TEASER

EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT ("MAGIC" BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN)

TEXT: NORTHWEST COAST

We see the Impala parked outside of a rundown building next to a river.

INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Sam is lurking in the darkness, a knife in his right hand, eyes ready and alert.



He slowly walks through the long hallways, crouching behind old crates and checking out his surroundings before moving on.

POV. UNKNOWN

An unknown watcher follows parallel to Sam, gradually moving closer.

CLOSE UP on Sam as he notices something is off. He pulls a gun from the back of his jeans and aims it, holding the knife next to the gun.

INT. ABANDONDED WAREHOUSE - ANOTHER LEVEL - CONTINUOUS

Dean is likewise hunting like Sam, gun and knife out, dodging between crates for cover. He sees something lurking ahead and raises his gun.

POV. UNKNOWN

The camera rushes towards Dean from behind. He turns at the last minute but is knocked over by an unknown assailant.

OVERHEAD VIEW

Dean and his unknown assailant, twisting and turning, punching, kicking and fighting desperately. Dean’s gun goes flying into the shadows. It is too dark to tell who the attacker is, but the assailant manages to get on top and get the upper hand. He raises his knife.

At the last second, we see Dean under Sam, he's unnaturally calm.



Sam doesn’t hesitate, and the knife DESCENDS. "This is what will be."

BLACK OUT!

TEASER

ACT ONE

INT. UNMARKED POLICE CAR - DAY

TEXT: COLORADO MOUNTAINS, TWO DAYS EARLIER

Rhodes and Underlay are driving through remote roads. Rhodes is driving while Underlay reads some files.

RHODES
I don't get it, what's so important about the Winchester brothers that the President set up an elite task force to hunt them down. I mean, shouldn't we be focused on more important tasks?

UNDERLAY
More important?

RHODES
The world's been falling apart lately. Multiple spree killings, mass reports of suicide, I think we should be investing more man power into finding out what the hell is actually going on. Not to mention the rise in the drug scene.

UNDERLAY
Dean and Sam Winchester are a threat to national security, their terrorists and you just want to see them walk?

RHODES
I didn't say that.

UNDERLAY
No? Then get back into the game, we're on to them and sooner or later they're gonna slip up and when they do I want to be there.

RHODES
Just tell me, is this because of what they've done or is this personal?

Underlay’s phone buzzes. He flips it open, reads the message and turns to Rhodes.

UNDERLAY
Looks like our boys were spotted in Cape Lookout.

RHODES
On the coast?

UNDERLAY
It’s close to Canada.

RHODES
What are they doing there?

UNDERLAY
Maybe they’re trying to cross the border, escape the law?

RHODES
Maybe … If so, we aren’t going to get there in time.

UNDERLAY
Doesn’t matter where they go. They cross the border, they fly to Brazil, China … we follow them.

Rhodes’ phone buzzes. He takes it out, keeps his eyes on the road, and checks the screen. It reads “Text message: Kate Ryder.” Rhodes closes the phone without reading the message.

EXT. MOTEL TALIHIJUA - DAY

TEXT: CAPE LOOKOUT

Sam is driving with Dean in the passenger’s seat as they pull out of the motel parking lot.

INT. IMPALA

Dean stares out the window, somewhat out of it. Sam glances over at him.

SAM
Our last lead was here, Dean, and that was less than 10 hours ago.

DEAN
Strange place for a djinn.

SAM
Not really. People think of them as being from desert areas or Arabic countries because of Aladdin … but in reality they can be found anywhere.

DEAN
Lucky us, attack of the homicidal blue man’s group Robin Williams.

SAM
Shut up Dean.



DEAN
What? He was a genie.

SAM
There’s a difference between a genie and a djinn. Genies aren’t real. Djinns are.

DEAN
But genies grant wishes … just like djinns.

SAM
And djinns brutally kill the people that they grant wishes to.

DEAN
I dispute the brutally killing part.

SAM
But they do kill their victims.

DEAN
So where to?

SAM
The last place there was a sighting.

