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Jack walks up the steps to this house. He knocks on the door. The door opens revealing an elderly woman.
"Can I help you?" She asks.
"Mrs Kline?" Jack says.
"Yes?"
"I'm a friend...of your daughter. Kelly."
"Oh."
"My name is Jack."
"Oh so is mine!." Mr Kline says as he joins his wife's side.
Jack nods.
" I know."
"Well please, come in." Mrs Kline said with a smile.
Jack steps in. Mr Kline escorts Jack to the living rook. They both sit down. Mrs Kline sits down opposite.
"Would you like anything to drink deary?" She asked.
"I'm fine thank you." Jack answered with a polite smile. He clears his throat. "I was in the area and wanted to say hello. Kelly always had such nice things to say about her family."
"So how did you know our Kelly? Through work?" Mrs Kline asks.
"She basically gave me her start."
"So you were like her intern."
"Took you under her wing. That's just like her." Mr Kline says. Both Klines chuckle. Mr Kline frowns. "We haven't heard from her in a long time."
"Well, she went travelling, but she couldn't tell us where." Mrs Kline says.
"She really couldn't." Jack says.
"So it was part of her...government work. Classified and all that." Mr Kline says.
Jack nods. Mr Kline sadly nods back. Jack notices a book on the table.
"Oh, please." Mrs Kline says noticing the former nephilim's interest in it.
Jack opens it. Inside was a picture of a girl.
" Is that her?" Jack asks as he ran his fingers along the page looking awestruck.
"Mhmm. Sixth grade. She won the spelling bee. "Chrysanthemum" was the winning word." Mrs Kline answers.
"Lucky. We grew 'em in the yard." Mr Kline says.
"Forgive me, but, uh... Kelly told us she was pregnant. We didn't push for details, We felt she'd tell us more when she was ready."
"She, uh, she had the baby. A boy." Jack answers.
Mrs Kline looks at her husband. Her face lights up by the news.
"We have a grandson!"
"You do. And in the time I spent with her, she was an amazing mother. Her son loves her very much."
Mrs Kline gets a tissue and wipes her tears.
"I can just imagine.
"She would sing, and talk to him, even before he was born. She made him feel safe, and wanted. I heard her tell him that it isn't fate, or her, or his dad who sets his path, it's himself, who he chooses to be."
"I know it's nutty, but, Jack here kind of looks like her, see?"
Mrs Kline holds up the photo next to him.
Jack shrugs.
"I don't know. But, I hope some day to have a little of her courage and purpose. I didn't mean to intrude."
Mrs Kline shakes her head.
"Oh, no, no, not at all."
"Hey, no." Mr Kline says.
"I had to meet you." Jack says.
"If you see Kelly, tell her we miss her." Mrs Kline says.
"I will. I miss her too."
Mrs Kline hugs the former nephilim. Jack hugs back. Tears forming in his own eyes.
Although Jack knew he was never going to be part of this family, he was happy and grateful to meet his grandparents and learn a bit about his mother.
He will always remember this day.
Michael cringed every time the whip made contact with Eileen's skin. Her screams echoed across the post. It lasted for about two minutes but to Michael it felt like hours.
It made it worse because he couldn't do nothing about it. He was stuck in a cell. In cuffs.
The screams stop.
"Take them back!" AU Naomi yells behind the door.
The slip opens and AU Naomi looks through.
"That girl looks like she's been through Hell. You should have seen it, oh wait you couldn't." Her eyes go down on the cuffs. "You got yourself banged up." She smirks at the older archangel. "You did this to yourself. You caused Eileen to suffer."
Michael was about to stand up. Gabriel grabs his arm.
"Don't. Your giving her what she wants. She loves getting a reaction." He looks at the angel. "Believe me I know."
"Aw Gabriel taking care of his brother. How sick. Our Michael killed all his brothers. He didn't need them."
"Your Michael is sick in the head." Michael says. Speaking for the first time since being captured.
"Not sick. He is strong. You on the other hand are weak. Love is a distraction. Family pulls you back. You call yourself archangels." AU Naomi snorted. "You may have the names but you certainly don't live up to your status. You are both pathetic."
"Anything else you want to say Naomi." Gabriel says as he keeps his brother down on the ground.
AU Naomi's lip twitches. She quickly puts on a fake smile.
"Good day gentlemen."
She slides the mini door and goes off. Michael pulls away from his brother's grip. Gabriel sighs.
"Don't take any notice of her. She's a bitch. Excuse my french."
"She's right."
Gabriel shakes his head.
"No she's not."
"I fell for Anna's story. I took Eileen right into a trap. I wanted to rescue you. Now I got myself locked up." Michael raises his cuffs. "I am the most powerful being in existence and I am being treated like dirt." He sighs sadly. "I deserve it."
"Hey. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. This is not how I remember my brother. My brother is a warrior. One of Heaven's finest. You are a good solider."
"I was a good solider. That changed after my time in my cage."
"You killed Lucifer."
"I failed to stop the other me."
"I fought him and he was impossible. I only managed to hit him a couple of times. Didn't help cuz I was low in grace."
"That was a stupid thing to do Gabriel. I thought he killed you."
"That was the idea. Brother you know me, I wouldn't go into a fight without a back up plan." He gives Michael a wink. "I replaced myself with an illusion like I did when Lucifer thought he killed me. The other you..." He laughs. "He really thought he killed me. When we get back home, I'm gonna give him a surprise. Hello evil Mikey thought you saw the last of me."
Gabriel laughs. He then frowns when he sees no laughter or even a smile from his brother.
