Sorry about the long wait for the chapter, I had a massive writer's block. This isthe second last chapter, before the end of the story. Don't worry though! There will be a sequel! -Sophia

Chapter 6: The Void of Death

Castiel slowly opened his eyes. It seemed Dean had adapted to being a knight of hell quickly if he was able to take down an angel so fast. Though it was true that Castiel was weaker than other angels. Castiel didn't comprehend one thing, why was he still alive. Wasn't that the whole point of Dean practicing at the vegan bakery, so that he could kill them without hesitation? Wasn't that why he had killed those people in the vegan bakeries? Maybe just maybe there was a hint of Dean's human self after all.

"Ah my dear friend Cas." Dean spoke mockingly "It seems you have awaken from your slumber."

Cas wondered if Sam was ok, after all he had taken quite a beating, this Dean was very dangerous, but again why hadn't he killed them?

"Now you are maybe wondering why haven't I killed you." Dean gave a cold smile "Well I suppose I am too soft, I just want to have a bit of fun first!' Dean laughed, and turned on a light in the vegan bakery's pantry. Instead of food and cooking tools, there was scalpels, knifes, angel blades, and hundreds of other weapons.

"You see I wanted you to try and save me, so I prepared. After all what kind of knight would I be if I wasn't prepared?" Castiel painfully tried to stand, it hurt but at least his two feet were able to support him!

"Dean, where's Sam."

"Aw don't worry Sammy hasn't been hurt, well not yet anyways." Dean disappeared for a second, then reappeared with Sam's unconscious body. He laid his body roughly on the floor. Dean turned around and started to look for something in the closet of knifes.

"Now where did I put that knife, since I got it specially for Sammy!"

Castiel knew he needed to act fast. He reached inside his trench coat pocket, and pulled out the syringe, thankfully it hadn't been damaged. He quickly walked up behind Dean, and plunged the syringe into Dean's back. The demon let out a scream of pain. It sounded like a million cats dying at once, and Dean fell to the floor.

Cas quickly walked up to Sam and healed him with a brush of his fingers. He also put Sam to sleep, since Cas needed to check if Dean was ok without any interruptions.

Castiel knelt beside Dean, and quickly lifted Dean's limp head, checking his pulse in the process. He couldn't feel anything, Dean was truly dead. He pulled Dean's lifeless body onto his lap, looking hard for any sign that Dean was alive.

"Dean." Castiel's voice sounded tortured even to his own ears. " Dean!" He shook Dean's shoulders, but Dean didn't wake. "Dean, wake up!" This human, the one he had given up everything for was dead. Cas felt his grief stick inside his throat. He felt empty now as if this was a bad dream, that he would wake up from. He remembered when he had first met Dean, and had saw that Dean felt that the angel should have just left him in hell, he felt he didn't deserve to be saved from hell. When they had last saw each other, Castiel had sensed that Dean felt again that it would have been better if he had just died.

"Dammit Dean! You deserve to be saved! Don't you dare give up on yourself." Cas whispered in anguish.

"If not for yourself, then at least wake up for Winchester, you are the most important human being on this planet to me." A tear slipped down Cas's cheek. He felt his throat burn with more unshed tears.

"Dean Winchester, I need you." Castiel's voice broke at that last word, he touched Dean's face gently, then let his hand drop. Dean Winchester was truly dead. He closed his eyes in grief. He laid Dean's head back on the ground, and sat next to him. Dean looked so peaceful like that, like he would open his forest green eyes and smile at any moment. For the first time in his life, Castiel let his emotions take over, and let tears slip down his face. He cried silently letting his grief take control, Cas brought his knees up to face, and felt like wanted to stay like this forever. Alone in the darkness forever.