[The episode begins with a very thorough recap of the first season, ending with a semi crashing into the Impala.]
[FADE IN: ROAD. NIGHT. The scene picks up where last season left off. The possessed truck driver opens the door and steps out of the semi, his eyes black. Inside the Impala, both JOHN and DEAN are unconscious. SAM opens his eyes, his face bloody and beaten up. The truck driver walks over to the car and rips the driver side door off its hinges.]
SAM: Get back. Or I’ll kill you, I swear to God.
TRUCK DRIVER: You won’t. You’re saving that bullet for someone else. [SAM raises the Colt and cocks it.]
SAM: You wanna bet?
[The driver says nothing. Suddenly, he screams, and an enormous cloud of black smoke comes out of his mouth. The truck driver falls to his knees until the demon completely leaves his body. SAM lowers the Colt and lays back in his seat, exhausted. The truck driver looks up and sees the car wreck.]
TRUCK DRIVER: Oh my God.
SAM: Dad?
TRUCK DRIVER: Did I do this?
SAM: Dad! [JOHN doesn’t wake up.] Dean? Dean!
[The next morning, several paramedics have transferred the men to stretchers and are rushing them to the ambulance.]
SAM: Tell me if they’re okay.
PARAMEDIC: You have to stay still.
SAM: Are they even alive?!
[CUT TO: INT. HOSPITAL. DEAN sits up in his bed and looks around. He gets off the bed, wearing a pair of hospital pajamas, and leaves the room. He looks around the very empty hallway.]
DEAN: Sam? [No response.] Dad? [No response.] Anybody?
[A minute later, he makes his way down a flight of stairs and walks to the front desk, where a receptionist is working.]
DEAN: Excuse me. Hi. I think I was in a car accident with my dad and my brother. I just need to find them. [The receptionist completely ignores him.] Hello? [He waves his hand in front of her face, but it appears that she can’t see him.]
[DEAN begins searching the hallways, panicked. He enters a room and is shocked at what he sees. Laying on the bed, unconscious, is himself. He is hooked up to several machines, and there are many tubes attached to his body. DEAN looks down at his own body, confused. The screen goes black.]
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[FADE IN: DEAN’S ROOM. DEAN is still looking at his own unconscious body. SAM enters the room, with several bruises on his face, and sees DEAN in a coma. Although SAM can’t see DEAN, he still starts talking.]
DEAN: [smiling wide] Sammy. You look good, considering.
SAM: Oh, no. [He stares sadly at DEAN’S body.]
DEAN: Man, tell me you can hear me. [No response.] How’s Dad? Is he okay? [Of course, SAM doesn’t answer.] Come on, you’re the psychic. Give me some ghost whisperin’ or somethin’. [A doctor enters.]
DOCTOR: Your father’s awake. You can go see him if you like.
DEAN: Oh, thank God.
SAM: Doc, what about my brother?
DOCTOR: Well, he sustained serious injury –- blood loss, contusions to his liver and kidney. But it’s the head trauma I’m worried about. There’s early signs of cerebral edema.
SAM: Well, what can we do?
DOCTOR: Well, we won’t know his full condition until he wakes up –- if he wakes up.
SAM: If?
DEAN: Screw you, doc, I’m wakin’ up!
DOCTOR: [speaking over Dean] I have to be honest. Most people with his degree of injury wouldn’t have survived this long. He’s fighting very hard. But you need to have realistic expectations, son.
DEAN: Come on, Sam. Go find some hoodoo priest to lay some mojo on me. I’ll be fine. Sam? [SAM stares sadly.]
[CUT TO: JOHN’S ROOM. JOHN is lying in bed with a broken arm. He opens his wallet and takes out a card, handing it to SAM.]
JOHN: All right, here. Give ‘em my insurance.
SAM: [reading the name on the card] Elroy McGillicuddy?
JOHN: And his two loving sons. So…what else did the doctor say about Dean?
SAM: Nothin’. Look, since the doctors won’t do anything…then we’ll have to, that’s all. I don’t know, I’ll find some hoodoo priest and lay some mojo on him.
JOHN: We’ll look for someone.
SAM: Yeah.
JOHN: But, Sam…I don’t know if you’re gonna find anyone.
SAM: Why not? I found that faith healer before.
JOHN: Well, that was one in a million.
