GRANTSBURG, WISCONSIN

FARM

There's the sound of a creature snarling and flesh tearing. Cows lowing loudly and bells clanking from the barn. The house door opens and a man runs out with a shotgun.

"Hey!" He Says

A figure rushes from the barn and the Farmer gives chase, shooting at him but missing and hitting the fence. They run through the woods with the Farmer shooting after the fleeing figure. Suddenly the person runs out on a road; tires screech and a horn blares. The car hits the person full on and he flips over the roof and rolls, bloody and unconscious. We finally see his face and it is Garth.

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GRANTSBURG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Sam, in a FBI suit walks in the front doors, he approaches the receptionist.

"Afternoon. I'm looking for a John Doe that was admitted here a few days ago. He's a, uh... skinny...Ichabod Crane-looking kind of guy." Sam Says

"I know just who you mean. Room 113, agent." She Says

"All right, thanks." Sam Says

"Sure is a popular fella." She Says

GARTH'S ROOM

Garth, still unconscious in a hospital room. Dean is there with a syringe. He is about to put something in Garth's IV. But when he hears the door open he quickly hides the needle behind his back. Sam walks in. He shoots him an annoyed look and Dean returns the glare. There is a long silence as both brothers watch the unconscious Garth and exchange wary looks with each other.

"Saw Garth's John Doe on the police wire. You?" Sam Says

"Yeah. Where you comin' from?" Dean Asks

"New Mexico." Sam Says

"Well, that's a haul. Especially considering that I got this, uh... pretty much covered, so if you want to..." Dean Clicks tongue and motions to the door

"You spoken to him yet?" Sam Asks

"No. Assload of painkillers. He's been out since I got here." Dean Says

Sam notices that Garth is handcuffed to the bed
"What's he being charged with?"

"Killing a cow." Dean Says

"Why?" Sam Asks

"I was about to see if I could find out. Lock the door." Dean Says

Sam move to lock the door but rushes back when Dean pulls the syringe from behind his back.]m

"Whoa. Hey. What is that? Adrenaline?" Sam Asks

"Yes, sir." Dean Says

"You trying to jump-start him or kill him?" Sam Says

"I want some answers. He walked out on Kevin. He walked out on us. So if you got a better idea..." Dean Says

Sam sighs and then slaps Garth full in the face and Garth shoots awake, screaming and panting.

"Aah! Aah! Aah! Dean? Sam? What is this? A hospital? Wait. Am I in Heaven?" Garth Says

"All right, take it easy, Garth. You're in Wisconsin." Dean Says

"You were hit by a car. Do you remember anything?" Sam Asks

"I, uh... Vaguely." He pulls he hand up to hold his head but its stopped by the handcuffs "What's with the hardware?" Garth Asks As Sam unlocks the cuffs and removes them

"You tell us. And while you're at it, why don't you give us the lowdown on why you went Awol for the past six months? Only way we tracked you down is that you offed a cow." Dean Says

"Offed a...what? I -- I -- I was on a hunt." Garth Says

"Hunt for what?" Sam Asks

"I -- oh, no." He turns green and looks like he is going to throw up "Oh, get back. Ohh. Oh, God." Garth Says

In a panic he pulls all the monitors and IV off, jumps out of bed and rushes to the bathroom; shutting the door behind him, They hear gagging and retching.

"Good thing I didn't give him the adrenaline." Dean Says

Short time later the boys are sitting in the room and Garth is still vomiting and coughing in the bathroom. The silence is deafening so they start to make small talk.

"Anything on Gadreel?" Dean Asks

"Actually, uh, yeah. Turns out he, uh, he left some Grace in me before he bolted." Sam Says

"You know how wrong that sounds, right?" Dean Says

"Wouldn't worry about it. Cas took care of it." Sam Says

"Hmm." Dean Says

"What?" Sam Says

"Nothing. I'm gone for two weeks, and you're like an episode of "Teen Mom."  From the bathroom they hear Garth and coughing "Just breathe, Garth! Work it out." Dean Says As Sam notices a part of a scar on his arm

"What happened to your arm?" Sam Asks

Dean pulls up his sleeve so he can see it better
"Oh. It's a... gift from Cain."

