( THE NEXT GENERATION )

HOTEL
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Dean walks in and over to the front desk countert o talk to the Hotel Clerk. "Ahh. Nice to see you again." The Clerk says. Dean starts to take money out of his wallet.

"Yeah, I bet. Listen, I need to know who, uh, checked into room 215 yesterday." Dean sets $60 on the counter and the Clerk starts counting it. He shuffles through the money.

"215. It was some guy wearing a hoodie, so it was hard to make out his face."

"He drive a blue van, by any chance?" Dean asks.

"Do I look like a valet? He took one of those." The Clerk gestures to the mass of brochures lining the wall to his right.

Dean walks over and looks at the brochures intently. "Which one?" He asks.

"The one that says 'lodge' on it."

"'Conway Springs Lodge'." Dean says.

"Yep, big during the summer season. But this time of year, it's closed." He says.

"How far away is it from here?" Dean asks.

"Oh, it's a couple miles down the road."

VICTOR'S HOUSE
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Sam is walking outside the blue van and looking inside the driver's window. It's is empty. Sam and Victor walk towards the back of the van and down the street to locate the driver.

ROAD
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Dean is driving the Impala up to a camping hotel and he passes a wooden sign that reads "Conway Springs Lodge" on it. A smaller sign hangs bellow it that reads "CLOSED FOR THE SEASON" He parks the Impala next to the sign and cuts off the engine.

Dean gets out of the car and looks around to see if anyone is around and then begins walking up the buildings to his front. He slides his machete out of a sheath from his left side as he walks up to a door that's cracked open already.

He opens the door a little more and grabs a flashlight out of his pocket with his right hand and shines it in the doorway. He then pushes his way into the building and walks in slowly shining his flash light around showing a large stuffed bear.

Dean continues to walk around the very large room shining his flashlight in different spots as he goes until he shines it on a girl who is sitting on the bottom of a bunk bed. "Hey! Who the hell are you?!" He asks.

It's the same girl from the photo Victor showed Sam and the kids back at the house and she looks scared, weak and dirty. The Girl shies away from the light and starts sobbing.

"Answer me!" Dean yells.

"Please make it go away. It hurts so much." She says.

"What? Wha..." Dean sees a light switch on the wall and walks over and flips the lights on.

"No, shut them off! They're too bright!" The Girl yells.

"Not till you tell me what the hell's going on here." Dean says.

"I don't know!" The girl suddenly has vampire teeth pop out and she brings her hands up to her face to feel them. "Aah! What's happening to me?"

"Come here." Dean quickly moves over to the Girl and yanks her up off the bed and puts the machete to her neck. "That's never happened to you before?"

"No. No, there's something wrong with me. That–that guy, he did something to me."

"What guy?" Dean asks.

"I don't know! This guy in a blue van, he–he grabbed me. He took me here." The Girl starts to bend over in pain. "Oh, my stomach. It hurts so much." A gun comes into view behind Dean.

"Dean!"

Dean turns around at the sound of his name and sees Krissy, Aiden and Josephine standing behind him with guns pointed at the vampire girl. Dean puts up a hand to stop them and they look at him angrily.

NEIGHBORHOOD
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Sam and Victor walk around an area in Victor's neighborhood that has trees but no houses around. Sam sees a suspicious person run in front of him and duck behind a tree. Sam motions to Victor to go on the other side of the tree while he goes on one side.

Victor smiles and takes a gun from his sweater pocket. The hooded guy waits quietly. Just as Sam is about to attack the hoodie guy, Victor comes up behind Sam and hits him over the head with his gun.

The hooded guy walks out from behind the tree and smiles at Victor who returns his smile. The camera looks back at the hooded guy as vampire teeth pop out while he is still smiling.

CONWAY SPRINGS LODGE
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"Put those away, and we can talk." Dean says.

"Why are you with the vampire that killed my dad?" Krissy asks.

"You're barking up the wrong tree. She didn't kill your pops." Dean says.

"I don't want to hurt you, Dean, but I will if you don't move."

"Listen to me, Krissy. She's innocent." He says.

"And how would you know that?" Asks Josephine.

"Because she's fresh made, a day or two. Her dad was killed months ago." Dean says. "This whole thing stinks. That vamp that we killed last night? Why was he swearing that he didn't do it?"

"Because he was a liar." Aiden says.

"Vampires don't beg for their lives. They attack." Dean says. "Look, last time I'm gonna ask you nicely. Take the damn guns off me, or somebody's gonna get hurt."

"Big talk." Aiden says.

