MOTEL ROOM

Garth is working on an EMF reader, Dean is sitting on a sofa reading a journal.

"There's a million things with claws go bump in the night." Dean Says

Sam is sitting at the table using the laptop, Elena is sitting on one of the beds reading a book.

"Well Once you throw in "invisible," the number goes down." Elena Says

Dean picks up a motel card on the table next to him.

"Afternoon Delights"? Really, Garth? Don't you think this place is a little, uh..." Dean Says

"Uh, you want a nice hot tub after a day at the office. It's the little things. I feel sad for those brewery dudes. Spend your life beautifying the world through beer. First a partner offs himself." Dean drinks from his flask. "Now two kids get ganked by unknown freakadeek." Garth Says

"According to this, Dale wasn't just a partner." The laptop screen shows an article on the Midwestern Brewing Company. "He was also the brewmaster." Sam Says

"Brewmaster"?" Dean Says

"He was widely considered a genius." Sam Says

"All right, that's it." He gets up. "No microbrew is worth..." He puts his flask down on the counter near Garth and the EMF reader starts to make noise."...what was it – eight Food Magazine awards?" He takes beer bottles out of the fridge. "Beer's not food. It's.. ...whatever water is." Dean Says

Dean gives Sam and Elena a bottle and inspects the label on his own bottle.

"Hmm. Thighslapper." He takes a drink. "Wow, that's actually awesome. Damn it, I'm not even mad anymore." Dean Says

Elena, Dean and Sam watch Garth drink the entire contents of his bottle and shake the last few drops into his mouth. Garth belches.

"Wow. Party on, Garth." Dean Says

"I don't even usually drink beer. It messes with my depth perception." He belches again and hiccups. "Especially when I skinny-dip." He Winks at Elena, Sam and Dean look at each other. "Hey, you guys want to hear a joke?" Garth Says

"Listen to this. This is something interesting." Garth laughs. "Garth, are you drunk?" Sam Says

"Dude, I just... drank a whole beer. Of course I'm drunk." He belches again

"Something interesting?" Elena Asks

"Right. Uh..." Sam Says

"Hey, can I have some more Thighslapper?" Garth Asks

"No." They Say

"No. Coffee for you, Tara Reid." Dean Says

"Coffee with kalhúa in it?" Garth Says

"So, it says that Dale actually left the company two weeks before he died. Or... maybe he got pushed out 'cause he didn't want to sell. I mean, Baxter said the deal's been in the works for months." Sam Says

"That would explain the widow. She's suing. Maybe Dale had a bone to pick, and he's still picking it." Dean Says

"Right. So, maybe he's a spirito malo." Garth Says

"Unit to McAnn residence. 698 Washburn."

"McAnn residence," as in Jim McAnn?" Elena Says

"As in, let's hope for their sake our spirito ain't made it out of the woods. All right. Let's go check it." Garth Says

"Uh, you two go. Elena and I are gonna visit the widow." Sam Says

Dean looks at Sam, who smiles at him. Garth Belches again and Elena smiles at Dean.

"Good luck with that." Elena Says Patting Dean's Shoulder

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MCANN HOUSE

"Well?" Dean Says

"Place is clean." Garth Says

Garth and Dean are standing in the entryway of the house.

"My EMF is a nada." He takes another EMF reader out of his jacket pocket. "So is this one." Garth Says

"Is that mine?" Dean Asks

"Yeah. I borrowed it in case mine's broke." Garth Says

"Oh." Dean Says

"So, uh... we still on invisible werewolf?" Garth Asks

"Maybe, maybe not. I can't get Tess to talk, but I get the feeling she saw something." Dean Says

Tess is sitting on a sofa with Jim and Marie on either side of her.

"I'm gonna take a run at her." Garth Says

"A what?" Dean Says

"Trust me. My special lady has twins." Goes into the living room "Mr. McAnn?" Garth Says

"Special lady?" Dean Says Then He follows

"Do you mind if we speak to Tess alone for just a sec? It would really help." Garth Says

"Honey, we'll... we'll be right out there, okay?" Jim Says

"Thanks." Garth Says

Jim and Marie leave the room.

