The last chapter for Hammer Of The Gods. Enjoy.
"What the hell was that?" Adam asked, near panic.
"That was an archangel who pretended to be a demi-god because he didn't want to deal with his brothers." Sam groused. God he hated Gabriel.
"What do we do now? Is he on our side or their side or the angel's side?" Adam asked, sitting on the bed.
"He's on his own side." Sam grumbled. "We need to try to get the people free from the freezer and then get the hell out of here."
"And what makes you think that'll work, Sammy?" He heard a voice say from the couch. He turned to see Gabriel lounging there like he'd been there the whole time.
"Not like you're helping at all." Sam said.
"Relax, I'm here to save you guys, well mostly you Sam. Who's the kid?" Gabriel asked, circling Adam.
"He is not you're concern, I am." Sam threatened. "Weren't you the one telling Dean and I to play our rolls just a few months ago? Why do you want to try to help us now?"
"Oh, you'll still play you're parts, Michael and Lucifer will still get their little prize fight. Just not tonight." Gabriel said, looking around the room. "Really, though, where is that older brother of yours?"
Sam didn't answer and by not saying anything he could see that Gabriel guessed what had happened.
"Well, at least one of you took me seriously." Gabriel added.
"Why do you care what those gods do?" Sam asked.
"I…don't" Gabriel sputtered. "But I kinda had a thing with Kali. We all know that Lucifer is on his way here, and he is going to turn them into finger paint."
"So just zap us out of here then." Sam challenged.
"Him, I could with no problem." Gabriel responded, pointing at Adam. "But you, they have you locked down Sammy boy. It's a blood spell, they've got you on a leash."
"Fine, then get him out of here and we can deal with the angry mob of gods." Sam said. "And take the people locked in the freezer with you while you're at it."
"No can do. It'll be hard enough sneaking him out never mind them." Gabriel said. He was getting on Sam's last nerve.
"They called you Loki, so they don't know who you really are, do they?" Sam challenged. "How about you do what I say before I tell them who you really are. I'm sure they'd be thrilled to know there's an archangel in the little group."
"I can always just cut your tongues out" Gabriel responded.
"Then we'll write it down." Adam piped in.
"Then I'll cut of your hands!" Gabriel said.
"Oh yeah, that'll be real inconspicuous. I think they'll wonder where our hands went, don't you." Sam quipped. He could see that Gabriel had finally relented. There was nothing he could possibly do to stop them without giving himself away.
"Fine." Gabriel sighed. "I'll get your blood back."
He snapped his fingers and was gone from the room.
Sam sat down heavily on the bed. He really disliked the archangels. He disliked pretty much any angel except Cas. Cas was the only one to ever be trustworthy or helpful. He so wished that Cas was here right now to help.
"So, what now?" Adam asked quietly from where he had sunk back down into a chair.
"We do our best to free the people in the freezer while he tries to break the spell." Sam said, standing and heading for the door. They got to the kitchen without any problem, which made Sam feel a little uneasy. As he went to pick the lock once more he was pulled away by one of the gods who promptly tried to strangle him. Suddenly the god's skin flashed red and Sam looked to see that Adam had impaled the god with a wooden stake.
"Good job, Adam." Sam said, breathlessly. "Where the hell is Gabriel?"
The two were pulled back to the conference room once more. When the doors opened they saw Gabriel sitting in a chair with Kali glaring down at him. They caught the end of Gabriel and Kali's conversation, apparently she had known for some time the Gabriel was an archangel.
"The trickster had tricked us." Kali said, sidling up to Gabriel and reaching her hand into his jacket she pulled out Gabriel's angel blade. "An archangel's blade, from the archangel Gabriel."
Sam shifted uncomfortably in his seat. Yep, he thought, we're screwed. Gabriel tried to explain why he pretended to be a demi-god, tried to explain that Lucifer was a bigger problem. Kali called him a spy and Gabriel fired back that he was a runaway. Kali continued her surprisingly calm tirade, scoffing at the sheer nerve of western religion to think that they were the ones who controlled the planet. Kali then stabbed Gabriel in the chest with the blade, the archangel lit up with bright, white light before slumping over dead.
Sam truly believed the angel to be dead and their only chance at escaping gone. Until he noticed there were no wings burned into the floor, or the chair. Knowing that they all believed Gabriel to be dead, Sam stood and started talking.
"All you things do is kill. That's why you are hunted and you are killed. Right now, I want nothing more than to slit all of your throats, because I'm a hunter, that's what I do." Sam said, walking towards Gabriel. "Instead, I'm going to help you. You need me to find Lucifer, I'm his vessel. But before I help you, you need to let all those people you have locked up go. No more innocent lives or human flesh for you to dine on. We'll take on the devil together."
