A/N Ok still with me? Last chapter was a tad confusing, too many Sams and Deans (not that I'd complain at double Winchesters!) Body count for those who asked - PresentSam - alive but out of it, Future Sam - same. PresentDean - dead (for now) which means of course FutureDean at this moment doesn't exist. Slightly (I hope) less confusing chapter and then a little revelation at the end. Nearly there but I think I missed my deadline! Damn it!

Thanks as always for the reviews. A little maimed Sam in this - just so you know.

"What the hell happened?" Bobby's voice filled the room as he pushed his way back in, Castiel trailing in his wake.

"The Horsemen are gone." Gabriel was sitting on the end of the far bed, Dean lying out behind him. He stood and dropped the two rings into the hunter's hands. "Famine's ring fell off before we could get him out of Dean. Dean's dead. I tried to fix it but it's not working."

Bobby narrowed his eyes as Gabriel refused to meet his stare. "Didn't try very hard, did ya?" He pushed the archangel out of his way, reaching the bedside and stopping as he looked at his fallen friend. "Damn it to hell kid, not again." He crushed the rings in hand and turned. "I thought that your God was looking after them, that he had their backs this time. So where is he? Why isn't he fixing this?"

Gabriel walked to the window. "I don't know."

"You don't know?" Bobby started forward. "You don't know? What kinda answer is that? These boys have done everything that they were supposed to, maybe not the way that they were suppose to, but still. So why don't they get the rewards they deserve rather than this?" He waved at the beds to emphasis his point. "What kinda God do you guys answer to? Did he just use them to get the job done?"

It was Castiel that spoke. "Disobedience is always punished."

Gabriel and Bobby turned to Castiel, Bobby asking the question. "What the heck has that gotta do with anything?"

"Dean was supposed to say yes to Michael." Castiel dropped his eyes to the floor. "He didn't do as the angels requested. Maybe God was displease after all."

"But he stopped the apocalypse!" Bobby was shouting now.

"And he was demanding of God's help and attention." Gabriel added. "He threaten the end of days." The archangel looked out of the window at the darkening sky. "Requested only that God save his brother."

"So Sam lives 'cos that's all that Dean asked?" Bobby's eyes were wide with disbelief.

Gabriel nodded. "God answered Dean's prayer, he helped him save his brother. Far as he is concerned his work here is done."

Bobby's face darkened. "Will he smite me down if I tell you what I think of that crock of shit?! You brought Dean back to life before, do it now!"

"I can't." Gabriel side stepped the hunter as he reached for him. "It is not God's will."

"Since when did you care about God's will?"

"If I do this, then I will be hunted down and taken back. I won't go back."

"So it's all about saving your own ass? Freakin' coward!" Bobby swung at the angel but Gabriel caught his hand, gently pulling the hunter to him. "I owed Dean. I rescued him from Hell. That is as far as I am willing to go."

Bobby turned on Castiel. "What about you? You still an impotent son of a bitch or can you do anything about this?"

"I am still cut off from Heaven, if that is what you mean. I cannot help." The angel looked over at Dean. "Even thought it wounds me deeply." He turned his eyes to Gabriel. "Brother please?"

"No way." Gabriel held up his hands. "Not with the big guy watching me so closely now. If he had wanted Dean alive, Dean would be alive. You know what they would do to me. I'm sorry Castiel, I like the guy, I really do, but I won't do this."

Bobby lifted his cap and scratched at his head. "There has gotta be a way to fix this, and I'm gonna find it. With or without God's help." He glowered at Gabriel. "Or yours!" The hunter turned to look at the two Sam's lying top to tail on the other bed. "So how do we wake up sleeping beauty here, 'cos right now I could do with some none angelic assistance, the kind that don't come with strings attached."

Castiel looked at Gabriel. "We have to get the ring off, then Sam will awaken."

Gabriel nodded his agreement.

"Care to enlighten me as to how?" Bobby snarked at them.

The angels exchanged a look. "Only a Horseman can remove the ring from a host," Castiel offered in a low voice.

"So if you take the ring off and exorcise it you die, but if you don't take the ring off and exorcise it then you can't get the ring off anyway? So will Sam wake up eventually or what?"

"He'll only wake up once the ring is removed," the angel's answered in unison.

"Jesus Christ……" Bobby looked down at the floor and hated the ideas that formed in his mind. Dean would be proud of him he thought. "Gabriel, is the room unlocked now? Can we get these guys outta here?"

"Yes."

"Ok. I want you to take Dean and this Sam," he pointed at Gabriel and then the Sam that he had brought back with him, "back to my place." Stooping to pick Ruby's knife off the floor he moved over next to his Sam. "I want you," he gestured to Castiel this time, "to take us to another hospital, the minute I do this. One where all the doctors ain't dead."

