08x10 - Tom and Frayed

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INT. BUILDING – DAY

SAMANDIRIEL is bound to a chair in a room with symbols painted on the windows. His face and his Weiner Hut uniform are covered with blood, and a metal pick protrudes from his forehead. We hear footsteps. SAMANDIRIEL grimaces as he expels the pick from his forehead using his angel powers.

SAMANDIRIEL

Naomi. Naomi, Crowley has me.

The door opens and a DEMON wearing a white doctor's coat and a bow tie enters. He walks up behind SAMANDIRIEL and leans down over him.

DEMON

Ah, ah, ah. Been on angel radio, have we?

SAMANDIRIEL

No, uh...

DEMON

Don't lie to me, Alfie.

The DEMON moves to stand in front of SAMANDIRIEL.

SAMANDIRIEL

I'm not lying. Please, I wouldn't lie to you.

DEMON

Oh, Alfie, after all these weeks together. I mean, how – how I wish that were so. [He picks up the metal pick from the floor.] Now we're going to have to turn off that signal... again.

SAMANDIRIEL

No. No! No!

SAMANDIRIEL screams as the DEMON pushes the pick back into his forehead.

SUPERNATURAL (Title Card)

ACT ONE

EXT. MOTEL – NIGHT

Kermit, Texas

We see a close-up of the door of Room 118.

INT. MOTEL ROOM – NIGHT

SAM is sitting on a couch drinking a bottle of beer. He opens the door and sees DEAN. SAM partly closes the door, looking angry, then opens it fully again. DEAN walks past him into the room.

DEAN

Who did you expect?

SAM

Long drive.

DEAN

Well, I wouldn't have had to make it if you hadn't have hung up on me.

SAM

Yeah, well, I heard all I needed to hear.

DEAN

No, you heard what you wanted to hear. I told you Benny wasn't k*lling. Hell, I watched him end the fangbanger that was.

SAM

How about Martin? How did he end that?

DEAN

Stupid – just like I said it would. Crazy son of a bitch didn't give Benny a choice. It was self-defense.

SAM

Seriously, Dean? That's the story you're going with? That the vampire was the real victim here?

DEAN

Hey, like it or not, that's the truth, okay? There was a time when that actually meant something.

SAM

Yeah, yeah. No kidding.

DEAN

What does that mean?

SAM

You think this is just about Benny?

DEAN

What the hell are you talking about?

SAM

What the hell do you think I'm talking about?

DEAN

Amelia? Oh, come on, man. I sent you that text 'cause I needed you to – to –

SAM

You needed me to what? To tear ass to Texas? To be afraid that what happened to Jessica, what happened to... everybody that we care about might have happened to her?

DEAN

You were gonna k*ll Benny. What was I supposed to do?

SAM

Is that what we are? You save a vampire by making me believe that the woman I love might be dead?

DEAN

What do you want to hear, Sam? That I was wrong? Fine. I was wrong. Okay? But if you'd have just heard me out, if you'd have trusted me, all of this could have been avoided.

SAM

You didn't want me to trust you. You wanted me to trust Benny, and I can't do that.

DEAN

Right. Okay, well, then, what the hell do we do now?

SAM

That depends. It depends on you. On whether or not you're done with him.

DEAN

Well, honestly, I don't know.

DEAN and SAM look at each other for a long moment.

DEAN

Glad I made the drive.

DEAN walks past SAM and out of the room.

EXT. PLAYGROUND – DAY

Children play on the playground equipment. A WOMAN sits on a bench, holding a crying baby.

WOMAN

Shh. Shh. Shh. Shh.

CASTIEL appears.

CASTIEL

She's been crying for two days. [The WOMAN nods.] The doctors missed something. It's called an inguinal hernia – very hard to detect.

CASTIEL touches the baby on the forehead and the crying stops. There is the sound of wings and CASTIEL disappears as the WOMAN is leaning over the baby.

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE IN HEAVEN

NAOMI

Castiel, we have a situation. Samandiriel has been captured.

CASTIEL

I thought Samandiriel was dead.

NAOMI

He's been missing, and now we know – Crowley has him.

CASTIEL

Where?

NAOMI

His distress call cut out before I could pinpoint his exact location, but you will find him and you will bring him home.

CASTIEL

Crowley will have warded against angels this time. I'll need help getting in.

NAOMI

Take whatever you need. But you will be certain, Castiel, it was your idea to rescue Samandiriel, not mine, not Heaven's. Do you understand?

