1.21 Salvation (transcript)

SUPERNATURAL

1.21 Salvation

Written by: Sera Gamble and Raelle Tucker

Directed by: Robert Singer

Air Date: 27 Apr 2006

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TEASER

INTERIOR. CHURCH

BLUE EARTH. MINNESOTA

A Pastor is at his pulpit. He looks up when a wind ruffles his hair and the candles on the alter.

MEG enters the chuch.

PASTOR
Good Morning. Can I help you?

The Pastor comes down from the pulpit. MEG walks forward and sits in a pew.

MAEG
I kinda...I need to Talk.

PASTOR
Well thats' what I'm here for.

MEG
I've done some things. Not good things.

PASTOR
Well there's always forgoveness for us if we seek it.

MEG
For everyone? Are you sure?.

PASTOR
I like to say Salvation was created for sinners. Tell me what's on your mind.

MEG
Well. I've lied. A lot. I've stolen. I've lusted. And the other day I met this man. A nice guy, you know? We had a really good chat, sort of like this....then I slit his throat and ripped his heart out through his chest.

MEG blinks and her eyes go black. The Pastor starts back.

MEG
Does that make me a bad person?

PASTOR
(Backing away)I know what you are. You can't be here. This is hallowed ground.

MEG
(Standing) Please. Maybe that works in the minor leagues. But not with me.

The Pastor runs for the door behind the pulpit down the stairs, unlocks a door and rushes inside, sliding a ready to go barricade across the door. He turns to a well stocked hunter's chest of weapons and starts scrambling for something. MEG kicks open the door with ease, breaking the wood barricading it. The Pastor starts, then throws a knife covered in Sigils at her head. She catches it easily.

MEG
You throw like a girl.

PASTOR
What do you want.

MEG
The Winchesters.

PASTOR
I haven't spoken to John Winchestor in oevr a year. You're wasting your time. Even if I did know where they were, I'd never tell you.

MEG
I know.

MEG slits his throat with his own knife and he falls back into a chair, gasping, then dying. MEG smiles and walks away.

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ACT ONE

MANNING, COLORADO.

The camera pans across a motel room and JOHN'S research. The walls are covered with information on the yellow eyed demon. Weather charts, Hieroglyphics, newspaper articles, written notes, a shelf of books and more.

JOHN sits at a paper strewn desk, the Colt in front of him. SAM leans against the counter while DEAN paces.

JOHN
So this is it. This is everything I know. Look, our whole lives we been searching for this demon right? Not a trace, just...nothing. Until about a year ago. For the first tie I picked up a trail.

DEAN
And that's when you took off.

JOHN
Yeah. That's right. The demon must have come out of hiding, or hibernation.

DEAN
All right so what's this trail you found?

JOHN
It starts in Arizona, then New Jersey, California. Houses burned down to the ground. It's going after families, just like it went after us.

SAM
Families with infants?

JOHN
Yeah. The night of the kid's 6-month birthday.

SAM
I was six months old that night?

JOHN
Exactly six months.

SAM
So basically, this demon is going after these kids for some reason. The same way it came for me? So Mom's death...Jessica. It's all because of me?

DEAN
We don't know that Sam.

SAM
Oh really? Cause I'd say we're pretty damn sure Dean.

DEAN
For the last time, what happened to them was not your fault.

SAM
(Shouting) Right. Not my fault but it's my problem.

DEAN
No it's not your problems it's our problem!

JOHN
(Standing) Okay. That's enough.

Everyone takes a breath.

SAM
So why's he doing it. What does it want.

JOHN
Look I wish I had more answers, I do. I've always been one step behind it. Look, I've never gotten there in time to save....

DEAN
All right so how do we find it..before it hits again.

JOHN
There's signs. It took me a while to see the pattern but in the days before these fires signs crop up in an area. Cattle deaths, temperature fluctations, electrical storms. And then I went back and checked...and...

DEAN
These things happened in Lawrence.

JOHN
(Nodding)A wekk before your mother died. And in Palo Alto...before Jessica. And these signs, they're staring again. SAM
Where.

JOHN

Salvation Iowa.

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EXTERIOR. ROAD.

JOHN'S truck speeds along a misty road, followed closely by the Impala. After a few moments he pulls off to the side, DEAN follows and everyone springs out of their seats.

JOHN
God Damn it.

DEAN
What is it?

JOHN
Son of a bitch.

DEAN
What is it!

JOHN
I just got a call from Caleb.

DEAN
Is he okay?

JOHN
He's fine. Jim Murphy's dead.

SAM
Pastor Jim? How?

JOHN
His throat was slashed. He bled out. Caleb said they found traces of sulfur at Jim's place.

DEAN
A demon. (JOHN nods)The Demon?

JOHN
I don't know. Could be he just got careless, he slipped up. Maybe the demon knows we're getting close.

DEAN
What do we do?

JOHN
Now we act like every second counts. There's two hospitals and a health centre in this county. We split up, cover more ground. I want records. I want a list of every infant that's going to be six months old in the next week.

