HIBBING, MINNESOTA

NICK'S VAN

Nick's van is parked on the side of a road, as Mary is in the backseat.

"The demons, they know where you are. They keep track of you, you and your kids. They're sort of scared of you. So wherever you are, they're not. So that's how I got to Hibbing. I didn't have an address. Luckily, that–that perky sheriff lady-what's her name? Deborah? Debbie? Something? Whatever. She had, um... She had some emails on her cellphone talking about you and her family cabin. So, voila! Here I am. I know that's a lot to take in, but... And if you feel like screaming, you can-you can go ahead, 'cause we're...pretty remote." Nick Says

"Nick? What are you doing?" Mary Asks

Nick gets up from the front seat and sits right in front of Mary.

"Tonya Baker. Yeah, you knew her. You saved her life. Yeah, her whole Girl Scout troop was murdered. She was the only survivor, thanks to you. These two demons were about to finish her off, and then you came in, and you chased one away. But you faced off against the other one, a demon named Abraxas." Nick Says

"I remember. So?" Mary Says

"So, Abraxas murdered my family the same way he killed those girls–bloody, brutal, slow." Nick Says

"I'm sorry, Nick. But you could've just asked me. This is..." Mary Says

"Crazy? Hm? What would you have told me?" Nick Says

"That I killed him. Abraxas is dead." Mary Says

"So, you would've lied to me. His friend got away, but she saw everything. You didn't kill Abraxas. You trapped him in a box. How'd you do it?" Nick Asks

"Uh-" Mary Says, as Nick grabs her and holds a knife to her neck.

"Tell me." Nick Demanded

"Okay, you're right. I trapped him. We fought, and he was winning. So, I put him in an Enochian puzzle box. He's contained." Mary Says

"Do you have him?" Nick Asks

"No. But I can take you to him." Mary Says

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UL-2MAT STORAGE

Nick drives into the storage area. A security guard watches the van drive in.

DONNA'S CABIN

"I got his tags," She walks in and faces the three of them, "Put my guys on it, they're running 'em. I'm sorry." Donna Says

"It's not your fault, Donna." Dean Says

"It's mine. Nick said when he left he was just gonna go home. I-I didn't know he was..." Sam Says

"Killing people?" Dean Says

"Sam couldn't have known, he took pity on the guy." Elena Says

"Yeah well look where that got us." Dean Says

Someone speaks over the intercom, reporting to Donna's radio.

"Sheriff?"

"Yeah. Go for Hanscum." Donna Says

"We got that van you were looking for. A traffic cam just caught it pulling into a storage facility outside Grand Rapids."

"Copy that. I got it from here." Donna Says

"How far is Grand Rapids?" Dean Asks

"30, 40 minutes." Donna Says

"We'll be there in 20." Dean Says

The sound of Wren crying from the back room is heard, Elena sighs.

"You guys go, I'll stay back." Elena Says

"Well be back soon." Dean Says

Elena nods as Dean walks out of the cabin, as Sam Donna follows him.

UL-2MAT STORAGE

Nick pulls the van up to the unit. He gets out of the van and Mary follows. Her hands are tied. He pushes her towards the door. She gestures to him to open the ties, but he pushes her back to the door. She opens the lock. He pushes Mary into the unit and turns on the light.

"Alright, where is it?" Mary says nothing, "Okay, if you do this, we're done. You walk. Okay?" Nick Says

"Over there." Mary Says, as she gestures to lockers behind a gate.

"You first." Nick Says

Mary walks forward and steps over something. Nick steps up behind her but notices a trip wire. The trip wire is attached to a shotgun.

"Clever." He steps over the trip wire, then cuts it with the knife, "Alright, where is it?" Nick Says

"In the lockers. Too bad I forgot the keys." Mary Says

Nick picks up a hammer and breaks the lock on the gate in front of the lockers. He grabs Mary's arm and pushes her in.

"Which one?" Mary keeps quiet, "Alright, fine." Nick Says

Nick breaks a lock on a locker and opens it, seeing a bloody head in a jar inside. He looks at Mary, and she shrugs. He opens another locker and sees a doll in plastic bag inside. He breaks another lock and then looks at Mary once the locker is open.

"Bingo." He takes out the box and hands it to Mary, "Open it. Me and 'Brax-y have to have a talk." Nick Says

"Well, that's not gonna happen." Mary Says

"I'm sorry?" Nick Says

"To talk, a demon needs a host. It can't be you. Can't be me." She lifts up her shirt to show her anti-possession tattoo, "Didn't really think this through, did you, Nick?" Mary Says

"So, I'll improvise." Nick Says

ROAD

IMPALA

Thunder cracks throughout the night, a police car drives on the highway as the Impala follows,
Dean is driving as Sam sits in the passenger seat.