INT. RUFUS' CABIN – DAY

DEAN is asleep on the couch, holding a bottle of beer and snoring. CASTIEL is standing in front of the couch. DEAN opens his eyes and jumps, spilling his beer.

DEAN

Damn it, Cas! How many times I got to tell you – it's just creepy!

CASTIEL

Dean, I need your help. The angel Samandiriel...

DEAN

Sam–

CASTIEL

He's been taken.

DEAN

You mean Alfie, the wiener-on-a-stick kid?

CASTIEL

Yes. I, uh – I heard his distress call this morning.

DEAN

On what, angel radio? I thought you shut that down.

CASTIEL

Well, my penance, it's going well, and I thought it was time to turn it back on. I've, uh... been helping people, Dean.

DEAN

Well, good for you. All right. So, who snatched Heaven's most adorable angel?

CASTIEL

Crowley.

DEAN

I'm listening.

CASTIEL

Samandiriel is being held in the general vicinity of Hastings, Nebraska.

DEAN

The general vicinity? That's all you got?

CASTIEL

Yes, which is why I need your help. It seems this is gonna involve... talking to people.

DEAN

Come on, Cas, I thought you were a hunter now.

CASTIEL

Well... I thought so, too, but... It seems I – I lack a certain –

DEAN

Skill?

DEAN opens his laptop and there is a loud gonging noise from the website on the screen, "Busty Asian Beauties." He quickly closes the laptop again.

DEAN

You saw nothing.

DEAN opens the laptop again and the gonging sound plays again. He holds up a hand to cover the screen as he minimizes the browser.

DEAN

All right. What am I looking for?

CASTIEL

Well, when you t*rture an angel, it screams...

DEAN types "Nebraska News, Hastings" into a search engine.

CASTIEL

...and that kind of pain, it creates a ripple effect of strange incidents. Where's Sam?

DEAN

Sam's gone. It's all right. We'll, uh, find Alfie ourselves.

The headline on the "Lincoln Globe" website on the laptop reads "Tornados, Strong Winds Cause Damage Across Nebraska."

INT. MOTEL ROOM – DAY

A nature program plays on a small, old television. SAM sits on the couch holding the TV remote.

NARRATOR ON TELEVISION

This charming little dung beetle makes his living upon the sands of Egypt. Here, billions of tiny particles, the remnants of ancient seas...

There is a knock on the door.

NARRATOR ON TELEVISION

...are pushed ever higher by the relentless winds of the Sahara. This is where the dung beetle makes its living. The ancient Egyptians...

SAM opens the door.

AMELIA

Look, last night at the bar, I just wanted to make sure it was you. You know... [she enters the room] ...peeping in my window.

SAM

Peeping. You make it sound so, uh...

AMELIA

Stalker-ish?

NARRATOR ON TELEVISION

Therefore, the scarab...

SAM turns off the television.

SAM

Um...

AMELIA

Anyway, I ran out because he was leaving. He travels a lot since he's been back.

SAM

Right, n-no, I – I get it. You had someplace...

AMELIA

I had to be, yeah. Are we gonna have a whole conversation with me finishing your sentences? So, why are you here?

SAM

It's not what it looks like. I – I thought you were in trouble – that you had – It doesn't matter. You're okay.

AMELIA

I was okay. You know, settled in... content. But here you are. What am I supposed to do with that?

SAM

Give me five seconds, and I'll be gone. I didn't come here to make trouble for you. I – I came because...

AMELIA

You cared? [She walks closer to SAM.] See that? I just did it again – finished your sentence.

SAM

Yeah, I care.

AMELIA

I care, too.

They kiss.

INT. BUILDING – DAY

SAMANDIRIEL is still bound to the chair. The DEMON in the white coat is adjusting a metal contraption on SAMANDIRIEL's head.

SAMANDIRIEL

I told you it was an accident.

DEMON

Yes, of course. But now there shall be no more accidents, no more angel radio.

SAMANDIRIEL

Stop this, please. It's been...

DEMON

...weeks, yes. We're almost there, though. I'm certain of it.

SAMANDIRIEL

I'm begging you!

DEMON

When we demons possess a human, we inv*de all of them, their – uh – their muscles, their bones, their brains. I can't help but wonder if it isn't the same for angels.

SAMANDIRIEL

No.

