06x02 - Two and a Half Men

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6.02 Two and a Half Men

Air Date: 01 October 2010

Teaser

THEN

Sam: Hey, Dean. It's me.

Dean

How long you been back, Sam?

Sam: About a year.

Dean

You've been back practically this whole time?

Sam: You finally had what you wanted, Dean.

Dean

I wanted my brother! Alive!

Sam: You wanted a family. You only gave it up because of the way we lived. But you had something and you were building something.

Bobby

You got out, Dean! You walked away from the life. And it's as close to happiness as I've ever seen a hunter get.

Sam: I hooked up with some other people.

Dean

You, working with strangers?

Sam: They're more like family. Gwen Campbell, Christian, and Mark.

Dean

Campbell? Like...

CHRISTIAN

Like your mom.

Samuel: I'm your grandfather.

Dean

Samuel? You can't be.

Samuel: We're guessing whatever pulled Sam up, pulled me down.

Dean

But you don't know what that is.

Samuel: Bingo.

Sam: Shapeshifter. Something that can make itself look like anyone.

Dean

Legends of creatures who can transform themselves into animals or other men. When the shapeshifter changes shape, maybe it sheds.

Sam: You coming with me?

Dean

No, I'm going back for Lisa and Ben.

Sam: You'll be putting them in danger.

Dean

So, what? It's better to leave them alone, unprotected, and then they're not in danger? I made them vulnerable the moment I knocked on their door. You keep in touch, you hear?

Sam: Of course.

NOW

INT. HOUSE - NIGHT

A fireplace. Pictures of a family line the mantle. A bloody hand enters the sh*t and smashes one of the framed pictures. The hand belongs to a woman, the Wife in the picture, who is gasping for breath as she runs, holding a BABY to her chest. She runs up a flight of stairs and into a room. She closes the door and grabs a phone from a nearby table. She tries to call for help, but gets a dial tone. She hears footsteps outside the door and crawls under the bed with the BABY. She hears doors opening and closing through the house as the footsteps come closer. Boots can be seen stopping under the cr*ck of the door. Once they move past, she looks on the other side of the bed, and sees her HUSBAND lying dead on the floor, his throat cut and bloody. She cries out and then covers her mouth. She hears nothing and then, without warning, she's pulled out from under the bed, screaming. The BABY is left under the bed as she continues to scream.

Act One

EXT. HOUSE - DAY

There is a "HOME FOR RENT" sign in the yard, mostly obscured by a "RENTED" sticker.

INT. GARAGE - DAY

The Impala is mostly covered by a tan tarp, but the trunk is clear. Dean opens the trunk of the Impala and looks inside. He takes out his sawed-off shotgun, checks the rounds, and then puts it away. He closes the trunk, locks it, puts the keys in his toolbox, and lets the tarp settle back over the trunk of the Impala. He leaves the garage with a box labeled "KITCHEN."

INT. Dean's HOUSE - DAY

Dean and Lisa are unpacking boxes. BEN sits at a table, looking upset.

Lisa

What's up?

BEN

Nothing.

Lisa

At least wait until you've checked the place out before you hate it. Open mind, that's all I ask.

BEN

Yeah, all right.

BEN stands.

BEN (CONT'D)

I'll be back.

BEN walks towards his bike.

Dean

Oh, hey. Where's the fire?

BEN

Just going to check out the block.

Dean

And let your mom unpack the kitchen by herself? Come on.

Lisa

We'll go for lunch later. Scope out the neighborhood. Right?

Dean

Yeah, sounds like a plan. (to BEN) Come on, why don't you give me a hand?

Dean and BEN leave the room together.

EXT. VICTIM's HOUSE

Cop cars are on the street and policemen walk in and out of the front door of a house surround by crime scene tape. We hear indistinct radio chatter in the background. Sam is talking to a Detective. He holds a flyer for a missing child in his hand.

Sam: Where'd you find them?

Detective

We found the parents upstairs. Pretty brutal.

Sam: Break in?

Detective

No, alarm never went off.

Sam: Any leads on the baby?

