So if you guys were wondering, the song Gabriel listens to when he sleeps is an actual song. It's called 'Weightless' by Macaroni Union, and it's supposed to scientifically be the most relaxing song for you. Check it out, it's actually pretty interesting! Thank you all for the support I've gotten so far and hopefully I can keep you interested!
When Sam got home from the mall outing with the Angel projects, he decided he may as well look through the manual that Chuck had given them. He kept track of each little note, putting a tab on each page that had something they would either need to worry about more or something that the Angel projects did just about every day. He slowly got to the part about the their sleep mode and began reading through the section.
'When in sleep mode, you may notice that they are usually listening to music. There is actually one song that they listen to and it helps in their relaxation. The slow BPM of the music causes their heart to stay at a relaxed pace and help with their dreaming process. I know what you're thinking and yes, they are known to have dreams on occasion which are mostly based on their environments. The relaxing music also helps in the lowering for a chance of them having nightmares. As long as they are in a happy and healthy environment, you shouldn't really have to worry about one of these. But...IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: Contact Chuck Shurley IMMEDIATELY. Sometimes their nightmares can get violent and there is a chance that their software will try shutting itself down or they can malfunction or even damage themselves. What to do in case of a typical nightmare: If your Angel beta is experiencing a normal nightmare, slowly wake him up and get him out of his dream. Make him feel calm again until his heart is once again at a steady rate. (Using relaxation music works best) Watch over him for several minutes once he falls asleep again. If no more nightmares arise, you are all set. If nightmare ensues, repeat process.' Sam found it strange, yet amazing at how advanced androids were becoming each time a new line of them came out. They had their rare instances when one could tell there was something off about them, but other than that they came across as completely human.
"Whatcha doin', Sammy?" Sam looked up to see Gabriel perched on the side of the couch, trying to see what he was up to.
"Just trying to learn more about about you guys." He replied, shrugging his shoulders as he glanced back at the book.
"You are obsessed with us, aren't you? It kind of makes me feel special." Gabriel said with a wide smile, taking the book from him and flipping through it.
"So you're not gonna ask me questions anymore? Didn't like my answers?"
"No, I do, I was just putting a tab on everything that can help us understand you more and help us out when you break down or anything goes wrong." Gabriel nodded, not paying attention before he stopped on a page and smiled widely. Well, this was a completely interesting subject to bring up to Sam that would get an amazing reaction from the taller, and technically older, man.
"So...Sam..." He started, not looking up from the page. "Did you know you can have sex with us?" He asked, causing Sam to sputter a little from how blunt he was being.
"Excuse me?" The human asked in his sheer bewilderment, trying to stop his face from heating up.
"You heard me. We have all the capabilities for it. Just keep that in mind if you're ever bored." Gabriel replied with a grin. He liked seeing Sam's face heat up almost as much as he loved getting a reaction out of him. He learned that teasing the human had its perks and always promised much entertainment.
"Okay...I'll try to keep that in mind." Sam mumbled, taking the book from him.
"You really should keep it in mind." The android chuckled, climbing off of the couch so that he could go and find something else to do. Going through Sam's things seemed like the option with the highest probability of enjoyment, so that's what he went to go busy himself with. If he just so happened to make a mess of his room while doing so, he could just say that it was on accident.
Castiel was in the garage, watching Dean work on his car. The model of the vehicle was an older one, Dean said that it had been built in 2067. It was still completely functional though and Castiel liked its charm.
"If you don't mind my asking, why don't you use a newer car?" Castiel asked, watching Dean tune the car up.
"It was my Dad's." He said with a shrug. "I grew up riding in this car and so I'd rather keep her up." Castiel nodded, moving beside Dean so he could peer inside.
"I can respect that, she is a fine piece of machinery and she is in very good shape." He said softly before going and sitting down again so he could watch Dean better. "How long as she been yours?" He asked after a while of silence between the both of them.
