Sam and Dean had asked Bobby if they knew anyone who could help with the problems they had been having with Castiel and Gabriel freezing up at times and it took just under a few days for him to get back to the brothers. He gave them a card for his friend, a therapist who specialized in dream work and helping with other memories. They called Pamela the next day and told them about their situation to see if they could help before she made an appointment for the androids to come in the following Tuesday one at a time so she could examine them. When they got to the office, they were greeted with a woman in a leather jacket and a band shirt.

"Are you guys the Winchesters?" She asked.

"Yeah...Pamela?" Dean asked, looking her over. When he thought of therapist, this really wasn't what he pictured. He didn't mind her appearance whatsoever by any means.

"That's me. So, this is Castiel?" She asked as she looked over the androids.

"That's right." Dean piped up, looking around for a moment before Pamela nodded and motioned for them to follow her back.

"Right this way then, let's get you guys all started then." She replied as she led the way to the back room where there were a few different machines, some chairs, and in the center of the floor was a small pool.

"What is the pool for?" Sam asked curiously as they walked around it to take their seats a few feet away from the water.

"It helps in the sleep therapy that I do. It gives them a nice place to relax in for when I start them off."

"Are you going to use it on Castiel and Gabriel?"

"That's right. I'll be starting Castiel off of it, since you said that he had been having some problems lately that you haven't been able to figure out. Castiel, I'll need to to take these..." She started, going over to her cabinets to get out some white scrubs before she handed them to the dark haired android. "And go get changed so that we can get you started." Castiel nodded slowly at that as she pointed out where the bathroom was before he headed over to it and went in to change into the scrubs.

Dean watched him go before he looked back at Pamela. "So you'll be able to see what's been going on inside his head?" Pamela nodded at that as she pulled one of the computers on the stand closed to the pool.

"More or less. This will show us what he's been seeing when he freezes up." She said softly, setting some towels beside the pool as Castiel returned. "Are you all ready, Castiel?" She asked the android.

"Yes, I am. What all do you need for me to do?" He asked her as he headed over to her. Pamela didn't respond at first, attaching the self-adhering electrodes to his temples before she moved the plate behind his ear to plug some cords into him.

"Now I just need for you to get into the pool for me and take it easy so we can get it started." She said softly before Dean helped him with getting into the water.

Castiel slowly submerged himself in the pool until he was laying in the water up to his neck, biting his lip as he watched Dean.

"You'll be okay." Dean said softly, trying to help him feel just a little bit better about what was going on. Castiel nodded as Pamela plugged the cords in behind his ear into the computer she began working on a monitor above the tub.

"Everything all right down there, Castiel?" She asked, typing in some things quickly onto the keyboard that detached from the side of the monitor. "You feeling nice and calm?" Castiel took a slow breath, closing his eyes for a moment before nodded.

"Yes, ma'am." He said softly once his initial nerves had faded away.

"Okay, Castiel, I need you to fully lay down, calm your body and relax. Close your eyes and breathe I'm through your nose and out through your mouth." She instructed as she kneel down beside him. Castiel lowered until everything but his face was in the water, slowly letting go of the edges and letting his hands slowly fall to his sides. Castiel closed his eyes and began to breathe the way that she had instructed for him to do. He could feel something slowly flowing into his veins and his brain coming from the machine he was attached to. The feeling helped him with relaxing and made him feel like he was floating in the ocean instead of a simple tub.

"I'm going to count down from three, and when I get to three, you will fall into a deep sleep. All you will feel is like you are floating so just focus on that peaceful feeling.." She said softly, typing in onto the keyboard again before she set it aside. "Three...Two...One..." She whispered, watching as Castiel slowly closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. She waited a few moments before turning her screen on again. "Alright, Castiel, take me back to the other day when you fell off the diving platforms. I want you to show me what you saw when you fell." She said softly as she typed on the keyboard and looked up at the screen. A visual finally showed up on the screen and at first the image was blurry before it slowly began to focus.

"What is that?" Dean asked softly as he moved closer to see it better, furrowing his eyebrows when he mostly saw two arms floating in the water. Castiel's arms.