The DEMON screws the metal pick into the contraption on SAMANDIRIEL's head. SAMANDIRIEL screams. A glass beaker of what appears to be blood shatters. The DEMON smiles and continues to screw in the pick. SAMANDIRIEL screams again. He then seems to go into a trance as a tear runs from his eye.

SAMANDIRIEL

Vah-teh-kah-rah. Vah-teh-kah-rah.

EXT. STREET – DAY

A MAN wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase walks down the street.

SAMANDIRIEL (V-O)

Vah-teh-kah-rah.

The MAN pauses.

INT. BUILDING – DAY

SAMANDIRIEL

Sal-voch-tay.

EXT. STREET – DAY

The MAN looks at a bush in the front yard of a house. The scene alternates between the MAN outside and SAMANDIRIEL in the DEMON's t*rture room.

SAMANDIRIEL

Vah-teh-kah-rah. Sal-voch-tay. Sal-voch-tay. Sal-voch-tay.

The MAN leans down to investigate the bush. It bursts into flames and he steps back in surprise.

SAMANDIRIEL

Sal-voch-tay!

Huge flames rise from the bush, sending the MAN flying backwards into a fence. He falls to the ground and lies unmoving in a flower bed, his face and hands b*rned.

ACT TWO

EXT. STREET – DAY

Geneva, Nebraska

The IMPALA, driven by DEAN and with CASTIEL in the passenger seat, takes a corner and drives along a street.

INT. HOSPITAL – DAY

The MAN who was b*rned by the flames from the bush lies in a hospital bed. His face is badly b*rned and partly bandaged. DEAN knocks on the frame of the open door, and he and CASTIEL enter. DEAN is wearing a "Press" ID badge.

DEAN

Mr. Hinckley? Hi. Uh, we're from the, uh, Geneva Gazette. I wanted to ask you a few questions about your ambush. [He laughs briefly.]

MR HINCKLEY

Yeah, well... I'd laugh, too, if it didn't feel like the sun just ate my face.

CASTIEL

It's a metaphor.

DEAN

Sorry. Uh, now, in the police report, it said that the, uh – the bush, it talked to you, yeah?

MR HINCKLEY

Yeah, I know it sounds crazy, but, yeah.

CASTIEL

And what did it say?

MR HINCKLEY

No clue. Sounded like Klingon to me.

DEAN

Gonna need exact words.

MR HINCKLEY

Are you serious?

CASTIEL

That's his serious face, yes.

DEAN

As much as you can remember, Mr. Hinckley.

MR HINCKLEY

Sounded something like... sol-voch. Yeah. Sol-voch-tay.

CUT TO:

CASTIEL and DEAN leave MR HINKLEY's room and walk down the hallway.

DEAN

Well, what do you think? Mean anything to you?

CASTIEL

Yes. It's Enochian. It means "obey."

DEAN

Obey? Obey what?

CASTIEL

I don't know. But the amount of pain an angel must be in not just to manifest through shrubbery but to burn – Dean... we have to find him before it's too late.

DEAN

Okay. Okay, well, look, a sign like that – Alfie can't be too far, right? So we'll just start at the bush and work our way out.

CASTIEL

And look for what exactly? Crowley could have him anywhere.

DEAN

Well, if I know Crowley, the place will be swarming with demons, so we'll just drive till we see ugly.

INT. MOTEL ROOM – DAY

AMELIA is standing in the doorway to the bathroom, wearing only SAM's shirt.

AMELIA

It's official – I hate motels. Say something.

SAM is shirtless in bed.

SAM

What would you like me to say? That was great? That was... a mistake?

AMELIA

I don't know. Both, I guess.

SAM

I understand.

AMELIA

Do you? Do you understand I have a life here? A good man that loves me... [she sits on the edge of the bed facing SAM] ...a man I don't want to hurt?

SAM

I know.

AMELIA

And do you know you're the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning and the last thing before I go to sleep? It's tough to let something like that go.

SAM

Yeah.

AMELIA

Especially if you keep showing up here.

SAM

Are you saying you want me to leave?

AMELIA

I'm telling you that if you stay, against everything I believe in, I would be with you. But if you leave... don't come back. I can't have you with one foot in my life and one foot out there doing... whatever it is you do. That life of yours I have no idea about.

SAM

You don't want to know about it. Believe me. It's a big step.

AMELIA

For me or you?

SAM

Both. I... need to think about this. You need to think about this. Words will never cover what you mean to me – what you'll always mean to me, but we should...

