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A body gets pulled out. Its eyes burnt out.
"These are just some of the victims. More are in the hall, a couple in a store room...we don't usually see this kind of action in Duluth." The Coroner explains.
"The injuries all pretty uniform?" Mary asks.
The Coroner nods.
"Yep. The boys upstairs think maybe we're looking at a spree killer."
"If they were DOA, you have an ETA on TOD? Any sample DFA?...DNA?" Bobby says.
"Uh... frankly we don't even know the precise cause of death. I mean, there were the neck wounds of course, but there was also considerable internal trauma, so..." The Coroner picks up her phone. "Excuse me."
She leaves the room.
Sam frowns at Bobby.
" DFA?"
"I've been fighting a friggin' apocalypse for 15 years, my, FBI might be a little rusty."
Sam nods taking that into consideration.
"Alright."
"Let's give them a quick once-over, see what they missed." Mary suggests.
The three of them put on gloves and begin to examine the corpse.
"Angel kills for sure, and not grunts. We're talking 5-star smitings." Bobby says.
"Knife slits in the throat, but it doesn't appear they bled out." Sam says.
"He kept these people alive for a while." Mary says.
Sam opens the mouth of the corpse. Fangs form.
"Vampire." Sam says.
Bobby raises his eyebrow.
"I'll be damm."
"Why is an archangel hunting vampires in the first place? Mary questions. She becomes puzzled.
Sam goes and knocks on the door to the Coroner's office. The Coroner opens it.
"Sorry. Excuse me. Um, did anyone come to claim or identify these bodies?" Sam asks.
"Oh, yeah. A young lady. Said she heard about the killings on the morning news, thought she might know one of the victims." The Coroner answers.
"And?"
"She didn't. Then she disappeared, never even gave us her last name."
"Huh. Do you happen to have surveillance cameras outside?"
"Yes. Right this way."
Jack sits down with a pile of books next to him. He reads through one book that nearly took up the whole desk.
Cas looks at the books.
"Looks like about..two centuries of biblical lore. Light reading."
"I'm researching how long it takes archangel grace to replenish." Jack says.
"Well, archangels being exceedingly rare, the data on that is woefully scant."
"The books say it can take from a month to..."
"A century. Yeah. Complicating factor being your human component, which slows the process." Jack sighs heavily. Cas leans forward putting his hands on the desk. "Jack."
"You don't understand what I'm going through."
Jack puts his head down not wanting Cas to see how frustrated he is.
"Jack. Yes, I do...a little. At the time of the Great Fall, when angels were banished from heaven, I lost what I thought was everything. I had no grace, I had no wings. I felt hopeless and useless."
Jack looks back up. Looking curious.
"What did you have left?"
"Well, uh..well, I had Sam and Dean. But I had something else that was extremely helpful. I had myself. Just the basic me, as, uh...as Dean would say, without all the bells and whistles. You know, Sam and Dean, they weren't born with their expertise. They've been at it since they were children. Failing, winning, developing over the years. Patience, are skills too. The past, where you come from, that's important, but it is not as important as the future and where you're going."
Jack takes in the angel's words. Thinking through every word.
Cas gets a call. He sees Sam on the screen. He answers it and listens to what the hunter has to say.
Gabriel paces up and down his cell his eyebrows furrowed.
After getting over the shock that big brother Michael is back, Gabriel has been filling his head with questions that he wanted answers for.
Why did Dean say yes?
Dean was supposed to yes during the apocalypse. It was fate for Michael and Lucifer to fight using their true vessels.
Michael, Zachariah almost the whole of Heaven tried to get Dean to say yes.
I even sent the boys into T.V land to get my point across that they gotta play their roles. I said to them they were born for this. It was destiny for them to fight each other.
Why has it taken this long for Dean to say yes?
Gabriel knew Dean wouldn't say yes without a very good reason.
Lucifer and the other Michael went to my world.
Gabriel frowns.
Unless Jack joined his father. Lucifer can be manipulative. Its gonna put the Winchesters in danger. Where was the other Michael?...unless Jack killed him. The dicks out there don't know that their boss is dead. So...To defeat Lucifer...Oh snap.
