1.18 Something Wicked (transcript)

SUPERNATURAL

1.18 Something Wicked

Written by: Daniel Knauf

Directed by: Whitney Ransick

Air Date: 6 Apr 2006

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== TEASER ==

FITCHBURG, WISCONSIN

INTERIOR. SURBURBAN HOUSE

LITTLE GIRL

(Kneeling by her bed) Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep, may angels watch me through the night and keep me save til morning light. Amen. <br
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DAD
(Helping her into bed) Amen. Night Monkey Puss.

LITTLE GIRL
Daddy, is mommy coming home?

DAD
No honey, she's spending the night at the hospital with your sister. You sleep tight now.

Outside the wind causes a tree to scratch against it the window. The girl sits up in bed, afraid. She gathers her courage, races to the window and pulls the curtain across, then hides back under the covers. The scratching tree branch turns into a long spindly fingered hand and the window is slowly pulled open. A shadow approaches the girls bed, she is terrified under the covers. The hand is placed on her shoulder, she is turned and see's someone in a hood, only their mouth and chin visible. The skin is deeply wrinkled, the mouth opens and a bright light it emitted. The little girls begins to scream.

ACT ONE

The Impala cruises down a country road.

INTERIOR. IMPALA.

DEAN
Yeah. YOu probably missed something, that's what.

SAM
Dude, I ran LexisNexis, local police reports, newspapers, I couldn't find a single red flag. Are you sure you got the coordinates right?

DEAN
Yeah, I double checked. It's Fitchburg, Wisconson. Dad wouldn't have sent us coordinates if it wasn't important Sammy.

SAM
(getting frustrated) Well I'm telling you I looked and all I could find was a big steamy pile of nothing. If Dad's sending us hunting for something I don't know what.

DEAN
Well maybe he's going to meet us there.

SAM
Yeah. Cause he's een so easy to find up to this point.

DEAN
You're a real smart ass you know that? Don't worry I'm sure there's something i Fitchburg worth killing.

SAM
Yeah? What makes you so sure.

DEAN
Cause I'm the oldest, which means I'm always right.

SAM
No it doesn't.

DEAN
It totally does.

DEAN glances at Sammy then looks back at the road with a little grin. The impala cruises past the sign for Fitchburg, population 20,501.

.......................

EXTERIOR. STREET.

SAM leans against the Impala staring ahead, DEAN crosses to the road to him, holding two coffees. In the background a cafe, Glasow's Diner, can be seen.

DEAN
(handing SAM a coffee) Well..the waitress thinks the local freemasons are up to something sneaky but other than that no one's heard about anything freaky going on.

SAM
Dean you got the time?

DEAN
Ten after Four. Why?

SAM
(Indictating ahead) What's wrong with this picture.

SAM has been watching a playground. It is deserted, only one child climbing around.

DEAN
School's out isn't it?

SAM
Yeah. So where is everybody? This place should be crawling with kids right now.

One woman sits on a park bench reading a magazine.

DEAN
(approaching) Sure is quiet out here.

WOMAN
Yeah, it's a shame.

DEAN
Why's that?

WOMAN
You know, kids getting sick, it's a terrible thing.

DEAN
How many?

WOMAN
Just five or six but serious, hospital serious. A lot of parents are getting pretty anxious. They think it's catching.

...............................

INTERIOR. DANE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

SAM and DEAN enter and approach the reception desk.

SAM
Dude. Dude I am not using this ID.

DEAN
Why not?

SAM
Cause it says bikini inspector on it!

DEAN
(Grinning) Don't worry she won't look that close all right? Hell, she won't even ask to see it. It's all about confidence Sammy.

He spins SAM to face the desk and keeps walking. The receptionist looks up.

SAM
Hi. I'm Doctor Jerry Caplin, from diesease control.

RECEPTIONIST
Can I see some ID?

Further down the corridor Dean sniggers.

SAM
(Throwing DEAN a dirty look) Yeah of course.

SAM
(Quickly flashing the ID) Now could you direct me to the pediatrics ward please?

RECEPTIONIST
OK well, just go down that hall, turn left and up the stairs.

Sam approaches a grinning DEAN, giving major bitchface.

DEAN (Still grinning) See. I told you it would work.

