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Supernatural Season Six

sarah_alvis · TV
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22 Chs

And Then There Were None

Bobby's Living Room, Bobby says " I've been getting blasts from hunters all week. pointing at a map "Nest of vamps. Werewolf dance party. Shifters, six of them. Two hunters died taking them out. Ghouls, ghouls. Ghoul-wraith smorgasbord." Dean asks "Is it just me, or is that a straight kick-line down I-80?" Bobby says "Exactly." Sarah says "Looks to me like it's a Sherman march monster mash." Sam says "Yeah, but where are they marching to? Bobby circles another point on the map "What is it?" Bobby says "Guy bashes in his family's heads." In the Police Station Interrogation Room, Rick says "It's like I told the cops. I blacked out." Sam says "Well, just tell us what you do remember." Rick says "Driving my regular route, and then I-I woke up in my truck at work." Sarah asks "And where's work?" Rick says "Starlight Cannery. I-I didn't remember how I got there...So I called home. When no one picked up. I-I went there, and I found..." Bobby asks "Anything unusual before you blacked out? Sights, smells, anything off the routine?" Rick says "No. Basic night. I was giving some kid from the truck stop a ride. She took off. I-I think she took off." Dean asks "Anything else?" Rick says "I swear – I didn't mean to do it. I-I loved them."

Police Station, Sam is typing rapidly on a computer keyboard and Dean says "So, demon possession or ghosts? I thought this was a monster thing." Sam says "All right, here we go." they view security camera footage of the night the trucker picked up the hitchhiker "Truck stop, night of the murders." Dean says "That's him. In the video, Eve approaches "Hmm. Hello. Sam pauses the camera while Eve is facing it and her face is grotesque " Freakish nightmare. What the hell is that?" Sarah says "Bobby?" Bobby says " I've never seen that in my life. All those vamps and ghouls out on I-80 – maybe they're coming in for Mother's Day." Dean says "Um...Okay, well, if that is big mama – whatever she is, we got zero on ganking her. So what are we gonna do if we run into her? Throw salt and hope?" Bobby says "No, we're gonna turn tail and run, because we're in over our heads." Dean says "I mean, we better get some real info on this bitch before we do run into her." Police Officer says "Hey, let's go." Bobby asks "What's the ruckus?" Police Officer says "A guy just went postal down at the Cannery." Bobby says "Okay, me and Sarah will go and you two finish up here."

Docks, Bobby says "FBI. Willis and Granger How many in there?" Police Officer says " Six dead." Sarah asks "What happened?" Police Officer says "Apparently, a guy walks in, pulls a hunting rifle, just opens fire. Captain! This is Agent—" Police Captain says "What? There a fed convention in town or something?" Bobby says "I beg your pardon." Rufus says "Agent Willis? Am I right?" Bobby says " Agent. we wasn't expecting you...yet." Rufus says " Well, apparently, you didn't get the call. to the Officers "Gentlemen, can you excuse us?" Bobby asks "What in the high holy are you doing here, Rufus?" Rufus says "Same as you two– tracking 31 flavours of crazy, which led us smack into the middle of this." Bobby says "Right. Huh. Can we talk to the perp?" Rufus says "Well, we can give it a shot. I don't know if he's gonna talk back to us, though. Cops put eight bullets in him. So..." Sarah says "So What?" Rufus asks "So are we partnering on this or not? Come on, man. It's not rocket surgery. We're here. Let's do this. Just like old times and we can show Sarah here some of the ropes." Bobby says "Long as I get to drive." Rufus laughs " Hell no."

Autopsy Room, Sarah, Bobby and Rufus examine the corpse of the shooter and Rufus asks "So, do you think the mother of whatever the hell is wrapped up in this, Bobby and Sarah?" Bobby says "Looks like." Rufus says "I don't know. That's why we're hacking him open. Hand me one of those swab things over there." Rufus hands Bobby a swab and Bobby checks the ear of the body, the swab comes out covered in blue grey goo "What have you got? That ecto? That's not ecto." Rufus sniffs and Sarah asks "What the hell is that?" Bobby says " It's something new." Rufus says "New? No such thing as new, Bobby." Bobby says "Well, it's something. Those guys who snapped, one thing they had in common – they both worked at that Cannery joint."

