Kaia Nieves
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| Name | Kaia Nieves |
| Actor | Yadira Guevara-Prip |
| Dates | 1998 (born) |
| Location | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Occupation | Dreamwalker |
| Episode(s) | 13.09 The Bad Place 13.10 Wayward Sisters 15.12 Galaxy Brain |
Well, I don't know why you're really here, but you're gonna have to find a new day one buddy, 'cause that's not really my thing.
– Kaia Nieves, 13.09 The Bad Place
History
Kaia was raised by her mother until the age of 12, when she died in an accident. She never knew her father. Kaia's aunt took her in after her mother's death until she died of cancer, leaving Kaia on her own.
As a dreamwalker, Kaia can see into other worlds. One of these worlds, which she has dubbed "the Bad Place" was the only world she would visit in her dreams. It is a place of blood, death, and monsters. Any injuries she incurs in the Bad Place follow her into the waking world, causing Kaia to take amphetamines to stay awake. Just before meeting Jack and the Winchesters, Kaia was found in an abandoned tenement building in Minnesota, having overdosed on prescription amphetamines, and was sent to a rehab facility.
After being recruited by Jack to help rescue Mary Winchester from Apocalypse World, Kaia traveled to the Bad Place with Claire Novak in an effort to save the Winchesters, who had gotten trapped there. However, while protecting Claire from a mysterious hooded figure, Kaia was impaled with the cloaked figure's spear and apparently killed. The hooded figure is later revealed to be Dark Kaia, her Bad Place counterpart with whom Kaia has shared a connection her entire life due to both being dreamwalkers born at the same time in different worlds.
Two years later, Dark Kaia reveals that Kaia is alive, having mended her wound before making her way to the Winchesters' world, leaving Kaia trapped in the Bad Place for two years. With the Bad Place on the verge of destruction at the hands of Chuck, Dark Kaia helps Sam and Dean return to the Bad Place to save her and chooses to stay behind to die with her world. Sam and Dean manage to rescue Kaia, who chooses to move to Sioux Falls with Jody Mills.
Episodes
13.09 The Bad Place
Sitting in the circle of a group meeting at Minneopa Rehab Center, Kaia is asked by her counselor if she would like to take the next turn and share with the group. She tries to brush it off, but is pushed by her counselor to talk about her overdose. When he tries to move the subject to the scars on her arms, Kaia tries to shut him down, telling him she doesn't belong in the facility as she isn't an addict. She explains that she hates putting the drugs into her body, but they are the only things that keep her from visiting the Bad Place. Believing she is speaking in metaphor, the counselor assures her that everyone deals with their own "bad places" that they use alcohol and drugs to numb.
At the end of the session, Kaia is suddenly greeted by Jack. Curious as to why he's in the facility, she asks him what his "poison" is. Unsure, Jack tells her he likes cocaine. Not believing he has a cocaine addiction, Kaia tells Jack to find a new day-one buddy as she walks away. Jack continues following her, telling her he knows who she is, explaining that Derek Swan told him about her and how she is a powerful dreamwalker and that he needs her help. Kaia tells him she can't help him, but when Jack tells her he can get her out of the facility, she follows. As they are exiting Kaia witnesses Jack rendering the counselor unconscious with a single touch and upon reaching the outside she tries to leave Jack, telling him she never agreed to help him. Jack grabs her arm and pleads with her that he needs her help, but is soon distracted by the arrival of Sam and Dean, allowing Kaia to free herself and punch Jack before she makes her escape.
Hitchhiking down the road, Kaia is picked up by a pair of angels, who knock her unconscious. Taking her to an abandoned building, the angels restrain Kaia, who tells them she is the wrong type of bait and that no one will come for her. The female angel agrees that she doesn't matter, but that "they" think she does and will come to her. Just then, Dean walks into the room with Jack and Sam, holding the other angel at blade point. As the female angel tries to convince Jack to leave with them, a fight ensues where Kaia witnesses Jack's power against the angels. After freeing her, Sam and Dean attempt to get Kaia to help Jack rescue their mom, but when she continues to refuse, a desperate Dean pulls out his gun and tells her to get in the car. When Kaia still refuses, he cocks the hammer back and puts the gun to her head, and with a face full of rage demands she get in the car. Kaia acquiesces.