SAM
(Growls)Follow me it's upstairs.

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INTERIOR. HOSPITAL. UPSTAIRS

SAM and DEAN walk down the corridor. DEAN looks into a room they pass. An old evil looking woman sitting in a wheelchair slowly turns her head to look at him. An inverted cross hangs on her wall.

SAM
Dean!

DEAN follows SAM, glancing back toward the room. .................................

DEAN
Thanks for seeing us Dr Heidecker.

HEIDIECKER
Well I'm glad you guys are here, I was just about to call CDC myself. How'd you find out anyways?

DEAN
Oh some GP I forget his name, he called Atlanta and musta beat you to the punch.

SAM
So you say you got six cases so far?

HEIDECKER
Yeah, five weeks. At first we thought it was garden variety bacterial pnaumonia. Not that newsworthy. And now...

SAM
Now what?

HEIDECKER
Kids aren't responding to antibiotics. their white cell counts keep going down. Their immune systems aren't doing their job.It's like their bodies are wearing out.

NURSE
Excuse me Dr Heidecker.

SAM
You ever see anything like this before?

HEIDECKER
Never this severe.

NURSE
And the way it spreads...that's a new one for me.

SAM
What do you mean?

NURSE
It works its way through families. But only the children, one sibling after the other.

DEAN
You mind if we interview a few of the kids?

NURSE
They're not conscious.

SAM
None of them?

NURSE No.

DEAN
Can we, uh, can we talk to the parents?

HEIDECKER
If you think it will help.

DEAN
Yeah. Who was your most recent admission?

........................

INTERIOR, HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM

MAN
I should get back to my girls.

SAM
We understand that, and we really appreciate you talking to us. Now you say Mary is the oldest?

MAN
Thirteen.

SAM
Ok. And she came down with it first right? And then...

MAN
Bethany, the next night.

SAM
Within 24 hours?

MAN
I guess. Look I already went through all this with the doctor.

DEAN
Just a few more questions if you don't mind. How do you think they caught pneumonia? Were they out in the cold, anything like that?

MAN
No. We think it was an open window.

DEAN
Both times?

MAN
The first time I don't really remember but the second time for sure. And I know I closed it before I put Bethany to bed.

SAM
So you think she opened it?

MAN
It's a second story window with a ledge. No one else could have.

SAM
You know this might not be anything supernatural, it might just be pneumonia.

DEAN
Maybe. Or maybe something opened that window. I don't man, Dad sent us down down here for a reason. I think we may be barking up the right tree.

SAM
I'll tell you one thing.

DEAN
What?

SAM
That guy we just talked to? I bet it will be a while before he goes home.

.............................

INTERIOR. BETHANY'S BEDROOM.

Sam and DEAN are checking out the room with EMF.

SAM
You got anything over there?

DEAN
No nothing.

SAM
Yeah, me neither.

They keep checking.SAM moves to the window.

SAM
Hey Dean?

DEAN
Yeah.

SAM
(Staring at the outside windowsill) You were right, it's not pneumonia.

Dean comes over and they stare at a handprint rotted into the white paint and wood.

SAM
It's rotted. What the hell leaves a handprint like that?

...................................

FLASHBACK. MOTEL ROOM. YOUNG DEAN AND SAM.

DEAN is staring at a photo of the same handprint. JOHN comes out of the bedroom, loading his sawn off.

JOHN
All right. You know the drill Dean. Anybody calls, you don't pick up. It's me, I'll ring once then call back. You got that?

YOUNG DEAN
Mm-hmm. Only answer the phone if it rings once first.

JOHN
Look alive, this stuff is important.

YOUNG DEAN
I know, it's just...we've gone over it like a million times and you know I'm not stupid. JOHN
I know you're not, but it only takes one mistake you got that?

JOHN continues gathering his things.

JOHN
All right, if I'm not back Sunday night...? YOUNG DEAN
Call Pastor Jim.

JOHN
Lock the doors, the windows, close the shades. Most important....

YOUNG DEAN
Watch out for Sammy.

They both look to SAMMY, sprawled on the couch watching TV.

YOUNG DEAN
I know.

JOHN
All right. If something tries to bust in?

YOUNG DEAN
Shoot first, Ask questions later.