"Like...the wrestler?" Sam Says

"I wish. That would be awesome. Uh, no. The, uh...The Old Testament dude." Toilet flushes in the bathroom "He got all Biblical on me and gave me his mark." Dean Says

"What does it even mean? How -- how did that happen?" Sam Asks

"Crowley and I found him, and he gave me this so that I could eighty-six Abaddon once and for all." Dean Says

"You worked a job with Crowley?" Sam Says

"The devil you know..." Dean Says

Suddenly realizing there are no sounds coming from the bathroom.

"Garth?" Sam Says

"What?" Dean Says

They rush into the bathroom and Garth is nowhere to be found and the window is wide open.

"Son of a bitch." Dean Says

Sam and Dean rush outside the hospital and they are both looking around for any sign of Garth.

"Why would Garth run from us?" Dean Says

"Why haven't we heard from him for the last six months? Did you test him?" Sam Asks

"He was unconscious. No, I -- he steal a car?" Dean Says

Sam noticing a pair of boxers on the ground "Did he... steal a car naked?"

"I'll see what I can find on those cameras. Why don't you go talk to farmer Brown, see about that cow?" Dean Asks

"Yeah." Sam Says

FARMER'S HOUSE

Sam is at the Farmer's house and he is fixing the shot fence which he stands by.

"Last week, it was a couple of chickens. Goat the week before that. So when I saw that boy tearing out of my barn, hell yeah, I was gonna ask questions later." He Says

"Now, the animals -- were they all killed in the same manner?" Sam Asks

"More like sacrificed." He Says

"What do you mean by that?" Sam Asks

"Their organs was ripped clean out." He Says

"Only the organs." Sam Says

"If this wasn't some kind of devil-worship thing, I don't know what." He Says

"Mm. Well, thanks." Sam Says

GRANTSBURG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Dean walks out of the hospital with several papers and photos in his hand and his cellphone rings.

"Yeah." Dean Says

"So, the cow wasn't just killed. It was eviscerated." Sam Says

"Well, why was Garth there?" Dean Asks

"He said he was on a hunt, right? Maybe he was hunting whatever killed it." Sam Says

"Why would he run? This whole thing's starting to stink. You know that, right?" Dean Says

"Yeah. What about you? Any luck?" Sam Asks

"Uh, nada. Cameras were pointing in the wrong direction." Dean Says

"You're kidding." Sam Says

"Wish I was." Dean Says

"Hmm. So..." Sam Says

"...so Garth's a hunter. If he wants to stay gone, he's gone." Dean Says

"We got nothing?" Sam Says

"Well, what can I say, Sammy? We lost this one. Send me a postcard." Dean Says

Dean walks around an ambulance and runs right into Sam who immediately snatches the photos out of his hand. Sam looks through them and they are perfect shots of Garth and his escape. There are pictures of the car he got into and full shots of the license plate.

"Wow. Make, model, license plate. Really, Dean?" Sam Says

"I told you we can't hunt together. It's for your own good." Dean Says

"I hear you. And after we find Garth and get to the bottom of this, I'm gone. But until then, no more games." Sam Says

"Ride belongs to a girl named Bess Meyers. She lives in the next town over." Dean Says

BESS MYERS PLACE

Dean and Sam kicks down Bess's door down with their guns drawn, Garth is inside and raises his hand.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa! Hey, guys. I can explain. Everything's cool. Just a simple misunderstanding." Garth Says

"Who you talking to?" Dean Asks

"What?" Garth Says

"The girl?" Dean Says

"What—what girl? What the—" Dean grabs a bra from the table and holds it up "What, now?" Garth Says

Dean motions Sam to the right and he goes left, They swiftly clear the room and they find no one.