Cannery, Rufus says "I don't even know why you have a driver's licence." Dean says "Well, look what the cat dragged in." Sam says "It really is good to see you, Rufus." Rufus says "I can believe it. It must get old dealing with this miserable cuss here all by yourself." Sam says "Is it that obvious?" Bobby says "Why don't you three get a room?" Dean says "All right, we all pack a snack?" Sarah says "Yeah." Dean says "Let's see what we can see." Inside Cannery, A door opens and Gwen steps out and "Gwen?" Gwen says "Dean?" Samuel appears behind her, Dean walks toward Samuel, raising his gun "Welcome to next time." Sam lowers Dean's arm "No, no, no, no! Hold on!" Dean says "I said I'd kill him!" Sam says "Look, just a second." Rufus says "I take it you know each other." Dean says "He's our grandfather."

Rufus says "Oh. Somebody needs a hug." Bobby asks "Why are you here?" Samuel asks "We're working. You?" Dean says "None of your damn business!" Bobby says "Sarah, Sam , take Dean for a walk." Dean says "You got to be kidding me." Sam says "Look, Dean, it's fine." Dean asks "How?" Sam and Sarah walks Dean out of the room and Dean asks "What is wrong with you two?" Sam says "Look, maybe he knows something." Dean says "You don't remember what he did. I do." Sam says "I know. I'm not saying don't. I'm saying not yet." Sam re-enters the room, Dean and Sarah waits just outside and Bobby asks "So...you're Samuel." Samuel asks "You must be the guy pretending to be their father." Bobby says "Well, somebody ought to." Samuel says "Sam. You're looking well."

Sam says "Save the small talk, all right?" Samuel says "You seem different." Sam says " I got my soul back. No thanks to you, I hear." Samuel says " You hear? You don't remember." Sam says "I remember enough." Rufus says "I, uh, really hate to break up this little circle of love, but why don't we talk shop, huh? How about you tell us what it is you're hunting?" Samuel says "A creature from Purgatory. She calls herself Eve." Sam says "Eve?" Samuel says "Yep. They call her mother. She was here about 10,000 years ago. Every freak that walks the face of the earth can be traced back to her and she's back." Bobby asks " How the hell do you know all that?" Samuel says "You don't know half the things that I know, kid. Hell, until recently, you didn't even know about us."

Bobby says "I now know that you'd throw your own kin to hungry ghouls. I think I know enough." Gwen says "You What?" Samuel says "Dean lied to the man." Bobby says "ow about you ask Dean?" Gwen says "Good idea. Gwen exits the room and approaches Dean and Sarah she asks "Dean. Is it true?" Dean asks "What?" Gwen says "Did Samuel really try to—" Dean says "Kill me? Yes. He didn't even blink. That's the guy you're rolling with." Gwen says "He didn't tell me anything about that. I didn't know." Dean says "I know. Honestly, there's something I need to tell you." Gwen says "What?" Dean pulls out his gun and shoots Gwen in the heart Sarah had been hit in the head and she unconscious, The others run out of the room at the sound of the gunshot. Sam checks for Gwen's pulse, and then gets back up to look for Dean and Bobby finds Sarah thankfully she's still alive.

Rufus tries CPR chest compressions on Gwen, while Sam searches for Dean and Bobby checks on Sarah who slowly regains consciousness and tells Bobby what happened, Rufus says " Come on, girl! Come on! Come on! Come on!" Bobby rejoins and says "She's gone." Rufus says "Ah, damn it." Bobby says " I'm sorry...If you care." Samuel says "Screw you. I care." Sam asks " Is she, uh..." Sarah asks "Where's Dean?" Sam says "I couldn't find him. Whatever got into those guys must have got into Dean." Bobby says "Rufus, help Samuel move her somewhere and Sarah, Me and Sam will lock down here. We're gonna want to find Dean before he finds us." Sam says "We're gonna find him alive, Samuel, or I'm gonna put a bullet into your head." Sarah, Sam and Bobby walk through the Cannery, locking doors. All four men and Sarah search, Sam dials Dean's cell-phone and then hears it ring. Rufus spots Dean " Dean, put that damn thing down. Samuel runs over aiming his gun at Dean, Dean points his gun at Samuel "Dean, put it down." Dean says "You're the least of my worries right now, Rufus." Sam says "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey."

