Then
Adam had come back from the dead. Zachariah wanted him as bait for Dean to make him say yes to Michael. Dean gets locked in the panic room and zaps Cas to a far off place where angels go. Cas finds him on the street trying to say yes to Michael and beats the crap out of him. They end up in a hotel and have sex. Then Cas, Dean and Sam go to the green room to save Adam only they don't and Cas and Adam are missing now.
Now
Sam knew Dean was flipping out about Cas. He knew he was worried about where Cas had gone too after he banished himself and all the other angels in the warehouse. Dean was surly and he just chalked it up to his worry about. Cas. Sam is contemplating doing something his brother really would not like. But desperate times call for desperate measures sometimes. Sam keeps in touch with Arch Angel Gabriel once in a while and Sam is thinking about calling him and telling him Cas is missing and can he try and find him. Sam knows this might piss Dean off but he really doesn't have a choice at this point he needs Dean's head in the game and right now it's so far out of the game it's not funny.
Sam goes out into Bobby's Salvage Yard and calls out for Gabriel to come. He waits and waits and finally Gabriel gets there.
"You rang Sammy?" Gabriel asks.
"Yeah Gabe look Cas is missing I was wondering can you try and find him?" Sam asks.
"Sammy, why would I do that for you?" Gabe asks.
"Because I asked you to." Sam says.
"Not sure that's a good enough reason. I want something else." Gabe says.
Sam huffs a breath out and looks right at the Arch Angel "What else do you want Gabe?" Sam asks.
"I want you to spend some time with me Sammy that's it. Nothing more, nothing less." Gabe says.
"Alright. I just have to spend time with you?" Sam asks.
"Yep that's it Sam. Just spend time with me." Gabe says.
"Ok fine I can do that." Sammy says.
"Ok I'll be back then." Gabe says and with a snap of his fingers he's gone. And Sam is left looking at nothing.
Why the hell does Gabe want to spend more time with me? Sam is thinking. He and Gabe barely got along on the best days. Sam shrugs it off and goes into the house. Dean is still asleep and Bobby is in his study. Sam goes into the kitchen and has some coffee before heading into the study to help Bobby research.
Gabe poofs into the study and Bobby looks up and jumps.
"What the hell is he doing here?" Bobby asks.
"Sammy asked me for help. So I helped." Gabe says.
"Sam you asked him for help?" Bobby says incredulously.
"Bobby you know Dean is worried about Cas and he's not been on his game lately and we really need him to be right now. So I asked Gabe to find Cas for us." Sam says.
Bobby looks at the Arch Angel. "And did you find him?" he asks.
"No, which means one of two things, he is either 1) Dead or 2) He no longer has grace or it's so low that he can't be found. Either way Sammy I can't find him and believe me I tried." Gabe says.
Sam sighs. "Well thank you for the help Gabe." He says.
"No problem Sammy. I'll be in touch with you later for our agreement." Gabe says.
Bobby looks between Sam and the Arch Angel. "What agreement would that be Sam?" Bobby asks.
"He just wants to spend time with me Bobby I told him yes, it didn't seem like such a big deal." Sam says.
"Oh it's a big deal and Dean is going to be pissed, you know that Sam." Bobby says.
"Yeah I know I just wanted to find Castiel for him. He's not been the same since he went missing." Sam says.
"I know son, I know." Bobby says.
Later on that day Sam is out in the salvage yard with Dean watching while he works on a car. Gabe poofs himself into existence making Sam drop the wrench he was holding with a loud clang.
"Everything alright up there Sammy?" Dean asks.
"Yeah everything is fine, Dean." Sam says.
"Sammy it's time for you to make good on our deal." Gabe says.
Dean slams his head into the bottom of the car coming up. Pointing his finger at Gabriel he has a murderous look on his face and he looks at Sam.
"What the fuck is he doing here?" Dean asks.
"I made a deal with him. He was trying to find Cas for me. But he couldn't." Sam says.
"You made a deal with the Arch Angel Gabriel? Sammy what the hell were you thinking?" Dean yells
"I was thinking I'd try and find Cas so you'd stop moping around and get back in the game." Sam yells back.
Dean flinches and takes a step back as Sam mentions Cas.
"So did you find him?" He asks Gabe.
