A/N: 16 days! I feel so bad for not posting earlier but again… I'm a senior… and I just barely had enough time to sleep… But how much did you all love the new season so far? It had the potential to be so good!

Thanks to: valeskathesilverwolf and angeleyenc for Reviewing. Thanks to: Gleca for Alerting. And thanks to Mrs. Dr. Robert Chase for being the best beta ever!

Onward:

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Chapter 10 Free to Be You and Me

Cas carried Crystal up to their hotel room and gently laid her down on one of the beds. He sat beside her and kept a tight grip of her hand as the boys whispered in the corner. He was suddenly exhausted. He slowly leaned down beside Crystal and closed his eyes…

It felt like 2 seconds later that he felt Dean shaking him awake. His eyes snapped open and he immediately closed them again when he was blinded by the golden afternoon sun that filtered in through the windows. He slowly opened his eyes again and sat up, wiping the sleep out of his eyes, it was still dark when he went to sleep. He looked around for a moment, trying to remember what happened... then he noticed a nasty looking bruise on his arm and blood on his hands, and it all came rushing back.

He looked beside him and breathed a sigh of relief seeing Crystal still asleep beside him. He looked down at her while she slept… this didn't make any sense… "Why is Crystal still asleep?" he asked looking up at Dean.

"She hasn't woken up at all…" Dean said, looking over to her. He gestured to the old book sitting on the table in front of him. "That's what I'm researching, and Sam and Bobby are at the library and Anna's off doing God knows what…"

He moved to get up off the bed and gasped as pain exploded through his bruised wrist. Dean looked up from the thick book he was reading as Cas examined his wrist under the light. Dean got up and looked at Cas' wrist; he poked at it not bothering to be gentle as Cas flinched away from him. "It's not broken." He said, returning to the book on the table.

"I could have told you that," Cas said, irritated at his tone.

"It serves you right!" Dean said, angrily. "We told you to stay here, and you went on your little suicide mission anyway!" Dean complained loudly.

"Technically," Cas started slowly… "You never said anything about having to stay here… you simply said, 'I can't.' That could have meant anything!" Cas looked up at Dean, who looked like he was trying very hard not to smile.

Cas stood up and walked over to the bathroom, he was shocked that he was so calm as he washed the blood off his hands… he heard Dean call, "Cas, You need to be more careful! Do you have any idea what would have happened if Sam and me hadn't shown up?"

"Sam and I." Cas stated angrily.

Dean was silent for a moment and said, "Wow… still the same Nerd-boy minus the angel and trench coat…" He said, shaking his head. "Do you have any idea what would have happened if Sam and I hadn't shown up? Meg would have tortured you for the Angel information you have in your head."

Cas sighed angrily and looked at his reflection in the mirror above the sink. He couldn't believe that they actually thought he was an angel… "Ok… get this through your skull: Angels aren't real!" Cas said, walking out of the bathroom. "And even if they are, which they're not, why do think I used to be one?" Cas asked calmly, sitting on the edge of the bed beside Crystal.

Dean looked up from his book again. He sighed and said, "Don't you remember? When you were an angel, you tried to get control of heaven by teaming up with a demon named Crowley. You double crossed him, ruined the ritual for Raphael, and he was going to kill you so you fell and became human…"

Cas sat silently for a few seconds, digesting what he said, "Have you ever considered becoming a fiction writer? That's a fantastic little story, it could be a bestseller." Cas said, sarcastically, leaning back against the headboard, folding his arms over his chest.

Dean opened his mouth to say something, but the door opened and Sam and Bobby walked slowly through it. "Did you figure out what's wrong?" Cas asked quickly, standing up.

They shook their heads and sat at the table. Cas frowned and sat back down on the bed and took hold of Crystal's hand.

After a few moments Cas heard Sam and Dean start whispering to each other. He rolled his eyes as he got the gist of what they were saying…Dean was telling Sam that he didn't believe he used to be an angel…

For the next few minutes the brothers continued to try to convince him he used to be an angel and every word out of the brother's mouths made Cas more and more frustrated. After half an hour Cas snapped, "I don't believe in all this God and angels crap! So leave me alone!" he yelled at the brothers.

Sam and Dean stared at him for a second before they left the room, leaving him alone with the still unconscious Crystal and Bobby, who'd sat silently watching the whole conversation. "It's strange…" Bobby said quietly…

"What is?" Cas asked, looking up at Bobby, flipping through the pages of the book Dean was just reading.

"How much 16 years can change someone…" He said, not looking up from his book.

"What do you mean?" Cas asked in a whisper.

"How do you explain Meg? The boys told me you stabbed her in the stomach… how do you explain her not dying?" He asked quickly, finally looking up from the book, folding his hands on the page he was just reading.

"Um… maybe she had that disease that makes it so you can't feel pain…" Cas said, more of a question than an answer…

"What about the nightmares?" he asked in a gruff voice.

"W-well, Everyone has nightmares…" Cas asked, looking away from Bobby… for some reason, what Bobby was saying was making a lot more sense to him…

"Of course… Everyone has dreams about people they'd never seen before…" He said, looking back down at the book in front of him…

Cas sat silently for a while thinking about what Bobby said… he was right… Meg barely even reacted when he stabbed her… a human should have died… maybe she was a demon…

The door of the hotel room opened and Sam and Dean walked in, followed closely by Anna. She walked over to the bed and walked to where Crystal lay… She quickly touched her forehead as Cas stood up. The air suddenly changed in the small hotel room. The air seemed to tighten around him, making it had to breathe… his skin tingled as Anna pulled away from his best friend. Dean looked at him for a second but Cas ignored him.

They stood in silence for a moment… "Did it work?" Sam asked.

Anna opened her mouth to speak, but a moan interrupted her. Cas looked down at Crystal… her hand fluttered up to her forehead and she slowly opened her eyes…

"Are you ok?" Cas asked her, brushing her silvery blond hair out of her face.

"Cas?" she asked quietly, her voice was hoarse…

"It's me… Are you ok?" She nodded her head, but winced as it hurt her.

Crystal nodded and tried to sit up, but Cas wouldn't let her… "Just relax now Crystal… Are you hungry?" he asked quietly.

She shook her head and closed her eyes… after a few moments she was asleep.

Cas sat silently for a few moments. He was considering going to sleep himself, when he felt the air in the room change again. He looked around and saw nothing… he felt the air tightened around him, then everything went black.

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