7.03 The Girl Next Door

Air Date: 7 Oct 2011

NOW

INT. SIOUX FALLS GENERAL HOSPITAL – TREATMENT ROOM – DAY

Dean is on a hospital bed looking up at bright lights.

Doctor

Hold him down.

Dean

Hey.

Doctor

Three, two, one, set!

Dean

Aaaaargh!

Doctor

Nurse!

Doctor [to Dean]

Just relax.

Dean

Where am I?

Doctor

You're at the hospital.

Dean

Which one?

Doctor

Sioux Falls General.

A nurse gives Dean a shot.

Dean

Where's my brother? We got to go.

Doctor

He bashed his head quite seriously. He's gone up for an MRI.

Dean

Okay. I got to go.

Doctor

You're not going anywhere on this leg, buddy. Relax.

Dean blacks out.

INT. SIOUX FALLS GENERAL HOSPITAL – PATIENT ROOM – DAY

Dean

Oh, no, no, no.

Dean pulls a drip out of his arm and tries to get up, but falls to the floor with a yell. His right leg is in a cast.

Dean

What?

Bobby enters the room.

Bobby

You okay?

Dean

Bobby, you're alive.

Bobby

'Course I am. Why are you on the floor?

Dean

They gave me morphine. A lot.

Bobby helps Dean up.

Dean

Hey, look, a monster broke my leg. Oh. Wait... the house. We thought you were dead.

Bobby

Well, I ain't. Not yet. But we got to run. This place ain't safe. Where's Sam?

Dean

Uh... Head scan, I think.

Bobby

Meet me at the ambulance dock, stat. I'll find Sam.

Dean

Wait, where? Bobby, I'm a gimp.

Bobby brings Dean crutches.

Bobby

Hey.

Bobby pats Dean's cheek several times and smiles at him.

INT. SIOUX FALLS GENERAL HOSPITAL – DAY

Dr. GAINES

You've scheduled dessert, I presume?

Dr. GAINES' phone rings. The Nurse takes it out of his gown pocket and holds it to his ear.

Dr. GAINES

Yes? The Winchesters?

Dean exits his hospital room on crutches. Bobby approaches an orderly who is moving an unconscious Sam on a stretcher, and holds up some ID.

Bobby

Hold the phone there, son. Who's this?

Bobby looks at the chart on Sam's stretcher.

Bobby

Yeah, this is the guy. Coverage lapsed. We're shipping him to County.

Bobby [to unconscious Sam]

Come on, sicko. Let's get you healed up some place a little safer.

Dr. GAINES and the Nurse stride purposefully down the hallway as Dean makes his way on crutches. Bobby pushes Sam on the stretcher. Dr. GAINES sees Dean's empty room. Bobby and Sam leave the hospital via the ambulance entrance and Bobby puts Sam's stretcher in an ambulance.

Bobby

Come on, Dean.

Through the ambulance side mirror, Bobby sees Dr. GAINES and the Nurse come out of the ambulance entrance door.

Bobby

Balls. Come on, Dean. Come on, Dean!

Dean gets in the passenger seat of the ambulance.

Dean

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

Bobby accelerates away. Dr. GAINES and the Nurse run after the ambulance for a short distance. Dr. GAINES takes out his phone.

SUPERNATURAL

ACT ONE

INT. CABIN – DAY[i]

[i]Whitefish, Montana

Three weeks later

Sam is reading at the table and Dean watching television. On the screen, a woman is crying over a man's body. Bobby enters.

Dean

Dude... Ricardo.

Bobby

What happened?

Dean

Suicidio.

Bobby

Adiós, ese.[i]

Dean looks very moved at what has happened on the screen.

Bobby

Well, this ought to cheer you up.

Dean

My baby! Now I just got to get this stupid thing off and I can drive again.

Sam: So how is it out there?

Bobby

Weird with a side order of bloody. Talked to a few hunters. They're running into the Same kind of thing that set up shop at that hospital.

Dean

Yeah, and don't forget tried to kill us at your place.

Bobby

Well, consensus is they're, um, they're like shapeshifters only a lot more into eating folk. And nothing can kill 'em.