Detective

None yet.

Sam: So what do you think? Think it's okay? Alive?

Detective

I did yesterday.

Sam: Thank you.

Sam walks up the path towards the house, ducking under the crime scene tape that blocks it off.

INT. Dean's HOUSE - DAY

The doorbell rings. Dean opens the front door and we see a PIZZA DELIVERY Man.

PIZZA DELIVERY Man

Hi.

Dean

Hey.

PIZZA DELIVERY Man

One cheese, one everything?

Dean

Yeah. Thank you.

Dean takes the pizzas and pays the PIZZA DELIVERY Man.

Dean

There you go. Keep the change.

PIZZA DELIVERY Man

Thanks.

Dean

Thanks.

Dean turns and sees Lisa and BEN standing behind him.

Dean

What?

Lisa

I thought we were going out?

Dean

Oh yeah, I forgot. I'm sorry.

Lisa

Sure. I'll look for plates.

Lisa leaves the room.

EXT. VICTIM's HOUSE - DAY

Sam leaves the house. He is talking to Samuel on his cell phone.

Sam: Hey. So, I've been all over this. No sulfur. No EMF. I'm starting to think maybe it's not our kind of thing.

Samuel: Four couples slaughtered in one part of the state within days of each other. That's four babies taken from locked houses. Damn it! Explain to me how any version of that is natural.

Sam: No, no, I agree. It's awful. I'm just saying this one might be on the police.

Samuel: Okay, so either we've got monsters grabbing babies to make baby stew, or we've got a bunch of psychotic yokels grabbing babies to make baby stew. Either way, it's baby stew, which is bad.

Sam sighs.

Samuel: Am I boring you? You got someplace you need to be?

Sam: No, no, no, I get it.

Samuel: Good. You know, sometimes I wonder about you, Sam.

Sam: Sometimes I wonder about me, too.

Samuel: Well, I will go back over everything. See if there's anything we missed.

Sam sees a sign for "Harper Caine Security" in the front yard of the house.

Sam: Hey, the Detective said the alarm in the house never went off. You mind taking a quick look - see if anyone else had a system from Harper Caine Security?

Samuel: Yeah, sure. Any chance I get to hop on a computer.

INT. Dean's GARAGE - DAY

Dean enters the garage. The trunk of the Impala is open and BEN is holding Dean's sawed-off shotgun.

Dean

What the hell? Hey, hey, give me that.

Dean takes the g*n from BEN, puts it back in the trunk, and closes the trunk.

Dean

What do you think you're doing?

BEN

I just wanted to see it.

Dean

Listen to me. Don't ever open this trunk. Do you understand me?

BEN

Okay, sorry. But I don't get it. You had your own r*fle when you were my age.

Dean

Ben, mark my words. You will never, ever sh**t a g*n, ever.

BEN

I know what's going on. You think something might be coming for us.

Dean

There's nothing coming for us.

BEN

I could do what you do. You could teach me how to sh**t--

Dean

Shut up about the freaking g*n, okay!

BEN

Okay. Sorry. I'm sorry.

BEN leaves the garage and Dean covers the trunk with the tarp again.

EXT. PARK - DAY

Sam is sitting on a park bench and reading a file. His cell phone rings and he answers it.

Samuel: You were right. Every family that got hit: Harper Caine Security. So I pulled the client records.

Sam: Right, to see if there's any other families who fit the profile.

Samuel: There is another happy couple walking and talking, 6 month old baby, like all the others.

Sam: What's the address?

INT. Dean's GARAGE - DAY

Dean

Hey.

Lisa

What happened? Ben's been locked in his room for hours. Says you yelled at him. What did he do?

Dean

Nothing.

Lisa

What did you do?

Dean

He got into my tools. I shouldn't have got mad.

Lisa

You want to talk about this?

Dean

About?

Lisa

Yelling at Ben? Keeping us in the house?

Dean

I'm trying to keep us safe, here.

Lisa

I'm not arguing, okay. You're the expert. I'm just asking. You said that you and your brother k*lled whatever was after us. And then we moved just to be sure! So what is it, Dean? A monster? Or monsters in general?

