3.02 The Kids Are Alright (transcript)
3.02 The Kids Are Alright
Written by: Sera Gamble
Directed by: Phillip Sgriccia
Contents
TEASER
EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE - NIGHT
A young mother is standing outside her house with a mix of worry and impatience. A car pulls up into the driveway; a girl of about ten years steps out, as does her father.
MOM
Thanks for driving her back here.
DAD
It's not like I had a choice. She pitched a fit.
MOM
(to the girl, who is hugging her tightly)
Hey,sweetie. What's wrong?
GIRL
Nothing. i missed you.
MOM
Okay, but tonight's your dad's night.
GIRL
No. I don't like Dad's night. I don't want Dad to have a night anymore.
MOM
Since when? You used to love going to your dad's house. You know, he loves you, and he misses you a lot.
GIRL
But I hate it there!
MOM
You don't hate it.
GIRL
Yes, I do! He's mean, and there are monsters there. I don't w-want to go back. Please don't let the monsters get me.
MOM
Okay, sweetie. Okay.
She guides the girl back into the house, and the man leaves.
INT. MAN'S WORKROOM - NIGHT
The little girl's father is in his workroom; there are wood-carved object sitting about, and one of those circular table saws you really don't want to see show up in a horror movie. He prepares to leave, and as he's shutting off the lights by the door, the table saw turns itself on. Curious, he approaches it, crouching down at table-height to shut it off. As he starts to leave a second time, the saw turns on again. This time he is less careful as he approaches, he trips and falls on the saw and dies a horrible gruesome death.
END TEASER
ACT ONE
INT. DINER - NIGHT
SAM is sitting at a table in a generic Diner, working on his laptop and talking on his phone. DEAN is nowhere to be seen. SAM seems a bit frantic.
SAM
What do you mean you don't think it will work, Bobby? It's a demon-dispelling ritual.
(pause)
Well,maybe we got the translation wrong. Look,we can't just let dean fry in hell while we... there's got to be something
(he sees DEAN approaching)
Yeah. No. I gotta go. Okay. Never mind.
DEAN enters, looking suspiciously at SAM.
DEAN
Hey. Who was that?
SAM
(awkwardly)
I was just ordering pizza.
DEAN
(looking around)
Dude,you do realize that you're in a restaurant?
SAM
Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I just felt like pizza, you know?
DEAN
(sitting)
Okay, Weirdy Mcweirderton. So, I think I got something.
SAM
Yeah?
DEAN
Cicero, Indiana. Falls on his own power saw.
SAM
And? That, that's it? One power saw?
DEAN
Well...yeah.
SAM
And you think that this is a case?
DEAN
Well, I don't know. Could be.
SAM
I don't know, Dean.
DEAN
Okay, there's something better in Cicero than just a case.
SAM
And that is?
DEAN
Lisa Braeden.
SAM
Should I even ask?
DEAN
Remember that road trip I took, uh... gosh,about eight years ago now? You were in Orlando with dad wrapping up that banshee thing.
SAM
Yeah. The five states, five-day --
DEAN
Well, kind of. Although I spent most of my time in Lisa Braeden's loft.
SAM
So let me get this straight. You want to drive all the way to Cicero just to hook up with some random chick?
DEAN
She was a yoga teacher. It was the bendiest weekend of my life. Come on. have a heart,huh? It's my dying wish.
SAM
How many dying wishes are you gonna get?
DEAN
As many as I can squeeze out. Come on. Smile, Sam! God knows I'm gonna be smiling
after 24 hours with Gumby girl.
(chuckles to himself)
Gumby girl.
(he frowns)
Does that make me Pokey?
EXT. MOTEL - DAY
Pulling up outside a motel in Cicero, Indiana, DEAN stops to let SAM out.
DEAN
Don't wait up for me,sammy.
SAM
Wait, Dean. Dean, you... Dean!
