Chapter Eight

Castiel's eyes fluttered open. He was in a dark room, like a prison. His wrists and ankles were tied in chains.

Oh God, this again.

He was into the room with Lucifer again. The torture hadn't stopped. He was trapped there.

Castiel started panicking, his breathing going out in quick, shallow breaths. Soon, he calmed down and got himself together.

The room itself was dark, very dark. But Castiel was an Angel. He had advanced senses. He looked around and saw Gabriel unconscious to the ground.

"Gabriel! Gabriel!" No response. Gabriel seemed pretty out of it, and would not wake up anytime soon, for sure.

Cas tried to break the chains, but instead let out a cry of pain.

The bracelet-like things attached to his hands and feet had spikes on them. And not just any spikes. Tips from Angel Blades. How on earth did the Demons find so many Angel Blades, Cas did not know. He only knew that it hurt.

And it hurt a bit too much.

Every time he tried to move, the Angel Blade spikes would bite into his flesh, wounding him and his Grace.

So he waited.

Waited for the torture to begin again.

Waited for the unbearable pain. To watch people, innocent damn people getting killed for nothing.

Well, not for nothing.

Getting killed because of him.

Because Castiel couldn't stop it. And it was all happening because Lucifer wanted to break Castiel, to make him spill out everything he knew.

And he did it the best way he knew.

But Cas wouldn't break this time. Not here, not now. Even if he had to die, he wouldn't break this time.

Suddenly, he heard a ring. A phone. He looked over to Gabriel and saw his phone, which was now thrown on the ground close to Cas, ringing. The called ID was Dean.

Cas stretched out his leg, the spikes embedding in his ankle. He let out a cry of pain, but kept stretching his leg. He only had one shot at this, and he had to do it quick.

Cas took a deep breath and stretched his foot closer to the phone. He touched it, and he slid it towards him. He couldn't grab it with his hands, so he carefully tried to catch it with his two feet. When that didn't work, he quickly pressed the answer button with his shoe, and pressed the speaker button.

"Gabriel?!" Dean's voice was heard through the phone.

"Dean..." Cas said. He was pretty sure he heard a table flip.

"Cas?! Man, where are you guys?! What happened?!"

"I don't know. All I remember is Gabriel throwing me to the ground as Demons came inside the room and then they beat us. Now I'm in some kind of cell with Gabriel. He's unconscious."

"We'll try to trace the phone. Just keep calm, we will be right there."

Dean hung up. The phone locked with a click and just then, two demons entered the room.

"Look at this. An Angel, and an Archangel. Lucifer will pay us a lot for an Archangel."

"Don't touch him." Castiel said.

"Oh, who are you to boss us around? What are you gonna do, kill us? Look at you. You're merely a pathetic piece of shit. You can't do anything."

Cas didn't say anything, he did not want to encourage them. He just let the words sink in, making them think they affect him.

"That's right." One of the Demons got out an Angel Blade, and the other grabbed the unconscious Gabriel.

"We'll be taking care of this one."

"Let him go!" Cas said, but one of the demons gave him a quick punch to the head and stomach, making him groan.

"Let's get him out." Cas could do nothing but watch as the two demons dragged his brother out.

They didn't bother noticing his cell phone, though.

Dean hung up, and slammed the phone on the table.

"Those damn Demons got them again. Damn it, damn it to hell!" Dean shouted. "Why couldn't Gabriel have been more careful?!"

"It wasn't his fault, Dean. Cas said that Gabriel was trying to protect Cas."

"Well, he wasn't damn fast enough." Dean sighed loudly.

"We are going to find them, Dean, whatever it takes."

"Let's trace Gabriel's phone before it turns off." Sam ran to his laptop and with a few clicks, brought up a map. A little green dot was on it.

"It isn't far from here! Let's go!" Dean said. They prepared. They packed salt, holy water, and Ruby's Knife and headed to the Impala, and drove off.