Sam had been dreaming. He was young again and running through a green field, the sound of barking alerting him that Bones wanted him to throw the ball again, which he did a thousand times over without tiring with a smile on his face…but then the bright sky began to darken overhead. It happened as suddenly as any oncoming storm, the black clouds rolling across the sky and blotting out the sun, a sudden chill rushing through his body in the darkness. Bones barking had turned to whimpers and in the distance the sounds of baying and howling could be heard, and the frightened cries a man floating on the wind.

Dean.

Sam took off running in the direction of the sound, fighting the wind that had picked up from nowhere as if the elements themselves were fighting against him, but he pushed forward and determined, to find his Brother. As he drew closer he could make out the sound of Dean's voice and the cries from the man stopped him dead in his tracks.

Cas?

Cas?!

CASTIEL?!

Sam felt hands grab him by his shoulders and suddenly he was flung backwards and into the air, crashing back into reality with Gabriel's hands on him and the frantic face of the Archangel hovering above him.

"CASTIEL!" Sam screamed for the Angel, still thrashing about from the dream that hadn't quite let go of him yet, but Gabriel pulled him up straight in bed and slapped him across the face to clear his head.

"Sam! Focus, big guy!" Gabriel yelled over the Hunter's screaming, holding him tightly until the man calmed a little. "Gabe…it's Cas, something's wrong!" Sam whimpered and Gabriel gave him a sad smile.

"I know Sam, I saw it too…and I have to go now to find him." Gabriel explained quietly, but Sam's head snapped up, a stern expression crossing his face.

"WE need to go find him…he is my family too, Gabe! You are not leaving me here!" Sam snapped, but Gabriel was already out of bed and getting dressed, ignoring the tantrum throwing Human.

"I am not letting you go, Sam. You are staying here and that's final, I forbid you to leave!" Gabriel snapped as he retrieved his Angel Blade from the side table, missing Sam's scornful look.

"You 'forbid' me? You don't get to tell me what to do!" Sam yelled at the back of the retreating Archangel, following him towards the door, but Gabriel turned fast to face him and suddenly Sam was tossed backwards onto the bed and he couldn't get up.

"God damn it, Gabriel, let me up! Don't you dare walk out on me, don't you dare!" Sam screamed, but Gabriel looked over the struggling man with tears in his eyes, leaving quickly and closing the door on the screaming Human before he broke down completely.

"I'm sorry, Sam. I can't lose you to. Father, protect them." Gabriel prayed softly before taking off in flight, searching for his Brother's Grace. And when he found him, that bitch Thor and his men would pay the price for messing with his family.

Dean Winchester was on the war path, he had called and called Sam's phone, but his Brother was not answering and finally he had prayed to Gabriel, but the Archangel hadn't showed. He was out of options now, and he had been damn lucky that Mrs. C had the right ingredients in her Pantry for what he was about to do. He set the bowl alight and prayed for the Angel he needed.

"Balthazar…It's Dean Winchester. I need your help."

"Well well well, you are either incredibly desperate or incredibly stupid…Haven't I already said I'd kill you next time we met?" The sarcastic Angel asked, but he stopped and suddenly his face clouded when he saw the tears in Dean's eyes. "What happened to him?!" Balthazar asked suddenly, his eyes darkening.

"I don't know! He was asleep in the car, I took the bags inside when I came out he was gone! I tried calling Sam and I prayed to Gabe, but they are busy on their honeymoon and no one is answering their damn phones! You are the last resort here, I need your help! Can you find him?" Dean asked, on the edge of breaking down completely in his helplessness and Balthazar for once seemed sympathetic to him. The Angel took the Hunter by the shoulder and led him to a seat, snapping up a whiskey and helping him to down it.

"I can try and help Dean, but I need to know more about what's going on. Did you say Gabe? As in Gabriel, our Gabriel?" The Angel asked and Dean nodded, drinking down his Whiskey which kept refilling itself.

"Yeah, he and Sam are…well…" Dean clasped his fingers together and shook his head, shrugging. "I dunno what you guys would call it, all I know is I never wanna hear that crap again! That's why we were out here, they were having their moment and I wanted to be somewhere nice when I asked Cas…" Dean trailed off with a blush on his face and Balthazar smiled down at him before clearing his face again.

"Oh how sweet!" Balthazar said with a fake mockery that Dean saw right through, turns out the Angel did have a heart in there somewhere. The Hunter might even invite him along to the festivities when this was all over and he had his Angel back. "So you didn't see or hear anything? Smell anything funny? Maybe felt oddly in the area around the car?" The Angel asked and Dean thought for a moment before nodding.

"Yeah I eh…This is gonna sound weird but I kinda felt like…paranoid. Never mind, it's stupid, I…" Dean babbled but Balthazar shushed him quickly.

"Paranoid? Like people were against you, you maybe wanted revenge on them?" Balthazar asked and Dean nodded.

"Why, that mean something?" Dean asked and the Angel groaned.

"Gabriel, what the hell have you gotten into?" The Angel said wearily with one hand over his eyes.

"What's going on, Balth?!" Dean snapped, but Balthazar grabbed him by the hand and pulled him up.

"I know where he is, we have to go now!" Balthazar said before taking off with a squirming Dean in his arms. He just hoped Cassie wouldn't kill him for this.

Sam's frantic screaming finally gave way to pained sobs as he realized the Archangel wasn't coming back. He kept thrashing and pulling at his invisible restraints but no amount of pulling was going to free him and finally in his head he cried out for help, before he lost the one person who he had ever really connected with.

"God help me, I can't lose him now…please help me!"

"As you wish, Sam Winchester." A voice spoke from the doorway and suddenly Sam could move again, his restraints gone and his limbs free to move. He dove off the bed and stood staring at the familiar face who was smiling at him from the doorway.

"Chuck?"

"You outta get going, Sam…Gabriel needs you." The man said as he walked towards the Hunter, placing a hand on his chest and sending a sudden warmth through Sam's chest that penetrated deep into his body and left him tingling all over.

"What is that?" Sam asked, staring at the light in his chest but unable to feel any fear for the situation. He felt at peace.

"A gift." Chuck smiled at him "You earned it."

"What do I do with it?" Sam asked, but he knew he would get no real answer. That wasn't how this worked, after all.

"When it's time, you'll know. Now go…Gabriel needs you." Chuck turned to walk out of the door again but he looked back over his shoulder at the tall Hunter. "Oh and tell Dean not to worry…his is coming soon." Sam didn't get a chance to ask what Chuck meant before the man was gone again, in the blink of an eye the room was empty and Sam was alone again with a set of keys in his hand - car keys. Gabriel needed him. Sam took off running for the car, he had work to do now.

Gabriel landed outside the Mansion and took a deep breath, steadying himself before unleashing his wings - tearing through everything in their way and snapping outward with a flash like lightning, rival to anything else seen in all of creation!

"Thor! I am coming for you now, you Son of a Bitch! Gabriel cried into the night, and a boom of thunder answered his cry.

This meant war.