SAM
Dad that could be dozens of kids. How do we know which one's the right one?

JOHN
We check em all that's how. You got any better ideas?

SAM
No sir.

JOHN nods at them and they all turn back to their cars. JOHN stops, leaning on his trunk. DEAN turns back as he opens his door and pauses.

DEAN
Dad?

JOHN
(upset) Yeah. It's Jim. You know, I can't....(his face hardens) This ends, now. I'm ending it. I don't care what it takes.

The cars pull out again.

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JOHN pulls up in front of 'Salvation Children's Hospital'. He opens the container between the seats and selects an ID from the numerous ones there.

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SAM is sitting in a filing room, a nurse brings him another load of files.

NURSE
Here you go officer.

SAM
Thank you.

NURSE
You're welcome.

He continues copy information from birth certificates into his notebook.

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A pretty receptionist hands a file to a hospital worker, then looks down at her clipboard. She looks up again as DEAN walks him, smiling as he turns to her desk. He notes her gorgeousness and raises his eyebrows.

WOMAN
Hi. Is there anything I can do for you?

DEAN
(smiling) Oh God yes.

She smiles and looks down.

DEAN
(Holding up his ID)Only I'm uh....working right now, so... ....................

SAM comes out of Salvation Medical Centre, flipping through his notebook, and has a vision of the Yellow Eyed Demon in a babies room. He see's the mother look out the window, he hears a train, and see's the demon. As soon as the vision finishes and he can focus again he pulls out a map.

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Later he is in a park, checking his map again. As he does he gets the vision again and looks up to see the house in front of him. The woman from his vision pushes a pram along the road while holding an umbrella. He goes up to her.

SAM
Hi. Here, let me hold that for you. you look like you don't need that anymore.

WOMAN
Oh. Thanks.

She closes her umbrella while SAM holds onto the pram. He looks inside.

SAM
She's gorgeous. Is she yours?

WOMAN
Yeah.

SAM
Oh wow, hi!. Oh sorry, I'm rude. I'm Sam. I just moved in up the block.

WOMAN
Hi. I'm Monica. This is Rosie.

SAM
Rosie? Hi Rosie.

MONICA
So, welcome to the neighbourhood.

SAM
Thanks. She's such a good baby!

MONICA
I know, I mean she...she never cries. She just stares at everybody. Sometimes she looks at you and I swear it's...it's like she's reading your mind.

SAM
What about you Monica? Have you lived here long?

MONICA
My husband and I, we bought out place just before Rosie was born.

SAM
And how old's Rosie?

MONICA
She's six months today. She's big right? Growing like a weed.

SAM
(Distracted) Yeah. Monica...

MONICA
Yeah?

SAM
Just ahhh,just take care of yourself okay?

MONICA
Yeah, you too Sam. We'll see you around.

As MONICA turns to her house a station wagon pulls into the drive, honking.

MONICA
There's Daddy!

SAM's vision returns again. The clock in the bedroom stops, the nursery rhyme playing stops, a wind sweeps through. A black figure approaches the bed. MONICA pushes the door open from the hallway and see's the figure standing over her daughters bed.

MONICA
What are you...

The fugure turns to her. She is pulled back to the wall and slides up it to the ceiling. Blood starts dripping from her stomach.

MONICA
Rosie!!

The room bursts into flame.

END ACT ONE

ACT TWO

INTERIOR. MOTEL ROOM.

SAM sits at the table, rubbing his tamples. DEAN and JOHN sit on the end of each bed.

JOHN
A vision.

SAM
(Slowly, painfully) Yes. I saw the demon burning a woman on the ceiling.

JOHN
And you think this is going to happen to this woman you met because...

SAM
Because these things happen exactly the way I see them

DEAN
It started out as nightmares. Then it started happening while he was awake.

DEAN rises and crosses to the counter behind SAM to get more coffee.

SAM
(Wincing) Yeah. It's like the closer I get to anything to do with the demon the stronger the visions get.

JOHN
All right. When were you going to tell me about this?

SAM and DEAN stop and turn to look at JOHN

DEAN
We didn't know what it meant.

JOHN
All right, something like this starts happening to your brother, you pick up the phone and you call me.

DEAN dumps the coffee and cup and strides toward JOHN.

DEAN
Call you? Are you kidding me? Dad I called you from Lawrence all right? Sam called you when I was dying. I mean, getting you on the phone I got a better chance of winning the lottery.

JOHN
You're right. Although I'm not too crazy about this new tone of yours, you're right. I'm sorry.

SAM
Look guys, visions or no visions, fact is, we know the demon is coming tonight. And this families gonna go through the same hell we went through.

JOHN
No they're not. No one is, ever again.

SAM'S phone rings.
SAM
Hello?
MEG
Sam?

SAM
Who is this?

MEG
Think real hard it will come to you.

SAM
Meg. Last time I saw you you fell out of a window.

