NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTIQUITIES

Sam, Elena and Dean are talking to the curator as the last body is rolled out.

"So, the First Blade was never on display?" Elena Asks

"No authenticated item by that name was ever on these premises." McElroy Says

"Authenticated." Dr. McElroy, this Blade was stolen and smuggled into the U.S. in violation of treaties with several governments. We can compel you to speak." Dean Says

"Compel"? And what might that involve?" McElroy Says

Dean is slightly taken aback by her implication, Elena and Sam looks on.

"All right, look, I did acquire the so-called First Blade. And carbon dating did peg it to biblical times, but the authentication proved unreliable." McElroy Says

"So it was in the vault." Sam Says

"I removed it myself. The guards didn't know." McElroy Says

"And where is it now?" Sam Asks

"Several weeks ago, a confidential offer was made to purchase it. I was afraid we would never authenticate the thing, so—" McElroy Says

"Who was the buyer?" Elena Asks

"Sorry. The buyer insisted on absolute secrecy." McElroy Says

"Well...federal statutes trump your little deal. So...the buyer?" Dean Asks

"And you'll get it out of me one way or another, won't you, Agent?" McElroy Says

McElroy responds in a flirtatious way again, Dean is starting to respond to the flirting and smirks a little and Elena rolls her eyes and clears her throat.

"Hmm. I never did know his real identity. He called himself "Magnus." Don't ask me where he lives. I have no idea. But I do have a meeting. So, here is my number, should you need anything else." McElroy Says

She hold out her card and Sam goes to take it and Dr.McElroy pulls it back and hand it over again, this time only for Dean and he takes the card, Dr.McElroy leaves and Sam & Elena gives him a "Really?" look

"What?" Dean Says

"Did you catch that? "Magnus"? "Albert Magnus"? The name the Men of Letters used when they want to be incognito?" Sam Says

"Yeah, but we know that all of the Men of Letters are dead." Dean Says

"Do we?" Sam Says

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BUNER DUNGEON

Elena, Sam and Dean enters the Bunker's dungeon where Crowley is still sitting there chained up.

"Turndown service? I'd like a mint on my pillow and a massage from Bambi." Crowley Says

"What do you know about the Men of Letters massacre of 1958?" Sam Asks

"We know Abaddon missed our grandfather and Larry Ganem. Was there anybody else?" Dean Asks

"Let me get this straight. You keep me locked up in this closet, ignore my suffering, and then come barging in here and demand my help?" Crowley Says

"More or less, yeah." Elena Says

"Did I or did I not keep my end of the bargain the other night? Quite brilliantly, I might add. We are partners! And you owe me!" Crowley Says

"Owe" you?" Sam Says

"I wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for you two. You shoot me up. You make me a junkie. You keep me stashed away for months while my kingdom falls apart?!" Crowley Says

"What do you want?" Dean Asks

Later Crowley is now sitting in the Bunker library drinking a scotch while Sam, Elena and Dean rifle through boxes of Men of Letter's files.

"It's not a very good scotch, is it?" Crowley Says

"Okay, Crowley, we have gone through the records for the entire membership in 1958. Every single name matches the men who were killed." Sam Says

Crowley is only half paying attention as he finds a Busty Asian Beauties magazine and starts looking through it.

"That would be the active membership, correct?" Sam looks up and rolls his eyes "Were you three dropped on your heads a great deal? Like I told you, rumor has it that a rogue member was tossed out on his arse. Does that make him "active"? Seriously, guys, how did you ever function without me?
Well, hello, Miss Ichigatsu." Crowley Says

Elena picks up a file box and reads the label
"Infamati et obliterati."

"Dishonored and forgotten." Crowley Says

Later Sam, Elena and Dean are sitting across from each other at the table, still pouring over the files.

