MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

We see the whirring drill and Sam swings a crow bar at the figure and it disappears. He helps Dean up to his feet.

"Thanks." Dean Says

"Yeah." Sam Says

Sam and Dean walks up the large staircase and travel down the long corridor just as the young boys did.

"Shawn?" Sam Says

Sam and Dean find the same examination room and Dean spots the masks on the shelf.

"The mask. You said that they practically had to tear it off of him, right?" Dean Says

"Yeah." Sam Says

"So, if he's tied to something..." He picks up a mask and we hear Meadows screaming and the whirring drill from somewhere "I'll take that as a "yes." Dean Says

"Door. Salt. Burn 'em." Sam Says

"All of them?" Dean Says

"Yeah!" Sam Says

Dean finds a trash can and starts to burn the masks as Sam salts the door. The masked figure appears through the door but is stopped part-way through by the salt line so retreats.

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ROOM

Suddenly we hear loud rumbling and the salt line is blown away.

"Damn it." Dean Says

"No. We ain't got much time." Sam Says

The masked man appears again and Sam blasts him with the salt gun but he quickly reappears.

"Hurry!" Sam Says

Dean lights the masks on fire and we see the figure disappearing in flames as well.

"You good?" Dean Asks

"Yeah, I'm good. Let's go find Shawn." Sam Says

"Yeah." Dean Says

The boys quickly gather their stuff and head down the long corridor when Sam suddenly slows.

"Dean? Wait. I can still see your breath." Sam Says

"What the hell, dude?" Dean Says

All of sudden all the doors slams in the distance, along with glass shattering and lightbulbs breaking.

"think it might be another ghost." Sam Says

"I think there is a lot. Let's go! Go!" Dean Says

We hear "We need a doctor!" in repeated whispers.

"They are asking for the doctor." Dean Says

"These must be the people he killed." Sam Says

"Well if they're ghosts, then why can't we see them?" Dean Says

"Maybe they aren't strong enough to pierce the Veil."Sam Says, as more lights shatter and the beds move towards them.

"Yeah, but they're strong enough to kill us?!" Dean Says

"Great." Sam Says, as they walk down the large staircase

"You know what? Those bodies have gotta be buried in the house somewhere." Dean Says

"Okay, so we check it, top to bottom." Sam Says

"There's no time." Dean Says, then starts rummaging through his duffle bag.

"What are you doing?" Sam Asks

"I'm gonna find out where these bodies are buried." Dean Says

"So?" Sam Says

"So I'm gonna ask 'em." Dean Says

"What? How?" Sam Asks

"Easy." He opens a metal box and holds up two large syringes "One needle stops the heart, the other one starts it up again." Dean Says

"No, no, no." Sam Says

"Look, we can't talk to 'em on this side of the Veil, so I'm gonna go to the other side. I'm gonna work my way through all these Caspers until we find out there this freak hid the bodies." Dean Says

"Dean, you're talking about killing yourself." Sam Says, as Dean starts preparing the syringes.

"Yeah? Well, it worked before." Dean Says

"That's an insane risk to take." Sam Says

"Listen, I need three minutes. Okay?" Dean Says

"Don't even....Dean!" Dean then plunges needle into his chest "Dean? Hey. Damn it. Hey, hey, hey–" He tries to help Dean but he gasps and dies "Dean? Dean!" Sam Says

We see ghost Dean standing behind the scene of Sam kneeling over his body. Ghost Dean moves to the large staircase.

"Hey! Ghost dude! Hey, hey, hey. Hey wait up, pal." Dean Says

Dean is following a pale ghost with bloody eyes but is stopped by a polite young woman with red hair.

"Hello, my name is Jessica and I'm here to lead you to your next life." She Says

"Yeah, hi. Dean. Little busy right now. Yo!" Dean Says, following the pale ghost.

"Oh, God." Jessica Says

Sam is checking his watch as he kneels next to Dean. He grabs a container of salt from the duffle and pours a circle around Dean.

We then see Jessica walking quickly down an extensive corridor of black and white shelves stacked with black books, the shelves are all labeled with a "W."

"Dean Winchester is in the Veil." Jessica Says

Sam is preparing the second syringe for Dean. Checking his watch again.

"Come on, Dean. Come on." Sam Says

Dean is following the pale ghost with bloody eyes.

"Hey. Wait up. Hey. Hey, do you, uh...."The pale ghost vanishes through a large fireplace "Oh, come on." Dean Says

"I know you." Shawn Says, Dean turn so see his ghost.

"Shawn." Dean Says

"You're the FBI man from my house. You're dead, too?" Shawn Says

"I, uh... Yeah. What happened to you?" Dean Asks

"The man with the drill. He was in my room." Shawn Says

We see an image of the masked figure in Shawn's bedroom as Shawn get out of bed. The masked figure charges at Shawn and disappears into Shawn's body. A trickle of ectoplasm can then be seen coming from his eye.

Shawn takes out the mask that Evan put in his backpack and puts it on. He walks to the Meadow's Center while wearing the mask, enters the examination room, removes the mask and
places it back on the shelf.

