Gabriel pushed onward, trying to get in contact with the younger Winchester, ignoring the extreme pain his persistence was causing him. His hand was now merely blood, ligaments and bone, the flesh having melted away from it long ago.
Dean continued to look on in fear, as Gabriel seemed to groan in pain again. He had never seen another creature go to such lengths to save his brother, and now all Dean found himself doing was praying that Gabriel would be able to break through the spell preventing Sam from healing.
Castiel was holding Dean's hand, keeping the older Winchester at bay, hoping he didn't get it through his head to try and help. Gabriel was extremely powerful and yet he was having trouble breaking through the barrier surrounding Sam. With a sigh Castiel let Dean's hand drop and walked over towards Gabriel, wanting to offer some of his own power in order to help where he could.
Gabriel was sat on the floor next to the hunter, hand fighting to get through the barrier, tears of pain falling from his eyes and a scream coming from his mouth. Castiel placed his hand on Gabriel's and together they forced their way forward, the barrier now tearing into Castiel's hand as well. Castiel groaned in pain but did not subside with his help, they would do this.
Slowly, oh so slowly, Gabriel's hand was pushed towards Sam, making its way closer and closer towards its destination while still Gabriel screamed and Castiel pushed forward, knowing they were close. Castiel's screams mixed with Gabriel's as their hands burned and tore to pieces, but neither stopped what they were doing. All Gabriel needed to do was make contact with the younger Winchester, and the rest would be left up to his grace, and Gabriel WAS strong enough to heal the hunter, if only this barrier wasn't so strong.
"Having trouble?" That voice sounded eerily familiar to both the angels, but it was Dean who looked at the new comer with surprise. They hadn't seen this person for so very long.
"CHUCK?" Dean yelled out, all worry pushed to the back of his mind immediately at the site of the prophet. "Yes?" Chuck looked sober for once and cleaned up perfectly for someone who constantly complained about being down on his luck.
"How did…what?" Chuck just smiled and walked over to Sam, gently moving Castiel and Gabriel away from the fallen brother. "We need to save him." Castiel sounded desperate.
"I will do that for you." Chuck smiled and with a wave of his hand, Sam looked healthy and at peace, Gabriel and Castiel's hands were completely healed and Castiel felt immediately nauseous.
"I have put right everything Ezekiel put to wrong." Chuck looked satisfied with himself as the angels looked at him in shock and awe.
Dean looked at Chuck, back to his brother, up to Cas, then to Gabriel before the reality of everything settled with him and he fell to the floor in a dead faint. Castiel ran towards his husband, worry and panic written all over his face, before kneeling before Dean and checking him over for any injuries and smiling tearfully up at Chuck.
"What the hell is going on here?" Bobby asked, finally finding his voice.
"I'm god." Chuck said as a matter of fact, looking over at Bobby's slightly angry face.
Gabriel showed his respect by bowing his head, but he would not do much more and Castiel looked both happy and angry to be looking at his father.
"I know you have question, for the time being I'm not going anywhere, take care of your respective hunters and find me in the kitchen." Gabriel and Castiel nodded and picked up the Winchester brothers and started walking up the stairs, they would not allow them the discomfort of the couch.
Bobby followed Chuck towards the kitchen, brewing a fresh pot of coffee, knowing this was going to be one hell of a night, and grabbed a beer for himself, offering one to Chuck, who took it with a grateful smile.
"I honestly didn't want any of this to happen, but after a while if your kids mess up, you have to let them figure everything out for themselves, and obviously I was in the right allowing them to clean up after themselves." Bobby nodded, taking a sip of his beer and listening to the coffee pot gurgling while making them the strongest coffee he could muster up.
Castiel and Gabriel walked into the kitchen then, Castiel going directly towards the cups and pouring a cup of water for himself, not really thirsty or in need of it, just wanting to sip at it hoping it would sooth his nerves, while Gabriel summoned himself a snickers bar and chewed on it tentatively. He wasn't really hungry, being too worried about Sam to eat.
"Father, why would you allow all this to happen?" Chuck smiled. "Well…for a couple different reasons really, one of which is, you made the mess, you clean it up, also…if I hadn't do you really think you would have met Dean?" Castiel shook his head, not wanting to think about a life without his hunter.
"But it seems so unfair." Gabriel piped in, hoping to get some of his frustration out. "You love the humans, and yet you let all this befall two of your favorite creations. They have been through so much." Chuck nodded, knowing exactly how much the Winchester brothers had been through.
"I will make their lives a peaceful one from now, that is if the two of you don't fuck it up." Castiel nodded and Gabriel looked gob smacked. "Why would I mess things up?" Gabriel looked truly hurt.
"I don't know, it might have something to do with how you've already treated them. Remember the mystery spot? Or how about T.V land? Does any of this ring any bells?" Gabriel looked ashamed but he opened his mouth to explain himself only to be smacked on the back of the head by Castiel. "You will keep your thoughts to yourself. I am still angered with you for what you did to my husband in mystery spot." Gabriel, smartly, kept his mouth shut.
"So what now? We live our lives all sunshine and rainbows?" Chuck shook his head sadly. "Well….to a point, yes. You still have to work at it. There's still the matter of Ezekiel that you need to sort out, before he does something horrible again, but aside from that, your lives should be easy."
"I did not thank you father, for the gift you have given to me." Chuck just smiled and shook his head, as if to say don't worry about it. Gabriel looked at his brother and immediately knew what Castiel was so very grateful for.
"Just to let you know, Castiel, you will be in an immense amount of pain when the moment arrives." Cas just smiled. "I do not mind pain, as long as Alana is once again with us…but if you do not mind me asking, and it is not as though I am ungrateful, why did you choose my body to house her within this time?"
"Ezekiel can't get to her if she's being protected by you. He will kill her again, if Dean were to carry her again, this way your baby will be safe." Castiel nodded and placed a hand on his flat stomach, knowing how short of a time they had before their daughter made an appearance and he couldn't be happier.