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Cass was downing yet another bottle, waiting for the effects to kick in and so far it was working, of course this was after he had drunk nearly half the store. He discarded the bottle, looking for another one; he heard a flutter of wings which drew his attention away. His eyes widen, he hadn't thought he would ever see him again, he had thought he was gone forever.
"Baby bro this is not a good rep for you," Gabriel was played a sympathetic look before sitting beside Cass and knocking the bottle out of his hand. Cass didn't care; he was overwhelmed to see Gabriel alive. Gabriel might not have been the most reliable but he was still his brother and he knew Gabriel had a good heart.
"I thought you dead," Was all Cass could say in his state and at best it was slurred.
"Well I was but then how many times have you died," He had a point, no one really died permanently, they all somehow have managed to come back to life.
Cass just rested himself against the wall and didn't bother answering.
"Hey, I know what's the matter and I know that you've tried to find her," Gabriel knew exactly what day it was tomorrow and he knew what it did to his brother. Honestly Gabriel could almost feel the waves of downright misery radiating from his brother and it was really starting to down his all-round happy mood.
"I looked everywhere and she's not there," Cass whimpered. He had searched all of heaven and she wasn't there, she was nowhere up there, where she should be and he had given up hope of ever finding her.
"I know but come on don't do this, it's just so Dean like," Cass just glared at him and Gabriel smiled back before picking Cass up.
"Wh-" Cass slurred not knowing what was happening to him.
"Gotta take you back, can't have them getting worried," With that Gabriel fluttered away to where the Winchesters were.
"Cass!" Dean growled, before glaring at Gabriel, forgetting the fact that he was supposed to be dead, "What the hell did you do to him!"
"What? I didn't do this to him, he did this to himself, I was helping him get back here," Gabriel gave an innocent face before placing Cass on the cot. Dean stormed towards Gabriel before being stopped by Sam.
"Ain't you supposed to be dead?" Bobby questioned and Gabriel simply gave a shrug.
"Hey, how many times have these two died and come back to life," Giving basically the same response he gave Cass. Gabriel couldn't help but let his eyes wonder to Cass, he was truly worried about him, this was always a touchy subject but Cass had never resorted to drinking, no doubt these two idiots had something to do with this thought Gabriel.
"What the hell are you doing here!?" Dean still hadn't calm down, Gabriel wasn't one to be trusted and with him turning up with Cass in this state, he wasn't exactly happy.
"I was helping him!" Gabriel was getting defensive, it was their fault Cass had gotten like this, he was sure of that, "Unlike some people," Gabriel didn't really make an effort to mutter it under his breath like most people, in fact he wanted the Winchesters, more importantly Dean.
"What the hell does that mean!?" Dean shouted back, Bobby stepped in.
"Calm yourself down boy," Bobby warned, waiting for Dean to release his tense stance. When he did Bobby backed off waiting for answers. But Dean didn't let his stabbing gaze waver from Gabriel. Normal people would run in fear at that but Gabriel's gaze was more threatening and the power and authority bursting from Gabriel was also helping with that effect.
"It means you did something, on all the days you coulda screwed up you did it today, perfect Winchester timing as per usual," Gabriel shook his head before kneeling beside Cass.
"Gab-" Cass mumbled slowly, he was drifting in and out of the world.
"Yeah Cassie, don't worry about anything okay, just don't think about it okay," Sam, Dean and Bobby both looked puzzled at the scene before them. What had Gabriel meant of all days and what was he going on about?
"I m-miss her," Cass drifted out and his eyelids slowly shut, and Gabriel could almost feel his brother's pain and he knew Cass was going to having trouble in the next few days.
"I know you do," Gabriel mumbled before getting up and turning to the three amigos, waiting for the load of questions.
"What did he mean by her?" Dean's voice had softened as he was now curious and concerned. Cass was in pain and he didn't like the fact he didn't know why or how he could help with it.
"Ahh, geez I don't think I should tell you," Gabriel slowly let out, not wanting to yet again betray Castiel's trust like he did before, "You know brother and brother confidentiality and all."
Dean, Bobby and Sam glared at him, not taking any of this crap. Gabriel threw his hands up and surrendered and then signed over to the kitchen so that they were out of earshot of Castiel.
"So you gonna tell what's going on," Bobby inquired while they all settled down in the kitchen, "Or leaving us guessing?" All of their eyes settled on Gabriel one of them was hard, Dean's and the other two looked curious. Gabriel knew that by now they were all going to find out eventually, he was just going to have to deal with Cass being angry afterwards, not like he hadn't dealt with an angry Cass before but a severely miserable, angry and unpredictable.
"Tomorrow is a very touchy day for Cass and today he knows that tomorrow is coming," Gabriel said as if that explained the whole new side of Cass that they were seeing.
"Would you care to elaborate?" Dean wasn't asking, he was telling him to elaborate. And tomorrow wasn't a touchy day for Cass, Dean had known Cass for a couple of years and he would know if tomorrow was a touchy day, "I've known Cass for years and I would know if tomorrow was a touchy day for him," Gabriel gave him a 'Really?' look.
