A very special thank you for husband who had to read my horrible typos, bad grammar and confusing sentences, this story would be unreadable without his help. Also thank you also to Shalot for her help beta reading some of the chapters. Thank you to my chapter thirteen reviewers my guest reviewers Kay Winchester and Anny and reviewers SPN Mum, Murphy9202, Baltimoron48 and Dirtdevil76. This is the final chapter and it's longer than I thought it would be, but I had a lot to say, I hope you like it:)
Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural that would be Eric Kripke. This is a work of fiction so any resemblance to real people is accidental.
The morning light flashed off the ship as it glided through the deep blue ocean towards Florida. Inside the ship Sam and Dean laid on the comfortable mattress covered by soft sheets in a peaceful sleep. Suddenly the public announcement system came on filling the room with a static buzz. Dean jerked awake instinctively reaching under his pillow for the gun he normally kept there. When he encountered only air he realized where he was. He looked over at Sam who also was jerked awake standing next to his bed in a defensive stance. The boys looked at each other as words started coming through into their cabin. Dean flipped on the light in their cabin. They both groaned as the bright light hurt their tired eyes.
"Welcome to Royal Caribbean's punishment. I'm sorry you will have to die today, but this evil corporation must be stopped." At the end of the statement there was a moment of silence before people started screaming in panic. Doors opened and slammed shut and cruisers attempted to leave the ship.
PA system continued on "You cannot leave, I won't allow it. I'm in control now. Royal Caribbean took my brother's life and now I'll take all of yours so no one will ever cruise this line again."
With that a ghostly howl came over the airwaves. Then clearly echoing over the PA system were the words. "¿dónde está mi hijo" and all the power on the ship went off line. The cabin was plunged into darkness as the ship came to a dead stop.
"Sonofabitch." Dean yelled as he reached down for the duffel bag and the gold coin tucked in the tiny swim trunks. He felt the cold metal against his hand. "The coin is still here. How is he controlling the ghost?" Dean asked, squinting his eyes at his brother through the darkness.
Sam was silent for a minute thinking, before giving a disgusted sigh "he tricked us again, he dropped the coin so we would think he was using it to control the ghost. But it's not the right object."
"So what, he's going to use the ghost to sink this ship?" Dean said.
"That appears to be the case and now we have a crazed maniac, a vengeful spirit and over six thousand panicked people trying to escape a doomed ship." Sam said gesturing to the door where screams could still be heard.
"Awesome." Dean said rolling his eyes as he blindly started putting on clothes. "Man I need to pee. The least he could've done was let us pee first." Dean said staggering through the cabin. As he passed Sam's bed, his arm was grabbed and Sam pressed a flashlight into his hand.
"Thanks bro." Dean grunted in relief as he headed to the bathroom.
Sam got up and started dressing; he was trying to place the man's accent, when his thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. He answered the door to see passengers still bumbling around in the dark terrified of the mysterious man who threatened their lives. When Sam's eyes landed on Andro and Mirko standing at his door it dawned on him where he knew the accent from. "Croatian, he's Croatian." Sam said opening the door wider to let in Mirko and Andro.
"Good ear. Unfortunately he is one of my countrymen." Mirko replied sadly.
Dean came out of the bathroom.
"So the security guard is Croatian." Dean replied having heard from the bathroom.
"He's a security guard?" Andro questioned.
"Yup. Do you know a security guard that was 'wronged' by Royal Caribbean?" Dean asked figuring Andro being a crew member might have the answers they needed.
Sure enough his face got sadder as he explained, "Yes it's Alasd, his brother Srecko fell over board and died about a year ago. The cruise line insisted they had a witness that saw Srecko jump. But Srecko was part of the maintenance crew and he was wearing a life vest but was not attached to the safety harness. The safety harnesses were always broken and after Srecko's death they were all replaced. Srecko's neck was broken when he smacked into the side of the ship so the life jacket didn't help him. Since Srecko 'Jumped' it was deemed a suicide and the cruise line never paid on his life insurance policy. Alasd's family fought in court but lost. He always blamed Royal Caribbean for claiming his brother jumped. No one knows the truth."
Both Sam and Dean looked at each. "Yup, that would do it. Now the question is how do we find Alasd and what the hell is he using to control the ghost?" Dean said in complete frustration. Alasd really had them chasing their tails for six damn days and that had to stop now or else everyone on the ship was in danger.
"That's not the worst." Mirko said.
Dean rubbed his tired eyes, "Okay, what else?"
"I normally take a morning walk on the outdoor jogging track before I start my workout. None of the doors leading out on deck will open. We are all trapped inside the ship with no way to get to the life boats."
"Awesome, that's just awesome." Dean said slamming his hand into the wall.