"No, as I told Sam he's either dead or his grace is so low I can't find him." Gabe says.
Dean's face falls, he was really hoping Gabe had found Cas.
"I am going to try again in a few days. I'll let his grace recharge a bit and see if I can find him. But for now it's time for us to go Sammy." Gabe says.
"Go where?" Sam asks.
"You're not going anywhere with my brother." Dean says.
"Dean you don't have a choice he made a deal with me." Gabe says.
"I don't care what he did I don't trust you." Dean says.
"Dean I made a deal I am going with him I'll be back." Sam says and walks over to Gabe.
Gabe snaps them out of existence and they can hear Dean yell "Sonofabitch"
When they land they are in Vegas. One of Gabe's favorite places to hang out.
"You brought me to Vegas?" Sam says.
"Yep I love this place the drinks, the lights it's just a fun time." Gabe says.
"You got me here what are we going to do?" Sam asks a bit nervously.
"I thought we could drink and talk?" Gabe says.
"Ok where?" Sam asks.
"In my hotel room of course." Gabe says.
Sam swallows hard he's not sure he wants to be in a hotel room with Gabe drunk he's been attracted to him for quite some time now and he's not sure he trusts himself drunk and alone with him.
"Ok fine." Sam says.
They go up to Gabe's hotel room and Gabe pours them both a drink. Sam sits down on the couch hesitantly.
"So what do you want to talk about Gabe?" Sam asks.
"I just want to know you more Sammy." Gabe says.
"Why Gabe?" Sam asks.
"Because I find myself totally fascinated with you." Gabe says.
"Oh I see." Sam says.
Sam gulps his drink down in one drink and wipes the back of his hand on his mouth. Gabe pours more drinks and the more drinks he pours the more Sam talks about his life.
"Well you know I went to Stanford. I always wanted a good job and a white picket fence life. I have figured out that's just not for me however living the lifestyle we live it's not possible I know this now." Sam says sadly.
Gabe has sudden desire to kiss Sam's pouting lips so he leans forward and he does it. Sam responds to his kisses at once. He wraps his arms around Sam and kisses him deeply. Sam breaks the kiss and looks at Gabe breathing hard.
"What are we doing Gabe?" Sam asks.
"Getting to know one another better." Gabe says.
"I need to go home now. Please take me home Gabe." Sam says.
"Ok Sammy I'll take you home." Gabe says.
He snaps and they are back in the salvage yard. "I'll be seeing you soon." Gabe says before he snaps out of existence.
Sam goes upstairs to bed its late and he's lying in bed and he's wondering what the hell just happened? Did I really kiss Gabe? And what's worse did I really like it like I think I did?
Over the next couple days Sam spent a lot of time with Gabe. He was really beginning to like the guy. When he wasn't killing his brother 40 times in one day he wasn't so bad at all. They had a lot in common and they had a lot of fun together.
"Me and Dean are heading out tomorrow for a while." Sam says.
"Ok if you want me then just pray for me or something." Gabe says.
Sam hands Gabe a package.
"I bought you this so we could keep in touch while I was away that is if you want to." Sam says.
Gabe takes the package and opens it up and see's there's a cellphone inside.
"Thanks Sammy I haven't had one of these in a while." Gabe says.
"I already programmed my number in there for you. I guess I don't have to show you how it works since you had one before." Sam says.
'Nope I know how to use it. I'll be seeing you Sammy." Gabe leans forward and places a kiss on Sam's lips then snaps out of existence.
Dean and Sam drive all day the next day they pull into a hotel late at night it's called Elysian Field's hotel. It's pouring rain outside and Dean is tired of driving. They walk inside and look around the hotel is way nicer than anything else they have ever stayed in.
"Nice digs for once." Dean says.
Dean and Sam walk up to the registration counter to get a room for the evening. The man is standing there typing like a mad man on the keyboard.
"Busy night huh?" Dean says.
"Any port in the storm." The man says.
Dean asks if they have a coffee shop and the man points and says they have an all-night buffet right through there.
"Best pie in the tri-state area." He says.
Dean is sold then because let's face it we all know how Dean feels about his pie. Dean is in love they have every kind of pie he could ever want. He is standing holding two plates trying to decide which pie to have.
Dean walks by a table and sees a beautiful woman he stop and asks her "How you doin?"