"Oh yeah, you've known him for years and what I'm just his brother who's known him since he was created," Dean looked down in defeat before Gabriel continued, "You know, you guys weren't his first charges, he had a couple before you, I mean we don't have many, only the important people who play a huge role in that whole destiny area."
"So you're saying it's about one of his charges?" Sam asked, knowing that with destiny it never plays out right and that this story didn't have a happy ending.
"Boy you guys catch on quick," Gabriel sounded sarcastically, "Yes, he had a charge called Delilah back in the 1800s and let's just say they got a little too attached with each other, that lead to us not telling him her true destiny," Gabriel sat down on one of the chairs, clicking his fingers and a bottle of beer appeared in his hand, "Which if you guys are smart enough, didn't end well."
"What was her destiny?" Bobby asked knowing the other two weren't going to ask, afraid of what the answer might be.
"To die," Gabriel simply replied but his voice sounded strained when he answered almost ashamed.
Dean glared at him, Sam looked shocked and Bobby didn't really have anything to say.
"You let him get close to her knowing she was going to die!" Dean shouted and then regretted it when he saw Cass begin to stir and he tensed, not wanting to have to end the conversation and then he relaxed seeing Cass going back to his slumber.
"If we had told him she was going to die, he was going to try and stop it and that would have led to the Earth as we know it being destroyed," Gabriel had felt many things before, but ashamed was one he would never admit to, ashamed that he had lied to his brother, ashamed that they had to watch Cass fall to pieces as he watched her being burned alive and engulfed by the fiery flames of Hell and then a thought had crossed his mind, what if, no, what if Hell had taken her? It was a thought that made him cringe and this didn't go unnoticed.
"What is it?" Sam asked, looking over this new side of Gabriel that none of them had seen before.
"Her death was to stop a portal to Hell and after that Cass had been searching Heaven for her but never found her, I was just thinking," Dean knew that thought and he had hoped it couldn't be that. He had hoped it wouldn't be that.
"You saying that she's in Hell," Dean choked, remembering his experience from Hell all too well.
"It could be," Gabriel mumbled quietly, Cass had properly already thought of this, in fact he had too before but something always pushed it out of his mind, he didn't want it to be true. His eyes fell on Cass, who had now gone to a sitting position. He rushed over to him.
"What happened?" Cass swayed slightly, asking in a gruff voice, before regaining focus and turning to Gabriel.
"You, brother, had a little too much," Gabriel joked, trying to lighten the mood in the room, it was tense in here.
"I must go," Cass muttered before trying to stand up but failing and falling back into the couch.
"Hey, you need to stay down," Dean perked out, trying to be comforting but received a glare from Cass, he wasn't in an all-time happy mood and something was different, he felt something happening and it was pushing him a little bit.
"Piss off!" Cass snapped, he didn't know what was happening to him, something was pulling at him. At first he regarded it as mere emotions but it was becoming stronger.
"Whoa Cass calm down," Dean settled walking towards him, before Gabriel gave him a warning glare, saying 'I wouldn't do that.'
"Shut up!" Cass didn't like this feeling inside of him, it was a searing pain that was causing him to act out, and he wrapped his arms around his stomach in a way to push away the pain.
"What's happening?" Gabriel asked knowing something else was wrong, he knew that this just wasn't Cass, something else was happening now.
"I don't know!" Cass growled under his breath, "I am leaving," and before anyone could protest he had vanished before their eyes in a gust of air.
"Where the hell did he go and why is he like that?" Dean asked, hoping Gabriel had the answer and luckily enough he did.
"He is like that because something's happening, not just about tomorrow but something else and I think I know where he has gone too," Before Gabriel could fly away, Dean latched on and went along with him, knowing all too well that the angel would have just flown away leaving them not knowing what was happening or going on.
They reappeared in an old house, late design, obliviously it wasn't anything modern. Dean's curious eyes ran over the house, old chairs, tables and an old kitchen. He didn't know much about this sort of stuff, if Sammy had come along, he would've known it was a house design from the late 1800s. Gabriel's face looked almost sad when he had come here.
"Where are we?" Dean felt the urge to whisper it, as if there was something out there lurking in the dusty old house.
"Delilah's old house," Gabriel simply replied eyes carefully tracing the entire room.
"How is it still around?" If this house was from the 1800s then Dean's logic said 'Why the hell isn't it rubble?'
"Cassie comes here every now and then and he kept it safe from being torn down and stuff," His eyes finished their scanning before he said, "I'll be back in a tick," and with that he was gone, leaving Dean dumbfounded and standing in an sorta abandoned house.
"Okay then," Dean walked around the room, it didn't look too different from Bobby's place actually he almost laughed.
