Chapter 24
Castiel was dodging Mikazaru at all costs, that he lost his focus on Mazaru for one second.
The demon took advantage of that and slammed his body against Castiel, making them both hit the wall hard enough it cracked.
“Not so tough when you have no intention in hurting us, right?” the deaf demon mocked as he watched Castiel trying to dislodge the mute off of him, without hurting him.
The angel growled when his eyes met the demon, who was using Dean’s body to mock him.
He snapped.
He gripped Mazaru, suddenly, and threw him away from him, only for the demon to hit the stairway and tumble to the floor hard.
Castiel heard Tony’s sharp intake of breath and he immediately regretted what he just did.
“That wasn’t so nice.” Mikazaru shook his head with a fake pout, as he stared at Castiel unflinchingly. “You might have just cracked your best friend’s back! That’s surely will leave a mark.”
“Don’t provoke him, Mikazaru.” The blind demon warned sharply, looking to be struggling hard with something that was happening in his head at the moment. “Don’t do something we will all regret!”
But the deaf demon wasn’t even looking at his brother to notice his warning, he was just staring at Castiel mockingly while sauntering around him, daring the angel to lay a hand on him.
“What is it, Castiel? Afraid to hurt your little human?” the demon mocked, as he stepped towards Castiel, trailing his hand down the angel’s face, who didn’t move a muscle as he just stared back at him. “You still care about his sorry ass after he keeps screaming at you over and over again every time you decide to do something? You changed, Castiel. You became a lapdog. Eager to please your little human, saving him, despite him being an ungrateful bitch.”
“Shut up.” Castiel growled warningly at him, seeming to be on the verge of snapping again, eyes glowing harder than before.
“You fell in every way imaginable, all great almighty angel, or used to be anyway. Such a waste. You might be an angel, but you are more human than angel by now, and that’s what will get you killed eventually.” The demon’s hand trailed down Castiel’s chest, as he leaned forward to whisper in his ear. “I have to admit, that’s a sweet piece of ass you chose to throw your life away for. Hopefully, he won’t get tired of you at some point and then you will have nothing. Like always.”
Castiel growled in rage then, and moved to grab the demon by the throat, but Mazaru charged towards him and they both tumbled towards the floor hard.
“Damn it, Mikazaru, I told you not to provoke him!” Mizaru moved to grab his brother by the arm to make him meet his eyes, as he shouted at him in anger.
“Where is the fun in that?” the deaf demon smiled as he pulled his arm away from his brother’s grip to join the fight that started viciously between Mazaru and Castiel.
There was no more avoiding a fight apparently, as Castiel fought hard to both avoid applying any hard hits and to try to subdue the two demons long enough to suck the demons out, but they were moving fast and relentless. It was hopeless.
But suddenly, the tables turned so fast like someone had flipped a switch.
The three demons crumpled at the same time.
Mikazaru stumbled as he gripped his head tightly, while screaming every curse word he ever known. Mazaru plastered himself against a wall, eyes wide, panicked and kept flickering fast between black and blue.
Meanwhile, Mizaru held on tightly to the end railing of the stairway and struggled to keep himself on his legs, that apparently were barley carrying him now.
Everyone just paused and watched in confusion, not knowing what was happening.
“Cas, please tell me this is your doing.” Bucky called out, as he watched what was happening with confused hope on his face.
“This isn’t me.” The angel shook his head with a frown.
“You fucking idiot!” Mizaru screamed suddenly as he gripped his head tightly, his whole body shaking hard. “You fucking crippled mutant, you will kill us all! You don’t know what you just did!”
“What?!” Erik straightened up immediately, when he heard what the demon just screamed. “Charles?!”
“Of course, Charles would be stubborn enough to break three demons’ minds.” Tony laughed loudly and a little hysterically, not caring it was hurting his cracked ribs.
Castiel, hearing this, took the opportunity and acted fast.
He lunged on the mute demon first, gripping him by the throat and raised him up the wall like he weighted nothing.
Mazaru clawed at his steel like grip, trying to release himself, eyes wide and panicked. Unable to do anything, as his control over Steve was obviously falling apart and the soldier was probably wreaking havoc in there now.
“That’s what you get for choosing one of the most stubborn minds that ever lived.” Castiel mocked with a grin, as he raised his hand palm up in front of the demon’s face.
He started to struggle more viciously, when Castiel started to suck him out of the soldier’s body, but the angel’s grip never lessened as he stayed focused on what he was doing.
The demon thrashed, as the black smoke started to come out of Steve’s mouth and towards Castiel’s hand.
It was long, agonizing few minutes, but then the black smoke was completely out of Steve’s body and collected in Castiel’s palm.
The angel let Steve’s body tumble towards the floor, boneless. Then, he slammed his demon filled hand against the wall and burned him off completely by his grace, leaving a huge scorch mark on the wall behind.
The entire room froze, as Castiel turned to face the still remaining demons, a smitey look on his face, eyes and body both glowing hard.
“One down.” He growled, as he stepped towards the deaf demon. “Two to go.”
Tony scrambled to rush towards the fallen Steve, not caring about the pain that was ringing through his body and brain, just driven by the need to check on his husband.
Castiel stepped towards Mikazaru, who tried to stumble away, while staring with wide eyes at the angel, seeming to struggle hard at keeping control against, apparently, a thrashing Dean from the looks of it.