AMELIA

Think about this. Okay. How about two days from now, around 7:30? I'll be off work then. One of us will be here, and we'll know. Neither of us will be here... and we'll know. Or both of us will be here... and we'll know.

EXT. – DAY

Three shabbily-dressed men stand around a fire burning in a 44-gallon drum. The IMPALA pulls up on the other side of a fence.

INT. IMPALA – DAY

DEAN

Wow, will you look at that? Our ninth abandoned factory. Ain't that America? Hey, what do you say, this doesn't pan out, we head back to that beer-and-bacon happy hour about a mile back, huh?

CASTIEL

Wait a minute, Dean. Those derelicts, they're demons. I can see their true faces.

DEAN looks through binoculars at the men standing around the drum and sees another man on a balcony above them.

DEAN

Crowley's got that many hell monkeys outside, he's got to have at least double inside.

CASTIEL

And angel warding. I can feel it.

DEAN

Well, you, me, and a demon Kn*fe ain't gonna cut it.

CASTIEL

Okay. I'll get Sam.

DEAN

No. We don't need Sam.

CASTIEL

But you just said –

DEAN

Look, if Sam wanted in, he'd be here, okay? I got a better idea.

EXT. WHARF – DAY

A boat named "Fizzles' Folly" is moored next to a dock.

INT. GARTH'S BOAT – DAY

Pages of symbols are stuck to a wall and other surfaces. KEVIN sits at a table with half of The Word of God demon tablet and a notebook.

DEAN

Slow read?

KEVIN

Slowest.

DEAN

Where's Garth?

KEVIN

Supply run? I don't know. Sort of lost track of when he comes and goes. You guys need help with something? I'm working here.

CASTIEL

You look horrible.

KEVIN

Yeah. Thanks.

DEAN

He's right. Are you okay, Kevin?

KEVIN

Fine. I'm just... in the middle of this.

DEAN

And? Any luck?

KEVIN

Interpreting half a demon tablet? No. I got nothing.

DEAN

All right, well, buck up, 'cause, uh, we need some more of that demon TNT ASAP.

KEVIN

You used it all?

DEAN

Yeah, so let's whip up another batch.

KEVIN

Sure. West Bank witch hazel, skull of Egyptian calf, the tail of some random-ass newt that may or may not be extinct –

DEAN

All right, all right, I get it – ingredients are hard to come by, huh?

KEVIN

That's just the first three ingredients.

CASTIEL

Give me the list. I'll get what we need.

DEAN

[smiles] Huh.

KEVIN starts making a list.

INT. BUILDING – DAY

SAMANDIRIEL is still bound to the chair and wearing the metal contraption on his head. CROWLEY enters and closes the door behind him.

CROWLEY

What on earth could you possibly need now, Viggo? I've given you every t*rture instrument known to man – short of a Neil Diamond album.

VIGGO

I've found something, sir. I need a translator.

CROWLEY

You're looking at him. Show me.

VIGGO twists the metal pick in SAMANDIRIEL's forehead. CROWLEY puts on an apron.

SAMANDIRIEL

Zoh-bah-leh-ta.

CROWLEY

What have we here?

VIGGO

I think it's Enochian.

CROWLEY

Of course it's Enochian, you pigeon. The question is, why is he speaking Enochian? What have you drilled into here, Viggo, huh?

CROWLEY twists the metal pick.

SAMANDIRIEL

Zoh-bah-leh-ta. Sah-teh-voch-leh.

CROWLEY

Bollocks.

VIGGO

What is it, sir?

CROWLEY

Well, what our feathered friend was uttering essentially was, "You, celestial being, have been created to be an angel of the Lord." You've got into his operating system – his factory settings.

VIGGO

From who? God?

CROWLEY

Who the hell cares where it comes from? Let's find out what makes this flying monkey tick.

CROWLEY twists the metal pick again. SAMANDIRIEL screams.

SAMANDIRIEL

Sah-teh-voch-leh.

CROWLEY twists the metal pick again and SAMANDIRIEL screams.

INT. GARTH'S BOAT – DAY

KEVIN is still working on the tablet. DEAN paces and claps his hands. KEVIN puts on headphones. DEAN looks at his watch.

DEAN

I mean, come on. How long's it take to get a calf skull from Egypt? Kevin. Kevin. [He snaps his fingers next to KEVIN's ear and then leans down close to him.] Your mom's hot. I'm serious, your mom is one sexy –

DEAN's phone rings.

DEAN (on phone)

Hey, I thought I told you to go underground.

