NIGHT 54: M21-30 HALLWAY

[autophoenix]

[ from here ]It took her a moment when she turned down the men's hallway to skim the area with her flashlight. This was the part where she got confused, the muscle memory not really carrying her the whole way. He'd given her directions once, but that felt like a lifetime ago now that she actually needed to put them into practice without Bella

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[poorexample]

[From here.]Seeing how Castiel's first priority had simply been to get away from Gabriel, he hadn't put much thought into where to go next. Part of that was because it was obvious. Having seen Dean and Gabriel already, Sam was the only one left. He realized that it might be fruitless to visit the younger Winchester, and yet he still had hope that he would be able to get through to Sam where he had seemingly failed with Dean

[predictator]

As before, with the teleportation came another thought-or memory, or vision. A ring of fire, and a man standing beyond it. Something was wrong with his face.

And there was Castiel's voice again: "You're not taking Sam Winchester. I won't let you."

"Castiel," was the man's reply as he started walking around the fire. "I don't understand why you're fighting me... of a-"

And then it was gone. Izaya forced his focus to their new location, where it seemed Castiel once again had stopped to visit acquaintances. He couldn't help but stare for a moment at the man in the room-a man that he recognized from earlier, but whom he'd never seen in person before now.

If Castiel had come to say hello to him, though, that obviously wasn't on his mind now. He was advancing on the girl instead with an accusatory-sounding "You."

He'd stayed quiet last time as he'd still been reeling, but he had more clarity now than before. Curiosity over the situation prompted him to ask, "Something wrong, Castiel?"

[allroadslead]

Nothing ever happened inside the rooms. Sam never took something like that for granted-letting yourself be lulled into a sense of false security was the worst thing you could do-but he'd accepted it enough to not be on full red alert when he was sitting inside talking to Ruby.

So he sure as hell hadn't expected the freaking angel to just materialize out of nowhere like some David Copperfield trick, along with some guy who looked more confused than not.

Jesus, what-He started off the desk, drawing his gun without even thinking. (Threatening angels with bullets, great. This was his life now.) He moved forward to step in front of Ruby, as automatic as it'd been his brother instead. As ambivalent he might've felt towards her sometimes, he'd made his alliances a long time ago. Watching her back had stopped being something he had to think about when it came down to it. If Castiel had just walked up to them like a normal person, it would've been different, but sheer surprise of the situation threw every instinct he had on the defensive

[thatdemonbitch]

The suddenness of their entrance had Ruby tensing up and automatically at a loss on what to do. It was rare that she wound up on the receiving end of this kind of thing, and suddenly she had an idea of why Sam had acted like it was so goddamn unnerving all the time. At first, she didn't even manage to process who it was, just that they were talking and they were in Sam's room. It was so many levels of bad news --

And then it hit her. The stench of the angel -- Castiel, the guy had called him? -- his Grace was overpowering. Her eyes flashed dark, pupils dilating until they had encapsulated the entirety of her eyes in that inky darkness, reflecting a certain kind of hollow darkness within. Immediately, she raised a hand, waving it back towards Sam and stepping between him and the intruders.

How stupid was she right now? Putting herself between him and an angel. But whatever they were here for, it couldn't possibly be good news and as much as she wanted to hold onto that self preservation, there was something in Sam that was

[poorexample]

This was the third time this night that Castiel had flown to someone he'd considered an ally and had been threatened as a result. First had been Dean and his female friend's instinctive reaction, second Gabriel's odd switch in demeanor, and now Sam Winchester was pointing a gun at him

[predictator]

Beyond Castiel having some issue with the woman, Izaya wasn't sure what kind of situation he'd found himself in the middle of. It was rather like being suddenly thrown into the middle of a drama, but without knowing any of its history... Still, that was fine. That kind of thing could be picked up as he went. But it still made him wonder why the tall, familiar-looking man had been so quick to reach for a gun (where had he found a gun, anyway?), and what the woman had done in the past to anger Castiel. Even though Izaya suspected they had come for the tall kid and she had simply been a surprise, Castiel seemed far more concerned with her than with either the man or his gun