"Hi, Tess." He sits down on the coffee table in front of her. "You want to tell me what you saw tonight?"
Tess shakes her head. "Or maybe you'll talk to... Raises a hand in a sock puppet and speaks in a high-pitched voice "...Mr. Fizzles!" He Waves the puppet around "I'm your friend! Yay!" Garth Says

"Garth. Why don't we put the sock away?" Dean Asks

"Mr. Fizzles wants to help Tess. He wants to listen." Garth Says

"Mr. Fizzles is gonna go where the sun don't shine." Dean Says

"It was a monster." Tess Says

"I believe you, Tess. Did it have claws?" Garth Asks
As Tess nods.

"How come you were the only one that could see it, Tess?" Dean Asks As Tess shrugs.

"What else, Tess?...You sure? 'Cause Mr. Fizzles can sense when you're being a...liar." Garth Says

"All right. That's – that's enough... Mr. Fizzles." Dean Says

"I drank a grown-up drink." Tess Says

"Uh, grown-up like, uh, coffee?" Tess shakes her head. "Well, you mean alcohol?" Dean Says

"It was an accident. Don't let them arrest me, Mr. Fizzles." Tess Says

Garth looks at Dean and points Mr Fizzles at him,
He and Mr Fizzles nod.

DALE'S WIDOW'S HOUSE

"Your husband did a lot of traveling, huh?" Sam Asks

"He went to all kinds of exotic places for the best ingredients." She Says

"Right. I've tried his work. It's – it's great." Sam Says

"Um, we hear you're not exactly on the best of terms with Dale's old partners." Elena Says

"Well, they sold his company right out from under him. It's not about money. It's about... It was his baby, you know?" She Says

"You sound pretty upset about it." Sam Says

"I'm furious. I hate them. But then I think how Dale was." She Says

"What do you mean?" Elena Asks

"His friends left him behind, but you know what he said? "I'm gonna send them a gift that shows I forgive them." She Says

"Do you have any idea what he sent them?" Sam Asks

"Bottle of sake. From one of his trips. In a... gorgeous box with writing. He was so careful with it. Wouldn't let me touch it." She Says

CAR

Garth is driving while Dean is in the passenger seat.

"So, kid in the woods sees something that nobody else does. Then Tess sees a monster, and Jim doesn't. What's the thread?" Dean Says

"Hmm. Well, certain mutants see infrared." Garth Says

"Grown-up drinks." Tess chugged her mom's, and vic number one was plastered." Dean Says

"Right. So... Whoa. Monster you got to be drunk to see. Cool! Also... hard to fight." Garth Says

Dean takes a drink from his flask. "Ahh. Just getting in the zone. You are strictly on wine coolers."

"Hey, I love those. Anything sweet." He chuckles "Whoo!" Dean takes another drink. "So, uh, what's with the Grody flask anyway? Lucky charm?" Garth Says

"It's Bobby's." Dean Says

Flashback to Dean putting the flask down on the counter at the motel and the EMF reader reacting.

"Hmm. Really? 'Cause, um... You think there's a possibility that Bobby's riding your wave?" Garth Asks

"No, we gave him a hunter's wake." Dean Says

"Yeah, I-I burned my cousin Brandon, and he stayed stuck. And – and – and they got ghosts in India, and they cremate everybody over there. It's just instinct, but maybe there is EMF around here. It just ain't the job." Garth Says

"All right, we're not gonna talk about this, okay? Not in the middle of work." Dean Says

"Sorry." Dean's phone rings. "Just hope that fire did the trick." Garth Says

"Hey, Elena Yeah Got it. We're on our way." Dean Says

BREWERY

Garth is in the car, which is parked outside the brewery. Sam picks the lock on the brewery door and he, Elena and Dean enter. Sam, Elena and Dean walk through the brewery to the office.

"Here it is."

Sam picks up the wooden box with Japanese writing, sets it on the desk and opens it. Inside is a fancy box decorated with a face and more Japanese characters, and inside that box is the bottle of saki. The seal is broken.

"Oh Wait a second, Someone's been sampling the goods." Sam Says

"Oh, you don't say?" He looks up." Hey, check it out. God, I love paranoid people." Dean Says

The camera angle changes as if the scene was being recorded by a security camera.

Elena motions to the computer "See if you can get on." She Says

"Okay. Uh..." He brings up an image of himself, Elena and Dean behind the desk. "Huh!" They all wave at the camera. "All right, so, first death was, what, uh, four months ago? Yeah?" Sam Says

"Mm-hmm, and, uh, Trevor McAnn. Patient zero." Elena Says

"So, what did he let out of that bottle?" Sam Says

Sam plays the security footage, which shows Jim and Randy in the office, the cleaner, and Trevor.