SAM: So what? What, do we just sit here with our thumbs up our ass?
JOHN: No, I said we’d look. All right? I’ll check under every stone. [SAM nods.] Where’s the Colt?
SAM: [annoyed] Your son is dying, and you’re worried about the Colt?
JOHN: We are hunting this demon, and maybe it’s hunting us, too. That gun may be our only card.
SAM: It’s in the trunk. They dragged the car to a yard off of I-83.
JOHN: All right, you’ve gotta clean out that trunk before some junk man sees what’s inside.
SAM: I already called Bobby. He’s, like, an hour out. He’s gonna tow the Impala back to his place.
JOHN: All right, you go meet up with Bobby. You get that Colt and you bring it back to me, and you watch out for hospital security.
SAM: I think I got it covered. [He gets up to leave.]
JOHN: Hey. [SAM stops, and JOHN hands him a list.] Here. I made a list of things I need. Have Bobby pick ‘em up for me.
SAM: [reading the list] Acacia? Oil of Abramelin? What’s this stuff for?
JOHN: Protection. [SAM goes to leave, but stops one more time.]
SAM: Hey, Dad? You know the demon –- he said he had plans for me and children like me. You have any idea what he meant by that?
JOHN: No, I don’t. [SAM nods and leaves. The camera pans around the room, and it turns out that DEAN had been watching them the whole time. He looks at JOHN curiously.]
DEAN: Well, you sure know somethin’.
[CUT TO: JUNKYARD. SAM and BOBBY are looking in awe at something.]
SAM: Oh, man. Dean is gonna be pissed. [The Impala is shown. The entire right side is completely destroyed.]
BOBBY: Look, Sam…this just ain’t worth a tow. I say we empty the trunk and sell the rest for scrap. [SAM takes his smashed laptop out of the car.]
SAM: No. Dean would kill me if we did that. When he gets better, he’s gonna wanna fix this.
BOBBY: There’s nothin’ to fix. The frame’s a pretzel, the engine’s ruined –- barely any parts worth salvagin’.
SAM: Listen to me, Bobby. If there’s only one working part, that’s enough. We’re not just gonna give up on…[He trails off, knowing he’s now talking about Dean, not the car.]
BOBBY: Okay. You got it.
SAM: Here. Dad asked if you could get this stuff for him. [He takes the list out of his pocket and hands it to BOBBY.]
BOBBY: What’s John want with this?
SAM: Protection from the demon. [BOBBY looks at him strangely.] What?
BOBBY: Nothin’. It’s just, uh…
SAM: Bobby. What’s goin’ on?
[CUT TO: DEAN’S ROOM. JOHN is sitting by DEAN’S bed, watching him in his coma. DEAN watches his father sit there.]
DEAN: Come on, Dad. You gotta help me. I gotta get better, I gotta get back in there. I mean, you haven’t called a soul for help. You haven’t even tried. Aren’t you gonna do anything? Aren’t you even gonna say anything? I’ve done everything you have ever asked me. Everything. [near tears] I’ve given everything I’ve ever had. And now you’re just gonna sit there, and you’re gonna watch me die? I mean, what the hell kind of father are you? [JOHN sits there with a blank expression. DEAN hears an eerie noise coming from the hallway.] What is that? [He moves toward the door, and suddenly sees a transparent ghost-like figure rush past him. He looks back at JOHN.] I take it you didn’t see that.
[DEAN goes out into the hall and tries to find the creature. It rushes past him again and enters a room. DEAN follows it into the room and sees a woman on the floor. She is gasping for air and her body is shaking violently.]
WOMAN: Help! Help!
DEAN: Hey! I need some help in here! [The doctors obviously don’t answer. DEAN goes into the room and kneels down next to the woman.]
WOMAN: I can’t….breathe! [She is bleeding from the throat. DEAN watches her helplessly as the screen goes black.]
[FADE IN: JOHN’S ROOM. SAM enters with a bag of items as JOHN lies in bed. DEAN, who is also there, begins talking to SAM.]
DEAN: Sammy, tell me you can freakin’ hear me, man. There’s somethin’ in the hospital. Now you gotta bring me back and we’ve gotta hunt this thing. Sam!
JOHN: You’re quiet. [SAM walks over to the bed and slams the bag down.]
SAM: You think I wouldn’t find out?