Dean quickly moves and disarms Aiden, clears his gun and lets the rounded chamber fall to the floor. "I know. It is, isn't it?" He asks.

"So, let's say this isn't the vamp who killed my dad. She's still a monster and deserves to die."

"Not if we can save her." Dean says.

"What?" Asks Aiden.

"She hasn't fed yet. We can reverse this if we find her maker and get his blood." Dean says.

"And why should we care about her?"

"Like I said, hunting isn't always about killing." Dean says.

"Oh, please. Preach to some other choir. We're not buying it." Aiden says.

"You want to kill an innocent girl?!" Dean yells.

"I want the blood sucker who killed my dad to pay." Says Krissy.

"And we're gonna find out who that is. But let's not be so bloodthirsty that just anyone will do."

"But Victor says it's her." Josephine says.

"And I say it ain't! So we're gonna pack her to go, and we're gonna ask Victor ourselves. Okay?"

VICTOR'S HOUSE
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Sam starts to wake up from the blow to the back of the head and he is tied to a chair in Victor's living room. Victor is sitting on a couch next to Sam. The hooded vampire stands nearby.

"You're awake. Good. We don't have much time." Victor says.

"For what?" Sam asks.

Victor gets up and starts turning over furniture. "Picture this. The kids arrive home victorious, only to find you dead in their living room. It seems that nest of vampires they were hunting were seeking revenge...and killed you. Thus, inspiring them to hunt even more. I'm sorry, Sam. I can't have anyone poisoning my kids' minds." He says.

"Other than yourself, that is." Sam says.

"I don't need to justify my actions to you or your self-righteous ass of a brother!" He yells.

"You mean like why you're working with a vampire?" Sam asks. "So what's he get out of this? Free roaming rights?"

"We are at war–a war that we are losing. That Leviathan fiasco was a wake-up call. We have to do what we can to survive. But I wouldn't expect you to understand. You're not a father." Says Victor. "You don't know what it's like to hear the cries of your children dying. But now I have a second chance to make it all right, to create the next generation of hunters–stronger, faster, smarter."

The front door opens suddenly and Victor pulls out his gun and points it at it. "Hey, we're home." Dean says. The hooded vampire smiles at the kids when they come in showing off his vamp teeth.

"What is going on here?" Josephine asks.

"These two are not to be trusted. They're trying to destroy us." Victor says.

"Do you know this vamp, Victor?" Aiden asks.

"Of course he does! They're working together!" Sam yells.

"Is that true?" Asks Aiden.

"It's complicated."

"No, actually, it's not. See, blue van here's been turning fresh vamps and setting them up for you kids as easy kills." Dean says.

"But why?" Josephine asks.

"Because they didn't kill our families, did they?" Krissy asks.

"No."

"Well, then who did?" Asks Josephine.

"I did. And they all screamed...and begged for mercy, especially the little ones." The vampire says.

"Enough, Seth!" Victor still holding a gun on Dean, looks at the kids and tries to explain. "You have to understand. I saw a way to make the future better. But to get there, I had to do something hard."

"He killed them off your orders?" Krissy asks.

"You needed motivation. I scouted each and every one of you. And knew it was the only way to get you to hunt."

"So you killed our families?" Aiden asks.

"I know, the deaths are tragic. But think of all the future lives that will now be saved because you are now together." Victor says.

"So, these fake vampires were just a way for you to train us and fill our heads with lies?!" Krissy asks.

"Don't you see? This is bigger than all of us. We have to learn to put things in perspective. Come with me. We can get past this." Victor gently tosses his gun on the couch. Krissy steps closer to Josephine and Aiden and looks at them and they look at her and she shakes it 'no'. "That is unfortunate." Victor gives a side look to the Seth and he quickly moves over to Aiden and grabs him.

Dean uses this time to draw a handgun from a side holster which he then points at Seth. Seth turns Aiden to face the others and hisses at Aiden's ear with his teeth out fully.

"Aiden!" Krissy yells.

"We're leaving."

Krissy steps in front of Victor to stop him. "That's not happening." She says.

"I taught you everything you know. Don't make me hurt you." Victor says.

"Not everything, Victor." Krissy signals Josephine who pulls out a knife and trys to stab Victor with it but he is able to stop her. Meanwhile Krissy quickly pulls out a tranq gun and shoots one shot into Seth's eye and another in his chest. He falls over.

As Victor turns around to face Krissy again she's already pulling out a hand gun and pointing it at him. "Krissy, don't." Dean says.

"If we want revenge for our families' deaths, he gives it to us!" Krissy yells.

"We don't kill people." Dean says. "You don't kill people."