JOHN
(taking his shoulder)That's my man.

END FLASHBACK

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BACK IN THE PRESENT. BETHANY'S BEDROOM.

DEAN
(standing at window) I know why Dad sent us here. He's faced this thing before. He wants us to finish the job.

END ACT ONE

ACT TWO

EXTERIOR. NIGHT.

The Impala pulls up to the recpetion of a motel and both get out.

SAM
So what the hell is a shtriga?

DEAN
Kinda like a witch I think. I don't know much about them.

SAM
Well I've never heard of it. And it's not in Dad's journal.

DEAN
Dad hunted one in Fort Douglas, Wisconsin, about 16-17 years ago. You were there, you don't remember?

SAM
No.

DEAN
Guess he caught wind the things in Fitzburg now and kicked us the coordinates.

SAM
So wait, this...

DEAN
Shtriga.

SAM
Right, you think it's the same one Dad hunted before?

DEAN
Yeah maybe.

SAM
But if Dad went after it how come it's still breathing air?

DEAN

Cause it got away.

SAM
Got away?

DEAN
Yeah Sammy it happens.

SAM
Not very often.

DEAN
Well I don't know what to tell ya, maybe Dad didn't have his wheaties that morning.

SAM
What else do you remember?

DEAN
(Defensively)Nothing, I was a kid all right?

DEAN enters the motel reception and rings the bell. A boy of around 10-12 comes from the back room where a younger boy sits watching TV

BOY
A king or two queens?

DEAN
(Glancing back at SAM) Two queens.

BOY
(Following his look and sniggering under his breath) Yeah I'll bet.

DEAN
What'd you say.

BOY
(smiling) Nice car!

A woman enters, smiling at them both.

WOMAN
Hi.

DEAN
Hi.

WOMAN
Checking in?

DEAN
Yeah.

WOMAN
(To boy) Ahh, do me a favour, go get your brother some dinner.

BOY
I'm helping a guest!

She gives him a look and he grimaces and turns to go.

BOY
(To his mother, while raising his eyebrow at Dean) Two queens.

DEAN
(fake laugh) Funny kid.

WOMAN
Oh, yeah. He thinks so. Will that be cash or credit?

DEAN
Do you take mastercard? (She nods) Perfect. Here you go.

Dean watches through the door as the boy pours a glass of milk for his younger brother.

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FLASHBACK. MOTEL ROOM.

YOUNG DEAN pours a glass of milk for YOUNG SAM.

YOUNG SAM
When's Dad going to get back.

YOUNG DEAN
(Grabbing a pot fro the stove) Tomorrow.

YOUNG SAM When?

YOUNG DEAN
(pouring from the pot into a bowl) I dunno, he usually comes in late though. Now eat your dinner.

YOUNG SAM
I'm sick of scabetti-ohs.

YOUNG DEAN
Well you're the one who wanted 'em!

YOUNG SAM
I want lucky charms!

YOUNG DEAN
There's no more lucky charms.

YOUNG SAM
I saw the box!

YOUNG DEAN
Ok, maybe there is but there's only enough for one bowl and I haven't had any yet.

SAMMY gives puppy dog eyes. DEAN grimaces,dumps out the bowl in the trash and thumps the cereal box on the table instead. SAM reaches into the box and grabs the toy.

YOUNG SAM
(holding it toward DEAN) Want the prize?

end flashback ..............................

PRESENT DAY. MOTEL RECEPETION.

WOMAN
(Holding out his card)Sir?

DEAN
(Coming back to reality) Thanks.

........................

INTERIOR. MOTEL ROOM.

SAM (on laptop) Well you were right. It wasn't very easy to find but you were right. Shtriga's is a kind of witch. They're Albanian, but legends about them trace back to ancient rome. They feed off spiritus vitae.

DEAN
Spiri-what?

SAM
Vitae. It's Latin, translates to 'breath of life'. Kinda like your life force or essence.

DEAN
Didn't the doctor say the kids bodies were wearing out?

SAM
It's a thought. you know she takes your vitality maybe your immunity goes to hell, pneumonia takes hold. Anyway, shtriga's can feed off anyone but they prefer...

DEAN
Children.

SAM
Yeah, probably because they have stronger life force. And get this. Shtriga's are 'invulnerable to all weapons devised by God and man.'