"No." She says.
"But.. " Dean says.
"No." She says again.
"But lady…" Dean says.
"I understand, And no." She says.
"Ten-four, copy." Dean says as he walks off.
"We should hit the road Dean." Sam says.
"Sam its Noah's ark out there. It's pouring rain. How much sleep did you get this week 3, 4 hours?" Dean asks. "Bobby has his feelers out, we've talked to every voodoo person we can think of." Dean says.
"Well I'm not giving up." Sam says.
'No one is giving up. Especially me." Dean says. He promised Cas he would not give up and he's not giving up. Not now and not ever. "We are going to find a way to beat the devil and soon. We are going to find Adam and we are going to find Cas. You are no good to me burnt out." Dean says.
Sam nods his head and looks down at the table.
"Yeah, yeah you're right." Sam says.
"Now come on we actually have the night off for once." Dean says.
Dean and Sam walk into their hotel room and Dean whistles saying how nice it is.
"This place is kind of in the middle of nowhere." Sam says.
"So." Dean says.
"So what's a 4 star hotel doing in the middle of nowhere?" Sam asks.
Dean and Sam suddenly jump as the wall crashes in the room next door to them. They run next door knocking on the door and no one answers so they bust in. They look around and see no one in the room Dean bends down and finds an engagement ring sitting on the floor. They head down to the desk and talk to the man there.
"The couple next door to us." Dean says.
"You mean the Logans?" The man asks. They are honeymooners and they checked out." The man says. "Is something a matter?" He asks.
"They checked out?" Sam asks.
"Just now." The man nods his head.
"Really it sort of sounded like they were in the middle of something." Sam says.
"It's kind of weird to of honeymooners to check out without this." Dean says as he holds up the ring he found.
"Oh dear, I'll just put that right in the lost and found." The man says as he takes the ring from Dean's hand.
Dean tells Sam he'll scope out the joint and he can watch the creepy man. Dean just wanted one night off but he guesses that is too much to ask for.
He walks off leaving Sam in the lobby. The creepy man walks off so Sam follows him down a hallway. Sam continues to follow him, he turns down a hallway and the man is just gone out of thin air. Sam is standing there in the hallway and all of a sudden he gets a cut on his neck he puts his hands there and wipes and there is blood.
Dean is searching around the hotel he pulls out his EMF which detects ghosts or spirits and turns it on moving it around the room as he walks. Dean walks by an open doorway and sees an elephant. He backs up making sure he wasn't seeing things. Except when he walks back there is a man in a towel not an elephant. Dean shakes his head and thinks damn I must need some sleep.
Meanwhile the woman from earlier and a man are in a hotel room. The creepy man comes in and speaks to them.
"The last guest has arrived." He says.
"Is everything ready?" She asks.
"Yes the pantry's full." He says.
"The Winchesters?" She asks.
"They are suspicious." He says.
"The blood?" She asks.
He speeds towards her not at a human's pace and hands her to vials of blood.
Dean and Sam meet up again and are walking through the lobby. Dean was telling Sam what he saw.
"An elephant?" Sam asks.
"Like full on Babar." Dean says.
The lobby is empty now and Sam and Dean both look around.
"Where the hell is everybody?" Sam asks.
Sam walks over to the front doors and try's to open them and they are locked closed.
"Let me guess it's locked. So what the roaches check in but they don't check out?" Dean asks.
"Think about how we got here that detour on 1-90. The frigging hurricane." Sam says.
"You saying we were led here?" Dean asks.
"Like rats in a maze." Sam says.
Sam and Dean head into the kitchen it's dark in there and no one is there. There is a pot of something red boiling on the stove.
"Please be tomato soup, please be tomato soup." Dean says as he pulls the ladle up and it's full of eyeballs. "Motel Hell." Dean says.
There's a freezer and Sam walks towards it and looks inside. He jumps back as a hand slaps against the glass begging Sam to help them. Sam tries the freezer door and it's locked he gets out his picking equipment and starts to pull some out.
Hurry up." Dean says.
"I'm moving as fast…" Sam says and stops with a horrified look on his face.
"There's someone behind me isn't there?" Dean asks.
There are two men or supernatural things behind Dean just standing there. They drag Dean and Sam into the Grand ballroom where the lady Dean hit on before is standing against a table with several others in the room.