Bobby says "Okay, both of you." Rufus says "Both of us, my ass." Dean says " I'm not in the mood. I just had a 12-inch...Herpe crawl out of my ear." Sam says "What?" Dean says "You heard me. I just woke up on the ground, just in time to see this – this...worm thing sliding out of my freaking ear and into that vent. So you tell me what the hell's going on!" Samuel says "You killed Gwen and knocked Sarah out, That's what's going on." Dean says "We were just talking out in the hallway. That's the last thing I remember. That thing must have jumped me." Bobby asks "So, we're talking about, like, a monster that gets in you?" Dean says "It's like a Khan worm on steroids." Sarah says "You mean like a parasite, something that took over your body." Dean says "Worm crawls in you, worm crawls out."

Rufus says "Monster possession? That's novel." Samuel says "Or that thing's still in you, and we can't trust a word that you're saying." Dean says "It's not." Bobby says "Check your ear." Dean asks "What do you mean, check my ear? Check my ear for what? Rufus sticks his finger in Dean's ear "Hey! What? Why don't you buy me a drink first?" Rufus says "Second date. Oh, yeah, we're goo positive." Dean asks "What does that mean? What does that mean?" Rufus says "That means it was in you, all right." Samuel says "Or it still is." Dean says " It's not in me!" Bobby says "Okay. Everybody, give up your guns." Samuel says "What?" Rufus says "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, think about this for a second, Bobby." Bobby says "I'm thinking we don't know who is and who ain't got the damn Khan worm up inside his melon." Dean says "It's not in me!" Bobby says "I didn't say it was. Point is we don't know who it is. It could be any one of us. So the best we can do...is to make it that much harder for that thing to blow our fool heads off." Bobby holds open a sack and puts his gun inside. Dean,Sarah, Sam and Rufus follow "Are you waiting for a handwritten invite, Campbell? " Samuel reluctantly gives up his gun, They go back into the room and lock their weapons in a locker and Bobby says "Okay. We need some time to breathe, make a plan." Samuel says " A plan? Based on?"

Bobby says "I'm gonna make a few phone calls, see if anybody ever heard of anything like this." Rufus says "Hmm. Ditto. Got a few trees I can shake." Bobby on the phone "Oh, balls, Allard. No, I told you that." Rufus flips his phone closed "Damn it." Samuel gets up. Sam blocks his path "Relax. Bathroom break. So unless you want to hold it for me..." Samuel leaves the room. Dean and Sam follow him, Sarah stays with Bobby and Rufus, Bobby flips his phone shut "Well, I got a dump truck full of bubkes." Rufus says "Nothing here, either. You call Willie?" Bobby says "Of course. You think I'm an idjit?" Rufus asks "How about Raj?" Bobby says "Wouldn't talk to me." Rufus says "Yeah, me neither." Bobby says "Okay, plan "B." Let's just go and grab the thing." Rufus asks "And then what, exactly?" Bobby says "Well, we sit on our thumbs, or we go in guns blazing." Rufus says "Like Omaha?" Bobby says "You know what? Screw you for bringing up Omaha. That's just low."

Samuel comes around a row of lockers and finds Dean and Sam waiting for him "What?" Dean asks "Nothing. I'm just wondering how you sleep at night." Samuel says " Like a baby. Thanks for asking." Dean says "ou fed us to Crowley." Samuel says "True, but what am I gonna do about it now? Do I blame you for wanting to kill me? Of course not, Dean. What I did was...but I'm not apologizing. I did what I did. I don't cry over spilled blood." Sam says "So you really can just go on, like..." Samuel says "Just because you're Dr. Jekyll at the moment doesn't mean you can get all high and mighty. Don't forget, we spent a year together and so did Sarah." Sam says "Yeah, we did you, me and Dean we're blood and you still sold me out." Samuel says "rust me, what I did pales in comparison to what you did, and on more than one occasion" Sam says "All right, tell me what I did." Dean says " No. Sam, come on. Dean goes to stand between Sam and Samuel "The only reason you're alive right now is because we're working a job. The minute we kill this thing...you're next."

