A/N: Because this Chapter is Pathetically short I've bound this and the next Chapter together. As you are all aware by now if you've read my Stories OK, I'm not great at writing Long(er) Chapters so if these are Short please bare with me know
I said 'No Particular Season' but the Story is set loosely Before S12 so you can chose the time setting.
Slight Angst to start.
Castiel was sure he had lost his mind, everyone who came into contact with him while he was doing this told him so - numerous times. But the Youngling didn't care. He was going to find out what these two Hunters wanted and was not stopping at anything to find out who they were after and why, if they could justify themselves well enough Castiel would not drown them.
He may not be a solider yet however he knew how to hurt and scar Humans, Lucifer taught him how to do it.
Waiting until night time while the Hunters would be worn out or hopefully exhausted from their day Castiel could easily obtain information.
He was so sure his plan was fool-proof until a fishing boat completely threw his idea out of the water - it was literal for one very particular reason; Castiel was netted and now being plucked up slowly towards a dry death
"Someone! Please! Help! Anyone! Gabriel! Gabriel, help me!"
Castiel attempted to swim away however the net closed around him with a few larger fish. Now that he knew he was completely trapped and feeling the water becoming colder Castiel decided to bit at the rope, however it's wire density was far too thick even with his sharp teeth.
A flash of golden caught Castiel's attention "Castiel!"
Gabriel drew out his blade and thrashed at the net. Being so distracted Castiel had forgotten to take deep breathes before surfacing putting the youngling into shock. Gabriel was running out of time, though he managed to free one or two fish he was unable to create a hole large enough for Castiel to squirm out of.
"No!"
The net snagged upwards causing Gabriel's grip to break free. Knowing he had only seconds Gabriel dove back towards the seabed for velocity for his leap to save his little Brother.
Still in shock Castiel couldn't do anything to prevent his epic flopping onto the boat's decking
"Well, well well. What do we have here?" The fisherman inspected Castiel's tail rudely dropping it once bored "A Siren?"
The man had no chance to react as a black and gold blur that pounced on him, his eyes glowing, razer sharp teeth in his face as the stranger screamed at him while his face was covered in a hardened texture. Seeing the blade the fisherman scrambled however the blur pulled him back and stabbed him in the stomach. The blur vanished, bundling his strange catch up and the pair toppled back into the water.
Once back inside the water Gabriel zipped away from the boat with Castiel gripped tight in his arms to return to one of Gabriel secret caves knowing it would be between two to three days until Castiel woke up remembering Gabriel had to save himself from such a battle, he was lucky his elder Brother Michael found him while unconsciously sinking. Fearing for his youngest sibling Gabriel wrapped Castiel in seaweed head to tail fin and waited by his Brother's side.
The next morning the news of a fisherman being stabbed by an unknown entity caught Sam and Dean's attention
Dean turned to Sam smug despite the fisherman being seriously injured "Ha ha, see Sam? Told you there was a case here"
"Dean, you really need to work on your timing"
The elder Winchester shrugged "Whatever Bitch, I'm grabbing us breakfast"
Sam called Bobby to let him know about the new Case, though annoyed Bobby understood that leaving as soon as a new Case showed up was just irresponsible.
Interviewing the fisherman, named Rufus Polar, Sam and Dean posed as FBI.
"Mr Polar," Dean started "my name is Agent Vice and this is my partner Agent Pierce. We're here about the attack last night"
"You both gonna think I'm crazy like the police" Rufus rolled his eyes in distaste.
"We're keep a more open mind, please, tell us what happened" Sam automatically answered.
"I was fishing, and I caught something weird. I thought maybe it was just a big fish, I was drunk at the time"
"Why would go fishing drunk?" Sam asked.
"I gotta eat don't I?"
"Of course" Sam replied.
"Could you tell us more about the attack, you said you thought you caught a large fish?" Dean questioned.
