Dean and Garth had taken the Impala to gather their things from the motel. Delores had offered to put the hunters up for their stay and with the Demon signs now occurring she had argued that her house was the safest place to be. Her house was warded 'seven ways to Sunday' as she put it.
Between salt lines, the iron rebar she had insisted the contractor use in the foundation and sigils that went back to the days of the first civilizations, there wasn't much that wanted to try to get in. Sam had stayed behind with Delores to do additional research although he had no idea what he was looking for.
"So you think this Kitsune is involved, What was his name again?" Delores asked.
"Jacob, actually we think it's maybe his father." Sam said.
"His father?" Delores shook her head. "Tell me Sam have you ever seen an adult male Kitsune?"
"Come to think of it, no." Sam answered and then turned to Delores. "I'm guessing there's a reason for that, right?"
"Male Kitsune are extremely rare, very few males are born. I can assure you if it's not the mother, it's the son." Delores said.
"But he's just a kid." Sam protested.
"A kid who lost his moral compass from what you have told me." Delores said. "This Amy sounded like she was raising him to live harmoniously among humans and she only killed because her son was sick. And it was human monsters she killed, not the innocent."
Dagon was an angel once. He would not have hesitated to approach the child and seduce him. Seduction is an angel's greatest talent."
"Wait are you saying he..." Sam sputtered.
"Seduction comes in many forms Sam, and not just for the purpose of sex. All temptation is seduction." Delores said. "Think about it, Lucifer tried to seduce you. And didn't Michael's side try to seduce Dean? It was all about getting you to say yes of your own free will."
The sound of an engine interrupted the conversation as Dean and Garth returned. "I'm going to go help Dean unload the car." Sam said.
"Go ahead, I need to put up a few more wards. There's three bedrooms upstairs help yourself." Delores said. "I took over the den downstairs for a bedroom years ago."
Sam was stable Gabriel noted. The fever wasn't spiking anymore and the infection wasn't getting any worse. On the other hand he wasn't getting any better either.
"Gabriel, You always were one to find and exploit loopholes." God said, this time God appeared as a Boy Scout.
"Back to being Dad I see." Gabriel said.
"Gabriel, I told you not to interfere." God sighed.
"They summoned me." Gabriel said looking as innocent as possible.
"Did they also tell you to have Castiel place Michael's sword where Dean could find it?" God smirked.
"Well Mikey isn't using it after all." Gabriel said. "You hate seeing things go to waste and it is a nice sword."
"Like I said loopholes." God said. "Don't worry I won't send you to your room for the next century." God manifested another sword in his hand. "Might as well have Castiel put this one with it. Dagon is not the only fallen crawling out from under a rock lately."
"You're giving Sam Luci's sword?" Gabriel asked.
"Yes, and they need to find their way into the Winchester's hands sooner rather than later. Once Dagon realizes who he has possessed, the Magi will no longer be safe. And I have plans for her once this is over.
For now Sam is in no danger. Go take this sword to Castiel and help him ward the hiding place then light a fire under Dean's ass."
Gabriel found Castiel in Danville Virginia where he was renting a storge unit.
"Okay Unit 114 is available Mr Singer. If you wouldn't mind filling out this paperwork oh, and do you need a lock?" The clerk was saying when the door opened.
"Hey Bro, what's taking so long." Gabriel said walking up to the counter.
"Gabriel, They require me to complete this form before I can secure the unit." Castiel answered.
"Well how many times do you have to fill it out?" Gabriel said with a smile at the clerk handing over a completed form. "You guys gave us the paperwork earlier to fill out and bring back."
"Oh? That's odd." The clerk said looking at the form. "We don't usually let the paperwork leave the office."
Gabriel gave a shrug of his shoulders. "Well the person we spoke to before didn't say anything about it not leaving, we thought it was okay to take it with us. And I guess we will need a lock too."
"Okay, then Unit 114 and a security lock, that will be $42.76." The clerk replied
Gabriel took out a wallet and handed the clerk a $50. Castiel looked at Gabriel curiously as the clerk handed over the lock and Gabriel's change.
"Thanks a lot." Gabriel said and grabbed Castiel's arm turning him toward the door. "You've been a big help."
Once outside of the office Gabriel teleported the two to the unit. "Got the sword Castiel?"
"Yes." Cas pulled his trench coat open revealing the sword and causing Gabriel to suddenly howl with laughter. He looked at his brother wondering what Gabriel found so amusing. Castiel knew that Gabriel's sense of humor tended to run to the inappropriate. "I fail to comprehend why you are laughing." Castiel said in all seriousness.
"Of course you don't get it, Castiel. It's that coat. When you opened it I was worried that you were going to flash me or try to sell me a hot watch." Gabriel snorted.
"I have had control of my grace for millions of years but I do not understand why you would believe that I wished you to gift me with currency in exchange for a timepiece with an increased ambient temperature."
Gabriel had just snapped his fingers to produce two sword stands when Castiel finished his statement. "Now that's just sad. A hot watch means it was stolen, Castiel. We really need to work on your human slang when this is all over."
Gabriel went to the first stand and placed a sword on it, gesturing for Castiel to do the same with the sword he had. Once the swords were placed Gabriel warded the stands.
"The sword you gave me was Michael's, I assume the second sword is meant for Sam?" Castiel noted.
"The Devil's blade. That's right." Gabriel said. "Dad thinks Dagon has a following of Fallen. They could use more than one celestial sword." Gabriel snapped his fingers producing a slip of paper. He held it out to Castiel. "Make sure that this gets to Dean. I'll stay here and guard the swords until Dean comes. And make it snappy."
The hunters had claimed the upstairs bedrooms as their own and were unpacking what they needed. Dean pulled out his father's journal and was surprised when a slip of paper fell from it. Thinking it was just a loose page he was surprised to find that it was an invoice from Singer Auto Salvage. Written on it was an address and a key was taped securely to it.
He made his way over to Sam's room. "Hey Sammy. You ever seen this before?"
Sam took the paper and looked it over. "A key supposedly from Bobby and an address?" Sam opened his laptop and logged on to the internet. "It's probably a cache, that address is for a U-Store-It in Danville Virginia. The 114 has got to be the Unit number." Sam opened another tab and pulled up Mapquest. "It's only about 45 minutes away from here. It says they have 24 hour access. But you know that's not one of Bobby invoice slips right?"
"I noticed. Bobby never used black ink on his invoices, only blue." Dean said. "Someone wants us to go to this unit. The question is why?"
"There's only three things it could be Dean; demon, angel or leviathan." Sam said. "I say we pack for all three and then find out why."