DEAN drives off
EXT. LISA'S HOUSE - DAY
Outside a nicely kept suburban house, DEAN rings the doorbell. The door opens to reveal LISA: late twenties, brunette, very fit; she is gorgeous. DEAN smiles awkwardly, LISA stares at him in surprise.
DEAN
Lisa. How's it going? Wow. So, how long has it been?
LISA
Eight, going on nine years now.
DEAN
Crazy,right?
LISA
Yeah. So, what are you doing here?
DEAN
Oh, I was just passing through, and I couldn't resist. I remember that you love surprises.
LISA
Yeah. Dean Winchester. Wow. Just...wow. I'm -- I'm sorry. You kind of came at a bad time. We're having a party.
DEAN
A party? Well, I love parties.
He nudges past her and enters the house; she takes a deep breath and shuts the door behind them. She leads him into the backyward, which is decorated for a kid's birthday party.
DEAN
So, uh, who's the party for?
LISA
Ben. My son.
DEAN
Oh. you have a --
LISA
Yep.
She gestures across the yard to a young boy wearing a black jacket and jeans. He is opening presents.
LISA
That's him.
BEN
Yes! AC/DC rules!
DEAN
How old--
LISA
Eight.
(she sees the MOM from the teaser enter the yard)
Oh, Dean, could you excuse me a minute?
DEAN
(stunned)
Yeah, sure. Don't mind me.
Two women are sitting in lawn chairs, watching DEAN pace awkwardly. They're whispering to each in gossiping tones.
WOMAN1
Did you hear Lisa call him "Dean"?
WOMAN2
Yeah. Why?
WOMAN1
You don't know about Dean? The Dean. Best-night-of-my-life Dean.
WOMAN2
No. Tell me.
WOMAN1
Oh, my god, so,they had this crazy, semi-illegal --
She cuts off as she sees DEAN approach.
DEAN
Hi.
WOMAN2
Hi.
WOMAN1
Hello.
DEAN looks very uncomfortable, smiles nervously, and flees. He finds BEN and a piece of cake.
DEAN
What's up?
BEN
What's up with you?
DEAN
So,it's your birthday.
BEN
Guilty.
DEAN
It's a cool party.
BEN
Dude, it's so freakin' sweet. And this moon bounce --it's epic.
DEAN
(slightly weirded out)
Yeah. It's pretty awesome.
BEN
You know who else thinks they're awesome? Chicks. It's like hot-chick city out there.
A woman and her little girl walk by; in unison, DEAN checks out the mom as BEN checks out the girl. DEAN looks back, looks at BEN, thinks frantically, then darts inside the house.
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
LISA is talking to the MOM, who is looking very frazzled.
LISA
So...how you holding up?
MOM
Fine.
LISA
Really?
MOM
Oh,you know. I just... never mind.
LISA
What?
MOM
It's just... I'm worried about Katie. I think there might be something...wrong with her.
LISA
Of course there is. The poor girl just lost her dad. She's devastated.
MOM
No. That's not what I'm talking about. There is something really... wrong with her. I'm not sure that katie is...katie.
LISA
What?
MOM
I'm not sure that's my daughter.
LISA
I know you're grieving, but you can't talk like that. Katie needs you.but you don't understand -- seriously. we're gonna get you help. It'll be okay.
As DEAN enters, the MOM shakes her head, runs outside to her daughter. DEAN watches her leave, confused.
MOM
(outside)
Katie? Come on,we're leaving.
DEAN
So, I, uh, met Ben. Cool kid.
LISA
Yeah.
DEAN
I couldn't help but notice that, uh, he's turning eight. You and me...you know.
LISA
You're... not trying to ask me if he's yours?
DEAN
No. No, of course not.
(beat)
He's not, is he?
LISA
What?
(he raises his eyebrows)
No.
DEAN
Right.
(looking out at KATIE and her MOM)
Something wrong with your friend?
LISA
She's been through a lot. Her ex just died in this horrible accident.