"Alasd did give us an advantage." Sam said surprising his brother.
"What advantage did he give us?" Dean asked confused watching Sam dig through their bags. As far as he could see they were pretty screwed. Alasd could be anywhere on the ship.
Sam pulled the EMF meters out of the bag and smiled in triumph. "He turned off the power."
Dean cracked a huge smile, "Dude you're freakin brilliant. We have two EMF meters. Mirko and I can check port and Andro and Sam can check starboard. We'll start on Deck two. I mean if you guys want to help. This is going to be dangerous." He warned.
"More dangerous than waiting for a pissed off Croatian to sink the ship?" Mirko smirked.
"Good point." Dean laughed.
"Andro has some two way radios so we can communicate." Mirko said.
"Problem, we only have one flashlight." Sam explained to which Andro held up the flashlight he and Mirko had used to get to the boy's cabin. Sam grabbed it out of his hand and headed for the bathroom.
"Sure Sam we'll just wait here I'm sure there's plenty of time." Dean said sarcastically.
"Hey some thing's have priority. Unless piss now repels ghosts, its best I take care of this now." Sam snapped back. "Jerk."
"Just move your ass, Bitch." Dean replied with a smile. Despite the dire situation Mirko and Andro couldn't help laughing at the boy's banter.
The original plan had been to start at deck two, but the hallways were so crammed with people it was difficult for the hunters to search the darkened hallways. Cruise staff had prepared for a terrorist attack, but not on a ship without any power. Dean was waiting for the other shoe to drop as he struggled through the crowded ship. Finally as he entered the elevator and stairwell area did he hear the inevitable thud. There were people trapped in the glass elevators stuck between floors when the power went off. All of a sudden Dean heard a Spanish phrase he had come to know so well. "¿dónde está mi hijo" shouted through the PA system and the ship began to rock back and forth.
The people trapped in the glass elevator were being thrown around like ping pong balls. Panicked cruisers were trampling each other in an attempt to get to safety. A mother holding her four year old son's hand lost contact as she was pushed to the ground. Dean leaped through the crowd grabbing the boy and using his body as a shield to protect the toddler. Mirko parted the crowd helping the fallen woman back up. Finally the ship stopped and all that could be heard was the weeping of the petrified people around him. Dean was afraid to look at the trapped people in the elevators. They had no protection in there and he knew they had to get them out.
"Jeffery! Where are you." Fallen woman was shouting in a quavering voice looking for her son.
"Mommy, I'm scared." Came the reply from the frightened boy. Dean picked him up and brought him back to his mother.
"Thank you I thought he was going to be killed." She said hugging her son tight to her chest. "We were trying to get to the life boats." She explained. Mirko shook his head sadly behind her.
"Listen to me, the best thing you can do right now is to go back to your cabin and wait for an announcement." Dean explained. "They aren't loading any life boats at this time."
"I heard the doors are all locked." A man in the crowd yelled overhearing Dean's reply to the lady.
Andro and Sam arrived; since Andro was wearing his uniform he thought it was best he address the crowd. "Yes sir that is correct, this is part of the protocol in this type of situation. Right now the crew is organizing for an evacuation on the outer decks. We don't want a panic. It is best you good back to your cabins. We will make announcements through the PA system." Most people accepted this to be true.
Andro used his two way radios to organizing other crew members to guide the panicked passengers back into their cabins. After the panic caused by the rocking ship, the passengers were more than happy to trust the situation was under control. It was an illusion, but in the long run it was best they believed the fantasy.
Now in addition to the other problems, the cruise staff needed to address the passengers trapped in the elevators. There was even crew members struck in service elevators. Luckily since those areas were not crowded the trapped crew members were easily guided safely out. Andro called the maintenance crew and harnesses were lowered down to pull the cruise passengers out of the glass elevators. The boys entrusted Andro and Mirko to organize this effort. It turned out Mirko's military training made him efficient and calm in a crisis situation.
An hour or so later the hallways were cleared of passengers and the people in the elevators were being rescued. They were upset, covered in bruises and cuts but were mostly okay. The worst so far was a man who broke his arm and nose being pushed into the glass elevator wall.
Finally Sam and Dean started searching for the ghost on Deck two. Since it was two instead of four the boys decided to stick together. For two hours they searched the dark hallways of decks two through nine; the EMF meters remained stubbornly silent. Sam had a white knuckled grip on his walking stick, the other grasped the flashlight that was only shooting light in a two foot circle. Both of Sam's hands were occupied with the flashlight, EMF meter and the walking stick. If the ghost attacked he wouldn't have a free hand to fight.
