3.05 Bedtime Stories

Air Date: 1 Nov 2007

Teaser

EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - NIGHT

A cloud covered moon pans to a billboard advertising the building of new homes.

SUBTITLE

MAPLE SPRINGS, NEW YORK

Three heavy-set men are having a conversation when they are interrupted by a low growl.

KYLE

Hey, what was that?

EMMETT

I don't know, a dog maybe?

KYLE

That's a hell of a dog.

JACK

OK, we got a crew coming in the morning, look at this wood, huh?! Look at it, it's crap! Where'd you order it from?

EMMETT

Same place as always.

KYLE

Shoulda used the cinder block, like I wanted.

JACK

You know what? Here we go again. You are not in charge.

KYLE

Hey, you're a bunch of girls. Look, it comes down to this, OK? One gust of wind and the whole place is gonna blow over!

EMMETT

Yeah, yeah, whatever.

KYLE

Did you hear that?

JACK

Hear what?

KYLE's BROTHERS walk off to a wood podium. KYLE hangs back and moves in the direction of the noise. KYLE peers around a digger. There's nothing there. KYLE shakes his head, literally snorting like a pig.

EMMETT

Kyle, c'mon let's go.

JACK

'Kay man I'll go warm up the truck.

KYLE closes on EMMETT. They watch as JACK is suddenly dragged behind a stack of piping. EMMETT screams and pulls over a floodlight. We hear growling as the light falls. Blood sprays up on the driver's door of the truck. KYLE runs.

EMMETT

JACK!

KYLE hunkers down and hides behind a stack of concrete blocks.

Something jumps out and attacks EMMETT. Blood sprays across plans at the podium.

KYLE continues to hide. No sounds. KYLE moves around the concrete blocks and sees EMMETT lying on the ground, a blood pool from his mouth. He's dead.

KYLE hears the growling begin again and turns his head and something attacks KYLE. KYLE screams.

TITLE CARD

SUPERNATURAL

END Teaser

ACT ONE

EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT

SUBTITLE

"BEDTIME STORIES"

A bullfrog sits on the highway. It croaks.

Dean's Impala races along. It hits a puddle spraying water as the frog hops out of the way, just in time.

INT. Impala - NIGHT

Sam: I don't understand, Dean. Why not?

Dean: Because I said so.

Sam: We got the Colt now!

Dean: (Warningly)

Sam...

Sam: We can summon the Crossroads Demon,…

They shout over each other's words, getting louder each time.

Dean: We're not summoning anything.

Sam: ...pull the gun on her and force her to let you out of the deal!

Dean: We don't even know if that'll work!

Sam: Well then we'll just shoot her! If she dies then the deal goes away!

Dean: We don't know if that'll work either, Sam! All you're pitching me right now is a bunch of "ifs" and "maybes" and that's not good enough, because if we screw with this deal, you die!

Sam: And if we don't screw with it, you die!

Dean: Sam, enough! I am not going to have this conversation.

Sam: Why, because you said so?

Dean: YES BECAUSE I SAID SO!

Sam: Well you're not Dad!

Sam and Dean silently stare at each other.

Dean: (yelling)

No, but I am the oldest. And I'm doing what's best. And you're going to let this go, you understand me?

Sam stays quiet staring out the window. He looks angry but stifles it.

Dean: (calmer)

Tell me about the psychotic killer. C'mon, Sam, tell me about the psychotic killer.

Sam picks up a paper from his lap and reads monotonously.

Sam: Psychotic killer…rips victims apart with brute-like ferocity.

Dean: OK, any mention of his razor sharp teeth or his four-inch claws? Animal eyes?

Sam: No. But the lunar cycle's right. Look, if it is a werewolf we don't have long, moon's full this Friday and that's the last time it changes for a month.

Dean: Two days, no sweat.

EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT

Impala drives along highway.

INT. KYLE's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Dean holds a fake badge with his photo. Dean and Sam close their badges and return them to their suit pockets. KYLE lies in a hospital bed with bandages and scrapes.

Dean: I'm Detective Plant, this is Detective Page, we're with the County Sheriff's Department.

KYLE

Yeah, uh, I've been expecting you.

Dean: You have?

KYLE

All morning. You are the sketch artist, right?

Sam: ...uh.

Dean: Absolutely.

Sam: (Quietly) Yeah.