Dean

Good times. Anything else?

Bobby

Yep. They bleed black goo.

Sam: Like that stuff that came out of Cas – those things from Purgatory. Uh... Leviathan.

Bobby

Yep.

Dean

What about those chompers that you and the Sheriff saw at the hospital? They still making spleenburgers?

Bobby

Yeah, made some calls. That Doctor never showed back up to work. Ditto a nurse and some administrator.

Sam starts to hear voices in his head.

Lucifer (in Sam's mind)

You never left, Sam.

Dean

So they could be at any hospital in America.

Bobby

Yeah.

Lucifer (in Sam's mind)

You're still in the Cage... with me.

Dean

What do you think, Sammy? Sammy? Sam.

Lucifer (in Sam's mind)

Sam...

Dean

Hey, ground control! Sam!

Sam turns over his left palm and we see the healed wound on his hand.

Sam: Yeah. What? I'm – I'm right here.

Dean

You okay?

Sam: Yeah. I'm fine.

There is a long pause.

Bobby

Good. Every last bit of info I ever had burned down, so...

Dean

What about this place? Rufus leave anything? Did you check the basement?

Bobby

C-rations and dust. I don't think he'd been here in years. So, I got to go round up my old library.

Sam: I thought you said most of those books were one-of-a-kind.

Bobby

Yeah. That's why I stashed copies all over the place.

Dean

Okay, good. Um... Hey, uh, two-legs. We're fresh out of grub. Want to make a run?

Sam: Sure. Yeah.

Dean tosses Sam the keys to the Impala.

Dean

Be careful with her, would you? And, uh, Sam?

Sam: Yeah?

Dean

Pie.

Sam: Obviously.

Sam leaves.

Dean

So?

Bobby

So what?

Dean

Before you bail again – "Girl, Interrupted" over there. Any thoughts?

Bobby

Looks to me like he's doing better.

Dean

Better? What do you mean, better? You just saw him!

Bobby

Saw him check out once. That's progress.

Dean

You're kidding!

Bobby

Look, seems to me that Sam's head ain't no different than your leg. People heal on a curve.

Dean

Not diff– Bobby, I get this thing off in five days, I'm golden. Sam's not a curve. He's a frickin' time bomb.

Bobby

It ain't like he's keeping secrets. What you see is what you get. What's so nuts about calling an upswing?

Dean

Because that's not how it works, Bobby, ever! All right? Especially not with Sam. The other shoe is gonna drop. It's just a matter of when.

Bobby

Okay. How 'bout we worry about today's problems? And today, we need intel. I'm going. You sit there and stew. I'll check in. Look... you sitting here wringing your hands ain't gonna do nothing. Maybe he'll surprise you.

Bobby leaves.

[i]INT. WHITEFISH MT GAS & SIP STORE – DAY

Sam carries a basket of groceries to the counter.

Sam: Hey.

CLERK

Hey.

Sam picks up the Bozeman Times newspaper. The headline reads "ICE PICK KILLER STRIKES AGAIN".

CLERK

Paper, too?

Sam: Uh, yeah. Yeah, please. Here.

Sam hands the CLERK a credit card with the name Lemmy Kilmister. The CLERK swipes the card through the payment machine.

INT. OFFICE – DAY

A Man is sitting in front of a computer screen and talking on the phone using a headset.

Man (on phone)

Yes, sir. Do you see any other strange charges on your statement? The May 27th charge to "Mistress Magda," perhaps? Oh. Sorry for asking.

A transaction alert flashes up on his computer screen saying that Lemmy Kilmister has used his card at the Whitefish Gas n' Sip.

Man (on phone)

We're gonna have to call you back.

The Man takes out a cell phone and makes a call.

EXT. DOTTIE's BAKERY AND CAFE – DAY

EDGAR is sitting outside with a cup of coffee and a newspaper.

EDGAR (on phone)

Yes?

The scene alternates between the Man in the office and EDGAR at the café.

Man (on phone)

Yes, sir. The Winchesters have triggered one of my search programs.

EDGAR (on phone)

Great.