The worst part of a hunt was waiting and not knowing when the next attack would happen. Started down the hallway on deck ten as they passed cabin 1320 the door opened and Dean and Sam were greeted by Sheila and Mindy. However, this time the girls were dressed in jeans, hiking boots, and plain t-shirts. Sheila had a determined look in her eyes that Sam didn't like.
"You gals should stay in your cabin. If the ghost rocks the ship again you could be hurt." Sam said speaking directly to Sheila who was shaking her head no.
"We 'gals' are in as much danger as you. This security guard asshole intends on sinking this ship. We can help you find him." Sheila said stubbornly.
"Look, I understand, but we can't protect you and hunt this ghost." Dean injected.
To which Mindy replied, "We're from New York. We know how to protect ourselves."
"Sweetheart, this is different than a mugger on the subway. This ghost will try and kill you." Dean emphatically explained.
"We know that. Both Mindy and I are prepared for the ghost." Sheila showed him her iron knife and Mindy waved an extra-large container of salt. Seeing the girls were dug in Sam tried once more to discourage them from the hunt.
"There's a real flesh and blood man out there and we have to stop him by any means necessary. That's going to get messy quick. Are you sure that's something you want to see?" Sam asked appealing to Mindy this time sensing she was the weak link.
"This man has threatened the lives of everyone person on this ship. He needs to be stopped through any means possible. There's innocent men, women and children on this ship that need to be protected. Sheila and I want to help you do that." Mindy stated with conviction. Well much for Mindy being the weak link. Sam looked over at Dean who was smiling at the feisty red head. He caught Sam's look, shrugged his shoulders and at that point Sam knew the battle was lost.
"Okay, you can come with us, but if there's trouble you'll do whatever we ask even if you don't want to." Sam explained. Both ladies nodded.
"Okay Mindy you're with me. Sheila you're with Sam on the starboard side of the ship." Dean explained feeling pressure to stop fooling around and find Alasd before he had the ghost attack again.
Mindy tried not to show just how scared she was, this whole ghost thing was new to her. The other three had experience but she had no idea what to expect. The thing was she couldn't back down. Sure she might die but could she really live with herself knowing she did nothing to help?
Mindy took the EMF meter from Dean; as he leaned in close to show her how to operate it she could feel the heat from his body. His scent was a divine mix of salt water, leather, and his natural musk with a slight vanilla undertone. Mindy wondered if that was from all the pie he ate. She was having a hard time listening to what he was saying while his beautiful lips were moving. She kept wondering if they were as soft and they seemed. She forced her eyes off his lips and onto the meter so she wouldn't miss an important fact. She was a forty something year old woman. Why the heck was she acting like an inexperienced fourteen year old girl with this man?
Dean didn't notice Mindy's struggles since he was concentrating on the hunt. Even though he was worried about her safety it was still good to have her along; four hands after all were better than two. He was getting tense as hell waiting for the next attack. But all through deck ten nothing happened, the EMF meter was silent and the ghost hadn't attacked again. What was Alasd waiting for? When they met up with Sam and Sheila, he was hoping for news; news of any kind would do. But Sam just shook his head so as they made their way to deck eleven.
Shortly after reaching deck eleven they heard a loud speaker from a coast guard ship. Since the large cruise ship had no power it had no radio or radar to communicate with the Coast Guard. How the coast guard knew the ship was in distress was mystery to the boys. "This is Coast Guard Commanding Officer Massarelli of the USCGC Confidence. We are acting under the authority of the United States of America's homeland security. Freedom of the Seas, you are not responding to radio contact. Please send the captain out on deck so we can get a status report on the ship."
"Oh crap, this isn't good." Sam said as Rose appeared before the group.
She hesitated looking at Sheila and Mindy then noticed the ladies holding EMF meters. She looked at the boys and said, "Well, it appears we still have a ghost problem on this ship."
The guilt Dean had been holding at bay all day came rushing back as he replied, "Yeah, he wasn't attached to the figurehead like we thought."
Both boys held their breaths waiting for Rose to unload on them, but instead she nodded and said, "Shit happens. We'll just have to find the real cursed object this time."
Dean rubbed a weary hand over the bridge of his nose, why did every woman on board sudden think they were hunters? "No offense Rose but this is dangerous and we don't want you to get hurt." Sam answered as Dean nodded his head in agreement.
"You boys need me. You can't get outside without me." Rose smirked.
"Wait, you can get through the doors?" Dean asked excited. Maybe they could get the passengers into life boats and to safety.
"Watch." Rose said and walked over to the glass doors leading to the pool area. She removed her Pink Himalayan salt pendant and held it to the doors. There was an unearthly howl, and then the doors slid open.
They made their way into the pool deck with Sam and Dean smiling. "We can use your necklace to get the passengers to the life boats." Sam said mirroring Dean's thoughts.