Dean: Yeah. That is exactly who my partner is. The things he can do with a pen.

(Laughs)

Sam glares at Dean.

Dean: But listen before we get started on that I wanted to ask you, uh, how'd you get away?

KYLE

I- I have no idea. I was hiding, and he found me. He was coming right for me and then he just stopped. Staring at me with this blank look. And after that he just took off running.

Sam: 'Kay. Um, I'm going to need as much physical detail as you can remember.

Sam pulls a small notebook and pen from his pocket and starts sketching.

KYLE

Uh yeah. Uh, he's about six feet tall...

Sam: Six feet...

KYLE

Dark hair.

Dean peeks at Sam's sketch.

Sam: Uhm, what-what about his eyes, what color eyes did he have?

KYLE

Maybe….blue?

Sam: Blue?

KYLE

It was dark.

Dean: Did they seem...

Dean clears his throat.

Dean: Uh, animal-ish?

KYLE

Excuse me?

Sam: What about his teeth? You notice anything strange about 'em?

KYLE

(Shakes head)

No, they were just teeth.

Sam: Teeth, OK.

Dean: How about his fingernails?

KYLE

OK look he- he's just a- a normal guy, with normal eyes and- a-and teeth and fingernails!

Sam: Look sir, it's OK if-

KYLE

No. No. Those were my brothers. This guy, he- he killed my brothers. How would you feel?

Sam: (Pause)

I can't imagine anything worse.

Dean glances at Sam.

Dean: (Pause)

I know this isn't easy but if you could remember any more details.

KYLE

Th-there was one more thing he had a- a tattoo on his arm of a cartoon character. It's, uh, it's the guy who's chasing the Roadrunner-

Dean: Wile E. Coyote!

KYLE

Yeah, that's it.

Dr. GARRISON

Kyle?

KYLE

Dr. Garrison.

Dr. GARRISON

How you holding up?

KYLE

OK, considering.

Dean: You're Kyle's Doctor?

Dr. GARRISON

Yes?

Dean holds up his badge.

Dean: Can I just ask you a few questions?

Dr. GARRISON

(Nods)

Sure.

Dean and Dr. GARRISON leave the room leaving Sam with KYLE. KYLE points at Sam's notebook.

KYLE

Don't I get to see it?

Sam: Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, uhm yeah it's a, you know…work in progress.

Sam hands his notebook over to KYLE. On it is a badly drawn picture of a man, like a child's drawing.

KYLE

Hm. It- it's really... huh.

EXT. STREET - DAY

A bullfrog sits at the forefront. Sam and Dean walk, while Dean looks at Sam's drawing.

Dean: (Laughs)

Boy, this is a piece of uh, art. Really.

Sam snatches back the notebook from Dean.

Sam: Yeah like you could've done any better. So what did the Doc have to say about Kyle's brothers?

Dean: Not much, they were D.O.A. at the scene. He did give me the lowdown on the Coroner's report.

Sam: Lemme guess, their hearts were missing.

Dean: Nope.

Dean sighs.

Dean: But chunks of their kidneys, lungs and intestines.

Sam: That's just gross.

Dean: Yeah, also definitely not werewolf behavior.

Sam: So, what? Demon? Attacker could've been possessed.

Dean: Why would a Demon stop halfway through an attack?

Sam: I think that, uh.. Coulda... Yeah, I got nothing.

Dean: Me neither.

EXT. WOODS - DAY

Julie and KEN are hike through the woods. KEN searches his backpack.

KEN

Man I am starving. Hey, where are all the Power Bars?

Julie: You ate them all. And we're lost.

KEN

We're not lost! The path is…right here.

KEN and Julie walk on. At a break in the trees find a quaint house. Smoke rises from the chimney.

KEN

Look, there.

Julie: Oh, civilization.

KEN

(curtly)

Yeah.

Julie: Thank God!

Julie and KEN walk toward the house along a wide path. The front door opens and a cheerful OLD LADY steps out with a cane.

OLD LADY

Are you two doing OK?

KEN

Hi! Actually, we're, uh-

Julie: Lost.

OLD LADY

Oh it happens. The trail gets twisty and my house is the only one left up here. Um, I could point you in the right direction, but I'm afraid it'll take a while to get back.

KEN spots a pie cooling at the open window.

OLD LADY

You're really deep into the woods.

Julie: Nice work, Ken.