"Say it. I can see you want to. Might as well go ahead and say it." Sam Says

"Alright. Nick is not a project. He's a freakin' puppy. He was Lucifer's vessel for years." Dean Says

"I know that, Dean. I thought-" Sam Says

"You thought he'd what? Just walk it off? Come on, man. You're not that dumb." Dean Says

"It's not about being dumb, Dean. It's called compassion. Look, what happened to Nick could've happened to me. It almost happened to me. You change one little thing in our past, and that was me. Lucifer wearing me to the prom. And besides, since when do we give up on people? Since when do we just cut people loose?" Sam Says

"Well, maybe you need to learn, okay? 'Cause when people are past the point of saving, maybe you need to learn to walk away." Dean Says

Sam turns away from Dean and looks out the window.

STORAGE UNIT

Nick has the Enochian box in his hands. A man is sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, a devil's trap around him. Nick takes off the cover from his head. It is the security guard.

"Nick, don't do this." Mary Says

"Do what?" He Says

"You let that demon out of there, he could kill us." Mary Says

"I can handle it. How do you open this thing?" Nick Says

"I don't know." Mary Says

"Mnh. I don't like you." Nick Says

Mary looks at the guard before she lunges at Nick, and kicks him in the leg. The box falls on the ground. Mary pushes it away. It lands in the devil's trap. Nick punches her in the face. He drags her to the gate, and pushes her against it.

"I said I can handle it." Nick Says

Nick picks up the box. He tries to turn the button on it and it starts to turn, but it does nothing and locks again. He throws it on the floor. He sees an electric screwdriver on the table and picks it up.

"I think there's only one way to get into this box." Nick Says

He plugs in the screwdriver and walks over to the box. He starts to drill a hole into it.

"Come on, baby." Nick Says

The demon smoke comes out of the box, floating into the security guard. The demon, Abraxas wakes up and sees he is trapped. He looks at Mary.

"Heya, blondie." He blows Mary a kiss, "Missed ya." Abraxas Says

"Why did you kill my family?" Nick Asks

"Who's he? Sorry, you're gonna have to be more specific." Abraxas Says

"Pike Creek, Delaware." Nick Says

"Oh...no way. Nick? What are you doing walking and talking? I thought the big man had you on lock." Abraxas Says

"Lucifer's dead." Nick Says

"Is he? Cool." Abraxas Says

"Why did you kill my family?" Nick Asks

"Kill your family, yeah, got it. Tell you what–I'll answer that when you kill her." He looks at Mary, "She locked me in a box, and I hold a grudge. Do
her slow and bloody, then we'll chat." Abraxas Says

"Nick." Mary Says

Nick takes a knife out from his pocket, he lifts Mary up from the ground.

"Nick, no. Nick, hey! Don't-stop-n-no!" Mary Says

A gunshot hits the gate, hurting the side of Nick's head. He moves away from Mary.

"Get away from her! Stay back." Sam Says

Sam and Dean enter the room as Donna follows behind them. Sam and Donna have their guns aimed. Dean rushes over to Mary, and takes the ties off her hands.

"Is she alright?" Sam Asks

"She's good." Dean Says

"What's wrong with you? What are you doing?" Sam Asks

"What I have to." Nick Says

Nick picks up the angel blade and cuts the devil's trap, freeing Abraxas.

"No, Nick!" Mary Says

"No!" Mary Says

The warding on the devil's trap lights up and fades.

"Showtime." Abraxas Says

Abraxas rips the ties off, and gets up from the chair. He lifts his arms up, and everyone in the room floats up in the air. He puts his arms down, and they all fall to the ground. He walks over to Nick.

"You want to know why I gutted your family? Orders. I was following orders." Abraxas Says

"From who?" Nick Asks

"Who do you think? Lucifer planned the whole thing." Abraxas Says

"I don't–I don't understand. Why my family? Why– why me?" Nick Says

"No particular reason. You were chosen, but you're not special. We threw a dart at the phone book." Abraxas Says

Dean gets up from the floor and starts speaking in Latin, "Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica-"

"Naughty." Abraxas Says

Abraxas slams Dean back against the shelves. He turns back to Nick.

"So...who dies first?" Abraxas Says

Mary stands up, a blade in her hand. Nick grabs Abraxas from the back of his neck and stabs his chest with the angel blade. The orange light flickers as Abraxas screams as Nick takes the angel blade out, Abraxas falls to the floor, dead. Nick moves back, the angel blade still in his hands.

"Nick. Nick, take it easy." Nick Says

Mary walks toward Nick, he tries to swing the angel blade at her, but a gunshot rings out, the bullet hitting his leg. He falls to the floor. Donna gets up, gun in hand. Mary punches Nick in the face, knocking him out.

