( A KING'S MOTHER )

Dean and Elena, in their FBI suits, are talking to a waiter at the restaurant where the first waiter died. "Middle of my shift, there's Marty falling down, clutching his head, stroking out right there on the floor, sweating, turning red, like...like..." Waiter #2 says.

"Like his brains were boiling?" Dean asks. "Was there anything else unusual?"

"More unusual than our head waiter dropping dead in front of me?"

"Before that." Elena says.

"I don't know, I mean I thought getting two hookers in here was pretty damn unusual, but that was before Marty keeled over." The Waiter says.

"Uh, two hookers?" Dean asks.

"Based on what they were wearing, yeah."

"Were they alone?" Asks Elena.

"No. Came in with a lady." The Waiter says.

"Thank you for your time."

OUTSIDE
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The scene changes to Sam in an FBI suit sitting at an outside table talking on the phone. "No, that is strange. All right, I hear you. Thank you." He says.

Dean and Elena approach Sam. "Hey." Says Dean. "So, it looks like our witch was here with two new friends."

"Really? Raul's girls? What does she want with them?" Sam asks.

"I don't know. What'd you get from the Hunter network?" Dean asks.

"This guy Darrell's been working a case, a series of grisly hotel murders one at the Kensington, another at the Waldorf in Cleveland—bodies stabbed, impaled on the ceiling."

"Sounds a little more homicidal maniac than witchy." Elena says.

Sam turns to her. "That's what Darrell thought, too, until the autopsy came back. Actual cause of death—" He starts.

"Let me guess—boiled brains." Dean finishes.

"Yeah, same as our waiter."

"Well, I'll give this to the witch—she's got deep pockets." Dean says.

"The Kensington, the Waldorf, this restaurant—that can't be cheap." Elena says.

"Yeah. Let's get." Sam gets up from his seat.

  "Where we going?" Dean asks.

"Check out every five-star hotel in the area." Sam says.

"Oh."

BRIDGE
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Scene changes to Hannah standing on a wood bridge over a stream. Castiel approaches her. "What's going on?" Cas asks.

"I'm sorry, Castiel. I'm not going with you. I'm done." Hannah says. "It's hard letting go... of a story, a mission. But what of the humans whose lives we sacrifice in the name of that mission?"

"What of them?" Asks Castiel.

"We always said the humans were our original mission. Maybe it's time, Castiel—time to put them first." Hannah says.

"Where is all this coming from?" Castiel asks.

"Being on earth, working with you, I've felt things. Human things—passions, hungers." Hannah says. "To shower, feel water on my skin... to get closer to you. But all of that was nothing compared to what I felt when I saw him." She says. "Her husband—his anger and his grief. And Caroline was inside of me, screaming out for him, for her life back. These f-feelings, they aren't for me, for us. They belong to her. I know it's time to step aside." Hannah smiles, leans forward and kisses Castiel on the cheek. Castiel nods. "Goodbye, Castiel."

Hannah leans her head back and a bluish white light comes out of her mouth and rises into the air. Hannah collapses onto Castiel for a moment and then stands up again. She looks at her hands and then Castiel, slightly confused.

"Caroline, I'm—" Castiel starts.

"Castiel. I know." Caroline looks at her hands again, smiling and laughing, and places her hands on her stomach, as if feeling her body.

There is a knocking on a hotel door and we see Rowena and the women in a hotel room. "Okay." Rowena says. "You two ready for some practice?"

"Who is it?" Caitlin asks.

"Probably the hotel manager, probably here to complain that I haven't paid the bill." Rowena says. "You have those spells I gave you?"

"Yeah, about that? I don't read Spanish." Elle says.

"It's Latin. Phonetics are on the back, darling."

Elle looks puzzled. "'Phonetics'." She repeats.

Rowena walks to the door and looks through the peep hole. She sees the face of a pissed off looking bellman. "Get ready. And on my word..." She opens the door and sees the bellman with his throat slit. He falls forward to the floor. The women look scared. A man and woman lean into the doorframe, their eyes turn black.

Later, the women and Rowena are being led down the hotel hallway. Rowena's mouth is covered with duct tape. "You're in for a world of hurt when we deliver you to our boss." The Female Demon says.

