Gabriel opened his eyes back inside of his vessel. "Crowley? We have work to do. The vault needs to be warded against angels and demons. I can do the warding for Demons and lower orders of angels but you are going to have to do the Archangel wards."
"We are warding it against ourselves?!" Valda was stunned.
"Of course we are. That way neither one of us will be tempted and if we are, there's a big do not enter sign to keep us out." Gabriel said. "As for you Art, pack a bag. You're taking a trip."
"A trip?" Art asked. "I can't leave now if this is so important."
"You're taking the trip because it is important. It's not like you have access to the information that you need here, so I'm taking you to the information." Gabriel explained. "Sam and Dean Winchester had access to a library that that has all of the information you could ever need to know about Demons, Angels and ever other supernatural being that has ever existed. It was their legacy from their Grandfather. Now get that ass moving, it's not like we have eternity after all."
"Library?" Claudia asked. "Wouldn't it be easier for me to go through it? I can process the information much faster."
"True, if it was on a computer." Gabriel said. "It's all on paper. Books, journals, scrolls; unless you can manifest a corporeal form you can't even access it."
Besides we need you monitoring the seals." Valda said. "If you you can catch the demon signs fast enough, Gabriel and I can dispatch an angel or a Demon to try to keep it from breaking. We have to preserve the seals while he researches. And from what I have seen of his performance, he may not be our moose, but he is close enough to handle this."
"Moose?" Art questioned.
"Gabriel's not the only one who had a soft spot for Sam and Dean. Annoying as they were they did keep things interesting." Valda admitted.
"So let's get the warding done and I can take Art to the Bat Cave as the boys called it." Gabriel said. "Although Bullwinkle and Rocky was a better description for the Winchesters than Batman and Robin."
"Wait did Bullwinkle and Rocky actually have a name for their hideout?" Valda asked as the two left operations headed for the Dark Vault.
"Sorry about that kiddo. It's been awhile since I've flown anyone by Angel Airways." Gabriel said. I should have warned you it can be a bit disorienting. Oh and it will take about a week for the real side effect to wear off."
"Side effect? There more than feeling dizzy and nauseous?" Art asked swaying just a bit.
"I wouldn't worry if you can't take a dump for a while." Gabriel said as they stood outside of what was obviously a bunker of some sort. Reaching into the pocket of the vintage jacket he was wearing, Gabriel pulled out a wooden box and handed it to Art. "The key, The Winchesters warded this place against demons." Gabriel snapped his fingers and an old style three ring binder appeared in his hands. "After Dean died, Sam retreated here and became a hermit, spent all of his time cataloging the information in the library. He made it about three quarters of the way through it all before old age caught up with him. This his catalog, it might help." Gabriel handed the binder to Art. "Congratulations, you are now the first Man of Letters since Sam died." snapping his fingers he ushered Art through the now open doors and into the underground bunker. "Use the knowledge well Grasshopper."
"What if I need something while I'm here? You wouldn't let me bring my phone or even a Farnsworth." Art complained.
"Right no electronic gadgets allowed, kiddo. If you need something just pray." Gabriel told him then whistled at Art's look of confusion. You know Oh Mighty Gabriel I pray that you would hear the humble prater of the mere mortal and appear before me so that I may bask in the glory of your awesomeness." Gabriel chuckled. "Just kidding, just say "Hey Gabriel I need.' and I'll come." Gabriel said before he disappeared in a flutter of feathers leaving Art to explore the bunker alone.
Art sat his bag down and looked around him at the sheer number of books. Stepping down into another room he looked at the long polished wood table realizing just how old it was. On the table was a cube, an old digital photoframe. Art picked it up and pressed the on button. The photo was of three men taken in this very room. The first had spiky blond hair and green eyes, judging from the surroundings, Art would guess he was right around six feet. The second man was extremely tall a shaggy mop of brown hair falling around his face. The third man was around the height of the first one maybe giving away an inch or so, dark hair sitting in a tousled mess on his head and eyes so electric blue they seemed to glow.
"That picture was taken right after we successfully killed the demon Abbaddon." A gravelly voice said making Art spin around in alarm only to find the third man from the photo standing in front of him.
"What the, that's you. You can't be here you should be dead." Art exclaimed and then took a deep breath and gasped. "You're an angel, like Gabriel."
"I am an angel of the Lord, but it would be presumptuous to compare myself to Gabriel. He is an Archangel, I am Castiel." The angel answered. "Gabriel asked me to show you around and provide you with the items that you would require while you are here."
Claudia was reflecting on her discussion with Gabriel. An Archangel had been inside her program. The real Claudia Donovan would have scoffed at the situation. In fact most people alive at that time would have scoffed at the idea of angels being real. And being almost all powerful.
Claudia pulled up the new program that Gabriel had given her. The Vatican's servers had never been hacked since the outbreak Mainly because the server was private, only the Vatican's librarians had access but according to Gabriel, Claudia now had access to those servers.
Time to test out the gift. Claudia was a bit thrown by the fact that Gabriel held nothing but contempt for the Vatican and religion as a whole at least until he explained himself. It seems that as God's Messenger he had spent a lot of time relaying God's complete words. Gabriel had a bug up his ass at how the religious heads had picked and chosen what they wanted to use and buried everything else deep in their Vault never to see the light of day again, until now.
Claudia found the connection and she was into the most secure computer system created since the outbreak. The celebration didn't last very long though. She was in but the information she needed was well protected, firewalls, passwords, security challenges; This was going to take a bit of effort. Claudia settled in determined to get into those files as soon as possible.