RESTAURANT

Death is eating a taquito Dean is still holding the tray of food.

"What I find truly fascinating, Dean... mmm. That's good. ...is that you and I both know that I've been burned by you Winchesters before, yet you still call." Death walks away from Dean

"Yeah, I know, but not this time, okay?" He walks over to Death and puts down the tray "No games, no second thoughts. I know you know what this is."
He holds out his forearm and Death looks down at the Mark "I know you know what it can do. I've tried to fight it. I've tried to beat it on my own. And I-I can't. I got no moves left -- except you." Dean Says

"Well, I never thought I'd see the day." He sits down
"My goodness. Dean Winchester has tipped over his king. But I won't kill you, Dean." Death Says, then takes a sip of a red drink through a straw

"You're death." Dean Says

"And that Mark on your arm is the First Curse. Nothing can kill you." Death Says

"Okay, well, forget killing me. Can you get rid of it?" Dean Asks

"I could." Death Says

"But..." Dean Says

"Creatio ex nihilo -- God created the earth out of nothing -- or so your Sunday-school teacher would have you believe." Death Says

"What, so Genesis is a lie, eh? Shocker." Dean Says

"Before there was light, before there was God and the archangels, there wasn't nothing. There was the Darkness, a horribly destructive, amoral force that was beaten back by God and his archangels in a terrible war. God locked the Darkness away where it could do no harm, and he created a Mark that would serve as both lock and key, which he entrusted to his most valued Lieutenant, Lucifer. But the Mark began to assert its own will, revealed itself as a curse, and began to corrupt. Lucifer became jealous of man. God banished Lucifer to Hell. Lucifer passed the Mark to Cain, who passed the Mark to you, the proverbial finger in the dike." Death Says

As he's talking Death walks closer to Dean so that he is right in his face as he says that last line.

"Well, that is just fan-friggin-tastic, isn't it?" Dean Says

"So I could remove the Mark, but only if you will share it with another..." He leans down so the he is eye to eye with Dean "To ensure that the lock remains unbroken and the Darkness remains banned." Death Says

"I'm not doing that... not to anyone." Dean Says

"What if I told you I could relocate you somewhere far away, not even on this earth, where you would still be alive, but no longer a danger to yourself or to others?" Death Says

Sam walks out of the motel room and his cellphone rings. He answers "Dean."

"I gave it a shot, Sammy." Dean Says

"Listen to me—whatever you're doing, whatever you've done, please..." Sam Says

"Hell, I even worked a case. I gave everything I had to beat this thing down." Dean Says

"I saw. I saw Rudy." Sam Says

"Well, then, you saw what I did." Dean Says

"No, that wasn't you." Sam Says

"Sure as hell felt like me." Behind him, Death is sitting at a table eating "Brother, I'm done." Dean Says

"No. No, you're not. Dean." Sam Says

"Grab a pen. It's time to say goodbye." Dean Says

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DINER

The waiter walks over to a patron with a pot of coffee.

"Get you a refill, Jimmy." He Says

The waiter turns his back to the counter to place the coffee pot back on the burner. There is a loud sound of glass and silverware breaking and falling. The waiter jumps and as he turns around he sees Crowley standing in the middle of the diner.

"Fancy a story?" Crowley walks towards the waiter

He's still holding the pot of coffee "You? What did you do?"

Crowley flicks his hand and the waiter is pushed back and pinned against the serving counter. Crowley sits at the counter.

"A long, long time ago, there once lived an evil bitch -- sorry, witch -who was forced to flee her home and her only son because she was, well, horrible. Starving and homeless, she threw herself upon the mercy of a peasant Polish family who took her in, fed her, and nursed her back to full strength." The waiter looks around nervously "This was a kindness she had never known. She was particularly taken by their 8-year-old son who, apparently, she grew to love. Mm." Crowley Says

He pulls over Jimmy's coffee cup and saucer that was on the counter next to him.

"How do you know all this?" He Asks

"A hamster told me." He pours sugar into the sup and stirs the contents "Tragically...the boy was terminally ill and soon to die. But before the witch departed, she gave the boy and his family the only thanks that made sense. She cured the boy with one spell and cast another that would take root once he was full-grown. That lying, manipulative whore mother of mine gave you immortality, didn't she...Oskar?" Crowley Says

JUAN'S RESTAURANT

The Impala pulls up the restaurant where Dean and Death are. It is daylight and Sam walks in and stops suddenly when he sees Dean standing in the middle of the restaurant with Death standing behind him.

