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Adam nearly laughed, till the part about angel zapping powers stuck in, then he got the same look as Sam. Adam knew very well what an angel was capable of, stage five stomach cancer was no joke and despite not having much experience with children he knew that they didn't have the best control over their emotions.

"One second" Adam turned back in to the room and grabbed his coat, on second thought he snagged the wand he had yet learn how to use, better safe than sorry. He slipped out the door and looked at Sam

"Okay, so where should we start? You know him better than I do, where would he go?"

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Sam took a deep breath. Getting frantic about finding Cas and Bobby wasn't going to get them anywhere. "Dean's going that way," he waved in the direction he had come. "I think he's getting Dad to help in the search. Which means we've got to start in the opposite direction."

"His room is over in Ravenclaw, we can start there."

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Adam nodded, it was strange in some ways to be working with Sam and by association their Dad and Dean, but he liked Cas and he didn't want to see the angel end up in trouble or one of the people he had met here that he liked end up like he had.

"I know a short cut to a different set of stairs, comes out near the bar, we can get to his room from there." Adam turned and headed towards the stair case he had found, it was usually there about this time of day so he was counting on that, and got lucky when he saw it up ahead.

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The two raced down the hall and made it just as the staircase began it's swing towards Ravenclaw.

"Thanks," Sam finally said. "Damnit, this is all my fault. I should have researched the spell more, I should have checked it." He pounded on the rail of the staircase in frustration.

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((My apologies, this tag got lost on me some how and I didn't get it in the first round.))

"Calm down, Sam. They can't have gone too far, we're all stuck here after all." Adam didn't know for sure if things would turn out all right, but he made the effort and offered Sam a small smile as he stepped from the stair case, taking a quick look in to the Bar "Not there, which way is Cas' room?"

Adam glanced over his shoulder up at the taller man, then around the hall in case they saw any one he could question to see if they had seen the two children.

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Sam took a deep breath and forced himself to relax. There was no sense in getting upset now. First they had to find Cas and Bobby. "Thanks for the help."

He nodded up the hallway, "It's right up there."

"Cas? Cas are you here? Bobby?"

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"No problem, this place is kind of weird, probably better to at least kind of stick together." He was calm under fire, but that was because compared to his last few days on earth, this was not near as confusing and heart wrenching.

Adam peeked in a few adjacent rooms "Castiel? Bobby? Hey, you guys here?"

He turned and looked at Sam "Where to now?"

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"Just checking room to room will take forever. Let's head back to the Great Hall. Maybe Dean's had some luck on his end."

Sam frowned as they hopped another staircase. They were going about this all wrong. There had to be a smarter way of looking for them.

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Adam was thinking as he stepped on to the staircase, he chewed at the inside corner of his lip a moment, brow furrowed as his lips bunched slightly.

"You know, Sam, they are probably pretty peeved at you and Dean right now. Maybe if I go in first, try calling their names by myself?" He looked up at his half brother, not sure if it would work, but it seemed like a good idea to Adam as the stair case came to a stop and he stepped off it.

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Sam nodded, "Good idea. Cas might be able to hear you and since you didn't have anything to do with, well, maybe he'll come."

He hung back as Adam walked ahead, shifting restlessly. This had to work.

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Adam nodded and stepped in to the room, seeing the door on the opposite end shut he hoped he would get lucky and maybe that would be them, his foot slipped in the cookie and he nearly fell "Crap!" he just caught himself and looked down. Hm, kids liked cookies, Adam thought.

Finally he called out calmly "Castiel, Bobby, hey come on you guys, it's just me, Adam. No Dean or Sam. Let's see if we can find some one to fix this, okay?"

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Elsewhere, Cas's eyes abruptly lost focus, and he tugged urgently on Bobby's sleeve. He'd been ignoring the calls from Sam and Dean (he could hear but not locate them; and although their worry made him feel a little guilty, he was still annoyed with them, and also following Bobby's lead in allowing them to panic a while before burying the hatchet.) But now they'd gotten their entire family in on the act. His head was starting to sound a little noisy inside, and the instinct to respond to the summons was getting harder to resist.

"Bah-bee," he said, looking up at his companion, "Samm an' Deen bin tawwin' me. Now Dson an' Adam, too."

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Bobby nodded. They had probably let Sam and Dean freak out long enough, and he figured it had to be a little confusing for little Cas to keep all those voices straight in his head.

