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I am so sorry for leaving you guys like this. I was distracted by the Avengers and had a whole new fandom to explore, and… well, I'm sorry.


It was as if everyone knew what the second shot had meant, and stopped to look.

Lucifer fell to the deck, lying still on the deck. Andy, standing on a beam, slowly lowered his gun, and started down the rigging.

Castiel finished with the temporary bandages to Balthazar's leg and straightened up, Dean offered a hand to steady him.

A loud screech made them flinch, as a woman in white came flying towards Andy.

"You bastard!"

"Forgot about his whore, Lilith." Balthazar muttered through clenched teeth.

Dean reached for his sword but Lilith never reached Andy.

Matt lowered his sword and shook his head. "You can join him in hell." His sword was red with blood, and he looked at Lucifer's remaining crew.

They apparently decided to attempt one last rally.

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Gabriel slid to his knees, "Sam!" he knelt over Sam, who'd rolled over onto his back.

"Gabe." Sam whispered with a smile, despite the fact he was in pain.

Gabriel stared at the blood pouring out from under Sam's hand. "Damn it, Kiddo, don't die on me!"

"I love you." Sam replied, not really noticing Gabriel's comment. "I knew you were coming to save me."

Gabriel was distracted by the blood and muttered bitterly, "Some job I did."

Sam slowly grinned and lifted his hand and his shirt to reveal the wound. Gabriel gasped, his eyes widening. The bullet had just swiped Sam, it was just a cut. It probably hurt but Sam would be fine.

Gabriel turned his eyes to Sam's face.

"You bastard!" he yelled at him for "Scaring me like that! I thought I was going to lose you! Hell, do you know how worried I've been? This almost dying crap and getting kidnapped, and then-" Gabriel was cut off mid-rant by Sam sitting up to kiss him.

"I missed you too." Sam promised, and Gabriel's shoulders slumped in relief.

"In case you were wondering, yes, we won."

Gabriel laughed at Crowley's voice.

"Everyone's alright?" he asked, looking around, as the captain helped Sam up.

"Matt?"

Matt glanced down. "Oh." He was covered in blood. "I don't think this belongs to me."

"Those two are clearly fine." Gabriel commented, nodding to Luke and Val. They were in the middle of one serious kiss and it didn't look like they'd be coming up for air soon. Everyone would be lucky if they didn't rip each other's clothes off right there.

Crowley leered at Bobby. "I see you've still got your old moves Robert." He offered a smirk. "Care to show me more of them later?"

Sam looked horrified. "You know, I'm not even going to ask."

"Good choice." Dean strode across the deck to hug Sam, clapping him on the back.

Sam removed his arm from Gabriel's shoulder to return his brother's hug. "What are you doing here?"

"You think Bobby and I were going to let some pirate's kidnap you?" Dean demanded.

Ellen, Jo and Ash were picking their way over on the boards. "I see we won." Ash called.

"I'm dying here, a little attention please!"

Everyone turned to Balthazar, and Ellen hurried over to him, carrying bandages.

"You're not dying." She corrected him.

Vetis strolled over, spinning his pistols. "Well this was fun."

Crowley grinned. "Come now, how hard was it to retake The Hellhound?"

"Not that hard." Vetis admitted, and spotted Lucifer. "Who did that?"

"I did." Andy replied.

Vetis whistled. "I could kiss you for ending this."

Matt made a noise, and Luke sighed, rolling his eyes.

Andy chuckled nervously. "You're not my type."

Vetis grinned. "And you're not mine. Calm down."

"Orders Gabriel?" Castiel asked, nodding to Sam. "It's nice to see you Sam."

Sam grinned. "You too Cas."

Dean shifted his weight. "Umm… before Gabriel gives orders, there's something you should know Sam."

"What?" Sam asked.

Dean chuckled. "I uhh… kind of met someone."

Dam glanced at Jo. "Oh?"

"Yes." Dean grinned, and moved over to Cas, and kissed him.

Sam's mouth fell open. "Well then."

Castiel and Dean looked distracted, and Gabriel grumbled.

"Orders are: get back to The Loki. We can sink this… ship." Gabriel ordered, disgust at the word ship coloring his voice.