"Hey." Sam Says

"Sam." Dean Says

"What is this?" Sam Asks

"We need to talk." Dean Says

Sam walks towards Dean with his hand out "Whatever you are thinking of doing, don't. There is another way. You don't need to go with him. You don't need to die!"

"Funny you say that. Truth is, when I left, I thought the only way out was my death. Well, I was wrong, Sam. It's yours." Dean Says As Sam breathes heavily and looks confused

"What? He's gonna... Gonna send you into outer space?" Sam Says

"No, well, he didn't say outer space." Dean Says

"This is madness, Dean!" Sam Says

"Far from it, I'm afraid." Death Says

"No one's asking you." Sam Says

"Hear him out!" Dean Says

"Our conundrum is simple, Sam. Your brother cannot be killed, and the Mark cannot be destroyed, not without inciting a far greater evil than any of us have ever known." Death Says

"What evil?" Sam Asks

"The Darkness." Dean Says

"What the hell is that?" Sam Asks

"Well, what does it sound like? Does it sound like a good thing?" Dean Says

"Even if I remove Dean from the playing field, we're still left with you, loyal, dogged Sam, who I suspect will never rest until he sets his brother free." Death Says

He walks around Dean to stand between Sam and Dean. As he gets closer to Sam, Dean walks further away. Death walks closer to Sam until he is right in his face

"He will never rest until his brother is free of the Mark, which simply cannot happen, lest the Darkness be set free. Then there was that time you stood me up." Death Says

Sam walks away from Death and over to Dean
"You traded my life."

"I'm willing to live with this thing forever, as long as I know that I and it will never hurt another living thing." Dean Says

"This isn't you. This doesn't make any sense." Sam Says

"No, it makes perfect sense if you stop thinking about yourself for one damn minute!" Dean Says

"It's for the greater good. Once you consider that, this makes all the sense in the world." Death Says

Sam is breathing heavily as he stands in the middle of Death and Dean.

BREWERY BASEMENT

Elena is sitting at the table fiddling with her thumbs, Crowley walking up to them.

"Why the long faces? Oh. Let me guess. Mother showed you her "mustn't touch it" again." Crowley Says

"Do you have the ingredients?" Castiel Asks

Crowley drops a small bag on the table, As Rowena goes to pick it up Castiel grabs her hand.

"The Quince cost me a major I.O.U. with a Palestinian warlock." Castiel opens the bag and pulls out its contents and hands the "quince" to Rowena "The gold from the calf well, let's just say I'll be hanged under certain sexual-deviancy laws if I ever show my face in Jordan again." Crowley Says

"Ew." Elena Says

"And the third?" Rowena Asks

"Ah, yes. All my long life, I wondered what I'd done to deserve a mother who refused to show love. I pained over it. I built my bloody kingdom on top of it." Rowena is grating the forbidden fruit into a bowl "Then one day, epiphany struck. My mother was incapable of loving anything. For the first time in hundreds of years, I felt free. And then you showed up in my dungeon, we communed, and I began to realize you weren't incapable of love. You're incapable of loving me." Crowley Says

"Goodness, Fergus, save it for the stage, why don't you? I mean, fabulous speech, but you put yourself on far too high a pedestal." Crowley walks away from Castiel, Elena and Rowena "The fact remains I do not, will not, and have not loved anything ever." Rowena Says

Crowley snaps his fingers and Oskar walks into the room. Oskar and Rowena stare at each other in a blank state of surprise.

"You were saying?" Crowley Says

JUANS RESTAURANT

"Remember when we were in that church, making Crowley human, about to close the Gates of Hell? Well, you sure as hell were ready to die for the greater good then." Dean Says

"Yeah, and, Dean, you pulled me back." Sam Says

"And I was wrong. You were right, Sam. You knew that this world would be better without us in it." Dean Says

"No, no, no, wait a second. You're twisting my words here, Dean." Sam Says

"Why? Because we—we track evil and kill it? The family business? Is that it? Look at the tape, Sam. Evil tracks us. And it nukes everything in our vicinity our family, our friends. It's time we put a proper name to what we really are and we deal with it." Dean Says

"Wait a second. We are not evil. Listen... We're far from perfect, but we are good. That thing on your arm is evil, but not you, not me." Sam Says

Dean paces as Sam is talking, alternately walking away from Sam and then back to him.

