Air Date: 1 Oct 2009

Dean: Something turned him into a monster.

What are we dealing with, do you know?

Croatoan. A demonic virus.

Sam: More like demonic germ warfare.

What if we all have it? What if we all go crazy?

Back in 1835, Samuel Colt made a g*n.

They say this g*n can k*ll anything.

Dean: I'm a vessel?

Zachariah: You're thevessel.

Dean: You need my consent.

Michael needs my say-so-

Dean: -to ride around in my skin.

Zachariah: Unfortunately, yes.

Dean: The answer's no.

Lucifer: You know who I am.

Sam: Lucifer.

Lucifer: You're the one, Sam. You're my vessel.

Sam: That'll never happen.

Sam: I know you don't trust me.

Dean: So what are you saying?

Sam: I'm dangerous.

Maybe it's best we just go our separate ways.

EXT. CENTURY Hotel - NIGHT

A RELIGIOUS Man stands outside the hotel with a handful of pamphlets. He addresses a PASSERBY while the Impala drives up.

RELIGIOUS Man

Hi. Good evening, brother. Is your soul rapture-ready?

The PASSERBY ignores him.

RELIGIOUS Man

Thank you, sir. God bless.

The RELIGIOUS Man addresses TWO PASSERSBY while the Impala stops in front of the hotel.

RELIGIOUS Man

Good evening, folks. Is your soul rapture-ready? Because what I'd like to do is just show you exactly what God's love is for you.

The TWO PASSERSBY ignore him.

RELIGIOUS Man

Okay, God bless.

Dean gets out of the Impala and heads for the hotel. The RELIGIOUS Man addresses him.

RELIGIOUS Man

Excuse me, friend, but have you taken time out to think about God's plan for you?

Dean stops and looks at him.

Dean: Too friggin' much, pal.

Dean enters the hotel. The RELIGIOUS Man watches him go.

INT. Hotel ROOM - NIGHTand EXT. ROAD - NIGHT, alternating

Dean and Castiel are on the phone.

Dean: We're talking about the Colt, right? I mean, as in theColt?

Castiel: We are.

Dean: Well, that doesn't make any sense. I mean, why would the demons keep a g*n around that, uh, kills demons?

A car goes by Castiel.

Castiel: What? What? Did-I didn't-I didn't get that.

Dean laughs.

Dean: You know, it's kind of funny. Talking to a messenger of God on a cellphone. It's, you know, like watching a Hell's Angel ride a moped.

Castiel: This isn't funny, Dean. The voice says I'm almost out of minutes.

Dean: Okay, all right. I'm-I'm telling you, Cas, the mooks have melted down the g*n by now.

Castiel: Well, I hear differently. And if it's true and if you are still set on the insane task of k*lling the devil, this is how we do it.

Dean: Okay. Where do we start?

Castiel: Where are you now?

Dean: Kansas City.

Dean leans across the bed to grab his room key off the bedside table.

Dean: Century Hotel, room 113.

Castiel: I'll be there immediately.

Dean: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no, come on, man. I just drove like sixteen hours straight, okay? I'm human. And there's stuff I got to do.

Castiel: What stuff?

Dean: Eat, for example. In this case, sleep. I just need like four hours once in a while, okay?

Castiel: Yes.

Dean: Okay, so, you can pop in tomorrow morning.

Castiel: Yes. I'll just-

Dean hangs up. Castiel hears a dial tone.

Castiel: -wait here, then.

Castiel stands at the side of the road.

INT. Hotel ROOM - NIGHT

Dean is in bed. His phone vibrates; he answers it.

Dean: Damn it, Cas, I need to sleep!

Sam: Dean, it's me.

Dean: Sam? It's quarter past four.

Sam: This is important.

INT. Hotel ROOM - NIGHTand [i]INT. CAR - NIGHT[i], alternating

Dean gets a beer out of the fridge. Sam is driving.

Dean: So, you're his vessel, huh? Lucifer's wearing you to the prom?

Sam: That's what he said.

Dean: Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in, huh, Sammy?