DEAN
Oh, yeah. Didn't I just read about that? The power saw.
LISA
Yeah. Guess there's been a lot of bad luck in the neighborhood lately.
DEAN
What kind of bad luck?
INT. DINER - DAY
SAM is sitting along in a diner again, again with his laptop open. A young woman sits down across from him: it is Creepy Stalker Girl from last week (let's call her RUBY for simplicity).
RUBY
Hello, Sam.
END ACT ONE
ACT TWO
INT. DINER - DAY
SAM
You've been following me since Lincoln.
RUBY
Not much gets by you, huh?
(she takes a plate, squirts a mound of ketchup into it, and starts eating his fries)
These are amazing. it's like deep-fried crack. Try some.
SAM
That knife you had. You can kill demons with that thing?
RUBY
Sure comes in handy when I have to swoop in and save the damsel in distress.
SAM
Where did you get it?
RUBY
Skymall.
SAM
Why are you following me?
RUBY
I'm interested in you.
SAM
Why?
RUBY
Because you're tall. And I love a tall man. And then there's the whole antichrist thing.
SAM
Excuse me?
RUBy
Generation of psychic kids, yellow-eyed demon rounds you up, celebrity death match ensues. You're the sole survivor.
SAM
How do you know about that?
RUBY
I'm a good hunter. So,yellow eyes had some pretty big plans for you, Sam.
SAM
"Had" being the key word.
RUBY
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. Ding-dong, the demon's dead. Good job with that. It doesn't change the fact that you're special... in that Anthony Michael Hall E.S.P. visions kind of way.
SAM
(firmly)
No. That's stuff's not happening anymore. Not since Yellow-Eyes died.
RUBY
Well, I'm thinking you're still a pretty big deal. I mean, after all that business with your mom.
SAM
What about my mom?
RUBY
You know, what happened to her friends.
(off his attempted poker face)
You... don't know. You've got a little bit of catching up to do, my friend. So, why don't you look into your mom's pals, and then give me a call and we'll talk again?
(she gets up to leave)
And, by the way, you do know there's a job in this town,right?
INT MOTEL ROOM - DAY
SAM
Hello.
DEAN
Dude, there is a job here.
SAM
Really?
DEAN
Yeah. You know that one freak accident we read about in the paper? There's four more that never even made the paper, all in this Morning Hill gated community. People falling off of ladders and drowning in their jacuzzis all over the neighborhood.
SAM
That is weird.
DEAN
Yeah, something's up. Something these nice, big gates can't protect them from.
INT. SUBURBAN HOUSE - NIGHT
KATIE'S MOM is dozing, with the book The Historian on the pillow.
MOM
Katie. What are you doing?
KATIE
Play with me, mommy.
MOM
Okay. Sure. Yeah let's, um, let's play.
KATIE
Oh, good. I love you, mommy.
MOM
I love you too, sweetie.
KATIE
I'm hungry, mommy.
MOM
Yeah.
EXT. ANOTHER SUBURBAN HOUSE - DAY
SAM, dressed in a dark suit and posing as an insurance agent, is speaking to another young mother.
SAM
So,once again, I'm very sorry to disturb you. We just really want to expedite that life-insurance policy.
MOTHER
Of course. Okay.
(she takes him around back, where a ladder leans against the wall)
This is, um, where he fell.
SAM
I see. Now, how exactly did he --
MOTHER
He was just inside changing a light bulb. Must have lost his balance.
SAM
Were you here when this happened?
MOTHER
No. I was out. Uh,the only one here was our daughter, dakota.
She gestures inside, where a Creepy Little Girl is looking out at them. Something dark red is smudged on the window.
SAM
Okay. Okay. well, uh, I think that's all I need. I'll get out of your way now.
MOTHER
Thank you.
INT. KATIE'S HOUSE - DAY
KATIE
Thank you,mommy.
MOM
You eat. Mommy will be right back.
