The Third Man

A horn blares, Dean and Sarah wakens from their dreams they're both in Dean's Impala,parked just off a busy highway. Inside a Hotel Room, Sam is inside, shirtless, working through a fitness routine of push-ups and sit-ups. By the Highway, Dean and Sarah is by the side of the road, fully clothed, stretching to work the kinks out. The Impala pulls out and is back on the road and back in the hotel room, Sam is doing chin-ups on a pipe suspended from the ceiling of the room and a woman emerges from the bathroom "Don't stop on my account." Sam Laughs " I'm done." Woman says "Last night was a... Clears throat " high point, if you don't mind me saying." Sam says "Good." Woman says "All right. Well, I see you need to start your day. When did you say you were heading out?" Sam exhales, indicating impatience "You didn't. Right. Damn, you know how to play that mystery card." As she turns to leave, Sam clears his throat and holds up some cash "Right. I almost forgot. Next time... gives Sam a note "you can call me on my night off. If you want." Sam says "Okay." Woman says "Okay." She leaves. The phone rings and Sam scrunches up the note and tosses it into a wastepaper basket and he picks up his cellphone "Hey."

Burger Heaven Daytime, Dean says "Hey me and Sarah are about eight hours out of the Campbell Base." Sam says "Uh, change of plans. I need you both to meet me. I'm in PA. Town called Easter." Dean asks "What are you doing in Pennsylvania?" Sam says "Caught a case." Dean says "A case? When? It's been like a day and a half." Sam says "I like to work." Dean says "Apparently." Sam says "Glad we hashed that out. Call me when you both roll into town." Sam hangs up and Dean looks at his phone "Who died and made you boss?" Highway, A cop Toby, s parked on the side of a road and a car speeds by, clocking 70 mph "Well, now, you could do better than that." He settles back to pour some booze into a giant-sized plastic convenience store cup Then his cellphone rings "Why are you calling me? He's dead, right? That's it. Now, I don't want to talk about it. We do what we do -- we go to work, we go to the funeral. sighs "Calm down. This is nothing to do with you and me. You're just working yourself up. Don't call me. Hangs up "Idiot." Something crashes through the branches toward the cop car. Boils break out on the Toby's face and hands "God! God! Dispatch, this is -- Please, I -- I need... Please." Toby chokes and stills.

Street Daytime, Sam is in a suit, is leaning against his car and reading some reports Dean and Sarah drives up in the Impala and exits it in the midst of a phone conversation and they are both wearing suits Dean says "Ben...I know you're lying. Because I lie professionally, that's how. Now tell your mom that you broke the damn thing and take it like a man. Okay? Ok-- okay." Hangs up, Sam says "Wow." Dean says "What?" Sam says "You -- molding the minds of tomorrow. Who knew?" Dean says "Yeah, tell me about it." Sam asks "How'd it go?" Dean asks "With?" Sam says "You and Lisa. How'd she take it when you bailed?" Dean says "Shockingly cool, actually." Sam says "Better for everybody." Dean says "Yeah, I suppose. Still driving the plastic piece of crap, huh?" Sam asks "What's your mileage, again?" Dean says "Shut up."

Inside the Police Station, Sam briefs Sarah and Dean as they walk through the station to the morgue "Officer Gerald Hatch, 17-year veteran, found dead in the ready room three days ago." Dean reading the file "Whoa. Somebody was over-hydrated." Sam laughs "Basically, yeah. The guy just... liquefied. Most of the meat, bones, dense tissues -- they just turned to blood." Sarah says "Okay, I don't get it." Sam says "Nobody gets it." Sarah says "No. I mean, I get that. I'm saying, if the guy was a mop job, then what are we doing in the morgue? What's left of him to look at?" Sam says "Not here to look at him. Here." Sam opens a drawer, revealing the boils-covered cop "Ooh. Bad news." Sam says "Officer Toby Gray. They just brought him in. Found him dead in his patrol car, sitting at a speed trap on the outside of town." Dean asks ""Extreme allergic reaction."" Sam says "Yeah. Boils. Covered from head to toe."