Sam: So, that's it? That's your response?

Dean: What are you looking for?

Sam: I don't know. A-a little panic? Maybe?

Dean: I guess I'm a little numb to the earth-shattering revelations at this point.

Sam: What are we gonna do about it?

Dean: What do you want to do about it?

Sam: I want back in, for starters.

Dean: Sam-

Sam: I mean it. I am sick of being a puppet to these sons of bitches. I'm gonna hunt him down, Dean.

Dean: Oh, so, we're back to revenge, then, are we? Yeah, 'cause that worked out so well last time.

Sam: Not revenge. Redemption.

Dean: So, what, you're just gonna walk back in and we're gonna be the dynamic duo again?

Sam: Look, Dean, I can do this. I can. I'm gonna prove it to you.

Dean: Look, Sam-it doesn't matter-whatever we do. I mean, it turns out that you and me, we're the, uh, the f*re and the oil of the Armageddon. You know, on that basis alone, we should just pick a hemisphere. Stay away from each other for good.

Sam: Dean, it does not have to be like this. We can fight it.

Dean: Yeah, you're right. We can. But not together. We're not stronger when we're together, Sam. I think we're weaker. Because whatever we have between us-love, family, whatever it is-they are always gonna use it against us. And you know that. Yeah, we're better off apart. We got a better chance of dodging Lucifer and Michael and this whole damn thing, if we just go our own ways.

Sam: Dean, don't do this.

Dean: Bye, Sam.

Dean hangs up.

[i]INT. Hotel ROOM - DAY

The nightstand clock is smashed; when Dean answered his phone it was fine. Dean is lying on the springs of the hotel bed; the mattress is gone. Dean gets up and looks around; the entire room is trashed. He looks out the window; so is the city.

EXT. DESTroyED CITY - DAY

"THE END"

Dean leaves the hotel and takes a look around; the area is devastated, everything broken or graffitied on or both.

Starring

JARED PADALECKI

JENSEN ACKLES

MISHA COLLINS

Guest Starring

KURT FULLER

ROB BENEDICT

LEXA DOIG

Co-Producer

Jeremy CARVER

Co-Producers

JERRY WANEK

SERGE LADOUCEUR

Producer

TODD ARONAUER

Co-Executive Producer

PETER JohnSON

Executive Producer

SERA GAMBLE

Dean hears something, like glass smashing. He goes to investigate.

Executive Producer

BEN EDLUND

The first sign of life Dean sees is a Girl in an alley with a teddy bear. Dean approaches her slowly.

Dean: Little girl? Little girl?

Executive Producer

PHIL SGRICCIA

Dean: Are you hurt?

Executive Producer

McG

Dean: You know the not-talking thing is kind of creepy, right?

Blood drips from the Girl's mouth. The Girl shrieks and att*cks Dean with a shard of glass. Dean flattens her and looks around, catching sight of a large piece of graffiti: it reads "CROATOAN".

Dean: Oh, crap.

Several PEOPLE, all most likely infected with the Croatoan virus the Same as the Girl, come around the corner. Dean runs. They chase him onto a street blocked by a chain-link fence.

Several SOLDIERS on t*nk arrive, sh**ting the INFECTED PEOPLE. A glass window shatters.

One of the SOLDIERS flicks a switch on an electronic device. The Contours' "Do You Love Me" plays.

Music: Do you love me?

The SOLDIER drinks from a glass bottle.

Music: I can really move

g*n. Two INFECTED PEOPLE fall.

Music: Do you love me?

A SOLDIER jumps out of a t*nk.

Music: I'm in the groove

Several SOLDIERS advance with g*n.

Music: Do you love me?

More INFECTED PEOPLE fall. Dean stays under cover and retreats to an alley.

Music: Do you love me now that I can dance? Dance...

More INFECTED PEOPLE fall.

Music: Watch me now

Dean makes it to the safety of an alley.

Music: Oh work, work, work it all baby

EXT. HOT ZONE ENCLOSURE - NIGHT

Dean breaks through the fence.

