Unfinished Gems

Trick Hunt - 8

Dean's face twitched. Sam looked like he was torn between groaning and burning the evil book in his hands.

Loki. Well, Loki was cackling madly in amusement and because it was obvious that a Seer had apparently become fixated with the brothers, even if it was only a matter of time before they accidentally revealed Loki had been reborn as one Dean Winchester.

Dean had come perilously close to accidentally revealing his true nature as the Asgardian god of mischief Loki when Zachariah had abducted them without much warning and stuffed them into a position that wouldn't have looked out of place in a Dilbert comic strip. With Zachariah playing the part of the pointy-headed boss who lived to make the lives of his employees hell.

Or possibly Catbert.

(It was at that point Dean realized Loki spent far too much time reading, and he vainly thought of trying to get Loki off his comic kick. Then he compared Loki to Dogbert and quietly snickered at the mental image. If they weren't sharing the same body Loki would have kicked him. Hard.)

At least Dean got something out of that irritating experience. He had conceded full control to Loki, who gleefully used his wide and very colorful array of insults on the pompous windbag.

Naturally the look on Zachariah's face as Loki insulted him, both overtly and subtly without missing a beat had gone into Hel's growing expansion of things she could watch for a good laugh.

Dean thought it would have been even funnier if Loki had revealed himself, but considering they hadn't regained their full powers as Asgardians it wasn't worth the trouble it would unleash.

Either Dean earned his position as an Asgardian with minimal help from Loki, or they didn't go back at all.

Back to the book though.

'There are times you suck, Loki.'

Loki just kept on cackling like the vengeful god he was. Then a thought occurred to him.

You do realize that if Fury gets a hold of these books he'll quickly realize that you're still alive and put two and two together, right? And that Thor will undoubtedly read them all once he learns of them.

Dean cursed in several dead languages, causing Sam to look at him.

"Thor. Reading these. Learning about us without our permission."

Sam blinked twice before he swore as well...in Latin.

"This isn't another test is it?"

"I think we can blame the angels for this one. They're supposed to be in charge of all true Seers," deadpanned Dean. His twitching face spoke volumes. "I think we need to pay this idiot a visit and explain to him about keeping a certain pain in the ass quiet."

"Agreed," said Sam.

If Dean had known exactly what he was walking into, he would have started banging his head against the wall. Preferably a brick one.

Apparently angels had 'marked' the strongest Seers and declared them 'Prophets', to the point that they knew their names like their own. These 'Prophets' acquired angelic bodyguards, usually an archangel, the moment the previous one was 'deactivated' for lack of a better term.

And considering all the hubbub around the Winchester brothers from above and below, it was little surprise that this 'Chuck' had picked up on it to the point he was able to sell their story for a profit.

Chuck, fortunately, didn't need much persuading to keep his mouth shut about Loki. Considering what happened in New York, he might lose a decent chunk of his limited fan base speaking about the Asgardian in a positive light so soon.