Shot through the heart

Chapter 4

I can hear Gabriel begging to stay alive and it hurts, Gabriel isn't somebody to beg. I notice how close Gabriel's sword is and I quickly grab it. "Chris don't do anything stupid." Sam warns me. "Sorry Sammy." I say and I quickly run into the circle, intercepting the sword aimed at Gabriel's heart. Michael looks at me, shocked that I would interfere. "Leave Michael, I knew we couldn't trust you when you introduced yourself as Matthew." I say and I throw the passport Gabriel had thrown on the ground, to my dad. He catches it and looks at it. "Michael Novak huh? How pathetic are you? You're trying to kill your own brother. Leave." My dad says and Michael looks at him. "I believe you've gotten an order." I say and Michael sheaths his sword. "Can I at least get my stuff?" he asks and my dad nods. Michael and a few others walk inside and I quickly kneel next to Gabriel's right arm, the one Michael stabbed. "You need to see a doctor." I tell him before carefully taking the knife out. Somebody gives me a first aid kit and I quickly wrap Gabriel's wounds. I also make a homemade splint. "This is not going to hold, go see a doctor." I tell Gabriel and he nods. "Hey Chrissie, I love you." Gabriel whispers and I smile at him. "I know you do." I say. I lean down a bit and give him a kiss on his forehead. Gabriel smiles and I carefully help him up. "I'll go see a doctor now." He says and I smile. "Okay, that's enough." Dean says and he drags me away. I try struggling but Dean is a lot stronger. "Dean let me go." I growl. "No, how many times do I have to say it, Gabriel Novak is a danger. I'm going to kill him so don't get attached anymore than you already are." Dean says. A stray tear makes its way down and I beat him on his chest. "No! Please you can't!" I shout. "Not now no, that wouldn't be very honorable of me, but once he's healed I will." Dean tells me and a small part of me is happy Dean isn't heartless enough to try and kill Gabriel now, when he's weak and wounded. "Please Dean don't, I love him." I whisper and Dean pulls me against him, this time to hug me. I start sobbing and Dean pets my hair. "It's okay, calm down." He shushes but I keep on sobbing. Dean starts guiding me somewhere and he sits down, pulling me down with him. I curl up against his side and Dean lets me. "It's going to be okay." He whispers and he hugs me, drawing figures on my back. It calms me down but it also makes me sleepy. "Why don't you take a nap? You look tired." Dean says and he puts me down on my side. He grabs the blankets and pulls them up to my chin. "Please stay." I whisper and Dean nods, sitting on the edge of my bed again. Slowly my eyes start to close.

I look around and notice where we are, it's the great hall at home. Then I notice a man on a chair, he cuffed and there's a bag on his head. I feel a hand softly on my back and it pushes me forward, towards the man on the chair. "Do you know who that man is?" Dean asks from behind me, I recognize his voice. "No." I answer but I fear that I do know who it is. "Think a little harder, you are supposed to be the smart one, together with Sam our college boy." Dean whispers. "I really don't know." I tell Dean. "Alright then." Dean says and he walks towards the chair. "Here's the big reveal, drum roll please." Dean says sarcastically before pulling the bag off of the man's head, revealing Gabriel. I look at him with tears in my eyes, Gabriel looks back at me with fear in his eyes. Dean walks towards me with a knife. "Kill him." He tells me and I shake my head. "Do it." He urges and again I shake my head. "Then I'll do it." Dean says and he walks back to the chair. I want to move to help Gabriel but I can't, my limbs don't listen to my head. Dean raises the knife and he stabs Gabriel through the throat. I cry out and my limbs start working again. I run towards Gabriel and grab his hand. Gabriel looks me in the eyes and they say more than a thousand words. They tell me how much he loves me and that he's scared, he's scared to go. "It's okay." I whisper, tears streaming down my face. I slowly move forward and kiss Gabriel on his lips. Gabriel kisses back and it's the best feeling ever. Then his lips stop moving, I look him in the eyes again and notice their usual sparkle has disappeared. "Gabe?" I whisper but he doesn't respond. "Gabriel please." I sob but he stays dead. "He's gone honey, it's my turn now." Somebody behind me says and when I turn around Michael is standing there. "What do you mean?" I ask him, still sobbing. "Dry those tears honey, you're my girlfriend now." Michael says and I shake my head. "Never." I tell him. I turn back to Gabriel again but he's gone. "Looking for me?" Gabriel asks from behind me and I turn around. Gabriel is still bleeding from his throat and his eyes have glazed over. "I'm dead and it's your fault, you didn't save me." Gabriel tells me and I start to sob again. "Chris! Chris wake up!" somebody shouts in the distance.