EXT. PARK – DAY

A family is eating at a picnic table. BENNY stands under some trees nearby.

BENNY (on phone)

Hey. I am so far underground, I'm breathing through a straw, brother. Uh, look... what happened with your friend Martin back there, it wasn't supposed to go down that way.

INT. GARTH'S BOAT – DAY

DEAN (on phone)

I know. Your granddaughter told me.

The scene alternates between DEAN on GARTH's boat and BENNY in the park.

BENNY (on phone)

Dean, you did this old dog a real solid, and, uh... the way you stood up for me –

DEAN (on phone)

Well, shoe on the other foot, you would have done the same.

BENNY (on phone)

Yeah. I hate to ask for much else, but I don't suppose there's any chance you're anywhere near the Catskills?

DEAN (on phone)

Working a case on the other side of the country. Why? What's up?

BENNY (on phone)

Yeah, just hitting a little rough patch, I guess. You know, doing this whole solo thing.

DEAN (on phone)

Benny... one day at a time, man.

BENNY (on phone)

You know what? Uh... A cup of coffee sure would do me good.

DEAN (on phone)

All right, as soon as I'm done with this case, I'll, uh... I'll be there, okay?

BENNY (on phone)

Yeah. All right, brother. Thank you.

DEAN hangs up. He walks over to KEVIN and touches his headphones.

DEAN

Hey. Where is your mom?

KEVIN

Somewhere safe.

DEAN

You kicked your mom to the curb?

KEVIN

She was too distracting. I couldn't focus. The angels said I had to go to the desert to learn the word of God, all right? So... this is my desert.

DEAN

Yeah, but your mom's your mom.

KEVIN

I can't enjoy a world I need to save, Dean. I can enjoy it when this is all over with. For right now... there's nothing more important than this.

EXT. DIFFERENT PARK – DAY

A man holds an umbrella over a woman as they walk along. SAM sits on a bench. CASTIEL appears next to SAM, who jumps.

CASTIEL

Watching humanity – it never gets old, does it?

INT. GARTH'S BOAT – DAY

DEAN tips the crumbs from a bag of snack food into his mouth and throws away the bag. There is the sound of wings.

CASTIEL

I got what we need.

DEAN

[turning] Well, it's about time.

SAM is standing next to CASTIEL.

DEAN

What's he doing here?

SAM

Don't worry, Dean. Once we save Alfie, I'm out.

DEAN

Oh, once "we" save Alfie. Don't hurt yourself, Sam. Cas and I can handle it.

SAM

Not according to Cas.

DEAN

I told you we didn't need him.

CASTIEL

We need everything, Dean. And I need both of you, as you say, to stow your crap. Can you do that?

DEAN and SAM look at each other.

ACT THREE

EXT. FACTORY – NIGHT

The IMPALA pulls up and parks. DEAN, SAM and CASTIEL get out. SAM was in his usual spot in the front passenger seat.

CASTIEL

So, there are four main points of warding – north, south, east, and west – and four Enochian symbols, like this... [he draws a symbol on SAM's palm] ...that you need to destroy before I can enter.

DEAN

Okay, so, what? We go in, take care of the hell mooks, and you extract the angel?

CASTIEL

Yes. After k*lling so many, I need to save at least this one.

SAM

Sounds like a plan.

DEAN

Okay. [He takes out his demon-k*lling Kn*fe.] Let's do this.

CASTIEL

Wait. Here. [He gives his angel sword to SAM.] This doesn't just work on angels. It kills demons, too.

SAM

Thanks, Cas.

CUT TO:

A DEMON walks towards another DEMON who is standing next to a fire burning in a 44-gallon drum. Someone whistles and the first DEMON turns around and walks back to investigate. He reaches the corner of the building and sees DEAN standing on a short flight of stairs. DEAN waves. The DEMON's eyes turn black and he moves towards DEAN, but SAM stabs the DEMON from behind with CASTIEL's sword. Bright light flashes in the DEMON's eyes as he dies.

DEAN

Well, not my most original work, but...

SAM takes keys from the DEMON's body and tosses them to DEAN, who uses them to unlock a door to the building.

INT. FACTORY – NIGHT

DEAN and SAM walk through the factory. Symbols are painted on the walls. SAM uses spray paint to draw an "X" across a symbol like the one CASTIEL drew on SAM's hand. DEAN then goes one way and SAM another.

CUT TO:

SAMANDIRIEL, who is still bound to the chair, screams. CROWLEY tightens one of the screws on the metal contraption on SAMANDIRIEL's head.