In the backseat, Jack tries to explain how Derek thought they could help each other. Kaia angrily blames Jack for Derek's death. Jack asks Kaia for five seconds to show her what he was able to see with Derek -- not just the Bad Place, but everything. Kaia agrees, and as Jack places his hand on Kaia's head, energy begins to flow through her face and she is able to bear witness to the Multiverse, as Jack tells Kaia that with their powers they can do good in the world. Suddenly the Impala is nearly run off the road by the female angel, who has tracked them down with a small group of angels and begins giving chase, forcing Dean to pull into an abandoned shipyard. Sam, Jack, and Kaia make a run for an abandoned boat while Dean stays behind to buy them time. Inside Sam begins painting warding sigils to keep the angels out. Worried, Jack tries to calm Kaia, telling her that everything will be fine, but with Dean's declaration that they are screwed, the group moves up the ship. Outside, the angels begin pooling their energy in an attempt to power down the warding. Realizing the angels will get through eventually, Dean believes they have to go out guns blazing and kill as many of the angels as possible, until Kaia suggests that she and Jack open a doorway out of the ship. Kaia takes a seat as Jack places his hands on her head, and as the energy flows between them, Kaia is taken to the Bad Place, but with Jack's help she is able to pull away into the multiverse, where he is able to locate Apocalypse World. As the two mentally traverse the post-Apocalyptic landscape, they are able to reach Mary Winchester's prison. But Kaia's connection begins slipping, sending them back to the Bad Place, where a cloaked figure is stalking through the woods. Jack tells her to focus, bringing them back to Apocalypse World, until the strain becomes too much and Jack and Kaia send out a blast of energy that disintegrates the angels, sends Jack to Apocalypse World, Sam and Dean to the Bad Place, and Kaia to the side of a road, leaving an opened rift on the empty ship.
13.10 Wayward Sisters
Somewhere in Iowa, a pack of three werewolves has kidnapped a little girl. Claire Novak tracks them down and, disguised as a mail carrier, has them open the door with the excuse of having a package to deliver. When the first werewolf realizes Claire is a hunter, he is quickly shot down. The second werewolf attacks Claire, and in the ensuing fight, Claire is able to stab him in the heart. As Claire checks on the little girl, a female werewolf comes out of nowhere and is shot down before she can get near Claire. The girl, Amanda, is returned to her mother. As Claire is watching them reunite, she receives a call from Jody, who tells her that Sam and Dean are missing after going on a hunting trip and that she should come home.
Claire drives back to Sioux Falls and finds Jody and Alex waiting for her at home, happy to see her. After getting a hug from Jody, Claire meets Patience, the psychic who is temporarily staying at Jody’s because of a vision she had. When Claire asks if they have any news on Sam and Dean, they all listen to a voicemail from Sam saying that he and Dean were after Kaia Nieves and asking for Jody’s help. While Jody explains who Kaia is, a man finds an unconscious Kaia lying on the side of a road and calls 911. Back at Jody’s, Alex is leaving for her night shift as a nurse at a local hospital. Jody informs Claire of Patience’s vision, which showed Claire dying in the Bad Place. They have an argument and Claire leaves. Meanwhile, an ambulance has arrived to pick Kaia up. A monster is looking at the scene from behind some bushes.
While Alex is working her shift, Claire pays her a visit and they discuss Patience’s vision. Alex lets her know that Jody never stopped worrying about Claire, even after she left. Together, they search the hospital archive for Jane Does and discover that an unidentified woman was just brought in. Claire walks to her hospital room. Her eyes meet with Kaia’s for an instant. When the doctor walks out, Kaia stands up and starts grabbing her clothes. Claire enters and tells her she’s a friend of Sam and Dean, which prompts Kaia to run out of the hospital. Outside, she’s attacked by the monster that was spying on her earlier. Jody and Claire kill it, saving her. Later, Claire has a chat with Kaia about the monster. Kaia tells her that she’s already seen those things in her dreams and that they travel in packs. The two women share a moment of bonding, showing each other their scars. Finally, Kaia loosens up and tells Claire what happened to her.
In Jody’s garage, Alex is inspecting the dead monster in front of Jody and a disgusted Patience. Kaia and Claire join them, with Kaia explaining that she is a dreamwalker, and that the monster comes from the Bad Place. She also says that if Sam and Dean are stuck there, they are already dead. In the the Bad Place, Sam and Dean are still alive, having made camp to rest while they search for the rift to get back to their universe. When they hear what sounds like a monster approach them from a distance, they run away. A hooded figure bearing a spear is watching them. Back at Jody’s, Patience is packing up to go back home. She has a discussion with Alex about staying, but she retorts that this life isn’t for her. As she’s about to leave, Patience sees a pack of monsters bursting into Jody’s house in a vision. She warns the other women of the danger. When the monsters burst in, Patience and the others are already far away.