Dean

I don't know. Something might come.

Lisa

What?

Dean

I don't know, I can't predict what's going to come after me.

Lisa

Well, I'm going to need some parameters. We have to live our lives here. I mean, at some point I have to work. Ben has school!

Dean

But if something happens on my watch...

Lisa

I know you're trying to protect us, but you're kind of scaring me a little, too.

Lisa leaves the garage.

EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT

Sam pulls up in his car. He gets out, opens his trunk, and gets a g*n and a flashlight. He walks up to the dark house. We see a "Harper Caine Security" sign in the yard. Sam jimmies the lock on the front door and enters the house. He finds the husband and wife dead and bloody in the living room. He follows bloody footprints further into the house, g*n and flashlight raised. He checks a closet, but it is empty. A Man barrels into him, disarming him and knocking him to the ground. Sam kicks him in the nose and knocks him back, which allows him to pull his Kn*fe. He slashes the Man's arm, and the wound hisses and burns. The Man flees. Sam checks the rest of the house, eventually entering the laundry room when he hears a noise. He looks under the folding table, and we see his surprised face.

INT. Dean's HOUSE - NIGHT

Dean's cell phone rings. He answers it.

Dean

Sam?

Sam is driving and talking on his cell phone.

Sam: I need your help. Now.

Dean

What's wrong?

Sam: I'm working this job.

Dean

Dude.

Sam: Look, I just need you with me on this, okay?

Dean

I'm out. I'm staying out.

Sam: Make an exception.

Dean

For what?

Sam: Look, I'm thirty minutes away and I will drive to your door if you don't meet me.

Dean

And what's so nuts that you gotta thr*aten a damn drive by?

Dean makes a surprised face.

EXT. ROAD - NIGHT

Dean drives up to Sam's car in his truck. He gets out and walks towards Sam.

Dean

Where is it?

Sam: Strapped down in the back seat.

Dean looks in the back of Sam's car.

Sam: Welcome to the party, Guttenberg.

We see a BABY in the back seat.

Act Two

INT. Dean's HOUSE - DAY

Dean

Okay, show me.

Lisa

I've got it. We've been over this.

Dean

Humor me.

Lisa

Load clip. Pull slide. Safety off. Safety on.

Dean

And salt the windows and the doors.

Lisa

Of course.

Dean

Maybe I shouldn't go.

Lisa

It's okay. You want to go, so go.

Dean

You know what, Sam can handle this.

Lisa

Dean, no offense, but if you don't walk out that door, I'm going to sh**t you.

Dean grabs his duffle bag and zips it closed before throwing the strap over his shoulder.

Dean

I bet you're missing your ex right about now. The uh, the boring one?

Lisa

God, shut up. Just be careful, okay?

Dean kisses Lisa and goes to walk out the door

Dean

Bye.

Lisa

Bye.

EXT. ROAD - DAY

Dean drives up to Sam's car in his truck, gets out, and pulls his duffle bag out of the truck bed.

Dean

Alright, so what do we know about this thing?

Sam: Well, uh, it was fast and it freaked when I cut it with silver.

Dean

Alright, so that narrows it down to...

Sam: A ghoul? A zombie, a shifter, or about a dozen other things.

Dean

I don't recall seeing babynapping in the profiles.

Sam: Yeah, exactly.

Sam and Dean get in the car.

INT. Sam's CAR - DAY

Dean looks back at the BABY.

Dean

Well feel free to speak up if you know anything.

Sam starts the car and it makes a continual dinging sound.

Sam: Seatbelt.

Dean

What am I, in third grade? A car should drive, not be a little bitch.

The BABY cries out and Dean and Sam look back at it. The BABY farts.

Dean

Yeah, don't take it personal.

Dean looks at Sam.

Dean

Well, we need to get some supplies.

Sam: I've got an arsenal in the trunk.

Dean

Not that kind.

INT. STORE - DAY

Dean walks next to Sam, who pushes a grocery cart down a store aisle. The BABY is in a baby seat in the front of the cart.

