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→13.14 Good Intentions
Returning to the bunker, the two discover that Donatello attacked Sam and has begun crazily muttering in the dungeon. Dean and Castiel explain how they were set up by Donatello who wants them all dead. Castiel watches through a [[camera]] as the Winchesters interrogate Donatello who explains that he translated the tablet and saw all the power of [[God]] and now believes that they want to take it from him and then uses a spell to try to suffocate Dean. Afterwards, the three try to figure out what happened to drive Donatello insane and while Castiel has heard of a [[Prophet]] who was tempted, he had never given in. Sam realizes that the difference between Donatello and [[Kevin Tran]] is that Donatello is [[soulless]], alarming Castiel who explains that the human [[soul]] acts as a filter, inoculating the Prophet against whatever darkness exists within the tablet.
The Winchesters are left in despair because they had been so close and they have no way to restore Donatello's soul. Castiel points out that even if they could, Donatello is already corrupted and suggests that the kindest thing to do would be to kill Donatello and get the next Prophet in line to translate the spell for them. However, the Winchesters refuse to kill Donatello as they just need the spell. Fed up with the arguing, Castiel decides to take action, locking Sam and Dean out of the dungeon. Castiel confronts the restrained Donatello who confirms that he gave them the wrong ingredients and though he knows the right ones, refuses to give it to them. Castiel reveals that he is going to do something that he promised to never do to a human without their permission: he is going to strip the spell from Donatello's mind. Donatello warns Castiel that he has absorbed too much power and trying could fry them both, but Castiel is undeterred and stops Donatello from casting a spell before painfully stripping the spell from his mind. Afterwards, Castiel emerges from the dungeonstating that he knows what they need to do, leaving Donatello unconscious and bleeding from his eyes, nose and mouth.
Later, Sam and Dean return to the bunker and angrily reveal that while Donatello is still alive, he is brain dead, only kept alive on life support. Unrepentant, Castiel states that Donatello's soul was gone and he was corrupted and a danger to humanity before revealing that Donatello was working with [[Asmodeus]], albeit unwillingly. Castiel states that some people just can't be saved and while no one gave him the power to make that decision, he took it. Without Castiel having acted, they would still be talking and arguing about to what to do, wasting time that they don't have as war with Michael is coming. Instead, they now have the spell they need to open the rift. Castiel reveals that they need the [[grace]] of an [[archangel]], fruit from the Tree of Life, the [[Seal of Solomon]] and the blood of a most holy man. With those four ingredients, they can bring everybody home and together beat Lucifer and Michael. Castiel is insistent that this is the only way they will and survive and they must do whatever it takes.