Sarah says "Yeah, on the inside, too. It says his airways are chock full of them. This startin' to look a little witchy to you?" Sam says "That was my first instinct, but I found zero signs of hexwork anywhere. Far as I can tell, witchcraft was not involved." Dean says "There's got to be some sort of link between, uh, skid mark and bubble wrap here." Sam says "No Question." Dean says "All right, well, can I get a witness?" Sam says "Yep. Uh... reading from the notes "Officer Ed Colfax. Saw Hatch go from a solid to a liquid." Sarah asks "Another Cop?" Sam says "Hatch's partner." Sam pushes the body back into its drawer.

Street Daytime, Sam's car car swings around a corner Dean's car pulls out in front of him and is first to park his vehicles at their destination in a leafy neighborhood and Sam asks "Were you, uh... were you racing me?" Dean says "No. I was kicking your ass." Sam says "Very mature." Sarah and Sam knock on the door of a suburban house and Dean says "Hello? Officer Colfax?" The door opens to reveal Ed in full dress uniform "Whoa. Lookin' sharp, Kojak." Ed says "Who the hell are you?"Sarah says "We're the Fed, Ed. We're here to ask you a few follow-up questions about your partner's death." Ed says "Don't worry about it. It's nobody's business." Sam says "Officer Colfax --" Ed says "Don't worry about it!" Ed slams the door shut. Exasperated, Sam kicks the door in and Dean says "Dude!" Walking toward Ed's Office, Sarah, Sam and Dean pass a wall of family photos with the faces scratched out. They find Ed in his office, using a screwdriver to scratch out the face of his police.

Sam says "Officer Colfax?" Dean says "Hey, man, you all right?" Ed says "Don't worry about it." Sarah says "Right. Look, Officer Colfax -- Ed. We think that your partner died of unnatural causes." Ed scratches his hat, Dean asks "Did he have any enemies that you know of?" Ed says "You might say that." Sam asks "Oh, yeah? Who's that?" Ed says "They both had it coming. Me too. I'll be the next to go, and then it'll be over and God will be satisfied." Dean asks "Why does God want you all dead?" Ed says "'Cause of Christopher Birch." Ed knocks over a bottle of booze. He watches it spill for some time "Oh, damn it." Sam asks "Who's Christopher Birch?" Ed says "He has no face." Sam says "Ed?" Dean says "Officer, you all right?" Ed rights the bottle, Sarah asks "Who is Christopher Birch, Ed?" Dean says "Ed!" Ed says "Christopher Birch is a kid with no face... and a planted gun." Dean says "Uh, you, uh... you got a little something..." Blood is dribbling from under Ed's hat and Ed puts his finger to it "...yeah." Ed says "Damn. My head's been itching like a dirty jock." Ed falls forward. His face lands on the broken glass of the picture frame and Sarah says "Ed?" Sarah walks behind the desk and checks Ed's neck for a pulse "Dead." Buzzing Sound, Dean says "You hear that?" Sam removes Ed's hat,Locusts crawl out of a hole in Ed's head.

Hotel Room Daytime Dean is seated at a table, looking through papers, Sam is at the other end, working on his laptop and Sarah is seating on one of the beds also on her laptop, Dean says "Sweet. Blood, boils, locusts." Sam says "Three of your more popular Egyptian plagues." Dean picks up a jar containing the locusts "Yeah, but these guys... ate their way out of a cop's melon. I don't quite remember that in the King James." Sarah says "Meanwhile, a kid named Christopher Birch was shot in the head last month after a vehicle pursuit. Hatch, Gray, and Colfax were the three officers involved, and they all filed the exact same police report." Dean reading a report "Suspect exited vehicle brandishing a firearm. We were forced to fire." "Just a kid with no face and a planted gun, Bunch of dicks. So they pop the kid, plant the piece." Sam says "Maybe Colfax is right. You know, maybe heaven has a hate-on for bad cops."