"I let Rudy die...and I nearly beat Elena to death, How was that not evil? I know what I am, Sam. But who were you when you—when you drove that man to sell his soul...Or when you bullied Charlie into getting herself killed? And to what end? A-a good end? A just end? To remove the Mark no matter what the consequences? Sam, how is that not evil? I have this thing on my arm, and you're willing to let the Darkness into the world." Dean Says

"You were also willing to summon death to make sure you could never do any more harm." Dean smirks and looks away from him to Death, who is waiting impatiently "You summoned me because you knew I would do anything to protect you. That's not evil, Dean. That's not an evil man. That is a good man crying to be heard, searching for... some other way." Sam Says

"No, there is no other way, Sam." He looks up at Sam "I'm sorry." Sam punches him in the face "Good."

Dean grabs his hand with the bandana around it and pulls the bandana off "Good. Fight." He punches Sam in the face

BREWERY BASEMENT

"This is ridiculous." Rowena Says

"Do you love this man? Rowena, is it true?" Elena Asks

"Course it's true. Say hello, Oskar." Crowley Says
As Rowena looks at Oskar with tears in her eyes

"Rowena." Oskar Says

"Even for you, Fergus, this is a new low -- a cruel, shameful, disgusting low." Rowena Says

"It's only cruel if you actually go through with it. Though...who's the cruel one then?" Crowley Says

JUANS RESTAURANT

Sam and Dean are fighting, the brothers fight viciously and throws several punches. Dean throws Sam to the ground. As Sam tries to get up Dean punches him viciously in the head. Dean looks at Sam coldly and punches him two more times as Sam tries to get up and knocks one of Sam's teeth out.

"Ohh! Okay." He places his hands over his head as Dean looks at him annoyed "That's enough. Hey, that's enough." Sam Says

"Really?" Dean Says

Sam remains crouched on the ground and his face is bleeding as he looks up at Dean "You will never, ever hear me say that you -- the real you -- is anything but good." Says

Dean rolls his eyes, he looks away and coughs and spits his tooth on the ground. When he looks back up at Dean his eyes are wet and he talks softly.

"But you're right. Before you hurt...anyone else, you have to be stopped at any cost. I understand." He starts crying then takes a deep breath and sighs heavily. He clears his throat and when he speaks again his voice is stronger "Do it." Sam Says

Death walks over to Dean and hands him a large scythe that comes up to his shoulder. Dean turns away from Sam and takes the scythe from Death.

"Please. Do me the honor." Death Says

As Dean turns back around Sam is still kneeling on the floor and he sees the scythe between them. Sam is breathing heavily, trying not to openly cry. Dean looks scared for a moment and then looks at Sam, resigned. Sam inhales deeply, looks up to Dean and gives a small nod. He closes his eyes and sighs

"Close your eyes." A tear runs down Sam's face as he continues to look up at him "Sammy, close your eyes." Dean Says

"Wait." He reaches into his jacket and holds some photos in his hand "Take these. And one day, when you find your way back... Let these be your guide. And they can help you remember what it was to be good...what it was to love." Sam Says

Sam looks down and places the two pictures we saw in the opening on the floor. One of Mary Winchester and Dean as a young boy and another of Mary, Dean and Sam as an infant. Sam looks back up at Dean and dean hesitates, looking conflicted. Death is standing behind Dean.

"It's for family you must proceed, Dean." Death Says

The camera pans to the photographs on the floor and back to Dean's face as his eyes move from one picture to the other. There is emotion on his face and in his eyes.

"To be what you are, to become what you've become is a stain on their memory. Do it. Or I will." Death Says

Dean looks anguished as he looks back at Sam. Sam sighs and gives him a reassuring nod. Sam and Dean look intently at each other for several seconds.

"Forgive me." Dean Says

As Dean rears back to swing the scythe, Sam slams his eyes shut. Dean swings the scythe, misses Sam and stabs Death in the chest. When Dean realizes what happened he looks horrified as Death turns to ash and crumbles into dust on the floor, Sam and Dean look at each other in shock.

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BREWERY BASEMENT

Rowena is smiling up at Oskar and holding his hand, while Crowley, Elena and Castiel stand by.