"Well that's what I thought it was but I swore it had a Human body or something, I didn't have much time to think before a big blur jumped me, it has fangs and bright eyes it stabbed me and took the fish-thing away from my boat they landed in the water and disappeared. I managed to get back and call 911. That's it"
"Thank you. If you remember any other details, let us know" Dean handed Rufus a business card.
Both Brothers left "So, are we dealing with some kind of water spirit?" Dean wondered
"Maybe, but he said saw a physical Human upper body so do you think it's a Siren? Not the 'Love Spell' kind though"
"Haven't dealt with those kind of Siren's in a while, think we should ask Bobby?"
"Think he'll want to help us? We did sorta just ditch him"
"No we didn't, we found a Case before we managed to get down to South Dakota"
"You weren't exactly in a rush to move" Sam shrugged.
"Well maybe I felt like staying in Lawrence a little longer" Dean was turning defensive.
"Are you going to visit?" Sam didn't want to finish his sentence
"Yeah. Was planning on it before we left but now that we got a Case, even more reason to stay"
"So, do you want to go there now or go to the motel or what?"
"There first, we'll grab some flowers, urgh I hate sounding like a chick. Then change outta the suits, grab lunch then go back to the harbour, we'll stay there until food calls, if there is no action then we'll go back later in the night" Dean ranted off
"Sounds good" Sam nodded, bracing himself for visiting his Mother's gravestone
The Winchesters picked a simple batch of flowers, driving in silence towards the cemetery and finally made it to the grave in less time than either expected. Sam placed the flowers down while Dean stood like a solider.
"Feel like saying anything?" Sam asked
"Not really"
"OK"
The Brothers held their silence, both mentally saying all they needed to. Dean walked away first after nearly a half-hour while Sam stayed another few minutes.
"I miss you, Mom" Sam walked up to the grave, kissed his fingers and gently placed them on the gravestone to say his goodbye.
Sam found Dean sadly staring towards him yet past him at the same time. Kansas may have been their original home however it was tainted in a way that could never be cleaned.
The mood was lifted later on by food, along with some beers down the Winchesters did what research they could, mostly on Sam's part as the younger Winchester found it much more interesting to learn something knew, Dean found it useful to add to his arsenal, both changed back into their 'lumberjack' gear and headed back towards the grass bank.
Gabriel was concerned as Castiel was still asleep, feeling helpless and unsure how to fix this problem reached out to his eldest Brother Michael.
"How long was he above water?"
"Under a minute"
"Good, there is a pulse and his gills are opening with ease. Had he tried to surface before his capture"
"Yes, I was with him, Humans were in the distance he was curious. I may have encouraged him"
Michael seethed a breath, "I am disappointed, Gabriel but I understand why you did it"
Michael was in charge of all Garrisons of the Clam-Shell's since their Father had left and knew the protocols and training, rising towards the surface was one of the last tests, they could either voluntarily move or be forced, if any Mer disobeyed they were cast out and banished.
Gabriel didn't say anything as he did not want to anger his Brother further.
Michael began to Heal Castiel, there were signs Castiel was waking up as his Cobalt tail fins were beginning to ripple. Baby blue eyes opened "Gabriel?"
"Hey Bro, you feeling better?"
"Where are we?" Castiel weakly raised himself
"You're lucky to be alive, Castiel" Michael scolded
Castiel couldn't look Michael in the eye or even in his direction which was difficult considering Michael was hovering above him still Healing his body from the shock.
"Castiel, I understand your apprehension towards becoming a solider but you cannot be so reckless again"
"I am not apprehensive, I was curious about the two Humans I had spotted. I wanted to make sure they would not harm us" Castiel wanted to continue his train of thought however Michael raised a hand to silence him
"Recover and return to training in three days" Michael left.
Both Gabriel and Castiel ventured in silence "Thank you for saving me. My ignorance caused more trouble than I wanted"
"Don't worry about it, you didn't tell that guy to net you up did you?"
"No"
"Then stop it. Rest up, tonight I'll go with you to check your curiosity"