"There's Nothing there." Elena Says

"That we can see." Dean Says

The security footage shows Trevor taking some bottles from the office. Dean puts a bottle and a glass on the desk and claps Sam on the shoulder.

"What, are you kidding me?" Sam Says

"Tick-tock." Dean Says

Sam pours himself a glass of whiskey then Elena.
Dean takes a drink from a bottle, Sam and Elena looks at him.

"Ugh." Dean Says

"I mean, can you even get drunk anymore? It's kind of like, uh, drinking a vitamin for you, right?" Elena Says

"Shut up." He sniffs another bottle. "Holy..." Dean Says As He drinks from the bottle and coughs.

Dean pours himself a glass of a clear liqueur and clinks glasses with Sam & Elena. They all drink, Sam pours himself another glass of whiskey. They all drain their glasses.

"All right. Party time." Dean Says

"Okay." Sam Says

"Rewind and go." Dean Says

Sam plays the footage of Trevor. They can now see the long-haired woman in the white dress standing in the office.

"So, he – he let that thing out of the box, and it must have just followed him to the place with all the thingies." Elena Says

"Yes. Yes. That's smart. I'm actually kind of drunk." Dean Says

Elena Giggles." Me too."

"Your Such a happy drunk." Dean Says

"I Know." Elena Smiles "May I have some more?"

"No." Sam & Dean Says

"Your cut off." Dean Says

"Boo You guys are boring." Elena Says

Dean Looks at his empty glass "What is this?" He Pours himself another glass "Me likey. I miss these talks." Dean Says

He takes a drink, but spits it out again as Randy comes into the office.

"What the hell?!" Randy Says

"Oh, man." Dean Says

"Uh..." Elena Says

"Sorry." Sam Says

"Turn it off. Turn it off." Dean Says

"FBI, huh? You know what?" He Pushes buttons on his phone "You can save it for the cops." Randy Says

"Whoa, whoa, Mr. Baxter, listen. If – if you just let us explain, you might not –" Sam Says

"Aah!" Randy Says

Randy Baxter falls to the floor, Garth has Tasered him.

"911. What is your emergency? Hello? Do you need assistance?"

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JAPANESE RESTAURANT

A Japanese man in a restaurant uniform is reading the Japanese writing on the saki box. Sam, Elena and Dean are holding coffees.

"Anata ga marou mono... Wa anata ka ra mo morau. It says, "what you took will be taken from you." Like, eye for an eye. You with me?" Sam nods. "Kono bin niwa syoujou zuke no sake ga hu-in sarete iru. Where'd you guys get this anyway?" He Said

"Why? Is – is there, uh, something the matter?" Elena Asks

"Well, you're not superstitious, are you?" He gives the box to Sam.

"Not at all." Dean Says

"No, no." Sam Says

"Because...this says the bottle inside contains a Shojo." He Says

"What's a... Shojo?" Dean Asks

"An alcohol spirit. Look, it's just an old myth. I wouldn't worry about it. But they are not known for being friendly." He Says

Someone inside the restaurant shouts in Japanese and the him shouts in return.

"I got to go." He Says

"Oh. Uh, hey, uh... There you go." He hands the Japanese man some money. "Thank you." Dean Says

"Thank you." He Says

"Yeah." Dean Says

"Take care." He Says

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MOTEL—ROOM

Dean, Elena and Sam enters, Garth is performing some sort of martial art exercises in the courtyard to the rear of the room.

"Wow..." Elena Says

"Garth. Where's Baxter?" Sam Asks

Garth comes into the room and points. "Dude's a lot heavier than he looks, FYI."

Randy Baxter is in the hot tub with a pillowcase over his head.

"But here, thought you might want this back." Garth Says

"You have the CEO of the douchiest microbrew in the US gagged in your hot tub? You really think that's gonna end well." Dean Says

"I'm not feeling the love." Garth Says

"All right. Shojo. Uh, let's see what we can see." Sam Says As He sits down at the table to use the laptop.

"What's Shojo?" Garth Asks

"Japanese booze monster." Dean Says

"I guess that would explain why you got to be drunk to see it. Very poetic." Garth Says

Sam does a search for "Shojo" and clicks on the first link, which is to the page "Open Minds to Deeper Knowledge." The text is in Japanese and there is a black-and-white drawing. Garth looks over Sam's shoulder.