"About six years now. My dad didn't drive her anymore so he gave her to me. I don't wanna think about what would've happened if she just sat there and rusted for year." Dean mumbled, glad that his dad had kept her in immaculate shape. Maybe that's where he got it from. That and he would rather keep his father proud of the work that he had been keeping up on her."So, do you know how to drive? Is that something already in your...programming?" Dean asked, glancing back at him.
"No, I do not seem to." Castiel admitted, looking back up at him curiously after a moment of thought. Well, they were supposed to be teaching the androids things so it couldn't hurt.
"Do you want to learn?"Castiel stared at him for a moment, thinking about what he was offering. "You would really teach me?" He asked with a smile.
"If you wanna learn. You never know, it may be useful for you in the future or something." Dean said with a shrug, finishing up before he closed the hood of the car. "Let's go now while it's still really light out. I'll show you how to work the controls and then we'll go from there."
Castiel jumped to his feet, completely excited that he was going to learn something new from Dean. He climbed into the passenger seat, watching everything that the human would do to make sure that he could exceed any expectations that the human could have towards his learning skills.
Dean was actually more than a little relieved that Castiel was a pretty good and quick learner. He explained how to work the main controls of the car and showed him how he drove the car before he let Castiel try it out. At first it was going by really slowly as he tried to get used to everything. He found he enjoyed watching Castiel learning, liking how focused he would get. Castiel's azure eyes were filled with sheer concentration as well as the determination to do a good job. It was times like that moment where Dean would forget that he was made from plastics and metal. He just seemed so human with his level of expressing himself and how he was learning to communicate. Dean remembered the first time that he had seen one of the first line of androids.
One of the first projects that the Angelis Corporation released to the public had been a beautiful red-headed android that went by the name of Anael. When she was first created, she had very little emotion and only based every decision on cold logic. Naturally, Hunters would use her for help finding cases and jobs that needed to be completed. They still used the android even now to keep running through all the happenings in the city, but another line of her had come out for the use of the public. That line was way more nurturing, with a much wider range of emotions as well, so naturally she was mostly seen being used in schools or hospitals, wherever she could be surrounded by children.
Even then he didn't think that they would eventually get to the point where there was Gabriel and Castiel, two very different androids but both with very different and dynamic personalities. Dean found it harder to remember that they were testing the androids and it just felt like they were keeping two guys as temporary housemates. Perhaps that was the whole point of the Angel project. It was interesting to see just how far they all could come. Of course there was the opposite line that other companies would release that were known as Demons. Demons were the sort of androids were mostly seen in certain places that people would like to call 'The Red light' districts.
Dean had seen many demons in his days that had gone haywire and needed to be shut down quickly before they would become more of a threat. Dean was just glad that there was naturally a complete difference between the Angels and Demons since he actually found more of the Angels more enjoyable to be around. Well, some of the androids walking around we're complete dicks and nothing more, but at least Castiel and Gabriel were pretty much human. They didn't do that whole 'Yes, Mr. So and So' thing that the other lines would constantly do over and over again. Dean didn't realize he was spacing out until he finally heard Castiel calling his name.
"What?" He asked, looking back up at him.
"Are you alright?" He asked curiously, having parked the car back in the driveway.
"Yeah, just thinking. You did a great job though, I'm actually kind of surprised. Then again, you aren't human..." Dean trailed off with a shrug before he patted Castiel's back.
"Good job." He added as he got out of the car. Castiel couldn't help but smile a little, happy that Dean was impressed with how he did.
"Are you and Gabriel enjoying it here?" Dean asked, glancing over at him.
"Of course we are. We are already leaning a lot of things from you and Sam. There's nothing more than we could ever ask for since I believe we are exceeding the company's expectations with you and your brother's help." He explained honestly, giving Dean his car keys back. "Personality wise, we all go together and blend well. I think you being more extroverted and very strong welled goes well with my own personality, as does Sam and Gabriel's. I believe they added these factors into the raffle and this is one reason why you were chosen." Dean wasn't expecting that deep of an answer and had to take a moment to just stare at him. Here he thought he couldn't be amazed by the amount of work in this android any more than he was, but Castiel seemed to have a habit of breaking that thought.