Dean

Alright, I'm pretty sure that there's some kind of paste or jelly you're supposed to put on their butt.

Sam grabs a box off the shelf.

Sam: Like uh... like that?

Dean

Yeah, grab that.

Dean grabs a box of diapers and puts it in the cart.

Sam: So how do you know all this?

Dean

Lisa has a baby niece, so I've been on a few milk runs.

Sam: Huh.

Dean

Shut it.

Sam: I just said "huh."

Dean

I just said "shut it."

The BABY starts fussing.

Dean

Alright, we gotta get moving. We've got the waterworks in like, T-minus ten.

Sam: Yeah, okay.

Dean

Go.

INT. STORE - CHECKOUT LINE - DAY

The BABY is crying loudly. CUSTOMERS are disapproving. Sam loads groceries on the counter for checkout while Dean tries to calm the BABY.

Dean

Shh... shh... Come on, hang in there buddy. Hang in there, man.

Sam: Dean, make it stop.

Dean

How?

Sam: Everyone's staring at us like we're child abusers! Feed it!

Dean

We fed it!

Sam: Then what?

Dean

I don't know. You think I speak baby? Maybe he needs a diaper change.

Sam: Oh God, I hope not.

Dean takes the BABY out of its baby seat and holds it awkwardly. He tries to check if its diaper needs changing. The BABY continues to cry and Dean mimics it. A Woman approaches them.

Woman: Aw... what's the matter? What's his name?

Dean

Bobby.

Sam: John.

Dean

Bobby John.

Woman: Hi, Bobby John. Aren't you handsome? May, I?

Dean

Oh, oh uh...

The Woman takes Bobby John in her arms and it settles down.

Woman: I see now, Bobby John's a little wet. No offense, you two look exhausted. I don't mind. Lord knows I've changed a million diapers.

Dean sees the Woman's eyes flare in a security camera feed behind him. She is a Shapeshifter.

Dean

That's a really nice offer, thank you, but um... I think we've got it.

Shapeshifter: Oh, it's nothing. Happy to help.

Dean

Give me the baby before I s*ab you in your neck.

Sam: Dean!

Dean points behind him and Sam sees from the camera feed that she is a Shapeshifter.

The Shapeshifter runs away with Bobby John. Sam and Dean give chase. Dean tries to grab her, but the flesh of her arm sheds off in his hand. Sam runs into her and takes Bobby John before running outside. Dean then tackles the Shapeshifter to the ground and pulls out his Kn*fe.

Shapeshifter: Help me!

A STORE Manager approaches.

STORE Manager

Hey!

Shapeshifter: He's hurting me!

STORE Manager

Get off of her!

The STORE Manager pulls Dean off of the Shapeshifter.

Dean

Okay, alright. Alright.

Dean puts away the Kn*fe, then runs out of the store.

EXT. STORE - DAY

Dean gets into Sam's car.

Dean: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

Sam drives away quickly. The Shapeshifter runs outside and watches them leave. She sees the license plate number on Sam's car.

INT. Sam's CAR - DAY

Dean is trying to strap Bobby John in his car seat while Sam drives.

Dean: The hell does a shifter want with a baby, anyway?

Sam: You tell me.

Dean: And how the hell did it find us?

Dean struggles with the baby seat.

Dean (CONT'D)

Who designed this thing? NASA?

Sam: You know, it could have been following me this whole time. Since the baby's house.

Dean: Alright, you know, we got to get off the road. Get Bobby John here someplace safe. Figure this thing out. Okay, alright, shh, shh. Easy, kid.

EXT. Police CAR - DAY

A Police Officer sits in his patrol car. His driver side door is open and he is on his radio.

DISPATCH

Charlie 86, go ahead.

Police Officer: I need a 10-28 on Illinois plates I as in India, 4 Zulu Oscar 8 9 2.

DISPATCH

Copy, 86. Stand by.