"The Doc–he possessed you and he killed you." Dean Says

Shawn is staring blankly as he brings the whirring drill to his temple as blood splatters on a dingy cabinet.

"I couldn't stop it. He said I'd feel better, but... I just...I miss my mom." Shawn Says

"Shawn, I should've... I'm so sorry." Dean Says

"Evan's here, too. We can't leave. We... Why can't we leave?" Shawn Asks

Sam is checking his watch as thunder claps outside.

"Stupid." Sam Says

"I know you're scared, okay? But I'm gonna help you. I'm gonna help you get out of here." Dean Says

"Help me get home?" Shawn Says

"Help you go to a better place. But I need you to tell me... The doc, where did he put your body?" Dean Says

Moments later Dean is running up the large staircase to where Sam is with his body.

"Sam? Sam, I got it! Let's do this." Dean Says, as Sam's timer on his watch beeps.

"All right." Sam Says, he then injects second needle into Dean's chest.

"Come on, come on, come on." Dean Says

"Dean. Dean? Hey! Dean!" Sam Says, as he's patting and shaking Dean with no response.

"Why is it not working?!" Dean Says

"No, no. No, no, no, no. Dean! Hey. Can you hear me? Dean. Dean! Hey, wake up. Hey, Dean. No, no, no, no, no, no, no." Sam Says

"Hey, Dean."

"Hey! Wake up." Sam Says

Dean turns around at the sound of a familiar voice, he turns to see Billie.

"Billie." Dean Says

"Yeah, we need to talk." Billie Says

"Hey. Hey! Wake up, Dean." Sam Says

"And..." Billie Says

"Wake up. Hey!" Sam Says, then the scene of Sam and Dean's body freezes.

"That's enough of that." Billie Says

"No, I saw Cas kill you." Dean Says

"How's that working out for him? It's funny to hear a Winchester talk about the finality of dying. This reality–it has rules, Dean. So many rules. And one of them? Kill one incarnation of Death, like you did, the next Reaper to dies takes his place. So... when Castiel stabbed me in the back, turns out, I got a promotion." She holds up her hand hand, wearing a white stoned ring, very similar to the ring Death wore "New job. New gear." Billie Says

"So you died to become Death?" Dean Says

"This universe can be so many things, and sometimes, it is poetic. That's why we need to talk." Billie Says

READING ROOM

Dean is suddenly standing in the black and white corridor of shelves with Billie.

"The hell?" Dean Says

"Welcome to my reading room. Know not to leave this lying around near you. Don't we?" Billie Says, leaning her scythe against the wall.

"So... am I dead?" Dean Asks

"You killed yourself." Billie Says

"No. Are you keeping me dead?" Dean Asks

"Now that depends on you." Billie Says

"Okay. Uh... Well, congrats on the promotion. Uh, but I got a house full of ghosts waiting on me and my brother to get back to, so if it's up to me-" Dean Says

"I didn't say it was up to you, I said it depends on you. Word on the interdimensional street is you've been slipping between worlds, Dean. I wanna know how you did it. Now." Billie Says

"Well, I thought Death knew everything." Dean Says

"Then you can imagine how this one little blind spot is really bothering me." Billie Says

"What's in it for me?" Dean Asks

"What do you want?" Billie Asks

"Free the ghosts." Dean Says

"Excuse me?" Billie Says

"Free the ghosts at the Meadow's house. Let them move on, I'll tell you whatever you wanna know." Dean Says

"Deal." Billie Says

At the bottom of the large staircase we see the Reaper Jessica speaking to the ghosts at the house.

"Come with me. You don't have to stay here, It's going to be okay." Jessica Says

One by one the ghosts start disappearing in a cloud of dust. We see Evan's and Shawn's ghosts disappear as Jessica smiles warmly.

"It's done." Billie Says

"How do I know I can trust you?" Dean Says

"You don't. But then again, I'm not the one breaking cosmic bargains left and right, now, am I?" Billie Says

"Yeah, it's not like you to hold a grudge." Dean Says

"Don't I? So... spill." Billie Says

"Lucifer's son. Jack. When he was born, it created a little rip." Dean Says

"A little rip"?" Billie Says

"Mm." Dean Says

"Into another world? And you went there?" Billie Says

"Mm. Yeah, I'll just say it's, uh, it's not Candy Land." Dean Says

"I'll bet." Billie Says

"Why do you care?" Dean Asks

"Because I do. Because...this whole multi-versal quantum construct we live in, it's like a house of cards. And the last thing I need is some big, dumb Winchester knocking it all down." Billie Says

"Hmm. That does sound like us." Dean Says

"You've changed. When you bargained with me just now, you could've asked to go back, to live." Billie Says

"Well, I figured with you in charge, there's no getting back for me." Dean Says

"That doesn't sound like the Dean Winchester I know and love. The man who has been dead so many times but it never seems to stick. Maybe you're not that guy anymore, they guy who saves the world, the guy who always thinks he'll win no matter what. You have changed. And you tell people it's not a big deal. You tell people you'll work through it but you know you won't, you can't and that scares the hell out of you. Or...am I wrong?" Billie Says