"Wow. This guy was something." Dean Hands a paper over to Sam

"Tough name." Sam Says

"Yeah, Cuthbert Sinclair. I'd have just gone with "Magnus." Dean Says

"Looks like he designed most of the warding that keeps the bunker safe." Sam Says

"Says here he was named "Master of Spell", right after he initiated." Elena Says

"I guess his work got a little crazy. The leadership called it "eccentric" and "irresponsible"" Sam Says

"K, so these are the projects that he proposed the last two years he was here. Look at this -- "rejected." "Rejected." "Rejected" Elena Says

"So difficult -- brilliant, ahead of your time, despised for it. Trust me, I know." Crowley Says

"Formal separation from Men of Letters -- April 1956." Dean Says

"He missed the massacre." Sam Says

"I never knew his name, but I heard someone was out. Did my damndest to find him. Thought he might be my way inside this joint." Crowley Says

"So where'd you look?" Sam Asks

FOREST

Sam, Elena, Dean and Crowley are walking through a forest of tree and into a clearing.

"So this is where your demons tracked him to?" Dean Says

"Exact spot. My boys never could find him. I'm sensing nothing, so if he's here, he's warded up to the gills." Crowley Says

"Well, he was a genius at it, right? Sure as hell ain't gonna be found by a bunch of demons." Sam Says

"Oh, like he's gonna open his heart to you lot, because you're such prizes?" Crowley Says

"Better -- we're legacies." Sam and Dean walks up a little "All right, if he's so bent on hiding, maybe he's watching. Give it a shot." Dean Says

"Cuthbert Sinclair -- uh, Magnus -- whatever. We're Sam and Dean Winchester, Henry Winchester's grandsons." He Says

"And Men of Letters, ourselves." Dean Says

"We know what happened back in the day. We don't necessarily agree with it. We figured...Maybe you want to tell your side of the story." Sam Says

There is nothing and so the boys turn back and look at Crowley and Elena, Crowley noticed something and points behind them and there is a smoky doorway that rises from the ground. Sam, Elena and Dean exchange looks and then walk through it, They are immediately in a hallway in a beautiful mansion.

"Which way?" Elena Asks

Dean motions to the right and they walk down the hall. We when round the corner they are attacked by three vampires. They fight them off and behind both of them. Then over the intercom they hear clapping and a voice.

"Bravo! Well done."

Moments later Sam, Elena and Dean are sitting on a couch while a man, Magnus, pours himself a drink.

"Sorry about all the theatricality. I just wanted to see what you two were made of." Magnus Says

"So, what, are we underground?" Dean Asks

"No. No, my fortress is right where you were standing. But it's invisible." Magnus Says

"Then you must be Cuthbert Sinclair." Sam Says

"Ugh. I haven't gone by that moniker in, oh...57 years now." Magnus Says

"Well, you're looking good for a guy pushing...90?" Elena Says

"Well, thanks, Beautiful. There's a spell for damn near everything. Now I understand they are the Winchesters and who might you be?" Magnus Asks

"I'm Elena Singer, Friend of theirs." She Says

"Yes I see and your a women of letters as well." Magnus Says As Elena nods

"I guess I am." Elena Says

"..Interesting seeing a woman doing what was normally a man's job fascinating, I am impressed, though. You did exactly what you should've done. Though I am gonna miss those two from my zoo." Magnus Says

"Your zoo?" Sam Says

"Oh, you guys are in the midst of the greatest collection of supernatural rarities and antiquities on the planet. I'm sorry. Did you say that you were Men of Letters? I thought that whole thing died out after '58." Magnus Says

"Well, we are -- we are legacies. But actually, uh... We're hunters." Sam Says

"Hunters? Wow! Hunters. With the key to the kingdom! The boys must be spinning in their graves. Damn snobs. Bunch of librarians, if you ask me. Although I was always fond of Henry. I was his mentor, you know? Yeah, till the squares gave me the boot. Yeah. 'Course, he came here to visit me, in secret. Called out to me, same as you did. Oh, yes. Quite the wild hair, your grandfather was." Magnus Says

"Listen, Magnus, uh... We got ourselves a little situation. Abaddon, the last Knight of Hell, is looking to up her pay grade and take over the place." Dean Says

"Things never change, do they? I kept telling the boys over and over again -- I would say, "we could stop all this. We could rid the world of monsters once and for all if we just put our minds to it", but, "oh, no," they said. "No, no, no. It's not our place. We're here to study. We're here to catalog" Magnus Says

"Yeah, yeah, no, we get it. They're, uh...geeks." Elena Says

"Mm." Magnus Says

"But she can be stopped. But we need something that we hear you have -- the First Blade." Dean Says

"Hmm. I see. Interesting. But if you'd really done your homework, you would know that it's absolutely useless, unless, of course, you're possessing the Mark-" Magnus Says

Dean pulls up his right sleeve to reveal the Mark in his arm "...the Mark of Cain."