"Well, I'm glad that you like learning from us." He replied, feeling a little warmed by his words.
"Since you can technically drive now, you're gonna be adding how to take care of cars to the list of your skills." He stated as he lead him inside.
"I'm looking forward to it, Dean." He said softly before he went to go see what his brother unit and Sam were up to.
Sam had cleaned his room after Gabriel threw his clothes all over the place, trying to get the android's destructive behavior to lessen. He was just glad that he knew now, if the chance were ever to arise, that he should never leave Gabriel home alone with a pair of scissors. Even with that, he almost was worried of what could happen if Gabriel got bored enough that he would give Sam's hair and the tools a secret play date while he slept. He let the snickering android charge on his bed while he cleaned his room since Gabriel decided to be of no help while Sam cleaned up the room.
"So, tell me Sam. Have you always been part tree?" Gabriel asked curiously, comparing his size to everything in the room.
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked, not looking back at him as he continued to fold his clothes or hang them back up.
"Well, considering you're almost a foot taller than me, I'm just wondering if you've always just been freakishly huge."
"I'm not that big, Gabriel." Sam replied, glancing back at him with an expression on his face that Dean could only classify as a 'bitch face'.
"Yeah you are. You're kind of like a giraffe because you just tower over everyone. I don't have to worry about ever losing you in a crowd." Gabriel teased, the grin on his face growing wider. Sam shook his head, rolling his eyes slightly before he looked back at him. "Why? Do you wanna see what I was like when I was a kid or something?" He asked with a smile.
"Well, I wouldn't exactly mind that a bit." Gabriel admitted, shrugging his shoulders.
Sam thought about where he had put their family album and soon moved to motion for Gabriel to follow him to the living room. Gabriel followed, thankfully without question this time. He plopped himself down on the couch and sat cross-legged while he waited for Sam to find whatever he was looking for.
"There we go." Sam murmured to himself when he finally found what he was looking for. He sat down beside Gabriel so he could begin showing him the images that had filled the album's pages. Sam showed Gabriel all of the photo albums from his and Dean's childhood, the moving pictures showing each memory with Mary's handwriting underneath. Gabriel smiled at the pictures of Sam and Dean, loving how cute the little brat was.
"I guess you were pretty cute, for an infant." He said softly, nudging Sam with his elbow.
Sam smiled at that and shook his head as Castiel leaned forwards to look at them as well when he had figured out what they were doing. "There's baby Dean too." Castiel smiled at the picture, watching the infant hold his feet and roll side to side in his crib.
"Can we see a picture of your parents?" He finally asked curiously, wanting to a put a face to the creators of the Winchesters.
"Yeah, hold on, just let me find a picture." Sam said softly before he began flipping through the book. He soon found a good one and showed it to the androids. It was of Sam's graduation, Mary and John were standing on either side of Sam and Dean was on John's other side. They were all laughing and waving at the camera. He didn't hear a reaction from the androids and glanced up at them before he paused. Castiel and Gabriel were staring at the album, tensed up and unmoving. Sam waved his hand in front of their faces and got zero response. Oh fuck, this really wasn't good. He quickly got to his feet, running to the garage to find Dean.
"Dean, there's something wrong with Cas and Gabe!" He exclaimed, completely worried about the androids. He didn't understand just what was going on with them.
"Oh you've got to be fucking kidding me!" Dean groaned as he followed Sam, quickly going to Castiel's side as he tried to get him to respond. Castiel just stared off into space, azure eyes wide yet unblinking. Dean shook Castiel's shoulders, only causing his head to jerk back and forth and gaining zero response. "Call Chuck." He ordered his brother, completely worried about Castiel. It was so unnatural to see him this way. It was almost as if he was simply a life sized doll. Sam nodded and phoned Chuck, watching as Dean tried to get Castiel to snap out of it.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Chuck. This is Sam Winchester. There's something wrong with the Angels. They just froze up and won't move."