The camera pans to the left and we see the real Police Officer dead in the passenger seat of the patrol car. The man talking on the radio was the Shapeshifter. The passenger side door is open and there is a pile of shed skin on the ground next to it.

INT. MOTEL - DAY

Dean is changing Bobby John's diaper on a motel bed.

Dean: Okay, alright, you know what? I'll pay you money if you sit still.

Sam laughs.

Dean (CONT'D)

This is like defusing an IED, with poop! Okay, alright, alright, alright, you are golden, Bobby John. Time to hit the hay.

Dean picks up Bobby John and hums "Smoke on the Water" as he carries him over to a crib.

Sam: Dean, you're just going to make it cranky again.

Dean: Shh, it's working. Okay, if I put you down, you gonna be a man about it?

Dean puts Bobby John down in the crib. Bobby John goes to sleep.

Sam: Huh.

Dean: What?

Sam: You're just, uh, actually, not awful at that.

Dean: Dude, I'm barely keeping that thing alive.

Sam:

No, no, no, seriously. You've got a whole Dr. Huxtable vibe coming off of you. You're like... father material.

Dean: Yeah, well I kind of had to be lately, you know. Sink or swim, right?

Sam: You mean Ben.

Dean: Yeah, I mean Ben. I mean, I know he's not my kid, but I don't know, I'm starting to feel like yeah, he is. Then I think about the way we grew up, I don't know, I kind of feel like I have a chance to do something different with Ben, you know?

Sam: You sure about that?

Dean: What do you mean?

Sam: Look, you clearly care about the kid.

Dean: But?

Sam: But moving them around? Keeping them on lockdown? I mean, you do have them on lockdown, right? How is any of that different from how we were raised?

Dean: So you're saying... I'm not shoving anybody into this life, okay? This is temporary.

Sam: Dad always said it was temporary, Dean. He said it for 22 years. Look, I get it. You want to watch out for them. That's great. I'm just asking, how do you do that and not turn into Dad?

Dean is quiet. Sam looks at the papers on the table in front of him.

Sam: Crap. I can't believe I missed this.

Dean: What?

Sam: This house on Elm. The mother was k*lled, baby was grabbed, but daddy wasn't living in the house at the time so he's still alive. What do you say we go and have a chat?

Dean: I say let's.

Dean and Sam both look at Bobby John, who is still lying in his crib.

Dean: You go.

Sam: You sure?

Dean: Unless you've got a badge for Bobby John, yeah, I'm sure.

Sam leaves the room and Bobby John starts to cry. Dean puts a finger in his drink and reaches down into Bobby John's crib. Bobby John quiets.

Dean: It's good, isn't it?

EXT. AUTO SHOP - DAY

Sam is questioning a Man in coveralls.

Man: I just, I still can't believe it. I mean, it's one thing to die like that. The poor baby, just into thin air. No thanks to you guys.

Sam: Well, that's why I'm here. You had filed for divorce? It's important, I'm sorry.

Man: She, uh. She cheated on me, and, well, I caught her.

Sam: And did you know the other man?

Man: No, I mean, I didn't "catch her" catch her, but she lied to me.

Sam: Okay.

Man: We hadn't, you know, in a while, and then she's pregnant.

Sam: And what did she say?

Man: She said it was mine. I know. And I said that's impossible and what is she talking about. And she says don't you remember when you went out of town and then you came back early?

Sam: But you didn't.

Man: No. I was at a damn softball tournament. Whoever he was, he's the father.

INT. MOTEL - DAY

Bobby John is lying in his crib. Dean is on the motel bed, enjoying the "Magic Fingers" vibrations. He hears a sound and Bobby John starts crying. Blood and skin are on the wall above the crib. As Dean gets up off the bed, his cell phone rings and he answers it.

Dean: Yeah?

Sam: I talked to the father. He checks out. But the baby...

Dean: Yeah.

Sam: I think the shapeshifter is his dad.

Dean picks up Bobby John and holds him at arm's length. Bobby John is now black. He looks like the baby that was on the nearby box of diapers.

Dean: You think?