Ganesh, Odin, Kali, Baron Samedi, are just a few of the names Dean can read off name tags.
A spotlight is shined on Dean and Sam and the man who was with the woman known as Kali earlier in the hotel room speaks.
"Ladies and Gentleman our guests of honor have arrived." He says.
Dean and Sam are told to sit in chairs. The man who was with Kali is talking to the crowd now saying how he never thought he'd see so many god's under one roof.
"Gods." Sam says quietly.
He lays out the rules for the Gods which include. No slaughtering each other. To keep their hands off the local virgins they are trying to keep a low profile.
"Oh we are so... so screwed." Sam says.
They are here because the apocalypse looks over them and they need to put their differences aside and look towards the future. Because if they don't they won't have one.
He also says they have two very valuable bargaining chips meaning Sam and Dean.
A Chinese man stands up and Says that they kill them that's what they do. Sam and Dean look at each other nervously. They have no idea what the man is saying. The elephant man says the angels will just bring them back again.
An old man says. "I don't know what everyone is getting so worked up about its just two angel's having a slap fight."
The old man and the Chinese man have a fight about how the world is going to end and Dean just sits there and listens trying to figure out a way out of this shitty predicament they are in.
Dean and Sam get up and try to leave the room quietly while they are fighting but a chandler falls down right in front of them blocking their exit.
"Stay." The Goddess Kali says.
Sam and Dean turn around and look at her.
"We have to fight; the only thing arch angel's understand is violence. This ends in blood, there is no other way. It's them or us." Kali says.
"With all due respect ma'am. WE haven't even tried talking to them." The creepy man says. Kali looks over at him and she's staring at him with great intent and he grabs his throat coughing up blood.
"Kali." The man who was with her earlier says.
"Who asked you?" Kali asks.
The door opens and Sam and Dean turn around and see The arch angel Gabriel there. Sam is thinking oh my God what the hell is he doing here.
"Can't we all just get along?" Gabe asks.
Gabe does something so Sam and Dean can't speak.
"Sam, Dean. It's always wrong place, worst time with you muttonheads huh?" Gabe says.
"Loki." The man who was with Kali says.
"Balder." Gabe says. "Good seeing you too. I guess my invitation got lost in the mail."
"Why are you here?" Balder asks Gabe.
"To talk about the elephant in the room. The apocalypse, we can't stop it gang. But first things first. The adults need to have a little conversation." Gabe says as he snaps his fingers and Sam and Dean disappear into their hotel room.
Dean is stuttering and saying "Holy Crap."
"Yeah tell me about it." Sam says. "By the way when I say let's keep driving. Next time let's keep driving."
"Oh yeah ok next time." Dean says.
"So what's our next move?" Sam asks.
"I don't know. We grab those poor saps out of the freezer and bust them out of here." Dean says.
"And when are you ever lucky?" Gabe asks. He's suddenly showed up in Sam and Dean's hotel room.
"You know what bite me Gabriel." Dean says.
"I'd much rather bite Sam." Gabe says looking at Sam. Sam blushes and looks away.
"I should have known. I mean this had your stink all over it from the start." Dean says.
"You think I'm behind this? Please I'm the Costner to your Houston. I'm here to save your asses." Gabe says.
"You want to pull us out of the fire?" Dean asks.
"Bingo." Gabe says, "those guys are either going to dust you or use you as bait. Either way you're ubber boned."
"Wow cuz a couple of months ago you were telling us we needed to play our roles. You were ubber boning us." Dean says.
"Oh the end is still nigh. Michael and Lucifer are still going to dance the Lambada. But not tonight, not here." Gabe says.
"And why do you care?" Dean asks.
"I don't care. About you anyways. I care about Sam. I don't' want to see him wear Lucifer to the prom so to speak anymore." Gabe says.
"Do they have a chance against Satan?" Sam asks as he steps towards Gabe.
"It's a bad idea. Lucifer will turn them into finger paint. So let's get going while the going's good." Gabe says.
"Great why don't you just zap us out of here then?" Dean asks.
"Would if I could. But Kali's got you by the short and curly's. It's a blood spell; you boys are on a leash." Gabe says.
"What does that mean?" Dean asks.
"It means it's time for a little of the old black magic." Gabe says.