Gabriel realized. Dean needed Michael to defeat Lucifer and Jack. If Jack did become evil. Gabriel put that on my maybe list. He couldn't sense any darkness in the kid. He hoped deep down that Jack didn't join his father.
But then Dean might have said yes to Michael to stop the other Michael. Lucifer could be dead.
Gabriel sighs heavily. The possibilities goes on. One thing he was certain about is Dean would say yes for his family.
I bet Michael was in his glory.
Next question.
What is Michael's state of mind? Can he be trusted?
Gabriel loves his brother. He does but Hell changes people. Gabriel changed after his time with Asmodeus. Lucifer changed after his time in the cage. Michael must have changed. The change is what worried the archangel.
Michael is a warrior. He is strong and a fighter. He is not that strong to survive the cage. He should be a drooling mess now.
Again the archangel goes puzzled.
Yet he looked fine. He looked normal.
That's on the outside. What is he like on the inside?
The thought scared Gabriel. Michael's breakdown might have been worse than his. Michael could be really messed up. He couldn't show that in front of the alternative angels, that would make him look weak.
Eileen.
Gabriel didn't fully know the woman. He used to see her in her cell. He did try to talk to her once but she couldn't hear him. He only found out recently she was deaf. He did attempt sign language but he struggled with the cuffs on. So he gave up.
Gabriel suddenly had a bad feeling. If Michael has gone psychotic, Eileen must be going through hell or worse dead.
Am I gonna be next?
Michael killing his brother. Gabriel would have laughed it off but now there is a chance it could happen.
Dad didnt rescue him from the cage. Michael might have turned on his family. Turn on me for leaving him. Now he has his sword, the power could have gone to his head. Made him even more insane. Dean heck knows what is happening to him.
If Dean is alive that is.
A lump forms in Gabriel's throat. For once he really wanted to be away from his brother. He didn't want to see the damage the cage has done to him.
If Michael finds the angel post, he will kill every living thing in it. Including the humans.
"Oh this is bad. This is really bad." Gabriel mutters under his breath.
"Hey. You look like you seen a ghost."
Gabriel turns the cell where the voice came from. A young woman with long blonde hair tied into a pony tail looks at him with her arms folded.
"I guess I kinda did." The archangel answers.
The woman looks round to see if there was any angels around. She spoke her voice low.
"What did she say to you?"
Gabriel quickly looks round. The close was clear.
"Not much. Your friend the deaf one. She got taken by the angels I don't know why but now she's gone."
"Eileen is gone?"
"Yeah she got away. Naomi is um pretty pissed off."
The woman looks at him feeling suspicious.
"Why would Naomi call you to tell you that."
Gabriel didn't want to say his brother Michael kidnapped her. He didn't want the prisoner to know about Michael. They had the worry of their world Michael. They didn't need to know about his crazy one.
"Jo. What did I tell you about speaking to him." A male's voice comes from behind.
Jo turns round.
"He is not one of them Rufus."
"He is still an angel. They can't be trusted. They are the son of a bitches who killed your mother."
"It's not like I can do anything." Gabriel shows his cuffs to prove his point.
Jo sits down. The mention of her mom causes her heart to ache. She shrugs it off and looks at the older hunter.
"I was curious Rufus."
"He could be lying to you."
Jo sighs.
"Eileen is gone." She glares at the archangel. "I don't think he is telling us everything. His face says it all."
Gabriel laughs nervously.
"Jo. I..."
"Where is Eileen? What happened to her? Tell me the truth."
Gabriel opens his mouth to answer. A bang causes everyone to look up.
"WHICH ONE OF YOU SPOKE FIRST?" The angel yells. His voice thunderous.
Gabriel glances at the hunters. He sees fear behind Jo's eyes. Rufus stands up to turn himself in.
"It was..."
"It was me." Gabriel quickly interrupts.
Jo and Rufus both look at the archangel surprised.
"It was you?" The angel asks.
Gabriel nods.
"Yes. You removed my muzzle. I wanted to talk. Haven't talked to anyone for days."
"You know you are not supposed to talk to the inmates."
"Yeah but I couldn't help myself."
"Wait he..."
"Shh Jo." Rufus whispers in her ear.
Jo stands back. She couldn't help but feel guilty. She is the one that should be punished not Gabriel.
The angel opens the cell.