Act Three

INT. MOTEL - DAY

Dean is trying to calm down Bobby John, who is crying loudly. There is a knock on the door.

Manager: Manager! Everything okay in there?

Dean: Yeah, no, we're fine. Thank you. Good night.

Manager: There's been complaints. Mind opening the door, sir?

Dean: It's not a good time. Just got out of the shower.

The doorknob rattles. Dean puts Bobby John in the crib and stands to the side of the door. The door unlocks and the Shapeshifter, still disguised as a police officer, enters the room. Dean att*cks him and they grapple. Dean is pushed back.

Shapeshifter: Get out of the way.

Dean: Yeah, that's not going to happen.

Shapeshifter: That child should be with his father.

Dean: Wow, I gotta be honest. I'm not really seeing the family resemblance.

Shapeshifter: I'm not just talking about me. I'm talking about our father.

The Shapeshifter moves to att*ck, and Dean punches him and slashes him across the face with a silver Kn*fe. They continue to fight and Dean is thrown back on the ground. Sam enters the motel room and sh**t the Shapeshifter through the heart, k*lling him.

Dean: Well, there goes our deposit.

INT. Sam's CAR

Sam is driving. Dean sits next to him in the passenger seat. Bobby John is sleeping in the back seat.

Sam: You know, it's pretty smart, actually. I mean, shifter poses as a guard for the security company to get near the house. Then it scopes out the fam.

Dean: Yeah, and then daddy takes off, and shifter becomes daddy. A few glasses of wine, shakes momma's trees, comes back in nine months to collect its prize.

Sam: I didn't even know they had babies. I thought they were just freaks of nature, like X-Men style.

Dean: You learn something new every day, huh?

Sam: I've never seen a baby monster before.

Dean: Of course it's not really a monster. I mean, it's still just a baby. It's not its fault its dad's a shifter.

Sam: Right, but it's a shifter, too.

Dean: Still doesn't change the fact that we've got to look after this thing. I mean, what the hell are we going to do with it? We can't actually drop it off at an orphanage. They might get upset when it turns Asian.

Sam: Samuel.

Dean: What?

Sam: Samuel. He'll know what to do.

Dean: You want to bring it to a bunch of hunters?

Sam: Not just hunters, Dean. They're our family.

Dean: We don't know them.

Sam: I do. Not every hunter is a head case. I mean, Samuel is actually a lot like you.

Dean: I'm a freaking head case.

Sam: Well, pitch a better idea then.

Dean stays silent.

Sam (CONT'D)

Great! Samuel, it is.

EXT. COMPOUND - NIGHT

Sam, Dean, and Bobby John drive through a guarded gate into the Campbells' compound.

INT. COMPOUND - NIGHT

Dean is holding Bobby John. CHRISTIAN walks past. GWEN approaches Dean and strokes Bobby John.

Gwen: Well aren't you just the best disguise a monster ever wore? I'm kidding, Dean. Relax.

Mark approaches Dean.

Dean: What, you got something to say? No? Alright, well, you stand there and think at me.

Sam and Samuel enter the room.

Sam: What's our next move?

Samuel: I got a couple of ideas. Dean, let me see the little guy.

Dean: That's alright, I got him.

Samuel: What do you think I'm going to do?

Dean: You really don't want me to answer that question.

CHRISTIAN

Well I'm curious. Who exactly do you think we are?

Dean: Hunters.

CHRISTIAN

Funny, here I've been thinking we're family.

Sam: Hey, let's not get worked up.

CHRISTIAN

Yeah, yeah, let's not.

Sam: Here, Dean, it's fine. Let me take him. It's okay.

Sam takes Bobby John and then passes him to Samuel.

Samuel: Hey there. You're a big fella, aren't ya? Yeah. I haven't held one of these in a long time. Your mom was the tiniest. She was as bald as a cue ball.

Dean: Alright, so what the hell are we going to do with him?

Samuel: Raise him.

Dean: Raise him?

Samuel: What, you've got another suggestion?

Dean: But...

Samuel: It's dangerous out there for him, Dean.

Dean: And what about in here? What are we gonna - study him? Poke at him?