DEAN
No, that's not right. She's vulnerable when she feeds.

SAM
What?

DEAN If you catch her when she's eating you can blast her with concecrated wrought iron. ahhhm buckshots or rounds I think.

SAM
How do you know that?

DEAN
Dad told me. I remember.

SAM
Oh. So uh, anything else Dad might have mentioned?

DEAN
Nope, That's it.

SAM keeps staring at DEAN.

What?

SAM Nothing. Ok. So, assuming we can kill it when it eats we gotta find the thing first. It ain't gunna be a cakewalk. Shtriga's take on a human disguise when they're not hunting.

DEAN
What kinda human disguise?

SAM
Historically, something innocuous. Could be anything, but it's usually a feeble old woman, which might be how the witches as old crones legend got started.

DEAN
(crossing the room) Hang on.

SAM What?

DEAN
(grabbing a map) Check this out. I marked down all the addresses of the victims. Now these are the houses that have been hit so far, and dead centee?

SAM The hospital.

DEAN Yeah. Now when I was there I saw a patient, an old woman.

SAM
An old person huh?

DEAN
Yeah.

SAM In a hospital? phew. (shaking his head and sniggering) Better call the coast guard.

DEAN
Well listen smart ass, she had an inverted cross hanging on her wall.

SAM quickly look up, serious. DEAN raises an eyebrow at him.

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INTERIOR. NIGHT. HOSPITAL.

SAM and DEAN come down a hallway, quickly ducking back when they see Dr HEIDACKER.

NURSE
Good night Dr Heidacker.

HEIDACKER
See you tonight Betty.

NURSE
Try and get some sleep.

SAM and DEAN hide until HEIDACKER passes, then continue. They open the door and sneak in, DEAN taking the front, SAM hanging back, guns drawn. The woman is in her wheelchair facing away, she seems to be sleeping. DEAN slowly leans in closer and closer to her face.

OLD WOMAN
(Turning her head) Who the hell are you!

DEAN freaks, leaping back against a wall cabinet, pulling his gun up.

OLD WOMAN
Who's there? You trying to steal my stuff? They're always stealing around here.

SAM

(Turning the light on. They can see she has cataracts) No! Ah, ma'am, we're maintenance. We're sorry. We thought you were sleeping.

OLD WOMAN
Ahhh, nonsense. I was sleeping with my peepers open. (she laughs) And fix that crucifix would ya? I've asked four damn times already!

DEAN, still looking slightly freaked out, taps the crucifix and it swings the right way up.

.................................

INTERIOR. MOTEL. NIGHT.

The camera pans across the owners sons sleeping in twin beds, and onto the window. The Shritga's arm appears and slides the window open.

END ACT TWO

ACT THREE

EXTERIOR. MOTEL. DAY

The Impala pulls up and SAM and DEAN exit.

SAM
(Laughing) 'I was sleeping with my peepers open?' Bahahahaha.

DEAN
I almost smoked that old girl I swear. It's not funny!

SAM
Oh man you shoulda seen your face.

DEAN
Yeah, laugh it off. Now we're back to square one.

DEAN (spying the owners son looking folorn) Hang on.

They walk over to where he's sitting.

DEAN
Hey what's wrong?

BOY
My brothers sick.

DEAN
Little guy?

BOY
(Nodding) Pneumonia. He's in the hospiotal. It's my fault

DEAN
Oh c'mon, how?

BOY
I shoulda made sure the window was latched. He wouldn't have got pneumonia if the window was latched.

DEAN
Listen to me. I can promise you that this is not your fault. Ok?

BOY
It's my job to look after him.

His mother hurried out of the motel toward her car.

MOM
Michael, I want you to turn on the no vacancy sign while I'm gone. I've got Dednise covering room service.

MICHAEL
I'm going with you.

MOM
Not now Michael.

MICHAEL
But I gotta see Asher!

DEAN
Hey Michael. Hey. I know how you feel, but you gotta go easy on your Mom right now ok?

MOM
(Drops her handbag) Damn it!

SAM
I got it.

Mom
Thank you.

DEAN
Listen, you're in no condition to drive, why don't you let me give you a lift to the hospital.

Mom
No I couldn't possibly...

