With a snap of the Archangel, Sam finds himself standing an empty space. It is all black, the only light helps him see himself is from his own body. No ground, no sky, nothing. It's totally nothingness.
"Sam." A voice calls his name. It's warm and calming, yet there is still some childless mischief in it.
Sam looks towards the voice's source. The Archangel Gabriel standing there, in his very Trickster outfit. So close that Sam can easily reaches to him.
"Where are we...?" The Winchester speaks out the question. Seriously, this is new, not a dream he has shows this scenario.
"Just... A realm outside reality. There is nothing here, even time and space." Gabriel paces in circle around him. "A place for a nice talk."
"Talk?" Sam frowns. What could the Archangel of Justice and Mercy want to talk with him? "About what?"
"You know..." The blond man raises his eyebrows. "Like how you find all the past events so familiar though you have never experienced them?"
"I saw them in my dreams..." Sam sighs, scratching his scalp. "Vaguely... All I saw...was your face. You were the center of the dreams..."
That sentence makes the Archangel hold off whatever he has wanted to say. He stares at Sam, tilting his head in confusion. He knows what Sam is experiencing, it is a time loop. A time loop is caused when a supernatural being wants to make the events start from an identified marked point to another marked point in the timeline changeable so that they can change the events between two points until they finally reach a good ending. That means, someone in the very first cycle has created a time loop to find a good ending.
But what is the good ending after all?
...
"I don't know what to tell you, Sam..." Gabriel starts but trails off right after. Yes, it's true that he doesn't know what to tell Sam now. He still doesn't get why he becomes the center of the dreams Sam had, it's weird. He means nothing to Sam, obviously.
"Gabriel... I know that I have made a lot of wrong decisions." The Winchester shows his regretful puppy face. "... I thought that I could change things to the better side, only worsening them in the end... I... I only want to do the right things..."
"You have your chance now, Sam." The Archangel walks over to the Hunter. "What you are experiencing is called time loop."
"Time loop?" Sam frowns.
"Yes. A time loop. Like the one that created in Mystery Spot to you, the one Tuesday in that you witnessed Dean's death time and time again." Gabriel places a hand on Sam's left shoulder. "But this time, it's not just a short, childish joke anymore. This time, it's serious. This time loop affects a long timeline... It can change a lot of things."
"And how on Earth could this time loop not be a production of yours?" Sam's eyes narrow fast as he grabs Gabriel by the collar with fury. "You created the one in Mystery Spot! So obviously that you are the only one that can create another one! You put me in this!"
Gabriel harshly grabs Sam's wrists and twists them with his inhuman strength, forcing Sam to release him.
"I know that you are angry to be in this fucking situation, Sam. But I can ensure you that, in this place, this cycle of time, I am not the one who caused this..." He snarls at the Hunter.
"Wait a second... You just said..." Sam babbles. "What do you mean...?"
"By 'in this place, this cycle of time'?" Gabriel rolls his eyes. "I mean what I said, you muttonhead. There is someone, from the cycle number zero started this time loop. Since I can't, and probably will never know who did it, I won't be able to tell you who it is. It could be any supernatural beings in that original cycle... It could even be me, but it is not who I am now! I am here, as you say, is the ME in the second cycle... So it probably can't be me!"
Sam palms his face then rubs it, trying to get whatever Gabriel is trying to explain to him. Okay, so there is a being in the very first cycle of timeline that isn't satisfied with the outlook of the future in that cycle so they decide to create a time loop to create divergences the timeline then they will filter out the best outlook to make it the 'Good Ending', and only until they find a 'Good Ending' will they stop the time loop. Another thing is that except himself, the other people in the time loop don't have a single memory about what happened so they just keep starting all over again. Lastly, he won't be able to locate that creator of the time loop during this cycle.
"Is there anyway that I can reach a good ending?" Sam speaks after a long while of silence between him and the Archangel. "Besides, could there is any chance that I can encounter the person who created the loop?"
"I... I don't know..." The shorter man sighs, shaking his head. "If that person, they will pop up to meet you instantly, right now, or whenever they want..."
"So if I reach a the satisfying ending, that person will come out to meet me, right?" Sam's eyes spark with hope.
"Maybe..." Gabriel nods, though the expression on his face shows nothing like hope or relief. "... Or that you reach a very, very... BAD ending."
...
"Listen, Sam. True Good Ending is hard to reach. But True Bad Ending? As easy as pie, just ruin everything..." Gabriel rubs his wrist nervously. "If you truly want to reach the True Good Ending, you may have to do more than just RESETTING everything you did wrong. You will have to SAVING the key events from their downfalls."
"How could I do that? There are lots of events. I don't know which one is the key event! Besides, I don't even know how to SAVE them!" Sam scowls, he can feel beads of sweat falling from his forehead. This isn't going to reach any endings he wants.
"Key events are those that effect the events after it. Changing them means changing a whole strings of events later on." Gabriel explains, his anger coming right back. "Like the one in Mystery Spot, Sam. If you did listen to me, I would still bring Dean back to you and yet, if you did listen, things won't lead to the break of the last seal and probably it would never come to this TV Land event! What part of it don't you understand?"
Sam frowns. Right, there are events like that. Like... If he didn't die in that deadly town, Dean won't sell his soul to bring him back, then Dean won't have to spend time in Hell. Like if he has tried to resist the urge to drink demon blood from Ruby, he wouldn't become so blind about killing Lilith. And there are many more of events that he can SAVE.
"I think I get it..." Sam breathes out. "If... If I can go back from the marked start point, I think I can fix it. How can I get back...?"
"If that creator wants, he will put you back." Gabriel rubs his chin. "Or you can go back by yourself. It will take some efforts..."
"Like what? I will do anything!" Sam swears that he is out of patience. He really wants to return and fix things right away.
"Your Consistence on doing it, Sam. What you are having now is the Eagerness. You really want to do it, but you don't have yet a motivation. You need to form a strong Consistence, and it will bring you back." The Archangel looks straight into Sam's eyes. "I have given enough instructions, Sam. I think... Could you promise me one thing...?"
"Ugh... Sure...?" Sam hesitantly nods.
"Will you use any chances you have to form your Consistence and go back to fix everything? Even if the chance you have involves bad things happen to people around you?" The question makes Sam's eyes widen. He will sure take any chances, but...
"Yes, I will." The answer comes from the Hunter makes Gabriel smile, though the smile doesn't present happiness.
Gabriel gets closer to Sam and places a hand on his chest, while he snaps his fingers on the other hand.
Sam suddenly finds himself standing next to the Impala, with Dean and Castiel, who are probably worried about how he just popped up into reality.
He gets into the car. While Dean mumbling about the Trickster's tricks and Castiel shows a very uncaring face, Sam remembers the words that Gabriel whispered to his ears before sending him back to reality.
"I love you, Sam. Hope you will remember that."
A/N: So, here we have an explaining chapter. Undertale blatantly appears here. (But I guess you have all noticed ;))
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