Sam and Dean go down to the freezer and try and get the people out when a bouncer God comes in and tries to kill Sam. Dean kills him and then asks.
"Where the hell is Gabriel?"
Gabriel is with Kali trying to work his "black magic" on her. She calls him pathetic. She has Gabriel's blood and she tells him.
"Gabriel you are bound to me now and forever." She knows who he is.
Gabriel is sitting in the room talking to Kali. When Dean and Sam are forcefully brought back into the room.
"How long have you known?" Gabe asks Kali.
"Long enough." Kali says.
Kali sits on Gabriel's lap and she says to him "you're mine now, and you have something I want." She pulls out his angel sword. "An arch angel's blade, from the arch angel Gabriel."
"Ok, ok so I got wings. Like kotex. But that doesn't make me any less right about Lucifer." Gabe says.
"He's lying, he's a spy." Kali says.
"I'm not a spy. I'm a runaway. I'm trying to save you. I know my brother Kali. He should scare the living crap out of you. You can't beat him. I've skipped ahead seen how this story ends." Gabe says.
"Your story. Not ours. If anyone gets to end this world. It's me." She says.
She stabs Gabriel in the stomach with his angel blade and lights shoots from his eyes. Sam yells out "No!" And Dean is in shock.
"They can die. WE can kill Lucifer." She says.
Dean stands up.
"All right you primitive screw heads listen up." Dean says.
"Are you out of your mind?" Sam asks.
"I'm out of options. Now on any other given day I'd be doing my damndest to kill you. You filthy murdering chimps, but eh desperate times. So even though I'd like nothing better than to slit your throats you dicks. I'm going to help you; I'm going to help you ice the devil. And then we can all get back to ganking each other like normal. You want Lucifer? Well dudes not in the yellow pages. But me and Sam we can get him here."
"How?" Kali asks.
"First you let those main courses go then we can talk. WE can either take on the devil together or you lame ass bitches can eat me." Dean says.
Sam is looking at Dean like he's lost his mind and Dean thinks maybe he has lost his mind.
"Psst... Dean." Gabe calls from his car.
Dean looks over at his car and sees Gabe he has a shocked look on his face like what the fuck dude I thought you were dead.
"Look natural, get in." Gabe says.
Dean walks over to the car and gets in.
"Man there is nothing natural about this at all. I thought you were dead." Dean says.
'You think I'd give Kali my real sword? That thing can kill me." Gabe says.
"Then what do they have in there?" Dean asks.
"A fake, I made it out of a can of diet orange slice." Gabe says. "So go snag our blood."
"What?" Dean asks.
"Kali likes you I heard you in there. If you get our blood then we can vamoose." Gabe says.
"No, hand over the real blade. Or better yet sack up and help us take down Lucifer." Dean says.
"I can't kill my brother." Gabe says.
"Can't or won't?" Dean asks.
Dean walks back into the ballroom. Kali and Balder are talking to Sam.
"Show's over, the sword was a fake and Gabriel is still kicking. I hate to break it to you sister but you've been tricked." Dean says.
A bell is rung in the lobby and a voice says "checking in." It's Lucifer himself checking into the hotel.
Gabe is still sitting in the car he's thinking about Sam in that room and how his brother is going to be there anytime now and he can't let Sam die. He's not sure he has what it takes to kill his brother though.
Mercury the creepy man has called Lucifer and now he's at the hotel and talking to the man at the check in desk. Saying how Pagans are petty little things and he never understood them. And how they claim to be gods he twists his hand and the creepy man's neck snaps and he falls to the ground.
The lights start going crazy in the ballroom as Lucifer walks down the hallway slaughtering Gods as he goes. There is blood all over the walls and scattered body parts across the floor. With a bunch of dead Gods lying in the hallway.
"It's him." Sam says.
"Shazam us out of here." Dean says.
"We can't" Balder says.
"Well of course you can't, you didn't say mother may I?" Lucifer says as he walks in the ballroom covered in blood with his vessel looking horrible. "Sam, Dean. Good to see you again."
"Balder don't." Kali says.
"You think you own the planet?" Balder says. "What gives you the right?" He stomps over to Lucifer and Lucifer puts his hand straight through Balder's shoulder.