"All right, all right. Guys, everyone needs to take a chill pill and put their guns down. You see? Let's all be grown-ups here and have an adult conversation." Garth Says

Suddenly a female werewolf leaps from the closet behind Sam and attacks him. Dean looks for a shot but Garth takes the gun from him.

"No!" Garth Says

He puts himself between Sam and the werewolf as Sam nicks her with a silver knife and the wound burns.

"Sam! Sam, please -- don't hurt her." Garth Says

"What are you doing?! She's a werewolf!"Dean Says

"So am I." Garth Says

A few moments later Garth and the werewolf sit on the couch as he tends to her arm.

"It's okay, baby. Hold it like that." Garb Says

"What are they doing here, Garth?" She Asks

"They're friends. I promise." Garth Says

"They're hunters." She Says

"All right. We've all gotten off on the wrong foot here. So let's do things right. Boys...this is Bess...my beloved. And, Bess, that's Dean. Now, he could start a fight in an empty house, but deep down inside, he's just a big ol' Teddy bear." Dean looks annoyed and Sam chuckles "And Sam here -- Sam can be a bit insecure at times, but for good reason. Bless his heart." Garth Says

"That's sweet. Werewolf?" Dean Says

"All right, guys, look -- about six months ago, I was outside Portland, Maine, hunting this big bad wolf.
I took him down, but... He bit me in the process." Garth Says

"And you didn't call one of us?" Dean Says

"And tell you what? That I messed up? No, I-I knew the deal. There's no cure, so I accepted my fate. Ate my favorite dish of egg fu Yung, watched the world's greatest movie, "Rocky III"" and then... was ready to eat a bullet, when Bess here found me." Garth Says

"And how'd she do that?" Sam Asks

"Smelled him. How else." Bess Says

"Yeah. She talked the gun out of my mouth, and, as they say, the rest is history. We've been married for four months now." Garth Says

"You're married?" Sam Says

"To a werewolf." Dean Says

"Yes. And my pack has taken him in as one of our own." Bess Says

"Guys, it's not what you think. We don't hurt people." Garth Says

"No, you just go all Wolverine on cattle." Dean Says

"Yeah." Garth Says

"At least he's not eating human hearts. Do you have any idea how hard it is for a bitten to control his instincts, like Garth does? How well he's doing?" Bess Says

"Thank you, baby." Garth Says

"Well, it's the truth, honey bunny." Bess Says

"Wait. A -- a "bitten"? You're all bitten." Sam Says

"Not at all. You're either born to it, like I was, or you're bitten, like Garth." Bess Says

"Hold on. You said you were -- you were born a werewolf?" Dean Says

"Second generation." Bess Says

"Garth, can we talk to you for a sec? Alone?" Dean Asks

"Honey, why don't you go find some ointment for that arm? Okay?" Garth Says As Bess nods and leaves the room

"What the hell?" Dean Says

"Look, I know you guys want to shoot first and ask questions later, but I checked everything out. This pack is clean. Everything's Kosher." Garth Says

"Right. Uh, minus the part where your wife attacked me." Sam Says

"Yeah, because you two came busting in here like a house on fire. Guns waving, the jawlines and the hair -- it's very intimidating! What'd you expect? Dean, no one wants any trouble. You got my word on that." Garth Says

"Oh, no. That ship has sailed we're gonna need a hell of a lot more than your word." Garth Says

"Okay. Okay. Tell you what. You want proof? Come pray with us." Garth Says As Dean and Sam exchange looks

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FARMHOUSE

The Impala pulls up outside a farmhouse and Dean gets out and walks back to the trunk and pull out some weapons as his phone rings. It's Sam.

"You there?" Sam Asks

"Yeah, just pulled up. Nothing too sketchy yet." Dean Says

"That's a good thing, right?" Sam Says

"Not betting on it." Dean Says

"Or are we just that jaded? I mean, maybe Garth's right." Sam Says

"Well, ain't you a glass half full. Any luck with the cops?" Dean Asks

"Uh, sheriff should be rolling up any second. Be careful." Sam Says

"Yeah." Dean Says

Dean hangs up and approches the house, A choir is singing inside. They stop and a man's voice says "We need to come in strong on the second verse. Let's try it again. Garth, play it from here. And..." The singing resumes. Dean walks up the stairs and knocks on the front door and a woman answers it.

