BAR

Gordon, Dean and Sam are sitting around a table in the bar. A waitress brings them another round, Dean reaches for his wallet.

"No, no, I got it." Gordon Says

"Come on" Dean says

"I insist." Gordon Says as the waitress walks over,
Thank you, sweetie. He his shot glass,Another one bites the dust"

"That's right." Dean Says, As he and Gordon drink to a toast while Sam is sitting back, arms folded.

"Dean,You gave that big-ass fang one hell of a haircut, my friend." Gordon Says

"Thank you." Dean Says

"That was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful." Gordon Says

"Yep. You all right, Sammy?" Dean Asks

"I'm fine." Sam Says

"Well, lighten up a little, Sammy." Gordon Says

"He's the only one who gets to call me that." Sam Says

"Okay. No offense meant. Just celebrating a little. Job well done." Gordon Says

"Right. Well, decapitations aren't my idea of a good time, I guess." Sam Says

"Oh, come one, man, it's not like it was human. You've gotta have a little more fun with your job." Gordon Says

"See? That's what I've been trying to tell him. You could learn a thing or two from this guy." Dean Says

"Yeah I bet I could. Look, I'm not gonna bring you guys down. I'm just gonna go back to the motel."Sam Says

"You Sure ?" Dean Says

"Yeah." Sam Says

"Sammy? Remind me to beat that buzzkill out of you later, all right?" Dean Says as he tosses Sam the keys

"Something I Said ?" Gordon Says

"Nah, nah, he just gets that way sometimes. Tell you what. Match you quarters for the next round." Dean says

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MOTEL- ROOM

Sam returns to the motel room, drops the keys on a hook
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BAR

"So. I pick up this crossbow. And I hit that ugly sucker with a silver-tipped arrow right in his heart. Sammy's waiting in the car, and uh, me and my dad take the thing into the woods, burn it to a crisp. I'm sitting there and looking into the fire, and I'm thinking to myself, I'm sixteen years old. Most kids my age are worried about pimples, prom dates. I'm seeing things that they'll never even know. Never even dream of. So right then, I just sort of -" Dean Says

"Embraced the life?" Gordon Says

"Yeah." Dean Says

"Yeah." Gordon Says

"Yeah. How'd you get started?" Dean Asks

"First time I saw a vampire I was barely eighteen. Home alone with my sister. I hear the window break in her room. I grab my dad's gun, run in, try to get it off her. Too late. So I shoot the damn thing. Which of course is about as useful as snapping it with a rubber band. It rushes me, picks me up, flings me across the room, knocks me out cold. When I wake up, the vampire's gone, my sister's gone." Gordon Says

"And Then ?" Dean Says

"Then... try explaining that one to your family. So I left home. And then bummed around looking for information: how you track 'em, how you kill 'em. And I found that fang - it was my first kill." Gordon Says

"Sorry about your sister." Dean Says

"Yeah. She was beautiful. I can still see her, you know? The way she was. But hey, that was a long time ago. I mean, your dad. It's gotta be rough." Gordon Says

"Yeah. Yeah, you know. He was just one of those guys. Took some terrible beatings, just kept coming. So you're always thinking to yourself, he's indestructible. He'll always be around, nothing can kill my dad. Then just like that (snaps) he's gone. I can't talk about this to Sammy. You know, I gotta keep my game face on. (clears throat) But, uh, the truth is I'm not handling it very well. Feel like I have this -" Dean Says

"Hole inside you? And it just gets bigger and bigger and darker and darker? Good. You can use it. Keeps you hungry. Trust me. There's plenty out there needs killing, and this'll help you do it. Dean, it's not a crime to need your job." Gordon Says

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The roadhouse is crowded, ELLEN is working behind the bar. She hears the phone ring and picks up.

