213: Houses of the Holy

[tahirire]

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At The End Of It All, Part 3

[poestheblackcat]

“Kinda harsh, don’t you think? What you did to Zach, I mean.”

Cas turns with a grin. “Michael.”

“Hey Dad.” The archangel embraces his long-absent father. “I mean,” he continues, “it was a nice showing of Your Wrath and Forgiveness and all that in one go, but still. You know everyone’s going to pick on him now, don’t you?”

Cas grins and laughs. “I’m actually counting on it. He really was acting out in a terrible way. Dick.”

Mikey gives him a knowing look. “You could have come back sooner and kept him from getting too drunk on power. I was seconds away from blowing his heads off because of the uppity way he’s been acting. Even just one. He didn’t need all four of them.”

“Well,” Cas shrugs, “I did tell you to let everything play out without our interference. Good job on not answering Dean, by the way.” He turns to his archangel. “Was that cruel, do you think? What I did to the Winchesters?”

Mikey examines the gold pavement at their feet, hands in the pockets of his white robe. “I don’t know what You were trying to prove with them, but yeah, I thought so.”

Cas sighs. “Free will. It’s always about free will. I was actually wondering if giving angels free will would be a good idea. Decidedly not. I mean, look at Luci. Look at Zach. Look at Me. I gave Myself a fresh memory and went undercover as an autistic angel and look where I ended up.” He picks at a stray thread from his fraying shirt and humphs.

Michael doesn’t say anything, just keeps walking beside him.

Cas sighs again. “But you liked it. You think it’s a good idea?”

“You know what I think about it, Dad,” Michael says mildly. “You know what I have thought, and You know my thoughts that I have not had yet. But if You really want my opinion on it, yes, I think free will for everyone is good. We just all have to understand what it is, and that we should not abuse it.”

“That’s the hard part, Mikey, that’s the hard part. Okay then,” Cas waves a hand, “Let there be free will for all creatures, big and small. Except for some of the douchier angels,” he can’t help adding.

“Dad!”

“Okay, I take it back,” Cas says in response to his son’s reproachful interjection. “Let there be free will for all.”

Mikey chuckles. “So where to now?” he asks, repeating Cas’ words to the reaper.

“Dean Winchester’s heaven,” Cas replies. “He’s gonna punch me for getting myself killed, then I’m gonna punch him for being a dick without his brother around to puppy-eyes him--oh yeah, I forgot, I have to put Luci back in time-out and bring Sammy up here--and then Dean’s gonna punch me for being a holy douchebag bastard sonofabitch and starting all this, and then we’re gonna have a couple of beers. Wanna join us?”

Mikey shakes his head in amused bewilderment. “I think you’ve gone native, Dad.” He shrugs, “Eh, sounds like fun. I choose to go with you.”

Cas cackles in delight.

They stop at a door that wasn’t there previously (but that’s not an uncommon occurrence in Heaven).

“Hey Dad?” Mikey says suddenly. “I’ve got a question I’ve been meaning to ask You for some time. What was it like looking for Yourself?”

Cas blinks at the archangel. “It was...very existential.”

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*moans* Why do all my serious stories end up silly? Whyyyyy!!!!!!!! *wails and thumps keyboard in agony* fasjdhiorfhweavkn

How the heck did I end up with this from that prompt?! This is what I get for not planning the story all the way through before I started writing it.

*hides under a rock*

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[monicawoe]

And WHY do LJ notifications still fail, lol

Glad i found the other two parts!

I love this line You know everyone’s going to pick on him now, don’t you?” so true! LOL

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[poestheblackcat]

I think it might have been because I replied to myself, lol! Was I supposed to keep replying to the original quote prompt post?

I'm glad you found them too!

Hehe, I wanted to punch Zach in the face so badly. And then Dean stabbed him through the throat, so that made it okay. But in the 5.04 AU, he was still alive so I had to fix it! Humiliation all the way!

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[monicawoe]

You did the reply to yourself part right! I was just annoyed because I thought I'd received the comment notification late, but it wasn't actually that bad ; )

And yeah, Zach had it coming!

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[monicawoe]

Responding to your other comment here. I already messed up everything by responding to your first part. Sorry!

See, that was the question I originally wanted to explore

So do it! You can always right more, and you can always start a new story! : )

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[poestheblackcat]

I don't think it really matters where you respond, as long as it's to the person you're talking to!

Hehe, I sort of did, and then I turned him into God. *facepalm* I guess I could always write a At The End Of It All, Part 2.2 or something, haha!

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[monicawoe]

I totally filled the same prompt twice. The second attempt ended up turning into my longest fic so far ; )

( it is gory though, be forewarned)

First attempt http://community.livejournal.com/ohsam/148398.html?thread=1129134#t1129134

Second http://community.livejournal.com/ohsam/148398.html?thread=1129902#t1129902

It was the same type of thing though. I wrote the first attempt ( which was tyring to adhere strictly to the prompt) and then my brain kept going and was like - no you should have done this, and this and this instead, so i did.

In other words - go for it : )

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[poestheblackcat]

*shudder* That was scary.

Hmm...maybe, if I think of something better.

Thanks!

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[poestheblackcat]

Hehe, that sounds very silly. Poor Dean.

Thanks, I'm not quite sure what to make of Chuck!God, so I've used regular Chuck a couple of times, and divine Chuck in some other stories.

Now, Cas!God, I can sort of see. I mean, even Dean thought it was a possibility in 5.22 (I guess he would have believed that anything was possible at that moment).

Cas is very different from all the other angels on the show that we've seen. He's very socially-challenged compared to them, for one thing. I mean, simple sayings, references, sarcasm--they all go (or used to go) straight over his head, while all the other angels get them, and even make up their own. That's a little bit suspicious, don't you think?

So this AU rocks. We can has?

Hmm, I'll think about it. Thank you!

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[poestheblackcat]

Ohhhhh, okay then. In that case: *whew*

I seem to be able to compartmentalize my AUs. I haven't written them all out yet, but I have whole storylines planned out in my head that don't overlap with other stories. Hmm...speaking of, I should really get them typed out before I suffer amnesia and forget my meticulously planned out multiple AUs with gritty, yet lovable characters. *snerk*

Yes, I believe I mentioned the "autistic angel" somewhere in my story. Uh-huh, here ya go:

"I gave Myself a fresh memory and went undercover as an autistic angel and look where I ended up.”

Heh, hope I didn't offend anybody. *points out Dean's lack of political correctness as inspiration*

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[poestheblackcat]

Oh yeah. Sammy-boy is gullible as all heck.

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[jennytork]

THIS WAS GREAT!

Re: At The End Of It All, Part 3

[poestheblackcat]

Thanks!