"No one gives us the right, we take it." Lucifer says as he yanks his hand out of Balder killing him instantly.
Kali is turning to fire now and she throws a flame at Lucifer engulfing him in fire. Dean and Sam jump behind a table and try and hide from the fire. Lucifer can't be caught on fire and Kali walks up to him and he punches her in the face sending her flying backwards.
"Are you ok?" Sam asks Dean.
"Not really, better late than never." Gabe says as he appears next to Dean. "Guard this with your life." Gabe says as he hands Dean a dvd.
Lucifer is about to stomp on Kali when suddenly he goes flying backwards. Dean and Sam peek over the table to see what is going on.
Lucifer stands up and Gabe is standing in front of him holding his arch angel blade.
"Luci I'm home." Gabe says.
Lucifer walks towards Gabe and Gabe holds out his sword stopping him.
"Not this time." Gabe says.
"Guys get her out of here." Gabe says to Sam and Dean.
"Really over a girl?" Lucifer asks. "I mean I knew you were slumming but I hope you didn't catch anything."
"Lucifer you're my brother and I love you. But you are a great big bag of dicks." Gabe says.
"What did you just say to me?" Lucifer asks.
"Look at yourself. Boo-hoo daddy was mean to me so I am going to smash up all his toys." Gabe says.
"Watch your tone." Lucifer says.
"Play the victim all you want. But you and me, we know the truth. Dad loved you best. More than Michael, more than me. Then he brought the new baby home and you couldn't handle it. So all this is just a great big temper tantrum. Time to grow up." Gabe says.
Dean and Sam lead Kali outside of the hotel driving away from the hotel quickly.
"If you're doing this for Michael." Lucifer says.
"Screw him. If he were standing here I'd shiv his ass too." Gabe says.
"You disloyal." Lucifer says.
"Oh I'm loyal, to these people." Gabe says.
"So you're willing to die, for a pile of coach roaches, Why?" Lucifer asks.
"Because dad was right, they are better than us." Gabe says.
"They are broken, flawed." Lucifer says.
"Damn right they are flawed. But a lot of them try to do better. To forgive. I've been in the game along time and I am not on your side or Michael's. I'm on theirs." Gabe says.
"Brother don't make me do this." Lucifer says.
"No one makes us do anything." Gabe says.
"I know you think you're doing the right thing Gabriel. But I know where your heart truly lies." Lucifer says.
Lucifer turns around right as the real Gabriel is going to stab him with the angel sword. He grabs the sword and pierces it through Gabriel's heart. Gabriel falls to the floor really dead this time his black wings imprinting the floor.
Sam and Dean get rid of Kali and then they stop somewhere to watch the Dvd Gabe gave them on Sam's laptop.
Casa Erotica flashes across the screen and Dean and Sam are thinking why the hell did he give us porn?
"Gabriel wanted you to guard this with your life?" Sam asks.
"Maybe he's a fan, it is a good one." Dean says.
Gabriel is the room service man at the door and he comes in the room throwing the tray and starts making out with the girl and Sam and Dean want to look away but they can't its like some sort of train wreck or something.
"What the hell's going on?" Sam asks.
"Sam, Dean you're probably wondering what the hell is going on. Well if you're watching this I am dead." Gabe says.
Sam has this really sad look on his face and Dean just raises an eyebrow and smirks.
"Oh please stop sobbing it's embarrassing, without me you've got zero shot killing Lucifer. Sorry, but you can trap him. The cage you sprung Lucifer from it's still down there. And maybe just maybe you can shove his ass back in. Not that it will be easy; you got to get the cage open. Trick my bro back into it and then lock it again. And here's the big secret, Lucifer himself doesn't even know. But the key to the cage, it's out there. Actually its key's plural four keys. Well four rings really. From the horsemen, you get them all you've got the cage. And Dean you were right I was afraid to stand up to my brother, but not anymore."
"So horsemen, well we've got War's. and we nicked famines. That's two rings down. Collect all four. All we need is Pestilence and Death." Dean says.
"Oh is that all?" Sam asks.
"It's a plan." Dean says.
They get back into the car and head for Bobby's. Sam is going to come up with a way to get Gabriel back he has to he decides. So when he gets to Bobby's there is going to be nothing but research for him but for now he falls asleep as the road drives by.
-TBC-