EXT. SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY

The Impala cruises through nice, white American homes before stopping at house number 3982. Dean and Sam step out and walk up to the house. Dean knocks on the door.



After a moment, a young woman, PAT, opens the door.

PAT
Yes?

SAM
We’re sorry to bother you, ma’am, but we’ve been sent from Homeland Security to ask you some questions about your brother’s disappearance.

PAT
Oh! Um, would you like to come in?

INT. HOUSE – DINING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Pat, Sam and Dean sit down at the dining room table. The house is small and neat. Very ordinary.

SAM
Could you tell us how it happened?

PAT
(shaken)
Well, my brother ... he and I rent this house together to save on money since both of us are going to college. I was making dinner on Wednesday when he came home. Everything was normal. He … he was in the study and then … he shouted.

DEAN
What did he say?

PAT
He didn’t say anything. It was more like he was just surprised. I ran to the study and he was struggling with something … this is going to sound crazy.

SAM
(gently)
We’re here to listen.

PAT
He looked like he was fighting with someone … but there was nothing there. I yelled at him to stop but he didn’t seem to hear me. He fell … he fell through the window, and when I ran outside to help him … he was gone.

DEAN
Gone?



PAT
There was broken glass everywhere. I knew he wasn’t dead because the study’s on the first floor, but there was no sign of him. I called the police and they looked everywhere. He just … he just vanished.

SAM
We’re going to do everything we can to find your brother, ma’am.

PAT
(crying)
I just … I have a feeling he’s dead. I don’t know what it is … but I won’t be surprised.

DEAN
We’ll call you as soon as we have something.

PAT
Thank you so much. He’s only been missing two days, but …

SAM
We’ll do all we can.

INT. IMPALA - DAY

Dean is driving, Sam is in the passenger seat

SAM
Djinn’s have lairs. Usually in “dead zone” areas. They usually take their victims to the lair and drain them there.

DEAN
“Drain?”

SAM
They feed off of people’s dreams, wishes, thoughts, ideas. Once they’ve got everything from you –

Sam jerks his hand across his throat.

DEAN
So it looks like we need to find a dead zone area.

SAM
Probably a graveyard or abandoned house, empty construction site.

DEAN
And it can’t be far from here since Pat’s brother and the other guy that disappeared in the same way were from this town.

SAM
We need a map.

EXT. GAS STATION - DAY

Dean walks back to the Impala with a map and gets back into the car.

DEAN
Looks like we have one of four places.

Sam takes the map and looks at four circled locations on the map.



SAM
Two graveyards, a construction site and an abandoned warehouse.

DEAN
I say we hit the graveyards first. Seems like the most obvious place.

EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

The Impala pulls up outside of the warehouse and Dean and Sam peer up at the five story building, rundown building.

DEAN
Well … this is the last place. If it’s not here we’re going to have to come at this from a new perspective.

SAM
Let’s go.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Dean and Sam push open a loading dock door and peer inside. Inside it is dark, dusty and empty, except for a few large crates scattered about. The brothers switch on their flashlights and step inside. As they talk they walk through long corridors and expansive rooms, checking their surroundings carefully.

SAM
Have you heard from Kate recently?

DEAN
Just the same old stuff. Work. Not much going on except the world falling apart.

SAM
So … when this is all over … do you have any plans?

DEAN
Plans?

SAM
You know … let’s say that five years from now, it’s all over. No more hunting. What are you going to do?

DEAN
It’s never going to be over, Sam.

SAM
Well, what if it is?

DEAN
I’ll be dead.

SAM
Dean…

DEAN
You don’t get it, do you? This isn’t some ghost or something, this is the end, as in the end. Game over. Judgment Day. It’s a war.



SAM
I’d go back to school. Finish my degree. Get a normal job. Start a family.

DEAN
Who would you start a family with?

SAM
I’m sure there’s someone.

DEAN
So you’re over Jessica?

SAM
I’ll never forget her … but I know she would want me to move on.

DEAN
Fair enough.

SAM
Come on, there has to be something you want to do.

DEAN
I don’t know.