Just then the EMF meters started going crazy and they heard the dreaded words, "¿dónde está mi hijo." The ghost manifested itself three feet in front of the ragtag group. Mindy clutched her salt and moved closer to Dean, who faced off against the ghost and said "Why don't you learn another song? We already heard that one."
Sam's eyes searched the surrounding areas for Alasd, while Sheila took up a defensive fighting position, her iron knife in her right hand. Most surprising was Rose who took a protective stance in front of the group with the pendant dangling from her hand. Suddenly, a powerful gust of wind tossed Dean into Rose causing her to drop the precious pendant, followed immediately by another; scattering the group as they rolled like bowling pins away from the pendant.
"Damn it." Rose exclaimed struggling to get back to her feet as the wind pressed down on her.
Alasd reached down and picked up the pendant. "I thought the rumors about you being a witch were wrong. Where did you get this little gem?" Alasd said studying the necklace before carelessly tossing it into the pool. Dean started towards the security guard but as he got closer Alasd started to chant. "deus of silenti etc Morana, redimio thee volo!"
The ghost's power increased, the lights that had been dead began to flicker on and off. The ship started to rock knocking the group back to the ground. Alasd was unaffected by the ship's movement. Sam used his body to protect Sheila as the lounge chairs skidded into them. Rose was thrown to Alasd's feet. Mindy's head hit hard against the side of the ship knocking her unconscious. Dean grabbed onto a column to stop himself from crashing into the unconscious Mindy. They heard the ship groan as the metal was forced to flex with the motion of the rocking ship. Inside the ship they could hear the terrorized shrieks of the traumatized passengers.
Then, as suddenly as it started, the rocking stopped and an eerie quiet settled on the deck. Dean checked on Mindy who was starting to wake up with a large knot forming on the back of her head. Alasd grabbed ahold of Rose as the ghost of Don Antonio de Echeverez floated by his side.
"Beautiful Rose. Why do you try to stop me from what I must do? They killed Srecko. His death destroyed my parents. My mother went crazy and hasn't talked since his death. My father is heartbroken. Yet Royal Caribbean continues on as though our suffering means nothing. They killed my brother!" The anguish apparent in his voice.
"Please. You can stop this. Let these innocent people go." Rose pleaded.
During this exchange Sheila leaned into Sam, whispering in his ear. "Look around his neck. That's Maria's locket; he's using it to control the ghost." Sam's eyes locked onto Alasd neck where the golden locket gleamed in the bright sunlight; a large M clearly visible on the front.
"I'm sorry Rose. These people have to be sacrificed for the greater good." Alasd said with regret lacing his voice.
The coast guard could be heard once more throughout the ship. "Freedom of the Seas you have not responded; prepare to be boarded." Commanding Officer Massarelli said.
Alasd's eyes took on a crazed glint. "Time grows short. I called the Coast Guard here to witness my final act, so the world will know the truth."
Sam reacted on instinct throwing his body into Alasd and tackling him to the ground. He pulled on the heavy gold chain trying to remove it from Alasd's neck but the sturdy gold chain refused to snap. Dean was on his feet in an instant as Don Antonio de Echeverez rushed at the fighting men. Seeing the walking stick in Dean's hand, Don Antonio started tossing liquor bottles from the pool bar at his head. Dean ducked the flying bottles trying to edge close enough to hit the spirit with his iron eagle.
During the fight between Alasd and Sam the locket flipped open and a beautiful golden wedding ring fell out and rolled to Dean's feet. He picked it up and heard Rose's shout of, "over here." He tossed her the ring as a bottle whizzed inches from his nose. She picked it up and saw the name 'Maria' engraved in old world script. Rose closed her eyes and repeated the chant she had heard Alasd invoke. "deus of silenti etc Morana, redimio thee volo!"
A flash of pure white light enveloped the deck; the light was accompanied by pure love so powerful it was felt throughout the ship. Later the passengers would try and explain the amazing feeling but could never fully describe the utter peace they felt in that moment.
Don Antonio de Echeverez stopped and stared as the light turned into a beautiful woman with flowing dark hair. "mi corazón te he echado de menos. ven conmigo" She said to Don Antonio holding out her hand to him.
He sadly shook his head and replied. "Tengo que encontrar a nuestro hijo."
"Antonio está conmigo." Maria replied as another ghost started to form. This ghost looked to be a younger version of Don Antonio. The main difference was his brown eyes held warmth instead of the pain that was behind Don Antonio's eyes. Antonio held his hand out to his father.
"Mi hijo." Don Antonio said as he reached out and took hold of his wife and son. The three ghosts disappeared from view in a flash of white light, allowing the ship's power to come back on.
