Naomi points out. "I suppose that was a lot to take in." Gabriel remained quiet. AU Naomi stands up enjoying the archangel's reaction. "We will stop here. I said what I wanted to say." She looks at her guards. "Take the archangel Gabriel back to his cell."
The angels drag the archangel of the chair.
"The muzzle?" The angel says.
AU Naomi shakes her head.
"Leave it off. I think he is going to stay quiet."
The angels nods. They drag Gabriel out of the room. The archangel didn't fight or say one of his sarcastic comments. He remained silent.
The angels shove Gabriel into his cell and slam the door.
Gabriel flinched at the slam but no words came out of his mouth. His face showed no emotion. The news of his brother's return has shook him to the core. It's the first time in ages, Gabriel has truly been shocked.
The archangel sits down and leans against the cold, wet wall. He crosses his legs and puts his hands on his lap.
He remained like that for the rest of the night.