"You've grown so big. Not too big to give your old auntie Rowena a hug I hope." Rowena Says

"I hope I haven't hurt you." Oskar Says

Rowena and Oskar hug, Her voice breaks as she speaks "Don't think about that one moment. Everything's fine, Oskar. Everything's fine."

Rowena looks angrily over her shoulder at Crowley as she hugs Oskar. She's holding a fountain pen in her hand "Nobody's hurting anybody." She pulls back from their embrace "Goodbye, my sweet wee boy."

She places her hands on either side of Oskar's neck and stabs him in the neck with the pen. Oskar looks shocked. Rowena pulls the pen out and blood spouts from Oskar's neck. She makes an anguished cry as she grabs him and pushes him down so that the blood pours into a metal bowl on the table. Crowley looks on with little emotion, Elena and Castiel looks away.

"Ab manu dei... Ab manu hominis." Rowena Says

Rowena throws ingredients into the bowl with the blood.

Back to the restaurant as Dean gives Sam his hand to help him up from the floor. Sam's face is bruised and bloody.

"You okay?" Dean Asks

"I'll live. You?" Sam Says

"Fantastic. I think I just killed death." Dean Says

Rowena is reciting the spell over the bowl of blood and other ingredients.

"Ab cruore cordis, Mei adfusuro in aeternum." Her voice is rising with emotion and anger. Crowley is smiling slightly "Tolle maledictionem tuam ab hoc viro." Rowena Says

As Rowena adds Dean's hair to the bowl bluish smoke starts to rise and a bright light illuminates Rowena's face as she look over the bowl. Castiel, Elena and Crowley are starting to look worried.

A blast wave erupts from the bowl knocking the three of them over. A bolt of red lightning is blasted from the bowl to the roof and creates a hole in the roof. Dean is standing at his duffel as a shrieking sound is heard. He turns toward Sam.

"That sound right to you?" Dean Says

The red lightning crashes through the roof and strikes Dean's forearm. His arm and the Mark glow red and crackle until the Mark disappears. The red lightning is blasted from Dean's arm and goes back through the roof.

"Aah! Ah." Dean Says

Dean stares at his arm as the last remnants of the mark fade away. Back in the brewery it's smoke everywhere and they all stand to their feet as
the chains on Rowena's arms fall off.

"Manete!" Rowena chants the spell, they all cannot move

"What is this? This is impossible. You're not powerful enough." Crowley Says

"To what? Control the legs of a bored king, witch and a withered angel? Impetus bestiarum." Rowena Says

Castiel and Elena bend over groaning in pain, Rowena picks up the Book, the codex, and the code breaker.

"I'm afraid, Fergus, that in all your long life, you've never seen what a real witch can do with real magic. I'm terrifically pleased it's the last thing you'll ever see. Dele malum hoc." Rowena Says

Rowena points to Castiel and Elena then to Crowley as she walks out of the room. Castiel and Elena stands upright, bleeding from their eyes.

"Elena, Castiel..don't." Crowley Says

Castiel releases his angel blade into his hand and walks towards Crowley.

"Do not. Don't! Please!" Crowley Says

Castiel raises his arm and goes to stab Crowley. Before he completes his strike the scene changes to
San and Dean leaving the restaurant.

RESTAURANT

"This is good. Dean, this is good. The -- the Mark is off your arm. Nothing crazy happened. You get your baby back." Sam Says then gives Dean back the keys to the Impala

"Yeah. I'm sure everything's perfectly fine." Dean Says

As they walk away from the restaurant there is a loud crackling sound, They look up to the sky simultaneously.

"What the h--?" Sam Says

The sky is glowing dark red and several red lightning strikes the ground within several feet of Sam and Dean. The red lightning crackles across the sky and repeatedly strikes the ground all around Sam and Dean.

"What did death call this?" Sam Asks

"The Darkness." Dean Says

The ground starts rumbling and columns of black smoke erupt from the spots where the red lightning struck. They converge on one spot into a huge rolling cloud of black smoke. The boys look stunned as the cloud starts to move towards them.

"Get in the car." Dean Says

"Yeah. Let's go, let's go!" Sam Says

They run and get in the Impala and Dean backs the car away from the restaurant and gets the rear wheel stuck in a large hole. The tire spins as Dean accelerates to get out of the hole and away from the cloud. Sam is looking out the front window and taps Dean on the arm.

"Dean." Sam

They watch incredulously as the cloud roars towards them for several seconds.

"Dean!" Sam As The Darkness envelops the Impala