Man (on phone)

A shop in Montana, about a day and a half, maybe two days from here.

EDGAR (on phone)

So?

Man (on phone)

So?

EDGAR (on phone)

So, why are you still talking to me?

EDGAR hangs up.

INT. OFFICE – DAY

The Man leaves his desk.

INT. RUFUS' CABIN – DAY

Sam puts a shopping bag on the table near Dean. Dean reaches for it.

Dean

Ah, thank you.

Sam: Yep.

Dean turns off the television.

Sam: Where's Bobby? He take off?

Dean

Yeah. Hey, Sam, how you doing?

Sam: Fine.

Dean

I mean, you still, you know...

Sam: Yeah, no, I – I know what you mean. Yeah, I'm – I'm still seeing crap that's not real. But, yeah, I'm fine. I mean, I can tell the difference.

Dean

Think it's getting better?

Sam: Honestly? Uh... I don't know. I just know I'm managing it, so... So don't worry.

Dean

Where's the pie?

Sam: I got cake. It's close enough, right?

Some time later, Dean is asleep on the couch. Sam is reading an article in the newspaper, titled "Victim's fatal wounds ‘signature' of killer".

FLASHBACK: EXT. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 1998 – DAY

Young Sam is reading a newspaper on a bench and talking on the phone.

Young Sam (on phone)

Yeah, so, from what I can tell, it's something called a Kitsune. Not much. They... look human... till they sprout out claws and stab you behind your ear to get to your brain. I don't – I don't know yet. Yes, Dean, I realize killing 'em's important. Maybe if Uncle Bobby sent a book in English. I am! No, no, don't – don't put him on the phone. Hi, Dad. Yes, sir. I realize people are dying. Yeah, I'm on my way to the library right now.

INT. RUFUS' CABIN – DAY

Sam leaves a note for Dean on the table next to the uneaten cake, takes the keys to the Impala and leaves.

EXT. UNDER A BRIDGE – NIGHT

LONG-HAIRED Man

Sorry, honey. Price went up. Fifty-five.

Woman: Oh, I don't – I don't have it.

LONG-HAIRED Man

That's too bad. Maybe we can make a little trade. Hmm?

At the sound of police sirens, they hurry away in opposite directions. The Man hears a noise and stops, but sees nothing and then continues on his way. Someone tackles him to the ground.

LONG-HAIRED Man

Aah!

The Man lies on ground, dead. Blood pools from the back of his head.

ACT TWO

INT. RUFUS' CABIN – DAY

Dean wakes and reads Sam's note: "Back in a few days. I'm fine. Sam"

Dean (on phone)

Other shoe!

EXT. GAS STATION – DAY

Bobby (on phone)

Other who?

The scene alternates between Dean in RUFUS' cabin and Bobby at the gas station.

Dean (on phone)

Sam. He took off.

Bobby (on phone)

Where?

Dean (on phone)

I don't know. Nowhere good.

Bobby (on phone)

Well, maybe he needed a little "me-time."

Dean (on phone)

Yeah, but his me-time ain't just him. I mean, for all we know he's road trippin' with Lucifer somewhere. Left me here like Jimmy friggin' Stewart.

Bobby (on phone)

I assume you called.

Dean (on phone)

Straight to voicemail. He turned his GPS off, too.

Dean (on phone)

And he took my car!

Bobby (on phone)

Don't panic.

Dean (on phone)

Too late!

Bobby (on phone)

Look, he says he's okay, so give it a couple of days. Just till you get the cast off, then hunt him down. Till then, we'll both just keep calling.

Dean (on phone): All right.

INT. RUFUS' CABIN – DAY

Dean hangs up.

CUT TO: Dean holding an angle grinder.

Dean

You're goin' down.

Dean cuts into his cast with the angle grinder.

INT. Police STATION – DAY

Sam: You guys thinking this is another one – so-called ice pick killer?

Police Officer: Same M.O. Can't say I'm too broken up about this one.

Sam: Oh, you knew him?

Police Officer: Busted him half a dozen times. Real mensch.

Sam: So, what's the deal? Um, killer comes to town, ganks a lowlife, moves along?