"What about us?" Caitlin asks. "I'm not going back to that place."

The Female Demon turns back towards the women. "Operation skank has been terminated. The only place you two are going is the dumpster out back." She faces forward and turns right into Sam, Elena and Dean.

Dean stabs the female demon in the stomach with the angel blade. She dies and falls to the ground. Rowena and the women run to the end of the hallway. The male demon moves forward and throws Dean to the ground.

Sam fights with the male demon and is thrown to the ground. Elena comes up behind him and stabs him in the back with the angel blade, Dean smiles slyly. They move down the hallway to the women as Rowena removes her gag.

"Who are those guys?" Caitlin asks.

"Hunters. Let's get out of here." Rowena says. "That's not an exit."

"Don't worry, ladies. Our beef's not with you.We're here for the witch. Rowena." Dean says.

"Always nice to be recognized."

"Do something—a spell!" Elle yells.

Rowena looks towards the blonde woman, placing a hex bag in her hand. "That's an excellent idea. Impetus bestiarum." She says. Elle bends over with her head down and screams.

"What did you do to her?" Dean asks.

Rowena laughs as the blonde woman lifts up her head. Her eyes are read and blood is dripping from her nose. She snarls and punches Dean in the head and then Sam. They both fall to the floor. Rowena and the Caitlin run past them down the hallway. Sam and Dean get up and face Elle.

Sam turns to Dean. "Go! Go!" He yells.

Elle advances toward Sam and the scene changes to Rowena and the Caitlin running down an alley. "What'd you do? What did you do to her?" Caitlin asks.

"Attack-dog spell. We needed a decoy." Rowena says.

"But... But she'll die, just like the waiter."

"Probably." Rowena says. "Few humans are built to survive magic like that, and Elle was weak. But you're not.I saw it the second we met. You're strong."

"You're right. I am." Caitlin punches Rowena in the face and walks out of the alley.

Rowena lifts her head and points towards the Caitlin. "Occideris ingrat." She says.

"Not another word!" Dean has a gun pointed to the back of Rowena's head. She turns and faces Dean. "Lady, your luck has just run out."

Rowena laughs. "I'm pretty sure that's not true." She says.

The scene pulls back and we see a gun pointed at the back of Dean's head. There is a whistle and Dean turns his head to see Cole holding the gun on him. "Pal, we got to work on your timing." Dean says.

"Drop the gun, Dean-o." Cole says.

"All right, she may not look like much, but letting this one go—big mistake." Dean says.

"Uh-huh."

"You heard the boy." Rowena says.

Dean drops his gun to the ground. Rowena smirks and walks away. Dean turns and faces Cole. "Look, man, I am sorry about the last time we met, okay? I'm sorry about a lot of things. I'm not the same person that I was." He says.

"You're not a person at all. See, I know all about your kind now." Cole says.

"My kind? Listen—" Dean starts as Cole throws Holy Water in Dean's face. He looks confused when Dean does not react. "I'm not a demon anymore."

"So, were you a demon when you murdered my father?" Cole asks.

"No."

"Then you're still a monster." Cole hits Dean in the face with his gun.

As he pulls back Dean grabs Coles' hands to control the gun. They struggle and Dean grabs the gun, throws it to the side and punches Cole in the face.

Cole raises his hands to fight. "Let's go." He says as they start to fight.

Meanwhile, a rabid Elle is hitting the door with her hands and body. Sam and Elena are on the other side trying to keep her inside. "Let...Me...Out!" Elle yells.

"Look...Whatever she did to you, you have to fight it." Sam says.

"I...Can't."

Dean and Cole are still fighting. Cole gets thrown to the ground and makes a move to grab his gun. Dean kicks it away, grabs his gun and points it at Cole. "Don't." Dean says.

Sam leans against the closet door as Elle tries to break it down. "You go check on Dean. I've got this." He draws his gun and aims it at the door as Elena runs outside. He waits several seconds and the banging stops. He opens the door and sees Elle, bleeding from her eyes and nose. Her skin is white and her eyes are open. She falls dead to the floor.

"What are you waiting for? Do it." Cole asks as Elena appears outside.