"You must be Dean. I'm Joy, Garth's mother-in-law. Uh, stepmother-in-law, which I always thought
sounded so silly. Please, come in. We're just finishing up." Joy Says

"Why don't you just tell Garth I'm here?" Dean Says

"Dean, you have my word -- you're safe under my roof. I only ask the same in return. After all...I'm not the one carrying silver." Joy Says

Dean slowly enters and walks to the doorway of the living room still looking very uncomforable. Joy joins the group in the room singing. Garth plays an off-key conclusion on the piano and Dean chuckles slightly.

"Uh... Thank you, brother Garth. Wonderful accompaniment, as usual. And I'll see the rest of you in the pews -- 9:00 a.m., sharp. No stragglers...Sister Amelia." He Says

Garth see's Dean and joins him at the doorway.

"Oh. Hi. So, what'd I tell you? It's all good, right?" Garth Asks

"Everyone here's a wolf?" Dean Asks

"Yeah." Garth Says

"Yeah, not all good." Dean Says

"Oh, come on, Dean. You just got to meet them." He points out to men "That's Russ and Joba, Bess' first cousins on sister Joy's side." Russ and Joba wave, He points out the Group Leader "That's Reverend Jim, Bess' dad -- leader of the pack and a good man." Garth Says

"Dean," isn't it? Welcome. Jim Meyers. Folks usually call me..."

"Reverend Jim. Yeah, I got it." Dean Says

"Oh. Uh, my bad. Dean's got this crazy fear of germs." Garth Says

"I understand your apprehension, Dean. Hunters and our kind don't have the best history together." Jim Says

"But I think you'll find we're not much different from you." Joy Says

"Oh, sister, I highly doubt it." Dean Says

"Why don't we break bread and see?" Jim Asks

"Why would I do that?" Dean Says

Jim and Joy sigh and then leave for the diningroom. Garth is shocked at Dean's rudeness.

"Dean!" Garth Says

"What?" Dean Says

A short time later all are seated at the table and Joy is serving raw animal organs to the entire table but Dean who has an overcooked steak, corn and a burnt biscuit, He watches with an almost sick look.

"Now, everybody eat up. But make sure you leave room for pie." Joy Says

"Sister Joy's pies are famous throughout the badger state." Jim Says

"Mm. Dean loves pie." Garth Says

Dean glares at him for even mentioning that fact, He continues to watch the people around the table hungrily enjoying the raw meat. He continues to look more sick and uncomfortable by the second.

"Don't you guys say some sort of a Grace or something?" Dean Asks

"We're more spiritual than we are religious. We believe, much like the American Indians did, that nature and man are one." Jim Says

"Yeah, really worked out well for them." Dean Says

Garth glares at him and Dean tries a different tactic after seeing silver bullets hanging around every person's neck.

"So, why are a bunch of werewolves wearing silver bullets around their necks?" Dean Asks

"Sorry, Dean, but we don't use the "W" word around here. We prefer the term "lycanthrope." Garth Says

"We"?" Dean Says

"He's entitled to his opinion, Garth." Jim Says

"Many of our kind see themselves as indestructible. This is a constant reminder of how precious our lives truly are." Bess Says

"Yeah, but it's silver. I mean, doesn't it burn?" Dean Says

"Yeah, it does a bit, but that's kind of the point. It reminds us of our fragility." Garth Says

"My daughter, Bess, was born a lycanthrope. It was one of the proudest days of my life. Which soon turned tragic... When a hunter killed my wife. Believe me when I tell you, I wanted to make someone pay. Then I looked at Bess, and I realized the road to revenge is a dark and lonely one, which you never get off. And that hole in the pit of your stomach, you never fill it -- ever." Jim Says

"Hey, no, I get it." Dean Says

"So I chose to look forward, not backwards. And the minute I did that, the powers that be brought this beautiful, compassionate, amazing woman into my life." He smiles at Joy "And she helped me raise a little baby girl as if Bess were her own." Jim Says

"I can't take all the credit. Daddy had a hand in it, too. He saw your potential." Joy Says

"Daddy?" Dean Says

"My father -- bless his soul -- was the previous reverend of our church, the third generation in our family to serve." Joy Says

"So, you're fourth-generation werewolf?" Dean Asks

"Yes." Joy Says

POLICE STATION

Sam is talking to the Sheriff outside the police station.