Dean says "So we're listening to the guy with the bug in his custard? That's -- that's the, uh, the theory you want to go with?" Sarah says "Dean, angels got to have something to do, right, now that we're post-Apocalypse?" Dean opens a beer, "We should call Cas." Sam says "You're kidding, right? Scoffs "Dean, I tried. It was the first and second and third thing I did, soon as I got topside. Son of a bitch won't answer the phone." Dean sitting on the bed "Well, let's give it a shot. Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray to Castiel to get his feathery ass down here." Sam says "You're an idiot." Dean says "Stay positive." Sam says "Oh, I am positive." Dean says "Come on, Cas! Don't be a dick. We got ourselves a... plague-like situation down here, and... do you...do you copy?" Sam says "Like I said... clears his throat " son of a bitch doesn't answer -- he's right behind me, isn't he?" Castiel says "Hello."

Sam says "Hello?" Castiel says "Y-yes." Sam imitating Castiel's voice " "Hello." Then using his normal voice " "Hello."" Castiel says "Uh, that is still the term?" Sam says "I spent all that time trying to get through to you. Dean calls once, and now it's imitating Castiel "Hello"?!" Castiel says "Yes." Sam normal voice says "So, what, you -- you like him better or something?" Scoffs, Castiel says "Dean and I do share a more profound bond. To Dean "I wasn't gonna mention it." Dean says "Cas, I think what he's trying to say is that... he went to Hell for us. I mean, he really took one for the team. You remember that? And then he comes back without a clue, and you can't take five friggin' minutes to give him some answers?" Castiel strongly says "If I had any answers, I might have responded. But I don't know, Sam. We have no idea who brought you back from the cage... or why but for Sarah that is simply I brought her back from the dead you have an important mission but i can't say anymore than that." The three of them completely confused but decided not to ask Castiel didn't look like he was in a good mood, Sam says "So... it wasn't God?" Castiel says "No one's even seen God. The whole thing remains mysterious." Sam says "What the hell does that mean?"

Castiel says "What part of "I don't know" escapes your understanding?" Dean says "Cas, look, if Sam or Sarah calls, you answer. Okay? You wing your ass down here, and you tell either of them "I don't know." Just because we have some sort of a -- a bond or whatever..." Castiel says "You think I came because you called? I came because of this." He walks to table where Dean's research is spread out and Dean says "Oh, well, it's nice to know what matters." Castiel says "It does help one to focus." Sarah says "Wait, so -- so you and the Halo Patrol, you guys aren't the cause of these killings?" Castiel says "No. But they were committed with one of our weapons. There's only one thing that could have brought this into existence. You call it the Staff of Moses." Sam says "The Staff?" Castiel Picks up the jar of locusts "It was used in a dominance display against the Egyptians, as I recall." Dean scoffs "Yeah. That one made the papers"

Sam says "B-but I thought the Staff turned, like, a -- a river into blood, not one dude." Castiel says "The weapon isn't being used at full capacity. I think we can rule Moses out as a suspect." Dean says "Okay, but... what is -- what is Chuck Heston's disco stick doing down here, anyway? I mean, don't you guys put away your toys?" Castiel says "Before the apocalypse, Heaven may have been corrupt, but it was stable. The staff was safely contained sighs "It's been chaos up there since the war ended. In that confusion, a number of... powerful weapons were... stolen." Dean says "Wait, you -- you're saying your nukes are loose?" Castiel says "Yeah, I'm afraid so. But you've stumbled onto one of them. We must find the weapon that did this.Indicates the jar of locusts. I need your help."

Sam scoffs "That's rich. Really." Castiel Grunts, tosses the jar of locusts at Sam and performs air quotes during this speech. "Sarah, Sam and Dean my "people skills" are "rusty." Pardon me, but I have spent the last "year" as a multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent. But believe me, you do not want that weapon down here. Help me find it. Or more people will die." Dean says "All right. Okay. Well, if the angels didn't pull the trigger, then that brings us back to motive." Castiel says "What?" Sam says "Back to the case. Right now, we got three dead cops. Only thing linking them... is this." Dean hands Sam a newspaper clipping ""Father of slain suspect calls for investigation.""