In the morning, the group meets up with Donna. Kaia recounts what happened on the night Dean and Sam disappeared. Alex identifies the place Kaia describes as the Larsen Brothers Shipyard, just off Route 14. They decide to check it out, but Jody asks Claire to stay with the girls while she and Donna have a look. Meanwhile, in the Bad Place, Dean and Sam are knocked out by the mysterious hooded figure. At the shipyard, Donna and Jody inspect the place, while Claire and Kaia have another chat. Claire confesses that she’s afraid of dying after Patience’s vision. Kaia promises her that if she wants to go to the Bad Place, she’ll go with her. Donna and Jody find the portal, but they are attacked by another pack of monsters. In the Bad Place, Dean and Sam wake up tied to trees. They realize that they’re about to become food for that world’s monster.
When Jody and Donna don’t come back, Claire and the girls decide to go check on them. They manage to kill the monsters that have surrounded the two women with the help of a flamethrower. Claire finds the rapidly-closing portal that leads to the Bad Place, and after a quick discussion with Jody, she and Kaia cross the threshold while Jody stays to help Donna and the other girls. Claire and Kaia find and free Sam and Dean. Back in our world, Jody, Donna, and the girls fight the remaining monsters. In the alternate universe, the hooded figure throws her spear at Claire. Kaia pushes her away and is hit in her place, apparently dying. Hearing a noise, Sam looks up and sees a giant monster looming over them. They cross the portal as the last monster is killed on the other side by a startled Patience. The portal closes behind them and Claire starts crying in Jody’s arms and Patience realizes that's what she really saw in her vision.
As the boys prepare to leave, they ask Jody to thank Claire for saving them. Later, Jody talks to a heartbroken Claire in her room. Claire tells her she now understands why Jody is so protective with her. The women prepare to have dinner as Claire writes in her journal. She promises to kill the thing that murdered Kaia and then joins her family at the table. Somewhere else, another portal opens, the mysterious hooded figure enters our world and reveals herself to be an alternate Kaia.
13.11 Breakdown
When discussing how people around them get hurt just by being connected to them, Sam mentions how Kaia died helping them.
14.03 The Scar
Kaia appears in a flashback when Dark Kaia reveals that she saw the Winchesters through Kaia's eyes, including Dean threatening Kaia with a gun to get her to help them.
15.12 Galaxy Brain
After using Jody Mills to lure the Winchesters into a trap, Dark Kaia demands that they send her home as the Bad Place is dying. Dark Kaia explains more about her connection to Kaia which started at birth, the two of them having been born at the same time in two separate worlds. To the shock and horror of Sam, Dean, and Jody, Dark Kaia reveals that Kaia is still alive and trapped in the Bad Place, with a flashback depicting Dark Kaia dressing Kaia's wound before she leaves for their world. Dark Kaia has continued seeing her world through Kaia's eyes and learned of its impending destruction.
Distressed at having left Kaia trapped in the Bad Place, the Winchesters, Castiel, and Jody attempt to find a way back to rescue her as they can't use Jack's powers without risking alerting God to his resurrection. However, after seeing a scared Kaia huddling and singing to herself through Dark Kaia, Jack decides to help save his friend. Eventually, with the help of the Reaper Merle, they find a way to shield Jack's use of his powers long enough for him to open a portal back to the Bad Place. Dark Kaia leads Sam and Dean to her old home, where they find Kaia, who embraces Dean before angrily turning on Dark Kaia. However, Sam reassures Kaia that Dark Kaia is on their side and helped them rescue her. With little time left, the group prepares to return to the portal, but Dark Kaia refuses to join them, deciding to die with the Bad Place.
Sam, Dean, and Kaia return to the bunker where Kaia is reunited with Jody. Kaia changes out of the clothes she has been wearing for the past two years and into some of Jack's clothes. When Jack asks how Kaia survived for two years in the Bad Place, she simply cites Miss Mary Mack, a nursery rhyme her mother used to sing to her. Jody offers Kaia the chance to return to Sioux Falls with her, which Kaia accepts, pleased to learn that Claire will be home soon too. She thanks everyone before leaving the Bunker with Jody.
Trivia
- "Having lost her family at a young age. By the time she reached adulthood, she was on her own, completely disconnected from her roots, as she tried to understand a burgeoning gift: In her dreams, Kaia walks between worlds — a rare and terrifying power she experiences only as a curse… a power she doesn’t understand and can’t yet control. Flinty, sarcastic, and profoundly haunted, Kaia is nevertheless strong and willful as hell — she’s had to be to survive this long on her own."
- At the end of the episode, writer Bob Berens tweeted the following "Thanks to everyone for watching and for the warm reception! Gonna leave you with an image— the last “notecard” of our break for the #Supernatural #WaywardSisters pilot." It was accompanied by a photo of a notecard with the words "KAIA LIVES !!!" on it.