OLD LADY

Would you like to come in and rest a bit?

KEN

Um, yeah.

Julie: Thanks, but we should head back.

KEN

Oh come on honey, she offered.

(Quietly)

She's a harmless old lady what could happen?

(Winks)

KEN goes inside. Julie looks unconvinced but the OLD LADY smiles sweetly and Julie follows.

INT. OLD LADY's HOME - DAY

KEN, Julie and the OLD LADY sit at the kitchen table. KEN eats pie.

OLD LADY

(to KEN)

You sure you don't want more?

KEN

No, thank you it's, uh, uhm…

KEN's stomach growls. He looks uncomfortable.

KEN

I'm full.

Julie: We should go.

KEN

Mmhm.

Julie: We really can't thank you enough.

KEN gets up from the table, grabs the chair and falls to the floor in pain.

Julie: Ken?

KEN

Ju- Julie!

Julie stands up, then doubles over in pain as well.

Julie: Ah! Ah-Ah! What's going on?!

KEN

Julie!

The OLD LADY blurs in JULIE's vision.

Julie: Did you... drug us?

The OLD LADY gets up from the table and takes a large carving knife from the drainer. She checking its sharpness with her thumb, smiling. Julie and KEN whimper in the background.

KEN

Julie run!

The OLD LADY walks over to the pair. Ken is propped against a padded chair.

Julie: Stop. Please, you have to stop.

OLD LADY

(to KEN)

Don't worry. Everything's fine. You just hold still now dear.

The OLD LADY slashes at Ken with the knife. Julie gets splattered with blood and screams. The OLD LADY laughs, changes grip on the knife and leisurely stabs KEN repeatedly. Julie continues screaming.

Julie: NO! STOP! STOP! PLEASE STOP! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?! NO!

A little girl with long black hair in a white dress, red sash and red headband appears outside the window, watching. Observing. The OLD LADY continues to stab KEN.

Julie: NO!

END ACT ONE

ACT TWO

INT. HOSPITAL NURSES STATION - DAY

Hospital activity around a nurses station. Sam and Dean, in suits, approach the station. Two Sheriff's deputies exit a patient's room. Sam and Dean turn away from them and focus on a set of flowers on the counter.

The deputies pass by. Sam and Dean turn and continue down the corridor to the room where the deputies exited.

INT. Julie's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Julie: Please, please.

Dr. GARRISON

Shh. Hey, we need to observe you while the drugs still might be in your system.

Julie: I have to go. I have things to do, arrangements I need to make!

Dr. GARRISON

It can wait. Now you need to rest. Stay. Be back in a few minutes.

Dr. GARRISON walks toward Sam and Dean, who are standing in the doorway.

Dr. GARRISON

Detectives.

Dean: Dr. Garrison.

Dr. GARRISON

What the hell is going on here? My whole town is going insane.

Sam: We'll let you know as soon as we do.

Dr. GARRISON leaves. Sam and Dean move into the room.

Dean: Ms. Watson? Hi. We just need to ask you a few questions.

Dean and Sam produce their badges.

Julie: Do we have to go over this again, now?

Sam: We'll try to be brief. Ms Watson, can you tell us how you got away?

Julie nods.

Julie: I didn't eat as much as Ken did, so I wasn't as out of it. And, when the old woman was... carving up Ken, I shoved her and she fell. Cracked her head on the stove. She's dead, right? I- I killed her?

Dean: D'you have any idea why she did this to you?

Julie: No! One minute she was a sweet old lady and the next she was, like, a monster.

Sam: Can you remember anything else?

Julie: Um, yeah. Did you find a little girl there, by any chance?

Sam: A little girl? At the house?

Julie: I thought I saw her outside the window. She just disappeared. Just vanished, into thin air.

Sam and Dean look at each other.

Julie: It m-must've been the drugs.

Dean: This disappearing girl what'd what did she look like?

Julie: Does it matter?

Sam: Yes. Every detail matters.

Julie: (Sighs)

She had this dark, dark hair and really pale skin. She was around eight. She was a beautiful child, it was... odd to see her in the middle of something so horrible.

EXT. OLD LADY's HOME - DAY

The Impala is parked outside.

Dean (voice-over)

Well there's no sulphur anywhere, how about the EMF?

INT. OLD LADY's HOME - DAY

Sam: Yeah, it's going nuts. Right over here by the window. There's definitely a spirit here.

