Chapter 4: The King Of Hell

Castiel stood there looking at the vial, admiring the way the vial was completely see through. He remembered a time when humans couldn't even make a plate, much less a see-through vial.

"So..." Sam said breaking the silence, "How are we going to use the blood to change Dean back into a human?"

"Well the scroll said that we had to inject it directly into Dean's bloodstream, so I suppose we'll have to use a medical syringe."

"Right... It won't be easy injecting it into his system."

"We will hold him down if we must. But I think it will be harder to track him down, lets focus on finding him first."

So they studied all the places he had attacked and looked to see if there was any connection to where he had attacked, apart from them all being vegan bakeries. It was hard for them to concentrate though, with all the people dying and vegan bakeries getting attacked by the minute.

"Another vegan bakery has been attacked yet again," The newsreader said "Bakery owners are now hiring guards to protect their shops."

"That won't stop Dean." Sam observed

"I suppose they want a sense of false safety against him though." Castiel said softly, he hated speaking about the attacks. They reminded him that Dean wasn't human anymore, that Dean didn't care anymore. If only he hadn't gone with Crowley to get the First Blade, then none of this would have happened. Where was Crowley anyway? Why hadn't he been there to take advantage of the new Knight Of Hell?

"Sam!" Castiel looked up from his research, a sudden idea occurring to him

"What?"

"We can summon Crowley he might know where Dean is!"

"I've tried already, that son of a bitch won't answer no matter how many times I've summon him." Sam said dejectedly, he looked defeated, and that was something Castiel hated to see.

"He'll answer me." Cas said grimly "Even if I have to drag him out of perdition to get answers." Castiel didn't care what it took to get Crowley to answer him, Dean was making it so it was almost impossible to know where he would strike next.

"No need to get violent, Castiel, I'm here." Cas heard a familiar smug voice behind him and turned sharply his hand reaching for his knife.

"Now, now, no need for that." Crowley saw Sam giving him a dirty look "Hello moose, hows squirrel?" Sam looked he wanted to punch Crowley in the face, but Castiel reached out to stop him. Now was not the time to start fights with the King of Hell.

"Do you know where Dean is?" Cas asked bluntly, getting straight to the point.

"And I thought you wanted me just to chat." Crowley said, pretending to look sad.

"Tell us demon!" Sam spat out. Crowley gave him a look.

"If you're going to treat all of us like that, its no wonder your brother scampered."

Sam drew back, a slightly guilty look on his face.

"Thats enough." Castiel said sharply, "Tell us where Dean is."

"Its going to cost you." Crowley said, glee evident on his face. Castiel was having none of that though, he had had enough of the Crowley's tricks.

"You will help me." Castiel said threateningly, and stepped forward "Of course we could persuade you to help us using other methods."

"I don't think so." Crowley said smugly and disappeared, he must have found out about Castiel's grace. Castiel followed him, even though he knew that he would be one step closer to dying if he did so.

Castiel returned holding Crowley tightly by the neck, he wanted to collapse, but he couldn't let Crowley and Sam know how weak he was.

"TELL US WHERE HE IS!" Castiel shouted, angry that he had lost a bit of his grace due to Crowley.

"I don't know!" Crowley said, but Castiel was not letting Crowley fool him, and tightened his grip around Crowley's neck.

"I really don't know! But I know how you can find him." Crowley managed to gasp out. Satisfied Castiel let go of his neck.

"Talk." Sam said curtly.