His eyes landed on an old door that looked like it had been taken care of over the century or so. Dean walked over to it, taking careful steps, hoping that the old floor didn't crumple beneath him. He reached for the doorknob and slowly turned it and swinging it open. It was a bedroom but it looked more like a study area, flayers and news clippings were pinned on the walls. As Dean looked at them, they were of people's kidnappings and odd weather situations, some of them had whipped a whole town out. Others were of sightings of so called demons and witches and then his eyes fell onto the old folder on the little table beside the bed. He flipped it open and it revealed news reports of a young girl, Delilah Bennet, abandoned at the age of four, many of the articles were of the hunting's and a bounty for hire but the first few pages were about the abandonment of Delilah. It was said that her parents had either abandoned her or died but no bodies were found, after that she went straight to hunting, learned how to survive out in the forest and a couple years on she was a bounty hunter for hire by the age of eight she was being hired to catch demons and witches and earning a pay. Wow, Dean Thought, reminds me of a certain family.
As Dean read article after article, he was becoming to understand why Cass had become so fond of the woman, she was an amazing hunter, she would've been great to have on a hunt, in fact Dean was impressed and almost became jealous of the fact he hadn't been around then. Dean put down the folder and looked over the room and his eyes fell on a wooden chest, with a special symbol craved into it, a spiral? He couldn't be sure. He walked over and lifted the lid and his eyes widen and the sight. This was weapon heaven! A crossbow, different sorts of guns, then his eyes fell on the cabinet. He swung the door open, a mace, several different marked swords, a large gun, different bullets that were arranged at the bottom. He was overwhelmed at the sight, he couldn't believe Cass kept this supple hidden.
"Yeah, her favourite was the crossbow," Dean swung around to find Cass sitting on the bed, looking like hell.
"Hey man you feeling better," Dean closed the door but didn't take a step closer, remembering what happened last time he tried to comfort Cass, he got his head bitten off.
"I'm fine," Cass murmured quietly before glancing over the room and then laying his eyes down on the floor.
"So you wanna talk?" Dean didn't want to push it, he knew the feeling of losing someone and now he felt bad, all those times he had pushed and teased Cass into getting into a relationship with a woman, he thought it was just because he had never been with another woman before but it was because he had lost someone close to him.
"It was my fault, I should've done something," Dean knew the feeling and he knew Cass couldn't have done anything, "She- she was only 25 and she was-" Was Cass showing emotions? Dean had never really seen this side of Cass.
"Hey man I know, I know how it feels to feel like you've let someone down," And Dean did know, he had felt like he had let so many people down and he had. Cass caught Dean's train of thought but didn't comment, "So why the crossbow, I thought silver blades were efficient," Dean changed the subject.
Cass got up to the chest, he reached down and picked up the crossbow. Despite the fact it was large and looked extremely heavy, it was quite light. Cass grabbed one of the arrows, and sat beside Dean.
"Silver, I was able to supply her with as much as she needed," Cass placed the arrow down and stood up, with a quick movement of a finger, a click rang out and the crossbow became two, as two crossbow swung to the side and one to the front creating three in one really.
Dean's eyes widen, "That is awesome!" He stood up at the sight of the crossbow, he could kill loads of shape shifters with this thing, "How did she get something like this back then?" Dean's eyes didn't leave the crossbow as with another click the three crossbows became one again.
"She made it herself," Cass replied, knowing Dean wanting to hold the crossbow, he debated whether to let go or to hold on. He finally let go of the crossbow and handed over the crossbow.
"Awesome!" Cass smirked, those two were so alike in many ways, their language was no different and the way they acted was similar too. They would have gotten along well.
Dean was surprised about how light it was, he so wanted to use this but he didn't think it would go down well with Cass, he could tell that Cass had debating to give it to him.
Castiel's eyes traced the room, he kept it as it was, nothing changed and he made sure time didn't have it's toll on it. He had stayed here for days just taking in the room's essence. Dean was too amazed by the crossbow to notice.
A flutter of wings drew both of their attentions away and there stood Gabriel.
"What the hell!" He almost shouted at Cass, "I have been tracking you all over and you just decide to come back here!"
Cass eyed him carefully, "I am sorry brother," Was all he said before turning his gaze and wincing.
"What's the matter?" Dean put the crossbow down and sat beside Cass. Gabriel soon did the same and they were both concerned, something was terribly wrong.
"I don't know, I have been experiencing an almost pulling sensation, it was ignorable at first but now it seems to…" He was blocked by on overwhelming sensation in his body, a burning sensation shot through him. He lunged over, hitting the ground before either man could stop him. Cass almost screamed in pain.
"What the fucking hell is going on!" Dean had had enough of not knowing, he had had enough of being behind on the information area, and it was time he found out everything!
"I don't know but something big," Gabriel shouted back over the gusts of swirling winds that had suddenly come in. Castiel started to spasm on the ground, Dean tried to get over to Cass but a strong and powerful gust of wind blow both, Gabriel and Dean, with a loud thud to the wall. A spark of electricity sparked on the ceiling. Castiel gasped in pain as the electricity on the ceiling cracked and a large, what seems to be a portal, opens up onto of them.
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