CHRISTIAN

Your mind goes straight to t*rture, Dean. Don't assume that for everyone.

Dean: What exactly are you trying to say?

CHRISTIAN

Sorry, I heard about what you majored in down in the Pit.

Dean: The hell is your problem, man?

CHRISTIAN

You're starting to become a pain in my ass.

Sam: Christian, take it easy, man. He's my brother.

Samuel: We all done bristling up here, or what? Nobody's doing anything to him, Dean. When he's old enough, we throw it to him. He wants to volunteer to help out, that's fine.

Mark: Could be great.

Dean: How?

Mark: Think of the kind of hunter he'll grow up to be.

Dean: You all are joking, right? I mean, come on! You can't "Angelina Jolie" a shapeshifter. Give me the baby.

Samuel: Why can't you give me an inch of trust, Dean?

Dean: Maybe because you two are suddenly back from the dead, and I seem to be the only one who wants to know how the hell that happened!

Sam: You're not the only one who wants to know.

Dean: There's just a little too much mystery with this family for me to get comfy.

Samuel: Then don't! But don't put it on us. All we're trying to do is invite you in. Christian?

CHRISTIAN

Yeah?

Samuel: You and Arlene, still no luck on the baby front?

CHRISTIAN

Not yeah, no.

Samuel: But you want one?

CHRISTIAN

Yeah, we do.

Dean: Wait, hold on.

Samuel: It's okay, Dean. It's alright.

Samuel hands Bobby John to CHRISTIAN.

Samuel: Congrats. It's a boy, sometimes.

CHRISTIAN

(Laughs) The crap I do for this family.

Dean: You're kidding me, right?

CHRISTIAN

Go to hell, Dean.

Dean: Well, you have no business raising anything.

Sam: Why, Dean? Because he's a hunter?

Dogs are barking outside.

Samuel: Check the back door.

CHRISTIAN hands Bobby John to Samuel, and Samuel passes him to Dean.

Samuel (CONT'D)

Downstairs, panic room. He'll be safe there. Go. Forget it, go! Now!

Dean and Sam leave for the panic room with Bobby John. GWEN, CHRISTIAN, Mark, AND Samuel get weapons ready and aim them at the door just as it is kicked in by Shapeshifter 2, disguised as Samuel. Shapeshifter 2 walks inside.

Shapeshifter 2

You have something of ours.

Act Four

INT. COMPOUND - NIGHT

Shapeshifter 2

I know he's here. I can feel him.

GWEN sh**t Shapeshifter 2 in the back twice with a shotgun, but it has no effect. Shapeshifter 2 approaches GWEN and Mark jumps between them, stabbing Shapeshifter 2 in the heart. It also has no effect. Samuel sh**t Shapeshifter 2 in the back with a tranquilizer.

Mark: Run!

Shapeshifter 2 breaks Mark's neck, k*lling him.

CHRISTIAN

Mark!

Shapeshifter 2 grabs GWEN by the neck. Samuel and CHRISTIAN sh**t more tranquilizers into Shapeshifter 2. Shapeshifter 2 pulls the Kn*fe out of his heart, but the tranquilizers take effect and he weakens, letting GWEN go.

Samuel: Easy tiger. (to Christian) Get the silver nets. We're gonna box him up.

Shapeshifter 2 stands straight and the tranquilizers sh**t out of his back.

INT. COMPOUND - PANIC ROOM - NIGHT

Dean and Sam pace. Dean holds Bobby John.

Dean: Come on, Bobby John. You have got to keep quiet.

They hear g*nf*re upstairs.

Dean (CONT'D)

It does not sound good up there.

Sam: Alright, I'm going to go up. Stay with the baby.

Sam goes to the door and sees Shapeshifter 2, disguised as Sam, in the window. Sam pulls out his Kn*fe, and Shapeshifter 2 tears the panic room door off its hinges. Shapeshifter 2 quickly overpowers Sam and approaches Dean and Bobby John. As it nears, it shifts into Dean without shedding its skin.

Dean: What the...