Pamela shushed him, watching as Castiel's hands slowly balled into loose fists on screen before he looked around the see the machines keeping the tank running. Bubbles began to fill his vision when the android began to scream out in the water as his hands frantically went to the sides, only to be stopped by thick glass as he writhed as he struggled to get out from the water filled chamber. The sounds of muffled voices came from the other side of the glass and it was impossible to make it out as Castiel tried his hardest to get through the glass. The memory soon blacked out and Pamela paused it before rewinding it a little. Dean stayed quiet for a few moments before he frowned and looked over at Bobby's friend.

"Okay, now do you mind telling me what that was?"

"Judging by all of that outside of the tank right there..." She started as she paused the screen and motioned to all of the equipment. "He's in what they nicknamed 'The Birthing Room'. It's where they keep the new lines until they're ready to be started up and tested. Castiel here...I think he's remembering the first time he woke up." Pamela said softly as she glanced over at the android in the tub, wondering just why he would be thinking of something like that of all things.

"Do they normally remember that sort of thing?" Sam asked curiously, wondering about the fear that Castiel seemed to have when he woke up.

"Usually yes, but they don't really focus on it to where something like this happens." Pamela replied as she got to her feet and went to the screen before typing something into it. She copied Castiel's dreams onto a disc so that she would be able to go through the rest later before she set it down on her desk.

The therapist went back to Castiel's side before she typed in a few more buttons to show some of the other times Castiel froze up. Dean furrowed his eyebrows, watching as multiple images flashed through the screen quickly in a blur of bright colors that hurt eyes a little the longer he stared. He could hear Castiel's fast breathing through the speakers before it suddenly stopped. Dean slowly found himself leaning closer to the screen to see if he could figure out what was going on but quickly regretted it when the deafening sound of a woman screaming the android's name erupted through them. Dean jumped at the sound of the scream, stepping back and cursing under his breath.

"What the hell was that?"

"I think it was one of his nightmares." Pamela mumbled as she looked over at the android in the water. She started to wonder what she would find the deeper she dug through his memories and dreams.

"So what exactly can you tell us about what we've seen so far? Have you figured out anything yet?" Sam asked curiously as he looked over at Bobby's friend. Pamela got to her feet and glanced back at him for a moment before she shrugged her shoulders.

"Well, I'm going to be reviewing everything that I have gotten from Castiel, and then Gabriel, tonight and I can give you a call as soon as I find anything out." She replied, glancing back over at him before she looked away to write something down on her notes. "If either of them freeze up again, I would like for you to call me right away so that I can help with seeing what's going on with them."

Dean nodded at that, not minding that at all if it would help them get closer to finding out what was going on with the strange androids. "Is there anything else you would like to do with Castiel while he is under?" Pamela thought about it before she shook her head. "Just bring him back next Thursday and I will let you know if I find out anything else. Bring him at five and I'll see Gabriel at six." She replied as she typed the code on the side of the screen to wake the sleeping android. Castiel slowly opened his eyes before he sat up and looked around. "How are you feeling, Castiel?" Pamela asked as she kneel down beside him to look him over and make sure that he was fully awake and perfectly fine.

"Well rested." He murmured as he rubbed his eyes before he began to slowly look around the room. "Did everything go well?"

"Yes, they went very well." Pamela smiled widely at him as she pat his back.

"You did a very nice job. You just need to make sure you dry off enough and get changed." She replied as she helped him up before passing him the towel. "Just get changed and Dean and Sam here will get you home. You'll feel tired for about an hour or so, but that's perfectly normal just take it easy and you'll be okay in no time." She smiled as she helped get him to the bathroom.

"And you're sure he'll be fine?" Dean asked, not fully liking just how out of it Castiel was right now.

"You know when you go to the dentist and they give you that happy gas and it makes you really groggy during and afterward? That's basically what's going on with him. It'll get a little better the more often he does it but he'll be fine." She replied with a shrug of her shoulders before she tossed the towels into a hamper, along with Castiel's wet clothes once he had returned.