Dean: Who stood outside the crime scene and watched.

Sam: Looks like.

Dean: What the Hell do you make of that?

Sam: Actually I do have a theory. Uh, sorta.

Dean: Hit me.

Sam: Well, thinkin' about fairy tales.

Dean: Oh that's- that's nice. You think about fairy tales often?

Sam: No, Dean I'm talking about the murders. A guy and a girl? Hiking through the woods, an old lady tries to eat 'em? That's Hansel and Gretel. Then we got three brothers arguing over how to build houses, attacked by the Big Bad Wolf.

Dean: Three Little Pigs.

Sam: Yeah.

Dean: Actually those guys were a little chubby. Well wait I thought those things ended with uh, everyone living happily ever after?

Sam: No, no. Not the originals. See the Grimm brothers stuff was kinda the folklore of it's day, full of sex, violence, cannibalism. Now, it got sanitized over the years, turned into Disney flicks and bedtime stories.

Dean: So you think the murders are uh, what? A re-enactment? That's a little crazy.

Sam: Crazy as what? Every day of our lives?

Dean: Touché. How's the creepy ghost girl involved?

Sam: Uhm, well, she must've been here for a reason. I'm willing to bet you top dollar she was at the construction site too.

Dean: We gotta do research now, don't we?

Sam shrugs. Dean closes his eyes.

EXT. CUMBERLAND COUNTY CENTRAL LIBRARY - DAY

Dean exits, not looking happy.

Sam: So?

Dean: Checked every record they had. Found the usual amount of violent childhood deaths for a town this size.

Sam and Dean walk across the road toward a park.

Sam: OK.

Dean: Wanna know how many how many were little girls with black hair and pale skin?

Sam: Zero.

EXT. PARK - DAY

Dean: Zero! You wanna know how many how many little girls with black hair and pale skin that have gone missing? Right again. Zip. zilch, nada. Tell me you've got something good 'cause I've totally wasted the last six hours.

Sam: Well you ever hear of Lillian Bailey? She was a British medium from the 1930s.

Dean: She got a thing for fairy tales?

Sam: Nah, trances. See she'd go into these unconscious states where uhm, get this, her thoughts and actions were completely controlled by spirits.

Dean: A ghost puppet master.

Sam: Yeah.

Dean: Think that's what this kid is doing? Sending wolfboy and grandma into trances, making them go kill-crazy?

Sam: Could be. You know, kinda like uh, a spirit hypnosis or somethin'.

Dean: Trances I get, but fairy tale trances? That's bizarre even for us.

Sam and Dean stop walking. They look down. A bullfrog sits in their path, croaking.

Sam: Yeah, you're right that's completely normal.

The bullfrog croaks again and again.

Dean: All right maybe it is fairy tales. Totally messed-up fairy tales. I tell you one thing, there's no way I'm kissing a damn frog.

Sam: Hey, check that out.

Sam points to a house opposite. A pumpkin sits on the porch.

Dean: Yeah? It's close to Halloween.

Sam: What? D'you remember Cinderella? The pumpkin that turns into a coach and the mice that become horses?

Dean: Dude, could you be more gay?

Sam looks at Dean, nonplussed.

Dean: Don't answer that.

INT. PUMPKIN HOUSE - DAY

Sam and Dean pick the lock and enter.

Dean: Well who knows, maybe you'll find your fairy godmother?

Sam and Dean split up and begin to search search the house. They hear a noise and both draw their guns. Dean closes the front door. They continue to search.

At another noise, Dean motions for Sam to head toward it. Dean follows.

Girl: Help I'm in here!

INT. PUMPKIN HOUSE KITCHEN - DAY

Sam: Hey, hey.

A teenage Girl is handcuffed to the oven.

Sam: It's OK we're here we got you.

Sam opens his lock pick kit.

Girl: You have to help me, she's a lunatic.

Dean: What happened?

Girl: My step mom, she just freaked out, screamed at me, beat me. Chained me up.

Sam: Where is she now?

Girl: I don't know.

Dean looks through the kitchen door and spots the little dark-haired girl peeking out.

Dean: Sam.

Sam looks up and sees her as well.

The little girl turns away. Dean follows her.. He walks through the house to the entryway and sees the little girl standing in the living room. She walks out of sight.