DEAN
No, I insist. It's no trouble.

DEAN takes her keys.

Mom
Thanks. (To Michael) Be good.

DEAN helps her into her seat then turns to SAM (We're going to kill this thing. I want it dead, you hear me.

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INTERIOR. LIBRARY.

SAM sits at a microfiche machine, he picks up his phone.

DEAN
(Whispers) Hey

SAM
Hey. How's the kid?

DEAN
He's not good. Where you at?

SAM
I'm at the library. I've been trying to find out as much as I can about this Shtriga.

DEAN
Yeah, what have you got? SAM
Well, bad news. I started with Fort Douglas around the time you said Dad was there?

DEAN
Yeah? SAM
Same deal. Before that there was Ogdenville, before that North Haverbrook and Brockway. Every 15-20 years it hits a new town. Dean this thing is just getting started in Fitzburgh. In all these other places it goes on for months.Dozens of kids before the shtriga finally moves on. The kids languish in comas and then they just die.

DEAN
How far back does this thing actually go?

SAM
Ah, I don't know. The earliest mention I could find is this place called "Black River Falls" back in the 1890s. Talk about a horror show....whoa.

DEAN
Sam?

SAM
Hold on....I'm looking at a photgraph right now of a bunch of doctors standing around a kids bed. One of the cortos is Heidacker.

DEAN
And?

SAM
And this picture was taken in 1893.

DEAN
You sure?

SAM
Yeah. Yeah absolutely.

DEAN hangs up and turns to watch HEIDACKER who is sitting on the boys bed.

HEIDACKER
(To the Mom) Don't worry, your son's in good hands. I'm going to take care of him.

He moves toward DEAN standing in the doorway. DEAN looks ready to slit his throat.

HEIDACKER
So what's the CDC come up with so far?

DEAN
We're still working on a few theories. You'll know something as soon as we do.

HEIDACKER
Well, nothings more important to me than these kids. Let me know if I can help.

DEAN
I'll do that.

.................................

INTERIOR. MOTEL ROOM.

SAM
We should have thought of this before. A doctor's a perfect disguise. You're trusted, you can control the whole thing.

DEAN
That son of a bitch.

SAM
I'm surprised you didn't draw on him right there.

DEAN
Yeah well, first of all, I'm not going to open fire in a pediatrics ward.

SAM
Good call.

DEAN
Second, it wouldn't have done any good. The bastards bullet proof unless he's chowing down on something. And third, I wasn't packing, which is probably a good thing cause I probably would have burned a clip in him on principal alone.

SAM
You're getting wise in your old age Dean.

DEAN
Damn right. Cause now I know how we're going to get it.

SAM
What do you mean?

DEAN
Shtriga, works through siblings right?

SAM
Right.

DEAN
Well last night....

SAM
It went after Asher.

DEAN
So I'm thinking tonight it's probably gunna come after Michael. SAM
Well we gotta get him outta here.

DEAN
No. No, that would blow the whole deal.

SAM
What?
DEAN

Yeah.

SAM
You wanna use the kid as bait? Are you nuts? No! Forget it. That's out of the question.

DEAN
It's not out of the question Sam it's the only way. If this thing disappears it could be years before we get another chance.

SAM
Michael's a kid. And I'm not going to dangle him in front of that thing like a worm on a hook.

DEAN
Dad did not send me here to walk away.

SAM
Send you here? He didn't send you here, he sent us.

DEAN
This isn't about you Sam. I'm the one who screwed up, all right. It's my fault. There's no telling how many kids have gotten hurt because of me.

SAM
What are you saying Dean, how is it your fault?

Long pause.

SAM
(Sighing). Dean. You've been hiding something from the get go. Since when does Dad bail on a hunt? Since when does he let something get away? Now talk to me man. Tell me what's going on

DEAN
Fort Douglas WIsconsin. It was our third night in this crap room and I was climbing the walls man. I needed to get some air.

DEAN'S face morphs into YOUNG DEAN

FLASHBACK

YOUNG DEAN sits watching TV. He turns it off and goes to the door, looking back at SAMMY asleep in the other room. He locks the door behind him and heads to reception, where he plays arcade games until the owner tell's them they're closing for the night.