"No. Now, I'm gonna clean this mess up once and for all." Dean says. "You're gonna give me five minutes, and we're gonna talk. Get up. After that... If you don't like what you hear..." Dean turns his gun and hands it to Cole as Elena watches. "...you still want me dead, you take your shot." Cole takes the gun and points it towards Dean. "What I do... is hunt monsters." Dean says. "Your dad, Cole—your dad was a monster."

"Yeah, you say that now, but last time we fought, you couldn't even remember his name." Cole says.

"2003, Nyack, New York, Ed Trenton. I was working a case. Three dead—livers ripped out and eaten by your father."

"Livers?" Cole asks.

"Yeah, I tracked him down that night to your house." Says Dean.

"Well, you say he was a monster." Cole says. "What kind of monster was he?"

"I don't know. Never seen that kind before, never seen it again." Dean says. "All I know is that he came home that night looking to kill—could've been you, could've been your mom."

"No."

"The only reason that didn't happen is because I was there to stop him." Dean says.

"I heard his voice. It was a human voice, and he begged you to stop!"

"It's a ploy. It's a monster's trick." He says. "I know what you heard, but know this—that was not your father, Cole. Your father was already gone." Dean looks over Cole's shoulder and points. "Put it down. Sam, put it down!" Cole turns and sees Sam aiming a gun at him and aims his gun at Dean. "Cole, it's fine."

"Dean?" Sam asks.

"Put it down!" Dean yells as Sam lowers his gun and Cole turns his gun back towards Dean. "Cole, hey, right here. We're talking, okay?"

"How can I believe you, huh?" Cole asks. "How can I believe you? My whole life, I've been..."

"I get it. That was your story. Look, man, I got one of those, too. Okay, but those stories that we tell to keep us going?" Dean asks. "Man, sometimes they blind us. They take us to dark places—the kind of place where I might beat the crap out of a good man just for the fun of it. The people who love me, they pulled me back from that edge." He says. "Cole, once you touch that darkness... It never goes away. Now, the truth is... I'm past saving. I know how my story ends. It's at the edge of a blade or the barrel of a gun. So, the question is, is that gonna be today?That gonna be that gun?"

"Dean..." Elena says.

"You've got a family, Cole." Sam says as Dean and Cole face him. "I heard you on the phone that night. I'm guessing they need you to come back, and they need you to come back whole." Cole, crying, hands Dean back his gun.

HOUSE
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Caroline stands at the door to a house and Joe on the other side of the door. Joe opens the door and the look at each other. Camera pulls back to show Castiel sitting in his car at the curb in front of the house, looking at Caroline and Joe

"I'm..." Caroline starts.

"Hi." Joe says.

"Hi."

Joe and Caroline hug and walk back into the house. The door closes. In the car, Castiel open his laptop to 'Websummon' and types 'Jimmy Novack' in the search bar. Four pictures come up, one which shoes him as 'Missing'

ALLEYWAY
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Cole is driving his Jeep out of the alley while Sam, Elena and Dean remain in there. "He say where he's going?" Sam asks.

"Home." Dean says.

"Rowena?" Elena asks.

"In the wind."

"What you said earlier, back there, about being past saving—were you really—" Elena starts.

"I was just telling the guy what he needed to hear." Dean says. "We better go."

Crowley and Gerald walk down a staircase. As they're talking they approach a cell door. "Winchesters showed up. Alpha team went down. But Beta team's working contingency—Had a perimeter around the hotel. We got her. Right in there—tortured. If you'd like, I could finish her off." Gerald says.

"Wipe that ridiculous smile off your face. What do you want, a medal?" Crowley asks. "A 'thank you' for cleaning up the mess you made?!" Gerald walks away. "Everyone working for me touched?" Crowley opens the cell door and walks through. "Bunch of needy, squalling, incompetent infants."

Rowena is chained to a wall in the cell. Her face is cut and bruised. "The king at last. King of what? Lilliput? I mean, I'd heard you were short, but..." She laughs. "Well?! Get to it. Time for the coup de grace. Wee boy, is something the matter with you? Cat got your tongue, hmm? Meow."

"Mother?"