INT. PUMPKIN HOUSE KITCHEN - DAY

Dean enters the living room, looks around, but the girl is gone. Dean pauses, then turns around. The little girl has reappeared.

Dean: Who are you?

The little girl is silent. She flickers and vanishes. Dean, surprised, looks down at a red apple on the rug. He picks up the apple, outsmarted.

END ACT TWO

ACT THREE

EXT. STREET - DAY

Dean sits on the hood of the Impala, playing with the apple. Sam approaches.

Sam: Paramedics picked up Cinderella.

Dean: That's good.

Sam: Yeah.

Dean tosses the apple to Sam.

Dean: So... Little girl, shiny red apple. I'm guessing that means something to you, fairy tale boy?

Sam: I think it's Snow White.

Dean: Snow White? Ah I saw that movie. Oh the porn version anyway. There was this wicked Stepmother? Woo, she was wicked. (Grins)

Sam: There is a wicked Stepmother. And she tries to kill Snow White with a poison apple.

Dean: But the apple doesn't actually kill the girl, right?

Sam: No. Puts her into a deep sleep, so deep it's almost like she's dead.

Sam tosses the apple back to Dean. They both get into the Impala.

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY

Nurse: No, sorry. We don't have any comatose little girls.

Sam: You sure?

Nurse: Totally. It's mostly old guys. And well...Callie. She's been around since before I started here.

Dean: Callie?

Nurse: Yeah, it's so sad. And poor Dr. Garrison he just won't give up on her.

Sam: Is Callie one of his patients?

Nurse: No. His daughter.

INT. CALLIE's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Dr. GARRISON sits at Callie's bedside, glasses perched on his nose, reading to her from 'The Complete Works and Tales of The Brothers Grimm'.

Dr. GARRISON

Ah, here we are. "Just press the latch called out the Grandmother. I'm too weak to get up."

EXT. SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT - DAY

A GRANDMOTHER holds two full grocery bags in her arms, crossing the lot and heading toward her car.

Dr. GARRISON (voice over)

"The Wolf pressed the latch, and the door opened. He stepped inside, went straight to the Grandmother, and ate her up."

The GRANDMOTHER opens the door with her remote key when a tall, dark Man appears, catching a falling bag.

GRANDMOTHER

Oh! Thank you so much.

The Man puts the bag on the back seat and smiles at the GRANDMOTHER. The GRANDMOTHER puts the other bag on the seat. Te Man shoves her in the van and attacks her, hitting and punching wildly. His Wile E. Coyote tattoo flashes on his arm.

The little girl in white watches from a distance. After another blow, the Man moves into the driver's seat and drives out of the parking lot as the little girl observes.

INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY

Sam and Dean arrive at Callie Garrison's room. They stop outside the doorway. They watch as Dr. GARRISON reads to Callie.

INT. CALLIE's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Dr. GARRISON

"...and the Huntsman stepped inside, and in the bed lay the Wolf. So the Huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut open the Wolf's belly."

Sam and Dean glance at each other. Dr. GARRISON notices them. He puts down the book, gets up and walks to Sam and Dean.

Dr. GARRISON

(Clears throat)

Detectives. Can I help you?

Dean: We just...heard that Callie is your daughter.

Sam: And we wanted to say how very sorry we are.

Dr. GARRISON

(Nods)

Well, uh. Thank you. If you'll excuse me.

INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY

Dean: Oh, heading this way? We'll walk with you. How long's Callie been like that?

Sam: We don't mean to intrude, we can't possibly understand how hard it must be for you seeing her like this.

Dr. GARRISON

It's not easy. She's uh, been here since she was eight years old.

Sam: That's when she was poisoned?

Dr. GARRISON

Yes. Swallowed bleach. Never figured out how she got her hands on the bottle. My wife found her, uh, brought her to the ER here and I was on call.

Dean: You're wife was uh, was that Callie's stepmother?

Dr. GARRISON stops walking and looks at Dean.

Dr. GARRISON

Actually, yes. How'd you know that?

Dean: (Shrugs) Lucky guess.

Dr. GARRISON

Well, Julie was the only mother that uh, Callie ever knew. My wife passed away last year and uh, it's just my daughter and me now. She's all I got left. (Pause) Uhm, excuse me I gotta get back to work.

Dean: Yeah.

Dr. GARRISON walks away. Sam and Dean share another look.

Dean: Well you're right. It's Snow White in spades.

