Chapter 9 -

There was a silence between Meg and Castiel now. Castiel was sitting on the couch, completely detort and Meg was standing the doorway, trying to hid how pleased she was with herself. Eventual she walked over and slapped Castiel around the face.

"Look at me while I talk to you!" Meg shouted.

*Knock, knock*

"I'm sorry to inconvenience you but you have to put on your life belts and make your way to the upper deck" said the crew member waling in, "Captains orders! And dress warmly, it's cold out tonight!"

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The crew members were going into every room. Turning on lights and trowing life jackets of the wardrobes,

"Life belts on, everyone to the top deck!"

It was awful. Everyone was panic-ing at the sound of life jackets on. There would be no need for jackets unless the ship was sinking. The ship couldn't sink but since they were being asked to put on their life jackets Surley that's exactly what was happening.

The life boats were being prepared and the guy who made contact with other ships was trying to get the attention. It was terrifying. Castiel didn't even know where Dean was to help him. None of the passengers knew about the sinking ship, all the crew members had been forbidden from telling them, the last thing they need is panic. Castiel patted someone the shoulder,

"Mr. Andrews" he said, "I saw the ice burg. Please, tell me the truth."

Mr. Andrews, took Castiel a side,

"the ship, will sink" he said, his voice was scared and child like. It made Castiel want to burst into tears. "In an hour or so, I'm certain of it. All of this, will be at the bottom of the Atlantic. Tell no one, we can't have panic. Do you remember what I told you about the boats? You have to get on them. You can't wait and there is no time for hesitation, no time to go back for anything or anyone. You get on the first life boat you can and you never look back!" Castiel put a hand over his mouth in horror and Dean was handcuffed somewhere and there was no hope in getting him out.

"Yes, I understand" Castiel said as Mr. Andrews ran off. There wasn't enough life boats for everyone. Over half the people on this ship were going to die.

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Everyone on the 3rd class and 2nd class decks were blocked from going to the top deck where the boats were. The excuse was that the boats weren't ready yet but everyone knew that was bullshit. If the boats weren't ready then they would still be allowed on deck, they were getting the first class people of before they were attending to the women and children. They started letting of warning flooms. Trying to attract other boats, to say they needed help.

Dean could see the water level rising from his little prison never expected to go like this.

"You know, I do believe this ship may sink" the guard said, to Dean. Dean stood there, looking at the guard, sure as hell, Dean could have told you that. He saw the ice burg hit himself, there was no way a ship not even the Titanic could survive it.

"I was told to give you this token of apperception" the guard said walking over, he punched Dean in the stomach causing him to wince in pain.

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"Will the life boats be filled according to class? I hope they're not to crowded" Eve said, with a chuckled.

"Oh mother. Shut up!" Castiel shouted at her, for god sake, the ship was going to sink, there was more space on the life boats but no one was putting on more people because like Eve would complain, there weren;t enough life boats for everyone and over half the people on the ship were doomed this was not the time to worry about class. "Don't you understand? The water is freezing and there aren't enough boats! Not enough even by half. Half the people on this ship are going to die!"

"Not the better half" Meg spoke up from behind Castiel.

"Come on Eve" Ellen called, "get on the boat, there's a space right up here."

"It's a pity I didn't keep that drawing" Meg said to Castiel mockingly, "It'll be wroth a lot more by morning."

"In the words of a good friend, bite me. You unimaginal bastard!" Castiel had, had enough of Meg by now.

"Come on, Castiel. You're next." Ellen said. Castiel was under 21, so he was still considered a child. He was 19 but that wasn;t 21 now was it?

"Castiel, get into the boat" Eve ordered.

"Good bye mother" Castiel ran off in the opposite direction, desperate to find Dean and safe him. If he wasn't going to die with Dean then he sure as hell wasn't going to live with his mother.

"You're not going after him" Meg shouted, pulling Castiel back.

"I'd rather be his whore than you're husband" Castiel spat in Megs face and ran off.

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Dean was well below the water now. He started shouting and banging the chains on the pipe he was handcuffed to.