Sam was very surprised that they agreed, but he tried not to let it show. He was playing them with the belief that only he could help them locate and defeat Lucifer. Even though he knew Lucifer would find him well before Sam had a chance to do anything. Him and Adam guided the people out of the motel and to their cars and watched as they all sped off. He turned when he heard Gabriel call out to him from the Impala.
"Nice distraction back there." Sam said, slipping into the driver's seat. "Where's your real blade?"
"I'm not gonna tell you that, that thing can kill me." Gabriel replied. "Nice speech in there. How about you go get our blood back?"
"Our blood?" Sam laughed. "Wow, you really screwed up this time."
"Yeah, yeah. Kali likes you, you can get close enough to get it." Gabriel implored.
"No." Sam said. "How about you give me the real blade and help me help them defeat Lucifer."
"What? Are you out of your mind Sam?" Gabriel said. "Since when you do help the monsters."
"Well, it's the best plan I see, so either give me the blade and help me or run and hide." Sam shot back.
"The angels already have one vessel and you're practically handing over the other one!" Gabriel said, still fighting to not have to face Lucifer. "I can't kill my brother."
"Fine." Sam said, getting out of the car and slamming the door. He headed back into the motel and to the conference room. Adam was still sitting in the chair where Sam left him, clearly to scared or confused to move. "That blade is a fake, Gabriel is still alive and kicking. I can call Lucifer here but we have nothing to fight him with."
Suddenly there was a commotion in the hall way. The sound of screaming gods split the air. Shit, Sam thought, we're too late.
"Zap us out of here. Now!" Sam demanded. The gods replied that they couldn't and seemed to be distracted by someone at the doorway to the room. Sam turned to see Lucifer standing there, his meat suit falling to pieces.
"You didn't say please." Lucifer quipped. Baldir went on attack and Lucifer easily shoved his hand through the god's chest. "Sam, it's so good to see you again. And who is this? Another Winchester brother? Interesting."
Kali tried to attack as well and the brothers jumped out of the way of the flames behind a table. Gabriel appeared next to them, his true angel blade in his hand. Gabriel stood and deflected Lucifer's killing blow. Gabriel helped Kali up and told Sam and Adam to get her out. Sam simply directed Adam to take her to the car and drive. Adam tried to argue back but Sam pushed them from the room and closed the doors.
"Lucifer, you're my brother and I love you." Gabriel said. "But you are a great big bag of dicks!"
"What did you just call me?"
"You are nothing but a petulant child. 'I'm gonna crush the whole world 'cause daddy was mean to me.' Boo hoo!" Gabriel spat. Sam was kind of surprised to see this much fight in the angel after the conversation they had just a little while ago. "You were dad's favorite and you couldn't stand the fact that something took that away, could you?"
"Watch your tone, brother." Lucifer threatened. "What if Michael was here?"
"I'd kick is ass, too!" Gabriel said. When Lucifer called him disloyal, Gabriel told him that he was loyal to the cause their father had left them, to protect humanity. Sam wasn't sure what else he could do except provide a distraction so Gabriel could kill Lucifer. So Sam grabbed a knife off the table, know it would do nothing against the archangel and attacked. Lucifer saw it coming and sent Sam flying into the wall, his own blade poised to kill Gabriel.
Suddenly the room was filled with sparks and lighting and for the first time in weeks Sam saw his brother. He knew that this wasn't Dean anymore, but Michael.
"Lucifer! Stop this, now." Michael commanded with Dean's voice.
"What will you do Michael? Kill me? I'd like to see you try." Lucifer said, trying to taunt Michael into a fight.
"We both know that this is not the time nor the place." Michael calmly responded. "Leave now and I will give you one more chance to procure your proper vessel. A fight in this vessel would be one sided and you know that."
Sam was shocked that Michael wouldn't simply kill Lucifer now, instead of actually starting the apocalypse. But then again, Michael was loyal to their fathers plan and wouldn't intervene.
Lucifer snarled but disappeared. Sam stood from where he had landed and approached the angels.
"Dean?" Sam asked, hoping beyond all home that his brother was still in there somewhere.
"Your brother isn't here right now, Samuel." Michael responded. "I know that this must be hard for you, to see him but not be able to reach him. I will make sure he knows."
The angel turned to Gabriel and embraced him.
"It's been too long, brother. We all thought you were dead." Michael said.
"Well, I got pretty good at hiding. It sucks being the middle child. Gabriel responded before disappearing.
"Goodbye Samuel." Michael said before Sam could speak again. "We'll meet again soon."
I couldn't resist not killing Gabriel. and can't you just picture Sam's hopeful face when Michael appears.