Dean and Mike stared at each other for about 10 seconds, but what felt like 10 minutes to them. They only stopped because of Lisa clearing her throat and Noah and Sam pulling Mike towards the back door. Dean gave Lisa a death glare before turning back to see Mike almost to the door. Mike turned around as most he could and Dean could see a tear sliding down his cheek. Before Dean could blink, Mike and his so called friends were out the door.
"Dean what is wrong with you tonight?"
Dean looks to her, unsure how to answer. "You wouldn't understand Lisa. Here," said Dean as he gives her the car keys. "You go on home. I have to go save that poor boy." With that Dean is out of his chair as racing to the back door. He barely hears Lisa say, "What?" as he pushes through the door way only to be met with an empty alley way.
Dean runs to one end and then to the other. Frustrated as hell, he shouts, "FUCK!"
"Problems Deano?" asks a smug voice the Dean knows all too well.
Dean turns around and sees none other than Gabriel leaning against the wall with a smile on his face. Seeing that nearly sets Dean off, but he rakes in his anger to ask him, "What's going on Gabriel? Who is that kid and where did they take him? He's in danger, I know it."
Gabriel's falls considerably at the mention of Mike being in danger. "He is someone I care about Dean who needs you to protect him. As for where he is, probably back at the Demon's lair about to be beaten again and I can't do anything about it."
Dean swears he sees a tear in Gabriel's eye. "Why not? Why do I have to be the one to do it? Aren't you all powerful?"
Gabriel meets Dean's eyes and Dean can see the pain in them that this is causing him. "Father won't let me. He says it is my fault that Mike is in trouble and I have to live with the consequences. I've been protecting him for years, but now Father wants you to do it. He says that he created a connection between you two that you can't ignore. I'm asked what kind of connection, but all he would say was that you two would find yourselves in each other."
"Well that's vague," said Dean with clear frustration in his voice.
Gabriel rolled his eyes. "Are you really such a simpleton? I'm sure Sam could figure this out in a heartbeat. He always was the brains of the outfit." Dean's eyes flashed anger and sadness at the mention of Sam. Dean was going to chew the archangel out, but before he could he felt an intense pain in his side that caused him to fall to the ground. "I see Mike's torture has started. You should hurry."
Between gasps of pain, Dean was able to ask, "Where is he?"
"Follow your heart Dean," was all the angel said before he disappeared leaving Dean rolling on the ground in pain.
"Fucking Angels!" Dean yelled to the sky