A/N: Another slight Shorter Chapter again. Going back into more Plot Driven Chapters.
Might include another Flashback again next Chapter.
"Exactly how much sugar have you ingested now?" Castiel complained, scrubbing his face from reading his dictionary again
"Enough. But Cassie I need my sugar"
Castiel rolled his eyes, dragging himself over to Gabriel who was perched on the couch
"You might want to try walking again, you're wearing out the flooring"
"It took nearly four hours to make two pitiful steps then I passed out"
"All the more reason to try again, you're lucky I'm here not anyone else. They'd chain you to that device and force you to walk until you got it right, so" Gabriel heaved Castiel over his shoulder and back towards the bars "You're going to stay here to learn to literally pull yourself up"
"Gabriel, I'm not-"
"You will do this, Castiel. You have to learn. I'll return in a bit, I want to see at least some progress, please"
Castiel sighed, pulling himself into a sitting position giving one balance bar a death stare
"Some progress, Cassie. That's all I ask" Gabriel called as he closed the door behind him
Castiel sighed hard knowing he had nothing else to do but progress forward "I hate this"
Reaching up forward his body more or less crumpled, his knees were bent beneath him, he could feel a slight pressure from his feet so Castiel could almost be relieved but right now he was struggling to maintain his grip on the bar to pull himself up. He had upper body strength but it felt impossible to the Youngling to hold himself up. About thirty minutes had passed and Castiel had gotten no further than slouched on his knees, throwing his arms over the bar he threw himself forward to his shock his upper body was now straightened. Lost and completely stuck Castiel forced his lower half to inch forward but they were glued to the floor "You make it look so easy, Gabriel"
"Really? Thank you Cassie"
Castiel jumped, nearly throwing himself backwards but caught himself "Brother! How long have you been standing there?"
"About ten minutes"
"I didn't hear you return"
"I made sure you didn't, plus you were concentrating on other things. I asked for progress and you delivered, well done" Gabriel sauntered over and knelt down by his younger sibling "You want this over with, I get it but you need to push yourself"
"I am"
"I know, you need to push just that little bit harder, what drove you to first pop your head above water?"
"You"
"OK, better question, who got you interested in Humans in the first place?"
"You"
"Alright, who-"
"Gabriel, I did everything for you or because of you, my answer will always revert back to you, not Balthazar or Michael, Lucifer, any of my other Brothers and Sisters" Castiel interrupted resulting in flopping towards the floor again "Dammit"
"S'alright, you've done good today, sleep" Placing two fingers once again against Castiel's forehead knocking him out
"Rest up little Brother"
"You ID this son of a bitch?" Dean asked Sam
"Traffic cams have caught one guy that sorta matches ours, he's living on the outskirts of Sioux Falls, it looks like a safehouse. The last activity was about an hour ago, a short blond-ish looking guy, same outfit green jacket, red dress-shirt and dark jeans.
It's him"
"Alright, pack up and let's gank it"
"Wait, we don't even have anything that can hurt it or kill it"
"Silver might work"
"That's only one breed but we don't know if it will work on all of them, it could just piss it off"
"Well maybe if we can find Cas he can point us in the right direction"
"I don't think he will"
"Why?" Dean barked, his temper raising more than he'd like it.
"Cas wasn't exactly fighting back, do you think he'll just watch us kill whoever took him, what if he knows who did it?"
Dean wished things could just be easy for once "So what if he knows who this guy is what do we do?"
"I don't know. I think we shouldn't go in guns blazing, tearing up the place, we could lose Cas' trust, it's not like we've known him long"
"Fine! Let's scope out whoever has Cas and we'll talk" Dean knew talking wouldn't work but he'd rather try than scare or hurt Cas
Sam's tablet began beeping "What now?" Dean demanded
"Our guy's on the move, he's got Cas"
"He walking and talking?"
"He's unconscious, or maybe asleep" Sam covered up seeing an angered flash in Dean's eyes "I'll keep track of him"
"OK. Bobby, we'll call if any thing happens" Dean yelled through the house, forgetting Bobby had already left on a job earlier. Sam didn't want to correct his Brother fearing what the consequences would be. The drive was eerily silent as Sam gave directions, it lead near a warehouse close to the harbour. A golden 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V was parked outside.
"Alright, we go in quietly and see what this guy is about" Sam eased in
"OK" Dean's focus was dead ahead
"Dean, Cas is alive and whoever this guy is wanted to protect him. What would you do if someone stole me from you?"
"It would be the last thing anyone ever did"
"See?"
Dean almost pouted "So whoever has Cas is his family?"
"Can't rule it out"
"Are you two going to sit out here all day or are you coming in to play?" A stranger asked standing at the driver's side of the Impala
Neither Winchester could reply a snap of fingers echoed out sending them into a dank dark room
"So, I think I should explain myself first" The stranger began.