JOHN: What are you talkin’ about?
SAM: That stuff from Bobby. You don’t use it to ward off a demon, you use it to summon one. You’re planning on bringing the demon here, aren’t you, and having some stupid macho showdown!
JOHN: I have a plan, Sam.
SAM: That’s exactly my point! Dean is dying and you have a plan! You know what, you care more about killing this demon than you do saving your own son!
DEAN: No, no, no. Guys, don’t do this!
JOHN: [simultaneously] Do not tell me how I feel. I am doing this for Dean.
SAM: How? How is revenge gonna help him? You’re not thinkin’ about anybody but yourself! It’s the same selfish obsession!
DEAN: Come on, guys, don’t do this!
JOHN: [speaking over Dean] It’s funny, you know what, I thought this was your obsession, too! This demon killed your mother, killed your girlfriend. You begged me to be part of this hunt! Now, if you killed that damn thing when you had the chance, none of this would have happened!
SAM: It was possessing you, Dad, I would’ve killed you, too!
JOHN: Yeah, and your brother would be awake right now!
DEAN: Shut up, both of you!
SAM: Go to hell.
JOHN: I should have never taken you along in the first place. I knew it was a mistake!
DEAN: [speaking over John] I said, “Shut up!” [He knocks over a glass of water on JOHN’S bedside table. The glass shatters, and water spills everywhere. SAM and JOHN go silent, staring at the water in shock.] Dude, I full-on Swayze’d that mother.
[As SAM and JOHN continue staring, DEAN suddenly falls to his knees in pain. His body begins to flicker, almost as if he isn’t real.]
DEAN: What is it? [Several doctors rush past their room.]
JOHN: Something’s goin’ on out there. [He gestures for SAM to leave the room, and he does.]
[CUT TO: DEAN’S ROOM. The doctors are using a defibrillator on DEAN, trying to find a pulse. SAM watches from the doorway, in tears.]
DOCTOR: All clear.
NURSE: Clear. [The nurse shocks him, but he is still flatlining.]
SAM: [sobbing] No.
NURSE: Still no pulse.
DOCTOR: Okay, let’s go again. 360.
NURSE: Charging.
DOCTOR: All clear.
NURSE: Clear. [She shocks DEAN again. Nothing happens.] Still no pulse. Clear.
[She shocks him again. Nothing. As this is happening, DEAN comes into the room and sees himself being worked on. He can also see the transparent figure that he saw earlier. The creature is hovering like a ghost above his body.]
DEAN: You get the hell away from me. Stay back! [He walks over to his bed, near the creature.]
DOCTOR: No change. I’m starting CPR.
DEAN: I said, “Get back!”
[He yells this loudly. So loudly that his voice echoes slightly in the room. SAM is able to hear him faintly, and he looks around the room, shocked. DEAN, on the other hand, grabs the creature, and it throws him into the wall. The creature leaves the room, and although DEAN tries to find it, it has vanished.]
NURSE: We have a pulse. We’re back into sinus rhythm. [SAM, relieved, goes out into the hallway. DEAN approaches him.]
DEAN: Don’t worry, Sammy. I’m not goin’ anywhere. I’m gettin’ that thing before it gets me. It’s some kind of spirit, but I could grab it. And if I can grab it, I can kill it. [Suddenly, DEAN can hear a woman, TESSA, screaming.]
TESSA: [OS] Can’t you see me?! Why won’t you look at me?!
DEAN: Now what? [He goes to look for her. He finds her in another stairwell as she tries to get someone’s attention. They can’t see her either.]
TESSA: Somebody talk to me! Say something, please!
DEAN: Can you see me? [She turns to see him.]
TESSA: Yeah. [He reaches her at the top of the stairs.]
DEAN: All right, just calm down. What’s your name?
TESSA: Tessa.
DEAN: Okay, good, Tessa. I’m Dean.
TESSA: What’s happening to me? Am I -- am I dead?
DEAN: That sort of depends.
[CUT TO: TESSA’S ROOM. DEAN and TESSA watch as TESSA’S mother kneels by her bed, looking at TESSA’S body.]
TESSA: I don’t understand. I just came in for an appendectomy.
DEAN: I hate to bear bad news, but…I think there were some complications.
TESSA: It’s just a dream, that’s all. This is just a very weird, unbelievably vivid dream.