Samuel says "Okay, then. We'll just see." Dean sees goo coming from Samuel's ear, Samuel pulls his gun, Dean grabs his arm and angles it up. Samuel fires but the shot misses. He shoves Sam and Dean against the lockers and runs and Sarah says " I heard a shot." Dean says "Samuel." Rufus says "I'm gonna be needing my gun back now, Bobby." Bobby says "You think?" Rufus says "Yeah." Bobby breaks the lock on the locker holding their weapons "Hey, don't feel bad. You know, it was a good plan, except for the part where a monster would definitely, definitely not give up all his weapons." Bobby says "Shut up." Dean, Sarah and Sam enter the room and Dean says "We lost him." Sam asks "So, what's the plan?" Dean says "We stick together. We got to keep track of this thing, who it's in." They search the cannery. Suddenly Sam grabs Dean and pulls him back. Dean,Sarah, Bobby and Rufus point their guns at Sam "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Hold on. Look." Sam shines his flashlight down revealing a wire line and Dean says "Booby trap." Bobby says " I'll be damned."

They step over the trap carefully and continue. Suddenly a door slides closed behind Sam and he is cut off from the rest of the group Dean says "Hey! Hey! " Sam says "Whoa! Dean! Sarah!" Dean says "am! Damn it. Son of a bitch." Sam says "Dean? Sarah?" Sarah and Dean in unison says "Sam?" Sam says "I'm gonna go around, okay?" Dean says "All right. Watch yourself." Sam says "Yeah." Dean says "Come on." Sam spots Samuel and aims his gun at him "Don't Move." Samuel says "Sam." Sam says "Put your gun down." Samuel asks "What you gonna do, son? You're not gonna shoot me. You got your soul back. You gonna shoot your own family?" Sam says "Yeah, I wouldn't go with the family thing. Try again." Samuel says "Mary's still my daughter. " Steps Closer Sam says " said don't move." Samuel says "You're still named after me. " Steps closer and Sam says "I said don't move!" Samuel says "Appears to be our moment, Sam. You still want to know about your summer vacation? I'll tell you all about it. You're dying to know, huh?" Sam says " Yeah, I am." Samuel says "Well, then, let's just put these down and talk." Steps closer, Sam says "Stop." Samuel says "It's all right, Sam." Steps Closer, Sam shoots Samuel in the head.

Dean shouts "Sam! Sam." Bobby says "Oh, thank God.Notices Samuel's dead body "Drop the gun, Sam." Sam puts his gun down "It's me." Rufus says "Okay. That's great, Sam. Just got to cuff you, uh, till we can be sure, okay? You understand, right?" Sam says "It's in him." Sam gestures at Samuel and Bobby asks "Are you sure?" Sam says "Yeah. Yeah, I think." Rufus asks "You see anything come out of him...after he dropped?" they take Samuel back into the room and swab his ears and Dean says "Tell me you got something." Bobby says "Nothing." Sam says "What? So – so you mean he wasn't a monster when I ganked him?" Rufus says "One way to find out. Bobby, you got a cranial saw in the car?" Bobby says "Of Course." Dean says "You're not going alone." Rufus says "Oh, no, he won't. He won't. We will both go grab some tools and see about getting some power in this place. And I want you and you to – okay, I want you and you to watch him and him and – all right, if anything crawls out of anybody, somebody step on it." Sam says "Yeah, don't worry. I'll watch Samuel, Dean will watch me, Dean will watch Sarah and Sarah will watch Dean." Rufus says "Yeah, right." Rufus and Bobby exit the room.

Dean says "You did the right thing, you know." Sam says "You mean you think I did, if it's in him and I'm me. This thing's playing three-card monte with us." Dean says "Well, I'm just gonna assume you're you." Sam asks "You want to take this off, then?" Sam motions with his bound wrists "Not till we get that sucker out of his walnut." Sam says " don't know. I mean, I barely remember him, and what I do remember – it's not good. And what he did to us...But..." Sarah says " There's a "but"?" Sam says "I mean, I just can't help but think...What would Mom say?" Dean says "You know what I think Mom would say? She'd say just 'cause you're blood doesn't make you family. You got to earn that." The lights come on and Rufus and Bobby enter and Rufus says "Well...All right. Let's play operation." Bobby asks "You boys and Sarah want to take a breather?" Dean says "We're good." Bobby says "We're about to crack open you and your brother's grandpa's grapefruit. Take a breather." Sarah, Dean and Sam exit.

