Unfinished Gems

Rifles and Ravens - 5

Chapter 5

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Zachariah was angry. Strike that, he was furious. A blip on the world that he had created to deal with a particularly difficult witch had suddenly decided to come out of hiding. And if that wasn't bad enough, had clearly sided with the Winchesters to the point he was using pagan magic to ensure that neither of them would make a deal.

He still didn't know where Castiel had vanished off to, as his vessel had suddenly been dumped in a hospital claiming temporary amnesia and had his mind wiped enough that they couldn't get anything off of it.

And if that wasn't bad enough, the older Winchester was clearly trying to lure him into a trap, though why he still had no idea. He suspected Raven wanted to deep fry him for personal reasons as payment for resurrecting the stain known as Sam.

Well he would make the older wait. He didn't particularly care for humans much anyway.

He was more concerned with the anomaly that should have remained among his own kind in his country.

Harry Potter...now Raven Winchester.

The brat had done his job, albeit highly reluctantly and he required some very strong motivation...but rather than quietly settle down or take out those that abused their gift, he went to the one group that Zachariah had personally wiped off the map.

The Men of Letters. Had the Winchester stayed away, he would have ignored them.

Now it looked like he would have to do some long overdue damage control to put things back on track.

At least, that was the plan.

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In Nevermore...

"Dammit. It looks like Zachariah knows somethings up, so we cant catch him. We might have to act directly to get Michael's attention."

Loki winced. He had been staying off the radar for a reason.

"You don't have to talk to your brother directly...but letting him know there's a strong possibility that one of his soldiers has consorted with a Knight might get him to reconsider this nonsense," said Raven.

"We don't even have proof he was involved!" said Gabriel. "Just a strong hunch from what you've been able to piece together!"

"Well there is one way to get proof...and I really don't want to be waiting a decade for that key to come back."

"You want me to time travel and find out what spell he used?" asked Gabriel.

"Think of it this way...we find a way to properly trap Abaddon so Michael can question the demon himself, we bring Henry back where he belongs, and I'll finally be able to use the front door since the damn thing is magic resistant."

Gabriel perked up at that.

"Are you going to get extra nasty?"

"It's a demon, Loki. Nasty is a requirement, not a question," Raven shot back.

"I'm in."

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"So where is this Nevermore anyway?"

"No clue. He made damn sure I never got a good look outside, mostly because if I had been spotted the game would have been up. But he did give me the address of a lesser bunker and he said he'd be there when we brought..." started Dean, but he didn't need to say it.

Finding out that Bobby might have a chance to get his wife back was something they didn't want to discuss. The only reason he considered it was because Dean was adamant that this was nothing like a demon deal.