Police Officer: Looks like.

Sam: Stabs 'em all exactly the Same, right? Behind the ear?

Police Officer: Yeah. No explaining a psycho. We left that detail out of the paper, though. How'd you know?

Sam: I worked a case like this a few years back.

Police Officer: Think it's related?

Sam: You find anything weird about the brains?

Police Officer: Like what?

Sam: Like... missing.

Police Officer: Huh. Good question for the coroner.

Sam: Right. Thanks.

Sam's phone beeps. He takes it out of his pocket and sees that he has had three missed calls from "Lars Ulrich".

INT. WHITEFISH MT GAS & SIP STORE – DAY

Dean

How you doing? Uh, was there a, uh, big guy in here yesterday?

CLERK

That's specific.

Dean

Uh, I mean big. Like about yea high?

CLERK

Yeah, maybe. Uh, brown hair?

Dean

Yes! Yes. That's him. Do you, uh – you remember what he bought?

CLERK

Snacks, maybe?

Dean

How about a paper? Do you have yesterday's paper?

CLERK

Yeah, right there.

Dean

Oh.

Dean picks up the newspaper and sees the ice pick killer headline.

Dean

Do you mind?

Dean walks out with the newspaper.

INT. CORONER's ROOM – DAY

CORONER

We don't get too many murders out this way... much less a serial.

Sam: So what'd you find?

CORONER

It's what we didn't find. Let me show you. Big chunk of mid-brain went missing.

Sam: Mid-brain, like pituitary gland?

CORONER

Actually, their pituitaries were clear gone. How'd you know that?

FLASHBACK: INT. LIBRARY – DAY

Young Sam is sitting at a table with a book, talking on the phone.

Young Sam (on phone)

Yeah, so, they need a steady diet of human pituitary glands to survive.

INT. CORONER's ROOM – DAY

Sam: Educated guess.

INT. Sam's MOTEL ROOM – DAY

Sam is hanging his research on the wall and marking locations on a map.

FLASHBACK: INT. LIBRARY – DAY

Young Sam (on phone)

Hang on. Slow down.

Young Sam is sitting at a desk, marking locations on a map.

Young Sam (on phone)

Right. So, the victims are located in parks just off the highway. Just one per town. That's something. What? I – I'm just tired. I've been looking at this for like eight years. Wait. Hang on. I'll call you right back.

Young Sam hangs up and draws a line on his map between the Xs.

INT. Sam's MOTEL ROOM – DAY

Sam draws a line on his map between the Xs and circles another location.

EXT. DESERTED STREET – NIGHT

Sam parks the Impala and sits in it waiting.

FLASHBACK: EXT. OUTSIDE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY – DAY

Young Sam orders from a coffee vendor.

Young Sam

Triple red eye, please.

VENDOR

Okay.

Young Sam watches a Blonde Girl enter the library.

VENDOR

Triple red eye.

Young Sam

Thanks.

EXT. DESERTED STREET – NIGHT

Sam is still in the Impala.

FLASHBACK: INT. LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY – DAY

Young Sam reads a book at a table. He watches the Blonde Girl browse a magazine rack, but looks away when she looks at him.

EXT. DESERTED STREET – NIGHT

Sam is still in the Impala. A vehicle pulls up nearby and someone gets out.

FLASHBACK: INT. LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY – DAY

Young Sam takes a book from a shelf and sees Amy on the other side of the shelves.

Young Sam (on phone)

You stab it in the heart. Stab it. The heart. I said, you stab it in the heart!

LIBRARIAN

Shh!

Young Sam (on phone)

Okay. Are you guys cool? Can I have a normal life for five minutes now? Oh, Dean. Quick question. How do you talk to girls?

Young Sam straightens his jacket and approaches the Blonde Girl, who is sitting at a table. She is wearing a necklace with a crescent moon pendant.

Young Sam

Um... I just wanted to, you know, say hi and –

Blonde Girl

No. Go away. It's just, I'm not supposed to talk to boys.

Young Sam nods and turns to leave.

