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Shopping was a whole lot less painful than Dean thought it was going to be. Cas wanted to walk and if Sam or Gabriel held his hand he was okay with that. It was a huge mall so, loosing Cas would be easy, finding him would be like trying to stop Lucifer; impossible but a slim chance.
"De, an ee go ook at da oys?" Cas asks, breaking Dean's metal checklist. "Sure, why not." The hunter says with a shrug. A kid should have some toys, not a crap ton but some. The child giggles happily and pulls Sam along, Gabriel following with a smirk. That wasn't concerning at all.
Dean had a bad feeling about leaving them alone but it would probably easier to do it alone. He sighs as he grabs a cart, pushing it to the isle. He just grabbed the biggest box of pullups. "Good enough." He murmurs to himself. He grabbed some batman sippy cups and pacifiers, everything was adding up. "And I thought clothes were expensive." He says. He chuckles slightly to himself.
He honestly had no idea how some families were pulling through with all the stuff they got for their kids. People were constantly paying for toys, pullups, food, and whatever else they wanted or needed.
"Dean, we have a problem." Speaking of kids, there was Gabriel. "If Cas is throwing a temper tantrum deal with it, I don't do screaming kids." Dean says seriously. The archangel looked to worried for it to be a temper tantrum. "What is it, what's the problem." Dean didn't ask, he demanded.
"Well… um… Cassie may have wandered off… and we can't… find him." Gabriel says slowly. Dean's heart sank, Cas was alone, in this god forsaken place!? "You lost him?" He asks lowly. The child was alone, lost, he must be terrified.
Cas looked around quickly, Gabriel and Sam were nowhere in sight. He sticks his thumb in his mouth and sucked on it furiously. Where was Dean, where was his brother, or Sam? He was all alone, and he had no idea where he was.
"De?" he asks quietly as people rushed past him. He whimpers quietly, his wings fluttering slightly under his shirt and coat. It didn't even look like anyone cared at all. His eyes water slightly as he tries to find his family.
"Deeeeee." Cas wails. The water works broke free, the child just standing in the middling of a crowd crying. Two things happened, a man started coming up to him and a woman. Cas ran to the man, "Aw, what's wrong?" The guy asks Cas. The child hiccups as he reaches for the man. The guy complies and picks Cas up, "I'm Mike, can you tell me your name sweetheart?" He asks in a soft tone.
"Ca-a-a-a-s" Cas manages to get out as he cried. He clutched onto Mike's shirt. "Can you not find your Mommy or Daddy?" Mike asks Cas, bouncing the child slightly as he did so. This guy was heavily tattooed and had a scary beard but to Cas he had kind eyes, as well as a soul.
Cas shakes his head and look up at Mike, "A-an oo elp ee?" he asks between calming sobs. Mike smiles kindly, "Of course Cas," He says. "But first you need to tell me-" he was interrupted by the woman, "There you are!" She says to Cas. "I've been looking everywhere for you!"
Cas panicked, he didn't know this woman! He buries his face into Mike's jacket. "You've been a bad boy, making Mommy worry." She scolds lightly. The woman attempted to grab Cas but Mike had none of it. "Excuse me ma'am, what are you trying to do?" He asks, shifting Cas closer.
The woman's sickly sweet smile drops, and she looks over Mike, as if just seeing him. "Taking my child back." She says coldly. "Your child, huh? Why haven't you said his name once?" He says smiling smugly.
Her face twisted up even more, "That's a boy?" She asks, a sour frown on her face. "Ah, someone who takes helpless children away from their family." Mike says frowning. By this point there was a small group around the two, people videotaping and calling security.
She became flustered, "What I no! He just looked like my little girl!" She says defensively. "It's obvious Cas here is a guy, look at his shirt." Mike says gesturing to Cas's shirt. It read, 'Little gentleman.' With a mustache and a monocle. This just made the lady even more flustered, "I didn't see it I-"
Security had arrived, cutting her off. "Miss. Joline, you can't be here." Was all they said as two of the guys start escorting her out. The whole time she was trying to convince them that it wasn't her fault.
The head security turns to Mike and smiles apologetically, "Sorry about that sir." He says sheepishly. "No problem." Mike says with a shrug. He pauses and looks down at a trembling Cas, "Hey I have a missing kid here, his name is Cas." He says.
Head security guy nods in understanding, he talks into his walkie talkie, "Castiel Winchester?" He asks Mike. Cas replied by nodding, "De? Is my De oming oo et me?" He asks quietly, "Yep, your 'De' is coming to get you." Mike says smiling.
Not even five minutes after the announcement was made, Dean came jogging around the corner, a look of relief on his face. "There you are Cas." The hunter says in relief. He wasted no time in taking the child from Mike. "M' sorry De!" Cas says gripping onto Dean's shirt tightly. His lip trembled slightly.
"What happened, did you get hurt?" Dean asks. He started to check the child over. He had been so worried about Cas; what had happened to the child. "No, Ike elped me." Cas says pointing at his savior. The guy just shrugs, "No problem, just watch the little terror next time" he says before walking off.
"What happened, why did you wander off?" Dean asks. He didn't bother chasing the guy down to says 'thanks.'. "Abe nd Sam ere eing weird." Cas says quietly. "Weird like?" Dean questions the child. "Abe kissed Sam on da ips! Den Sam ent all ed and alked away." Cas says frowning. "Is Sam ota?" He asks innocently.
"Yeah Sammy's okay." Dean says shifting Cas up. They were going to have to have a talk apparently. "Let's check out all your stuff, then we'll go get a treat, okay?" He asks the child. Cas nods excitedly, as if the treat would erase all his bad memories. On the way, to Gabriel, he saw something that would probably be useful, a kiddy leash.
He grabs it and continues walking. Looks like they would be having a talk, all of them.