"What exactly were you doing when they froze up?" Chuck asked, wanting to know every detail of what could have caused them to crash.
"We were looking at old family albums when they just froze up." Chuck thought about what could have even triggered the before he finally realized it and sighed. He knew this was going to happen at some point.
"Okay, Sam, what I need you to do is put them in sleep mode manually. Get to the back of their necks and right where the curve of their skull begins, press right in the middle until they go into sleep mode. Then just wake them up normally in a few minutes and they'll be fine." He replied before hanging up.
"Alright, Dean we just need to shut them down." Sam stated, going behind Gabriel and pushing him forwards until his neck was exposed. "Pressing here manually puts them in sleep mode." He instructed, pressing his thumb against where Chuck had told him to. Gabriel powered down and went completely limp. Sam maneuvered him back to rest against the couch, watching as Dean put Castiel to sleep.
"Now what are we supposed to do? Let them have a little nap? What are we gonna do if they don't wake up?" Dean asked, trying to keep his cool. At the moment, he really didn't care if Castiel though that they were a good match for the testing period if they've already broken them twice.
"Then we'll have to take them back to the lab so we can figure out what's going on." Sam replied simply, really not wanting anything to happen to the prototypes. "We just need to wait a few minutes before we turn them back on and they should be fully alright again."
"Yeah, well they better be." Dean stated, watching Castiel's face. He really hoped that he would be able to wake him up again and that they didn't just permanently put them both to sleep.
The next few minutes passed excruciatingly slowly before Dean began shaking Castiel to wake him up. At first, Castiel didn't give much of a response before he finally slowly opened his eyes. He closed them again, making a small noise.
"Did we fall asleep?" He asked curiously, yawning lightly as he rubbed his eyes again. Dean sighed in relief, able to let a breath out that he had been holding in his anticipation.
"Yeah, you fell asleep." He said softly, patting his head.
He glanced over at Sam and Gabriel, seeing that he had gotten Gabriel to wake up. He sighed again in his relief, so happy that they weren't broken. He didn't even want to think about how much it would cost to replace the parts for something that wasn't even on the market.
"Do you feel strange at all?" He asked softly as he moved to sit beside Castiel. He stared him into the eyes, going to completely make sure that he was alright.
Sam would probably call it his 'motherly instincts to kick in, but then Dean could just settle it by telling him how much of a bitch he was.
"I feel perfectly fine. Why do you ask?" He asked curiously, cocking his head and looking him over curiously.
Dean furrowed his eyebrows, not understanding why he didn't say anything about freezing up. Weird... He ignored that, looking him over to make sure that no smoke was coming from his ears and that nothing was sparking. He didn't want to risk Castiel's face melting or even him setting on fire. That was the last thing that they would need right now. Castiel stared back at Dean as he was examined, furrowing his eyebrows and cocking his head. He didn't understand why he was looking over him so intensely, but he wasn't going to question it once he noticed all the worry on his face. Dean wasn't hiding it nearly as well as he thought it was and when Sam saw it, he shook his head before making sure that Gabriel was okay. Neither android seemed to remember freezing up or that they had even been looking over a certain picture. Sam couldn't help himself from wondering a lot about that. Castiel and Gabriel were perfectly fine when it came to the pictures of Sam and Dean, so why did the first picture that they showed them with other people set them off? He'd have to ask Chuck about that the next time he saw that since he couldn't get that thought off of his mind. He almost wanted to try showing them the photographs again as an experiment, but he didn't want to risk breaking them and being unable to wake them up.
He watched as Gabriel and Castiel decided to watch some television, wondering if there was a lot more to the androids that he and Dean couldn't quite understand just yet.