Returning to the room he sees a light coming from SAMMY's room. He moves closer and sees the shtriga leaning over SAMMY. DEAN reaches for the rifle by the door but the shtriga hears him cock it and rears up, hissing.

DEAN hesitates, terrified. As he does JOHN marches through the front door.

JOHN
(Shouting) Get out of the way!

DEAN ducks and JOHN shoots the Shtriga multiple times with his hand gun. The Shtriga jumps through the window, glass shattering. JOHN rushes to SAM's bed and pulls him close, cradling him.

JOHN

Sammy. Sammy. You ok?

YOUNG SAM
(Confused and sleepy) Yeah dad, what's going on?

JOHN
You all right?

JOHN holds SAMMY close while turning to glare at DEAN.

JOHN
What happened?

DEAN
I just went out.

JOHN
What!

DEAN Just for a second, I'm sorry.

JOHN
I told you not to leave this room. I told you not to let him out of your sight!

YOUNG DEAN watches as JOHN cradles SAMMY. His face morphs back into present DEAN.

DEAN
Dad just grabbed us and booked. Dropped us off at Pastor Jim's about three hours away, but the time he got back to Fort Douglas the Shtriga had disappeared, it was just gone. It never surfaced until now. Dad never spoke about it again, I didn't ask. But he...ah...he looked at me different, you know? Which was worse. Not that I blame him. He gave me an order and I didn't listen, I almost got you killed.

SAM
(Softly) you were just a kid.

DEAN
Don't. Don't. Dad knew this was unfinished business for me. He sent me here to finish it.

SAM
But using Michael, I don't know Dean. I mean, how bout one of us hides under the covers, we be the bait.

DEAN
No it won't work. It's gotta get close enough to feed it'll see us. Believe me I don't like it, but it's gotta be the kid.

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INTERIOR. RECEPTION.

MICHAEL
(holding the phone up) You're crazy! Just go away or I'm calling the cops.

DEAN
Hang on a second. Just listen to me. You have to believe me ok? This thing came through the window and it attacked your brother. I've seen it. I know what it looks like. Cause it attacked my brother once too.

Michael
(Slowly hanging up the phone) This thing...is it...like....it has this long...black robe?

DEAN
You saw it last night didn't you?

MICHAEL
I thought I was having a nightmare.

DEAN
I'd give anything not to tell you this but sometimes nightmares are real.

MICHAEL
So, why are you telling me?

DEAN
Because we need your help.

MICHAEL
My help?

DEAN
We can kill it. Me and him that's what we do. But we can't do it without you.

MICHAEL
What? No!

DEAN
Michael listen to me. This thing hurt Asher. And it's going to keep hurting kids unless we stop it, understand me?

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INTERIOR. MOTEL ROOM.

DEAN
well that went crappy.

SAM
What did you expect? You can't ask a adult to do something like that, much less an kid.

There is a knock at the door. It is Michael.

MICHAEL
If you kill it, will Asher get better?

DEAN
Honestly, we don't know.

MICHAEL
You said you were a big brother. You'd take care of your little brother? You'd do anything for him?

DEAN
Yeah I would.

MICHAEL
Me too. I'll help.

END ACT THREE

ACT FOUR

INTERIOR. MOTEL. MICHAEL'S ROOM.

DEAN completes hooking up a security camera in the corner of the room. Our POV is from the camera lense, he is close and looking into it, MICHAEL is behind him in bed.

DEAN
(To Michael) This camera has night vision on it so we'll be able to see clear as day. (To SAM, lifting his voice) Are we good?

SAM
A hair to the right. There, there.

MICHAEL
What do I do?

DEAN
(Sitting on his bed) Just stay uinder the covers. MICHAEL
And if it shows up?

DEAN
We'll be right in the next room. We're gunna come in with guns. So as soon as we do you roll off this bed and you crawl under it.

MICHAEL
What if you shoot me?

DEAN
We won't shoot you. We're good shots. We're not going to fire until you're clear ok? Have you heard a gunshot before?

MICHAEL
Like in the movies?

DEAN
It's gunna be a lot louder than in the movies. So I want you to stay under the bed, cover your ears, do not come out until we say so. Understand?

Michael nods slowly looking scared.

DEAN
Michael you sure you wanna do this?