Sam held onto Alasd who gave up the fight completely once he saw the ghosts were gone. His head was down in defeat as tears filled his eyes. Sam had no idea what to do with him now. Dean's radio crackled to life and Mirko's voice was heard. "What the hell happened?" asked the tinny voice through the radio.
Dean had an idea, "Come up to deck eleven, we need your help."
Sheila turned to Rose who was still holding Maria's wedding band. "You were amazing. How did you know to call for Maria?"
Rose blushed, but happily explained. "I saw the engraving and remembered Alasd's chant so I was hoping it would work to call Maria."
Mindy walked over smiling as she rubbed the back of her head. "Smart. Sorry about your necklace." All eyes went to the ruined necklace at the bottom of the pool.
"Yeah, I'm guessing the water wasn't too good for it. I hope my nana can get me another one." Rose said as Mirko and Andro entered the deck.
"You stopped Alasd." Andro said looking at Sam.
"Not me. Rose deserves the credit." Sam said which caused Mirko to give Rose an appraising look and clearly he liked what he saw.
Dean interrupted speaking to Mirko, "Since you're a part of the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit I was hoping you could take Alasd into custody."
Mirko said with a wink in his voice, "Since this 'terrorist attack' happened in international waters and Alasd's a Croatian citizen I should be able to speak with the Coast Guard and take jurisdiction on behalf of my country."
"Great. We would prefer to avoid the Coast Guard." Dean said to which Sam nodded in agreement.
"Understood. Come along Alasd; time to go home." Andro lead the way down to the brig where Alasd would remain for the rest of the cruise. Mirko wrapped his arm around Rose's shoulders and was smiling at her as they went to speak with the Coast Guard. She smiled back leaning into the handsome Croatian's body.
"Man, I'm starving! I wonder if they're serving lunch yet." Dean asked as Sam rolled his eyes and put his arm around Sheila's shoulders. "Two." Dean replied at the eye roll.
"Jerk." Sam replied.
To which Dean quickly followed with "bitch." Mindy laughed as they headed inside.
Sheila offered to help Sam pack while Dean and Mindy got lunch. Mindy knew what 'packing' meant and winked to her friend as she followed Dean into the Jade Restaurant watching his firm ass as he walked.
Sam opened the door to the cabin allowing Sheila to enter first. The cabin was in chaos, but they didn't notice as Sheila grabbed an unresisting Sam and laid a passionate kiss on his lips which he eagerly returned. Lust took hold as Sam's hands went to Sheila's firm ass easily lifting her and pulling her closer. She wrapped her long legs around his waist as he walked across the room avoiding the scattered clothes; neither of them wanting to break the kiss. Sheila was working on the buttons of his shirt and soon it dropped to the floor just as Sam reached the bed sitting down with Sheila straddling his hips. As they broke apart for air, Sheila moved to Sam's ear, lightly blowing at first then allowing her tongue to gently caress the outer edge, she eventually found and nibbled on his earlobe. Sam shuddered as she then began to kiss and suck on his neck working her way down to his muscular chest. He couldn't control the moan that escaped his lips as she sucked on his nipple. His hands made their way under her shirt to work on the hooks of her bra. To his frustration he couldn't find the annoying little hooks. Sheila husked into his ear, "It hooks in the front."
Meanwhile, back on deck eleven the staff had been cleared to return to their duties and was bringing out different lunch items to Dean's great relief. Mindy ate her normal salad and watched in astonishment as Dean tore his way through a burger, hot dog and fries. "What? I missed breakfast and this is really good. I don't know how you can eat that rabbit food." he defended seeing the look on her face.
"No, it's fine; I'm just jealous you can eat all that and still be in such good shape. By the way, I fucking hate salads, but when your old ass reaches a certain age food like that just collects right on your hips." Mindy said eyeballing his fries with envy.
Dean smiled at her honesty, "Come on. One little fry isn't gonna hurt you." He said waving a fry by her mouth. She grinned back and decided to have a little fun of her own so instead of biting the fry she sucked the fry out of his fingers licking the grains of salt off his pinky.
"Delicious." Mindy said entertained at his surprised look. He quickly grabbed another fry and held it up for her. She laughed and went back to eating her salad as if nothing happened. But she did notice he was watching her lips as she ate.
Althea came by their table dropping off a slice of Apple pie a la mode for Dean and thanking him for saving their lives. She had heard the whole story from Rose. "Really it's Rose who you should be thanking. She was amazing."
Mindy watched as he rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment, he was so cute when he got flustered.
Dean gave Althea the hug that she requested. Since it was the last day of the cruise she doubted she would see him again. The man had protected her and Daevon, she would be grateful to him and she told him as much. Then she left him to enjoy his pie and female company.