Frazzled almost to the point of breaking, KATIE'S MOM enters the bathroom and shuts the door. She leans over the sink.
KATIE
(pounding on the door)
Mommy?
MOMMY
Just -- just give mommy a second.
KATIE
Let me in. Mommy! Let me in. Mommy! Let me in! What are you doing?! Let me in! Let me in! Let me in! Let me in! Let me in! Let me in!
MOM
Give mommy a minute.
The pounding and rattling continue to build, until it stops suddenly. MOM goes out to the front door, where a middle-aged woman is holding out a gift basket.
WOMAN
Aren't you just the cutest thing?
MOM
(taking the basket)
Oh, thank you. Uh, Katie, could you put these in the kitchen, please?
KATIE takes the basket and goes to the kitchen.
WOMAN
Katie seems okay, considering.
MOM
She's fine. Yeah. Um, look, I'm --
WOMAN
And you -- how are you doing really?
MOM
I'm fine. look, we're fine. Um,this isn't a good time.
WOMAN
I wasn't sure if you were keeping the house or selling. We at Cicero Realty would like --
MOM
Look, I told you, it's not a good time!
She shuts the door and goes back into the kitchen, where KATIE greets her.
KATIE
I want ice cream. Mommy. Ice cream, please.
END ACT TWO
ACT THREE
EXT. PARK - DAY
BEN is sitting sadly on a park bench. DEAN sees him, goes over and sits next to him.
DEAN
Hey, Ben.
BEN
Hey. You were at my party.
DEAN
Yeah. Yeah, I'm Dean. Everything okay? Something wrong?
(he looks over to a group of boys that are playing with a gameboy-type thing)
Is that your game they're playing with?
BEN
Ryan Humphrey borrowed it, and now he won't give it back.
DEAN
Well,you want me to go...
BEN
No! Don't go over there! Only bitches send a grown-up.
DEAN
You're not wrong.
BEN
And I'm not a bitch.
DEAN
Is that Humphrey? The one that needs to lay off the burgers?
BEN nods, smiling slightly. DEAN leans in conspiratorily.
CUT TO:
BEN walks across the park to the group of boys. They are all bigger than he.
BEN
Ryan. I'd like my game back, please.
RYAN
(threateningly)
Fine. Take it back.
BEN looks back at DEAN, nervous; DEAN gives him an encouraging thumbs-up. BEN looks back at RYAN, then turns as if to leave.
RYAN
See? Told you guys he was a--
RYAN cuts off as BEN turns back suddenly and kicks RYAN hard between the legs. RYAN crumples to the ground, and BEN takes the game back. He goes back to the bench and a grinning DEAN.
BEN
Thanks. Dude,that was awesome!
LISA
(who has seen the end of the exchange)
Benjamin Isaac Braeden! What's gotten into you?
BEN
He stole my game.
LISA
So you kick him? Since when is...
(she looks at DEAN, who is still grinning)
Did you tell my son to beat up that kid?
DEAN
What? Somebody had to teach him how to kick the bully in the nads
LISA
Who asked you to teach him anything?
DEAN
Just relax.
LISA
What are you even still doing here? We had one weekend together a million years ago. You don't know me. You have no business with my son.
DEAN
Lisa.
LISA
Just leave us alone.
She and BEN begin to leave, but BEN pulls out of her grip and runs back to give DEAN an impulsive hug.
LISA
Ben!
BEN
Thanks.
He runs back to LISA and they leave.
INT. KATIE&MOM'S CAR - NIGHT
MOM is strapping KATIE into her car seat, which is made difficult by the fact that KATIE keeps touching and petting her.
KATIE
I love you most in the whole wide world, mommy.
MOM
Um, me too, sweetie. Come on,hold still.
KATIE
What's wrong,mommy?
MOM
Nothing,sweetie.
KATIE
Are we going for ice cream now?
MOM
Yeah, we're going for ice cream.