"Ooh. Creepy." Garth Says

A message box that says "Translating Japanese text to English" pops up on screen and then the page appears in English.

"Okay. So, a Shojo is said to roam where there's lots of alcohol. There's lore saying that, back in the old day, if you were plastered enough, you could see one skulking around the breweries in Japan." Sam Says

Dean is refilling his flask with whiskey, Elena sits at the bar.

"Yeah, but why is this one shredding brewers' kids?" Elena Says

"Apparently, you can harness the will of a Shojo with the right spell box. Then you basically have an attack dog that you can sic on whatever sort of personal revenge mission you want." Sam Says

"So Dale nabs one to punish his pals." Dean Says

"Send the bottle, sooner or later it's popped open. Then you have a Shojo that will do whatever Dale compelled it to do right here on the box." Sam Says

"Wait. Except it's not killing the people that screwed him over." Garth Says

"Well, Dale's widow said the company was his baby. So, if he really wanted his friends to feel what he felt..." Sam Says

"He would take theirs. Well, their kids. Jim's, anyways." Elena Says

"And Baxter was the godfather." Sam Says

"All right, skip to how do we gank it." Dean Says

"Good news. It is killable." Sam Says

"But..." Dean Says

"But only with a samurai sword consecrated with a Shinto blessing." Sam Says

"Well... that's not a silver lining. All right, the Shojo already cleaned house, right? I mean, Marie's the last target standing, so... I'll hit the pawn shops and, uh, look for the sword, and you babysit Marie." Dean Says

Garth drops and catches an EMF reader, which starts to make noise.

"Yikes. Sorry." Garth Says

Dean grabs the EMF reader from Garth, Elena looks between the two of them.

"Don't worry about it." Dean Says Then turns the EMF reader off.

"Unless I've got nothing to be sorry for." Garth Says

"Garth." Dean Says

"What's he talking about?" Sam Asks

"I'm concerned that Bobby might be haunting you. I-I brought it up to Dean, and he shot me down." Garth Says

"Garth! Leave it alone." Dean Says

"It's okay." Elena Says

"No, it's far from okay." Dean Says

"I've already tried contacting Bobby." Dean & Sam looks surprised. "When that paper on the floor appeared out of nowhere and other certain thing's kept happening , I pulled out a talking board." Elena Says

"Without Us?" Sam Says

"You know, I figured, why drag you guys in... when it's something I could just put to bed myself." Elena Says

"And?" Dean Says

"And if he was there, I would have told you both." Elena Says

Randy Baxter groans and they all look over at him.

"Talk about this later, You follow Marie Let me borrow your keys." Dean Says

Later On, Garth removes the pillowcase from Randy's head.

"I'm trying to help you, Mr. Baxter." Garth Says

"And who the hell are you?" Randy Asks

"Now, I'm confused. Dale goes to get you all where it hurts – the kids. Only, you don't have any kids." Garth Says

"It still affects me. Believe me." Randy Says

"Nah. You want to tell me what you're hiding?" Garth Asks

"Hiding? I –" Randy Says

"Tell me this. When was the last time you gave an employee three chances?" Garth Asks

"Probably never." Randy Says

"Exactly. You're the axman, right? Tough job, but, hey, somebody's got to. So, how come you cut that slacker janitor so many breaks?" Garth Asks

"I-I-I-I don't know." Randy Says

"Yeah. Well, I Googled. Come to find his mother... was your secretary way back in the day. Of course, you were married to Mrs. B., so, uh... No way there's anything naughty there, right? What do you need to get? It don't matter what Dale knows about you, 'cause that thing out there killing the kids – it knows!" Garth Says

"It didn't end well with his mom. She made me swear never to tell him." Randy Says

"Oh. So much for that. Where is he?" Garth Asks

"He's, uh – he's at the brewery." Garth takes a bunch of miniature bottles of alcohol from under the counter. "Working the graveyard shift." Randy Says

"Here." He tosses Randy the keys to the handcuffs chaining him to the hot tub rail. "If you care about that kid at all, don't call the cops on me just yet." Garth Says

BREWERY

Randy's Son sprays window cleaner all over the inside of the glass door. When he wipes it off, we see that the Shojo is standing on the other side of the door, but it appears that he can't see her.