( NO REST FOR THE WICKED )

FOREST
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Dean is running frantically through the woods, fleeing from hellhounds. Suddenly he stops, confronted with a hellhound that has cut in front of him. He stands for a few beats, looking at it.

The camera shifts and we're looking through the eyes of the hellhound that is just waiting to attack him. Dean suddenly turns on his heel and runs back the way he came from, the hellhound on his trail with the viewers still watching through its eyes.

Suddenly it trips him, and gets him down on the ground and while he screams we see blood spatter on his face.

CABIN
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Dean wakes up. The previous scene was a nightmare of his. He is breathing heavily from the terror of his dream. The camera pans around him as he blinks a few times and then looks down on the book he had fallen asleep on.

It's open to a page about the hellhounds, with a picture of them, and they're not the prettiest things you've seen. Faces made out of human bodies. Sam walks in. "Dig up anything good?" Sam asks.

Dean closes the book and shakes his head a bit, not looking up on him. "No." He clears his throat. "Nothing good."

"Well, Bobby has. Finally." Sam says.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. A way to find Lilith." Says Sam.

"Oh. With just uh-" Dean looks at his watch. "thirty hours to go. Hey, why don't we just make a TJ-run, yeah? You know... some senoritas, cervezas, uh, we could... What's Spanish for "donkey show"? Can't bring Elena though, she'll ruin it."

Sam snickers. "So if we do save you... Let's never do that." He says.

"Yeah..." Dean looks down on the books as Sam sits down next to him.

"Hey, Dean." Sam sighs. "Look, we're cutting it close, I know. But we're gonna get this done. I don't care what it takes, Dean. You're not gonna go to hell. I'm not gonna let you. I swear. Everything's gonna be okay."

Dean's facial expression changes as he looks at Sam. He suddenly looks very scared. The camera cuts to Sam and we see his face completely distorted, flinging to the sides at a rapid pace. Then he changes back to Sam again, showing that this was just a hallucination.

"Yeah, okay." Dean says.

CABIN
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We open to a map of the United States. Bobby places an old tracking device over it. The device has three wooden "legs" coming out from a glass or crystal ball at the top. The ball has a flat, metal piece going around it with symbols on it.

Further down the legs there's another metal piece, only bigger. From the ball hangs pendulum device that is sharp on the end so that it can pinpoint a specific place.

Elena walks in and the guys look over at her. "Dean, can I talk to you?" She asks.

"We're kind of busy here." Dean says. "Maybe later."

Sam clears his throat. "We're trying to track down Lilith." He says and turns to Bobby. "What do we have to find?"

"So you need a name, that's the whole kit and caboodle. With the right name, right ritual, ain't nothing you can't suss out." Bobby says.

"Like the town Lilith's in?" Sam asks.

"Kid, when I get done, we'll know the street." Bobby begins the ritual, starts the swing for the pendulum and then chants in Latin.

As Dean, Elena and Sam watch, the pendulum begins to search over the map until it suddenly stops. "New Harmony, Indiana." Bobby says and Dean looks up at him from the map. "And we have a winner."

"Alright." Sam pushes the pendulum away and looks at Bobby. "Let's go."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. Let's all shut up there, Tex." Dean says.

"What's the problem?" Sam asks.

"What's the problem? Come on, where do I begin? I mean, first of all, we don't even know if Lilith holds my deal. We're going off of Bela's intel? Now when that bitch breathes, the air comes out crooked." Dean says. "Okay. Second, even if we could get to Lilith, we have no way to gank her. And third, isn't this the Same Lilith that wants your giant head on a pike? Should I continue?"

"Ain't you just bringing down the room." Bobby says.

"Yeah, well, it's a gift." Dean says.

"I'm sorry, so then what are we supposed to do, Dean?" Sam asks.

"Just 'cause I gotta die doesn't mean you have to, okay. Either we go in smart or we don't go in at all." Dean says.

"Okay, fine. If that's the case I have the answer." Sam says.

"You do?"

"Yeah. A sure-fire way to confirm it's Lilith and a way to get us a bona fide demon-killing ginsu." Sam says.

"Damn it, Sam, no." Dean turns his back to Sam and walks a few steps.

"We're so past arguing. Dean, I am summoning Ruby." Sam says.

Elena turns around, facing him. "The hell you are! We have enough problems as it is." She says.

