[ It's only once Castiel sees Dean in the state he's in, visibly gaunt, dirty and wild-eyed, that he thinks to question exactly how long he's been away from home, lying useless in a hospital bed while... While this happened to Dean Winchester. He doesn't answer's Dean's rasping calls immediately. He's too shocked. This is... a strange nightmare. ]
Yes, it's me. ...The door's locked.
[ He manages, shaken and baffled. When he rattles the door handle again, jerking the door harder this time, it remains stubbornly locked and unflinching. Castiel lets go of it to fit his fingers between the slats of the small barred window and pull himself closer, peering in at Dean's surroundings as his eyes adjust to the dark. Dean's wearing a bloody, bullet-riddled shirt and jeans. He has a manacle around his neck and he's chained by it, like an animal, to the floor. It's horrifying in the senseless violence of it. Dean was God's chosen, Michael has said, and this is how he's treated? There is something terribly wrong, and Castiel is scared. ]
Dean, what happened? Who did this?
[ The answer seems obvious, and yet Castiel can't believe it. There's no way Michael would order Dean to be treated like this, like something dangerous and vile, if there weren't a cause for it. Was Dean violent upon his arrival? Did he kill innocent members of their community? Why else would they chain him down here, except to enact some righteous justice? ]
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Yes, it's me. ...The door's locked.
[ He manages, shaken and baffled. When he rattles the door handle again, jerking the door harder this time, it remains stubbornly locked and unflinching. Castiel lets go of it to fit his fingers between the slats of the small barred window and pull himself closer, peering in at Dean's surroundings as his eyes adjust to the dark. Dean's wearing a bloody, bullet-riddled shirt and jeans. He has a manacle around his neck and he's chained by it, like an animal, to the floor. It's horrifying in the senseless violence of it. Dean was God's chosen, Michael has said, and this is how he's treated? There is something terribly wrong, and Castiel is scared. ]
Dean, what happened? Who did this?
[ The answer seems obvious, and yet Castiel can't believe it. There's no way Michael would order Dean to be treated like this, like something dangerous and vile, if there weren't a cause for it. Was Dean violent upon his arrival? Did he kill innocent members of their community? Why else would they chain him down here, except to enact some righteous justice? ]