FLASHBACK: EXT. OUTSIDE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY – DAY

Young Sam leaves the library, as does the Blonde Girl a few moments later. She walks away and is followed by two boys. Young Sam follows them.

Blonde Girl

Leave me alone.

Boy 1: Come on. We just want to talk.

Blonde Girl

I have to go.

Boy 2 puts a hand on the Blonde GIRL's shoulder and pushes her against a tree.

Boy 1: Uh-uh-uh. Why so rude?

Blonde Girl

Don't touch me!

Boy 1: Hey. I said be nice.

Young Sam

Why don't you?

Boy 1: Butt out. Can you believe this guy?

Boy 1 puts out a hand to shove Young Sam. Young Sam blocks it and punches him. Boy 2 punches Young Sam. Young Sam punches Boy 2, then hits Boy 1 again and shoves Boy 2 as the BOYS leave.

Young Sam

Hi. I'm Sam.

Blonde Girl

I'm Amy.

EXT. WOODS – NIGHT

Sam is following a Woman who is walking through the woods. The Woman watches a Man who is standing next to his car fumbling with his car keys. He drops the keys.

Man: Oh, damn it.

Sam comes up behind the Woman. She turns and Sam holds a knife to her chest. The camera focuses on her crescent pendant.

Sam: Hi, Amy.

ACT THREE

EXT. WOODS – NIGHT

Amy

Sam. Wow.

Sam: Yeah.

Amy

I just... never thought I'd see you again. What are you doing here?

Sam: I think you know.

Amy

You got tall, huh?

Sam: Small talk? Really? Let's take a walk.

Amy

Sam –

Sam: Walk.

They walk, Sam holding a knife to Amy's chest.

Sam: So, Same pattern, Same victim pool – just like when we were kids.

Amy

No, I – it's not what – look, I'm not – I've had the Same job for the last six years. I – I have a house, two cats, a mortgage. I have a normal life.

Sam: You call this normal?

FLASHBACK: INT. Young Amy's HOUSE – DAY

The Goo Goo Dolls' "Two Days in February" plays.

Young Amy

Ready to play Doctor?

Young Sam is sitting on the couch. Young Amy dabs at his face.

Young Amy

So, you gonna tell me?

Young Sam

What?

Young Amy

How you kicked the crap out of those guys. I mean... no offense, but you're kind of...

Young Sam

Wiry?

Young Amy

Exactly. So...?

Young Sam

Just watch a lot of Bruce Lee movies.

Young Amy

You thirsty?

Young Sam

Sure.

Young Amy opens the refrigerator, which contains jars holding brains. She moves a jar and takes out a can of soda.

Young Amy

So, you live around here?

Young Sam

No, not really. It's a cool song. My dad doesn't listen to anything recorded after 1979, so...

Young Sam holds the can of soda to his face.

Young Amy

Does that mean you can't?

Young Sam

I'm kind of stuck in the car a lot. My dad has to travel. For work.

Young Amy

Yeah, me and my mom bounce around a lot, too. She's all about, like, "Letting the wind be our guide."

Young Sam

Like a hippie?

Young Amy

Minus the peace and love.

Young Amy takes the can from Young Sam, opens it, takes a drink and hands it back to him.

Young Sam

We're always on the road. I mean, I've seen the world's biggest ball of twine twice.

Young Amy

Three times. Not that big.

Young Sam

Right?

They laugh.

Young Sam

Okay, but be honest – I mean, moving all the time sucks. You're always the new kid, and everyone always thinks you're a freak.

Young Amy

Sam, you are a freak. But so was, I don't know, Jimi Hendrix and... Picasso. So am I. All the coolest people are freaks.

Young Sam leans forward and they kiss.

EXT. WOODS – NIGHT

Amy

Sam. What I am, I'm managing it.

Sam: You spiked three guys this week.

Amy

No, you don't understand. It's not like that. I'm – I'm not just some murderer. I had to.

Sam: Why?

Amy

I can't – I just had to. Please believe me, Sam.

Sam: I can't. I'm sorry.

Sam reaches into Amy's pocket with his left hand.

Amy

So am I.

