Whisphers of the Heart
Black-Angel-001: i'm glad you guys are into it so far, even if the whole 'amnesia' thing is a bit cliche...or is it amnesia?
Whisphers of the Heart
Dean pulled Sam closer to him in a protective manner, even though it was Cas and the angel wouldn't hurt either of them. The action was a reflex and honestly, it was all he had for the moment. Cas looked like Dean remembered, and he wondered how that was possible, if Jimmy had been used again then decided he didn't really care. All Dean cared about was uncoinsious in his arms, not dead, not in Hell, and in a weird state of mind. For nearly a whole evening, Sam was Jadon and then Jadon was Sam and Sam started screaming like he was being tortured. Dean didn't know why that was or what caused it, but he was going to find out.
"Cas, what the hell, man? What's going on with Sam?"
"Dean," the angel said on a sigh and Dean knew he wasn't going to like it.
"Just give it to me straight," he said in a hard voice. Sam slept on.
"Someone with more power than I have released Sam from Hell then bound and changed his memories."
The explination was simple and undetailed and Dean wanted more than that. He had to have more than that.
"Who? Why would they changed his memories," demanded the hunter. Castiel shifted a little on his feet.
"One of the cherubim, Jophiel*, brought him back and also changed his memories. His memories," at this point Cas trailed off and really looked uncomfortable, like he didn't want to to talk about it. He probably didn't. "Sam was the favorite to lead the most powerful demon army in Hell which has made him many enemies."
Dean rolled his eyes. He knew that!
Ignoring Dean's expression, he was used to it anyway, Castiel continued. "Combine that with the facts that he's your brother, Lucifer's vessle, and has sent many demons back to Hell, then the torture he was submitted to was...it was horrific. When he came back, his memories were completely intact and so he remembered what happened to him in the pit. Sam couldn't handle it and so before he went totally crazy, Jophiel bound his mind and changed his memories so he could function. Jophiel has been watching Sam to see if maybe his original memories could be restored, but so far it hasn't happened."
"Wait a minute. Angels can erase memories, right? Make it so it never happened? Why didn't this Jophiel do that with Sam? Why screw with everything?"
"Jophiel did try that already, Dean, but sometimes the memories are too powerful, too strong to be changed and it does more harm than good."
Dean looked down at Sam, still completely oblivious to the world around him. The entire situation fit right in with all the other screwed up aspects that detailed his life. Sam couldn't deal with memories of torture so everything was different. In Sam's new world, he didn't have a brother, or any other family. Dean technically didn't have a brother now. The thought was heartbreaking, almost as bad as knowing Sam was in Hell.
"So," he said quietly, "there's no way to help him, other than that?"
"We don't know. Jophiel is looking, and so are some other angels."
"Why are you back here?" Dean looked up at Cas again. "Why'd you come back if you're supposed to keep heaven in line?"
"When Sam was released, I was given the task of watching over him. I thought it was more important. Besides, others have taken control and all is still well."
Dean sighed deeply. It just kept getting better and better, he thought grimly. And suddenly, he just wanted to cry hard and long for the entire sitaution they were in. What they'd gone through wasn't enough, all the other seperations weren't enough; now he actually had to live without his brother with no chance of any kind of reconcilliation. Instead of crying though, Dean grabbed Sam under the armpits and lifted him onto the bed. When his upper torso was on the bed, Dean lifted his legs and straightened him out. Cas stayed out of the way, knowing his help was unwanted and unneeded.
"I can't let him go again, Cas," Dean said into the silence that followed. "It doesn't work too well for me, and it doesn't work too well for him." He turned to face the angel. "How do we fix it?"
There was a tone in Dean's voice that was final and absolute, with an expression to match. The brothers had agreed before going after Lucifer one final time that the big brother trumps little brother status wouldn't work anymore, that they made decisions on equal grounds, that they were pretty much equal. Dean had accepted it, but it was hard. But the agreement never said they couldn't protect and watch out for each other, and Dean was in full 'big brother is about to kick some ass and take some names' mode.
He was going to fix this for his brother, and for himself, somehow.
Black-Angel-001: *: Jophiel is a real angel in angelic lore; according to Jewish lore he (although in this it's 'she'...yeah, yeah, what'dya want?) is of the cherubim choir and one of the chief cherubim. He is also ranked as an archangel in several Aramaic lores. In Christian lore, Jophiel isn't named in scriptures but is believed by some sources that he drove Adam and Eve from Eden, which would make him the angel guarding the Tree of Life. so, Jophiel isn't made up, just the personality and gender (because technically, angels don't have a gender).