LUTHER STRIKES HOUSE

VAULT ROOM

Dean is trying to muster up the courage to put his hand into the hog's mouth and he turns to look at Smash.

"I mean, there could be anything in there. Anything, right? There could be spiders. There could be the spiny blade thing... Snakes. Spiders. You don't even know, do you? Correct." Dean Says

"Nope." Smash Says, Dean looks again and takes a deep breath.

"I... how about this? What if I cut myself, put it on, like, a little piece of paper? We'll just wad it up and throw it in the mouth, okay?" Smash turns him around "Okay. Yeah. Going in. Do it." He exhales sharply, waiting for something to happen. "Oh. Eh." Dean Says

Suddenly, the contraption whirs and clanks into action. Dean gasps as the machine clasps his hand.

"Gah! Aah! Ah!" Dean Says

The machine holds Dean's hand in place, while a needle pricks his finger. He lets out a high-pitched scream, as his spot of blood sets the spell in motion.

"Huh! It got me! It..." Dean Says

His hand is released and he looks at the tip of his finger, where there is a tiny speck of blood. Smash rolls her eyes, as the door opens.

"You gonna live?" Smash Says

"Ow." Dean Says

Smash steps into the room and there is a click and a wooshing sound. Dean grabs Smash and pulls her back, just as a dart flashes by and hits the wall.

"What the hell was that?" Smash Says

"The curveball." Dean Says

"Yo! How's it goin'?" Grab Asks

"Did Bart mention anything to you about this?" Dean Asks

"No." Smash Says

"Super." Dean Says

"Really? Not gonna answer? Just ignore ol' Grab.
Typical." He Says

Suddenly, Luther is beside Grab and he stabs him with the angel blade.

"There was supposed to be a safe, not some Dollar Store Indiana Jones crap!" Dean Says

"Dean." Smash Says

"What?" He turns to see Luther in the room with them "Son of a bitch." Dean Says

Smash runs at Luther, and kicks him and dashes outside. She sees Grab lying dead on the ground,
and runs.

"Awesome. My brother, where is he?" Dean Asks

"Alive, far as I left him. Thought he was a demon. Guess Bart's got humans doing his dirty work now." Luther Says

"Mm." He Cocks his gun "Well, looks like gun beats knife, so how about you hand over the safe, and then we'll all be home in time to watch Game of Thrones." Dean Says

"I'm more of a book guy." Luther Says

Dean fires a shot at Luther, but he keeps walking towards Dean.

"Dean! He's immortal!" Sam Says

Luther looks around at the sound of Sam's voice, giving Dean the opportunity to punch him.

"Well, good thing he's got a glass jaw." Dean Says

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VAULT ROOM

Luther has woken up and he is tied to a pole.

"All right, jackass, this is how it's gonna go. You can tell us how to get past your little booby trap in here, and then you're safe, all right?" Dean Says

"Sorry, son. That riddle in there? You'll never crack it. And if you try, you'll find yourself on the business end of a thousand tiny darts, each tipped with silver and filled with arsenic, holy water, and holy oil. Gentlemen, I wish you good fortune!" Luther Says, then Dean puts tape across his mouth.

"And I wish you'd shut up." Dean Says

At the gates of Luther's property Smash runs towards the gate, but sees Bart waiting for her.

"Where are you running off to?" Barthamus Asks

"Everything went sideways. Grab is dead. The Winchesters, too, probably." Smash Says

"And?" Barthamus Says

"And what? Job cancelled. Game over." Smash Says

"Alice, just because I like you doesn't mean I'm willing to renegotiate the terms of your deal." Barthamus Says

"So? I'll do another job. Whatever. I'll make it up to you. Just tell me what you want me to do." Smash Says

"Hmm." Barthamus Says

Back in the vault Sam and Dean checks out the vault, while Luther is still tied.

"All right, so what are we looking at here? Some sort of an ancient hoodoo disco floor?" Dean Says

"No, I... I think it's like a...like a giant keypad. Like we have to walk over the tiles in a very specific order... an order which only Shrike knows." Sam Says

"Yeah, well, Shrike's not talking, so I guess we wing it." Dean Says

"Wing it? Dean, these... these aren't like the lasers
in Entrapment. There are infinite possible combinations and pressure-released darts." Sam Says

"Did you just say "Entrapment"?" Dean Says

"I don't know. I mean, I don't... I don't watch a whole lot of those kinds of movies." Sam Says

"Yeah, but you saw Entrapment?" Dean Says

"Catherine Zeta Jones." Sam Says

Dean looks at Sam, as he has a look on his face like he is thinking of something. Sam looks at Luther, and then looks into the room.

"I think I just...yeah. I just got an idea, but it's a little crazy." Sam Says

"I'm good with crazy." Dean Says

A short time later, Luther is trussed up, sitting on a wheeled trolley. He is struggling and grunting.

"I told you, you'd help, Ready?" Dean Says

"On three. One, two... " Sam Says

Sam and Dean push the trolley with all their might, so it rolls into the room and across the booby-trapped floor. Darts whoosh across the room, hitting Luther all over his body.

"That was awesome!" Dean Says

A short time later, Sam walks into the room and looks at the locked safe. Dean joins him.