Amy knocks the knife out of Sam's hand and shoves him against a tree. Sam falls to the ground. In his left hand he holds several items from Amy's pocket.

INT. CORONER's ROOM – DAY

CORONER

This is the one he asked to see.

Dean

Great, great. Uh, let me ask you, did he do anything to it?

CORONER

No. He just asked a few questions about the other vics – missing pituitary glands and so forth.

Dean

Son of a bitch.

Bobby's CAR – NIGHT

Bobby (on phone)

Sam's chasin' a what?

Dean's BORROWED VEHICLE – NIGHT

Dean (on phone)

A Kitsune. It's pretty rare. Dad and I hunted one back in '98.

The scene alternates between Bobby and Dean in their respective vehicles.

Bobby (on phone)

Vaguely rings a bell.

Dean (on phone)

Yeah, didn't make our highlight reel.

Bobby (on phone)

Well, least now we know he's working a job.

Dean (on phone)

Yeah, but why pull the Houdini act?

Bobby (on phone)

Not a clue.

Bobby (on phone)

What are you gonna do when you catch up?

Dean (on phone)

I got a few ideas.

INT. Amy's HOUSE – NIGHT

Amy puts clothes in a suitcase and lays framed photos, including one of a child, face down. She turns and sees Sam.

Amy

How did you find me?

Sam holds up a receipt.

Sam: You dropped this. "Amy Pond," huh? Cute name. You weren't kidding about the mortgage.

Amy

Sam...

Sam sees blood on Amy's hand.

Sam: Wait, that's fresh. That's not mine. So, you killed again!

Amy

You think I wanted to?

Sam: I think you better tell me exactly what you're doing, or I have to kill you whether I want to or not!

Amy

I can't. Sam, you know me.

Sam: No, I knew you. But that was a long time ago.

Amy

No, you know me. You know the kind of person I am.

FLASHBACK: INT. Young Amy's HOUSE – DAY

Young Sam and Young Amy break their kiss. Young Sam tries to set the can of soda on the coffee table, but it falls off and spills.

Young Amy

Oh! Crap.

Young Sam

Sorry. I didn't mean to.

Young Amy

It's just, if she sees it, you know, my mom will be so pissed.

Young Sam

Yeah. It was just an accident.

Young Amy

Yeah, well, she has a temper. Sometimes. It's... no big deal.

Young Sam

My dad does, too. You don't want to see him when he's drinking.

Young Amy

My mom... I don't think she's a good person. Sometimes I don't think I'm a good person, either.

Young Sam

You are.

Young Amy

Don't be so sure.

Young Sam puts his hand over Young Amy's.

Young Sam

I've been around enough bad to know good when I see it.

Young Amy

It's just she has this... whole plan for me, but... I don't want to be like her, you know?

Young Sam

I don't want to be like my dad, either.

INT. Amy's HOUSE – NIGHT

Sam: All right. So then tell me what's going on.

Amy

Drop the knife and I'll show you.

Sam: Show me and I'll drop the knife.

Amy

Don't move.

Amy opens the door to a room in which a child is sleeping.

Amy

This is Jacob... my son. I've built a life here, Sam. I'm... in the PTA. I'm boring.

Sam: But you're still feeding.

Amy

On the dead. I'm a mortician. I know. Not sexy, but, you know, health benefits. I quietly take what Jacob and I need. No one gets hurt. But it can be risky, feeding like that, especially for a kid. Jacob got sick. He was dying, and the only way to fight it off was –

Sam: He needed fresh meat.

Amy

It worked. After the last one, his fever broke.

Sam: Amy –

Amy

It's over.

Sam: You can't guarantee that.

Amy

I give you my word. So, how is spilling more blood gonna help anyone? You could still walk away from this. We both can. Sam... After what I did for you.

FLASHBACK: INT. Young Amy's HOUSE – DAY

Young Sam

Amy, I –

Young Amy

Hide!

Young Sam

What?

Young Amy

Quick!

Young Amy shuts a closet door behind Young Sam. Amy's MOTHER enters.

Young Amy

Hey.

Amy's MOTHER

They caught up.