He saw the look Mindy was giving the flaky confection. He gave her a questioning look and asked. "Do you wanna bite my pie?" He said wiggling his eyebrows at her.
"I would just love to taste your pie." She replied as he licked a drop of ice cream from the corner of his red lips. He got a nice mix of pie and ice cream on his fork held it to her mouth.
She moaned in pleasure at the enchanting taste of apples, cinnamon and light flaky crust. "Damn that's delicious." Mindy remarked as Dean prepared her another forkful. Her hand had made its way under the table to Dean's thigh as they enjoyed the dessert.
"You ever see an owner's suite?" Mindy asked sliding her hand farther up his leg.
"Nope, can't say I have." Dean replied with a seductive smile.
To which Mindy returned, "Shall we head to my cabin?"
"Best idea I've heard all cruise." Dean replied. They had to use the stairs since the elevators were all out of order until the maintenance crew could confirm they were working safely.
Mindy opened the cabin door and Dean was wowed by the cabin. As she let the door close behind her, she removed her top and bra. Dean smiled and couldn't help remarking in surprise, "They're real."
"You bet your sweet ass they are." Mindy said as she approached him wrapping her arms around his neck and savoring a sweet apple kiss from those supple lips.
Both boys were pretty worn out around dinner time. However, they didn't want to miss the last dining room meal. Sheila went to her room to prepare for dinner, passing Dean in the hallway as he left the girl's room. When he got back the cabin was still in disarray and Sam was enjoying a long hot shower.
There was a knock on the door which Dean opened to reveal Melinda. She handed him the tipping envelopes along with a card with suggested tipping guidelines, also the required forms to pass through customs, and cruise survey forms. "You'll have to leave the cabin at 7AM tomorrow and put all your bags out tonight for pick up. Be sure to keep out clothes for tomorrow morning. One poor guy forgot and had to leave the ship in only a towel. We charged him $20 for that towel." Melinda explained.
Dean got a devious look in his eye. "That's interesting. You might want to stop by this cabin at about 7AM tomorrow and bring friends." He said with a wink making Melinda laugh. She knew he wanted revenge on Sam for the snake cake. She was really going to miss these boys, they were entertaining as hell.
"Will do." Melinda said with a smile.
Dean packed things up while Sam finished his shower, being sure to leave out a set of clothes for the morning. Sam completed the customs forms and got cash from the casino for the tipping envelopes while Dean took his shower.
The boys arrived at the dining room as the doors opened and were glad to notice everyone was back at the table, including a happy Waldo and Trudy.
"Man, that was some excitement today. I can't believe that guy took out the power. What a nut job." Austin expressed.
To which Sandy said, "I heard it was a ghost. Did you hear that eerie voice asking for his son in Spanish?"
Austin scoffed, "There's no such thing as ghosts."
Kayla looked at him in surprise, "This from the man who believes in aliens."
"Well that makes sense, look how big the universe is. Believing in ghosts is silly. Come on guys back me up." He said looking over to Sam and Dean who suddenly looked very uncomfortable.
When they didn't respond, "Oh my god I'm surrounded. Okay Waldo you got my back right."
Waldo gave him a serious look trying not to laugh, "Sorry pal you're on your own with this. The older I get the more I understand there is so much that I don't know and can't explain. I firmly believe that man's voice was a ghostly one. It sure sounded ghostly to me."
Everyone agreed and Austin remained the odd man out so he gave up the fight. After dinner they said their goodbyes to each other. Sandy, June, Trudy and Kayla insisted on hugs from the boys. Dean gave Nelda her envelope kissing her hand and thanking her for the marvelous service all week.
As the boys were walking through the ship they passed the picture area. Dean saw their 007 drunken pictures from the first formal night. He elbowed Sam and they both laughed out loud at the Charlie's angel shot which came out perfectly. Dean couldn't leave it behind. He had to buy it to remember their first cruise experience.
"Sheila was hoping we'd meet them up on deck fourteen at Olive and Twist for Martinis." Sam said giving Dean his best puppy dog stare. Which was not needed since Dean was looking forward to spending more time with the feisty Mindy.
They arrived to find the ladies drinking two for one cosmos. When they approached, Sheila got up and planted a kiss on Sam's lips. Mindy patted the empty chair next to her for Dean.
"Hey, baby how was your dinner." Mindy asked. "I had the fish again. That sucks also as much as salad." She complained to which Dean laughed.
"I had the braised short ribs and garlic mashed potatoes. They were so rich and creamy." Dean teased laughing at Mindy's sour look.
"Just for that you have to dance with me." Mindy said as the live band started playing the Frank Sinatra song 'The Way You Look Tonight.' Dean held her close as they swayed to the music.