Producer

JIM MICHAELS

Created by

ERIC KRIPKE

A sign on the fence reads: CROATOAN

VIRUS

HOT ZONE

NO ENTRY

BY ORDER OF ACTING REGIONAL COMMAND

AUGUST 1, 2014

KANSAS CITY

Dean: August first, 2014.

Written by

BEN EDLUND

Directed by

STEVE BOYUM

Dean hotwires a conveniently located, conveniently fueled car.

INT. CAR - NIGHT

Dean is driving. There is no cell service and only static on the radio.

Dean: That's never a good sign.

Zachariah: "Croatoan pandemic reaches Australia."

Zachariah has arrived in the g*n seat, startling Dean; he reads from a newspaper.

Dean: I thought I smelled your stink on this Back to the Future[i]crap.

Zachariah: "President Palin defends b*mb of Houston." Certainly a buyer's market in real estate. Let's see what's happening in sports. That's right-no more sports. Congress revoked the right to group assembly. What's left of Congress, that is. Hardly a quorum, if you ask me.

Dean: How did you find me?

Zachariah: Afraid we had to tap some unorthodox resources of late-human informants. We've been making inspirational visits to the fringier Christian groups. They've been given your image, told to keep an eye out.

Dean: The Bible freak outside the motel-he, what, dropped a dime on me?

Zachariah: Onward, Christian soldiers.

Dean: Okay, well, good, great. You have had your jollies. Now send me back, you son of a bitch.

Zachariah: Oh, you'll get back-all in good time. We want you to marinate a bit.

Dean: Marinate?

Zachariah: Three days, Dean. Three days to see where this course of action takes you.

Dean: What's that supposed to mean?

Zachariah: It means that your choices have consequences. This is what happens to the world if you continue to say "no" to Michael. Have a little look-see.

Zachariah vanishes.

[i]INT. Bobby's HOUSE - DAY

Dean opens the door to Bobby's house.

Dean: Bobby? Bobby, I'm coming in!

Dean looks around. The place is pretty thoroughly trashed, and from the spiderwebs and dust, no one has been around in a while.

Dean: Oh, no.

Bobby's wheelchair is on its side. Dean sets it upright and sees the b*llet holes through and dried blood on the back of the seat.

Dean: Where is everybody, Bobby?

Dean opens a hidden compartment and pulls out John's journal. He finds a photo of Bobby with Castiel, three unidentified MEN, and a sign.

Dean: Camp Chitaqua.

EXT. CAMP CHITAQUA - NIGHT

Dean approaches the sign from the photo. MEN with g*n are just inside the fence, patrolling. Dean is careful to stay out of sight. He catches sight of the Impala, smashed up and rusted to hell.

Dean: Oh, baby, no.

Dean approaches the Impala for a better look at the damage, peering inside the driver's side door.

Dean: Oh, no, baby, what did they do to you?

Dean hears something and has barely turned to look when he is knocked out by ANOTHER Dean, this one 2014!Dean identified by the military-issue green jacket he is wearing instead of Dean's blue shirt.

INT. Dean's CABIN - DAY

Dean wakes up and discovers he is handcuffed to a ladder. 2014!Dean is across the room cleaning a g*n.

Dean: What the hell?

2014!Dean: I should be asking that question, don't you think? In fact, why don't you give me one good reason why I shouldn't gank you right here and now?

Dean: Because you'd only be hurting yourself.

2014!Dean: Very funny.

Dean: Look, man-I'm no shapeshifter or demon or anything, okay?

2014!Dean: Yeah, I know. I did the drill while you were out. Silver, salt, holy water-nothing. But you know what was funny? Was that you had every hidden lockpick, box cutter, and switchblade that I carry. Now, you want to explain that? Oh, and the, uh, resemblance, while you're at it?

Dean: Zachariah.

2014!Dean stands up.

2014!Dean: Come again?

Dean: I'm you from the tail end of 2009. Zach plucked me from my bed and threw me five years into the future.

2014!Dean: Where is he? I want to talk to him.

Dean: I don't know.

2014!Dean: Oh, you don't know.