In Birch Family Living Room, Daytime Newspaper clippings are strewn on the coffee table and Darryl Birch intently reading a tabloid with a front cover story entitled, "POLICE OFFICER DIES AT PRECINCT." A door slams, someone walks into the house his son Aaron "Come on, dad. How many times are you gonna read that thing? You know what? We should just throw it away." Darryl Mumbles, not looking up from the paper "Go out back and play." Aaron leaves, Darryl begins to cut the story out of the paper suddenly Sarah, Sam, Dean and Castiel appear in the living room and Dean says "Oh, Cas, a little warning next time." Darryl asks "What the... how'd you get in here?!" Sam says "Mr. Birch, settle down. Shows FBI badge. "Federal agents." Darryl says "But you can't just walk in here!" Sam Indicating the clippings " Quite a collection you've got there, huh?" Darryl says "What are you trying to --" Sam says "Look, we know the truth, all right? Chris didn't have a gun on him when those cops shot him. They set him up." Darryl says "Yeah. They're all getting theirs." Sam Accusational tone "And who's giving it to them, Darryl?" Dean asks "Darryl? Did you kill Toby Gray and the others?"

Darryl says "Me?! I didn't kill anyone! Look at how they died!" Castiel says "You smote them with the Staff of Moses!" Darryl says "The hell kind of Fed are you?" Castiel says "We don't have time for this. Steps up to Darryl "Where is it?" Aaron Brandishing part of the Staff as if it were a gun " Leave my dad alone!" Castiel says "Is that...? Yes." Sarah asks "Shouldn't it be bigger?" Castiel says "Yes. It's -- it's been sawed off." Aaron says "Leave him alone! It wasn't him!" Darryl says "Aaron, get out of here!" Castiel presses two fingers to Darryl's forehead, Darryl falls back onto the sofa, unconscious "What did you do to him?" Dean says "It's all right. He's just sleeping." Aaron points the staff at Dean, Castiel teleports next to aaron , takes away the staff and Dean says "Cas, take it easy! To Aaron "Listen, we're not here to hurt you, okay? But we need to know... where did you get this thing?"

Aaron says "Please don't kill my dad. It was me. I did it." Sarah says "Okay, nobody's killing anybody. What's your name?" Aaron says "Aaron. Aaron Birch." Dean says "Okay, Aaron Birch, where did you get this" Aaron says "You won't believe me." Dean says "Try me." Aaron says "It was an angel." Dean says "An Angel?" Aaron says "Those liars, they killed my brother, and nothing bad even happened to them. It's not fair. So I prayed to God every night he would punish them. God didn't answer. But he did." Castiel says "His name -- did he give you a name?" Aaron says "No. He just said I could have justice, but I was gonna have to take it myself. He... he gave me the stick." Dean says "He just... gave it to you? Ah, come on. He didn't just give it to you, did he, Aaron?" Aaron says "I bought it." Sam says "You bought it? chuckles "With what? What's your allowance?"

Sarah asks "What did the angel want for it? What did you give him for it?" Aaron says "My soul." Sam asks "You sold your soul to an angel?" Dean to Castiel "Can that even happen?" Castiel says "It's never happened before. An angel's buying souls. That could explain why he cut the staff into pieces." Sam asks "Why?" Castiel says "More pieces, more product." Dean says "More "product"? Who is this guy?" Castiel says "We'll find him." Castiel presses his fingers to Aaron's forehead and falls unconscious Dean asks "What did you do that for?" Castiel says "Portability." Castiel , carrying Aaron over his shoulder, back in Sam's hotel room. Castiel places a still-unconscious Aaron on the bed and Dean says "Cas, you realize you just kidnapped a kid?" Castiel says "If the angel we seek truly bought this boy's soul, when a claim is laid on a living soul, it leaves a mark, a brand."

