Chapter 7: Back to the Future By giving Sam back his memory, Gabriel has been offered glimpses of a future where he had been killed by Lucifer. Other items present themselves for his attention-his fights with the Winchesters, Castiel's stupid sacrifices, several sundry apocalyptic events, an amusing television interlude-but his death irks him most ( Read more... )

Chapter 6: Restoration When an archangel goes to Hell, he doesn't bother ringing the bell or using any doors. This is especially true of Gabriel: there from the beginning, at the forming of the universe, and Hell itself ( Read more... )

Chapter 5: (Nothing) Good Comes Out of It Dean opens his eyes in Purgatory, and he is alone ( Read more... )

Chapter 4: In Hell The spell goes smoothly-as well as possible and better than Dean expects; Bobby's even sobered up for the occasion and Dean has never seen him look so focused. Most of the spell ingredients are concentrated in a small brass bowl. Bobby places it before the intricate door, small hole gaping in the door like a suppurating wound ( Read more... )

Chapter 3: Journey to the Fifth Circle By the time Dean is up, clean, dressed and eating, Castiel has disappeared again. Ellen and Jo had packed up and gone that morning, leaving Dean a stern note and a picture of himself blackout drunk. "Nice," he mutters down at the picture of himself ( Read more... )

Chapter 1: Broken Loose Light breaks over the garden as the souls leave Dean's chest, bathing the area in light so white that for a moment it is blinding. Dean gasps ( Read more... )

Chapter 2: No Rest for the Wicked When Dean arrives back at Bobby's he still feels out of breath. A Jeep is in the driveway; he recognizes it as one of Ellen's cars. He runs into the house, banging the door behind him. Unsteady on his feet, he nearly falls upon entering the house ( Read more... )

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