"Exactly." Sam walks up to him. "And we've got no time and no choice either."

"Come on man, she is the Miss Universe of lying skanks, okay. She told you that she could save me, huh – lie. She seems to know everything about Lilith but forgot to mention, oh right – Lilith owns my soul!" Dean yells.

"Okay, fine. She's a liar. She's still got that knife." Sam says.

"Dean." Bobby says.

"For all we know, she works for Lilith." Dean says.

"Then give me another option, Dean. I mean, tell me what else." Sam says.

"Sam's right." Bobby says.

"NO! DAMN IT!" Dean yells. Bobby looks at him, surprised. They all look at each other for a few seconds. "Just no. We are not gonna make the Same mistakes all over again. You guys wanna save me, find something else."

Sam and Bobby look at him as he walks back to the table he was sitting at before, and sits down with a contemplative look. As Sam looks at him, sighing, Bobby grabs his jacket.

"Where are you going, Bobby?" Sam asks.

"I guess to..." Bobby throws out his arms. "find something else." Sam sighs, looking into space.

Later, after Bobby and Sam have gone, Elena decides to stay and talk with Dean about what happened. Even though it's been weeks, Dean has been ignoring her ever since. She hasn't even told Sam about it yet. She catches him in the kitchen.

"Hey, can I talk to you." Elena says. "You know, if you're not busy or anything."

Dean takes a beer out of the fridge. "I said I didn't feel like talking." He says and brushes past her. Elena grabs his arm and takes the beer and sits it on the table.

"Don't give me that crap Dean." She says. "I know you're mad at me."

"Yeah, what about that huh?" Dean asks. "I finally confess and you turn the other cheek."

"What was I supposed to do? I'm with Sam, Dean. And that's not ever gonna change."

Dean sighs. "Yeah I heard you before." He says.

"I just need a friend." Elena says. "I need you to be my friend."

BASEMENT
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Sam is on his knees and has drawn a triangle on the floor with symbols in every point and put candles outside every point. In the middle is a circle with a bowl of a green, dry substance in it. It is obvious that he is ignoring Dean's decision to not summon Ruby.

"Ad construgendum ad ligandum eos pariter Et solvendum." We hear a sound behind Sam. He turns around but there's no one there. He turns back, looking up at the roof, sighing. "Et ad congregantum eos coram me."

Sam takes up a box of matches and strikes one. He watches the flame for a beat and then throws the match into the bowl. The content ignites and fire flares up and then it calms down and burns out.

Sam gets up off the floor and slowly turns to look behind him as the floor creaks. There's still nothing there. "You know, phones work too." Sam turns back and sees Ruby leaning against the doorway. She smiles at him. "Hey, Sam. How's tricks?"

Sam doesn't look happy to see her, instead he looks angry. "How do you get around so fast?" He asks.

"I got the Super Bowl jet pack." Ruby says. She begins to walk towards him. "So. You called?"

"Did you know?" Sam asks.

"Um – gonna need a tiny bit more."

"About Dean's deal. That Lilith holds the contract." Sam says.

"Yes, I did." Says Ruby.

"And... what? You didn't think that was important?"

"You weren't ready." She says.

"For what?" Sam asks.

"If I told you, you two yahoos would have just charged after her half-cocked and Lilith would have peeled the meat from your pretty, pretty faces."

"Well, we're ready now." Sam says. "I want your knife."

She looks at him for a beat and then begins walking around him, slowly. "You're right about one thing. You are ready. And now's the time, too. Lilith's guard's down." Ruby says.

"Is that so?" Sam asks.

"She's on shore-leave. A little R&R."

"The hell's that mean?" Asks Sam.

"Trust me, you don't wanna know. You didn't lose those hex bags I gave you?" Ruby asks.

"We've got 'em."

"Good. Then she won't sense that you're coming." She says.

Sam turns around and looks at her as she's gotten behind his back while walking around him. "So you'll give us the knife?" He asks.

"No."

"But you just said–" Sam starts.

"You wanna charge in with one little pigsticker? It's a waste of a true-blue window. Like getting Hitler with that exploding briefcase. Forget it."

Sam gets angry. "Okay, then how?" He asks.

"I know how to save your brother, Sam." Says Ruby.

"No, you don't! You told Dean you couldn't! You've been lying to me all along, so just give me your damn knife!"