I wake up and look into Sam's worried eyes. Mom walks in and sits next to me on the bed. "What were you dreaming about?" she asks me and I start sobbing again. Both mom and Sam pull me in for a hug. "It's okay, honey." Mom says and she hugs me a little tighter. "Dean killed Gabriel." I whisper and Sam hugs me even tighter. "That's not going to happen in real life, I'll make sure of it." Sam tells me and I nod. "I'll go get you a glass of water." Mom says and she walks out. "Do you know Gabriel's number?" Sam asks and I shake my head. "Wait here." Sam says and he quickly walks out. Not long after he returns with his laptop and he sits down again. "What name did he use when you met?" Sam asks and I look at him. "Ken Smith." I answer and Sam grins. He gives me his phone. "Open contacts and add Gabe in there, I'll let you chat with him and even call if that's what you want" Sam says and I add Gabriel's number in Sam's phone. Mom walks back in and she gives me the glass of water. "Are you feeling a little better honey?" she asks and I nod, drinking from the glass. After a while mom leaves me and Sam alone. I grab Sam's phone and text Gabriel. "Hey Gabe, I'm using Sam's phone to text you." I tell him. "Great, how are you doing? That fight probably wasn't fun to watch." He quickly responds. "I'm okay, slept a bit until a nightmare woke me up." I tell him. "Hope it wasn't too awful, I hate it when you're sad." He tells me. I smile and Sam looks at me. "Is he being romantic?" Sam asks and I shake my head, blushing a little bit. "He so is." Sam says and he grabs his phone. "Hey!" I say and I try getting the phone back. "You know there's a video call option?" Sam asks and he shows me. Gabriel quickly picks up and I look at him. Gabriel is shirtless and my god, does it look good. Gabriel notices me staring and smirks. "Like what you see?" he asks me and he winks at me. "Hey, I'm here too." Sam says and I look at him. "Doesn't matter." Gabriel says and I look back at him. "Why are you shirtless?" I ask him. In the background I can see nurses and doctors working on Gabriel's broken arm, it's already set back to its original position and they're now putting the cast on. "They needed to do a small check up to make sure I didn't break any ribs." Gabriel answers and I nod. "I told them me and Michael were playing a little rough and we fell, him untop of my arm and I landed on a piece of metal." Gabriel tells us a little softer and I nod again. "You better get healthy quick." I tell him. "I will for you sweetcheeks." Gabriel tells me and I blush again. "You look adorable." He tells me and Sam sighs, rolling his eyes. "You like flirting." Sam says and Gabriel chuckles. "Only with your sister, she's adorable when she blushes." Gabriel tells Sam. Dean suddenly walks in and my mood immediately shifts from happy to pissed off. "Are you talking to him again?" Dean asks and I shake my head. "And even if I did, I can decide perfectly fine who I date." I tell Dean. "Everybody but a Novak." Dean says and I really want to hit him. "Why don't you give him a chance?" I ask Dean. "Because he's a Novak and Novak's are killers." Dean tells me, getting pissed off himself. "Yeah well, we're killers too." I shout at him and Sam pushes Dean out of the room, closing the door. I start sobbing again and Sam sits back next to me. "Hey sweetcheeks, don't cry." Gabriel tells me and I look at him. Sam puts an arm around me and kisses the top of my head. "It's going to be okay." Gabriel tells me and I nod. My eyes start to close again and I fall asleep.

I wake up and look around, Sam is gone and so is his phone. I want to speak to Gabriel again considering he always makes me smile. I walk out of my room and see Dean. I ignore him and continue walking to the big hall, hopefully I'll find Sam over there. After a while I still haven't found Sam and I'm starting to get worried. "Hey dad, do you know where Sam is?" I ask my dad. "Yes, send him on a mission." My dad tells me before his phone starts ringing and I leave him alone. "Chris! Where's Sam?" Dean asks me and for a moment I consider ignoring him but I decide to answer anyway. "Dad send him on a mission." I tell Dean and he nods. "Let's go after him?" Dean asks me and I nod. We walk to where Ash is hiding out with Garth. "Hey Ash, we need you to track Sam." Dean says and he walks in. "Who's Ash?" Ash asks giggling. "Doctor Badass, could you please track Sam for us?" I ask him and Ash winks at me. "Sure thing honey." He says and he grabs his laptop. After a bit he looks back at me and Dean. "He's in Novak territory and if you're wondering why, John send him on a mission to kidnap one of the Novak's; John doesn't care which one." Ash tells us and I smile. "Thanks doctor Badass." I thank him. "You're welcome." He says and I look at Dean. "Let's go?" I ask him and he nods. Dean and I both grab our weapons and leave to help Sam. After a bit we arrive and find Sam just outside of the Novak building. "Where do you think you're going?" I ask Sam and I put a hand on his shoulder. "Nowhere." Dean says and he pulls Sam aside. "Guys, go back home." Sam tells me and I shake my head. "What are you Winchesters doing here?" a deep voice from behind us suddenly asks and I slowly turn my head. "Nothing." I say and I knock him unconscious. "Great, now that we have a Novak, let's go back." I say and I look back to the building. I see Gabriel walking past one of the windows and I hope he doesn't look outside to see me and my brothers kidnapping one of his brothers. Luckily he doesn't look.