DEAN: Tessa, it’s not a dream.
TESSA: Then what else could it be?
DEAN: You ever heard of an out-of-body experience?
TESSA: [shaking her head] What are you, some New Age-y guy?
DEAN: You see me messin’ with crystals or listenin’ to Yanni? It’s actually a very old idea. It’s got a lot of different names –- bilocation, crisis apparitions, fetches. I think it’s happening to us. And if it is, it means that we’re spirits…of people close to death.
TESSA: So we’re gonna die?
DEAN: No. Not if we hold on. Our bodies can get better, you can snap right back in there and wake up. [She stares at him strangely.]
[CUT TO: JOHN’S ROOM. SAM is standing by his father’s bed.]
JOHN: What do you mean you felt something?
SAM: I mean, it felt like…like Dean. Like he was there, just out of eyeshot or something. I don’t know if it’s my psychic thing or what. But do you think it’s even possible? Do you think his spirit could be around?
JOHN: Anything’s possible.
SAM: Well, there’s one way to find out. [He goes to leave.]
JOHN: Where you goin’?
SAM: I gotta pick something up. I’ll be back.
JOHN: Wait, Sam. I promise…I won’t hunt this demon. Not until we know Dean’s okay. [SAM nods and leaves.]
[CUT TO: HOSPITAL HALLWAY. DEAN and TESSA are walking.]
DEAN: I’ve gotta say, I’m impressed.
TESSA: With what?
DEAN: You. I mean, most people in your spot would be Jell-O by now, but, uh, you’re takin’ this pretty well. Maybe a little better than me.
TESSA: Don’t get me wrong. I was pretty freaked at first, but now, I don’t know. Maybe I’m dealing.
DEAN: So you’re okay with dying?
TESSA: No, of course not. I just think whatever’s gonna happen is gonna happen. It’s out of my control. It’s just…fate.
DEAN: Huh. Man, that’s crap. You always have a choice. You can either roll over and die, or you can keep fightin’ no matter what –- [He is cut short when a team of doctors runs past him.]
WOMAN ON P.A.: Dr. Kripke to Room 237, code blue. Dr. Kripke to Room 237, code blue. [DEAN goes to follow the doctors.]
TESSA: Dean, where are you going?
DEAN: Just wait here. [He follows them into a room where they are using CPR on a young Asian girl. DEAN can see the ghostly creature now hovering above the girl’s body as the doctors work on her. The creature slowly strokes the girl’s face.] Get away from her! [He moves toward the girl’s bed, but by then, the creature has vanished. The girl flatlines.]
DOCTOR: All right. Let’s call it.
NURSE 1: [looking at her watch] Time of death –- 5:11 PM.
NURSE 2: At least she’s not suffering anymore. [DEAN looks at the girl’s body sadly. The screen goes black.]
[FADE IN: DEAN’S ROOM. DEAN is standing by his bed, and he is joined by SAM, who is carrying a paper bag.]
SAM: [looking at Dean’s body] Hey. I think maybe you’re around, and if you are…don’t make fun of me for this, but, um…there’s one way we can talk. [He takes a Ouija board out of the bag.]
DEAN: Oh, you gotta be kiddin’ me. [SAM sits cross-legged on the floor and sets up the board. He places his fingers on the planchette.]
SAM: Dean? [He sighs.] Dean, are you here?
DEAN: God, I feel like I’m at a slumber party. [He sits down cross-legged, across from SAM.] All right, Sam. This isn’t gonna work. [He places his fingers on the other side of the planchette and moves it to the word “Yes”. As he does this, SAM’S eyes light up, and DEAN seems shocked.] I’ll be damned.
SAM: [relieved] It’s good to hear from you, man. It hasn’t been the same without you, Dean.
DEAN: Damn straight. [He begins to move the planchette to different letters on the board.]
SAM: Dean, what? H…U…[The planchette moves to the letter “N”.] Hunt? What, hunting? Are you hunting? [DEAN moves the planchette to the word “Yes”.] Dean, it’s in the hospital, what you’re hunting –- do you know what it is?
DEAN: One question at a time, dude.
SAM: What is it? [DEAN moves the planchette as he begins talking.]
DEAN: I don’t think it’s killing people. I think it’s taking them. You know, their time is just up. [After moving the planchette to the letters “R-E-A-P”, SAM figures it out.]