MOM finishes strapping KATIE in, and gets in the driver's seat. She drives the car to the edge of a lake, gets out, and rolls the car in. KATIE turns and watches MOM as she goes down. MOM returns home and goes inside, slamming and locking the door behind her. In the kitchen, seated over a puddle of water, is KATIE. She is dripping wet.
KATIE
Can I have the ice cream now?
END ACT THREE
INT. MOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
SAM is at his computer, doing research. DEAN enters.
DEAN
Something's wrong with the kids in this town.
SAM
Yeah. Tell me about it.
(he is looking at several documents on Changelings)
So, what do you know about changelings?
DEAN
Evil monster babies?
SAM
No, not necessarily babies.
DEAN
(realizing)
The kids. Creepy, "stare at you like you're lunch" kids?
SAM
Yeah. There's one at every victim's house.
LATER, SAM is seated on the bed doing more research, as DEAN prepares a kerosene torch.
SAM
So, changelings can perfectly mimic children. According to lore, they climb in the window, snatch the kid. There were marks on the windowsill at one of the kid's houses. Looked to me like blood.
They continue talking in voice-over as the scene shifts to KATIE'S house. MOM is asleep, with a bottle of pills on the bedside table. KATIE stares at MOM, brushes back the hair from her neck to reveal an 'odd bruise'. Her face morphs to look kind of like the flukeman from X-Files, and she leans in to MOM'S neck.
DEAN(v.o.)
The changeling grabs a kid, assumes its form, joins the happy fam just for kicks?
SAM
Not quite. Changelings feed on the mom: synovial fluid. The moms have these odd bruises on the back of their necks. Changelings can drain them for a few weeks before mom finally croaks.
DEAN
And then there's dad and the babysitter
SAM
Yeah. Seems like anyone who gets between the changeling and its food source ends up dead.
DEAN
(holding up the torch)
And fire's the only way to waste them?
(SAM nods)
Great. We'll just bust in, drag the kids out, torch them on the front lawn. That will play great with the neighbors. What about the real ones? What happens to them?
SAM
They stash them underground somewhere. I don't know why, but if it's true, the real kids might be out there.
DEAN
We better start looking.
(beat)
So, any kid in the neighborhood is vulnerable?
SAM
Yep.
DEAN
We gotta make a stop. I want to check on someone.
SAM
If the real kids are still alive, we don't have time
DEAN
We have to.
EXT. LISA'S HOUSE - NIGHT
DEAN rings the doorbell, and LISA opens the door looking bewildered
LISA
Dean?
DEAN
I was thinking... Ben's birthday. I didn't bring him a present.
LISA
That's okay.
DEAN
No. No, no, I feel terrible, so,uh...
(hands her a credit card)
Here. Take a long weekend -- just the two of you -- on me.
LISA
What?
DEAN
I hear Six Flags is great this time of year. Go now. avoid the traffic.
LISA
(reading the name on the card)
"Siegfried Houdini." Whose card is this?
DEAN
Mine. Never mind. It'll work. I promise.
LISA
You should leave.
DEAN
Lisa...
BEN
(coming down the stairs)
Mommy,what's wrong?
DEAN
Nothing,Ben. It's cool.
BEN
Make him go away, mommy.
LISA
You heard him. Get out.
DEAN
Lisa... I don't think this is a good idea.
LISA
Get out!
DEAN
They took Ben. He's changed.
SAM
What?! Are you sure?
DEAN
Yeah, I'm sure. I checked his windowsill.
SAM
Blood?
DEAN
I don't think it is blood, and I think I know where the kids are.
EXT. HOUSE-UNDER-CONSTRUCTION - NIGHT
There's a large mound of dirt outside the semi-finished home. SAM inspects it.
SAM
Red dirt.
DEAN
That's what was on the window. You take the front. I'll go around.
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT
Inside, DEAN finds a series of cages, each containing abducted kids. He sees BEN.