"You're not the one I've been lying to." She says.

"Oh, so you can save him?" Sam asks.

"No. But you can."

"What?" Sam asks.

"Sam, you've got some God-given talent. Well, not "God"-given but you get the gist."

"All that psychic crap? That's gone ever since Yellow-Eyes died." Sam points out.

Ruby shakes her head. "Not gone, dormant. And not just visions either. Why do you think Lilith is so scared of you?" She says.

"Right... she's scared of me."

"If you wanted, you could wipe her off the map without moving a muscle." Ruby says.

"I don't believe you." Says Sam.

"It's the truth."

"And you decided to tell me this just now?" Sam asks.

"Um... demon. Manipulative's kinda in the job description. Fact is, is that you would have never considered it. Not until you were-" She starts.

"Desperate enough?" Sam says. They exchange a look, and she shrugs as he looks away.

"You don't like being different. You hate the way Dean looks at you sometimes. Like you're some kind of sideshow freak. But suck it up because we've got a lot of ground to cover, and we've gotta do it fast. But we can do it." Ruby says as Sam clenches his jaws, looking at the floor. After a beat he looks up at her. "Look. Call me a bitch, hate me all you want, but I have never lied to you, Sam. Not ever. And I'm telling you. You... can save your brother, and I can show you how."

"So that's you, huh? Our slutty little Yoda." Dean and Elena show up behind her, not looking very happy.

"Dean." Ruby turns around, looking at him and all her softness in her voice that she directed at Sam is gone. "Charming as ever."

Dean begins walking towards her and Sam. "Aw, I knew you'd show up. Because I knew Sam wouldn't listen." He says and Sam looks at him but looks away quickly. "But you're not gonna teach him anything, you understand me? Over my dead body."

"Oh. Well, you're right about that." Ruby says.

"What you are gonna do is give me that knife. And then you can just go crawl back into whatever slop you came from and never bother me or my brother again. Are we clear?" Dean asks.

"Your brother is carrying a bomb inside of him and we'd be stupid not to use it." Ruby says.

"Dean, look, just hold on for one-" Sam starts.

"Sam! Don't." Elena says.

"Come on man, what, are you blind? Can't you see that this is a trick?" Dean asks.

"That's not true." Ruby says.

"She wants you to give into this whole demonic psychic whatever, okay. I mean hell, she probably wants you to become her little anti-christ Super Star." Dean says.

Ruby looks angry. "I want Lilith dead. That's all." She says.

"Why?"

"I've told you why!" Ruby yells.

"Oh, right, yeah. Because you were human once and you liked kittens and long walks on the beach." Dean mocks.

"You know, I am so sick of proving myself to you. You wanna save yourself, this is how. You dumb, spineless dick." Ruby says.

Dean looks at her, and then turns around as if to leave but instead comes back swinging his right hook and punching her in the face, looking pissed. Sam backs away a bit, surprised by the hit.

"Dean, stop!" Elena yells.

Ruby takes a few steps back with the hit, looks up at him as she wipes blood from her lip and after a beat hits him once with her right fist and then her left.

"Ruby, hey!" Sam says.

She goes around, hits him in the back causing him to double over. She then knees him in the face, sending him into a beam and sliding to the floor. As she turns around to Dean he hits her in the face once with his left and as he's about to hit with his right she ducks out of the way and going with his momentum knees him in the stomach.

The camera cuts to Sam on the floor holding a hand over his mouth as we hear more punches being thrown by Ruby. The camera cuts back to Ruby and Dean as she kicks him in the face causing him to fall to the floor. He tries to get up but she walks over and kicks him hard in the stomach sending him rolling over the floor.

He starts to get up and she comes over and takes hold of him, helping him up face to face only to head-butt him so he falls backwards to the floor again. As she stands looking at him, he grins and slowly rises to his feet.

"The hell are you grinning at?" Ruby says.

"Missing something?" Dean pulls up her knife in front of his face. She looks at him like "you bastard".

"I'll kill you, you son of a bitch." Ruby rushes towards him but midway there she is stopped by an invisible wall. She tries to walk past it once as Dean just looks at her. She looks at him and then looks up at the roof.