Sam asks "What, like a -- like a shirt tag at camp?" Castiel says "I have no idea. But I can read the mark and find the name of the angel that bought the soul." Dean asks "How?" Castiel says "Well, painfully for him. The reading will be excruciating." Dean says "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on." Castiel says "Dean." Dean says "He's a kid, Cas. A ki-- Sam?" Sam to Castiel "Any permanent damage?" Sarah says "What?!" Castiel says "Physically, minimal." Dean says "Oh, well, yeah, then by all means, stick your arm right in there." Dean says "Dean! If I get the name, I can work a ritual to track the angel down." Dean says "And I'm all for that. But come on. There's got to be another way." Castiel says "There is no other way." Sarah says "You're gonna torture a kid?" Castiel says "I can't care about that, Sarah! I don't have the luxury." Castiel pushes his hand into Aaron's chest and he screams, Dean and Sarah advances but Sam holds them back They watch as Aaron screams and his body lights up from the inside. He stops screaming and falls unconscious when Castiel withdraws his hand.

Castiel says "He'll rest now." Sam asks "Did you get a name? What is it?" Castiel says "I thought he died in the war." Sam says "What, he -- he was a -- he was a friend or something?" Castiel sighs " A good friend." Dean says "Yeah, well, your frat buddy is now moonlighting as a crossroads demon." Castiel says "Balthazar. I wonder..." Sam says "So we can find him now, right?" An Angel appears, "Balthazar. Thanks, Castiel. We'll make good use of the name." The Angel attacks Castiel with an angel blade but Castiel blocks it with his own "And by the way, Raphael says hello." The Angel and Castiel fight in the room until they both lose their blades. They grapple each other and jump through the window, falling several stories onto a car parked on the street. Sarah, Sam and Dean and the Angel disappears leaving Castiel standing next to the destroyed vehicle and Sam says "My car." Dean says "Okay. Silver lining."

On the Street, Daytime Castiel is standing by the wrecked car, Sam, Sarah and Dean are still up in the room Castiel Now back in the room behind Sam, Sarah and Dean "He's gone." Sam asks "Alright Cas, who was that guy?" Castiel says "A soldier of Raphael. He must have followed me when I answered your call." Sarah says "Raphael? The archangel? I'm sorry, what's going on here?" Castiel gets a bowl from a cupboard "I can explain later. Right now we have to --" Dean says "No, not later. Now. Stop, all right? Too many angels, Cas! I don't know who's on first, what's on second." Castiel asks "What is "second"?!" Dean says "Don't start that." Castiel says "It is simple: Raphael and his followers, they want him to rule Heaven. I -- and many others -- the last thing we want is to let him take over. It would be catastrophic." Sam says "You're talking civil war."

Castiel says "Technically, yes. Which is why we have to find Balthazar and his weapons before Raphael does. Whoever has the weapons wins the war." Castiel pulls Sam's weapons bag from under his bed "Help yourself." Dean asks "And what happens if Raphael wins? What -- what does he want?" Castiel Gets a flask of holy water from Sam's bag "What he's always wanted -- to end the story the way it was written." Dean says "You mean the Apocalypse, the one that we derailed?" Castiel says "Yes. That one. Raphael wants to put it back on the rails." Sarah asks "Why?" Castiel says "I need myrrh."Sam says "Myrrh?" Castiel is no longer standing by the bed "Freakin' angels." Castiel reappears behind Dean and he is drawing on the kitchen table with chalk "Why does Raphael want to bring back all this crap?" Castiel says "He's a traditionalist." Dean also asks "Cas, why didn't you tell us this?" Castiel says "I was ashamed. I expected more from my brothers. I'm sorry. Now I need your blood." Castiel grabs Dean's wrist and slices his palm.

Dean says "Whoa, whoa! Hey! Ahh! Why don't you use your own?" Castiel says "It wouldn't work. I'm not human." Dean squeezes his hand shut. Blood drips into the bowl. Castiel adds myrrh and holy water and intones Siren sound, Sam says "Uh, Cas, how long does this spell take?" Wailing intensifies and Castiel says "Got him. Let's go." Dean says "Whoa, whoa, whoa. What about him?" Aaron is still lying on the bed, unconscious Castiel says "Don't you think the police will take him home?"

