A Pirate Savior

Gabriel was sitting on his bed with his head still in his hands when Samuel slams into the cabin, panting for air.

“Gabriel! I am so sorry I reacted the way I did. I was raised differently and was taught that being a homosexual was a sin and I would be put in prison for the rest of my life. I had to hide who I was my whole life and seeing you be so open about it scared me beyond belief.” Sam blurted it out as fast as he could. When he was done speaking, he looked down at the floor.

Gabriel lifted his head and the smile that shown up on his face was the biggest ever. He stood up from his bed and walked to Sam. “Really? You… you aren’t just saying that?”

Sam looked at Gabriel with a sad smile and touched Gabriel’s hand. “I’m not lying. I promise.”

“This calls for a celebration then!” He went to one of his trunks and opened it. He pulled out a bottle of wine and a package of chocolate. “I hope you like wine. Been saving this for a special occasion and I think this is the perfect time.”

Samuel couldn’t control the grin on his face. “You had me at celebration.”

Just as Sam walked toward Gabriel, the ship swayed hard to the side, causing Sam and Gabriel to ram against the wall of the cabin.

“What was that?!” Sam yelled in a panic. He reached to Gabriel and stood both of them up.

Gabriel looked at Sam, just as panicked as the younger man. “I have no idea. We better get out there and help.” He held onto Sam’s hand and ran both of them out of the cabin.

**

When Gabriel and Sam came out of the room, the ship was in chaos. Pirates were yelling and running to either side of the ship.

Gabriel looked around frantically trying to find the cause of the turbulence. He couldn’t see anything. That was until a large tentacle came up out of the ocean and slammed down on the deck of the ship, crushing one of the pirates instantly. Gabriel could only stare in shock. He had never seen a creature like this before, only hearing tall tales of giant squid dragging men to their deaths.

He was still staring in shock when he was shook from his reverie by Sam.

“Gabriel! We have to help. Go get a weapon. I have to find my brother, we can do a protection spell.” Sam touched Gabriel’s cheek gently before pushing the pirate toward the weapon room.

Once Gabriel was gone, Sam yelled for his brother.

“Over here Sam!” Dean yelled to his brother. Once Sam ran up to Dean, they hugged quickly before separating. “We need to do a spell on the ship before it’s crushed!”

“I know!” Sam yelled back over the sound of the ship creaking as it was slowly being squeezed by the creature.

Castiel ran over to Dean and looked him over to make sure he was okay before he glanced at Sam. “Our weapons aren’t strong enough to kill it.”

Dean shook his head, “No, Sam and I will need to do a spell on the ship to protect it from more damage. We need to find a room for us to do the protection spell.”

“Go to my quarters, it’s in the middle of the ship, it should be okay for now. Hurry!” Castiel urged the Winchesters away and they ran to gather supplies before heading to the captains quarters.

**

Dean lit a candle as his brother did. They both raised their hands, palms facing upwards. “Praesidio domum hanc creaturam mali.” They repeated the spell three times and each cut their hands and put out the candles with their blood. Dean was panting as he grinned at his brother, who looked just as worn out as him. “You alright Sam?”

“Yeah, Yeah I think I am okay. You?”

“I’m here. We should go see if it worked. I don’t feel anything shaking now.” Dean walked to the door of the cabin with his brother and opened the door.

When they got outside into the open air, Dean’s eyebrows raised when he saw the squid trying to slam it’s tentacles against the side of the ship with no avail. It was hitting a barrier that was surrounding the ship and it’s inhabitants. “Yes!” Dean jumped in excitement. He hugged his brother and spun him around. Sam laughed as he patted his brothers back.

Once Dean let go of Sam he looked around for Castiel. “I need to find the captain.”

“That’s fine, I need to find Gabriel anyway.”

**

When Samuel found Gabriel, Gabe was nursing a large cut on his arm. “Just couldn’t stay out of danger could you?” Sam smiled as he sat down beside the pirate and helped clean the wound.

“Oh, you know me. I laugh in the face of danger. Then I get hurt because I laughed at it.”

Sam snorted and wrapped Gabriel’s arm with cloth. “Sounds like something you would do.”

Gabriel looked at his arm before glancing at Sam and looking away. “When were you going to tell me you knew magic?”

The young officer sighed, dreading this exact moment. He and his brother tried to keep it a secret that they knew of magic and practiced it. Magic was highly illegal in most countries, so keeping it silent was the only way to live.

“I-I was hoping I wouldn’t ever need to. I’m sorry. I was taught magic by our father and he told us to never tell anyone. You don’t… are you mad at me? I will understand if you never want to be around me again.” Sam was hoping that wasn’t what Gabriel wanted.

Gabriel looked up at Sam sharply, “Of course I am not mad. We all have our secrets. Magic is very serious and I do not blame you for hiding it until it was necessary.” Gabriel placed his hand on Sam’s cheek, and the Winchester leaned his head into the palm. “Maybe I can tell you some of my secrets one day when we aren’t being threatened by sea creatures.”

“It’s a date.”