The camera cuts to an angle from the floor and up across her body, showing the roof where Dean's painted a Devil's Trap. The camera cuts to Sam who takes his hand from his mouth, surprised by this. Ruby looks at Dean again, pissed. He smiles a little, looking at the trap and then he looks at her, still holding up the knife.

"Like I said..." Dean puts down the knife. "I knew you'd come." He walks away from her, towards the staircase. She follows him with her eyes.

"Wait! You're just gonna leave me here?" Ruby says.

Dean stops, waiting for Sam and Elena, ignoring Ruby. "Let's go." Sam comes over as Dean takes a deep breathe, blinking hard and then he starts up the steps followed by Sam.

"Oh, oh you – so you're just too stupid to live, is that it? Then fine! You deserve hell! I wish I could be there, Dean. I wish I could smell the flesh sizzle off your bones! I WISH I COULD BE THERE TO HEAR YOU SCREAM!"

"And I wish you'd shut your pie hole, but we don't always get what we want." Dean says.

BEDROOM
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The camera pans over Dean's and Sam's weapons. Among them lies the gun with the white handle we've seen Dean use over the years. Dean picks up a clip and the camera follows his hand up to show him and Sam loading weapons in dead silence.

We can see by Sam's face that something's on his mind. "We're just gonna let Ruby rot down there?" Sam asks.

"That's the idea." Dean says.

"Dean, what if, uh... What if Ruby's right? What if I can take out Lilith?" Sam asks as Dean looks up at him with an angry, doubting look. "Quit looking at me like that."

"What, are you gonna give her the Carrie-stare and Lilith goes "poof"?" Dean asks.

"I don't know what Ruby meant. You know, maybe we should just go ask her." Sam says.

"Sam, you wanted the knife – Dean got you the knife." Elena says as Dean walks over to another table.

"Guys, just listen to me for a second. Last time Lilith snapped her fingers and put thirty demons on our ass, and all we got's one little knife?" Sam asks. "I mean, like you said, we go in smart or we don't go in at all."

"Well, this ain't smart." Dean says.

"We got one shot at this, Dean. Just one. So if there's a sure-fire way then maybe we should just talk about it." Sam says.

Dean walks up to him as he speaks. "Sam. We are not gonna make the Same mistake all over again." He says.

"You said that but what does it even mean?" Sam asks.

"Don't you see a pattern here? Dad's deal, my deal, now this? I mean every time one of us is – is – is up the creek the other is begging to sell their soul. That's all this is, man." Dean says. "Ruby's just jerking your chain down the road. You know what it's paved with and you know where it's going."

Dean turns around, sits down against a table and picks up the weapons again. Sam shakes his head a bit and walks around to the other side of the table.

"Dean." Sam sits down next to Dean, looking at him as he continues to assemble the weapon. "What do you think is gonna happen? This is me, I can handle it." Dean stops what he's doing, looking at the floor and shakes his head. "And if it'll save you..."

"Why even risk it?" Dean looks up at him. Sam looks away for a beat and then back at him with the obvious answer.

"Because you're my brother. Because you did the Same thing for me." Sam says.

Dean scoffs. "I know... and look how that turned out." Dean looks at Sam and Sam looks away at this. "All I'm saying." Dean gets a little chocked up. "Sammy, all I'm saying is that you're my weak spot."

Sam and Elena look over at him at this. "You are. And I'm yours." Dean says.

"You don't mean that. We're... we're family." Sam says.

"I know. And those evil sons of bitches know it too. I mean, what we'll do for each other, you know, how far we'll go? They're using it against us."

"So what? We just stop looking out for each other?" Sam asks.

"No, we stop being martyrs, man. We – we – we stop spreading it for these demons." Dean says. He picks up Ruby's knife and holds it up. "We take this knife, and we go after Lilith our way. The way Dad taught us to. And if we go down, then, uh... then we go down swinging." Sam just looks at him. "What do you think?"

Sam looks down on the floor, thinking, then he looks up at Dean. "I think you totally should have been jamming "Eye of the Tiger" right there." He says and Elena smiles.

Dean rises. "Oh, bite me. I totally rehearsed that speech, too." He says and Sam smiles at that.

"So, Indiana, huh?" Elena asks.

"Yeah, where Lilith's on shore-leave." Dean says.

"Yeah, I guess." Sam says.

"Tell me something." Dean says and Sam looks up at him. "The hell's a demon do for fun?"