The Winchester's went back to bed as it was midnight and slept until 10:00 a.m.. They both packed their things and Dean went to put the few bags in the car while Sam went to check out of the motel.
In the room above, Cas ran to the window. "Gabriel, it seems they are going back on the road."
Gabriel glanced over to the window Castiel was looking out of. "That means we need to follow them."
Cas looked back at his brother. "Shall we get in the backseat of the car?"
Gabriel shrugged. "That seems like the best option we have."
The two angels flew to the back of the Impala and sat in the seat, concealing themselves so they weren't seen by Dean as he got into the driver's seat. Dean got a strange feeling and turned around to look in the back seat. He saw nothing, so he turned back and put the key into the ignition as Sam got into the car. Sam turned to look at his brother, then to the back of the car. "Does it feel weird in here to you Dean?"
Dean looked over at his younger brother and nodded. Sam shrugged and turned back to the front, reaching to change the radio dial. Dean swat his hand away and started to back out of the parking spot.
"What was that for? I was just going to change the station!" Sam asked his brother.
Dean turned and smirked. "Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole."
Sammy looked out of the window. "Jerk."
Dean smiled and floored the gas pedal. "Bitch."
As the pair in the Impala reached the abandoned warehouse Crowley chose as their meeting place, they got out of the car. Sam went to the trunk and got Ruby's knife while Dean started walking towards the warehouse's doors.
Gabriel and Cas both had a basic idea of what was going on, only knowing that the two Winchester's were planning on meeting Crowley here, as that's all they picked up in the thoughts of the two men. Gabriel told Cas to stay in the car while he followed Dean and Cas listened.
Gabriel followed the brothers as they walked in to the warehouse, immediately seeing Crowley.
"Oh, you boys actually showed up. I was beginning to doubt you." Crowley sensed something was wrong and looked around. "Do you boys smell that?" He asked in his thick accent.
Dean and Sam looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Well I do, and you know what it smells like?" Crowley asked, walking behind the boys. They turned around and didn't answer.
"I think it smells like feathers." Crowley growled angrily while grabbing the invisible angel's neck.
Gabriel allowed himself to be seen and Sam gasped. "Gabriel?" Sam was happy to see him, but not like this, not with Crowley's hand around the angel's neck.
"You know...I can...smite you Crowl...Crowley...if you don't let...me down...now." Gabriel struggled to say, bringing his hands up to Crowley's arm. The demon reluctantly let Gabriel down and backed away.
"Okay, okay, sorry. But there's no need for such drastic measures. I'm on your side now, as I wish to kill Zachariah as much as you and Cas, who I suppose is out there too?"
Gabriel looked down and mentally called Cas in. Castiel stumbled through the doors and walked over to where Gabriel stood. Dean's eyes lit up as he saw the angel in the trenchcoat, but Castiel refused to look over to Dean.
"Ah, there he is. The pretty one." Gabriel glared at Crowley. "So, now that we are all here, we can continue." Crowley looked at both pairs of brothers and smiled. "So, Winchester's, what do you have so far on the angel Zachariah?"
"Well he's a pretentious dick for one thing." Dean replied.
Castiel glared at Dean, because although this was true, Zachariah was still his brother.
Crowley sighed, "Tell me something I don't know. But I meant what do you have on how to summon him?"
The Winchester's shook their heads while the angels groaned. Castiel spoke up with a shaky voice and said, "I know how to summon him."
Crowley's interest peaked and he waited for the pretty boy angel to explain. After Castiel told them what to do and what they needed, Crowley put the angels to work by telling them to make a circle with the bottle of holy oil he had handy. Castiel started to dump the oil on the ground and had almost closed the circle when Gabriel stopped him. "Don't complete the circle so Zach can still get out." He whispered and his little brother nodded, putting the lid on the bottle. He gave to the still mostly full container back to Crowley and smiled, trying to not look suspicious. Once all of the ingredients had been gathered, Crowley combined them and said the spell, throwing a match onto the oil.
Zachariah appeared inside the circle and saw the five men surrounding him. He said nothing as he looked over at Cas and Gabriel. Gabriel nodded his head in the direction of the spot that they had not put oil. Zachariah looked in the direction Gabriel nodded and saw the bare spot on the floor. He turned to the two angels and nodded back. No one else in the room saw this silent exchange.
Gabe grabbed Cas's arm and they went back to the beach in the Pacific hoping Zachariah would know to go there.
Dean watched as Gabriel grabbed Castiel's arm, like he did in the motel room and tried to stop them. "Hey! Guys st-" They disappeared before he could finish.
Crowley shrugged and since everyone's attention was on the now empty spot where the two angel's stood, Zach stepped out of his circle. When Crowley turned around, Zachariah was standing directly in front of him. "Nice try." He smirked and disappeared, going to join his brothers on the beach in the Pacific.
