falling like the stars, sam winchester [ 3 ]

026. a kevin tran

"You think he remembers at all?" Sam asks.

"That, and I'm guessing whatever kind of Hell baggage he lifted off of your plate, it's not gonna be pretty." Dean says.

"Hey. Excuse me, guys, but it's way past visiting hours." An orderly says.

"It's okay, Abel. I've been expecting them. Hello, boys, M... little terrors." Meg greets. She leads them into Cas' room, the angel staring out the window.

"Hey, Cas." Dean greets.

"Hello, Dean. Sam. Miranda. Kids." Cas says.

"Hey, Castiel." Sam greets.

"Look at you, walkin' and talkin'. That's-- that's great, right?" Dean asks.

Cas walks over and holds his pointer finger out to Dean.

"Pull my finger." Cas says.

"What?" Dean asks.

"My finger -- pull it." Cas tells him. Dean pulls Cas' pointer finger, the lights shatter. Sam immediately covers Serena's head with his hand, the baby jumping at the sparks. Miranda puts her hands over Carly and Wyatt's heads, pulling them closer, Wyatt whining.

"Mommy?" Carly asks.

Cas laughs.

"It's okay, baby." She quietly assures, stroking the blonde girl's hair.

~ ~ ~

"Okay, just hang on, Cas. Wait. Let us catch up to you for a second." Dean says as Meg turns a lamp on.

"So, you're saying you remember who you are, what you are?" Sam asks.

"Yes. Of course. Outside today, in the garden, I followed a honeybee. I saw the route of flowers. It's all right there, the whole plan. There's nothing to add." Cas says.

"You might want to add a little Thorazine." Sam says.

"Right? He's been like the naked guy at the rave ever since he woke up. Totally useless." Meg says.

"Will you look at her? My caretaker. All of that thorny pain. So beautiful." Cas says.

"We've been over this. I don't like poetry. Put up or shut up." Meg says.

"Okay. So, Cas, you said you woke up last night?" Sam asks.

"Yes. I heard a pin that pierced me and, well, you wouldn't have heard it unless you were an angel at the time." Cas says.

"That's also when we opened this." Sam hands Cas his bag and he looks inside at the tablet.

"Oh. Of course. Now I understand." Cas says.

"Understand what?" Sam asks.

"You were the ones. Well... I guess that makes sense." Cas says.

"What makes sense?" Dean asks.

"If someone was going to free the Word from the vault of the earth, it would end up being you two. Oh, I love you guys." Cas hugs the brothers.

Cas eventually lets go of them.

"You said something about "The Word." Is that what's written on there?" Sam asks.

"Did you know that a cat's penis is sharply barbed along its shaft? I know for a fact the females were not consulted about that." Cas informs.

"What?" Carly frowns.

"Nothing." Her parents tell her.

"Cas, please, we're losing ground out there, okay? We need your help. Can you not see that?" Dean asks.