Sam watched Gabe eat his food, he ate a lot slower now than he had when he first arrived and Sam guessed it was because he felt safer. He wanted to beleive that but Gabe's eyes would dart side ways checking for enimies. Another step in the right direction was made when Sam had placed a plate of eggs and bacon in front of him, Gabe hadn't waited for Sam's permission. Gabe was still very thin despite Sam's efforts to pile his plate high with whatever they were having that day, Sam had even pulled out Dean's stash of candy. Sam knew Dean had thought he didn't know about it, but Gabe only ate the stuff if Sam offered.
Sam had half hoped that Gabe's sugar addiction would win out over his wariness, that had been a hope that had been crushed when he saw Gabe ignoring the glass jar filled to the brim with candy.

Sam needed to find a way to pull the trickster in Gabe back out, even asshole Gabe was preferable than this. Sam was out of his depth, floating at sea without a clue what to do. Yeah he was the more open to feeling's than his brother, but Gabe was scared all the time and he didn't know how to comfort him.
Suddenly a loud knock at the bunker door pulled Sam from his thoughts. Gabe jumped so hard his cutlery fell from his hands to clatter on the floor. "Sorry, sorry." Gabe said desperatly dropping to the ground to retreive the fallen silverware. Sam stood to go open the door and as he passed Gabe flinched as if ready for a blow. Sam tried to stop the way it stabbed at his heart, Dean had once looked at him like that. Like Sam was a monster to be feared.
He shook the though away as he headed towards the door.

He had barley gotten the door open when a small body ducked under Sams arm and into the room. Sam cursed himself when he went to pull out his gun only to find he left it in the kitchen with Gabe. "Sorry, I thought something was following me." The nervouse girl squeaked, her arm's up to sheild her self. "I'm Amiel, Castiel sent me." Sam gave the small angel a once over. Her eyes were almost the same as Cas' and her hair just as dark. Sam realised that they should have had a password or something so he knew if he could trust her or not.
But Gabe soon solved that.

"Amy?" Amiel looked over to where Gabe had been kneeling only a few minuets earlier, the cutlery was gone and he was walking towards them. Amiel's eyes landed on his face. "Brother, it's good to see you are fine." she said and actually sounded like she meant it. She looked torn between hugging the ex-angel and letting him have his space, finally she settled for a "How are you?"
Gabe looked down at himself "I'm alive." Amiel or Amy gave a nod as if she expected that answer.
"Me too."
Silence overtook them again. Sam found their interaction interesting, Gabe didn't seem to shake, had no problem talking with her and could look her in the eye alot longer than he could Sam before he had glanced away.
It hurt. It hurt that Gabe wasn't comfortable with him but he was a complete stranger.

Sam coughed "Well, um Amy." Amy nodded to him, "Make yourself at home." Sam gave her an awkward smile and sat on the couch, flicking on the Tv he pretended to watch until both of them sat down. Gabe sat next to Amy with a slight gap between them at first, as he relaxed Gabe had lent on the Angel at first then lay his head in her lap as she stroked his hair.
It was the most peacful Sam had seen the man since Cas had first turned up at his door. And he couldn't help but like this Angel who brought peace to Gabe. What he really wanted was to ask her if she knew what happened to Gabe and if she would be willing to share that information. The problem with outright asking was that Gabe might be sent in to a panic attack because it. So Sam stayed silent and carried on watching TV distractedly.
Soon Amy spoke "You want to ask me something." She stated and Sam looked at her, damn angels and mind reading. Amy turned pink "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be intrusive." She apologised quickly.

Sam gave her a smile "It's fine, but yes I do have questions." Amy seemed to have calmed at that, her tense shoulders relaxing as she smiled shyly.
"Go ahead. Ask away."
"What...what happened? To him?" Sam looked at her expectantly, but the angel couldn't meet his eye. Her hands were shaking and Sam suddenly regretted asking her. He was about to tell it was fine, that she didn't have to tell him anything but her whisper caught his attention.
"So many things. I was taken by them too, that's how I found him." She looked up at Sam with tear filled eyes "What they did..." she trailed off to muffle a sob. Sam felt like a jackass, but how was he to know she was taken too? nether the less he felt like a jackass.
Amy shook her head as if shaking away the memories and stroked Gabe's hair with a shaking hand. "We had felt a burst of grace so powerful that it must have been an archangel, not only that it felt like Gabriel. It was like... well it's hard to explain what another angels grace feels like but they are all different. I was sent to investigate, but uh I wasn't careful enough." Amy blushed "I got caught. And being a cupid I couldn't fight, sorta not made for that." She suddenly grew solemn and looked down at Gabe "He was there far longer than me. Six years if I remember correctly. I was was there for about two days. He wouldn't talk to me, I don't think he knew I was there." Her voice turned hard and she shook "They used him. In the most humiliating way, they hurt him." Angry tears made their way down her face and Sam lent forward to pat her knee in sympathy. Amy then went on to tell him of the things she had seen Gabriel subjected to since her capture. Not once did she mention what they had done to her, but Sam could seen it had effected her. The nervous behaviour and paranoia was evidence of this.

Some of the things she had told him they had done to Gabe made him feel sick and at certain points he nearly threw up. How could he have survived that, if it was anybody else they would be more of a mess than Gabriel was. Somehow this ex angel had held himself together. And he was still continuing to do so.
Sam could relate, he himself had gone through something similar when he fell in the cage with two pissed archangels.
Amy gave a watery smile "He really is strong." she told Sam proudly.
And Sam couldn't help but agree.
Gab is strong and brave.


Sooooo sorry this is late but I've been studying. Thank you to Bhuete, guest1982, Tiarna and Tashie2 for their reviews. thank you so much, this chapter has been hard because of school but finally it's done. Actually this was done about a month ago but I wrote it on paper so then I had to write on my laptop... anyway hope you enjoyed :)