Crowley and Vetis headed for The Hellhound, likely to move her closer to The Loki.

"Gabriel, does Dean know about us?" Sam asked, and Gabriel grinned.

"Sorry kiddo."

"It's fine." Sam shrugged, and flinched. "You can fill me in when I'm not bleeding all over you."

Gabriel nodded. "Let's get you patched up." He smirked. "I need to kiss you senseless."

Sam grinned back. "Sounds like a plan to me."

"Val! Luke! Can you leave your clothes on?" Matt yelled, standing on The Loki already.

Sam glanced at Gabriel. "About The Hellhound…"

"Fix you first, fill you in second."

Sam nodded. "Deal."

"You're just jealous Matt!"

"What am I jealous of?"

"This!"

"Whoa! Val, when did you get that many muscles?"

"Luke! Give me my shirt back!"

"What, he should be jealous."

Sam and Gabriel started laughing, as they made their way to the ship.

Dean and Castiel, helping Balthazar, both glanced back to grin at them.

"Sam?"

"Hmmm…" he looked down at Gabriel, who shifted his weight.

"Never do this again, okay?" he asked. "I was really worried about you."

Sam nodded. "I wasn't planning on doing this the first time."

Gabriel gave him a small smile. "I got that in your letters."

"You got those?"

"Yes." Gabriel ran a hand through his hair. "It's a long story."

"Well you can tell me about it." Sam replied, heading for where Ellen was treating wounds.

Gabriel eyed Sam's back, and yes his ass. "I love you!"

"Love you too!"

Gabriel grinned, and almost raced over. It seriously was taking all his will to keep his hands off Sam. And not grab him and lock him in the captain's quarters make sure he was never taken again.

"Meow!" Rusty and Shady came bounding out, and wove through the excited crew, as Crowley and Vetis boarded the ship once more. Crowley made for Bobby, Harbringer perched on his shoulder.

Vetis just shook his head and struck up a conversation with Matt.

Gabriel stayed near Sam, his eyes roaming over Sam's stomach and chest when the other man had lifted his shirt so Ellen could bandage the wound.

Sam grinned at him, and Gabriel shrugged.

"Way to go Andy!" Matt shouted, and the crew thundered its approval, Andy looked down in embarrassment. Matt clapped him on the back, and Andy looked even more embarrassed.

Gabriel shook his head. "When do you think they'll figure it out?"

"Soon I hope." Sam replied. "It's ridiculous how they dance around each other."

Gabriel nodded in agreement.

"Matt! You bastard!" Luke shouted as Matt dumped a bucket of water over himself. All the blood on Matt washed off, onto the deck.

"I cleaned this deck you-" Luke was cut off, and Matt was saved from a likely painful demise by Val grabbing Luke and pulling him in for a kiss.

Gabriel roared with laughter, and Sam chimed in which made Gabriel laugh harder, glad to have Sam safe with him again. Soon the whole crew was laughing, although Gabriel fell silent when his gaze fell on The Cage.

He whistled loudly to settle the crew. "Let's sink The Cage."

The crew nodded, no matter if they were from Winchester Bay Colony, The Hellhound, The Loki, or even The Cage, as Balthazar clearly agreed.

"Balthazar, you have anything of value over there?" Gabriel asked his cousin,

"A few things yes." Balthazar answered. "I'll get my things and then you can blow her out of the water."

When Balthazar limped back, carrying his bag and hammock, they did just that.

The Cage and its crew slowly sank to Davy Jones locker, as the crew of both The Loki and The Hellhound slowly got back to work, sailing silently away from the ruins.

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Me: Relax that's not the end.

PB: Epilogue!

The Crew: Whew!

Me: * grins * Thirty chapters PB. Aren't you proud?

PB: Yes!

Casey: Are you crying?

PB: No! I was… cutting onions earlier!

Me: Right.

Matt: * pulls off shirt * I'd sooner believe if you told me I wasn't ripped.

Andy: * stares at Matt * Damn, Matt!

Sam: Would you two- * cut off by Gabe *

Gabe: * kisses him * Our love life first!