"Hervelle's Roadhouse." Ellen Says

"Hey, Ellen, uh, Sam Winchester." Sam says

"Sam, it's good to hear from you. You boys are okay, aren't you?" Ellen Asks

"Yeah. Yeah, everything's fine. Got a question." Sam Says

"Yeah, shoot." Ellen Says

"You ever run across a guy named Gordon Walker?" Sam Asks

"Yeah, I know Gordon." Ellen says

"And ?" Sam Says

"Well, he's a real good hunter. Why are you asking, sweetie?" Ellen Says

"Well, we ran into him on a job and we're kinda working with him, I guess." Sam Says

"Don't do that, Sam." Ellen Says

"I - I thought you said he was a good hunter." Sam Says

"Yeah, and Hannibal Lecter's a good psychiatrist. Look, he is dangerous to everyone and everything around him. If he's working on a job you boys just let him handle it and you move on." Ellen Says

"Ellen -" Sam Says

"No, Sam? You -- just listen to what I'm telling you, okay?" Ellen Says

"Right, okay." Sam Says

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BAR

"Know why I love this life?" Gordon Says

"Hmm?" Dean Says

"It's all black and white. There's no maybe. You find the bad thing, kill it. See, most people spend their lives in shades of gray. Is this right? Is that wrong? Not us." Gordon Says

"Not sure Sammy would agree with you, but uh..." Dean Says

"Doesn't seem like your brother's much like us. Dean stares at him, startled, I'm not saying he's wrong. Just different. But you and me? We were born to do this. It's in our blood." Gordon Says as Dean looks at him thinking

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MOTEL PARKING LOT

Sam buys a soda from a vending machine and starts walking back to the room. He pauses as if hearing something, cautiously opens the door, looking around. He gets inside and leans against the door, relieved. Suddenly a dark figure jumps him from behind. He knocks his first attacker down, then the second; the first attacker rises up behind him and slams a heavy telephone into the back of his head, knocking him out.

The Truck that Sam is in crosses a bridge, Sam is bound to a chair and gagged, a sack over his head; it's pulled off by the bartender from earlier. He shows a lot of fangs and advances on Sam, who struggles to escape.

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As the vampire advances on Sam, a woman appears in the doorway.

"Wait, Step Back Eli" The Woman Says as Eli pulls back, his fangs retracting. The woman walks over and pulls off Sam's gag.

"My name's Lenore. I'm not going to hurt you. We just need to talk." Lenore Says

"Talk? Yeah, okay, but I might have a tough time paying attention to much besides Eli's teeth." Sam Says

"He won't hurt you either. You have my word." Lenore Says

"Your word? Oh yeah, great, thanks. Listen lady, no offense but you're not the first vampire I've met." Sam Says

"We're not like the others. We don't kill humans, and we don't drink their blood. We haven't for a long time." Lenore Says

"What is this, some kind of joke?" Sam Says

"Notice you're still alive." Lenore Says

"Okay, uh, correct me if I'm wrong here, but shouldn't you be starving to death?" Sam Says

"We've found other ways. Cattle blood." Lenore Says

"You're telling me you're responsible for all the --" Sam Says

"It's not ideal, in fact it's disgusting. But -- it allows us to get by" Lenore Says

"Okay, uh, why?" Sam Asks

"Survival. No deaths, no missing locals, no reason for people like you to come looking for people like us. We blend in. Our kind is practically extinct. Turns out we weren't quite as high up the food chain as we imagined." Lenore Says

"Why are we explaining ourselves to this killer?" Eli Says

"Eli!" Lenore Says

"We choke on cow's blood so that none of them suffer. Tonight they murdered Conrad and they celebrated." Eli Says

"Eli, that's enough." Lenore Says

"Yeah, Eli, that's enough." Sam Says

"What's done is done. We're leaving this town tonight." Lenore Says

"Then why did you bring me here? Why are you even talking to me?" Sam Says

"Believe me, I'd rather not. But I know your kind. Once you have the scent you'll keep tracking us. It doesn't matter where we go. Hunters will find us." Lenore Says

"So you're asking us not to follow you." Sam Says

"We have a right to live. We're not hurting anyone." Lenore Says

"Right, so you keep saying, but give me one good reason why I should believe you." Sam Says

"Fine. She gets in his face, You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to let you go,He looks at her, startled.Take him back. Not a mark on him." Lenore Says

Two vampires lead Sam back to the truck, his head covered in the sack again. They drive off

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MOTEL

Dean and Gordon sit at the table, discussing strategy over a map. "This is the best pattern I can establish. It's sketchy at best." Gordon Says

"Looks like it's all coming from this side of town. Which means the nest would be around here someplace, right?" Dean Says

"Yep, that's what I'm thinking. Problem is, there's thirty-five, forty farms out there. I've searched about half of them already, but nothing yet. They're covering their tracks real good." Gordon Says

"Well, I guess we'll just have to search the other half. Then Dean looks at his watch.What time is it? Where is Sam?" He Says

"Car's parked outside. Probably went for a walk. Seems like the take-a-walk type" Gordon Says

"Yeah, he is, but.." Dean says just as the door opens and Sam enters and he gives Dean a look.

