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The Mermaid

Chapter thirteen

"Sammy! Don't you go leaving me Sam! Don't you do that!" Dean screamed into his brother's lifeless face.

His heart pounded in his chest as tears continued rolling down his face. They had been through so much together and he couldn't believe this was how it was going to end. He tried to get the thought out of his mind…No, it wasn't going to end here. If he had any say in it Sam was going to die an old man in his bed years from now. He once more blew air into his brother's lungs.

"Damn it Sammy breathe! I know you're still in there! Breathe!"

Dean tried pressing on Sam's chest trying to restart his heart but floating in the water made it almost impossible to get the pressure he needed. He had to get his brother to shore. He grabbed Sam and began swimming with him toward the shoreline. He ignored the screams from Grady and his men, right now his only concern was his brother.

He pulled Sam's limp body up onto the shoreline then rolled him over to his side and cut his ropes away. He then laid Sam flat on his back and gave him two sharp blows to his heart. He then began CPR, alternating breathing for him with chest compressions.

Finally, in what seemed like hours but was actually only minutes, Sam began to cough up water. Dean rolled him onto his side and patted him on the back.

"Get it up Sammy…just get it up." Dean sat back exhausted but thankful that his brother was still alive.

"Ohhhhhh man…" Sam moaned as he continued throwing up water.

Dean pulled Sam up to a sitting position which would make it easier for him to breathe then sat behind him letting Sam lean back on him for support.

"Take it easy, just take it easy…I got ya." Dean said as he rubbed his brother's back.

Minutes later Sam was finally able to catch his breath and began breathing easier.

"What happened?...Did you get her?" He finally managed to get out between breaths.

"No, she got away."

"What about Grady?...What about those other men?"

"She took them all under Sam…there was nothing I could do."

"She killed all of them?" Sam looked out over the pond and could see the upturned boat floating on the now quiet pond.

"Looks that way."

"Well I guess Grady found out she wasn't what she seemed. … poor guy…"Even though the man had tried to use him for bait Sam felt bad that he had died. He knew Grady had no idea what he had been dealing with.

His brother wasn't so forgiving.

"That bastard almost got you killed Sam! He deserves what he got." Dean remembered watching his brother go overboard with his hands tied behind his back. The son of a bitch had almost killed his brother, no; he had no sympathy for Grady or his men.

"Dean, he didn't know…He was a jerk, sure, but I think he honestly thought that he could capture her and show her. He thought we were trying to steal her from him, he obviously had no idea what he was dealing with."

"I'm not going to sit here arguing with you about Grady. We need to get you back to the motel so you can rest."

"I'm fine Dean."

"You're not fine Sam…you swallowed half the pond. You need to take it easy for a day or two, give your lungs time to dry out a little."

Sam gave a small smile and looked down shaking his head. When was Dean going to stop thinking that he always had to take care of him?…Probably never he thought.

"What about Grady and his buddies?"

"What about them?"

"Well we can't just let them in there without telling anyone."

"They're gone Sam…there's nothing we can do for them. When you're feeling better we need to get back here and end that thing, but for now you need to rest. Besides, if we call the cops now they'll tape off the whole area and we'll never be able to get to her."

"But what if they're still alive? What if we can still help them?"

Dean looked out over the now eerily quiet pond and could see no signs of life, only the overturned boat floating alone in the tranquil water. He knew the mermaid had drug Grady and her men deep into the water and by now they were either dead or dying, even if he tried to help them it would be almost impossible to find any of them in time.

"They're gone Sam, there's nothing we can do." Dean was surprised that he felt a little guilty for not even trying to help the men. They had almost killed his brother but like Sam had said they didn't know what they were dealing with. But Dean knew there was really nothing he could have done, it was either them or his brother, and he knew Sam would always come out on top.

"Let's get out of here." Dean stood up then reached down and helped his brother up. Sam swayed a little, still feeling the affects of the near drowning, and fell against Dean.

"I got ya…" Dean said as he put his brother's arm around his shoulder and helped him to the street. They would have to either walk or hitch a ride back to their car, but at least they were both alive and would deal with the mermaid later.

TBC