Sam: Yep. Step-mom poisons the girl, puts her into a deep sleep. What's the motive you think?

Dean: Could be like Mischa Barton. Sixth Sense not the O.C.

Sam: What?

Dean: Hey, you know fairy tales, I know movies. She played the pasty ghost. You know the, uh, remember the mom had that thing you know, where you keep the kid sick so you get all the attention?

Sam: Oh yeah yeah yeah, uh, Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Huh, could be.

Dean: So say all these years Callie's been suffering silently because nobody knows the truth about what mommy dearest did?

INT. HOSPITAL RECEPTION - DAY

Sam: And after all this time her spirit just gets angrier and angrier, until it finally just starts lashing out.

Dean: Right. Meanwhile she has to listen to dad tell her these deranged stories about a rabid wolf or a cannibalistic old lady, it's enough to drive anybody nuts.

Sam: OK, but how are we gonna stop her, I mean Callie's stuck here, her father's keeping her body alive.

Dean: It does make it a bit hard to burn the bones.

Sam: You think?

EMT 1

Coming in!

The emergency doors open and Sam and Dean watch as EMTs bring in the GRANDMOTHER on a stretcher.

Doctor: OK, what's her status?

EMT 2

Seventy-two year old female, sustained multiple lacerations and puncture wounds. BP is eighty over forty and falling. Sinus tachycardia.

INT. HOSPITAL ER - DAY

Doctor: Is that a bite?

EMT 2

Looks like she was mauled by a mad dog or, maybe a wolf?

INT. HOSPITAL RECEPTION - DAY

Dean: What was the last story Dr. Garrison was reading Callie?

Sam: Little Red Riding Hood.

INT. HOSPITAL ER - DAY

A cover is thrown over the GRANDMOTHER. Sam and Dean look on.

INT. HOSPITAL RECEPTION - DAY

Sam: Excuse me.

Sam and Dean show their badges to EMT 2.

Sam: Was she the only victim?

EMT 2

She was found by the side of the road, barely alive. Alone.

Dean: We need to find her next of kin.

EMT 2

Yeah, she has a granddaughter.

Dean: Do you have an address?

EMT 2 hands a sheet of paper to Dean.

Dean: Thank you.

Sam: Thanks.

INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY

Dean: Hey, you find a way to stop Callie, all right?

Sam: What about you?

Dean: I'm gonna go stop the Big Bad Wolf.

(Pause)

Which is the weirdest thing I've ever said.

Dean walks way. Sam stares after him.

EXT. SCHOOL - DAY

A Little Girl walks out of the school and onto the sidewalk. She is dressed in a red hoodie. She smiles when she spots her transportation. The Little Girl crosses the road and gets into the passenger seat.

Little Girl: Hey, Grandma.

The Man who attacked the Little Girl's GRANDMOTHER turns in the driver's seat and growls at the Little Girl, locking the doors as he does so. The Little Girl gasps and tries to get out. The Man starts up the car and drives off down the street.

END ACT THREE

ACT FOUR

INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY

Sam is searching the corridors, spotting Dr. GARRISON.

Sam: Dr. Garrison! I need to speak with you.

Dr. GARRISON

Detective. What can I do for you?

Sam: Well, uhm. It's about Callie.

Dr. GARRISON

My daughter? What about her?

Sam: You know maybe, maybe could sit down for a minute?

Dr. GARRISON

(Annoyed)

No. What about her?

Sam: 'Kay. Well um.

(Pause)

All right Doctor, this isn't gonna be easy. What happened to Callie was not an accident.

Dr. GARRISON

Excuse me?

Sam: I'm sorry, but it's true.

Dr. GARRISON

You have no idea what happened to my daughter.

Dr. GARRISON turns and walks away. Sam follows.

Sam: There are things you don't know Doctor, about your wife.

Dr. GARRISON

My wife?

Sam: Doctor, your wife poisoned Callie.

Dr. GARRISON stop and turns back to Sam.

Dr. GARRISON

(Pause)

Why would you say something so horrible to me?

Sam: Because I need your help.

Dr. GARRISON

You stay away from me, and my daughter, you understand?

Sam: Doctor this isn't... Please, uh.

Dr. GARRISON shuts Callie's door in Sam's face. Sam sighs, opens the door, enters and closes it behind him.

INT. CALLIE's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Dr. GARRISON

I'm calling Security.

