Catastrophic Masterpiece

20. The Rapture

EXT. PIER

Cataleya was fishing with Dean at the end of a pier and Castiel appeared and said, "We need to talk."

"We're dreaming, aren't I?" Dean realized.

"It's not safe here. Some place more private."

"More private?" Cataleya said. "We're inside my head. And yes, I do fish. It's mind numbing work."

"Exactly. Someone could be listening."

"Cas, what's wrong?"

"Meet me here." He handed Cataleya a piece of paper. "Go now."

Dean and Cataleya looked up and Castiel was gone from the pier.

INT. MOTEL ROOM

Cataleya woke up with a gasp. Dean glanced at her with a frown and she said nothing as she met his eyes.

INT. WAREHOUSE - SAME NIGHT

Dean, Sam and Cataleya walked through the warehouse, flashlights on.

"Well, what did he say, Catty?" Sam asked. "What was so important?"

"If I knew, would we be here?" Cataleya shot back.

The hunters ascended a set of stairs.

Dean continued. "What the hell?"

"It looks like a bomb went off," Sam noted.

"There was a fight here," Cataleya realized.

"Between who?"

Dean's flashlight beam landed on a symbol painted in blood on the wall. "Check it out. Look familiar?"

"Yeah, it does," Sam and Cataleya replied.

"And used something like that to wish the angels back to the cornfield."

"So, what?" Sam asked. "Cas was fighting angels?"

"I don't know."

Cataleya found the angel in the rubble and she and Dean called, "Sam. Cas? Cas. Hey, Cas?"

Jimmy Novak looked around. "What's...? What's...? What's going on?"

Dean glanced at him. "Just take it easy. Take it easy."

"Oh," Jimmy realized. "No."

"Cas, you okay?" Sam asked.

"Ugh," Jimmy said. "Castiel. I'm not Castiel. It's me."

"Who's 'me'?"

"Jimmy. My name's Jimmy."

Dean frowned. "Where the hell is Castiel?"

"He's gone."

MOTEL ROOM

Jimmy sat at a table and devoured a hamburger while Dean, Sam and Cataleya watched.

"Mmm," Jimmy hummed.

"You mind slowing down?" Dean said. "You're gonna give me angina."

"I'm hungry."

"When's the last time you ate?" Cataleya wondered, shooting Dean a look.

"I don't know. Months."

Jimmy took another bite of his hamburger and continued eating ravenously. "Mmm. Mmm. Mmm!"

"What the hell happened back there?" Sam asked. "It looked like angel battle royale."

"All I remember is a flash of light and I, uh... I woke up and I was just, your know, like, me again."