SAMANDIRIEL

Voh-meh-pah-rah-less. Voh-meh-pah-rah-less.

VIGGO

What is it?

CROWLEY

That was tablet talk. Protecting the Word of God seems to be hardwired into these dingbats.

CROWLEY turns one of the screws and SAMANDIRIEL screams again.

CUT TO:

A DEMON walks down a hallway in the factory. SAMANDIRIEL's screams can be heard. After the DEMON has passed by, DEAN steps out into the same hallway and uses spray paint to draw an "X" over the Enochian symbol.

CUT TO:

SAM walks through the factory. A DEMON sees him.

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DEAN walks through the factory. SAM walks in the opposite direction. SAM spray-paints over another Enochian symbol. The DEMON who was watching him grabs him from behind. SAM throws the DEMON to the floor and stabs it with CASTIEL's sword. Bright light flashes inside its head as it dies. Another DEMON leaps on SAM from behind. DEAN grabs it and kills it with his demon-k*lling Kn*fe.

SAM

Thanks.

DEAN

Come on.

CUT TO:

CROWLEY tightens one of the screws on the metal contraption on SAMANDIRIEL's head. SAMANDIRIEL groans loudly before going back into his trance.

SAMANDIRIEL

Zod-leh-fah.

CROWLEY

Demon tablet. Tell me one I don't know, huh?

CROWLEY turns one of the screws and SAMANDIRIEL screams.

CUT TO:

DEAN and SAM walk through the factory. SAMADIRIEL's screams can be heard.

DEAN

Alfie.

They hear footsteps behind them and turn. Two DEMONS also come towards them from the front. DEAN spots two more coming from another direction. SAM ignites one of their demon bombs as DEMONS run towards them. He tosses it down the hallway towards the DEMONS coming in one direction as DEAN tosses one of his own at the other DEMONS. SAM and DEAN take shelter behind a wall. The bombs explode.

CUT TO:

VIGGO looks up at the sound of the expl*si*n.

CUT TO:

The DEMONS are repelled backwards by the b*mb, disintegrating as they go.

CUT TO:

VIGGO looks around as SAMANDIRIEL groans and screams.

CUT TO:

SAM and DEAN hear SAMANDIRIEL's screams. SAM looks at the marks the DEMONS' bodies left on the wall.

CUT TO:

VIGGO

M-M-Mr. Crowley, not that this isn't important, but perhaps we should be making preparations to leave. We – we seem to be under att*ck.

CROWLEY

Did you say something?

CROWLEY tightens one of the screws on the metal contraption on SAMANDIRIEL's head and SAMANDIRIEL screams.

CUT TO:

DEAN and SAM walk down a hallway to the sound of SAMANDIRIEL's screams. DEAN spray-paints over an Enochian symbol on a door.

DEAN

All right, anytime now, Cas.

CASTIEL appears, breathing heavily.

SAM

Cas! Hey! You okay?

CASTIEL

It must be the sigils. I'm not at full power.

DEAN

Sam, help me muss this crud.

CASTIEL

No, wait! There's no time. Samandiriel won't last much longer.

DEAN tries the lock on the door.

SAM

Cas. Here, take this. [He gives CASTIEL the angel sword.]

CASTIEL covers his ears and sees flashes of an instrument being held close to his eye. DEAN tries to open the door.

SAM

Dean, hurry up. Come on!

CUT TO:

CROWLEY tightens one of the screws on the metal contraption on SAMANDIRIEL's head and SAMANDIRIEL screams.

CUT TO:

CASTIEL steps back towards the wall behind him. DEAN continues trying to open the door.

SAM

Dean.

CASTIEL sinks down into a crouch as he sees flashes of the instrument coming towards his eye and of himself screaming. DEAN slams a hand against the door.

DEAN

All right. Plan "B."

SAM

We have a plan "B"?

DEAN flings himself against the door, which doesn't budge. SAM follows his lead and does the same. CASTIEL cowers on the floor.

CUT TO:

SAMANDIRIEL sits silent in the chair.

CROWLEY

As you were saying?

SAMANDIRIEL

Bah-nah-sah-ee.

CUT TO:

SAM flings himself against the door again.

DEAN

Cas? Anytime now.

CASTIEL is still cowering on the floor, seeing flashes of NAOMI holding the metal instrument close to his eye. DEAN hurls himself against the door.