Sheila finished her drink; she and Sam took a walk on the outside deck. There was a full moon and for the first time Sam wasn't worried about werewolf attacks, instead he was enjoying how Sheila's blonde hair glowed in the moonlight. Sam knew that tomorrow they would go their separate ways and he felt he should say something. Sheila noticed his distress and knew what was causing it.
"Sam, you're thinking too hard. I understand your life and that tomorrow you'll be gone. Don't worry about it. We have tonight. Let's live in this moment and not worry about tomorrow." Sheila said giving him a soft kiss.
Despite the fact that they were all exhausted, the four of them stayed at the Olive and Twist until 2AM not wanting the final night of the cruise to end. Finally they parted ways with the boys walking the ladies back to their cabin.
Dean set up a wake up call for 6AM to they could prepare to leave the ship. Sam's thoughts were about Sheila as he fell asleep for his last night in the comfortable bed.
6AM arrived in no time; Dean got an early start quickly moving through his morning routine. He had almost completed things before Sam could pry his tired eyes open. Dean emerged from the bathroom and said to Sam, "Come on sleeping beauty, we have to be out of the room by 7AM."
"Yeah yeah yeah, just let me get my shower and I'll meet you up at the buffet." Sam replied.
"Sounds like a plan." Sam stripped out of his clothes and jumped into the shower. Dean carefully opened the door and grabbed his clothes off the floor without him hearing a thing. Next Dean double checked the room to make certain that only one article of clothing reminded sitting on the bed looking ominous. He quickly left the room to see Melinda, Serena, and about ten other cruise staff hanging around their cabin. A grinning Dean gave them the thumbs up as he headed to the elevators that were now working.
Five minutes after Dean's hasty departure, the crowd outside cabin 7294 heard Sam exclaim, "Dean you asshole I'm going to kick your ass for this." They waited another ten minutes for the door to open and for Sam to peek his head out. He turned bright red when he saw the crowd gather around the cabin. Melinda decided to move things along. "I'm sorry Sam it's after 7AM I'm going to have to ask you to leave the cabin. We need to clean it." She didn't think it was possible but he turned a shade redder.
"Okay, I'm going." Sam said nervously. He came out of the room in the Royal Caribbean robe and Birkenstocks to which Melinda explained.
"Sorry Sam the robe has to stay." Really he could pay $150 for the robe, but she was dying to see what was under the robe. Plus the crew had a betting pool, Serena had naked, but Melinda had her own ideas.
"Of course, I'm sorry." Sam said still standing in the robe. Melinda put her hand out for the robe. Sam took a gulp of air and removed the robe.
To which Melinda shouted, "I win!" Sam was standing in the teeny tiny white boy shorts. The suit was made to fit a man of Dean's height and size; Sam's extra three inches gave the swimsuit an interesting coverage challenge. Sam would have loved to run off but the tiny suit was barely covering his ass as it was. He couldn't risk any fast movements. He walked along the hallway keeping his half exposed butt against the wall and out of view. Unfortunately for Sam the wall also had cabin doors and one opened as he passed in front of it. The female half of the pervert couple from the ice show and world's sexiest contest got a tantalizing view of Sam's barely covered perky butt.
Sam turned exposing his ass to everyone else in the hallway as he apologized to the smiling woman. "No problem at all." She replied as she grabbed her camera off the hook to follow Sam to breakfast. Man, I'm was getting some great YouTube material this cruise, she thought as she happily followed the barely covered hottie.
At the elevators, Sam had a decision to make. Should he stand in those tiny boy shorts and wait for the elevator or take the stairs? The thought of the suit riding up his crack as he used the stairs made his decision for him. But seriously, could those fucking elevators move any slower? He could feel the heat on his face as passenger after passenger came to the elevators and got an eye full. Dean, I hate you right now he thought as he planned different ways to torture his brother.
Finally the glass elevator arrived. He forgot the damn thing was glass; damn it, couldn't they put real elevators on this damn ship? Don't look down, don't look down he repeated to himself. Despite his best judgment though, he looked down and sure enough a crowd of people were looking at him in the glass elevator. Others nudged their companions and pointed at him in the elevator. I could cover him in honey and leave him on an ant hill, Sam thought as the elevator slowly made its way to deck eleven. He felt cameras flash around him as happy cruisers got his picture. The perverted couple was riding in the elevator with him and little did he know the female was secretly recording him. Her YouTube video of Sam in the tiny white swimsuit went viral twenty minutes after she posted it receiving over a million hits.