"Help! Can anybody hear me? Hello. Help me! Help me!"

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Water was getting higher and higher.

"Mr. Andrews!" Castiel shouted as he skidded across the halls.

"Miss, please but on a life belt and get the upper deck right now" Mr. Andrews said to one women who was pulling on her gloves.

"Mr. Andrew, thank god. Where would the master at arms put a prisoner on the ship?" Castiel was panicking now, the one he loved more than anything was trapped and he didn't even know where to find him.

"You have to get to a boat, right away!"

"No. I'm doing this, with or without you help and without it will only take longer!"

"You take the elevator to the very bottom, go to the left, down the passage, left again and right at the stairs. You go along the corridor."

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"This is gonna be bad" Dean told himself as the water started leaking into the room. "OH SHIT. SHIT. OH, SHIT!" He started trying to climb the pipes. They could only take him so high because he was hand cuffed to the but he tried anyway.

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"Excuse me, thank you" Castiel was pushing past everyone he saw, not stopping to ask them to move, just pushing the out the way and apologizing as he ran off.

"The lifts are closed" the man said, when he saw Castiel try and get into it. "I'm through being polit goddammit. Now take me down!" Castiel ordered, he had enough of being told what to do, when to do it and how to act. He was going to make those rules from now on. "E deck!"

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The water just kept pouring into the room. Dean was trying to get the handcuffs off,

"Come on" he stressed, "come on, get off, get off. Ahh!" He was losing it, he wasn't going to die, in here. Not in here. That's not the way it was meant to happen. Not here, not now. Later, later on in life, with Sam and Castiel and a family. Not in this room, on this god forsaken ship and defently not like this, not alone.

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The lifts were too slow, as the entered E deck, water started to fill up the lift. Castiel screamed. The water was freezing but Castiel had no choice. As Castiel got off the lift, the man left in the lift went back up. If Castiel was going to die down t here fine but there was no reason as to why he had too. He was trying to run but the water was weighing him down,

"Dean!" He shouted, "Dean!"

"Cas! Cas!" Dean could hear Castiel calling for him. "Cas! I'm in here Cas!" He started banging the handcuffs on the pipes again, "I'M IN HERE!" Finally the door opened and Castiel burst in.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" Castiel threw himself at Dean, their lips meeting.

"That Lovejoy guy put it in my pocket. I swear it!" Dean called as they parted. "You have to believe me."

"I know, I know"

"You have to find a spear key! It's a little silver one, look in the cabnit!" Dean ordered. Castiel didn't have time to wonder if Dean knew what he was talking about, but there was no time to question it. They were lucky if there was even time to look for a spare key. All the keys in cabnit were bronze, there wasn't a single silver one anywhere. Castiel felt helpless.

"These are all brass one's" Castiel shouted, there was no time to look for help even if there were people on E deck to help them. Castiel started tearing the place apart, searching every drawer, every single place a key could be put.

"Cas, how did you find out I didn't do it?" Dean asked, okay sure enough now wasn't the time to ask that but it didn't look like either of them would be surviving now anyway. Castiel doomed himself when he came looking for Dean.

"I didn't. I just realized I already knew" Castiel smiled at Dean kept looking. He couldn't find anything, his heart was pounding, his legs were feezing. This water was so cold but there was no time to think about it.

"Cas, you're going to have to find some help. It'll be alright" Dean told him with a weak, half smile. Castiel made his way across the room to kiss Dean again, his biggest fear right was the thought that he might never be able to kiss those lips again.

"I'll be right back!" Castiel said hurrying off. Dean nodded,

"I'll just wait here, then." He was trying not to panic. It was the last thing Castiel needed to see, since Castiel was panicking himself, watching someone else panic was not going to help at all. Castiel was shouting for help, Dean could hear him from all the way down the hall. No one was shouting back and it only made him worry more. He had to convince Castiel to go to the boats and get to safety. The electricity was going, the lights were flickering and now Castiel couldn't see, that wasn't helping his inability to find help for the man he loved. Then Castiel saw it, an axe. He could just break the chains with it and then they could get to the top deck and on the boats and they'd be saved. The water level had risen since he left Dean's side. Castiel wasn't a good swimmer and is he wasn't cold enough or scared enough.