"Oh, my. How did you come by that?" Magnus Asks

"Listen, if Abaddon takes over, the one thing she wants more than anything is to make hell on earth. Not even you can escape that." Sam Says

"And they say all hunters are morons. It's right there behind you." Magnus Says

Sam, Elena and Dean turn around and they see the First Blade on display, The Winchesters and Elena stand up.

"Listen, if you're serious about taking action, this -- this is taking action. You loan us that Blade, and we will stop the bitch." Dean Says

"Hmm. Let me think about it." He turns around and pinches some green powder from a tray on the end table. "All right, I've thought about it." Magnus Says

"Wait what are you doing?" Elena Asks

"Abi, ab oculis meis!" Magnus blows the powder at Sam & Elena and recites a spell and they disappear
in a puff of smoke

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Sam and Elena rushing through the woods back to the Impala and Crowley.

"Magnus has Dean." Sam Says

"What did you do with my them?!" Dean Asks

"Don't worry. He's fine. But I did what any good collector would do -- I separated the ordinary from the extraordinary. I had the First Blade. And now I have the Mark of Cain to complete the set." Magnus Says

"Yeah, well, problem is, it's attached. So how about you loan me the Blade and I take care of business?" Dean Says

"Dean, I am offering you the moon here -- to be part of the greatest collection of all time, to be young forever. Let me teach you my secrets. Hmm? Be my companion. I have to be honest with you, it has gotten lonely here over the years." Magnus Says

"When you were saying any of that, did it feel at all creepy? Yeah. I'm just gonna grab the Blade and go." Dean Says

"One little design flaw to the place -- no windows, no doors." Magnus Says

"Well, in that case... I'll just make my own." Dean draws his machete

"Shen ti rán shao!" Magnus Says

He blows some more dust after reciting a spell, Dean's machete burns white hot and he drops it as it burns his hand.

"Aah!" Dean Says

"Eh? Tricky little spell, that first one, right? Chinese." Dean goes for his gun but he's holding it up "Ah. Cheap magician's trick on that one -- picked your pocket. Nice gun welcome to the collection, Dean." Magnus Says

Outside Sam is digging through the Impala's trunk to find anything to help them get back inside, Crowley takes a small peek and Sam draws the demon knife on him.

"You Mind?" Sam Says

"Who would have thunk it, eh, moose -- you and me, same team, in the trenches. When this is over, we can get matching tattoos." Crowley Says

Sam takes the file box from the trunk and goes and sits in the passenger seat to look through it.

"Just to be clear, Crowley, we are not on the same anything. By the way, since the place is warded, your powers are useless, which means you are useless, even more so than usual." Sam Says

"What's Bambi doing over there?" Crowley Asks

Sam and Crowley looks over at Elena who's breathing in and out, her eyes are closed then opens them to chant a spell.

"Libera me occulta cognoscere veritatem" Elena Says

Elena's eyes roll back and they turn white, through her pov that she tries to find Dean's location but it just goes blurry.

"Damn it." Elena Says

"What happened?" Sam Asks

"Just as I suspected there's boundary spell and it's blocking my magic I tried using my astral projection spell." Elena Says

"And?" Sam Says

"Nothing how are we gonna get in there?" Elena Asks

"Hey You're gonna need another set of hands when you get in there, unless you have other volunteers in mind." Crowley Says

"Thanks We'll Pass." Elena Says

"If memory serves me, I'm the one who helped your brother find Cain so that we could find the Blade, so that Dean could receive the Mark. I'm the one who flushed that lout Gadreel out of your noggin. So, lately, big boy, I've seen more playing time than you." Crowley Says

"Crowley, will you please shut the hell up?" Crowley Says

Back in Magnus house, he has Dean tied up to a post with chance around his ankles and upper arms, Magnus picks up the first blade.