DEAN
Ben..Ben...it's okay. I'm gonna get you out of here.
In the back, the Real Estate Woman sees SAM.
WOMAN
What do you think you're doing? This is private property. I'm calling the police. You heard me! Get out!
SAM
(reaching for his bag)
Let me get my bag. I'm going. I don't mean to cause any trouble.
INT. LISA'S HOUSE - NIGHT
BEN starts acting like a Creepy Child, standing stiff-armed in the living room.
BEN
Mommy?
LISA
Ben...
BEN
Play with me.
LISA
This isn't funny anymore. I put you to bed three times.
BEN
(hugging her)
I don't want to go to bed. I want to be with you,mommy.
LISA
That's sweet,hon. Come on. Let's go. All right, come on.
BEN
I'm hungry.
LISA
Mini pizzas okay? Deluxe is all we've got.
BEN
Okay.
LISA
(turning away)
That's funny -- I thought we were anti-olives this month.
She looks down and sees BEN'S reflection in the glass table; it has the icky flukeman face. She gasps.
INT. HOUSE-UNDER-CONSTRUCTION - NIGHT
DEAN
(helping the kids out)
It's ok. Get out here, okay? Come on, girls! Come on!
(he clears off a windowsill and prepares to smash the glass)
Everybody back! Everybody back!
(BEN helps to usher the other kids away)
Cover your eyes!
He breaks the window with a plank of wood, and begins to brush the glass off.
BEN
(takes off his jacket)
Here. Use this.
DEAN
All right. All right, Ben. Come on.
BEN
(indicating another kid)
Him first.
SAM
(running in)
Hey! Dean! There's a mother.
DEAN
A mother changeling?
SAM
We got to get these kids out quick.
DEAN
Right there. There's one more. You got to break the lock!
SAM
I guess that's why the changelings are keeping the kids alive --so the mom can snack on them.
INT. LISA'S HOUSE - NIGHT
!BEN
What's wrong, mommy?
LISA
You're not my son.
!BEN
Yes, I am.
LISA
Where's Ben?
!BEN
I'm Ben. I love you,mommy.
LISA runs out the front door, grabbing her keys along the way. On the front lawn, a line of Creepy Kids has formed, blocking her exit. She runs back inside.
BEN
They don't want you to leave me, mommy.
INT. KATIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
KATIE'S MOM is in the bathroom again, huddled on the floor, as !KATIE screams and pounds at the door.
!KATIE
Mommy? Mommy? Let me in! What are you doing?! Let me in! Let me in! Let me in! let me in!
INT. HOUSE-UNDER-CONSTRUCTION - NIGHT
DEAN
Ben, get them out of here!
BEN helps the other kids up and out the window as DEAN and SAM confront the Changeling Mom. Eventually they burn her to a crisp with DEAN'S homemade torch; as she goes up in flames, !BEN, !KATIE, and all the other changeling kids, also disappear.
END ACT FOUR
ACT FIVE
EXT. LISA'S HOUSE - DAY
DEAN and SAM drive BEN back home; he runs out to hug his mom.
LISA
Ben?! Ben! Baby,are you okay?
BEN
I'm okay, mom.
LISA
Oh, my god. What the hell just happened?
DEAN
I'll explain everything if you want me to, but,trust me, you probably don't. the important thing is that Ben's safe.
LISA
Thank you. Thank you.
SAM
I'm gonna give you guys some time.
INT. LISA'S HOUSE - DAY
BEN is sitting at the kitchen table, listening to something on his portable CD player. DEAN and LISA talk in the hallway.
LISA
Come on. Changelings?
DEAN
You know how I never mentioned my job? This is my job.
LISA
I so didn't want to know that.
(looking at BEN)
Do you think he'll be okay?
DEAN
Yeah. I think he'll be fine.
(beat)
Okay. Seriously... I mean, you're a hundred percent
sure that he is not mine, right?