DEAN
You don't have to, it's ok, I won't be mad.

MICHAEL
No I'm ok. Just don't shoot me.

We're not going to let anything happen to you, I promise you.

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INTERIOR. MOTEL ROOM

SAM and DEAN sit watching the security camera footage on the laptop.

DEAN What time is it?

SAM
Almost 3. Are you sure these iron rounds are gunna work?

DEAN
Concecrated iron rounds, and yeah its what Dad used last time.

SAM
Hey Dean I'm sorry.

DEAN
For what?

SAM
You know, I've really given you a lot of crap, for alays following Dad's orders. But I know why you do it.

DEAN
Oh God, kill me now.

DEAN
Wait, look.

There is movement outside the window. It slides open. SAM and DEAN pick up their guns. The Shtriga is inside the room.

SAM
Now.

DEAN
Not yet.

The shtriga moves closer and leans over the bed, MICHAEL is terrified but frozen, unable to move. The shtriga leans closer and opens his mouth, starting to draw MICHAEL's energy. The door bursts open.

SAM
Hey!

DEAN
Michael, down!

Michael rolls off and under the bed and SAM and DEAN open fire, shooting the Shtriga multiple times each. It falls to the ground.

DEAN
Mike, you all right?

MICHAEL
Yeah.

DEAN
Just sit tight.

DEAN approaches the Shtriga, gun at the ready. There is no movement. he relaxes slightly and looks at SAM. The shtriga jumps up, grabs DEAN by the throat and throws him against the wall.

SAM
Dean!

The Shtriga moves and throws SAM to the ground, falling on him and forcing his mouth open. SAM stuggles to reach his gun where it has fallen but the shtriga starts drawing his energy and he stills and pales.

DEAN
Hey!

The shtriga looks up and DEAN shoots him between the eyes. He falls backwards and SAM lays gasping for breath

DEAN
You ok little brother?

SAM nods, they both pull themselves to their feet and look to the Shtriga. The energy it has stolen escapes from it's mouth and DEAN raises his gun, shooting it three more times at point blank range. It falls in on itself, disintergrating.

Michael peeks from the side of the bed.

DEAN
It's ok Michael, you can come on out.

MICHAEL comes to stand beside them, DEAN places his hand on MICHAEL's shoulder and smiles.

END ACT FOUR

ACT FIVE

EXTERIOR. MOTEL

DEAN and SAM are packing the Impala ready to head out. MICHAEL'S Mom comes out of the back of reception.

DEAN
Joanna. How's Michael doing?

JOANNA
Have you seen Michael?

MICHAEL
Mom! Mom!

Joanna.
Hey!

MICHAEL
How's Ash?

JOANNA
Got some good news. Your brothers going to be fine.

MICHAEL
Really?

JOANNA
Yeah, really. No one can explain it, it's a miracle. They're going to keep him in overnight for observation and then he's coming home.

DEAN
That's great.

SAM
How are all the other kids doing?

JOANNA
Good. Real good. A bunch of them should be checking outin a few days. Dr Travis says the ward's going to be like a ghost town.

SAM
Dr Travis? what about Dr HEIDACKER?

JOANNA
Oh he wasn't in today. Must have been sick or something.

DEAN
Yeah. Must have.

JOANNA
So, did anything happen while I was gone?

MICHAEL
(Glancing at DEAN) Nah, same old stuff.

JOANNA
Ok. You can go see Ash.

MICHAEL
(Excited) Now?

JOANNA
Only if you want to.

MICHAEL runs to the car.

JOANNA
(Laughing) I'd better get going before he hot wires the car and drives himself.

Smiling good bye, she leaves, SAM and DEAN turn back to the Impala. SAM
It's too bad. DEAN
Oh, they'll be fine.

SAM
That's not what I meant. I meant Michael. He'll always know there are things out there in the dark, he'll never be the same, you know? (long pause) Sometimes I wish that....

DEAN

What...?

SAM
I wish I could have that kinda innocence.

They watch JOANNA and MICHAEL drive away.

DEAN
If it means anything, sometimes I wish you could too.

DEAN climbs in the car and starts the engine as SAM follows. They pull out of the motel car park and back onto the freeway.

END ACT FIVE

END EPISODE

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