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GIRL:
Creatures? Yeah, one of his weird, creepyass creatures.<br/>
The woman sits down at a table.
GIRL:
So do something about it, Connor.<br/>
Connor is speechless, shakes his head. The girl stares at him. He turns to look at the woman.
CONNOR:
Yeah. Got it.<br/>
He starts walking towards the woman. Sylvia doesn't seem happy about it. Connor is stopped by the Pastor before he reaches the woman.
PASTOR:
Yes, we have rules, but we also have spirit, too, right?<br/>
Connor looks over to the woman.
PASTOR:
Lead with compassion on this one.<br/>Connor nods. The Pastor smiles. Connor takes one of the food bowls and walks towards the woman. The Pastor smiles at Sylvia. Connor sets the bowl down in front of the woman and walks back to the others.<br/>City Street.<br/>
Connor is walking down the street. Suddenly, he hears a man's voice.
VOICE:
Down here! I need your help!<br/>
Connor starts walking towards it.
MAN:
Connor!<br/>Connor turns around, startled. Nobody to be seen. He starts walking backwards. He trips over a teddy bear and falls to the ground,hitting his head.
CONNOR:
Ah.<br/>
He exhales sharply. He sits up, grunting. His gaze falls onto the teddy bear and he picks it up.
SAM:
Uh, this thing in Missouri. Not too far.<br/>
We see his laptop screen that shows a news article called, "Body of Local Man Found in Alley."
SAM:
Felt like a case, but I don't think it is. How about you?<br/>
Dean sits down across from him.
DEAN:
So, local crews can't find anything wrong. There was no storms, nothing wrong with the grid. Still... darkness.<br/>
He hands Sam the tablet.
DEAN:
Well, this weekend, the, uh, what was it, the Camelot Palace Casino, they're putting up the biggest keno jackpot ever.<br/>
Sam seems skeptical.
SAM:
I thought he was kidding.<br/>
Dean shakes his head.
SAM:
You think Amara just popped up in New Jersey and caused a blackout?<br/>
He seems to doubt it.
DEAN:
Well, right now, weak is all we have, okay, 'cause nobody's found anything. And without Amara, we're screwed. So, Atlantic City? Allyoucaneat All-you-can-eat prime rib, and possibly one allpowerful all-powerful cosmic being. Come on, man, sounds like a roadtrip to me.
Castiel walks in.
Castiel stops walking while the others continue.
Bunker Library.<br/>
Jack is sitting at Sam's laptop. Dean, Sam, and Castiel return.
JACK:
Sam, what's this case about?
SAM:
I wouldn't worry about it. It's, uh, not our kind of thing.
He nods at them and leaves; Sam smiles at Castiel and Jack and leaves, too.
JACK:
I'll get my suit. Can we wear matching ties?
Yeah. Blue's a good color on you.
Alley.<br/>
A police car is parked in the alley in which Connor was killed. A police woman is getting out of the car. Castiel and Jack are walking towards her.
CASTIEL:
Agent Swift.<br/>
He shows his badge, then shakes her hand.
JACK:
Agent Lovato. FBI.<br/>
Jack holds his badge upside down, like Castiel did in Season 5.
JACK:
I just graduated from CSI.<br/>
Jack smiles. Castiel sighs.
Almost demonic.
Crossroad.<br/>
Castiel is digging a hole at a crossroad while Jack is sitting on the backend of the truck with a tablet.
JACK:
I'm looking up Connor online.<br/>
We see the tablet screen. Jack is searching for, "Connor Todd Social Media."
JACK:
Like Sam always says, when in doubt, try social media.<br/>
Jack is now on a page called, "Palz." He clicks on one of the Connors and is asked to sign up.
ZACK:
Wait, are are angels solving people crimes now? Like "Highway to Heaven" but with murder or something? Because II would watch that show.
He chuckles.
CASTIEL:
So no one made a deal?