"All right, Shrike's all tied back up. Man, is he pissed." Dean Says

"Yeah, wouldn't you be?" Sam Says

"How we lookin'? Can you open it?" Dean Asks

"Dean, I bet no one's seen a safe like that in over a hundred years." Sam Says

"I have." Smash Says

"Oh. Look who decided to show. Why'd you cottontail?" Dean Says

"You think I wanna be here? Like I have a choice?" Smash Says

"You made a deal." Sam Says

"Wow! You think?" Smash Says

"You sold your soul." Sam Says

"And if I could take it back, I would. But sorry, Charlie. I can't. So here I am. And as long as I keep working for him, Bart never collects. So, you gonna let me do my thing or what?" Smash Says

"Look, it doesn't have to be that way." Sam Says

"You know, we could help you." Dean Says

"No, you can't. I gotta take care of me." Smash Says

Smash goes up to the safe, using a stethoscope to listen to the clicking of the dial.

"How long does this usually..." Dean Says

"Shh!" She exhales deeply, then opens the safe. "Ta-da! Let's go?!" Smash Says

"Yeah." Dean Says

Sam and Dean grab the box from the safe and head back out into the other room, where Luther has now disappeared.

"Oh, great." Sam Says

"Who cares?, Let's blow this pop stand." Dean Says

They load the box into the Impala and drive off. Suddenly the road is blocked by another vehicles, with Luther in the driver's seat.

"Does this guy ever stop?" Dean Says

Dean revs the engine and rapidly reverses Impala and he looks at Sam.

"You wanna handle this?!" Dean Says

"On it!" Sam Says, he cocks his gun.

Dean spins Baby, so Sam has a clean shot and he shoots the tires out on Luther's car. Both cars screech to a stop and the boys are out of the car, guns trained onto Luther,?Sam opens Luther's door.

"Get out of the truck! Don't try anything funny. Get out!" Sam Says

"It make you feel good, whoring yourselves out to pure evil? Because that's what he is. What he did to me, my little boy..." Luther Says

"What are you talking about?" Sam Asks

"My son. He was sick, dying. So I found Bart and I traded my life for his. My boy got better, but then a few years later, he died anyway. He drowned. You know what Bart told me then? He said, "Accidents happen," that he "couldn't be held responsible." Luther Says

"So, what did you do?" Sam Asks

"When the hounds came and dragged me to Hell, I negotiated a new deal." Luther Says

"How?" Sam Says

"Leverage." Luther Says

"What kind of leverage?" Dean Asks

"Look in the trunk." Luther Says

Sam gets the box out of the car and unlocks it, and there are human bones in there.

"Bart's bones. You burn them, he dies. That's my leverage. You're on the wrong side of this, boys. You gotta ask yourselves if you can live with that." Luther Says, suddenly he is decapitated and It's Bart.

"Luther. You never should've left the house. Trust me, he had it coming." Barthamus Says

"You let his son die." Dean Says

"Well, he didn't read the fine print, and I am a businessman. Speaking of which, Alice. Little something for a job well done. Don't be shy." Barthamus Says

Smash walks over to him and snatches the paper out his hand, Bart takes out the other half to a spell.

"Come on. Yeah. And for you boys... The spell. You earned it." Barthamus Says

"Sam?" Dean Says

"No." Sam Says

"Let me see if I understand. You two do-gooding idiots are willing to welch on our deal, throw away the only chance you have at finding your boy, because I killed a 200-year-old blackmailing piece of garbage? Is that it?" Barthamus Says

"Yeah, that, and we just don't like you." Dean Says

"Huh. Time to re-open negotiations, shall we?"
He grabs Smash, holding her by the neck. "Give
me my bones, and the girl lives. Or try to burn them, and the moment before I die, I'll snap her neck like kindling. It's amazing what I can do in a half-second's time." Barthamus Says

"Please." Smash Says

"Okay." Dean Says

"Slide it out, please." Sam and Dean push the box towards him, he lets go of Smash. "My dear. You're all right, Would you mind?" Barthamus Says

Bart holds up the parchment for Sam and Dean to see.

"You could've had this. It was almost all yours. But no, you just couldn't make it easy, could you?" Barthmaus Says

"I'm sorry." Smash Says

"It's all right. You gotta take care of you." Dean Says

"Right? Sweet, really." Barthamus Says

"Take care of you." Dean Says

Dean glances down at the box, and then at Smash. She sees that Dean has put a lighter on top of the bones.

"Alice, chop chop!" Bart indicates she should get his bones.

"Yeah." Smash Says

She grabs the lighter and sets Bart's bones alight. Bart screams as he bursts into flames. He is still holding the parchment.

"The spell! The spell!" Dean Says

Sam runs to try and grab the burning parchment. He tries blowing on the flames, but that only fans them and the parchment is destroyed.

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BUS DEPOT

"Thanks for the ride." Alice Says

"You gonna be okay?" Sam Asks

"Yeah. I'm gonna be good. Hey, I just wanted to say I'm sorry. What you did for me you didn't have to do that. Thank you, seriously. See ya around." Alice Says, as she gets on the bus.

"Hey, Alice. Stay weird." Dean Says

"Yeah." Alice Says

Alice pokes her tongue out and smiles, as the bus door closes. Dean laughs and Sam smiles as the bus departs.

BUNKER

Later that night in the bunker, Dean opens a couple of beers in the kitchen.

"You okay?" Dean Asks

"Yeah, not really. Not exactly the best day, you know?" Sam Say

"Well, it's not the worst. We did save somebody. That felt good." Dean Says

"Yeah. Yeah, it did. But...back to square one with Jack." Sam Says

"We'll figure something else out. And if that doesn't work, then we'll move on to next, and then whatever's after that. We just keep working, 'cause it's what we do." Dean Says

"It feels really good to hear you talk like that again." Sam Says

"I'll drink to that." Dean Says, he and Sam clink their beer bottles and take a drink.