SAM: A reaper. Dean? Is it after you? [DEAN moves the planchette to the word “Yes”, then takes his hands off.] If it’s here naturally…there’s no way to stop it.
DEAN: Yeah, you can’t kill death.
SAM: Man…you’re, um…
DEAN: I’m screwed, Sam.
SAM: No…no, no, no. There’s gotta be a way. There’s gotta be a way. Dad’ll know what to do. [He gets up and leaves the room.]
[CUT TO: JOHN’S ROOM. SAM enters the room to find that JOHN is not in his bed.]
SAM: Dad?
[CUT TO: BOILER ROOM. JOHN enters with a duffel bag full of supplies. He walks to the middle of the room and sets the bag down, taking out a piece of chalk. With the chalk, he begins drawing a large symbol on the floor.]
[CUT TO: DEAN’S ROOM. DEAN watches as SAM enters and sits next to DEAN’S body on the bed.]
SAM: Hey. So, Dad wasn’t in his room.
DEAN: Where is he?
SAM: But I got Dad’s journal, so who knows? Maybe there’s somethin’ in here. [He begins flipping through the journal, and DEAN comes to look over his shoulder.]
DEAN: [looking down at Sam proudly] Thanks for not givin’ up on me, Sammy. [As SAM turns to the page on reapers, DEAN begins reading and notices something.] Son of a bitch. [He leaves.]
[CUT TO: TESSA’S ROOM. DEAN enters and finds her sitting calmly on her bed. She is no longer in hospital pajamas, but she is dressed in a very nice outfit.]
TESSA: Hi, Dean.
DEAN: You know, you read the most interesting things. For example, did you know that reapers can alter human perception? I sure didn’t. Basically, they can make themselves appear however they want. Like, say…a pretty girl. You’re much prettier than the last reaper I met.
TESSA: I was wondering when you’d figure it out.
DEAN: I should’ve known. That whole “accepting fate” rap of yours was far too laidback for a dead chick. But you know, the mother and the body –- I’m still tryin’ to figure that one out.
TESSA: It’s my sandbox. I can make you see whatever I want.
DEAN: What is this, like, a turn-on for you? Huh? Toyin’ with me?
TESSA: You didn’t give me much choice. You saw my true form and you flipped out -- kind of hurts a girl’s feelings. This was the only way I could get you to talk to me.
DEAN: Okay, fine. We’re talkin’. What the hell do you wanna talk about?
TESSA: How death is nothing to fear. [She stands and walks towards him.] It’s your time to go, Dean. [She lays her hand on his cheek.] And you’re living on borrowed time already.
[CUT TO: BOILER ROOM. JOHN has now finished drawing the symbol. There are lit candles set up on the floor, and as he speaks in Latin, he uses a knife to slice his hand open. When he is done speaking, he lights a match and throws it into a bowl, sending sparks shooting in the air for a moment. JOHN stands and waits. A second later, a janitor grabs his shoulder.]
JANITOR: What the hell are you doin’ down here, buddy?
JOHN: I can explain.
JANITOR: Yeah? You’re gonna explain to security. Come on, you follow me. [He begins walking away. Smirking, JOHN takes out the Colt and raises it.]
JOHN: Hey. [The janitor turns around.] How stupid do you think I am? [The janitor grins and his eyes change to a fiery yellow-orange.]
JANITOR: Do you really want an honest answer to that? [Two doctors come into the room and stand behind JOHN, keeping watch over the two men.] You conjuring me, John. I’m surprised. I took you for a lot of things, but suicidally reckless wasn’t one of them.
JOHN: I could always shoot you.
JANITOR: You could always miss. [He makes a gesture as if he is dodging a bullet, and he chuckles.] And you’ve only got one try, don’t ya? Did you really think you could trap me?
JOHN: Oh, I don’t wanna trap you. [He lowers the gun.] I wanna make a deal. [The janitor stares at him as the screen goes black.]
[FADE IN: DEAN’S ROOM. SAM is standing by DEAN’S bed.]
SAM: Dean, are you here? [DEAN is not in the room.] I couldn’t find anything in the book. I don’t know how to help you. But I’ll keep tryin’, all right? As long as you keep fightin’. [He laughs.] I mean, come on, you can’t leave me here alone with Dad, we’ll kill each other, you know that. [His smile fades as tears form in his eyes.] Dean, you gotta hold on. You can’t go, man, not now. We were just startin’ to be brothers again. [He pauses.] Can you hear me?