"What do you want me to say? Doesn't matter. I don't matter." Dean Says

"Don't you?" Billie Says

"I couldn't save Mom, I couldn't save Elena...I couldn't save Cas. I can't even save a scared little kid. Sam keeps trying to fix it, but I just keep dragging him down. So I'm not going to beg. Okay, if it's my time, it's my time." Dean Says

"You really believe that." Dean shakes his head yes "You wanna die. Dean...every notebook on this particular shelf tells a version of how you die. You specifically, heart attack, burned by a red-haired witch, stabbed by a ghoul in a graveyard, and on and on. But which one's right? That depends on you, on the choices you make." Billie Says

"Well, I guess I made my choice." Dean Says

"But...unfortunately none of these books say you die today." Billie Says

"Come again?" Dean Says

"Since I got this...new job, I stand witness to a much larger picture. Do you know what I see? You. And your brother. You're important." Billie Says

"Why?" Dean Asks

"You have work to do. That's all you need to know. And trust me, having my eyes opened to the necessity of any humans, especially Winchesters, is not a thrill. So...you wanna die, but I say...keep living." Billie Says

"Hmm. I need to know. My mom–" Dean Says

BUNKER

Dean wakes up and he's sitting at a table in the bunker, he turns around and it's empty.

"Hello?..Sammy?..." Dean Says

"Dean.."

Dean hears the familiar female voice, he closes his eyes and slowly turns around and there's Elena standing in front of him.

"Lena.." Dean Says, his voice almost breaking.

"Hey you." Elena Says, placing her hands on his face.

"Is this..are you real?" Dean Asks

"Does this feel real?" Elena Says, caressing his face.

"What are you doing here?" Dean Asks

"You know why Dean." Elena Says

"Lena.." Dean Says

"Look I know what you're are going through right now is torture, but I need you to stay with me okay." Elena Says

"I-I don't know if I can." Dean Says

"Look at me, yes you can because you wanna know why..it's because you do matter..you always have Dean. Don't let go hope, don't let go of that." Dean looks at her, she looks at him. "Please Dean, for me." Elena Says

Dean gets teary eyed and nods his head, Elena smiles at him.

"I Miss you so much..." Dean Says

"I Miss you too..." Elena Says

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MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

Dean's body suddenly comes to life, he wakes up and takes a huge gasp for air. Sam lifts him up.

"Hey. You're okay." Sam Says

"Yeah." Sam Says

"Yeah. You're okay." Sam Says

The next morning the coroner's team is removing an occupied body bag from the Meadow's house. Sam squeezes Mrs. Raider's arm as to comfort her but says nothing. He walks to Dean who's by the Impala, past police gathering evidence from two partial skeletons laid out on a tarp.

"How'd it go?" Dean Asks

"About how'd you figure. Hey, what happened back there? I mean, the shot didn't work and all of a sudden, you're back." Sam Says

"I don't know. I guess it took a minute for the drug to kick in. I guess I got lucky." Dean Says

"Lucky?" Sam Says

"Yeah." Dean Says

"Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. Hold–Dean. Hold on a second. What about the ghosts? 'Cause I checked the EMF. They're all gone. Was that lucky too?" Sam Says

"We can talk about it later." Dean Says

"We won't talk about it later, you know that." Sam Says

Dean looks over watching Penny talk with the police
"I saw Death. The death."

"He's dead." Sam Says

"No, she's not. It's Billie. I guess she got a new gig. She's the one that took care of the ghosts." Dean Says

"W-why would she help us?" Sam Asks

"She wanted intel. She said that we're important, that we have work to do." Dean Says

"What the hell's that mean?" Sam Asks

"I have no friggin' clue." Dean Says

Dean returns to watching a very distraught Penny speak with a police officer, he sighs.

"You okay?" Sam Asks

"No. Sam, I'm not okay. I'm pretty far from okay. You know, my whole life, I always believed that what we do was important. No matter what the cost, no matter who we lost, whether it was Dad or–or Bobby or –. And I would take the hit. But I kept on fighting because I believed that we were making the world a better place. And now Mom and Cas... And seeing Elena-." Dean Says

"Elena, you saw her?" Sam Says

"Kinda..before I came back, she kinda like spoke to me. It felt so real...I didn't want to let her go." Dean Says

"What'd she say?" Sam Asks

"Basically she told me to don't give up..but I-I just don't know anymore." Dean Says

"So now you don't believe anymore." Sam Says

"I just need a win. I just need a damn win." Dean Says

Dean and Sam get into the Impala , he starts the engine up and they exit the crime scene. We see the Impala cruising along a highway under a bright, clear sky.

Cut to the Coroner's team bringing out another occupied body bag. They stop and unzip the bag so Penny can identify the contents and it's Shawn.

Nighttime shot of Baby traveling on a backroad highway. Billie takes one of the black books off the shelf and starts reading the hand-written pages.
Back in Baby a cell phone rings, waking Sam and Dean answers.

"Yeah." Dean Say, then looks dumbfoundedly at Sam.

"What?" Sam Says

Baby is driving down a narrow back street. Dean stops and shuts off the car. A figure can barely be seen in the shadows. They boys exit the car. As they approach the figure standing next to a payphone, he turns to reveal it is Castiel.