Dean: No, I don't know. Look, I just want to get back to my own friggin' year, okay?

2014!Dean: Okay. If you're me, then tell me something only I would know.

Dean thinks, then smirks.

Dean: Rhonda Hurley. We were, uh, nineteen. She made us try on her panties. They were pink. And satiny. And you know what? We kind of liked it.

2014!Dean: Touché. So, what, Zach zapped you up here to see how bad it gets?

Dean: I guess. Croatoan virus, right? That's their endgame?

2014!Dean: It's efficient, it's incurable, and it's scary as hell. Turns people into monsters. Started hitting the major cities about two years ago. World really went in the crapper after that.

Dean: What about Sam?

2014!Dean goes still.

2014!Dean: Heavyweight showdown in Detroit. From what I understand, Sam didn't make it.

Dean: You weren't with him?

2014!Dean: No. No, me and Sam, we haven't talked in-hell, five years.

Dean: We never tried to find him?

2014!Dean: We had other people to worry about.

Dean: Where you going?

2014!Dean: I got to run an errand.

Dean: Whoa. You're just gonna leave me here?

2014!Dean: Yes. I got a camp full of twitchy trauma survivors out there with an apocalypse hanging over their head. The last thing they need to see is a version of The Parent Trap[i]. So, yeah, you stay locked down.

Dean: Okay. All right. Fine. But you don't have to cuff me, man. Oh, come on. You don't trust yourself?

2014!Dean: No. Absolutely not.

2014!Dean leaves.

Dean: Dick.

Dean pries a nail out of the floorboards and uses it to remove the handcuffs.

[i]EXT. HEADQUARTERS - DAY

Dean glances around the camp.

Chuck: Hey, Dean. You got a second?

Dean: No-yes. Uh, I-I guess. Hi, Chuck.

Chuck: Hi. So, uh, listen, we're pretty good on canned goods for now, but we're down to next to nothing on perishables and-and hygiene supplies. People are not gonna be happy about this. So, what do you think we should do?

Dean: I-I don't know. Maybe, uh, share? You know, like at a kibbutz.

Chuck: Wait a minute. aren't you supposed to be out on a mission right now?

Dean: Absolutely. And I will be.

Chuck: Uh-oh.

A Woman comes up behind Dean and tries to slug him.

Dean: Whoa! Jeez! Easy, lady!

Dean ducks and hides behind Chuck.

Chuck: Risa.

Dean: Risa?

RISA

You spent the night in Jane's cabin last night, didn't you?

Dean: Uh, what? I-I don't-did I?

Chuck nods.

RISA

I thought we had a 'connection'.

RISA air-quotes the word.

Dean: Well, I'm sure that we do.

RISA

Yeah?

Chuck: Hi, Risa.

RISA

Screw you.

Dean: Oh, jeez. I'm getting busted for stuff I haven't even done yet.

Chuck: What?

Dean: Uh, never mind. Hey, Chuck, is...Cas still here?

Chuck: Yeah. I don't think Cas is going anywhere.

Dean enters another cabin.

INT. 2014!Castiel's ROOM - DAY

2014!Castiel is sitting in a circle with several WOMEN.

2014!Castiel

So, in this way. We're each a fragment of total perception-just, uh, one compartment in that dragonfly eye of group mind. Now, the key to this total, shared perception-it's, um, it's surprisingly physical.

2014!Castiel spots Dean.

2014!Castiel

Oh. Excuse me, ladies. I think I need to confer with our fearless leader for a minute. Why not go get washed up for the orgy?

The WOMEN leave.

2014!Castiel

You're all so beautiful.

2014!Castiel stands and stretches his back, grunting.

Dean: What are you, a hippie?

2014!Castiel

I thought you'd gotten over trying to label me.

Dean: Cas, we got to talk.

2014!Castiel

Whoa. Strange.

Dean: What?

2014!Castiel

You...are not you. Not now you, anyway.

Dean: No! Yeah. Yes, exactly.

2014!Castiel

What year are you from?

Dean: 2009.