The following week, Pamela had decided that perhaps it would be best to spend a session with the androids together instead of just one hour with one at a time. For this session, instead of collecting only Castiel and Gabriel's dreams, she went through some of the things that recent memories that they seemed to have no recollection off. When Dean saw the video of Alastair touching Castiel and implanting the chip when they went to the mall, he could feel his blood nearly begin to boil. So the asshole really had been following the prototypes, and by the looks of it, he seemed determined that he was going to get his hands on at least one of them. All Dean really wanted to do was to wipe that smug smile off of his face and make sure that he could never lay a finger on anyone ever again.

On the way back to the house, Castiel glanced over at Dean and noticed how tense he looked. He studied the way that Dean would continuously tighten his fingers on the smooth leather of the steering wheel before he'd forced himself to relax them.

"Dean, can I ask you something?" He asked softly, still pretty tired from the therapy.

"What's up?" The human asked, glancing over at him.

"Are you feeling alright? Do you feel sick or something?"

"No, I feel alright. I just need some rest." He murmured before getting to his question. "I understand that the Demons are bad and not to be trusted, but can I ask you why you seem to hate this Alastair so much? I'm just trying to understand this personal vendetta that you have with him, because it feels different than the hatred you have against his group that comes with being a Hunter."

"That's because Alastair is nothing but a snake, Cas. When we get home, I am going to start teaching you how to defend yourself and we aren't going to argue about this again. He's poison, and that's what you need to remember. If he gets the chance, he will tear you apart piece by piece and he will take his time to find out everything that makes you tick." He stated first before sighing. "Back when I joined up to be a hunter, we had to go through all the different levels of training. Alastair was one of my combat instructors, and he wasn't easy in any sense of the word. Even so, I trained hard and followed all of his instructions and I became his star student. Grew to like the guy even though some days I just wanted to beat his face in from how hard he worked me. Then one day...He just went nuts and well, a lot of people got hurt or killed because of him." He mumbled, no wanting to go into further detail right now. "That's why the next time you see him, and he tries to take you, I want to make sure that you can make it impossible for him to even try it."

Castiel nodded slowly at that, contemplating the pros and cons of it before he sighed lightly. "If you believe that it is for the best, I would like to learn. If this man really has done so many terrible things, then I do not mind helping you make sure that he does not continue to hurt others." He replied, wishing that he could know more about what had happened. Maybe he could ask Sam about it later when Dean was busy...

Back at the house, Gabriel was going through his closet and was humming lightly to himself as he tried to put together a decent outfit. Sam leaned against the door and watched him for a moment, wondering what he was up to.

"Are you planning something?" He asked after a few moments of watching him.

"Yeah, well...You know that Balthazar guy Cas and I have been hanging out with? He wants me to go clubbing with him tonight and I thought that it would be pretty awesome, y'know? He wants to meet at this club that's doing this 2000's night sort of retro thing. It's supposed to be really awesome and he thought that I would have a good time doing it. We both know Cas isn't really one for parties and stuff and this one is supposed to be crazy. I should be home at around two, and if anything happens then I can just call you." He smiled a little at him. "It shouldn't be too bad though, just drinking and blasting things like Pendulum, Ke$ha, Britney Spears...All that danceable music from way back then." He snickered as he waved his hand.

Sam thought about the pros and cons of his plan before he nodded slowly. "If anything whatsoever happens at all, you let me know right away."

"Will do, and the club is close by so you won't have to worry about me too much. If I don't like it, I'll just come home." He replied with a shrug as he picked out something decent before he put some glow in the dark earrings and barbells in his ears.

"Thanks for that. Just be careful and keep your GPS on." He replied before he let him get finished.

"Will do." Gabriel called after him before he changed into his jeans, white winged shoes, and a old Pac-man shirt. "I look pretty 2000's." He snickered as he headed over to Sam. "I'll be back later, try not to worry too much. You'll look like you're forty by the time you're thirty." He winked at him before he headed out with Balthazar.

Later that night, while Castiel and the Winchesters were watching TV before bed, the phone began to ring. Dean glanced over the the phone, furrowing his eyebrows. Sam's first instinct was that perhaps Gabriel was in trouble already and he got to his feet, going to the kitchen before he answered the phone after he saw Pamela's picture on the ID screen.

"Pamela?"