Soon the police arrives on the scene as Donna walks Nick out to the police car, his hands cuffed at his back. Mary, Dean and Sam follow them out. Donna opens the door to the police car, as Sam walks over. Dean and Mary stand next to the Impala.

"You okay?" Dean Asks

"Yeah, I'm fine." Mary Says

"Donna. Hold on." Sam Says, as Donna waits with Nick.

"Yeah. Sure." Donna Says, as Sam stands in front of Nick.

"Why?" Sam Asks

"I needed the truth, Sam. I needed revenge for my family. You would've done the same thing." Nick Says

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't help you. I'm sorry I didn't know how." Sam Says

"It's not about you, Sam. It's never about you. You couldn't fix me 'cause I don't want to be fixed. I was never broken." Nick Says

"Yeah, Nick, you are. I don't feel sorry for you, Nick. I feel sorry for the people you hurt, the people you murdered, the people whose faces will haunt you.. every night for the rest of your life. You can burn." Sam Says

Sam nods to Donna as she steps forward and takes Nick, pushing him into the police car.

"Mind your head." Donna Says

Mary and Dean watch on from where they are standing.

"I saw, Dean. Donna's shed. I know what you've been building, planning. And we're gonna talk about that. We are all the four of us gonna talk about that. So if you don't tell Sam and Elena...I will." Mary Says, as Dean nods.

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DONNA'S CABIN SHED

Elena walks to the shed and opens the door to see Sam and Dean talking, she sighs.

"Sam can I speak to your brother alone?" Elena Asks

Sam looks to Dean and shakes his head then nods to Elena. "Yeah."

Elena moves aside as Sam walks out the door, she looks down at the box which is laying on the table.

"Elena." Dean Says

"What is this Dean?" Elena Asks

"It's a Ma'lak box." He closes the door to the box, "Secured and warded. Once inside..nothing gets out, not even an archangel. Especially an archangel." Dean Says

"Yeah, yeah, I've–I've read about these, but no one's eve-they're impossible to build." Elena Says

"Yeah, well, not so much." Dean Says

"That's your plan? You want to be buried alive?" Elena Says

"Buried's not safe enough." Elena scoffed, "Plan is, pay a little hush money, charter a boat to take me out to the Pacific. Splash." Dean Says

"You and Michael, trapped together for eternity, that's it..that's the plan?" Elena Says

"Yeah." Dean Says

"Dean you do realise how insane this is, right?" Elena Says

"It's the only sane play I've got. Michael gets out, that's it for this world. And he will get out." Dean Says

"Well, how do you know that for sure?" Elena Asks

"Because I do. Because I can feel him in my head. That door is giving. I can feel it giving." Dean Says

"No, there has to be another way." Elena Says

"There's not, okay? There—Elena you've tried, Sam tried. Cas has tried. Jack...and I love you for trying. But none of it's gonna work." Dean Says

"We don't know that." Elena Says

"Yeah, we do." Dean Says

"What?" Elena Says

"Billie." Dean Says

"Billie?" Elena Says, furrowing her brows.

"She paid me a little visit. She said that there's only one way this ends right. And this is it. This, right here, this box. So, she gave up the special recipe, and all I had to do was the work. It's fate." Dean Says

"Since when do we believe in fate?" Elena Asks

"Now, Elena. Since now." Dean Says, as Elena shakes her head looking at the box.

"So...you came out here to see Donna, to see your Mom on some—some what? Some sick, secret farewell tour? You were gonna leave, and you weren't even gonna tell Sam or me." Her eyes start to get teary eyed, "Me. Do you realise how messed up that is, how unfair that is?" Elena Says

"I didn't have a choice! Elena." Dean Says

"No we always have a choice Dean!" Elena Says

"Lena, you're the last person I could tell, the last person I could be around, 'cause you're the only one that could've talked me out of it. And I won't be talked out of it. I won't. I'm doing this. Now, you can either let me do it alone...or you could help me. But I'm doing this." Dean Says

Elena shakes her head again, she turns away from him then looks back at the box.

"No." Elena Says

"What?" Dean Says

"No Dean, I can't..I can't just let you do this. How am I supposed to stand here and just let you basically kill yourself." She starts crying, "This...is insane, and I won't support this decision...I can't watch the man I love die again, I just won't." Elena Says

"Elena, there is no other way...I have to do this, for your safety..for Sam's for Mom's, Wren and—." Dean Says

"No Dean, I just can't.." She turns to leave, but stops at the door, "I know you don't see it but, you're making a mistake. And I hope, you'll see it eventually." Elena Says, then opened the door and leaves the shed.

Dean sighs and looks down at the Box, then back at the door.