Mansion nighttime, Sarah says "Huh. I was expecting more Dr. No, less Liberace." The four of them advance on the mansion, Castiel is in an opulent foyer. A frog perched on the balustrade of a grand staircase is croaking and he teleports upstairs, follows loud music into a room with a piano and strobe lights. The door closes and he readies his angel blade. Balthazar says "Cas. You're here." Castiel says "Balthazar." Balthazar says "It's so good to see you. He told me you were floating around." Castiel asks "He?" Balthazar says "I believe you two have flown together. He turns on the lights and the music stops "Oh, you know, the old frog in the throat." The body of the Angel who attacked Castiel earlier is on the floor. A frog jumps out of his mouth and croaks Castiel says "Even I know that that's a bad joke. I grieved your death."Balthazar says "Yeah, yeah. I'm sorry about that, you know. I wanted them to think, you know, so... they wouldn't come looking for me?" Castiel says " What... is all this? What are you doing?" Balthazar says "Whatever I want. This morning I had a ménage à -- what's French for 12?"

Castiel says "You stole the Staff of Moses?" Balthazar says "Sure, sure. I stole a lot of things." Castiel says "You were a great and honorable soldier. We fought together." Balthazar says "Yes, too many times to count." Castiel says "I know you. You're not some common thief." Balthazar says "Common? No. Thief? Eh." Castiel says "I need your help." Balthazar says "I know. I've been hearing all about you, and as far as I'm concerned, you and me, Cas, nothing's changed. We're brothers. Of course I want to help you." Castiel says "Thank you. I need the weapons." Balthazar says "Don't ask that." Castiel asks "Why take them? Why run away?" Balthazar says "Because I could! What? What? I me-- you're the one who made it possible. The footsteps I'm following -- they're yours. What you did, stopping the big plan, the prize fight? You did more than rebel. You tore up the whole script and burned the pages for all of us. laughs "It's a new era. No rules, no destiny. Just utter and complete freedom."

Castiel says "And this is what you do with it?" Balthazar says "Hey, screw it, right? I mean, dad's not coming back. You might as well blow coke and jump on the bed. You proved to me we could do anything, so I'm trying everything. What difference does it make?" Castiel says "Of course it makes a diff-- it's civil war up there!" Balthazar says "I know." Castiel says "If we can beat Raphael, we can end this! Just give me the weapons." Balthazar laughs "Do you know what's funny about you? You actually believe that you can stop the fighting. It will never stop. My advice -- grab something valuable and fake your own death." Castiel says "You've gone insane. Your little holiday is over. Raphael knows you're alive by now." Balthazar says "Oh, Raphael can try me anytime. I'm armed. I'm sorry, Cas. All else aside, I'm really, really happy to see you. Even though you still have that stick up your ass." Thunder crashes, "Was that you?" Castiel shakes his head "Oh, that's my cue then. Tell, uh, Raphael to bite me." disappears three angels standing outside the mansion where Sarah, Dean, Sam and Castiel had stood before.

Mansion nighttime, Thunder crashes and Raphael says "Watch them. They're all snakes." Raphael and two angels walk toward the mansion, Inside the Mansion Castiel is alerted to some developments, An Angel armed with an angel blade is patrolling the grounds and Sam says "Hey, there. Produces an angel blade "Yeah, I got one of those, too." Angel Appears behind Sam, holding the knife to his throat "You think you can knife-fight an angel?" Dean asks "Who's fighting? Peace out, douchewad." Dean slaps an angel-banishing sigil painted on the side of the house. The Angel disappears and Thunder Crashes.

Castiel To a threatening Angel "You're making a mistake. Please. There is another way. Brother, please. I don't want to hurt you." The Angel advances on Castiel and he throws his knife into the Angel's chest and the angel screams and vacates the body "Why won't any of you listen?" Castiel is grabbed from behind "They don't listen, Castiel, because their hearts are mine." Raphael grabs Castiel by the collar and throws him back against a set of double doors that fall open. Raphael kicks Castiel while he's down, then pulls him up to punch him several times. Castiel falls half-way down the grand staircase and Raphael kicks him to the bottom and teleports there to punch Castiel again Raising an angel blade "Somehow, I don't think God will be bringing you back this time." Balthazar says "Hey! Look at my junk." Holds up a glowing crystal, Raphael says "No." Raphael turns to salt from head to toe. The salt clatters to the floor chuckles "Same thing happened to Lot's wife. Iodize the poor sucker, and your kitchen is stocked for life." Laughs, Castiel says "You came back."

