( UNUSUAL LOVE )

ABANDONED CHURCH
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The Impala is seen driving up a desolate wet dirt road next to a waterway and it pulls to a stop in front of a small abandoned church. Engine shuts off. Sam and Dean get out of the car with Crowley in tow and Dean walks behind Crowley into the church.

The scene switches to inside the church where Crowley is chained to a chair Dean finishes spraying a devils trap around him. Crowley still wears the demon handcuffs also. He shakes his Chains a little to show his discomfort for being in them.

"You really think this is gonna hold me, that you're gonna cure me or whatever it is?" Crowley asks. Dean, still holding the spray can, gives it one last shake then tosses it across the room and it hits a wall in the corner of the very small church. He smirks at Crowley and walks away.m

Dean walks outside to where Sam is at the back of the Impala with the trunk open Sam is preparing for the next trial. Sam is pouring holy oil into a jar. "He's primed. How you feeling?" Dean asks.

"Honestly, for the first time in a long time, it feels like we're gonna win. I'm good." Sam chuckles.

"All right, well, no dancing in the end zone until we're finished." Dean says. "What's the good father's playbook say now?"

Sam places a lid on the jar. "Well... Now that we got the consecrated ground, I just, uh..." He clears his throat. "I slip Crowley one dose of blood every hour for eight hours and seal the deal with a bloody-fist sandwich. That should do it."

"Your blood's supposed to be purified, isn't it? You ever, uh–you ever done the 'forgive me, father' before?"

"Well, once, when we were kids. Which is why I have no clue what to say now." Sam says.

"Well, I mean, I could give you suggestions if you want." Dean says.

"O-okay. Yeah, sure."

"All right. Well, I'm just spit-balling here, but if I were you, uh... Ruby, killing Lilith, letting Lucifer out, losing your soul, not looking for me when I went to Purgatory." Dean says.

"Thanks." Sam says. Frustrated with Dean's comments, Sam turns away and continues to fill a bag with needed items for the trial and when he is done he picks up the bag and walks toward the church.

"For starters. Or, hey, h-how about what you did to, uh, Penny Markle in the sixth grade? Why don't you lead with that?" Dean asks.

Sam turns to look at Dean. "Well, that was you." He says. Dean appears to think that maybe Sam is right.

"Carry on." Dean says.

Sam looks at Dean with disdain and then turns and walks into the church. Dean thinks about if Sam just said was true or not and by the look on his face we see that he agrees that it is most likely the truth.

Once inside the small church, Sam walks into a confessional and kneels as he closes the door behind him. We see Crowley a few feet away chained to the chair his back turned to Sam.

"Okay, um..." Sam clears his throat. "...if anybody's listening, here goes."

Dean is outside fiddling with something in the trunk of the Impala. Cass speaks to Dean which startles him. "Dean, I need your help." Castiel says.

"Little busy, Cass. Take a number." Dean says.

"I'm afraid this can't wait. Naomi has taken Metatron." Castiel says.

"And you know Metatron how?" Dean asks.

"I've been working with him on the Angel trials."

"The what?" Dean asks.

"We're gonna shut it all down–Heaven, Hell, all of it."

NAOMI'S OFFICE
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Metatron is strapped to a chair. "I know you." He says to Naomi.

"We've never officially met." Naomi says.

Metatron chuckles. "Naomi." He sighs and looks to his left and sees torture devices on a table. "Your reputation precedes you. The Archangels–"

"Wanted me to debrief you after God left." Naomi says.

"'Debrief' me. Is that what you call it?"

"Well, how would you know? You ran before I had the chance. But...here we are. I just have one question before we begin." Naomi says. "You had to know that we would leap at the chance to extract all of God's secrets from that head of yours, which is why I ask myself...Why? Why did the scribe suddenly come in from the shadows? And what are you doing with Castiel?"

"'Of the blessings set before you, make your choice and be content'." Metatron says and Naomi looks confused. "Not a big reader, are we?" She picks the drill off the table next to Metatron and turns it on and starts moving slowly toward his face with it.