2014!Castiel

Who did this to you? Is it Zachariah?

Dean: Yes.

2014!Castiel

Interesting.

Dean: Oh, yeah, it's friggin' fascinating. Now. Why don't you strap on your angel wings and fly me back to my page on the calendar?

2014!Castiel

I wish I could just, uh, strap on my wings, but I'm sorry, no dice.

Dean: What, are you stoned?

2014!Castiel

Uh, generally, yeah.

Dean: What happened to you?

2014!Castiel

Life.

EXT. CAMP - DAY

A car and a jeep arrive. 2014!Dean and some SOLDIERS climb out. 2014!Dean grabs two beers and tosses one to a SOLDIER. They both open the beers and drink. 2014!Dean draws his g*n and points it at that soldier.

Dean: Hey. Hey! Watch out!

2014!Dean sh**t the SOLDIER. The others look between the two Deans.

2014!Dean: Damn it.

2014!Dean addresses the SOLDIERS.

2014!Dean: I'm not gonna lie to you. Me and him-It's a pretty messed-up situation we got going. But believe me, when you need to know something, you will know it. Until then, we all have work to do.

INT. HEADQUARTERS - DAY

2014!Dean shoves 2009!Dean into the room and shuts the door behind them.

2014!Dean: What the hell was that?

Dean: What the hell was that? You just sh*t a guy in cold blood.

2014!Dean: We were in an open quarantine zone. Got ambushed by some Croats on the way out.

Dean's expression asks for an explanation.

2014!Dean: Croats. Croatoans. One of them infected Yeager.

Dean: How do you know?

2014!Dean: 'Cause after a few years of this, I know. I started seeing symptoms about a half an hour ago. Wasn't gonna be long before he flipped. I didn't see the point in troubling a good man with bad news.

Dean: 'Troubling a good man'? You just blew him away in front of your own people. Don't you think that freaked them out a little bit?

2014!Dean: It's 2014. Plugging some Croat, it's called commonplace. Trading words with my friggin' clone-that might have freaked them out a little.

Dean: All right, look-

2014!Dean: No, you look. This isn't your time. It's mine. You don't make the decisions. I do. So, when I say stay in, you stay in.

Dean: All right, man. I'm sorry. Look, I-I'm not trying to mess you-me-us up here.

2014!Dean: I know.

2014!Dean pours two glasses of alcohol.

Dean: It's just been a really wacky weekend.

2014!Dean: Tell me about it.

They drink.

Dean: What was the mission, anyway?

2014!Dean pulls out a g*n; it's the Colt.

Dean: The Colt?

2014!Dean: The Colt.

Dean: Where was it?

2014!Dean: Everywhere. They've been moving it around. Took me five years, but...I finally got it. And tonight-tonight, I'm gonna k*ll the devil.

INT. HEADQUARTERS - NIGHT

RISA

So, that's it? That's the Colt?

2014!Dean: If anything can k*ll Lucifer, this is it.

RISA

Great. Have we got anything that can findLucifer?

2014!Dean: Are you okay?

Dean: Oh, we were in, uh, Jane's cabin last night. And, apparently, we and...Risa have a connection.

2014!Dean: You want to shut up?

Dean raises his hands in surrender.

2014!Dean: We don't have to find Lucifer. We know where he is. The demon that we caught last week, he was one of the big guy's entourage. He knew.

RISA

So, a demon tells you where Satan's gonna be, and you just believe it?

2014!Dean: Oh, trust me, he wasn't lying.

RISA

And you know this how?

2014!Castiel

Our fearless leader, I'm afraid, is all too well schooled in the art of getting to the truth.

Dean: t*rture? Oh, so, we're-we're torturing again.

2014!Dean looks at Dean.

Dean: No, that's-that's good. Classy.

2014!Castiel laughs. 2014!Dean looks at him.

2014!Castiel

What? I like past you.

2014!Dean: Lucifer is here. Now. I know the block and I know the building.

2014!Castiel

Oh, good-it's right in the middle of a hot zone.

2014!Dean: Crawling with Croats, yeah. You saying my plan is reckless?

