"Okay.. so who could have the power to hold an archangel…" Sam asked looking at the jug in disgust that someone would drain in angel an archangel at that of their grace.
"Beside Father or one of us. No-one." Michael answered he too unable to look away from the jug.
"But Gabriel was injured and weakened. If someone were to take advantage of his injury then they could of easily overpowered him. Drain his grace and…" Lucifer said as he ran one hand through his hair. "This is my fault. He would of never been injured in the first place if I…"
"Lucifer. You didn't take him captive. The second you hurt him you got back control and helped him to heal. Now Asmodeus said he left Hell so who else would of tried to take him." Michael said pulling his gaze from the jug to pull his little brother into his arms.
"The Pagans." Dean said suddenly.
"What?!" Raphael questioned. "Why would they have him?"
Dean looked at Sam then Castiel before steeling himself. "When we first meet Gabriel we didn't know who he was we thought he was just a trickster. Turns out he wasn't but the Pagans know him as Loki."
"Trickster." Lucifer said as he looking at Michael in horror. Did Asmodeus lie to them. Had Gabriel been just inside that room. Had they been that close only to leave Gabriel there. "We need to talk to Asmodeus again."
"Then let's go talk to him." Michael said. Within a few minutes the two eldest archangels were gone. The rest of the group was shocked when they reappeared within ten minutes. "He wasn't in Hell. We'll check again in a few hours." The archangel was pissed.
…..
Asmodeus sighed that had been close he was lucky to sense Lucifer entering Hell so he quickly transported himself and Gabriel table and all to his compound on Earth. The archangel lay sobbing upon the table in front of him. "Can't have you screaming anymore." Asmodeus hissed as he made a needle and length of wire appear. Quickly sewning the archangel's bloody mouth back closed this time using a spell to make the wire go threw bone and wiring Gabriel's jaw closed. The archangel could do nothing but lay there sobbing and grunting in pain as the demon forced the device's brim down against his skin.
"There now to make it permanent." Asmodeus hissed muttering another spell. Gabriel thrashed as the metal grew red hot melting into him and fusing to bone. Asmodeus set up the tubing and started draining the archangel's grace before he used the powers he'd gained from the grace he'd already drank and sealed the room and stopped time within it. "Your own powers will be your prison." Asmodeus whispered into Gabriel's right ear before the demon left the room Lucifer was calling him. Gabriel lay there sobbing as reached for the links he has with his brothers only to find them still dark. Why… Why… Didn't they care.. Was this his punishment for leaving Heaven. To be a demon's power source. Lucifer had cared before why would he close the link. He'd told him to talk to Sam. To explain, but he'd left to talk to Michael and then they… they got locked in the cage. But he was there… he was right there outside that room and he was asking about him. Looking for him. Asmodeus. Asmodeus had to be doing something to his links. But how?
…..
Michael and Lucifer headed back to Hell to see if Asmodeus had come back yet only to find the demon still gone. "Where would he have gone?" Michael asked with a growl. The archangel still pissed at the thought of the demon tricking them.
"He could be anywhere or at his compound on Earth." Lucifer said as he sent a call out to the Prince of Hell.
"My Lord." Asmodeus said as he appeared beside the two archangels.
"You said you had a Pagan trickster. What was his name?" Lucifer questioned acting like he was just wondering.
"Oh.. Coyote. " Asmodeus replied. "Anything else?"
"No. Thank you for the information." Lucifer said as he turned to Michael before suddenly slamming the demon up against the wall with his blade to his throat. "You better not be lying to me."
"I'm not My Lord Lucifer I swear." Asmodeus said faniticly his eyes wide.
Lucifer nodded sharply with a glare pushing the blade until it just drew blood before turning back to Michael and the two of them headed back to Singer's Salvage.
"So do you think he's lying." Michael asked as the two archangels walked back into Bobby's living room.
"I don't know… Asmodeus is the weakest of the Princes. Something just isn't adding up." Lucifer answered thoughtfully.
"So we're back to square one I'm guessing." Adam said as he looked up at the two powerful beings.