[CUT TO: TESSA’S ROOM. DEAN is still talking to her.]
DEAN: Look, I’m sure you’ve heard this before…but you’ve gotta make an exception. You’ve gotta cut me a break.
TESSA: Stage three –- bargaining.
DEAN: I’m serious. My family’s in danger. See, we’re kind of in the middle of this…war. And they need me.
TESSA: The fight’s over.
DEAN: No, it isn’t.
TESSA: It is for you. Dean, you’re not the first soldier I’ve plucked from the field. They all feel the same. They can’t leave, victory hangs in the balance. But they’re wrong. The battle goes on without them.
DEAN: My brother –- he could die without me.
TESSA: Maybe he will. Maybe he won’t. Nothing you can do about it. [He moves away from her.] It’s an honorable death –- a warrior’s death.
DEAN: I think I’ll pass on the seventy-two virgins, thanks. I’m not that into prude chicks anyway.
TESSA: That’s funny. You’re very cute.
DEAN: There’s no such thing as an honorable death. I mean, my corpse is gonna rot in the ground and my family is gonna die. [He pauses, thinking.] No. I’m not goin’ with you. I don’t care what you do.
TESSA: Well…like you said, there’s always a choice. I can’t make you come with me. But you’re not getting back in your body. And that’s just facts. So yes, you can stay. You’ll stay here for years, disembodied, scared. And over the decades, it’ll probably drive you mad. Maybe you’ll even get violent.
DEAN: What are you sayin’?
TESSA: Dean…how do you think angry spirits are born? They can’t let go, and they can’t move on. And you’re about to become one –- the same thing you hunt. [DEAN stares at her, speechless.]
[CUT TO: BOILER ROOM. JOHN is still talking with the possessed janitor.]
JANITOR: It’s very unseemly, making deals with devils. How do I know this isn’t just another trick?
JOHN: It’s no trick. I will give you the Colt and the bullet. But you gotta help Dean. You gotta bring him back.
JANITOR: Why, John, you’re a sentimentalist. If only your boys knew how much their daddy loved them.
JOHN: It’s a good trade. You care a hell of a lot more about this gun than you do Dean.
JANITOR: Don’t be so sure. He killed some people very special to me. But still, you’re right, he isn’t much of a threat. And neither is your other son, of course. [JOHN’S smirk fades.] You know the truth, right? About Sammy and the other children?
JOHN: Yeah. I’ve known for a while.
JANITOR: But Sam doesn’t, does he? You’ve been playing dumb.
JOHN: Can you bring Dean back? Yes or no?
JANITOR: No. But I know someone who can. It’s not a problem.
JOHN: Good. And before I give you the gun, I’m gonna wanna make sure that Dean’s okay. With my own eyes.
JANITOR: Oh, John, I’m offended. Don’t you trust me? [JOHN says nothing.] Fine.
JOHN: So we have a deal?
JANITOR: No, John, not yet. You still need to sweeten the pot.
JOHN: With what?
JANITOR: [moving closer to John] There’s something else I want. As much as that gun –- maybe more. [JOHN looks at him strangely.]
[CUT TO: TESSA’S ROOM. DEAN is sitting on the bed sadly as TESSA comforts him.]
TESSA: It’s time to put the pain behind you.
DEAN: [softly] And go where?
TESSA: Sorry. I can’t give away the big punchline. [She pauses for a second.] Moment of truth. No changing your mind later. So what’s it going to be? [DEAN thinks for a moment and then slowly turns to face her. Before he speaks, the lights in the room begin flickering. They get up off the bed.]
DEAN: What are you doin’ that for?
TESSA: I’m not doing it. [Suddenly, an enormous cloud of black smoke begins to come through the air vent.]
DEAN: What the hell?
TESSA: You can’t do this! Get away!
DEAN: What’s happening?! [TESSA screams as the smoke enters her mouth. When all of it is inside her, she turns to DEAN, and her eyes are now orange.]
TESSA: Today’s your lucky day, kid. [She moves over to him and puts her hand on his head. He screams, and in his own hospital room, he wakes up and begins gagging on the tube down his throat. SAM is shocked.]