“We can maybe talk this through?” he murmured nervously, as he tried to get away. “It was all Mizaru’s idea really, to take your human as a vessel. He is still pissed at what happened centuries ago. Petty of him if you asked me. I mean, messing with a great angel like you for a human woman? I mean, come on!”
Castiel was right in front of him then, and gripped him by the throat to bring him closer to his face.
“I gave your brother a quick death. You, on the other hand, will not have the same treatment.” Castiel growled, as he raised his hand towards his face.
“No, wait! Wait, don’t!” Mikazaru shouted desperately, as he tried to release himself and get away, but Castiel ignored his pleas and started to suck him out.
The demon convulsed violently, while Castiel extracted him slowly, black smoke collected in his palm as it came out of Dean’s mouth.
Finally, the demon was completely out and in Castiel’s hand. He immediately released Dean’s throat, as the hunter collapsed against him weakly, looking to be unconscious.
With one arm wrapped around Dean, he fisted his other hand, as he burned the demon as slowly as he could, before finishing him off completely.
He crouched down slowly with Dean in his arms to lay him gently on the floor, making sure to not put any pressure on his injuries.
Then, he stood up again, eyes glued on the last demon in the room.
“Two down.” He announced as he stood in front of Mizaru, who seemed to be frozen on the spot, no emotion on his face. “One to go.”
Castiel started to move towards him, but then he froze when the demon suddenly moved as well, gripping the demon killing knife, that was thrown on the floor, and flipped it towards himself.
Towards Charles’ heart to be exact.
“Make a move and I will plunge this knife and I will take that fucking telepath with me!” he growled, body shaking as he seemed to be barley hanging on in keeping control and keeping the other family members in the room on their knees at the same time.
Castiel’s eyes trailed towards Erik, who watched the scene, eyes trained on the knife pointed towards his husband’s heart. Panic obvious on his face. Along with deep focus.
“You are angrier than I remember.” Castiel commented, voice cold as he trailed his eyes towards the demon.
“I wonder whose fault is that.” Mizaru spat bitterly, hatred obvious in his voice, all directed at Castiel. “You keep taking everything from me! Every time you show your face, you ruin everything!”
“All of this because of that human woman?” Castiel raised an eyebrow at the demon.
“She had a name!” he growled, bringing the knife closer to his chest.
“Karla. That was her name.” Castiel nodded thoughtfully, never looking away from the enraged demon. “She was a good woman. Kind. Gentle. A good mother. You didn’t deserve her.”
“And you deserve your little human, you hypocritical bastard? You did terrible things as well!” he spat in rage, not caring about controlling his anger anymore. “You destroyed the Novak family by taking the father! You orphaned Karla’s daughter, by destroying her mother while trapping us. You killed demons and angels in human bodies that had families waiting for them. We are not so different from each other!”
“You once possessed a father that was hard to break, so you killed his only son so you could break him more easily. His four-year-old son!” Castiel accused harshly, voice as cold as ice. “You didn’t destroy just one family, but a long string of families left broken and torn apart, because of you and your brothers. Burned down villages. Orphaned many children.”
Castiel took one step towards the demon, who stepped back nervously.
“You killed Karla’s husband so you could have her.” Castiel continued, still harsh and unrelenting. They never saw him like this before. “You fooled her with your sweet words to get her. But get this.” A mocking smile made appearance on his face. “The moment I told her what you really are, she willingly let me in her, so I could trap you. She died willingly to put you away. She hated your guts enough to sacrifice herself.”
“You are lying.” The demon shook his head hard, face paling. “You manipulated her.”
“No, you manipulated her! I just told her the monster you really are. Don’t even think about pretending to be the victim here. For centuries, you and your brothers did every terrible thing possible! What did you expect to happen in the end? To be rewarded for a job well done?”
Castiel started to glow even harder the angrier he got, that Sam worried he was losing control over himself.
“Step back!” Mizaru warned in panic, when Castiel took another step, knife touching his chest now.
“This is not how things work here, you reap what you sow! And I will not let you ruin another life! You will not destroy another family! You will not take my friend with you! You will not harm my family again!”
With that, Castiel charged at him. Mizaru tried to plunge the knife into his own chest fast, but the knife remained frozen in place, not moving no matter how many times he tried to move his hand.
Understanding dawned on his face, the moment he realized that he was focusing on Castiel, that he didn’t notice Erik raising his hand and controlling the knife with his powers.
He lost.
Castiel gripped his arm and took the knife, throwing it away, then gripped him by his face and snarled down at him.
“We are nothing alike.” Castiel growled, as he started to extract Mizaru from inside Charles, hand poised over the demon’s face. “Now, you will get what you truly deserve.”
Castiel sucked the demon out, while Charles’ body shook violently the entire time. The telepath’s mind must be a mess from what he did to release the other two minds. Hopefully, the damage wasn’t severe.
When the demon was in Castiel’s palm, he slapped his hands together and burned Mizaru away to follow his fallen brothers.
Charles collapsed to the floor, unmoving.
Castiel trailed his eyes towards his family, who was watching him, frozen in place with wide eyes.
He blinked at them for a second, and attempted a comforting smile. “Three down.”
Before his eyes rolled to the back of his head, then he collapsed on the floor as well.