Dr. GARRISON reaches for the internal phone. Sam clamps his hand over it to stop him.

Sam: No, listen. I don't have time to do this gently. If you don't listen to me more people are going to get hurt, because Callie is going to hurt them.

Dr. GARRISON

What the hell are you talking about?!

Sam: You're going to think I'm crazy, but just understand me. Your daughter Callie is still here. She's a spirit.

Dr. GARRISON looks over at Callie sadly. He sits at the end of her bed, turning back to Sam.

Dr. GARRISON

So you've seen her too.

Sam looks surprised.

INT. RED RIDING HOOD HOUSE HALL - DAY

Dean breaks down the door and moves through the house, gun drawn. He crosses the doorway again and pushes the door closed.

INT. RED RIDING HOOD HOUSE LIVING ROOM - DAY

Dean sees the Little Girl in the red hoodie crying in the living room. He moves to her and crouches down.

Dean: You OK?

Little Girl: Yeah, AH!

The Little Girl screams. The Man appears and attacks Dean, knocking the gun out of his hand.

Dean punches the Man. The Man throws Dean across the room against a dining table. Dean moves toward the Man, but the Man throws Dean over the table and into a china cabinet, smashing the glass. Dean falls to the floor.

INT. CALLIE's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Dr. GARRISON

I sensed her, Callie. Her presence, her scent. I even saw her standing at foot of my bed but I never... (pause) believed it, I thought I was dreaming, I-

Sam: It wasn't a dream. She looks like she did when she was eight. White dress. Red ribbon in her hair. She's been trying to talk to you.

Dr. GARRISON

(Sighs) You're not a cop are you?

Sam: No.

Dr. GARRISON

Then who are you?

Sam: Someone who knows a little bit about this kind of thing.

Dr. GARRISON

But what you said about my wife poisoning Callie, that's-

Sam: Sir. Callie told us.

Dr. GARRISON

What?!

Sam: Not in so many words, but in her own way. She told us.

Dr. GARRISON

(Shakes head) My wife loved Callie. So how is- how is that possible?

Sam: I don't know. But it is.

Dr. GARRISON

No. No I- I don't believe you.

Sam: Look, Callie is killing people. She's angry. She's desperate, because nobody will listen to her. So you have to listen to her. Please, listen to your daughter.

INT. RED RIDING HOOD HOUSE LIVING ROOM - DAY

Dean and the Man continue to fight. Callie's spirit looks on, smiling. Dean grabs a pair of scissors from a nearby knitting basket and swings at the Man. Dean punches the Man. He hits a bookshelf and collapses.

Callie's spirit is suddenly distracted by Dr. GARRISON's voice.

Dr. GARRISON

Callie? Callie it's Dad.

Callie's spirit flickers and disappears from the room.

INT. CALLIE's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Dr. GARRISON

It's me, Daddy. Is it true? Mommy do that to you? I know I wasn't listening before, but I'm listening now. Daddy's here. Please honey, is there something you wanna tell me?

Sam: Doctor...

Dr. GARRISON looks up at Sam, who nods toward Dr. GARRISON's side. Callie's spirit stands beside the bed.

Dr. GARRISON

Is it true?

Callie's spirit nods.

INT. RED RIDING HOOD HOUSE LIVING ROOM - DAY

The Man pushes into Dean and throws him to the floor. They struggle for the scissors.

INT. CALLIE's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Dr. GARRISON

(In tears)

I'm so sorry, baby. But listen to me. You gotta stop what you're doing, OK? You're hurting people. I know everything now. I know the truth. It's time for you to let go. It's time for me to let you go.

Dr. GARRISON turns back to Callie's body in the hospital bed. He kisses her forehead. Callie's monitors BUZZ. Sam looks down, upset.

INT. RED RIDING HOOD HOUSE LIVING ROOM - DAY

The Man struggles on top of Dean. Dean pushes him off and rolls on top of the Man. Dean punches the Man. He raises the scissors overhead.

Man: Whoa! Stop, stop! Whoa stop! Whoa! Where am I? What's going on?!

Dean lowers the scissors, exhausted.

INT. CALLIE's HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

Dr. GARRISON weeps and strokes his daughter's hair. He turns, but her spirit is gone.

END ACT FOUR

ACT FIVE

INT. HOSPITAL NURSES STATION - DAY

Sam and Dean stand with Dr. GARRISON in front of the nurses station.