MEG
Yeah, no thanks to you. That really hurt my feelings by the way.

SAM
Just your feelings? That was a seven-story drop.

MEG
Lemme speak to your Dad.

SAM
(looking at JOHN) My Dad. I don't know where my Dad is.

MEG
It's time for the grown ups to talk Sam, let me speak to him now.

SAM hestitates then hands the phone to JOHN.

JOHN
This is John.

MEG
Howdy John. I'm Meg. I'm a friend of your boys. I'm also the one who watched Jim Murphy choke on his own blood....still there John-boy?

JOHN
I'm here.

MEG
Well that was yesterday. Today I'm in Lincoln. Visiting another old friend of yours. He wants to say hi....

The camera pans back on MEG to reveal a man tied to a chair. MEG holds the phone to his ear.

CALEB
John, whatever you do don't give....

MEG pulls the phone for his ear, putting her finger on her lips with a shhh-ing noise and smiling.

JOHN
Caleb?

SAM and DEAN react to the name instantly, going on alert and staring at JOHN.

JOHN
You listen to me. He's got nothing to do with anything. You let him go.

MEG
We know you have the colt John.

JOHN
I don't know what you're talking about.

MEG
Oh, okay. well listen to this.

MEG slits Caleb's throat and holds the phone out. JOHN can hear him gasping and drowning in his own blood.

JOHN
Caleb. Caleb!

MEG
You hear that? That's the sound of your friend dying. Now let's try this again. We know you have the gun John, word travels fast. So as far as we're concerned you just declared war. And this is what war looks like. It has casualties.

JOHN
I'm gonna kill you, you know that?

MAEG
Oh John please, mind your blood pressure. So this is the thing. We're going to keep doing what we're doing. And your friends, anyone who has ever helped you, gave you shelter, anyone you ever loved. They'll all die unless you give us that gun.

JOHN is quiet, thinking. The boys are close by his side, alert.

MEG
I'm waiting Johnny, better answer before the buzzer. JOHN
Okay.

MEG
Sorry? I didn't quiet get that.

JOHN
I said okay, I'll bring you the colt.

MEG
There's a warehouse in Lincoln, on the corner of Wabash and Lake. You're gonna meet me there.

JOHN
It's gonna take me about a days drive to get there.

MEG
Meet me there at midnight tonight.

JOHN
That's impossible. I can't get there in time and I can't just carry a gun on the plane.

MEG
Oh. Well I guess your friend die don't they. If you do decide to make it, come alone.

MEG (hanging up and turning to Caleb's body) What the hell are you looking at.

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SAM
So you think Meg is a demon?

JOHN
Either that, or she's possessed by one. It doesn't really matter.

DEAN
What do we do?

JOHN
I'm going to Lincoln.

DEAN
What?

JOHN
It doesn't look seem lilke we have a choice. If I don't go, a lot of people die, our friends die.

SAM
Dad, the demon is coming tonight. For Monica and her family. That gun is all we got, you can't just hand it over.

JOHN
Who said anything about handing it over. Look, besides us and a coupla of vampires no ones really seen the gun, no one knows what it looks like.

DEAN
So what, you're just going to pick up a ringer at a pawn shop?

JOHN
Antique store.

DEAN
You're going to hand Meg a fake gun and hope she doesn't notice?

JOHN
Look, as long as it's close, she shouldn't be able to tell the difference.

DEAN
Yeah but for how long? What happens when she figures it out?

JOHN
I just...I just need to buy a few hours, that's all.

SAM
You mean for Dean and me. You want us to stay here, and kill this demon by ourselves?

JOHN
No Sam. I want to sto plosing people we love. I want you to go to school, I want Dean to have a home. I want....I want Mary alive. It's just....I just want this to be over.

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EXTERIOR. MUDDY BACK ROAD.

SAM and JOHN stand at the back of his truck, checking weapons. The Impala comes toward them and DEAN gets out.

JOHN
You get it?

DEAN pulls a brown paper bag out of his pocket and hands it to JOHN. JOHN pulls out an antique gun.

DEAN
You know this is a trap don't you. That's why Meg wants you to come alone?

JOHN
I can handle her. I got a whole arsenal loaded. Holy water, Mandaic, amulets...

DEAN
Dad...

JOHN
What?

DEAN
Promise me something.

JOHN
What's that.

DEAN
This thing goes south just...get the hell out. Don't get yourself killed all right, you're no good to us dead.

JOHN
Same goes for you. All right listen to me. They made the bullets special for this colt. There's only four of them left. Without them this gun is useless. You make every shot count.

SAM
Yes Sir.

JOHN
Been waiting a long time for this fight. Now it's here I'm not gonna be in it. It's up to you boys now. It's your fight, you finish this. You finish what I started. Understand?

JOHN hands DEAN the colt.

SAM
We'll see you soon Dad.

JOHN
We'll see you later.

JOHN gets in the truck and leaves. The boys stand watching him pull away.

DEAN
Later.

END ACT TWO

ACT THREE

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