Rufus looking at the frayed cable of the cranial saw "What is this? Have you been dumpster-diving again?" Bobby says "What? It still works." Rufus says "Yeah, right. Hope so." Bobby says "Listen, Rufus, I've been thinking." Rufus says "Yeah, well wonders never cease." Rufus plugs in the saw Bobby asks "Yeah, s-shut up a minute. I'm trying to say something. It was my fault – Omaha." Rufus says " No. No, it wasn't." Bobby says "No, I should – I should have listened to you." Rufus says "Well, hey, that's categorical, Bobby." Bobby says "I – l-let me just get this out." Rufus says "Bobby, we've had this conversation already, okay?" Bobby says "No, we haven't. I never said I'm sorry, Rufus. I – you lost her because of me, and I—" Rufus says "Bobby, I said we've had this conversation already. And you could blabber all day...And it wouldn't change a thing, Bobby. I will never forgive you for what happened. You got that? Never. So change the subject, Bob." They begin sawing Samuel's head, and his eyes open! He fights Rufus and Bobby and throws them both off of him. He breaks off a table leg and shoves it through the door handles Sam says "Dean,Sarah." Rufus says "Jesus." Dean frees Sam's hands. Bobby throws Samuel against the frayed cable and Samuel is electrocuted. The Khan worm leaves Samuel. Dean and Sam kick the door open and Sam asks "Bobby, you okay?" Dean says "Rufus. Rufus. Rufus. Hey, you all right? Wake up."

Sam says "Hey, hey, hey, hey. It's all right. Me and Sarah got you. Come on." They both help Bobby up, Dean says "Come on."he helps Rufus up and Rufus says "This can't be my afterlife 'cause the four of you are here What happened?" Sarah says "Well, when we left, he was dead on the table." Bobby says "Yeah, till he wasn't." Rufus asks "So how did he get double dead?" Dean says "Bobby threw him against that. I guess it was a live wire. It shorted, and he went ape. Then that thing crawled out of his ear." Bobby says "At least we know what tickles it. Electricity." Sam says "Yeah. Now the question is, where'd it go? You see?" Dean says "No." Sarah says "No." Sam says "You two were down for the count." Dean says "Yeah. Well, either it bailed or it's in either one of you." Rufus says "Or, it's in one of you." Dean says "No, we were awake." Rufus asks "Did you three keep your eyes on each other?" Sarah smiles at Dean and he smiles back and Sarah says "Yeah." Rufus asks "100% of the time?" Dean says "Define 100." Rufus says "Like I said."

Sam says "All right, how about, uh, check for goo, right?" all Five stick their fingers in their ears Sam says "Nothing." Bobby says "It might just be gone." Sarah says "No. It might have wised up and covered its trail." Sam says "All right, let's settle this...100%." Dean asks "How?" Sam strips the cable, Dean plugs it in "You're alive." Sam says "Okay. I'm not a doctor, but I'm gonna go ahead and call this one." Sam says "Yeah. All right,who wants to go first?" Dean says "Come on." Removes his Jacket and Sam asks "You sure?" Dean says "Hurry up before I start thinking –" Sam holds the cable against Dean's arm "Son of a...Whew. Awesome. Here, you want me to—" Sam holds the cable against his own arm Dean gesturing for Sam to hand him the cable "Let's go." Sam says "Yep." Rufus says "Uh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Uh, no, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Dean says "No passes, Rufus. Come on." Sarah sighs "I'll go next." She rolls up her sleeves and Dean holds the cable against her arm and then removes it and it hurts like hell, "Wow that flipping hurt so much." Rufus says "I got a damn pacemaker." Dean says "Well, you better hope it's a good one."

Bobby asks "Since when do you got a pacemaker?" Rufus says "Since Bush Jr., term one. I'm down three toes, too, F.Y.I. All right, come on. Just make it quick." Rufus as Dean holds the cable against his arm "God! God! Damn it! Damn it!" Dean asks "You okay?" Rufus says "No, I'm not okay. Give me that." he grabs the cable from Dean and Bobby says "Okay. All right, my turn. Well, it ain't inside me, so go right ahead." Rufus says "All right, then just stand still, Bobby." Bobby says "Okay, sure." Rufus says "I'll make this quick." Bobby says "No problem." Rufus says "All right? Let's do this." Bobby says "Okay, uh, just a second, Rufus." Rufus says "Just a second nothing, whatever you are." Bobby says "I'm Bobby." Rufus says "Bobby, my ass." Bobby stabs Rufus in the chest and Sarah says "Bobby!" Rufus falls and Sam lowers him to the ground "Rufus."