"He's not a person. He's a monster." Krissy steps towards Victor who backs up slowly and then falls to his knees.

"Krissy, this ends bad, no matter what we do." Sam says.

Krissy is now pointing the gun directly at Victor's head. "Exactly." Krissy cocks her gun and Dean lowers his and takes a stop towards her.

"Krissy, don't." Dean says.

"This is for my dad." She pulls the trigger but it only dry fires. (The gun is empty). Victor  jumps back at the sound and gasps frantically. Krissy continues to pull the trigger. "For Josephine's family." She pulls the trigger again. "For Aiden." She pulls the trigger again. "For me."

At each dry trigger pull Victor becomes more and more distraught and when Krissy is done she drops the bullets that weren't loaded in the gun and drops them near Victor's head which is almost on the ground as he sobs. Krissy turns to look at Dean.

"So, we're just gonna let him live?" Aiden asks.

Krissy then turns to look at Aiden. "Yeah. All alone, with himself. No family. No friends. Ask me, that's not much of anything." She turns back to Dean. "Let's save that girl."

While Victor is sobbing on his hands and knees on the floor he pulls a gun from his sock holster. "Gun!" Yells Josephine. Before anyone can get to him, Victor puts the gun to his head and pulls the trigger killing himself instantly.

VICTOR'S HOUSE
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Aiden is sitting next to the girl vampire from the lodge on the couch in the living room. Josephine is sitting on the coffee table in front of her and Keissy hands her a glass of the vampire cure. "Just drink slowly." Josephine then hands the glass to the girl. "This will take away all the pain."

Krissy then walks over to Sam and Dean who are standing near the front door. "Proud of you." Dean says.

"Shut up, before I punch you." Krissy says.

"So, how's she doing?" Sam asks.

"Better now."

"Oh, um..." Sam pulls out Krissy's dad's necklace and hands it to her. "I think this is yours."

"Thank you." She says.

"I'll wait outside." Sam says.

"Okay. Whenever you're ready, we'll be in the car." Dean says.

"What are you talking about?" Krissy asks.

"Your aunt? Cincinnati? Normal life? We'll be there by lunch tomorrow." Dean says.

"Look, I hate how we were put together, but...I can't deny that it feels right." She says. "And why should I let Victor ruin that, too?"

"So, what you're saying is that you like that boy over there and you want to stay?"

"What? Aiden? No. I mean... He's like my brother. It's nothing like that." Krissy says.

"Well, you're all still minors." Dean says.

"Not for long. Josephine will be 18 in a few months." Krissy says. "And we all have a life and each other here."

"And hunting?" Dean asks.

"We won't go looking for it. But if any monsters show up around here, they better look out."

"Okay. Good." Dean says.

"Really? I thought I was gonna have to fight you way more on that." Krissy says.

"Well, you're right. You're not a kid anymore. You can make your own decisions."

"You're all right for an old guy." She says.

"I'm really not that old." Dean says.

"You keep telling yourself that."

"Huh. All right. Well, I'm gonna have a, uh–guy come and check on you every once in a while, okay?" Dean asks. "His name is Garth. He'll make sure that you're all right and you got what you need."

"Garth?"

"Yeah. He's a little strange at first, but you'll come to love him." Dean holds up a closed fist for a 'pound it' but instead Krissy grabs his fists and gets on her toes to kiss him on the cheek which makes Dean smile.

"Take care, Dean." Krissy walks off back to where Josephine and ban pure girl are still sitting and Aiden stares at Dean from down the hallway.

"Yeah. Goodbye, Dean." Aiden then tries to duck back into the kitchen. But Dean calls him over.

"Aiden. Listen, there's, uh, something I want to tell you about Krissy."

"I know. I know. You'll kill me if I ever hurt her. Blah. Blah. Blah." Says Aiden.

"No, no. No. She'll kill you." Dean pats Aiden on the back and walks out the door. "Good luck."

Aiden looks horrified back at Krissy who only smiles back at him. He closes and locks the door behind Dean.

"This is good." Sam says.

"Is it?" Dean asks.

"Could have been a lot worse." Sam says.

"Will be if we don't shut those Gates of Hell soon."

"What do they have to do with any of that?" Asks Sam.

"They're hunters now. You don't just walk away from that." Dean says. "There's only one way out of that,and you and I both know it ain't pretty."

"Maybe they'll be different."

"Or maybe if we shut that hell hole once and for and all, those three can have a real life." Dean says.

"Maybe they won't be the only ones." Sam says as he and Dean get into the Impala and drive off down the street.