Shapeshifter 2

Give me the baby.

Dean: No way in hell.

Shapeshifter 2 grabs Dean by the neck and raises him up the wall. Shapeshifter 2 takes Bobby John and chokes Dean before letting him fall to the floor. Shapeshifter 2 walks out of the panic room with Bobby John still disguised as Dean.

INT. COMPOUND - NIGHT

Sam and Samuel talk while CHRISTIAN and GWEN clean up after the att*ck. Dean approaches Sam and Samuel.

Samuel: Well, I'm pretty sure it's not a myth now.

Sam: Yeah.

Dean: What the hell was that thing?

Samuel: We think it may have been an Alpha.

Dean: An alpha, like?

Samuel: Like all monsters come from somewhere, right?

Dean: And you think that this one was -

Samuel: The king shapeshifter. First one who spawned all the others - there's tons of lore about it.

Dean: The first one?

Sam: That's why it was so strong, and why nothing we had stopped it.

Samuel: And he said that he could find the baby anywhere. That he could feel it, like there's a connection. That's in the lore, too.

Dean: What the hell does it want with babies, anyway?

Samuel: A softball team? I got no clue.

Dean: Great, well then how do we k*ll it?

Samuel: I don't know if we can.

EXT. COMPOUND - NIGHT

Dean and Sam walk out of the compound together.

Dean: You know, it's funny.

Sam: What's that?

Dean: You know, just before you ganked that shifter in the motel, he mentioned a father, which makes sense now because he meant the Alpha.

Sam: Huh. Yeah, I guess so.

Dean: Did you hear him say that?

Sam: Uh, I don't know. Kind of a hot moment, you know? Why?

Dean: Well, because if you heard him, then you knew the Alpha was out there.

Sam: Okay.

Dean: And if you knew the Alpha was out there then you knew he might come after the baby. In which case you were using the baby as bait. So was that the plan? To use the baby as bait?

Sam: Of course not. Dean, I just thought that Samuel's was the safest place. That's all.

Dean: Right, of course.

Sam gets in the car. Dean follows.

Act Five

INT. COMPOUND - NIGHT

Samuel is sitting in the kitchen area, talking on the phone.

Samuel: No, I didn't catch it. It k*lled three of my people. I sh*t it full of elephant tranquilizer, and it Chuckled! To be honest, I'm not sure I want to find it. But yeah, we will find a way to catch it. (pause) Yeah, sure, I'll bring it right to you, gift wrapped.

INT. Dean's HOUSE

Lisa dries dishes in the kitchen. Dean enters.

Lisa: Hey.

Dean: Hey, where's Ben?

Lisa: Bike ride. What?

Dean: I don't know what to do here, Lis. I mean, if I knew for sure what the safest thing was, then I'd do it. Stay here and look after you guys or get as far away as I possibly can, but I don't know. And I get what I've been doing lately, you know, what with the yelling and the acting like a prison guard. It's just, that's not me. You tell yourself you're not gonna be something, you know? But my dad was exactly like this. All the time. It's scaring the hell out of me.

Lisa: Dean, can I be honest? Maybe we're safer with you here, maybe gone. I don't know. The one thing that I do know is that you're not a construction worker. You're a hunter. And now you know your brother's out there, things are different. You don't want to be here, Dean.

Dean:

Yes, I do.

Lisa:

Okay. Okay, but you also want to be there. I get it. You're white-knuckling it living like this. Like what you are is some bad, awful thing. But you're not. But I'm not going to have this discussion every time you leave. And this is just going to keep happening, so I need you to go.

Dean: I can't just lose you and Ben.

Lisa: That's not what I'm saying.

Dean: You're saying hit the road.

Lisa: Dean, if there's some rule that says this all has to be either/or, how about we break it? Me and Ben will be here, and you come when you can. Just come in one piece, okay?

Dean: You really think we can pull something like that off?

Lisa: It's worth a sh*t, right?

INT. Dean's GARAGE

"Smoke on the Water" plays. Dean pulls the tarp off the Impala and smiles.