"Damnit Castiel!" Crowley shouted when he noticed the inch wide hole in the burning holy oil.
meanwhile...
Gabriel and Castiel waited for Zachariah to join them. Gabriel hugged his little brother as he was proud that they pulled the plan off and backed away before Castiel could slap his ass again. Nearly ten seconds later Zach appeared on the beach, smiling. "Thank you brothers for letting me out of that trap."
Gabriel and Castiel shared a look before Gabe started talking. As Gabriel distracted Zachariah with small talk, Castiel started walking behind the pair and approached Zach's back. He pulled his angel blade from a pocket in his trenchcoat. As Zachariah noticed Castiel was behind him and turned to look, Castiel sunk the blade into his stomach, looking Zach in the eyes and watching him fall to his knees. Gabriel almost died of laughter while Castiel kneeled down and shut Zach's vessel's eyes.
Cas grabbed Gabriel's hand and focused on the warehouse, taking them there.
meanwhile...
Sam and Dean watched with proud smiles on their faces as Crowley shouted and paced around the empty room.
Crowley noticed and grabbed Dean's collar, lifting the taller-than-him man a good foot off of the ground. "Do you think this is fucking funny Winchester? Do you realize what just happened? Your fucking boy-toy just chose his brother, who betrayed him, over you and you are laughing?" Crowley's face had turned a deep red and he started to let Dean down when the Winchester exploded.
"You don't realize what actually happened, do you? My "boy-toy" just outsmarted you, and if you think for a fucking minute that he ch-"
Dean was cut off by the sound of the two angel's wings as they appeared in the room. Each angel ran toward their respective Winchester and hugged them tight. Crowley interrupted the hug session by grabbing the hair of the angels and pulling them back. "What the bloody hell were you thinking?" He shouted at them, still tightly holding their hair.
Gabriel smirked and disappeared, coming back with Zachariah's vessel in his arms. "We were thinking we wanted to kill the friggin' bastard ourselves."
Crowley let go of the two when he saw the body. "Well then," he straightened his suit, "I guess I'll be going now." Crowley was gone and so was Zach's vessel.
Dean ran to Castiel and held him tight, while Gabriel ran to Sam and jumped onto his chest, wrapping his legs around the taller man's waist. "I missed you a lot Dean," Castiel said in his deep voice, "although I cannot say I am happy to have murdered my own brother, after how many other angels I have also murdered."
Dean pulled away from Cas. "You did the right thing Cas."
Gabriel looked over at the pair, still clinging to Sam's chest. "Cas, he was a dick. He had it coming. Don't beat yourself up about it."
Cas turned his head slightly, like a confused puppy. "I don't understand that phrase."
Dean rolled his eyes and grabbed Castiel's hand, leading him to the Impala. "C'mon guys, we might as well find a motel to stay in for the night."
Castiel and Dean walked out of the warehouse leaving Gabriel and Sam behind. Sam tried to push Gabe off of him, but the angel wouldn't budge. "Gabe, we can't get into the car like this, you need to get off."
Gabriel pouted and reluctantly got down off of Sam. The Winchester bent down, planning to give his angel a kiss on the cheek when Gabriel turned his head. They stood in the abandoned warehouse for a few minutes, just kissing, until Dean honked the horn impatiently. They walked out, hand in hand, to see Dean in the driver's seat with Castiel in shotgun. Sam didn't try to get Cas to move, even though he usually sat shotgun, and climbed into the backseat with Gabriel. Dean pulled the Impala out onto the road and they started driving. Within a few minutes, Dean and Cas heard sounds from the backseat. Dean looked in the rearview to see his brother and Gabriel making out passionately. "C'mon guys, we're right here. Can't it wait?" Gabriel looked up and flipped Dean off. Dean glared, "This is my car, and I will turn it around and drop your asses back off at the warehouse."
Gabriel smiled, "Yes please." The pair stopped and Sam leaned against the car door, as that was the only way he could fit his whole body in the small car, and Gabriel laid on his chest, soon falling asleep, even though he didn't need sleep as an angel.
Sam stroked his angel's hair and looked into the driver's seat. "Jerk."
Dean looked back at his brother. "Bitch."
Castiel looked between them. "I don't understand. Why do you call each other such rude names?"
Dean reached over and grabbed Cas's hand, lightly kissing the back of it. "Don't worry about it Cas."
Soon Sam was also asleep in the back seat, leaving Castiel and Dean the as the only ones awake.
Dean looked over to Cas, seeing his face outlined by the moonlight in the darkness and smiled contently.
Castiel turned and caught Dean staring at him, causing Dean to blush.
"Don't be embarassed, I quite enjoy being stared at by you." Cas said, not the slightest bit of embarrassment in his voice.
That caused Dean to blush even more, and he stared out the windshield, not being able to look back over at Castiel.
So the angel leaned over and placed a soft kiss on his cheek, then turned back and looked out of the passenger window.
"I love you." He whispered softly.