"Hey, Sam. So I think I may have found something. Can you and Dean come in tomorrow morning? Alone. I need you to leave Castiel and Gabriel at the house." She got right to the point, not wanting to really waste any time with small talk. "I think I have a theory of what may be going on with Gabriel and Castiel and I wanna talk to you about it in person." Sam furrowed his eyebrows at that as he looked back at the living room.

"Yeah, I'm sure that we can figure something out but yeah, we will be there to meet with you in the morning. Is nine alright?" He asked, writing it down on the electronic notepad attached to the phone.

"Yeah, that's fine. I'll talk to you when you get here. Have a good night." She replied before hanging up. Sam pressed a few buttons on the bottom of the note pad before he ran his finger across the bottom, putting the appointment notification on his phone's calender. He headed over to the edge of the living room, motioning Dean over when he got his attention.

"What's going on?" His elder brother asked quietly as he went over to him.

"Pamela wants to meet with us tomorrow, alone. She thinks she has a theory that she wants to talk to us about." Dean furrowed his eyebrows at that before he nodded slowly.

"Alright. What time do we need to meet her?"

"At nine in the morning." Dean sighed a little at that before he crossed his arms over his chest.

"And she didn't give you any hint to what she wanted to talk about? I mean, besides it just being a theory."

"No, I guess whatever she wants to tell us, she's just going to wait until tomorrow to say it all." He said with a shrug before he heard the door open, followed by someone talking.

Dean recognized one of the voices as that guy that kissed Castiel, so he knew that Gabriel had to be back. Sam furrowed his eyebrows as he looked over, seeing Balthazar with Gabriel's arm around his shoulders as the blonde led him to the couch. Gabriel was wearing sunglasses and had a wide smile on his face as he looked around.

"What's wrong?" Sam asked with a frown as he headed over to them, before he noticed that Gabriel's wristband was glowing bright blue. "What does the blue mean?" He asked, since he knew that clear was sober and bright red was intoxicated. He didn't think that it lit up any other color.

"Blue is for A.H." Balthazar said with a shrug and that caused Dean's distaste for this guy to increase.

"And how in the hell did he get his hands on that?" He demanded as Castiel furrowed his eyebrows.

"A.H.?" He asked curiously, not understanding what on earth that could be.

Balthazar dropped Gabriel on the couch, smiling a little as Gabriel sprawled out on it and snickered as he rubbed the fabric. "One sec and I'll show you." He replied to the other android as he headed over to the lights and dimmed them before going back to Gabriel so he could take his sunglasses off. A ring of bright white with a ring of turquoise right around the black of his pupils lit up Gabriel's amber eyes, glowing in the dim light. "A.H., Cassy, stands for 'Angel's Halo'." He added as he looked back at him.

"Why would you give him that?" Sam asked, really not going to let Gabriel go out with him any more if he was going to give him things.

"Angel Halo is a drug for androids, hence the name." Balthazar said to Castiel, ignoring the anger coming from the two humans. "It's like LSD, but legal since we're not human." He snorted before patting Gabriel's shoulder. "You just get some rest, you had a busy night." He said softly before he ruffled his hair and let himself out before the humans could get violent as Gabriel just laughed.

"Wow! This place has everything." Gabriel snickered to himself as he made himself comfortable on the couch. Sam sighed and went over to him, going to have to stay up with him until he finally crashed.

"Castiel, if that guy ever offers you anything, you just walk away." Dean mumbled, having even more reasons to really not like their new friend. He knew they'd have to mention it to Pamela next time she scanned his mind so that they could make sure that all of Gabriel's partying was safe.

AHHHH! I'M SO SORRY GUYS FOR TAKING SO LONG! I'VE HAD SO MANY FAMILY VISITS SINCE I LAST UPDATED AND JUST STARTED A NEW JOB SO I'VE BEEN KEPT BUSY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE OF YOU STILL INTERESTED FOR PUTTING UP WITH HOW SCATTERBRAINED I AM.

THIS IS A THING I MADE FOR HOW ANGEL'S HALO LOOKS IN GABRIEL:

. ughhhhh just delete the space between the com and the rest of the link and it should work! Sorry I can't get it to save otherwise!