CUT TO:

CROWLEY

Yes?

SAMANDIRIEL

Ar-doh-zah-feh.

CROWLEY

Spit it out, you heavenly pile of filth!

CUT TO:

DEAN continues to hurl himself against the door. CASTIEL is still cowering on the floor.

CUT TO:

SAMANDIRIEL

Pah-deh-rah.

CROWLEY

Holy mother of sin.

VIGGO

What? What is it?

CROWLEY

There's an angel tablet.

ACT FOUR

INT. FACTORY – NIGHT

From inside the room where SAMANDIRIEL is being held, we see the door move as DEAN and/or SAM continue to try to break in. VIGGO looks nervous. The door finally gives way and DEAN and SAM enter. CROWLEY has disappeared. VIGGO grabs a Kn*fe from his table of t*rture implements and grapples with DEAN. CASTIEL enters, looking weak, and goes to SAMANDIRIEL. Another DEMON enters and fights with SAM. VIGGO throws DEAN through a glass pane. CASTIEL loosens the screws on the metal contraption on SAMANDIRIEL's head and removes a metal pick from his skull as SAM and DEAN continue to fight. CASTIEL flashes back to NAOMI holding a metal implement close to his eye and to himself screaming while bound to a chair.

NAOMI (in flashback)

Hold still.

CASTIEL continues to disassemble the metal contraption on SAMANDIRIEL's head. DEAN straddles VIGGO and raises his demon-k*lling Kn*fe. VIGGO grabs DEAN by the throat. SAM sends the DEMON he is fighting flying into a trolley of t*rture implements. The DEMON grabs an implement from the trolley and rushes at SAM. CASTIEL removes the metal contraption from SAMANDIRIEL's head. DEAN knocks VIGGO's arm away and backhands him across the face. SAM sends his DEMON flying in DEAN's direction and DEAN stands up and stabs the DEMON in the back, k*lling it. DEAN returns his attention to VIGGO.

VIGGO

Wait! I know – I know things.

DEAN

Cas! Go!

CASTIEL and SAMANDIRIEL disappear.

VIGGO

Good, good. There's so much you don't know. You need me.

DEAN nods.

DEAN

Yeah.

VIGGO nods.

DEAN

Yeah, I don't think so.

DEAN stabs VIGGO. Bright light flares inside VIGGO's head as he dies.

EXT. FACTORY – NIGHT

CASTIEL supports SAMANDIRIEL, who is leaning against the IMPALA.

CASTIEL

It's okay. You're safe now. I'm taking you home.

SAMANDIRIEL

No. You can't take me back there, Castiel.

CASTIEL

Why not?

SAMANDIRIEL

You don't understand. I told Crowley things – things he shouldn't have known. He got to our coding, our secrets – secrets I didn't even know we had!

CASTIEL

What secrets?

SAMANDIRIEL

Heaven, Naomi.

CASTIEL

No. W-who's Naomi?

SAMANDIRIEL

Who is – listen to me. Listen to me closely. I've been there. I know! They're controlling us, Castiel!

CASTIEL

What do you mean?

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE IN HEAVEN

NAOMI is leaning over CASTIEL, who is seated in a chair.

NAOMI

k*ll him!

CASTIEL

What does he mean, they're controlling us?

NAOMI

Castiel!

CASTIEL

Who is controlling us? Why did I see your face? Why was I so afraid? What did you do to me?

NAOMI hauls CASTIEL to his feet.

NAOMI

This is a direct order! k*ll him!

NAOMI pushes CASTIEL back into his chair. He disappears.

EXT. FACTORY – NIGHT

CASTIEL lets his angel sword slip down his sleeve and uses it to s*ab SAMANDIRIEL. Blinding white light emanates from SAMANDIRIEL as he dies.

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE IN HEAVEN

CASTIEL

What did I just do?

NAOMI

You k*lled a traitor.

CASTIEL

Samandiriel... was good. And I was trying to atone for –

NAOMI

Samandiriel was broken. He revealed the existence of what I would die to protect – what any of us would die to protect. The angel tablet, Castiel. Crowley knows.

CASTIEL

I just m*rder*d one of our own to protect a tablet?

NAOMI

If the demon tablet can seal demons in Hell, what do you think the angel tablet could do to us? You're a hero, Castiel. You've done Heaven a great service.

CASTIEL

And that's what I tell Sam and Dean?

EXT. FACTORY – NIGHT

CASTIEL is cradling SAMANDIRIEL's body. SAM and DEAN run up.

