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tigriswolfYou are trying my patience, Castiel, Zachariah hisses, flaring his wings. Cease interfering at once or I will strike you down where you stand.
Castiel looks at him, then past him, and smiles. I do not answer to you anymore, he says quietly. I answer to no one but myself.
Zachariah sneers. I know whose orders you follow, you arrogant pup. You’ve fallen for a human, and you—
Silence, Castiel commands and Zachariah’s voice is gone. He chokes, reaching for his throat, eyes wide as he stares at Castiel. I died, Zachariah, he says, stalking forward. Lucifer may have brought me back, but he did not remove Dean and Sam from that room. Something else did.
God is dead, Zachariah tries to say. He coughs instead.
No, Castiel says. It was not God. He smiles and Zachariah feels a shiver of fear along his spine. You are a fool, he murmurs. And you will leave Dean Winchester alone.
Castiel is gone in a rush of wings and a crack of light. Zachariah gasps, screams, Castiel! He spins in place, glaring up at the sky. Castiel!
He breathes, folding his wings around himself. He can still salvage this. He can.
Slowly, he spreads his wings, stretching them to their full length. He must speak with Raphael, with Gabriel, with Azrael. Together, they can still—
You are a fool, Castiel said quietly. Something else—someone else placed Lucifer’s vessel out of Lucifer’s reach. Took Michael’s vessel to safety.
There is another player waiting in the wings.
No one has seen Michael since God vanished.
Zachariah takes a deep breath and flies home. He must… there must be something he can do. He has spent centuries on this.
You are a fool, Castiel said quietly, and now Zachariah just knows he’s missing something.
Gabriel meets him at the Gate. We must deal with Castiel, Zachariah tells him. He is interfering too much.
Raphael approaches, Azrael at his side. No, Zachariah, he says. I have realized, at last, what must be done.
You are a fool, Castiel had said so very quietly. And Zachariah, at last, knows it is true.
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Date: 2009-10-02 02:57 am (UTC)Yes.
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Date: 2009-10-02 02:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-02 03:01 am (UTC)Loving bossy! Castiel!
Thanks for sharing!
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Date: 2009-10-02 02:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-02 05:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-02 02:58 pm (UTC)Yup, first I thought God must have done it, but now I'm leaning towards Michael.
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Date: 2009-10-02 10:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-02 01:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-07 07:06 pm (UTC)And dude- DUDE! Now I can't wait to get to work and present my boss this little insight! We dork over SPN like fangirls, though I wouldn't be caught dead letting him hear me say that!
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Date: 2009-10-07 09:17 pm (UTC)