ZACK:
No one's making deals. Like, at all. Uh, Rowena has a hard "people will end up where they belong" philosophy. It can be nice, less quotas. But, like, look at me, uh, a crossroads demon who can't bring in a deal? Like, wha uh, what even am I?<br/>
He chuckles.
CASTIEL:
CASTIEL:
No. No, we're gonna stay. We can help.<br/>
Jack smiles.
Patchwork Community Center.
A woman, Valerie, closes the door to the Pastor's office. She flicks off the lights. She walks towards the exit and is about to turn off the lights when she sees the donation box on the wall. She looks around to check if anyone is there. Then she opens the donation box and steals the money inside.<br/>
Valerie leaves the community center and walks to her car. A man's voice sounds from afar.
Valerie screams.
Patchwork Community Center.<br/>
Castiel and Jack are sitting in their truck in front of the building. Castiel is on the phone with Sam and Dean.
We dedicate today's charity service to his memory.
Everyone except Mitch leaves the conversation.<br/>
Jack looks around the room, noticing Sylvia sitting at a desk near the entrance. She is writing something.
CASTIEL:
You the pastor?<br/>
The Pastor nods.
CASTIEL:
I'm Agent Swift.<br/>
He holds up his badge.
PASTOR:
If this is about ConnorConnor–
CASTIEL:
No, it's not. Valerie Jones never made it home last night.
Storage room.<br/>
Valerie is tied to a chair and gagged, a weird contraption hovering over her fingers. It's probably there to cut off her fingers one by one.
Valerie comes to slowly, groaning. She opens her eyes and sees "GREED" painted on the wall in red. She turns her head and she startles, seeing the mask from before hanging form a hat stand. She seesm seems to remember what happened and starts trying to scream. There is a TV standing in front of her and the money she stole next to it. The TV turns on. It reads, "THIEF." Then, "THIEF ... thIEf ... ThiEF ... tHIef ... ThIef ... tHieF ... ThHIEf ... THIEF ..." Then the whole screen shows the word "thief" all over.
Valerie starts crying. One of the contraptions above her hands cuts off one of her fingers. She screams. The TV turns on again. "3:00:00" can be seen. Then "2:59:59". It's a countdown. Valerie keeps crying. We see a camera light blinking above her head.
Sylvia doesn't look at him. Jack sits down next to her and sighs.
JACK:
I'm no good at this.
JACK:
I lost someone, too.<br/>
He sighs.
SYLVIA:
Yeah?<br/>
Jack nods.
JACK:
The – the pastor is your father?
Sylvia nods.
Jack nods.
Pastor's Office.<br/>
Castiel is sitting in the Pastor's office with the Pastor.
PASTOR:
We don't call it that here. People have a lot of baggage with that word. We're a faithbased faith-based community.
CASTIEL:
I see. Um, has anyone else from this faithbased faith-based community gone missing?
PASTOR:
CASTIEL:
Was there some kind of conflict?<br/>
He starts taking notes.
CASTIEL:
Okay, well, I'm gonna need to get his contact information.<br/>
The Pastor nods. The door opens and Sylvia looks in.
SYLVIA:
Yeah, butbut–<br/>
The Pastor interrupts her, looking annoyed.
PASTOR:
It's kind of part of the job. My wife, she grew up in this church and loved it. They were a bit more hardcore back then. Chalked everything that happened up to God's will. Never seemed to realize thatthat–
CASTIEL:
PASTOR:
Connor didn't have to live in fear of who he was. A gay man who believed in a tolerant God.
CASTIEL:
Well, I imagine not everyone was happy with the change.
DEAN:
Saving room. I got four hours till allyoucaneatall-you-can-eat. I have a process.
Sam types on his phone. He inhales sharply.
DEAN:
Pork rinds.<br/>
They get up and standing before them is... Amara.
AMARA:
I think we can do better than that. Hello, Dean. Miss me?<br/>
Sam and Dean stare.
AMARA:
I smelled you from two states over.<br/>
She looks at Dean.
AMARA:
You have a very distinctive musk.<br/>
Dean looks smug.