"Look, the good Reverend Jim and his family are all a little new-agey and hippie-dippy like, but they're clean as a whistle and pillars of our community. Why is the FBI even interested in them?" He Says

"I just go where they send me, sheriff. Truth be told, I'm more interested in, uh... murders and "X-files"-y stuff. Anything of that variety around here?" Sam Says

"No, sir. We're just a small town. Not much crime of any to speak of. I'm sorry, agent. I wish I could be more help." Sheriff Says

"Ah, that's all right. But if you do think of something, give me a call." Sam Says

"Will do." He Says

REVEREND JIM'S HOUSE

Dean opens the fridge and sees platters of raw organs. He turns around when he hears people behind him, He turns to see Russ and Joba.

"Still hungry?" Russ Asks

"Yeah, I was just, uh... seeing if you had any beer." Dean Says

Russ and Joba move in threateningly pinning Dean in the corner. Dean keeps his gaze steady.

"The sooner you realize that all is good here, the sooner you can go." Russ Says

"Don't you two have a chew toy or something to go play with?" Dean Says

"Hey, guys. You mind if I grab a second with Dean, here?" Garth Asks

Russ and Joba leave and Garth and Dean move to a window.

"Why are you being so hard on everyone?" Garth Asks

"Because there's no way that all of this is what it looks like. No way." Dean Says

"Why not?" Garth Asks

"Come on, man. I know you drank the kool-aid, okay? But come on." Dean Says

"Look, amigo... I know this is all looks nuts, but I found it. Love and a family? Who cares where that comes from?" Garth Says

"I do." Dean Says

"I get it. When I first got here, I couldn't let go, either. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. But when it didn't, I had to accept the truth." Garth Says

"Well, I got another truth for you -- we were all left in the dark when you went Awol. I didn't know whether you were dead or worse. You should have reached out and sent someone a message." Dean Says

"And said what, Dean? That I was a werewolf? I was embarrassed. I thought it best for everyone if I just stayed away. But that doesn't mean that I didn't think about and miss you, Elena and Sam... Kevin." Garth Says

At Kevin's name, Dean meets Garth's eyes and there is a empty blankness to his eyes. He immediately knows something is wrong.

"Kevin's gone." Dean Says

"What?" Kevin Says

"Gone for good." Dean Says

"What happened?" Garth Asks

"When he needed me, I wasn't there. That's what." Dean

Later that night Dean and Sam are outside the house leaning against the Impala watching the house.

"Okay, Dean, they gave you lunch, they gave you pie. Why are we still here?" Sam Asks

"Uh, yeah, you're right. Yeah, Garth's good. You want to hit the road, it's square by me." Dean Says

"Look, I'm just saying, this wouldn't be the first time we came across a friendly monster. Or a-a family of friendly monsters -- whatever this is."  His cell phone rings "Agent Perry....Sheriff.How can I help you?...Really?" He motions for them to hit the road
"Okay." Sam Says

The Impala rolls up to a side of a field where the Sheriff is standing looking at a gutted deer. The Winchester get out and walk up.

"Well, you wanted weird, agent. You tell me what tore up that deer. Nothing that runs in these parts." He Says

Dean and Sam walk over to the deer and squat down to look at it closer. They have their backs to the Sheriff.

"Fresh blood." Dean Says

"Yes, it is." He Says

The Sheriff takes his hand out of his pockets and the nails grow long as he turns into a werewolf.