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( LOKI )

Baldur clinks a fork to his champagne flute. "Ladies and gentleman, thank you for coming. Although in all my centuries, I never thought I'd see this. This many Gods under one roof." He says.

"Gods?" Sam asks Dean.

"Now, before we get down to brass tacks, some ground rules. No slaughtering each other. Curb your wrath." Baldur says. "Oh, and uh, keep your hands off the local virgins. We're, trying to keep a low profile here."

"Oh, we are so... so screwed." Sam says.

"Now we all know why we're here. The Judeo-Christian apocalypse looms over us. I know we've all had our little disagreements in the past. The time has come to put those aside and look toward the future. Because if we don't, we won't have one." Says Baldur. "Now we do have two very valuable bargaining chips. Michael, and Lucifer's vessels. The question is, what do we do now? Anybody have any bright ideas? Speak up. This is a safe room."

Another god, Zao Shen speaks in a foreign language. "What do we do? We kill them!" He yells.

Ganesh, another god, laughs. "Kill 'em? What, so the angels can bring them back again?" He asks.

"I don't know what everybody's getting so worked up about! 'Cause it's just a couple of angels having a slap fight! There's no Armageddon. Everybody knows, when the world comes to an end, the Great Serpent Jormungandr rises up, and I myself will be eaten by a big wolf!" Odin says.

Zao Shen sighs, speaking in a foreign language. "Here we go..." He says.

"Oh yeah? And why is that? Because your beliefs are so much more realistic?" Asks Odin. "The whole world's getting carried around on the back of a giant turtle? Ha! Give me a break!"

"Don't mock my world turtle." Zao Shen says.

"What are you gonna do about it?" Asks Odin.

"I'm gonna send you packing to Valhalla!"

"You watch your mouth when you talk to me, boy!" Yells Odin.

"Boy? I'm older than you."

"No one's ever proved that." Odin says.

As Odin and Zao Shen argue, Sam and Dean slowly and quietly move from their seats and attempt to exit the room without being noticed. As they near the door, a chandelier falls in front of them with a loud crash. "Stay. We have to fight. The archangels-the only thing they understand is violence. This ends in blood. There is no other way, it's them, or us." Kali says.

"With all due respect, ma'am, we haven't even tried talking to them." Mercury begins to choke up blood.

Baldur stops her from killing him outright. "Kali!" He yells.

"Who asked you?"

The doors to the Grand Ballroom open to reveal Gabriel, who is not wearing a name tag, like the others are. "Can't we all just get along!" He said. Dean attempts to say "Gabriel" but is cut off by him, choking on the word. "Sam! Dean... It's always wrong place, worst time with you muttonheads, huh?" 

"Loki." Baldur says.

"Baldur. Good seeing you too. I guess my invitation got lost in the mail." Says Gabriel.

"Why are you here?"

"To talk about the elephant in the room." Gabriel says as Ganesh begins to stand, indignant. "Not you. The Apocalypse. We can't stop it, gang. But first things first." He turns to Sam and Dean. "The adults need to have a little conversation. Check you later." He snaps his fingers and Sam and Dean appear in their room.