"Where you been?" Dean Asks

"Can I talk to you alone ?" Sam Asks

"You mind chillin' out for a couple minutes?" Dean says to Gordon

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MOTEL-PARKING LOT

Sam and Dean exit the motel room and walk into the parking lot during the following. "Dean, maybe we've got to rethink this hunt." Sam Says

"What are you talking about? Where were you?" Dean Says

"In the Nest?" Sam Says

"You found it?" Dean Says

"They found me, man." Sam Says

"How'd you get out? How many'd you kill?" Dean Says

"None."Sam Says

"Well Sam, they didn't just let you go." Dean Says

"That's exactly what they did" Sam Says

"All right, well, where is it?" Dean Asks

"I was blindfolded, I don't know." Sam Says

"Well, you've got to know something." Dean Says

"We went over that bridge outside of town, but Dean, listen. Maybe we shouldn't go after them." Sam Says

"Why not?" Dean Says

"I don't think they're like other vampires. I don't think they're killing people." Sam Says

"You're joking. Then how do they stay alive? Or undead, or whatever the hell they are." Dean Says

"The cattle mutilations. They said they live off of animal blood." Sam Says

"And you believed them?" Dean Says

"Look at me, Dean. They let me go without a scratch." Sam Says

"Wait, so you're saying... No, man, no way. I don't know why they let you go. I don't really care. We find 'em, we waste 'em." Dean Says

"Why ?" Sam Says

"What part of 'vampires' don't you understand, Sam? If it's supernatural, we kill it, end of story. That's our job." Dean Says

"No, Dean, that is not our job. Our job is hunting evil. And if these things aren't killing people, they're not evil, like Elena she's supernatural" Sam Says

"Yeah But that's totally different Elena uses her powers for good, and Of course they're killing people, that's what they do. They're all the same, Sam. They're not human, okay? We have to exterminate every last one of them." Dean Says

"No, Dean, I don't think so, all right? Not this time." Sam Says

"Gordon's been on those vamps for a year, man, he knows." Dean Says

"Gordon ?" Sam Says

"Yes" Dean says

"You're taking his word for it?" Sam Says

"That's right." Dean Says

"Ellen says he's bad news." Sam Says

"You called Ellen?" Dean Says as Sam Says
And I'm supposed to listen to her? We barely know her, Sam, no thanks, I'll go with Gordon.

"Right, 'cause Gordon's such an old friend. You don't think I can see what this is?" Sam Says

"What are you talking about?" Dean Says

"He's a substitute for Dad, isn't he? A poor one." Sam Says

"Shut up, Sam." Dean Says

"He's not even close, Dean. Not on his best day." Sam Says

"You know what? I'm not even going to talk about
this." Dean Says

"You know, you slap on this big fake smile but I can see right through it. Because I know how you feel, Dean. Dad's dead. And he left a hole, and it hurts so bad you can't take it, but you can't just fill up that hole with whoever you want to. It's an insult to his memory." Sam Says

"Okay." Dean Says as he starts to turn away, then punches Sam, hard. Sam pauses, turning back slowly, but not rising to the bait.

"You hit me all you want. It won't change anything." Sam Says

"I'm going to that nest. You don't want to tell me where it is, fine. I'll find it myself." Dean Says

"Dean?" Sam Says

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MOTEL- ROOM

Dean returns to the motel room, Sam is following; Gordon is gone. "Gordon?" Dean Says

"You think he went after them?" Sam Says

"Probably." Dean Says

"Dean, we have to stop him." Sam Says

"Really, Sam? Because I say we lend a hand" Dean Says

"Just give me the benefit of the doubt, would you? You owe me that." Sam Says

"Yeah, we'll see. I'll drive. Give me the keys" Dean Says, Sam points to the table where he'd set them earlier; they're gone.

"He snaked the keys." Sam Says