The elevator proudly announced deck eleven to Sam's massive relief. However, the relief was short lived since his idiot brother had gathered a group of people who applauded as he left the elevator. Dean's smirking became more pronounced when he noticed the pervert couple was on the elevator with his nearly naked brother. Dean swung Sam's jeans back and forth. "Let me hear you say it little brother." He taunted.
Sam gritted his teeth and said, "You're the king of the pranksters; I bow to you." When he didn't bow Dean lifted an eyebrow in question.
"Seriously, you expect me to bow? This Speedo is crawling up my ass as it is." Sam whined.
"That's not a Speedo. They're boy shorts." Dean corrected with glee.
"On you, they're boy shorts on me it's a god damn rubber band. Now give me my pants." Sam demanded. Dean laughed and tossed him, his jeans and t-shirt. He walked to the bathroom as fast as the swimsuit would allow.
A still red faced, but relieved Sam emerged fully dressed from the bathroom and they made their way to breakfast. With Sam giving Dean, Bitch face number 35, his 'I'm going to strangle you in your sleep with boy shorts' face. To which Dean couldn't hold back his laughter. Sam got his pink grapefruit and Dean made it peacefully through the lines without being cut off by the rude lady. He wondered if she was still cooling her heels in Grand Cayman.
As he was eating his Morcilla, Mirko and Andro came by their table. Seeing Dean eating the black sausage he couldn't help but say, "You enjoy that?"
"Oh yeah it's awesome." Dean replied taking a big bite and smiling.
"I'm surprised; not too many people like blood sausage." Andro said.
"What?" Dean said around a mouth of sausage, Mirko just smirked and Sam's felt his face breaking into a grin.
"Morcilla is made of pig's blood mixed with rice. The blood is cooked as it cools it congeals into that form." Andro explained.
At the word 'congeal' Dean turned an interesting shade of green. Mirko and Sam started laughing uncontrollably as he ran off to the bathroom. Suddenly Sam felt better about how his day was going and gave Mirko a high five.
The boys went down to the Pharaoh's Palace to wait for their group number to be called so they could disembark the ship. Mindy and Sheila were already in the lounge and had saved the boys seats. Since the ladies had an early flight back to New York they were one of the first groups called. Sheila programed her number into Sam's phone and gave him a hug and kiss. "It's been a pleasure to meet you Sam." She said.
"That pleasure was all mine." Sam replied brushing a strand of hair from her cheek and leaning in for another heated kiss.
Meanwhile, Mindy took the opportunity to wrap her arms around Dean's neck and bring those sinful lips to hers. "If you're ever in New York stop by. I would love to show you my town. I know the best spot for pizza." she said with a wink.
"Sounds like a plan." Dean said with a gleam in his eye. The girls walked off the ship and out of the boys' lives. Sam couldn't help but feel regret. Sheila was a unique and interesting individual. He could see himself settling down with someone like her.
The boys watched as group after group was called. Finally their group was called and they got into the massive debarkation line. Sadly, there was no priority debarkation line for gold members. After a quick trip through customs they picked up their bags and they were on the shuttle to the parking garage. Dean spent the next ten minutes checking over his baby for scratches, but the paint was as flawless as when they left her. As they drove out of the port area both boys watched the Freedom of the Seas become smaller in the distance until Dean made a left turn and the ship was gone from view. Once it was out of sight Dean flipped on an AC/DC tape to the song 'Thunderstruck.' Sam put on his sunglasses and settled back for a nap as the Impala sped down the freeway to their next hunt.
The End
This story is over and I had a blast writing it. I hope you enjoyed reading it. Thankyoueveryoneforfollowing, reviewing and/ormakingthisstory one of your favorites. Your support really encouraged me and helped me write my very first fan fiction. I thought this story would be two chapters and I would be lucky to get 5 reviews. I'm delighted with the response I received.
For the record I'm Portuguese so I grow up eating Morcilla, my hubby can't believe I would eat something so gross. Unless you've tried it you don't know how good it is. lol. I can confirm that Morcilla/blood pudding is on the ship and I enjoyed eating it;)
Okay just so Royal Caribbean doesn't sue my ass. This is a work of fiction and not based on any event that happened to a crew member on ship. There is no Srecko or Alasd, they don't exist. As far as I knew Royal Caribbean and their staff follows all safety protocols. Please don't sue me Royal.
Thanks to Google translator:
Alasd's Latin chant of: deus of silenti etc Morana, redimio thee volo! Translates to The god of the dead, Morana, binds thee to me.
Morana is Slavic myth name of the goddess of death.
Micorazón te heechado de menos. ven conmigomeansMy heart I have missed you. Come with me.
Tengo que encontrara nuestro hijo means I must find our son.
Antonioestá conmigo means Antonio is with me.
Mi Hijo means my son.
¿dónde está mihijo means where is my son?