Balthazar says "Well, now Raphael will have to go shopping for a new vessel. Should give me a nice long head start on him. Until next time." Castiel says "Next time." Dean says "No time like the present." Flicks a lighter and drops it on a circle of holy oil that surrounds Balthazar and Balthazar says "Holy fire. You hairless ape! Release me!" Dean says "First you're taking your marker off of Aaron Birch's soul!" Balthazar says "Am I?!" Dean says "Sam?!" Sam says "Unless you like your wings extra crispy -- uncorks a bottle of holy oil -- I'd think about it." Balthazar says "Castiel, I stood for you in Heaven. Are you gonna let --" Castiel interrupts "I believe... the hairless ape has the floor."

Balthazar laughs "Very well. inhales, touches his clasped hands to his forehead, exhales "The boy's debt is cleared. His soul is his own." Sarah asks "Why you buying up human souls, anyway?" Balthazar says "In this economy? It's probably the only thing worth buying. Do you have any idea what souls are worth? What power they hold? Now... release me." Dean says "Suck it, ass clown. Nobody said anything --" Castiel lowers his hand, lowering the flames and Dean says "Cas, what the hell?" Castiel to Balthazar " My debt to you is cleared." Balthazar says "Fair enough." Sound of an angel in flight and Dean asks "Cas, are you out of your mind?!" Castiel disappears "Cas?! Oh, friggin' angels! Come on!"

Roadside Daytime, Dean s rearranging weapons in the trunk of the Impala "Yeah, well I didn't realize I had this much stuff back here." Sam says "Well, I need some space. Kind of picked up some stuff along the way." Dean closes the false bottom on the weapons cache. Sam places his duffel bag on top and he notices a mask there and pulls it out "What the hell is that?" Dean says "Oh, it's, uh, Ben's Halloween costume." Sam says "Wendigo?" Dean says "Yeah." Sarah Approvingly "Accurate." Dean closes the trunk they are parked at the side of a creek Dean, Sam and Sarah have a conversation leaning over the roof of the Impala and Dean says "Hey, so, uh... are you okay?" Sam says "Me? Chuckling "Yeah, I'm great." Dean says "Really? 'Cause there's been a few times that you got me wondering." Sam says "Come again." Dean says "Really? 'Cause there's been a few times that you got me and Sarah wondering." Sam says "Come again?" Sarah says "Well, like where were you when Cas was, uh, giving the Holy Taser treatment to that kid?"

Sam says "I was right there." Dean says "Really? 'Cause honestly, we felt like me and Sarah was the only one raising a card." Sam says "Right. Uh, I mean, I was with you both, but...I don't know. W-we needed the intel." Dean says "Yeah, I know, but we tortured that kid to get it." Sam sighs and Sarah says "We just didn't get the feeling that you -- that you even cared." Sam says "Y-You are both wrong." Dean says "Hey man, we are just trying to figure this out because... something's different with you. You know that." Sam says "Yeah. Yeah, I know." Dean says "Really?" Sam says "Yeah. I mean... I've been hunting non-stop for the past year, kind of... kind of on the wild, you know? So, yeah, I suppose I'm a little rough around the edges." Dean says "Yeah, we get that we just don't think we're getting the whole scoop. You went to hell, Sam and believe me, I know what that does to a guy." Sam says "To You." Dean asks "What?" Sam says"You know what it does to you. It -- it tortured you. You know? I think it still does. But, Dean... I'm okay." Dean says "So you're saying, what, that -- that you're stronger than me?" Sam Chuckling "No. Just saying we're different." Sam pauses, slaps the roof of the Impala and gets inside both Dean and Sarah ponders, then gets into the car.