"Dean, will this work?" Castiel asked holding up the axe for Dean to see.

"Theres only one way to find out" Dean said, "take a few practice shots though. Over there." Dean didn't want to die but he also wanted to avoid getting his hands chopped of. "That's enough, there's no time. Just hit really hard and really fast. I trust you, okay Cas? They both looked away as Castiel swung the axe down. The was a loud clanking sound and the next thing they knew Dean was shouting with joy.

"You did it - Oh shit this water is cold. Shit, shit, shit." Dean shouted, following Castiel out the door.

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The 3rd class were getting restless, they weren't going to be locked away like animals, the ship was sinking after all and there were women and children down there.

"Garth!" Dean shouted, "have you seen Sammy?"

"Sam's down there, it's hopeless this way, his looking for another"

"Whatever it is we do, we have to do it fast!" Dean shouted, "the ship won't stay afloat for much longer!"

"Dean!" Sam shouted running voer.
"Sammy" Dean pulled his brother into the longest hug they have ever shared.

"Let's go this way" Sam said, there's nothing this way and that way's blocked too. That was is our only chance."
"Then whya re we still standing around here?" Dean shouted, leading everyone in a different direction.

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Thye got the second class deck but they were just being told to go down the main stair well.

"Open the gate you son of a bitch!" Dean shouted, rattleing the gate.

"Go down the main stairwell, like I told you!" Dean spotted a bench by the wall. Garth started telling people to move a side while Sam and Castiel helped him move that thing.

"Step aside, step aside!" After two attepmts the gate went down. Everyone rushed throw the second class deck. Free at last. Suddenly there was gunfire. Things were getting intense, but maybe if there were more boats and the boats were getting filled up to the point where they couldn't take anymore instead of the bare minuim then things wouldn't be so bad.

"The boats are gone!" Castiel shouted when they finally reached the top deck. There were gun shots going off every two seconds, no one was staying in line, not that I can blame them.

"You don't really think I'm going with out you" Castiel said turning to Dean.

"You have to. You don't get a choice" Dean told him sternly.

"Get on the boat"

"No!"

"Yes, get on the boat!"

Suddenly Meg appeared out of nowhere.

"Go on, Castiel. Get ont he boat. You still considered a child after all. There's enough room for you. Besides I have a boat that me and Dean can get away on saftley" Meg lied through he teeth and although Dean knew it was lie, it if was going to get Castiel on that boat then it was worth going along with.

"See" Dean said, "I'll get the next on. Go!"

Castiel got pulled on the boat by a crew memeber. There was time to say good by to Dean before he was being lowered down.

"There is no other boat, is there?" Dean asked Meg, when he was confident Castiel wouldn't hear.

"There is, just not for you" Meg told him, stepping away into the crowd. Castiel was crying again, Castiel couldn't let this happen. He wasn't going to escape if Dean wasn't going to. There had to be a way of that boat! He pushed his way to the edge, his heart pounding, he jumped. Hanging on the edge of the of the ship as a crew member pulled him back on fearing for his safty.

"Cas!" Dean shouted, "Cas! What are you doing. Oh my god!" Dean started running to the deck Castiel managed get on and Castiel started running for the deck above him.

"No!" Dean shouted as he ran. He took the smaller man into his arms.

"You're so stupid Cas" he said firmly. "So stupid." He kissed the sweet lips in front of him again and again and again. "What the hell were you thinking Cas!" He said between kissed. "Huh, what the hell was going through your head? Why did you do that why?" Dean was crying too now. Thanks to Castiel they were both doomed.

"You jump I jump right?" Castiel asked, he was the one shaking now.

"Right" Dean agreed, kissing Castiel again. Meg was angry now, she started shouting.

"Duck!" Dean pulled Castiel out of the way. There was no way this bitch was going to ruin it all now. They'd come to far to die at her hands.