2014!Castiel

Are you saying we, uh, walk in straight up the driveway, past all the demons and the Croats, and we sh**t the devil?

2014!Dean: Yes.

2014!Castiel

Okay, if you don't like, uh, 'reckless', I could use 'insouciant', maybe.

2014!Dean: Are you coming?

2014!Castiel sighs.

2014!Castiel

Of course. But why is he? I mean, he's you five years ago. If something happens to him, you're gone, right?

2014!Dean: He's coming.

2014!Castiel

Okay. Well, uh. I'll get the grunts moving.

2014!Dean: We're loaded and on the road by midnight.

2014!Castiel

All righty.

2014!Castiel and RISA leave.

Dean: Why are you taking me?

2014!Dean: Relax. You'll be fine. Zach's looking after you, right?

Dean: No, that's not what I mean. I want to know what's going on.

2014!Dean: Yeah, okay. You're coming because I want you to see something. I want you to see our brother.

Dean: Sam? I thought he was d*ad.

2014!Dean: Sam didn't die in Detroit. He said 'yes'.

Dean: 'Yes'?

A long silence.

Dean: Wait. You mean-

2014!Dean: That's right. The big 'yes'. To the devil. Lucifer's wearing him to the prom.

Dean: Why would he do that?

2014!Dean: Wish I knew. But now we don't have a choice. It's in him, and it's not getting out. And we've got to k*ll him, Dean. And you need to see it-the whole damn thing, how bad it gets-so you can do it different.

Dean: What do you mean?

2014!Dean: Zach said he was gonna bring you back, right? To oh-nine?

Dean: Yeah.

2014!Dean: Well, when you get back home-you say 'yes'. You hear me? Say 'yes' to Michael.

Dean: That's crazy. If I let him in, then Michael fights the devil. The battle's gonna torch half the planet.

2014!Dean: Look around you, man. Half the planet's better than no planet, which is what we have now. If I could do it over again, I'd say 'yes' in a heartbeat.

Dean: So why don't you?

2014!Dean: I've tried! I've shouted 'yes' till I was blue in the face! The angels aren't listening! They just-left-gave up! It's too late for me, but for you-

Dean: Oh, no. There's got to be another way.

2014!Dean: Yeah, that's what I thought. I was cocky. Never actually thought I'd lose. But I was wrong. Dean. I was wrong. I'm begging you. Say yes.

A pause.

2014!Dean: But you won't. 'Cause I didn't. Because that's just not us, is it?

EXT. CAMP - NIGHT

Chuck: So, you're really from oh-nine?

Dean: Yeah, afraid so.

Chuck: Some free advice? You ever get back there, you hoard toilet paper. You understand me? Hoard it. Hoard it like it's made of gold. 'Cause it is.

Dean: Thank you, Chuck.

Chuck: Oh, you'll thank me, all right. Mark my words.

Dean: I'll see you around.

Chuck: Yeah. Okay.

Dean gets in one of the vehicles. They drive off.

INT. OFF ROAD VEHICLE - NIGHT

Dean is riding g*n in 2014!Castiel's car. 2014!Castiel takes some pills.

Dean: Let me see those.

2014!Castiel

You want some?

Dean: Amphetamines?

2014!Castiel

It's the perfect antidote to that absinthe.

Dean: Mmm. Don't get me wrong, Cas. I, uh. I'm happy that the stick is out of your ass, but-what's going on-w-with the drugs and the orgies and the love-guru crap?

2014!Castiel laughs.

Dean: What's so funny?

2014!Castiel

Dean, I'm not an angel anymore.

Dean: What?

2014!Castiel

Yeah, I went mortal.

Dean: What do you mean? How?

2014!Castiel

I think it had something to do with the other angels leaving. But when they bailed, my mojo just kind of- psshhew!-drained away. And now, you know, I'm practically human. I mean, Dean, I'm all but useless. Last year, broke my foot, laid up for two months.

Dean: Wow.

2014!Castiel

Yeah.

Dean: So, you're human. Well, welcome to the club.