"If John's there, Dean is too. Let's go find Adam. We can tell him we're okay so they don't get too worried. Ok?"

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"Aw'ight, Bah-bee. T'ank 'ou, Tuwama," the little boy said politely, smiling brightly at the professor before he whisked them away with another soft whoosh.

Landing back in the Great Hall a few yards from where Adam stood, he gave the young man a little wave. "'uwwo, Adam."

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Adam moved further in to the room and tried calling again "Cas, Bobby? Please, I just want to make sure you guys are alright, every one is pretty freaked out."

The youngest Winchester moved cautiously, he knew what grown angels were capable of and if he was honest he was a little nervous as to what the two men who clearly were not to be messed with as adults might do as children and he wasn't looking to get hexed or worse for what Sam and Dean had done.

He heard a sound behind him and turned slowly, hoping that what he saw would be the two boys. And it was, but the young man was hardly prepared and he couldn't stop the grin at just how cute Castiel and Bobby were, with their messy faces and tussled hair.

"Hey there, buddy. You guys alright?"

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"We're fine," Bobby said. He held Castiel's little hand in his own. Their faces were messy and their knees dirty from playing in the greenhouse - obviously they had been having fun while rattling the hell out of Sam and Dean.

"I can keep n' eye on Cas. He's fine," he said, a bit defensively.

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"Us aw'ight," Cas echoed, looking around and keeping a fast hold on Bobby. "'ou don' haffa wowwy." He had decided he was actually enjoying this little outing, the indignity notwithstanding, and wasn't ready to quit just yet. "'ou teww Samm an' Deen?"

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Sam stood, just out of sight, and sagged against the wall in relief. They had come. At least they were okay and seemed happy enough that they might manage to stay out of trouble and not hurt anyone.

He was so done with hexes.

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Adam nodded his head, he could remember saying the same thing about his mother. The thing being, he had to admit that Bobby probably stood a better chance than Adam ever had. He looked around and grabbed a napkin off the table.

Adam walked over and knelt down so he was the same height as both the boys.

"I know you can Bobby, we just wanted to make sure, Sam said you two took off pretty fast." Adam used the napkin to at least wipe Cas' face, he would have done the same with Bobby, but he remembered being that age and instead held it out to the boy "You got just a little, right there." He pointed to the side of his lip.

"I'll tell Sam and Dean you two are alright, but I won't tell them where you are. Deal?" He held his had out for both of them to shake, he knew Sam could hear him, but he hadn't agreed to catch them, just find them and make sure they were okay. And they were.

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Cas squirmed, sputtered and finally submitted less-than-gracefully to the face-cleaning, though he was tempted to pop away again. He eyed Adam somewhat dubiously after that indignity, but took the proferred hand and shook it. "Aw'ight." It wasn't as if he and Bobby were going to stay in one place for long, anyway.

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Bobby swiped at his face and gave Adam a nod. "Deal. I can keep an eye on Cas until this wears off," he promised solemnly.

"And I may be seven, but I can still hear you Sam," he called.

The young hunter smiled a little and rounded the corner with a wildly guilty expression on his face. He didn't come any closer, afraid that he might encourage Cas to disappear again. "Hey Bobby," he ventured.

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Adam smiled at Castiel and nodded his head at Bobby as he stood up. "I figured you can, it's Sam and Dean who are freaking out, you two just be careful."

Adam snickered "Wow, Sam. Busted by a seven year old, that's kinda weak."

He watched the two and actually moved a little so he was in between them and the hunter, he really had meant it when he told the two boys he would let them go and Adam was going to stand by his word "They don't seem hurt, they should be fine to go around by themselves till it wears off."

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"'uwwo Samm," Cas said, edging a little away from the two brothers and glancing up at Bobby uncertainly, then around at the surrounding area. He wasn't scared of being trapped--even now, the thought that Sam, Dean or their relatives might actually try to hurt him or Bobby never even came close to crossing his mind--but he wasn't about to let them dictate where he and Bobby went or what they did.

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Sam shifted, but made no move to come closer. When Adam put himself between him and the two children, Sam looked surprised before frowning deeply. He knew that Adam hated their Dad, but did he think so little of him too? Did Adam think he would to try and jump the two kids and hold them against their will?

"Guys, I'm so sorry. I didn't--"

"Knock it off Sam," Bobby said. "We'll be okay. Just go back to Gryffindor or something. I can keep an eye on Cas. Tell Dean to quit yellin too, it's botherin' Cas."

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