Dr. GARRISON

And the girl's OK?

Dean nods.

Dr. GARRISON

(sighing)

So, it's really over.

Sam: Yeah. All thanks to you.

Dr. GARRISON

Callie was the most important thing in my life. But I should've let her go a long time ago.

Dean: See ya ‘round, Doc.

Dr. GARRISON

I sure hope not.

Dr. GARRISON pats Dean on the shoulder and walks away. Sam and Dean watch him go.

Dean: You know what he said? Some good advice.

Sam: Is that what you want me to do Dean? Just let you go?

Dean doesn't answer. He looks at Sam. Dean walks down the corridor alone. Sam watches.

EXT. MOTEL - NIGHT

Clear sky and a full moon.

INT. MOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

Dean turns over in his sleep. Sam's bed is messy and empty. Sam picks up a backpack from the bed. He heads for the door, looks back at Dean briefly before he silently departs.

EXT. CROSSROADS - NIGHT

Sam crouches at the centre of a crossroads hold an open box. He adds a photo ID to the contents, closes the box and buries it with his hands.

Sam dusts off his hands and stands, surveys the four routes of the crossroads. As he turns his back, a woman in a black dress appears.

CROSSROADS Demon

Well. Little Sammy Winchester. I'm touched. I mean...your brother's been to see me twice, but you? I never had the pleasure.

Sam glares at her.

CROSSROADS Demon

What can I do for you, Sam?

Sam draws the Colt and points it at the CROSSROADS Demon.

Sam: You can beg for your life.

CROSSROADS Demon

We were having such a nice conversation, then you had to go and ruin the mood.

Sam: If I were you I'd drop the wisecracks and start acting scared.

CROSSROADS Demon

It's not my style. That's not the original Colt. Where did you get that?

Sam doesn't answer.

CROSSROADS Demon

Ruby. Had to be. She is such a pain in my ass. She'll get what's coming to her... (pause) you can count on it.

Sam: That's enough. I came here to make you an offer.

CROSSROADS Demon

(Incredulous)

You're gonna make ME an offer? That's adorable.

Sam: You can let Dean out of his deal right now. He lives, I live. You live. Everyone goes home happy. Or...

Sam cocks the Colt.

Sam: You stop breathing. Permanently.

CROSSROADS Demon

Oh.

(Laughs)

All this tough talk. I have to tell you, it's not very convincing. I mean, come on Sam. Do you even wanna break the deal?

Sam: What do you think?

CROSSROADS Demon

I don't know. Aren't you tired of cleaning up Dean's messes? Of dealing with that broken psyche of his? Aren't you tired of being bossed around like a snot-nosed little brother? You're stronger than Dean. You're better than him.

Sam: Watch your mouth.

CROSSROADS Demon

Admit it. You're here, going through the motions. But truth is…you'll be a tiny bit relieved when he's gone.

Sam: Shut up.

CROSSROADS Demon

No more desperate, sloppy, needy Dean. You can finally be free.

Sam: I said shut up!

CROSSROADS Demon

Huh. Doth protest too much if you ask me.

Sam: All right, enough of your crap. You let Dean out of his deal right now.

CROSSROADS Demon

Sorry sweetheart, but your brother's an adult. He made that deal of his own free will, fair and square. It's iron clad.

Sam: Every deal can be broken.

CROSSROADS Demon

Not this one.

Sam: Fine. Then I'll kill you. If you're gone, so's the deal.

CROSSROADS Demon

(Laughs)

Guess again.

Sam: What?

CROSSROADS Demon

Sam, I'm just a sales woman. I got a boss like everybody. He holds the contract, not me. He wants Dean's soul, bad. And believe me. He's not going to let it go.

Sam: You're bluffing.

CROSSROADS Demon

Am I? Shoot me, if it'll get you off, but the deal still holds, and when Dean's time is up, he's getting dragged into the pit.

Sam: Then who's your boss? Who holds the contract?

CROSSROADS Demon

He's not as cuddly as me I can tell you that.

Sam: Who is it?

CROSSROADS Demon

I can't tell you. I'm sorry Sam. There's no way outta this one. Not this time.

Sam looks torn, before sighing and shooting the CROSSROADS Demon right between the eyes. She goes down with a groan. Sam watches calmly.

END CREDITS

END EPISODE