2014!Castiel

Thanks. Except I used to belong to a much better club. And now I'm powerless. I'm hapless, I'm hopeless. I mean, why the hell not bury myself in women and decadence, right? It's the end, baby. That's what decadence is for. Why not bang a few gongs before the lights go out? But then that's, that's just how I roll.

EXT. HOT ZONE - DAY

Dean, 2014!Dean, 2014!Castiel, RISA, and other SOLDIERS walk, carrying g*n and scanning the area.

EXT. JACKSON COUNTY SANITARIUM - DAY

2014!Dean: There. Second-floor window. We go in there.

RISA

You sure about this?

2014!Dean: They'll never see us coming. Trust me. Now, w*apon check. We're on the move in five.

Dean: Hey, uh, me. Can I talk to you for a sec?

2014!Dean goes to the side with Dean.

Dean: Tell me what's going on.

2014!Dean: What?

Dean: I know you. You're lying to these people and to me.

2014!Dean: Is that so.

Dean: Yeah. See, I know your lying expressions. I've seen them in the mirror. Now, there's something you're not telling us.

2014!Dean: I don't know what you're talking about.

Dean: Oh, really? Well, I don't seem to be the only member of your posse with some questions, so, uh, maybe I'll just take my doubts over to them.

2014!Dean: Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait.

Dean: What?

2014!Dean: Take a look around you, man. This place should be white-hot with Croats. Where are they?

Dean: They cleared a path for us. Which means that this is-

2014!Dean: A trap. Exactly.

Dean: Well, then we can't go through the front.

2014!Dean: Oh, we're not. They are. They're the decoys. You and me, we're going in through the back.

Dean: You mean you're gonna feed your friends into a meat grinder? Cas, too? You want to use their deaths as a diversion?

2014!Dean looks away.

Dean: Oh, man, something is broken in you. You're making decisions that I would never make. I wouldn't sacrifice my friends.

2014!Dean: You're right. You wouldn't. It's one of the main reasons we're in this mess, actually.

Dean: These people count on you. They trust you.

2014!Dean: They trust me to k*ll the devil and to save the world and that's exactly what I'm gonna do.

Dean: No. Not like this, you're not. I'm not gonna let you.

2014!Dean: Oh, really?

Dean: Yeah.

2014!Dean slugs Dean.

EXT. JACKSON COUNTY SANITARIUM GARDEN - DAY

Dean wakes up on the ground. He hears g*n in the building and runs toward it. Thunder crashes, lightning flashes, and Dean sees 2014!Dean on the ground, neck held down by SOMEONE wearing a white shoe. 2014!Dean opens his eyes and sees Dean. The SOMEONE shifts his weight; 2014!Dean's neck audibly breaks. The SOMEONE, Dean sees, is Sam but not; it must be Lucifer. He turns around and sees Dean.

Lucifer: Oh. Hello, Dean.

EXT. JACKSON COUNTY SANITARIUM GARDEN - DAY

Dean stares at Lucifer.

Lucifer: Aren't you a surprise.

Thunder and lightning; Lucifer is now behind Dean.

Lucifer: You've come a long way to see this, haven't you?

Dean: Well, go ahead. k*ll me.

Lucifer: k*ll you?

Lucifer looks at the corpse of 2014!Dean.

Lucifer: Don't you think that would be a little...redundant?

Lucifer sighs.

Lucifer: I'm sorry. It must be painful, speaking to me in this-shape. But it had to be your brother. It had to be.

Lucifer reaches for Dean's shoulder. Dean moves back.

Lucifer: You don't have to be afraid of me, Dean. What do you think I'm going to do?

Dean: I don't know. Maybe deep-fry the planet?

Lucifer examines a Rose, but turns away.

Lucifer: Why? Why would I want to desTroy this stunning thing? Beautiful in a trillion different ways. The last perfect handiwork of God.

Dean doesn't answer.

Lucifer: You ever hear the story of how I fell from grace?

Dean: Oh, good God, you're not gonna tell me a bedtime story, are you? My stomach's almost out of bile.