LISA
(smiling)
You're off the hook. I did a blood test when he was a baby. There was this guy -- some bar back in a biker joint.
(off DEAN'S look)
What? I had a type. Leather jacket, couple of scars, no mailing address? I was there. Guess I was a little wild back then. Before I became a mom. So yeah. You can relax.
DEAN
Good.
He looks at BEN a little wistfully
LISA
I... I swear you look disappointed.
DEAN
Yeah, I don't know. It's weird, you know your life... I mean, this house and a kid... it's not my life. Never will be. Some stuff happened to me recently, and, uh... anyway,a guy in my situation -- you start to think, you know. I'm gonna be gone one day, and what am I leaving behind besides a car? I don't know.
LISA
Ben may not be your kid, but he wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for you. That's a lot if you ask me.
DEAN
You know, just for the record... you got a great kid. I would have been proud to be his dad.
She kisses him.
LISA
Look, if, um... if you want to stick around for a while... you're welcome to stay.
DEAN
(wistful pause)
I can't. I got a lot of work to do, and it's not my life.
INT. MOTEL ROOM - DAY
This sequence follows SAM in jump-cuts as he talks to several different people on the phone, while systematically crossing names off a list.
SAM
Hi. I needed to check some facts with your, uh...
with your secretary about a fire that occurred on November 24, 2006 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Hardecker was his name.
Okay. great.
I was just trying to find out the date he died.
This is police chief Phil Jones. July 13th.
Can you check the records for a Robert Campbell?
July 19, 2001.
Dead on arrival.
What I'm after is cause of death.
Heart condition?
Wasn't he a cardiac surgeon? Wouldn't he have known about that?
I'm looking for information on... on Mrs. Wallace's death.
Two deaths. Who was the other?
Ed Campbell.
Any survivors?
No,that's all I needed.
Thank you very much.
He flops down on the bed, head in his hands.
SAM
Oh,my god.
LATER, in another room. About halfway through SAM'S first statement it's revealed that he's speaking to RUBY.
SAM
They're dead. All of them. All of my mom's friends. Her doctor, Her uncle -- everyone who ever knew her, systematically wiped off the map one at a time. Someone went through a hell of a lot of trouble Trying to cover their tracks.
RUBY
The yellow-eyed demon.
SAM
So, what's your deal? You show up wherever I am. You know all about me. You know all about my mom.
RUBY
I already told you. I'm --
SAM
Oh, right, right. Yeah. Just a hunter. Just some hunter who happens to know more about my own family than I do. Just tell me who you are.
RUBY
Sam, it --
SAM
Just...tell me who you are.
RUBY
It doesn't matter.
SAM
(shouting in her face)
Just tell me who you are!
RUBY
Fine.
She blinks her eyes once and they go demon-black; she blinks again and they become normal. SAM backs up, fumbling in his bag.
RUBY
Think twice before going for that holy water.
SAM
(pulling out a flask and holding it out)
Give me one reason I should.
RUBY
I'm here to help you, Sam.
SAM
Is this some kind of joke?
RUBY
God's honest truth... or whatever.
SAM
You're a demon.
RUBY
Don't be such a racist. I'm here because I want to help you. And I can if you trust me.
SAM
Trust you?
RUBY
Sam, calm down.
SAM
Start talking. All those murders... what was the demon trying to cover up?
RUBY
I don't know.
SAM
What happened to my mother?
RUBY
I honestly don't know. That's what i'm trying to find out. All I know is that it's about you.
SAM
What?
RUBY
Don't you get it, Sam?
RUBY
It's all about you. What happened to your mom, what happened to her friends. They're trying to cover up what he did to you. And i want to help you figure it out.
SAM
Why would you want to help me?
RUBY
I have my reasons. Not all demons are the same, Sam. Not all of us want the same thing. Me? I want to help you from time to time. That's all. And if you let me, there's something in it for you.
SAM
What could you possibly--
RUBY
I could help you save your brother.
END EPISODE