Young Amy

Who caught up?

Amy's MOTHER

Couple of pros in a piece-of-crap Impala. We're leaving.

Young Amy

But, Mom –

Amy's MOTHER

I'm only gonna say this once – I put the food on this table, so you will do as you are told or I will let you starve.

Amy's MOTHER walks towards the closet where Young Sam is hiding.

Young Amy

Okay. Gas up the van. I'll pack.

Young Sam draws his knife in the closet.

Amy's MOTHER

Good girl.

Amy's MOTHER leaves.

Young Amy

Awesome first date, huh? Look, I'm sorry you got to go like this, but... What's wrong? Look, I know my mom's –

Young Sam

No, I just have to go. I'm sorry.

Young Sam sees a brain in a jar on a table.

Young Amy

Oh, that – that's nothing! That's just...

Young Sam lifts his knife.

Young Amy

Sam?

Young Sam

It's my dad and brother in the Impala. You're a monster.

Young Amy

You're a hunter. So... You're supposed to kill me? And I'm supposed to kill you?

Young Sam

I guess.

Young Amy

Sam, I've never killed anyone. And I don't want to hurt you. Do you want to hurt me?

Young Sam

No.

Young Amy

Then run. If my mom finds you, she'll kill you. Just run. Please, Sam.

EXT. Sam's MOTEL – NIGHT

Sam is walking towards his room. He unlocks the door and is punched by Dean, who was waiting inside. Sam falls backwards into plants.

Dean

Howdy, Sam.

ACT FOUR

INT. Sam's MOTEL – NIGHT

Dean

New rule. You steal my baby, you get punched. The hell were you thinking, Sam, running off like that? I mean, for all I know, Satan could have been callin' your plays.

Sam gets a can of soda from the refrigerator and holds it to his head.

Sam: Dean, look, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm fine.

Dean

Oh, yeah, no, you're a poster boy for mental health. You have any idea the kind of horror shows I had going on in my head?

Sam: Dean, I left you a note. There was a job in town.

Dean

A Kitsune. Yeah. Yeah. No, I know. And you ignore Bobby and I's phone calls why, exactly?

Sam: Because I wanted to take care of it. And I did. I took care of it.

Dean

Really?

Sam: Yes.

Dean

Where's the body?

Sam: There is no body.

Dean

Why not?

Sam: Because I let her go. She's gone.

Dean

You what? Why?

FLASHBACK: INT. Young Amy's HOUSE – DAY

Young Sam opens the front door to leave Young Amy's house. Amy's MOTHER is standing outside. She grabs him and forces him backwards.

Young Amy

Sam!

Amy's MOTHER

I knew you were hiding something. See, we can never blow town without Amy throwing a bitch-fit. So agreeing to go peacefully – well. Who is this?

Young Amy

He's my friend.

Amy's MOTHER

No, he's not.

Young Amy

Sam!

Amy's MOTHER

Shut up! What is wrong with you, huh? You that stupid? Really? I already told you, you cannot have friends. This kid is food!

Young Amy

No!

Amy's MOTHER lets go of Sam and backhands Young Amy. Amy's MOTHER raises a fist to Sam.

Amy's MOTHER

This'll teach you.

Amy's MOTHER's fingernails extend into long, pointed claws, then change back to normal. Young Amy has stabbed her from behind.

INT. Sam's MOTEL – NIGHT

Dean

You never told me that.

Sam: I never told anyone. I mean, can you imagine what Dad would have done?

Dean

So you saw the article in the newspaper, and you just bolted.

Sam: It was my mess.

Dean

And you call letting her go cleaning it up?

Sam: She killed her own mom, Dean, to save me.

Dean

I hear you, Sam. I do. But look at her now. She's dropping bodies, man... Which means we got to drop her, no matter how many merit badges she racked up when she was a kid. I'm sorry, but it's that simple.

Sam: Nothing in our lives is simple.

FLASHBACK: INT. Young Amy's HOUSE – DAY

Young Sam

You have to run. Amy! Do you have cash?

Young Amy nods.

Young Sam

I – I want you on the first bus out of town. Tonight.