DEAN:
We wanted to talk.<br/>
Amara holds up a hand.
AMARA:
First, lunch.<br/>
She indicates a billboard advertising Pierogis. Dean and Sam look at it. They turn back around.
She starts walking. Sam and Dean follow.
Storage room.<br/>
Back in the storage room with Valerie. The countdown clock is beeping. The TV shows that it's almost over. The clock hits zero and the contraption cuts off another one of Valerie's fingers. Valerie screams again.
Patchwork Community Center.
The Pastor is standing in the middle of the room, surrounded by members of his faithbased faith-based community. Jack is among them. The Pastor seems to be preaching.
PASTOR:
CASTIEL:
Um, I'll do it.<br/>
He smiles.
Later.
The TV is on, showing Weather News. Everybodyy Everybody is sitting at tables. Jack is stirring something in a pot. The Pastor comes over.
PASTOR:
They turn to look at him.
Pavel's Deli.<br/>
Oldie's music is playing. Amara is getting her Pierogis.
DEAN:
Because you've got beef with him – past and present.
SAM:
DEAN:
There is. See, our pal Jack, he's a nephilim, and he's getting stronger every day. And soon he'll be strong enough to overpower Chuck. Now, we have a way to trap him, but we can't do it without you.<br/>
Amara looks at him, thinking about it.
DEAN:
Why? I mean, I get he's your brother, butbut–
AMARA:
Ugh, apologies, Dean, but you don't get anything. You see me sitting across from you. You see a woman. You see Chuck as a squirrelly wierdoweirdo. But you can't imagine what we really are. We came into existence together. We are the same.
SAM:
AMARA:
You can't play on that, not with me. Maybe I'm a fool, but I believe caging me hurt him deeply. And I know for me to do that to him would be an agony. I'm sorry. I can't help you.<br/>Sam and Dean look down, disappointed.<br/>Brother Rudy's Apartment.<br/>
We see a door. It crashes open and Jack stumbles inside.
CASTIEL:
Brother Rudy left the congregation, the pastor said. It was amicable, butbut–
JACK:
CASTIEL:
Yeah. Maybe.<br/>
They look around.
He's been dead a long time.
Pavel's Deli.<br/>
We see Amara through the window, getting the check. She is alone. Dean and Sam are watching her from the Impala. Dean starts the engine. Sam sighs.
AMARA:
I told you, Dean, he's mymy–
DEAN:
No, no. No. Why did you bring her back? You said that you wanted to show me something, that you wanted to, uh to teach me something. I don't know if you were following along, but your little experiment, it came to a notsohappy not-so-happy ending. My mom is dead. So what exactly did you want to show me? What was the point?
AMARA:
AMARA:
Then... III-I'll think about it.
Patchwork Community Center.<br/>
Sylvia is crying on the porch. The girl joins her with her phone in hand.
She pulls the knife out and the girl falls to the floor.
Later.<br/>The Pastor is pushing a cloth on The the girl's wound. The girl is breathing heavily, crying.
PASTOR:
GIRL:
She's here. It's Sylvia – the storage room.
CASTIEL:
PASTOR:
SYLVIA:
JACK:
I know you're in pain. I can – I can feel it. Just let me help you.
SYLVIA:
Sleep.
He puts her to sleep and lays her on the floor. The Pastor watches in wonder. Castiel goes to Valerie and lifts her head. She's unresponsive. He pulls off her chains with bare handshands–
CASTIEL:
What are you?
Patchwork Community Center.<br/>
Castiel, Jack and the Pastor stand in front of a police car.
CASTIEL:
Hey, Jack. When Pastor Joe asked you to speak, you were struggling. Was it, um, something – something you were afraid to say? You know, what you*'re doing, you*re shouldering a great burden. You don't have to do it alone.
JACK:
JACK:
When we – When I kill Chuck and Amara, I'll die, too.
CASTIEL:
Dean walks towards a bottle of whiskey. He's in a bathrobe.
DEAN:
There you are.
