Building Bridges
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Billy Joel was wrong.
If he had ever been to Hell, he never would have said he preferred to laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Nobody laughed in Hell. It was fire and blood and death—perpetual, recurrent, eternal death.
And Xal would do anything not to go back.
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- Part 1 of Building Bridges
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Since their deal was made, Xal has been cooperating fully, going along with whatever the Winchesters ask of him without complaint. So far, it's been working, but then the angels show up, and they try to revive a part of Dean that Xal desperately wants to keep in Hell. Sam doesn't understand, but Xal tries to make him see. Some things just need to stay in Hell.
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- Part 2 of Building Bridges
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Xal has no idea how long he’s been enduring Heaven’s Persuasion, but it’s been a long time. He has no idea why Heaven is telling him to do what they’re telling him to do, but he knows he doesn’t trust it. He has no idea where the Winchesters are, but he knows he has to get to them. There’s a lot he doesn’t know, but at the same time, there’s a lot he does know, and maybe… if he plays his cards right… he can do a little persuading of his own.
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- Part 3 of Building Bridges
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They've prevented the apocalypse, and that should be good news, but for Xal, it's the exact opposite. But nothing explodes, and he makes a mistake in his relationship with Team Free Will: he starts to trust them.
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- Part 4 of Building Bridges
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Xal is a quick learner, and he doesn't forget. He knows what's expected of him, and he's doing everything he can to meet the Winchesters expectations. Unfortunately, that means no time for healing, so what should have been a severe but survivable attack from some daevas quickly turns into something deadly. He has no idea what Sam and Dean's reaction is going to be, but even if they choose to save him, they understand it doesn't change anything... right?
Because Xal is a quick learner, and he doesn't forget.
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- Part 5 of Building Bridges
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“I want to stay out of Hell. I will do anything.”
To stay out of Hell, you have to stay away from hunters, monsters, demons, and angels. Essentially, you can only associate with normal humans, and Xal had gotten very, very good at that over the last six thousand years. Yet somehow, despite his lack of participation in the supernatural world, the Winchesters found him. They found him, and now he has to keep them both alive, or he gets a one-way ticket Downstairs, and that’s about as far from an easy job as you can get.
He's done everything they asked. He trusted them—like an idiot—but even when he came to after the fact, he didn’t dare go against them. He put his head down and forced one foot in front of the other. Obedience to the best of his ability, right up to the line in the sand where compliance becomes dangerous. He has to walk that line—sometimes, he has to dance on it—but it’s not like he has a choice. He belongs to Sam and Dean Winchester. What else can he do?
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- Part 6 of Building Bridges