Inside Cannery, Sarah, Sam and Dean stand on either side of Bobby and Sam says "Bobby, there are three of us and one of you." Sam catches a hold of Bobby and Dean punches him, knocking him unconscious. Bobby wakes tied to a chair with duct tape and Dean says "Well, hey, there, you little herpe." Dean holds the cable against Bobby's neck and Sarah asks "Why do you keep talking about herpes?" Dean says "What? I don't. Shut up. Shut up. To Bobby "Now, don't you even think about shagging ass out of here, 'cause we got every crack in this room sealed. So get comfy." Bobby says " I am comfy. It's nice in here and you love this guy, don'tcha? You really want to kill me and take him with me? Haven't you lost enough pals today?" Dean says "We'll do what we have to do and we got some questions for you, so you can either play ball, or we could fry up a little shrimp on the barbie."

Bobby says "Ask. Been waiting for you to ask." Dean says "What the hell's that supposed to mean?" Bobby says "It means I got nothing to hide." Sarah asks "What are you?" Bobby says "You haven't got a name for me yet. I'm new around here. Eve cooked me up herself." Dean holds the cable to Bobby's neck again and asks "Who is she, this Eve bitch?" Bobby says "The mother of all of us, and the end of all of you. By the time she's done, there'll be more creatures than humans. You'll live in pens. We'll serve up your young and call it veal." Sam asks "And what's your deal in all of this? I mean, how's jumping a few truckers gonna help?" Bobby says "You think I'm here to mess with a couple of Cannery workers? We led you here." Sarah asks "Why?" Bobby says "She has a message for you."

Dean says "Oh, yeah? What's that?" Bobby says "You're all gonna die. She's pissed. She's here and it's gonna be nothing but pain for you from here on in." Dean says "Well, here's my response." Dean holds the cable to Bobby's neck again and Sarah asks "Dean. Dean! How much more do you think he can take?" Bobby says "You can't kill me, not without taking him with me." Dean says "Well...We'll just have to do what Bobby would want us to do." Sam wraps Bobby's mouth and ears shut with duct tape "No way out now, slug-o. Bobby, hang on in there. Dean holds the cable to Bobby's neck until he sags forward "Bobby?" Sarah asks " Is he, uh...Hey, hey." Sam starts to peel off the duct tape, the Khan worm falls out, dead "Whoa. Bobby." Dean says "Bobby, hey." Sam says "He's not breathing. Bobby!"

Cemetery, Dean says "I got to say, I never figured Rufus for the religious type." Bobby says "Well, he didn't exactly keep kosher. He always used to pull the old "can't work on the sabbath" card whenever we had to bury a body. You know, I-I was just a job. I was Joe mechanic. Then my wife got possessed...went nuts on me. I stabbed her, and that didn't stop her. Next thing I knew, this guy comes busting in, soaks her with holy water, and sends that demon straight to hell so fast. I'd have gone away for killing her. But... Rufus cleaned up everything. Taught me a thing or two about...what's really out there. Pretty soon, we were riding together. Worked like that for years, kind of like you two knuckleheads." Sam asks "So, what happened?" Bobby says "It was Omaha. It was my fault and he never let it go." Sarah says "Well, he should have." Bobby says "You don't know what I did,Sarah." Dean says "Doesn't matter." Bobby says "What do you mean, it doesn't—" Dean says " I mean at the end of the day, you two are family Life's short" He takes Sarah's Hand and she takes his hand and holds it "and ours are shorter than most. We're gonna spend it wringing our hands? Something's gonna get us eventually, and when my guts get ripped out, just so you two know, we're good. Blanket apology for all the crap that anybody's done all the way around." Sam says "Some of us pulled a lot of crap, Dean." Dean says "Well, clean slate." Sarah says "Okay." Bobby takes out a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue and pours some on the grave, and then takes a swig himself.