Let Me Down Slowly Δ SPN [ 2 ]

chapter thirty-four

They're working a case and Sam and Dean were talking to somebody before demons interrupted and they had to fight them, Castiel appearing to help them. After the fight, Sam came out and got Evie from the Impala, not wanting to leave her alone now.

"Put this on your shoulder." Dean tells Sam, tosses him an ice pack. Sam is sitting on the couch and Evie is next to him. Sam throws the pack on the floor and Dean sits next to him. Cas walks in.

"I'm fine." Sam insists.

"The other demon escaped. I bound the one I caught in a devil's trap. I'm gonna interrogate it now." Cas states.

"Wait a second. Cas. How about you answer some questions first? Like, where the hell have you been?" Sam asks.

"You heard me, didn't you?" Dean asks.

"You prayed to him?" Sam asks.

"Yes, I heard you. But that's not why I'm here." Cas states before sitting down. "I've been hunting demons."

"So this is you. Why?" Sam asks.

"I've been searching for the other half of the demon tablet." Cas states.

"Without us?" Dean asks.

"I've been trying to help, Dean. And in my search, I uncovered that Crowley has sent out demons to find Lucifer's crypts." Cas says.

"Lucifer had crypts?" Dean asks.

"Dozens of them, apparently." Cas says.

"But why the storage wars? I mean, what the hell are they all looking for?" Sam asks.

"They're looking for a parchment that would allow them to decipher Crowley's half of the demon tablet without a prophet." Cas says.

"A demonic decoder ring? In Crowley's hands? Awesome." Dean sarcastically mumbles.

"The crypts were, uh, lost over time. Only those closest to Lucifer knew their whereabouts." Cas says.

"Then how did Crowley find them?" Sam asks.

"His demons have been possessing locals who may have some special knowledge." Cas says.

"That would explain the crazy room at Ann's house. But how did they know where to start looking in the first place?" Sam asks.

"I don't know. I'm hoping the strange haired demon in the kitchen is more knowledgeable than the others I interrogated." Cas gets up and goes into the kitchen.

"Well, he puts the ass in Cas, huh?" Dean asks.

"He's definitely off." Sam says.

"Off? He hasn't been right since he got back from Purgatory. We still don't know how he got out of there." Dean says.

"I don't know, Dean. If he's so sketchy, then why were you praying to him?" Sam asks.

"You know, I can hear you both. I am a celestial being." They hear Cas call from the kitchen.

"Stay in here." Sam tells Evie as him and Dean stand up.