SAM

Cas! What the hell happened?

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE IN HEAVEN

NAOMI

You tell the Winchesters that Samandiriel had been compromised.

EXT. FACTORY – NIGHT

CASTIEL

He was compromised.

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE IN HEAVEN

NAOMI

He came at you, and you acted in self-defense.

EXT. FACTORY – NIGHT

CASTIEL

[standing up] He came at me. I k*lled him in self-defense.

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE IN HEAVEN

NAOMI

Say you must return his body to Heaven, and then bring him to me.

EXT. FACTORY – NIGHT

DEAN

Cas, you okay?

Blood trickles from the corner of one of CASTIEL's eyes. CASTIEL wipes at it.

CASTIEL

My vessel must have been damaged in the melee. I have to go. Samandiriel's remains belong in Heaven.

INT. NAOMI'S OFFICE IN HEAVEN

NAOMI

I need to see just how far Crowley dug into him. Do you understand?

CASTIEL

Yes, I understand.

EXT. FACTORY – NIGHT

CASTIEL crouches down by SAMANDIRIEL's body and puts an arm around his shoulders.

DEAN

Cas, wait.

CASTIEL

Thank you both... for everything you've done.

There is the sound of wings, and CASTIEL and SAMANDIRIEL disappear.

DEAN

Cas!

ACT FIVE

INT. RUFUS' CABIN – DAY

SAM spray-paints the Enochian angel-warding symbol on the door.

SAM

Okay. That should do it. Cas can't see or hear us now.

DEAN

Okay, what the hell?

SAM

I know.

DEAN

I told you something was off with him since he got back from Purgatory.

SAM

So, what, you think someone's messing with him or something?

DEAN

Who?

SAM

Angels?

DEAN

Why would the angels have him k*ll another angel?

SAM shrugs.

DEAN

You know what, man? I got this. You go.

SAM

What?

DEAN

Don't you have a girl to get back to?

SAM

Yeah. I guess I do. Um... Since when are you on the Amelia bandwagon?

DEAN

I don't know. I'm just tired of all the fighting. [He takes a beer out of the refrigerator.] And, you know, maybe I'm a little bit jealous. I could never separate myself from the job like you could. Hell, maybe it's time for at least one of us to be happy.

SAM

What, you being such a big hugger and all? She does make me happy, and she could be waiting for me if I went back. I'd be a very lucky man if she was. But now... with everything staring down at us, with all that's left to be done... I don't know.

DEAN

Huh.

SAM

Yeah.

DEAN

Well, I do know this – whatever you decide, decide. Both feet in or both feet out. Anything in between is what gets you dead.

SAM

Yeah, I keep hearing that. I'm gonna... take a walk. Clear my head.

SAM leaves. DEAN sighs.

EXT. WATERFRONT – DAY

BENNY sucks from a blood bag. He puts the empty bag back into a cooler in which there is only one remaining full blood bag. BENNY picks up the full blood bag, then puts it back and closes the cooler and the doors on the back of his vehicle. His phone rings and he answers.

BENNY (on phone)

Dean. Thank you mightily, bud. I'm in a hard way here. How close are you?

The scene alternates between BENNY on the waterfront and DEAN in the cabin.

DEAN (on phone)

I'm sorry, man. I, um... I'm not gonna make it.

BENNY (on phone)

You mean now, or...?

DEAN (on phone)

Listen, Benny. Everything you've done for me, I will never forget, but, uh... This is it.

BENNY (on phone)

End of the line?

DEAN (on phone)

End of the line.

BENNY (on phone)

Yeah, well, I never liked these cellphones anyway.

DEAN (on phone)

You, uh... You stay good, all right?

BENNY (on phone)

You too, Dean. And, uh... Thanks for the ride.

DEAN (on phone)

Yeah, man. Adios.

INT. RUFUS' CABIN – NIGHT

Boxing plays on the television. DEAN sits on the couch watching.

INT. MOTEL ROOM – NIGHT

AMELIA opens the door and looks sadly at the unoccupied room, then closes the door behind her as she leaves.

INT. RUFUS' CABIN – NIGHT

SAM sets two bottles of beer and a bowl of food down on the coffee table in front of DEAN. DEAN removes the cap from one bottle and sets it down in front of SAM, then opens his own beer. SAM picks up his beer and he and DEAN look at each other. SAM nods. DEAN takes a drink from his beer and SAM follows suit. They eat.

END