Sam placed the little bundle of Flowers underneath his Pillow.
Despite the mysterious circumstances under which they appeared out of nowhere, they seemed to be evergreen, they don't wither away.
As soon as he dozed of into "Dream Land", Sam noticed that something was wrong.
There was nothing there.
Literally nothing!
He was surrounded by emptiness. No sound, no scenery.
"Maybe" , he thought, "I'm not completely asleep right now."
He tried to open his eyes, tried to wake up and start over again.
Nothing happened.
Sam was still there, in this weird, pitch black place.
What the hell was going on?
"Hello?", his voice echoed through the air.
He started to walk around but it seemed, that he wasn't actually "going " anywhere.
It was a strange feeling, hard to describe,
and after two steps, he bumped into something.
A wall out of ...Air?
Sam was getting nervous.
Suddenly, there was a sound.
Far away and hard to notice, but he would never ever forget this horrible, rattling noise!
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath,
not quite ready to face his darkest nightmare once again.
But he knew instinctively, that there wouldn't be a way out.
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Gabriel was getting impatient.
Sam should've been here an hour ago!
He knew that the Hunter was asleep,
he might not be able to show up in the "real world", but he was an Archangel for God's sake.
He felt Sam's presence, but something was off.
He was to far away...
The Angel hoped instantly, that the other man was alright and it was nothing more but a "connection problem".
Experience, however, thaught him better.
He knew, that Sam was in Trouble.
And there was nothing he could do about it!
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Sam turned around and...
was mildly surprised, that he wasn't facing Lucifer, but a piece of his shattered soul!
Ironically, the part, which remember the Torture and Pain in the slightest detail.
For short, the Piece, he couldn't use at any cost.
"You're going to make a huge mistake, my friend.
The Thing, you're dealing with is worse than Lucifer.
You aren't able to stand up against it.
This Thing will tear you apart, and this time, you won't be able to fix anything , 'cause there'll be nothing left!"
"Oh, great,man. You're the personification of encouragement!
How were you able to intercept me?"
"I'm still a part of your mind ,locked away deep down in your subconscious.
When you're sleeping, I'm able to reach out to you. Under normal circumstances, you won't remember anything of it, but this here is all but normal.
I'm sorry, if I scared you and brought back some really bad memories.
That's the only place, where I can move around and yes, your first impression was right, this" , he made an all-embracing gesture, " is indeed the Cage, like you, like I , remember it.
I just wanted to deliver this message to you, Sam.
Don't do anything stupid or rushed, not even for Gabriel!
You care about him, I know, just promise me, that you're not going to provide his issues over our own safety."
That was clearly expressed and Sam knew that he could trust himself.
Though, this new information didn't made all of this any better!