"Oh, you're a really sorry piece of work. You know that? Holed up in here, doing nothing. You bitch about the Men of Letters. You're way worse." Dean Says

"Should we fire it up? What do you say?" Magnus Says

"Go to hell." Dean Says

"Oh, come on, Dean. This is the object of your quest. Tell me Henry Winchester's grandson isn't curious to see if it works. Give me your hand." Dean doesn't move so Magnus grabs his right hand and shoves the First Bland's handle into it. "Give me...your hand." Magnus Says

The Mark of Cain glows red and Dean instantly go rigid and his hand clutching the Blade starts to shake. He looks like he is fighting a strong power. He closes his eyes with the effort but then opens them again as he gets a faraway look in his eyes.

The veins on his arm, next to the Mark, start turning red. Magnus looks on with fascination. Suddenly the shaking in his hand gets worse and Dean drops the Blade. He is breathing heavily and his right hand is still shaking, Magnus picks up the blade.

"That's it. Good. Next time, it'll be easier. You'll get used to the feelings, even welcome them." Magnus Says

Outside it has turned dark, Sam and Elena is still going through the files by lantern light.

"Here's something. Apparently, he wanted to make the entire Men of Letters bunker invisible. All physical points of entry were to be eliminated, "and entrance would only be gained by spell." Sam Says

"Oh. We're gonna need some things. You actually might turn out to be useful, Crowley." Elena Says

"You'll come to understand, Dean -- nothing can stop us. Anything, anyone we want to own or destroy is ours." Magnus Says

"Well, how about this, Magnus? How about I take a knee? Then what are you gonna do? Huh? You gonna kill me? 'Cause without this thing on my arm, that Blade's nothing but a hunk of bone with teeth." Dean Says

"Hmm. Well, I'm not asking you for your cooperation. I'm just taking it." He grasps Dean's head and recites a spell "Mentem tuam ac voluntatem adsumo." Dean's eyes drain of all attitude or emotion "Interesting effect, huh? All thought, all will just...drained out of you. I do this enough, you'll be ready for whatever I have in mind." Magnus Says

Outside Elena is mixing a spell in a bowl as Sam and Crowley looks on.

"I did good, eh, Bambi, Moose? Everything on the list. You're welcome." Crowley Says

Sam and Elena ignoring the plea coming from Crowley, She stands up and holds the bowl out.

"And I'm done, we're ready." Elena Says

"Remember -- stay close, do what we say, and shut the hell up." Sam Says

"I'm growing on you, aren't I?" Crowley Says

"Ingressum domi dona mihi." Elena Says

The bowl lights up with a yellow flame then a smoky door rises from the ground and Sam, Elena and Crowley walk through it into Magnus's hallway.

"Love what he's done with the place." Crowley Says

They hear footsteps coming down the hallway and they duck around a corner. Magnus appears and goes to put a map in a drawer. When he turns his back, Sam leaps at him putting a knife to his throat.

"Take us to my brother." Sam Says

Sam and Elena enters the room where Dean is tied up. Dean sees them leading Magnus with a knife to his throat but calls out in a panic.

"Sam! Elena No!" Dean Says

Sam and Elena looks over to the real Magnus and the fake Magnus turns into someone else and he grabs the knife from Sam and goes to stab him. Sam recovers quickly and manages to stab him first, Magnus draws Dean's gun out on them.

"Shape-shifter. You see? There are benefits to keeping a zoo." Magnus Says

"Pater—" Elena Says

"Abi, ab oculis meis!" Magnus Says

He chanted a spell quickly before Elena could and she disappears in a puff of smoke, Just to appear tied up like Dean. A few minutes later, Magnus has tied Sam up just like Dean and Elena on another post. He draws a blade from a display and walks over to the younger brother.