"Metatron, the guy who was full-on crazy, cat-lady-hoarder angel yesterday–now he wants to save Heaven?" Dean asks.

"Yes, he wants to." Cass says. "But I'm the only one in who can. I can't fail, Dean, not on this one. I need your help."

"Look, Cass, that's all well and good, okay, but you're asking me to leave Sam, and we've got Crowley in there tied and trussed." Dean says. "Now, if anybody needs a chaperone while doing the heavy lifting, it's Sam."

"You should go." Sam says. Dean realizes Sam was standing behind him and rolls his eyes then turns around to look at Sam. "Seriously."

"Oh, what, and leave you here with the King of Hell? Come on." Dean says.

"I got this. And if you guys can lock the angels up, too...That's a good day." Sam says as thunder crashes.

"Look, I... I'm down with sending the angels back to Heaven, just 'cause they're dicks. But the Demons?" Dean asks. "This is on us. Start the injections now. If I'm not back in eight hours, finish it, no questions, no hesitation."

"Yeah." Sam says as Cass stares at him as Dalean gathers items from the trunk. Once Dean is ready Castiel places a hand on his shoulder and you hear rustling as they disappear.

Sam sighs and heads back inside the church. He uses a needle to draw blood from his arm and groans in pain. Behind Sam, Crowley smirks. "You really think injecting me with human blood is gonna make me human? Did you read that on the back of a cereal box?" As Crowley speaks, Sam walks towards him and injects him in the neck with his blood. "Aah! You're miles out of your league, moose. See you in an hour." Sam walks away from Crowley and towards the altar table.

As he gets closer to the table he holds out his arms in front of him. His arms begin to have that same orange glow from before and Sam winces in pain and exhales sharply

BUNKER
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Kevin, Dean and Castiel look at the Angel tablet that is sitting on a table. "Is this a joke?" Kevin asks.

"No. It's the word of God." Cass says.

Kevin looks up slightly at Castiel and chuckles. "What?" He asks.

"It's a tablet. All right, translate." Dean says. "That's what you do."

"Okay. Um, it's the Angel Tablet, which I've never laid eyes on in my life. You want a translation in like six hours when it took me six months and a dead mom to translate a piece of the Demon Tablet?" Kevin chuckles and pours a drink of alcohol into a small glass. "And according to your own words this morning..." He then sits down with the glass in his hand. "...this is not what I do. It's what I did. You told me I was out, Dean."

"Yeah, well –" Dean starts.

"And if this is gonna be the 'guys like us are never out' speech, save it.l Dean says.

Cass grabs Kevin up by his sweater and yanks him up sharply causing his glass to crash to the floor. "Dean's right." He says.

"Cass!" Dean yells.

Castiel holds Kevin close to his face as he speaks him. "There is no out. Only duty." He says.

"Get the hell off me." Kevin says.

"You are a Prophet of the Lord, always and forever... ...until the day you cease to exist, and then another Prophet takes your place. Now, are you clear as to the task before you?" Castiel asks as Kevin nods. "Then do it, and let's go." He and Deab disappear from the bunker leaving Kevin to do as told.

CAROLINE'S HOUSE
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Elena is standing in the kitchen, making her famous chili for her friends. She's mixing when she sees a familiar head of hair turn away from the window. She runs outside after Dean. "What are you doing here?" Elena asks. Dean is fast walking away.

"I just wanted to make sure you're okay." Dean says. "Now I gotta go find Cass."

"Dean! Stop!" Elena yells as Dean stops with his back away from her. "Don't go. Or if you have to leave, let me come with you. We can both help Sam."

"I appreciate your concern." Dean says. "Cass! Enough messing around! I came here and we talked, let's go."

"No, you don't appreciate my concern." Elena says and Dean turns around. "You don't appreciate anything anymore. But I don't care. Whatever you're going through, I want to be there for you."

"We talked about this." Dean says. "We're not together anymore."

"But I am me and you are you." Elena says and steps closer as Dean steps back. "We're Dean and Elena. Elena and Dean. The worst thing you've ever done, the darkest thought you've ever had, I will stand by you through anything." She says and reaches for him. "Just take me with you."

