Unfinished Gems

Rifles and Ravens - 3

Chapter 3

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"What is that god-awful racket?" said Dean.

"You don't like folk music? I find it relaxing," said Raven with a straight face.

Dean looked him in the eye.

"Are you going to be playing this all day?"

"Maybe."

"Right...I'm going to be stealing the laptop and staying in my room with the radio on," said Dean flatly.

"I'll be sure to leave the tissues out," Raven shot back. He had the amusing sight of Dean stumbling on nothing on a cleaned floor. It was pretty obvious Dean planned to have some 'alone' time to himself with the internet and the best wireless connection he had ever had. It wasn't like there were any women here he could hit on and Dean was most assuredly straight.

Snickering, Raven went back to his mirror. It was spelled and enchanted to show anything he focused on, and he wanted to focus on Sam Winchester. If playing music that wouldn't be out of place in a Wiccan's music collection was all it took to keep Dean far from what he was doing, then he'd play the music.

Raven frowned as he watched Ruby try...and fail...to seduce Sam. She looked increasingly agitated.

He didn't know why she was so fixated on the younger brother, but he stole a glance to the room he had been using to establish a timeline for Zachariah's movements in the past century.

If his guess was right, then Sam was Lucifer's vessel.

And what better way to convince him to say 'yes' to the archangel than to get him hopped up on demon's blood and turn him into an addict in the name of training his powers?

Looking at the calendar, he realized that Dean's time in 'hell' would be up soon. Which meant he would have to arrange it so that Zachariah continued to believe that Dean had gone so deep into the pit that they had to search for him.

Perhaps he could switch out Dean with his brother Sam by playing the part of Ruby? Make it look like she had taken Sam somewhere off the grid to trick him into drinking the blood by getting into his pants?

Mind made up, Raven started to make arrangements.

He knew Loki was really an angel, suspected he was in fact the missing Gabriel.

If anyone could fake Dean's 'rise from Hell', it would be him.

Raven reached for his phone.

"Hey Lo'? I need a favor. Can you meet me at the usual spot? Thanks. Half an hour sound good to you?"

Raven went through the back door (which was the front door to him, seeing as how the key to the actual front had gone missing) and apparated to their usual meeting spot. He left the world music on to make sure Dean wouldn't come out save for food.

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"So what's up Ray?" asked Loki, popping in a chocolate bar.

"I need you to fake Dean's rise from hell."

Loki blinked twice, then made a show of cleaning out his ears.

"I could've sworn you just asked me to..."

"Look I've known you were an angel since our first meeting. Blame your brothers for giving me a reason to develop an angel radar to go along with the demon one. I just didn't care because you didn't act like a self-righteous prick like the rest of them. But you're the only one who can fake a rise from Hell, and make your brothers believe Dean was actually in the Pit."