SAM: Dean? [He turns to the hall.] Help! I need help! [The screen goes black.]
[FADE IN: DEAN’S ROOM. The doctor is reading from a chart to SAM and DEAN.]
DOCTOR: I can’t explain it. The edema’s vanished. The internal contusions are healed. Your vitals are good. You’ve got some kind of angel watchin’ over you.
DEAN: Thanks, Doc. [The doctor leaves and DEAN turns to SAM.] So you said a reaper was after me?
SAM: Yeah.
DEAN: How’d I ditch it?
SAM: You got me. Dean, you really don’t remember anything?
DEAN: No. Except this pit in my stomach. Sam, something’s wrong. [JOHN enters and knocks on the door.]
JOHN: How you feelin’, dude?
DEAN: Fine, I guess. I’m alive.
JOHN: That’s what matters.
SAM: Where were you last night?
JOHN: I had some things to take care of.
SAM: Well, that’s specific.
DEAN: Come on, Sam.
SAM: Did you go after the demon?
JOHN: No.
SAM: You know, why don’t I believe you right now? [DEAN sighs in disapproval.]
JOHN: [smiling] Can we not fight? You know, half the time we’re fightin’, I don’t know what we’re fightin’ about. We’re just buttin’ heads. Sammy, I...I’ve made some mistakes. But I’ve always done the best I could. I just don’t wanna fight anymore, okay?
SAM: Dad, are you all right?
JOHN: Yeah. Yeah, I’m just tired. [SAM nods.] Hey, Sam, would you mind, uh…would you mind gettin’ me a cup of caffeine?
SAM: Yeah. Yeah, sure. [He leaves and JOHN tearfully watches him go.]
DEAN: What is it?
JOHN: You know, when you were a kid…I’d come home from a hunt. And after what I’d seen, I’d be…I’d be wrecked. And you’d…come up to me, and you’d put your hand on my shoulder, and you’d look me in the eye, and you’d…[His voice breaks. Tears form in his eyes as he continues.]…you’d say, “It’s okay, Dad.” Dean…I’m sorry.
DEAN: For what?
JOHN: You shouldn’t have had to say that to me. I should’ve been sayin’ that to you. You know, I put…I put too much on your shoulders, I made you grow up too fast. You took care of Sammy, and you took care of me. You did that. And you didn’t complain, not once. [A single tear rolls down his cheek.] I just want you to know…that I am so proud of you. [His bottom lip quivers as he nearly breaks down in tears.]
DEAN: Is this really you talkin’?
JOHN: Yeah. Yeah, it’s really me.
DEAN: Why are you sayin’ this stuff? [JOHN moves closer to him and lays his hand on DEAN’S shoulder.]
JOHN: I want you to watch out for Sammy, okay?
DEAN: [near tears] Yeah, Dad, you know I will. You’re scarin’ me.
JOHN: Don’t be scared, Dean. [He leans down and whispers something in DEAN’S ear that the audience cannot hear. When JOHN pulls away, DEAN looks shocked and confused. Without even saying anything, the two of them share a very emotional moment. JOHN nods sadly before leaving the room.]
[In another room of the hospital, JOHN enters and places the Colt on the counter.]
JOHN: Okay.
[CUT TO: HOSPITAL HALLWAY. SAM is walking, a cup of coffee in his hand. As he passes one of the rooms, he stops in his tracks when he sees JOHN on the floor, unmoving.]
SAM: Dad? [The next moment happens in slow motion. SAM drops the coffee cup on the floor. It lands upright, and the cap comes off, splashing coffee on the floor. SAM rushes into the room and bends down over his father, screaming for help.]
[In the next scene, the doctors have hooked John up to several machines. They are beginning CPR. DEAN and SAM enter the room, and a nurse approaches them.]
DEAN: No, no, no, it’s our dad. It’s our dad! [She leaves them alone.]
DOCTOR: Okay, let’s try again –- an amp of atropine.
DEAN: Come on. [He and SAM watch tearfully as the doctors try a few more times.]
DOCTOR: Okay. Stop compression.
DEAN: Come on, come on.
NURSE: Still no pulse. [John flatlines.]
DOCTOR: Okay, that’s it, everybody. I’ll call it. [The screen goes black as the doctor speaks one more time.] Time of death –- 10:41 AM.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Ecrit par Kaylia.