"Why would you do that?" Dean asks.

"Because I love you." Elena says.

Cass appears behind them. "Dean. It's time to go." He says. Elena looks hopefully at Dean.

"Well that's too bad." Dean walks to Cass as the Angel touches them and they disappear. Elena holds herself as she cries. She walks back into the house and Caroline enters the kitchen.

"Dean was here, wasn't he?" She asks.

"And now he's gone." Elena says. "For good."

"How are you holding up?"

"He wants me to hate him. It's just easier that way." Elena says. "I just wish... I hated him."

Elena sighs as she stops stirring. "He thinks I'm going to break. I'm not going to break. I am just going to keep making chili, pretend like I didn't just spend the entire summer looking for someone who didn't want to be found."

CHURCH
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There is a cross on the wall that has only the hands and feet left on it. The camera moves down and shows standing in front of the alter table and looking at his watch he then turns around from the alter table to face Crowley and walks toward him with the needle filled with his purified blood and he sticks him in the neck with it. Crowley uses the opportunity to bite a big chunk of flesh from Sam's arm.

Sam grunts in pain. "What the hell, Crowley?" He punches Crowley hard across the face. "Biting?! Seriously?!" He walks away towards the door of the church. The door opens and closes as Sam walks outside.

Crowley has Sam's blood in his mouth from biting him and he spits the blood out into his hand and starts chanting. "Inferni sectatores, nunc audite regem." He speaks to the blood in his hand and it begins to move. "For the love of everything, whoever is hearing this–if anyone is hearing this–this is your king. Send help immediately." He nervously at the looks over his shoulder to see if Sam came back in.

DOC MARLEYS COCKTAILS
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Dean is seen sitting at the bar watching a hunter on the bars TV aim his bow at the TV screen. Castiel walks in the door that's behind Dean and sits on the stool next to him. "Anything? You've been gone long enough." Dean says.

"No. There was one female, but..." Castiel says.

"What?" Asks Dean.

"I don't think she was female. Anything here?"

"Free drinks. Your, uh, buddy over there thinks you saved his life." Dean says.

"Do you really think it's wise to be drinking on the job?" Asks Cass.

"What show you been watching? Talk to me. Are you sure about this?" Sam asks. "I mean, it's one thing me and Sammy slamming the gates to the pit, but you–you're–you're boarding up Heaven, and you're locking the door behind you."

"Yeah. I know."

"You did a lot of damage up there, man." Dean says. "You think they're just gonna let that slide?"

"Do you mean do I think they'll kill me? Yeah, they might." Cass says.

"So this is it? E.T. goes home." Dean looks at Castiel and smiles but realizes Cass doesn't get the joke so he rolls his eyes as he hears someone enter a door at the other end of the bar. Both Cass and Dean look to see a woman enter and walk up with a beer delivery to give to Dwight.

"Hey, there. Where's Ed?" Dwight asks.

"Flu. I'm Gail."

"Well, okay then." Dwight says.

"Showtime." Dean says.

"Let me give you a hand."

"Oh, thanks. Ah. You're a real gentleman." Gail looks at another man sitting at the bar and smiles. "Hey."

"Holy crud, this is like the first five minutes of every porno I've ever seen." Dean says.

Gail hands a Pen to Dwight to sign for the beer. "Thanks." She says as he takes the pen and signs.

"Gail, Rod." Dwight says.

"Ma'am." Rod says.

"Rod rides a stool here most days." Dwight says as Gail places a hand each man's shoulders and smiles.

"I'll be seeing you both." Gail smiles and gathers her clip board and begins to leave. "Thanks for the help."

"No problem." Dwight says as Gail leaves the bar and Dean stares at the scene confused thinking she was going to be the person Dwight was to have a match with. Dwight and Rod stare at the hunter on TV as he displays the use of his bow.

"Damn, that's sweet." After the men say the same thing at the same time they stare into each other's eyes and music plays.

"How about the next one's on me?" Dwight asks.