Being Alone (D. Winchester)

A Mission With Cas

Castiel and Sam were sitting at the table. I had moved to the edge of the bed and Dean was leaning against the kitchen counter.

Sam "Unbelievable, man. I-I cannot believe it. You're actually here."

Castiel" Yeah, I've been trying to reach out, but for whatever reason, I wasn't at full power. So I couldn't connect with you. "

Sam asked Dean " That must have been why you kept seeing him. I mean, you think? "

Dean" Yeah. Yeah, uh, I got to be honest. I-I-I'm thinking, how the hell did you make it out? I mean, I – I was there. I-I-I know that place. I know how we had to scratch and claw and kill and bleed to find that portal and make it through it, and it almost finished me. So, uh... so how exactly are you sitting here with us right now? "

Castiel "Dean, everything you just said is completely true. And that's the strange part. I... have no idea. I remember endlessly running and hiding from Leviathan, and then I was on the side of the road in Illinois. And... that was it. "

Dean raised his eyebrows "And that – that was it?"

Castiel" Yes."

then he looked down at himself " Oh. I'm dirty."

True, he was covered in dirt.

Dean" Yeah, well, Purgatory will do that to you."

Cas walked into the bathroom.

I stood up and walked to Dean "Dean?"

He looked at me " Huh? "

Me "You all right?"

Dean" You do see something.....severely wrong here, right? Lena, I remember every second of leaving that place. I mean, I remember the – the heat, the stink, the pain, the fear. I have that whole ugly mess... branded in my mind, and he says he has no idea how he got out? I – I'm just not buying it. "

Sam "So what, you think he's lying?"

Dean shook his head " I'm saying something else happened. I saw the shape that he was in. I mean, there was no way he was fighting his ass out alone. No way. "

Sam nodded " All right. So, who... or what got him out? "

Dean nodded "Exactly. "

Castiel walked out of the bathroom, wearing a suit and tie under the trenchcoat, which was clean, and he was freshly shaved.

We looked at him.

Castiel" Better."

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Dean and i walked inside, carrying beer. Sam was doing god knows what on the laptop and Cas was watching TV.

Dean "What's the latest?"

Sam "The latest is... nothing. It's like it all stopped. No freak disappearances linked to any freak natural events. "

Dean set a beer down on the table for Sam and leaned over Sam's shoulder to look at the laptop "So how many have we got, seven?"

Sam nodded " Yeah, uh, Luigi, Justin, Aaron, Maria – "

Castiel"Maria, Dennis, Krista, Sven. "

We looked at him.

Castiel "I missed television. "

Sam" Wait, Cas. How did you know those are the names?"

Castiel"Well, they're prophets."

I raised an eyebrow "Prophets? "