A week later, Eliot and Sam's routine of waking up early to meet each other was pretty normal. Sometimes, some of the others would show up and hang out with them. Sometimes it was just the two of them. But today everyone was there.

Sophie and Nate were set out on towels, soaking in the sun. Parker and Dean had managed to get Hardison's nose out of his computer and they were playing ultimate Frisbee. Sam was swimming in the water around Eliot as he skipped stones and they talked. He was anxious to get Sam back to his human form. This had been the longest that they had been without being together at night. The minute he was back to normal, he was going to throw him onto the bed and…

Smack!

The Frisbee smacked Sam in the chest as he swam around. Eliot glared at Hardison, who was trying to hide behind Dean and Parker so he wouldn't hit him. Sam grabbed Eliot's hand and pulled him into the water with him. Once Eliot realized what had happened, he started to laugh. Sam gave a thumbs up to Hardison while Eliot climbed back onto the shore. He couldn't stand the water. It was too cold for him and he had chased a group through the cold mountains of Alaska for almost three months.

"Chicken." Sam laughed as he pulled himself up to kiss Eliot. Eliot smiled and kissed him back.

"There he is." Ursula said sadly as she watched Eliot and Sam kiss. She watched as Nate and Sophie set in folding chairs, talking. And Dean, Parker, and Hardison still throwing around the Frisbee. Parker and Dean were showing moves like they were pros.

"Good." Eric said as he eyed Sam. "Green tail. Just like Arial. The better ones always have green tails." He walked forward to the group.

Sam and Eliot were smiling at each other and looking like a teenage couple when someone new walked into their party. Sam got a tingle down his back.

"Thank you so much for taking care of him." Eric said as he walked down the beach towards the water. "Mermaids are so hard to find." Eliot stood up, blocking Sam from Eric's view. "Um, excuse me cowboy, but you're blocking my view of new servant."

"Who are you?" Eliot asked, refusing to move. By now, everyone was looking at Eric. If he was here to hurt Sam, they were all ready to attack. Eric looked around at everyone standing there.

"Nice family you got here." He said. "Kinda small but that's cool."

"Who. Are. You." Eliot said less then nicely. Eric looked back at him.

"You are a pushy one." Eric said. "I am the master of all supernatural water creatures. Like my creations and slaves, you may call me Eric, for my real name could not be said by you mere mortals."

"Ok well, you can just walk your ass right out of here." Dean said. Eric looked at him. By now, Ursula had walked out to where the action was. Sophie noticed her.

"I'm not leaving without my mermaid." Eric hissed. Eliot stepped forward.

"Over my dead body." He said. Eric smiled.

"That can be arranged."

Suddenly, Eliot was flying through the air to towards a rock wall. Sam watched, terrified.

"Eliot!" Sam screamed as he made contact with the rocks. He slid down to lay on the ground. His back was scraped up. "No! Eliot!"

"Get out of here Sammy!" Dean yelled as he went to help Eliot. He got Eliot up to his knees. "Swim away!" Sam dove under the water and started to swim away. Eric growled loudly at seeing Sam getting away.

"You!" He yelled, pointing at Dean, who was knelt by Eliot. "I'm going to gut you like a fish!" He charged at Dean, but Ursula jumped onto his back and clawed at him. He thrashed around, trying to get her off of him. He was determined to kill all of them.

Hardison went to help Dean with Eliot while Parker helped Ursula with Eric. He tossed Parker, who landed at Sophie's feet. Nate went to help Ursula, throwing punches where he could. Sophie helped Parker to her feet.

"Are you ok?" She asked as she helped her dust the sand off of her.

"Yea, I'll be fine." Parker said. She ran back to help Ursula and Nate. Finally, Eric got away from all three of them.

"I'm not finished with you." He hissed at Ursula, who was sitting on the ground, nursing her bruised cheek. "I'm not done with any of you!" He quickly vanished into a whirlwind of sand and ocean mist. Eliot was sitting up and looking for Sam.

"Where is he?" He asked.

"Swam away. He's safe for now." Dean told him. He looked over at Ursula, sitting there with Parker, Nate, and Sophie. Hardison and Eliot looked over too.

"You gonna explain to us what's going on?" Hardison asked her. Ursula looked over at them and slowly nodded.

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