Lucifer: You know why God cast me down? Because I loved him. More than anything. And then God created...

Lucifer smirks.

Lucifer: You. The little...hairless apes. And then he asked all of us to bow down before you-to love you, more than him. And I said, "Father, I can't." I said, "These human beings are flawed, m*rder." And for that, God had Michael cast me into hell. Now, tell me, does the punishment fit the crime? Especially, when I was right? Look at what six billion of you have done to this thing, and how many of you blame me for it.

Dean: You're not fooling me, you know that? With this sympathy-for-the-devil crap. I know what you are.

Lucifer: What am I?

Dean: You're the Same thing, only bigger. The Same brand of cockroach I've been squashing my whole life. An ugly, evil, belly-to-the-ground, supernatural piece of crap. The only difference between them and you is the size of your ego.

Lucifer smiles.

Lucifer: I like you, Dean. I get what the other angels see in you. Goodbye. We'll meet again soon.

Lucifer turns to walk away.

Dean: You better k*ll me now!

Lucifer turns back.

Lucifer: Pardon?

Dean: You better k*ll me now. Or I swear, I will find a way to k*ll you. And I won't stop.

Lucifer: I know you won't. I know you won't say yes to Michael, either. And I know you won't k*ll Sam. Whatever you do, you will always end up here. Whatever choices you make, whatever details you alter, we will always end up-here. I win. So, I win.

Dean: You're wrong.

Lucifer: See you in five years, Dean.

Thunder and lightning; Lucifer is gone. Dean turns around and sees Zachariah behind him, reaching for his forehead with two fingers.

INT. Hotel ROOM - NIGHT, 2009

Dean leans against the kitchenette sink. Zachariah stands in front of him.

Dean: Oh, well, if it isn't the ghost of Christmas screw you.

Zachariah: Enough. Dean, enough. You saw it, right? You saw what happens. You're the only person who can prove the devil wrong. Just say yes.

Dean: How do I know that this whole thing isn't one of your tricks? Huh? Some angel hocus-pocus?

Zachariah: The time for tricks is over. Give yourself to Michael. Say yes and we can strike. Before Lucifer gets to Sam. Before billions die.

Dean considers this for a long moment, turning away from Zachariah.

Dean: Nah.

Zachariah: 'Nah'? You telling me you haven't learned your lesson?

Dean: Oh, I've learned a lesson, all right. Just not the one you wanted to teach.

Zachariah: Well, I'll just have to teach it again! Because I got you now, boy, and I'm never letting you-

Dean is gone.

Zachariah: Son of a...

EXT. ROAD - NIGHT

Dean turns around and sees Castiel.

Dean: That's pretty nice timing, Cas.

Castiel: We had an appointment.

Dean puts a hand on Castiel's shoulder.

Dean: Don't ever change.

Castiel: How did Zachariah find you?

Dean: Long story. Let's just stay away from Jehovah's Witnesses from now on, okay?

Dean pulls out his phone.

Castiel: What are you doing?

Dean: Something I should have done in the first place.

EXT. ROAD BY BRIDGE - DAY

Dean waits by the Impala. Another car pulls up. Sam gets out. Dean and Sam approach each other.

Dean: Sam.

Dean pulls out Ruby's Kn*fe. Sam looks at it nervously. Dean holds it out to Sam, handle first.

Dean: If you're serious and you want back in...you should hang on to this. I'm sure you're rusty.

Sam takes the Kn*fe. He can't meet Dean's eyes.

Dean: Look, man, I'm sorry. I don't know. I'm...whatever I need to be. But I was, uh-wrong.

Sam: What made you change your mind?

Dean: Long story. The point is...maybe we are each other's Achilles heel. Maybe they'll find a way to use us against each other, I don't know. I just know we're all we've got. More than that. We keep each other human.

Sam: Thank you. Really. Thank you. I won't let you down.

Dean: Oh, I know it. I mean, you are the second-best hunter on the planet.

Sam nods.

Sam: So, what do we do now?

Dean: We make our own future.

Sam: Guess we have no choice.
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