Chapter 3 – No Swimming Zone

The sun had already set by the time Dean woke up. He jumped a bit as he regained consciousness as he hadn't expected to wake up somewhere besides his bedroom. Still, the memories that had lead to him being on a boat in the middle of nowhere began to trickle in.

Dean swore under his breath as he looked at the men who had kidnapped him. Crowley noticed his observations.

"Well, Sleeping Beauty is awake." He drawled.

"Where the hell am I?" Dean demanded.

Crowley raised an eyebrow. "I would have thought that even you would notice that we're on a boat."

"I get that." Dean huffed. "But where are we going?"

"You'll see soon enough." The Brit walked towards the bow.

Sam frowned and leaned towards Gabriel. "Kind of a drama queen, isn't he?"

Gabriel snickered. "Yeah." He looked behind them and frowned before turning forward again.

"Well, thanks so much for the explanation." Dean said sarcastically and he shifted to lean more comfortably against the boat's side. He knew that he would have to wait for the perfect moment to make his escape.

"Hmm. We should reach the cliffs by morning." Crowley gazed before them, and then he caught Gabriel once more twisting around in the corner of his eye. He turned to the swordsman. "Why are you doing that?"

Gabriel looked at the short man. "I'm making sure no one is following us."

Crowley snorted. "That would be inconceivable." He waved Gabriel's concerns away.

"Do you really think you can get away with this?" Dean asked, completely serious. "Michael may be a dick, but he really does care about his sister. He'll catch you," he leaned forward a bit, "and you will be hanged."

Gabriel and Sam exchanged worried looks, but Crowley didn't even blink. "I think you should worry about yourself first." He saw Gabriel looking back again. "And will you stop that! It's almost over, so stop worrying."

"Are you sure nobody's following us?" Gabriel didn't sound laid back for once.

"It would be absolutely inconceivable. No one in Hell knows what we've done, and no one in Heaven would be able to come after us so quickly." Crowley explained. He frowned as Gabriel glanced back again. "Out of curiosity, why do you ask?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Gabriel shrugged and jerked his thumb towards the water behind him. "It's just I looked back and it seems like there's someone following us."

"What?" Crowley and Sam hurried over to stand next to Gabriel, and they stared in shock.

Sure enough, within visible distance, there was a sailboat following after them. It flew no colors or had any distinctive markings, so there was no way to see whom it belonged to.

"It must be some sort of fisherman doing some night fishing… in dark, monster-infested waters." Crowley weakly tried to reason.

As the three looked behind the boat, Dean saw his opportunity. In a swift movement, he stood and leaped over the side of the ship.

The splash caused the three kidnappers to whirl towards where Dean had been moments before.

"The fool!" Crowley cursed the hunter under his breath. Upon seeing neither of his employees move, he snarled. "What are you doing? Get in after him."

Gabriel gave him an incredulous look. "I go to the beach to pick up hot people, not swim."

The Brit switched his glare to the giant. "I only doggy paddle." Sam said, as he mimed the stroke.

Crowley growled. "After him! To the left!" The two employees jumped to and quickly got to work.

Meanwhile, Dean felt he was making decent time. He didn't know how far away the shore was, or even if he was going in the right direction, but he figured it was better than staying with those crazies. He continued to swim until he felt something brush against his leg.

Dean stopped, confused. Immediately, a shrieking noise filled that air. He turned, the noise making him nervous.

Across the water, he heard Crowley chuckling. "Know what that sound is?" He paused dramatically. "Those are Leviathan. And their favorite food is human flesh."

Dean felt something brush his leg again as he tread in the water. In the moonlight, he could now make out dark, large, snake-like shapes swimming around him.

"If you swim back now, I can guarantee that no harm will come to you." Crowley didn't sound that bothered now. "You won't get an offer like that from them."

"What's with that look?" Jimmy asked as he looked up from the book.

Claire blinked. "What?"

"You look kind of worried." Jimmy tried to hide a grin. "Are you actually getting into this?"

She shifted a bit, somewhat uncomfortable. "It's more just imagining them doing stuff like this. It's funny."

"But you look worried."

Claire gave an offended sniff, and punched Jimmy lightly in the arm. "Just get back to reading."

Jimmy let his smile show and turned back to the story. "Okay."

Dean gritted his teeth. Surely, these things couldn't be that bad. He really didn't want to listen to that smug bastard.

A giant shriek came from in front, and he jerked back as an enormous mouth filled with rows of teeth appeared. He yelled in fright.

Before those teeth could clamp down on him, he felt a hand grab the back of his shirt and yank him from the water.

Dean sputtered for a moment, disorientated by the sudden change in scenery, but he quickly realized what had happened. Sam held him up and gave him a pitiful look.

"Get him in here!" Crowley ordered. "Now put him down!"

With Gabriel's help to maneuver him, Sam dumped the hunter onto the deck. Dean stood there shivering and glaring at his captives, even though they had technically just saved his life. He brushed his hair back.

"Learned you lesson?" Crowley smirked. He leaned into Dean's space. "I suppose you think you're brave?"

"Only compared to some." Dean replied.

"Tell me that when you aren't walking around in wet socks." Crowley countered.

Dean didn't deign to answer him and instead went to sulk back where he had first been. Satisfied, Crowley returned to the bow.

Gabriel glanced between the two. "Great, another drama queen." He muttered as he went back to his place at the rudder.

Sam sighed and wished that this whole debacle were over.

"Uh, that guy is getting closer." Gabriel admitted.

"He's not going to be a problem! Just keep sailing!" Crowley didn't even look back at him. Gabriel made a face at his back, but didn't say anything.

Silence fell over the ship as the sun eventually rose. It illuminated their destination.

Unfortunately, it also made their pursuer much easier to see.

"Look! He's practically on top of us." Gabriel looked at their sail speculatively. "I wonder if he's using the same wind as us."

"It doesn't matter. See?" Crowley pointed at the towering sheets of rock before them. "The Cliffs of Insanity! Now, move it!" He turned to glare his employees into movement. They scrambled to bring the boat in and dock.

"Now, then." The man made his way over to Dean.

Dean stood and fell into a fighting stance. He wasn't sure what was going to happen next, but he was not going to let himself be taken so easily again. He wasn't some freaking damsel in distress!

Crowley noticed this, and gave a deep sigh. "Moose." He called.

Sam also sighed. "Sorry about this." He said as he easily dodged Dean's punch and kick to get behind him and hold him still. The hunter struggled, but the giant was a lot stronger than him.

Crowley enclosed a pair of handcuffs onto Dean's hand and feet. After all, it wouldn't do for his prize to run away.

"All right then." Crowley clapped his hands together, and a smirk crossed his face. "It's time to climb."

Sam put on his harness, and the three others got into place. The giant grasped the rope hanging down from earlier preparations and began to climb.

"Only Sam is strong enough to climb up these cliffs. That guy can sail around all day, and he'll never catch us." The Brit said almost gleefully.

Unknown to him, a pair of blue eyes was watching and studying the group making its way up the cliffs. They were calculating, as they never left them, and filled with intelligence.

Slowly, a small smirk formed under those eyes.

AN: I've managed to get my editing done a lot faster, so I'm going to change the updates to Wednesdays and Saturdays. In other words, more and faster chapters for you! Yay! I've also got a fic in the works for Castiel's birthday, so look for that on Friday. Actually, in regards to this story, when I started drawing parallels between the two universes, I immediately thought that Leviathans would be great for the Shrieking Eels. After all, they scream, love water, and have giant, multiple rows of teeth. This story is a lot of fun in that way.