Michael sighs.
"If we ever get home that is."
"Are we really doing this right now? Come on Michael. "
"Did you ever think you were going to go home?"
"No. I'll admit to that. Now seeing you out of the cage not a mad man, it has given me hope. I got out of years of torture from Asmo. I'm sure we can get out of this."
"How? These cuffs prevent us from using our power."
"Oh good point."
Gabriel leans back. His face screws up trying hard to think of a plan.
"Even with my sword. I can't break them." Michael gives the cuffs a pull. They didn't break. "Its pointless."
"Sword..." Gabriel's eyes go up. "I got it." He looks at his brother. "I know how you can break them."
"By the look of your face I don't like where this is going."
"The cuffs were created to trap angels. Correct. But humans..." Gabriel raises his eyebrow to say you following me.
Michael thinks for a few moments. He shakes his head.
"No."
"Michael its the only way."
"I am not giving up control."
"I'm sure Dean won't cast you out."
"I am not worried about Dean. I made a promise that I was going to stay in control until the other me was dead. I was going to avenge your death."
"I'm alive. You can break the promise and give Dean back the control."
"How do you know it would even work? Dean being in control wouldn't make a difference. I'm still in him."
"Yes but those cuffs were designed to trap you. An archangel. If Dean is in control, the cuffs would then be trapping a human. The warding would have no effect on Dean."
"The cuffs are trapping both of us."
"You yes. Dean no. He is human. He can break those cuffs. You can save me and we can rescue the prisoners and get out of here."
"When did come up with all this?"
"Been learning a things during my stay at angel post."
"I don't know."
"We don't know if we don't try right?" Michael still didn't look keen. "Michael. I know you like being in control. Taking charge. But now is the time you gotta hand it over." Gabriel pats his brother's back. "I'll be right here. I promise."
Michael looks at his cuffs. He really wanted to get them off. He didn't want to give up control. He didn't like to stand back and watch.
The archangel did not know what to do.
"Your vessel remained in tact." AU Naomi says. Anna nods. AU Naomi smiles. "Told you the spell would work."
"Yes you did say that."
"Show me your eyes." Anna's eyes glow. "Ah perfect. You are fixed Back to how you should be."
"Yeah." Anna replies not sounding enthusiastic.
"You will start from the bottom. Work your way up. Things have changed since your last visit upstairs. "
"I know. I can see."
"I will have you transported to a post in Chicago. You can be a guard there."
"Why not stay here?"
"You have connections to the humans. Eileen. We don't want any human emotions triggered."
"You have a fair point madam. Best to be around humans that I do not know."
"Exactly. It is best to have a fresh start."
"Yes. I agree with you madam."
AU Naomi grins.
"Good. Now lets..." The angel gets interrupted by singing. AU Naomi sighs knowing whose voice it is. "Gabriel. He never shuts up." She looks at one of the angels. "Go and do what needs to be done to keep him from bursting into another song."
The angel nods and leaves the room. He goes to the door and unlocks it. He opens it with a bang. Gabriel stops halfway and looks at the angel.
"You know they say its rude to interrupt a performance."
"You know you are not supposed to sing. It is disrupting."
"I was bored. My brother is not talking to me so I decided to sing a few classic tunes just to kill time."
The angel gets out the muzzle.
"Look what's going back on your mouth."
"Oh goody. We playing dogs and owners again. Can I be the owner this time and you be the dog with the muzzle. You are a bad dog. You hurt people."
The angel chuckles.
"Gabriel. So predictable. Thinks he is funny but he is not. What do you think Michael?"
Michael kept his head down in his arms.
"I told you he doesn't want to talk." Gabriel says.
"Huh. Really?" The angel taps his boot in front of the older archangel. "Hey Michael. Look at me when I'm talking to you."
"Really wasting your time pal."
"You be quiet." The angel says glaring daggers at Gabriel. The angel grabs Michael by the shirt. "Michael."
"Wrong." Michael's head goes up. His eyes glow blue. "Guess again."
The cuffs break in half. The angel goes back looking shocked.
"How?"
"Your cuffs trap an angel." The archangel smirks. "Not a human."
The angel's eyes widen.
"The vessel."
Dean again smirks. He flexes his muscles as he stands up. He wobbles slighty not used to feeling his legs again. He regains his balance and his eyes go straight on to the angel blade.
The angel realizes and grips on to his blade for dear life.
Gabriel stands up and frowns at the angel.
"I don't think that's going to do much buddy." He says to the angel.
The angel swings a punch. Dean dodges and goes behind the angel. He wraps his hands around the angel's throat. The angel coughs struggling to breathe. Dean pulls the blade out of the angel's grip and stabs the angel in the chest.
The angel falls forward and hits the ground. Dean grips the blade as he felt the archangel's grace pumping through him. He felt stronger, more alive.
"It worked. Gabriel was right." Michael says sounding surprised.
Dean nods.
Yeah he was.
Dean again flexes his muscles still trying to get used to being able to move again.
"Uh hello little help over here." Gabriel says.
Dean frowns as he looks at the cuffs.
"I just break them off?"
"Yes."
"Um..."
Dean raises his hand. He goes down and breaks the cuffs in one attempt.
Gabriel shakes his hands.
"Finally." He sees Dean looking amazed by his new amount of strength. "Hey Deano. Just because you are now on the same level as me. Don't get any ideas. I wanna live. It took Michael a lot to give up control. Don't make him regret it."
"I won't. I'll be careful."
"Good. That's all I wanted to say. Now let's get out of here."