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The Mermaid

Chapter eleven

Grady leaned down and smiled at Sam.

"Looks like you're all alone buddy, your brother took off without you."

"You jerk we were only trying to help you. If you try to catch that thing it will kill you."

"Still trying to make me believe that bullshit aren't you? That so called thing is going to make me a lot of money and I'm not letting you or your brother steal her away from me."

"How many times must I tell you…" Sam said frustrated. "we don't want to steal her from you…That thing is evil and has to be destroyed before she kills more people."

Grady reached down and grabbed Sam's hair and pulled his head back.

"No one is killing my meal ticket." He pulled out a knife and put it at Sam's throat. "I should slit your throat right now and dump your body in the pond, get you out of the way once and for all. Then if your brother comes looking for you, I'll do the same to him."

Dean watched as Grady made a quick shallow cut across Sam's throat and knew he had to react, if he cut deeper he could kill him. He kicked open the closet door and immediately took down the two closest men to him. As Dean fought Sam struggled to free himself in order to help but the ropes were thick and wouldn't budge. Dean then took on the next three men including Grady, but Grady managed to crawl over to Sam's side and once more put the knife at his throat as he pulled his head back.

"Stop or I'll slit your brother's throat!"

Blood was already trickling down Sam's throat from the previous cut and Dean knew if Grady cut him again it could be fatal.

Dean grabbed one of Grady's men and hooked his arm around the man's neck.

"Get away from my brother or I'll snap his neck!" He said glaring at Grady.

"Go ahead…I can always get more friends, but you can't get another brother." Grady pressed the knife into the cut that was already there.

Sam's eyes met Dean's and he gave his head a slight shake when he saw that Dean was about to let the man go.

"Dean…no…." He knew once his brother released the man Grady would have both of them.

"Sorry Sammy." Dean said as he let the man go, he couldn't take the chance that Grady would really kill his brother. One of the men pulled out a gun and stood behind Dean whose attention was still on Grady. "Just leave me and my brother go, if you want the mermaid she's all yours. We'll leave and you'll never see us again."

"Dean!" Sam tried to shout a warning to his brother but he was too late. The man behind Dean brought the gun down hard against the back of Dean's head. He fell to his knees fighting to stay conscious but it was impossible. He heard his brother cry out for him again before he gave into the blackness.

Later

Dean dreamt he was out fishing on a lake in Michigan with his Dad and Sam. He could feel the water rising and falling and could feel the cool night air on his arms. He looked over at his Dad and smiled as he held up a large bass he had just caught. His Dad smiled back proud of him, but then his image slowly started to fade.

"Dad!" Dean watched as his Dad faded completely away. He looked over at Sam who looked back at him sadly. Then he watched in horror as Sam too faded away and he was left alone in the boat. "Sammy! Dad!" He started to panic as he looked out over the lake not knowing where his family had gone. "Sammy!" He cried out into the darkness.

"Dean….Dean wake up…" Sam nudged his unconscious brother when he heard him call out.

"Sam?"

"Yeah."

Dean fought his way out of the blackness. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was Sam's worried face. He then saw the bruises on his brother's face and it all came back to him. He tried to sit up but realized his hands were tied behind his back, his ankles were also tied. He was still a little dazed as he pushed himself up onto a seat across from Sam and realized they were in a boat. It was then he saw Grady and two of his men sitting across from him.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" He asked them as he struggled to free himself. His heart pounded in his chest as he looked over at the outcropping of rocks wondering what Grady was up to.

Grady smiled at him.

"We decided we were doing everything wrong. What we needed was a little bait to catch the girl."

Without another word Grady's men reached over and pushed Sam into the water. With his hands tied behind his back and his feet also tied, Sam struggled to keep his head above water. He tried to force himself not to panic; he knew if he did it would only make it worse and he needed to relax in order to keep his head above the water.

"You son of a bitch!" Dean kicked out at Grady who easily avoided him.

"Don't worry; if we don't catch her by using your brother, you're next.

TBC