"I don't know what you mean but Asmodeus said he as Coyote not Loki." Michael said. "Where is everyone?"
"Dean and Castiel are out in the impala talking. Sam and Bobby went to get us all some food and I think Raphael went back up to Heaven." Adam answered.
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Gabriel whined fearfully as Asmodeus came back into the room. The demon undid the tubing draining his grace before pulling the thin narrow blade out of Gabriel's arm. "Now I'm going to finish taking your senses away. Say goodbye to the world i am the the last thing you will ever see or hear."
Asmodeus laughed as he raised the bloody blade to Gabriel's right ear. The cold of the metal, the pain, the sharp pop, and Gabriel's world was silent. No… No… The Messenger cried weakly reaching again for the darkened links with his brothers. Please… S… S-Stop… Please… Gabriel whined as Asmodeus leveled the blade tip with his left eye. Please… A flash of blue. A flash of red. Then he was plunged into darkness.
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Bobby and Sam were half way into town. When Bobby turned to the younger hunter. "Alright boy, let it out." Booby said.
"I thought I'd lost any chance of ever seeing him again. Of telling him. I still feel like I'm not good enough for him. But he's alive. Bobby. At least he's alive. But who knows what shape he's in." Sam said softly.
"It will be alright, Son." Bobby said.
…
Gabriel woke slowly, painfully, he could feel cold seeping into his right side. His arms were pulled tightly behind his back. He was laying on his side. Groaning Gabriel rolled onto stomach hissing in pain as he got to his feet. Asmodeus seemed to of chained his arms behind his back and tugging on the chain he found it connected to something solid like the floor or the wall. His whole world might have been reduced to feel and scent but Gabriel knew if him could get loose of the chain he could fly away. He could go to his brothers or Sam. Yeah Sam.. He'd fly to Sam. Ignoring the arching pain in his chest the archangel pulled the chain tant before backing up to the wall and running forward. He hit the end of the chian sharply only to yank himself back off his feet.
Getting back to his feet Gabriel tried again only to once more land back on the floor. I need more force… Maybe… Yeah that might work… Got to try… That bastard might be back any minute. The archangel loosed his wings. In seconds he was airborne pulling the chain to it's full length using every bit of power he could to pull it out of wherever it was embedded. He jerked forward suddenly as the chain gave. Only to feel a hand wrap around his ankle. No… Asmodeus pulled him down. Grabbing onto his hair with one hand and his waistband with the other. Gabriel tried to jerk away. To fly. But Asmodeus slammed him down onto what Gabriel could only guess was the table. Only this time he was stomach down. The demon used the chain connected to Gabriel's arms to bind the archangel down. Then locking his legs down as well.
Gabriel could tell the Prince of Hell was furious. Pain was ripping through him from being on his stomach like he was. But that pain was quickly drowned out by the pain roaring through his right largest wing. Oh Father… Oh Father… His wings… Asmodeus was cutting off his wings… Pain. Pain unlike anything he'd ever felt before. He screamed, shrieking in agony within his own mind. Gabriel felt as one by one the demon cut his wings off leaving nothing but the bleeding grace leaking stubs protruding from his back. Asmodeus then flipped him onto his back binding him down again and laying the cut off wings on top of the trembling Messenger adding insult to injury.
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It was when the humans were all asleep when it happened. A voice echoed through the world within the minds of every being on the planet. A voice that had priests and nuns fleeing their beds to drop to their knees in prayer. A voice that had the Winchesters, Bobby and Adam running back into Bobby's living room. A voice that had the whole of the Heavenly Host in a panic. A voice that brought the three archangels in Bobby's living room to their knees. A voice that reduced Lucifer to tears at the words. The voice of the Messenger of Lord and he was pleading… No begging to die.
"Daddy please just let me die. I can't take it anymore. Tell Sammy I'm sorry and I love him so. That I held on this long for him. But Daddy. Daddy please. Let the next time. Be the last time. Let him mess it up. Let him take too much. Daddy please just let me die."
A voice. A thunderous roar with a deafening bang and a name. "GABRIEL."
