Unfortunately, Zachariah makes his expected appearance at this point, and while he hurls a few barbs of his own in The Stumpy Little Pissy-Pantsed Bitch's direction, none are quite as satisfying as the ones Unburnt Mary just delivered, so let's cut to the chase: As Zachariah's henchangels pin Sam and Dean's arms behind their backs, Zachariah snarfles disgustingly for a bit at the base of a very willing Unburnt Mary's neck just to gross everybody out, then launches into a tirade about how awesome he is. "In Heaven, I have six wings and four faces!" he claims. "One of which is a lion!" Heh. "Lemme tell you something," Zachariah fumes, getting all up in Dean's face after punching him in the stomach a couple of times, "I was on the fast-track once -- Employee Of The Month every month, forever! I'd walk these halls and people would AVERT THEIR EYES!" And then he really gets loud. "I HAD RESSSSPECHHHT!" And spitty. "And then they assigned me you," he continues, dialing down the volume considerably and, as a result, sounding quite a bit more menacing. "Now look at me," he chuckles to himself, mirthlessly. "I can't close the deal on a couple of flannel-wearing maggots? Everybody's laughing at me!" And so, because his pride has been wounded, Zachariah intends to "take it out of [Sam and Dean's] asses," regardless of whether or not the boys say yes to their angelic counterparts. "It's personal now," Zachariah warns, "and the last person in the history of creation you want as your enemy is me." "Lucifer," Zachariah elaborates, "may be strong, but I'm petty!" Atta girl.
Just as Zachariah threatens to ride Our Dead Heroes' collective derriere for all eternity, though, an elderly angel of color decked out in gardener's togs materializes behind him to interrupt the festivities with, "Excuse me, sir? I need to speak to those two." This is, of course, the elusive Joshua, though none of the others present seem to realize this immediately, including Zachariah. "It's a bad time, I know," Joshua apologizes, "but I'm afraid I have to insist." "You don't get to 'insist' jack squat!" Zachariah snots by way of response. "No, you're right," Joshua graciously allows, "but The Boss does." Zachariah unwisely stonewalls the fresh arrival, so Joshua has little choice but to reply with a threat of his own: "Fire me if you want, but sooner or later He's gonna come back home, and you know how He is with that whole wrath thing." Zachariah all but shakes an impotent fist towards the sky while howling, "Curses! Foiled again!" but he obediently flutters away with the henchangels, leaving Our Dead Heroes alone with The One To Whom God Speaks. Or whatever the hell his official title is. The camera focuses in on Sam and Dean still standing in that sickly lit version of their childhood home, then spins around to whip them into...