Castiel looked at the knife and then at Bobby. "You aren't going to……"

"You guys said the ring needs to come off, if I can't take it off the finger, well, then that kinda only leaves me one option." He rested the blade against Sam's hand. "I take if I cut it off after the Horseman is gone, Sam ain't just gonna disappear?"

"No," Gabriel confirmed. "The Horseman is already gone, Sam will be safe."

"Will he wake up?" Bobby queried, the blade hovering over Sam's right ring finger.

"Eventually."

Bobby death stared the angel again. "Define eventually?"

"Two, maybe three days, once his system is clear of the Horseman's influence."

Bobby rolled his eyes. "Great another detox. Least you're gonna be out for this one Sammy." He lent forward. "I'm sorry, but I don't have a choice." He sliced cleanly through the skin and bone and picked up the ring and the finger. "Let's go. We need to get this bleeding stopped."

Before Castiel could move, the other Sam started to stir.

"Well I'll take that as a good sign," Bobby said, moving over and lifting the hand of the other Sam, checking that the finger was missing on that one too.

"What are you doing? Let go of me!"

Bobby reached out a calming hand. "It's Bobby, Sam. It's ok, the Horsemen are gone."

Sam's eyes swung to met him. "Did we get them?"

"We got 'em. Now all we gotta do is get your present versions finger sown up and you boys will be fine." The older hunter gestured to his hand. "I'm sorry about that by the way, couldn't be avoided."

Sam looked down at his hand. "What do you mean?"

"Cutting off your finger here changed the future, took yours too."

"I never had my finger. I woke up at yours after all this went down, it was gone. Dean told me that you'd cut it off, that you didn't have a choice."

Three sets of eyes swivelled his way. "Dean told you?"

"Yeah he was there when I came round." Sam stopped. "Where is Dean?" He looked between them. "Where is he?" Pushing himself up he turned and caught sight of the body on the next bed. "No." He moved over, took Dean's hand, confusion in his eyes. "No. Dean was there, when I woke up. He was there."

Bobby touched his shoulder. "Well then," he said feeling hope finally rising in him, "we must find a way to save him somehow. You go with Gabriel and my Dean. Cas and I need to get the other you seen to."

Sam nodded and turned to give Gabriel access to his forehead.

When they were gone Castiel picked the other Sam up and touched Bobby's head. Seconds later the room was empty.

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"I need some help here!" Bobby called as Castiel, Sam and him literally appeared in front of the startled receptionist. "My friend cut his finger off in an hunting accident."

Gathering herself the woman called through and Sam was taken from Castiel's arms and hurried through the doors. What seemed like only moments later a young intern strode back through and stopped at the receptionist. "Who brought in the finger guy?"

Bobby stood. "That would've been me."

"Do you have the digit?," the young man asked hopefully.

"Sorry son I don't," Bobby answered. "We must have dropped it in all the panic, what with him passing out and that." Bobby touched a hand to his head in a performance worthy of an Oscar. "All that blood, it was horrible, ain't never seen anything like it."

The intern backed off. "Ok, so I'll just go tell the doctor. He'll be out to speak to you shortly." He disappeared back through the doors and Bobby turned to Castiel.

"I need you to find someone for me."

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LATER

"Americans. You are all bloody crazy you know that. I've made more deals over here in a year than I did in England in a decade and as for that Scottish lot, bastards wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire. Here though, you guys all seem to want to sell your souls at the drop of a damned hat, or a skip cap." he flicked his eyebrows at Bobby's head gear. "It's not even for something for yourself. I don't get it."

"And you gonna make the damn deal or not?" Bobby crossed his arms and scowled at the demon.

"Sure you and your boy aren't related, because you're both impatient gits."

"Demons talk too much, anyone every tell you that?"

"Yeah," Crowley leant in. "John Winchester actually."

"How do you know John?" Bobby mistrust of the man in front of him grew but he needed his help, had no option but to do this.

"We had a chat." Crowley answered cryptically. "So, you sure that you don't want the ten?" Crowley studied his nails as he spoke, a bore expression on his face.

"Dean'll know. Just let's get this done."

"I can make it look like natural causes?"

Bobby wavered. "No, he'll still know." He paused." When the time comes you can make look like I just dropped dead?"

"Heart attack do? Your boy'll never know what you did for him."

The hunter nodded. "That'll do nicely. So how do we seal this?"

Crowley looked up. "With a kiss of course, though you were a hunter?" He stepped forward. "Pucker up old man."

In case any fellows Scots are reading this, come on you know it's true! lol