"Elena your a very wise witch never change but you gotta be quicker than that, You know, I discarded you far too quickly, Sam. You're way more valuable than I thought you were. Why would I knock myself out trying to sap your will? I think Sam and Elena here will get you to see things my way." Magnus Says

"Magnus, I swear to God..." Dean Says

"What? What are you gonna do? What is he gonna do? Huh?" Magnus Says then gashes open Sam's right cheek with his blade

"Unh!" Sam Says As Dean struggles in his ties in a panic

"Yeah, look, look, Sam, Elena I'm not gonna kill you both of course not." Magnus Says

He takes another slice this time at Elena's cheek and Sam's neck and they both groans. Dean in his terror suddenly notices Crowley peeking in through a doorway.

"But I am gonna make you two suffer unimaginably, all right?" Magnus Says

There is a sound of dropping chains and both Sam, Elena and Magnus look over to where Dean was. He is gone. But before Magnus can recover, Dean dives at him with the First Blade and the Mark of Cain glowing red hot.

Magnus is beheaded before he even knows what hit him. Dean is still holding the Blade in his shaking right hand. His eyes are barely human as he watches Crowley, Sam gently starts to call his name.

"Dean? Dean. Hey, it's over. He's dead." Sam Says

Dean turns his eyes to the Blade and his arm that is still glowing hot. Dean's lips starts to turn in a snarl with an almost animal like look. Sam and Elena starts to get more urgent at him.

"Drop the Blade, Dean." Elena Says

Dean shows no indication that he has heard any one of them. Elena looks over at Sam and they both look back over at Dean.

"Dean!!" Elena Says

Suddenly a spark of humanity flashes in Dean's eyes and they flicker to his brothers face then at Elena, she holds his gaze.

"Drop the Blade." Sam Says

Dean lets go and drops the Blade as he draws his shaking hand to his chest. It's Morning and Sam, Elena, Dean and Crowley walk back to the Impala

"Brilliant, I must say. I'm speaking of myself, of course. All you three managed to do was get trussed up. Combine a little derring-do on my part, a little dumb muscle from squirrel, a little bleeding from moose..." Crowley Says

Sam, Elena and Dean both step out of the woods and shock is written on their faces, Crowley is still talking.

"Happy ending. Roll credits." Crowley Says

"No, no! Come on. What the hell?" Dean Says

The Impala's doors are open and the car looks like it has been tossed in a search of something. Dean runs to her and starts to check to make sure everything is okay.

"That's sulfur -- demons." Sam Says

"Abaddon's. Well, she's just one jump behind us. Guess she couldn't find Magnus' joint, either. What about the trunk?" Dean Says

"Safe. Warding kept them out." Elena Says

"Demon mitts all over my baby." Dean Says

He shuts the back door and when he does sees that someone has keyed the whole side of the car with writing.

"Oh, come on!! Oh, now they're keying cars?!" Dean Says

Dean kneels to get a better look at the writing on the car.

"What language is that?" Elena Asks

"It's Enochian. The message isn't for you. It's for me. "Be afraid. Your Queen." Abaddon's getting more brazen. She thinks I'm losing my grip." Crowley Says

Sam turns to his brother his is just on his knees next to his car, anger emanating from him.

"Dean. Dean." Sam Says

Dean gets up, still very angry but listening to his brother.

"Listen, you said Crowley was only useful till we got the Blade. We got the Blade." Sam Says

Dean's eye flicker to Crowley and that is when he makes his move. He flings the Elena and the Winchesters to the side of the car and holds them there. The First Blade falls from Sam's hand to the ground.

"You know, boys, I'm in debt to you. You forced sobriety on me, and now I can see the situation for what it is. Dean, you are quite the killing machine. And it occurs to me that Abaddon is not the only name on your list. My name must be up there, as well." Crowley Says

"It's no good to you without me." Dean Says

"Yes, but as long as I have it, it's no good to you." He draws the Blade to him and holds it in his hand.
"Now, this is the way it's going to go -- I'll hang on to old donkey teeth here until such time as you locate Abaddon. Then you'll destroy her. You're right, moose. You can't trust me. But, sadly, I can't trust you, either." Crowley Says

He disappears and the boys are released from the side of the car. They stand there looking around in frustration.