"Naomi thought you were going to stay quiet." He grabs the archangel by the ear. "Seems she is proved wrong."
He drags Gabriel into a room. In the room is a small cage hanging from the ceiling.
Gabriel's eyes widen.
Oh no. Not this one.
"Get in." The angel orders.
"Can't you just put a muzzle on me instead."
"Get in."
You did this so the girl wouldn't suffer. Gabriel reminds himself.
Gabriel steps into the cage. The angel puts the helmet on to the archangel's head. The spikes from the helmet causes Gabriel to wince.
"You enjoying that?" The angel says with a dark chuckle.
"Much thank you."
The angel chuckles.
"The next part you are gonna love."
He injects a purple liquid into Gabriel's neck. Flashbacks of Gabriel's years of imprisonment flashes across the archangel's eyes.
"No. Make it stop." Gabriel begs.
"We are just getting started."
There was a flashback of the syringe going deep into Gabriel's skin.
"No. No." Gabriel repeats under his breath.
The next scene was different.
Gabriel sees Michael with Dean as the vessel.
"What is this?"
The angel laughs.
"Your most recent thoughts. Scared of your brother I see."
Michael smiled. A twisted smile. Darkness glistened in his eyes.
"This is crap...I'm not thinking this." Gabriel says. There was a hint of fear in his voice.
Gabriel suddenly finds himself in the middle of nowhere.
"Hello brother."
Gabriel whips round. Michael had his blade by his side. His eyes glow red.
Lucifer's red.
"Michael." Gabriel says.
"You still know who I am? I thought you forgotten all about me."
"Why would I forget you?"
"Father did. He left me in the cage. Lucifer got out." He scoffs. "Can you believe that. Lucifer got out before me."
"I couldn't help you. I had problems to."
"Asmodeus?"
Michael suddenly appears in front of his brother. Gabriel wanted to back away but he was stuck It was like his feet were glued to the ground.
"Yes I know about your time with the Prince of Hell. Do you know what I thought?"
"What?"
"That you deserved it. You are the one who ran after all. Left your own family to become a Pagan God. Disgusting .
"Family? Our family fell apart when you and Lucifer formed a grudge."
"You could have stayed by my side." He kicks Gabriel in the chest. Gabriel drops down and groans. "You could have helped me run Heaven." He kicks Gabriel in the face. "You could have been a good brother. I bet father is ashamed of what you have become. I'm definitely ashamed."
"Brother."
"Don't brother me."
He grabs Gabriel by the collar and brings him close to his face. Michael's rage vanishes. The archangel laughs. A crazy laugh. The laugh made Gabriel feel uncomfortable.
"Oh Gabriel." He drops the blade. "What am I doing? I shouldn't kill you." He grins. "I should be the big brother and spend quality time with you."
He throws Gabriel up against the wall. Gabriel goes to move but finds himself pinned to the wall. Michael picks up his blade and starts walking towards him.
"Michael."
Michael laughs as he approaches his brother.
"Michael." Gabriel repeats. "This isn't you. You are better than this. "
Michael got closer and closer.
"MICHAEL. STOP THIS RIGHT NOW."
Michael stops.
"Why stop." He wraps his hands around his brother's throat. "You got my attention. No Lucifer is around. You got me all to yourself."
His eyes glow bright red. He raises his blade and cuts Gabriel across the shoulder.
Gabriel opens his mouth and lets out a scream.
A scream gets Michael's attention. He stands up with his blade and looks around.
"HELP"
Michael looks ahead. There was a woman running down the hill. She rushes through the woods ducking the trees and jumping over the rocks. The wind blows through her red hair. Sometimes getting in her face so she couldn't see.
"HELP." She repeats.
She bursts out of the bushes.
"THEY ARE AFTER ME."
Michael steps in front of the woman. He grabs her and steadies her.
"Hey. Its okay."
The woman fights in his grip.
"Hey!" Michael yells. Louder this time.
The woman looks up at him. Her hazel eyes wide with fear.
Wait a minute.
Michael studies her face. His eyes widen.
"Anna."
"Help...me."
Anna goes pale and collapses into the archangel arms.
Say hello to Alternative Rufus Turner, Jo Harvelle and Anna.
Things are not looking for Gabriel.
Next chapter coming soon.