Young Amy

But what about –

Young Sam

I'll take care of her. Just go!

Young Amy

Come with me. We don't have to be alone. We can be freaks together, Sam. Sam...

Young Sam

I can't. I'm sorry.

Young Amy

So am I.

INT. Sam's MOTEL – NIGHT

Dean

Look, man, I get it, okay? You meet a girl, you feel that spark – there's nothing better. But this freak?

Sam grabs his jacket and gets up from a chair at the table.

Dean

I didn't mean –

Sam: Yeah, you did. Look, I see the way you look at me, Dean, like I'm a grenade and you're waiting for me to go off.

Dean

Sam –

Sam: I'm not going off. Look, I might be a freak, but that's not the Same as dangerous.

Dean

I didn't say –

Sam: It's okay. Say it. I've spent a lot of my life trying to be normal, but come on. I'm not normal. Look at all the crap I've done, look at me now. I'm a grade-A freak. But I'm managing it. And so is Amy.

Dean

Is she? How?

Sam: She works at a damn funeral home so she doesn't have to kill anyone, Dean. She's figured out how to deal.

Dean

Okay, well, then explain the bodies.

Sam: She's done. Her friggin' kid was dying, Dean. Put you or me in her position, we'd probably do the Same thing. Look, you don't trust her. Fine. Trust me. Dean, please.

Dean

Okay.

Sam: Seriously?

Dean

Got to start sometime, right?

ACT FIVE

EXT. PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF A BIGGERSON's RESTAURANT – DAY

Dean is on the phone. Sam is walking towards him carrying a shopping bag.

Dean (on phone)

Bozeman. Right. Got it. Thanks.

Dean

That was Bobby. We'll hole up in Spokane tonight. We'll meet him tomorrow. Why don't you drive?

Dean tosses Sam the keys to the Impala.

Sam: You gonna punch me again?

INT. Impala, OUTSIDE MOTEL – DAY

Dean

Hey, why don't, uh – why don't you check us in? I got to hit the candy store.

Dean holds up a bottle of pills.

Dean

Doctor's orders.

Sam gets out of the car. Dean slides over to the driver's seat and drives off.

INT. Amy's MOTEL – DAY

Amy enters. Dean is sitting on the couch in her room.

Dean

Next time you run, you should change your license plates. Keeping the Same tags makes you easy to track.

Amy

Who are –

Dean

I'm Sam's brother. And you are Amy Pond, the Bozeman mortician who went missing. There's people looking for you.

Amy

Sam sent you?

Dean

Sam doesn't know I'm here.

Amy

But he told you. My son –

Dean

I know. I know. But people... They are who they are. No matter how hard you try, you are what you are. You will kill again.

Amy

I won't. I swear.

Dean

Trust me, I'm an expert. Maybe in a year, maybe ten. But eventually, the other shoe will drop. It always does.

Dean stabs Amy.

Dean

I'm sorry.

Dean catches Amy as she falls and lowers her to the bed. He removes his knife, then turns to see Amy's son JACOB standing at the door.

Dean

You got someone you can go to?

JACOB nods.

Dean

You ever kill anyone?

JACOB shakes his head.

Dean

Well, if you do, I'll come back for you.

JACOB

The only person I'm gonna kill is you.

Dean

Well, look me up in a few years. Assuming I live that long.

Dean holds up his hands, one still holding the knife, and walks towards the door. JACOB hurries to his mother's body. Dean pauses at the door and watches them.

INT. WHITEFISH MT GAS & SIP STORE – DAY

POSSESSED Man (on phone)

Yes, sir. Sam Winchester was definitely here. Yes. Every alias we have for them, and I'll find out where they went from here. I'm only a couple days behind them. Just grabbing a bite first.

The CLERK is tied to a chair and gagged.

POSSESSED Man

Do you know what I find? Plain old people taste fine, but everything is better... with cheese.

The POSSESSED Man pours a pot of hot cheese over the CLERK. The CLERK screams and the POSSESSED Man's mouth transforms: it enlarges, his teeth become long and jagged, and a two-pronged tongue protrudes.

END