SAM
What about Kate? You two seem to get along pretty well.

DEAN
(shakes head)
Not well enough.

Sam begins to say something else but Dean suddenly freezes, holding up his hand to silence his brother. Dean looks to his right and Sam’s eyes widen.

SAM
Oh my God …

They turn to their right to see a door ajar next to them. Inside, three bodies covered in blood are hanging by the necks from the rafters above. Blood is streaming from their eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

Dean covers Sam as they enter the room, checking every corner of what appears to be a small office space. It’s empty.

Sam checks the pulse on the bodies and shakes his head.

SAM
They’re all dead. Cold, too. Must have been here a while.

DEAN
How often do these djinns need to feed?

SAM
I don’t know.

The brothers tense when they hear a door creaking behind them. They take cover behind some crates and watch as a shadowy figure enters the room, carrying a limp body over its shoulders. The brothers cannot get a good look at the djinn but they see a rope thrown over the rafters above. The rope is fastened, there is a moment of silence, and then the djinn leaves the room. Dean and Sam quietly get up from their hiding place. Sam checks the door while Dean goes up to the new victim tied to the rafters. It appears to be a young man in his twenties, blood trickling from his nose and ears. Dean checks his pulse then turns around in surprise.

DEAN
Sam. This guy’s still alive!

EXT. ROADSIDE HOTEL - NIGHT

Rhodes and Underlay pull up in the parking lot of a hotel. They exit the car and go to the office.

INT. HOTEL OFFICE - NIGHT

While Underlay pays the clerk Rhodes acts paces back and forth.

RHODES
We’ve been driving around all day and haven’t seen these guys. Are you sure the contact was correct?

UNDERLAY
Last sighting we had was couple days ago, you have any better ideas?

RHODES
These guys say they’re hunting the supernatural, right?

Underlay nods.

RHODES (CONT.)
So … we have to figure out what they were hunting. Maybe that will give us some clues as to their whereabouts.

UNDERLAY
You don’t actually believe in that stuff do you?



RHODES
In what?

UNDERLAY
The supernatural.

Rhodes pulls at his shirt collar, not knowing what he believes anymore.

RHODES
No, I don’t. But, we should still look into it. See if anything comes up. Best bet’s the public library. Sam’s a pretty educated guy. Went to Stanford so I’m sure he knows his stuff.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Dean and Sam have pulled down the djinns’ latest victim. He is lying unconscious on the floor while the brothers try to clean him up.

DEAN
You think this is Pat’s brother?

SAM
I’m not sure. Could be. He’s the right age. We’re going to need to get him out of here before the djinn comes back.

DEAN
You think this thing has a pattern as to who its victims are? All those guys hanging there are young. Mostly twenties it looks like.

SAM
This thing feeds off of wishes according to legend. I wonder if it grants your wish and then turns it on you? Sort of like the original 1001 Arabian Nights.

DEAN
Never saw it.

SAM
It’s a book, Dean.
(beat)
According to most of the genie stories, you had to outsmart the genie in order to actually get your wish. Most people were foolish or greedy enough that they didn’t think about the outcome of their wishes and ended up getting killed or made a fool of.

DEAN
(smirks)
What else is new?

SAM
What?

DEAN
People getting greedy enough, giving in, maybe they deserve what they got.



SAM
You don’t mean that, Dean.

DEAN
Yeah? What if I do?

Suddenly, the young man they are attending to stirs and groans.

SAM
Hey! Hey, can you hear me?

YOUNG MAN
What’s going on? Where am I?

SAM
We’re here to help. What’s your name?

YOUNG MAN
David.

SAM
Are you Pat’s brother?

DAVID
Yeah. What’s going on?

DEAN
We’re in a warehouse. You were attacked.

SAM
We’re going to get you out of here.

The brothers help David stand.

INT. LIBRARY

Rhodes and Underlay sit at a table covered with various books. Underlay throws one of the books down and rubs his eyes, clearly exasperated.

UNDERLAY
There’s too much here. We don’t even know why these guys are here.

RHODES
We need to check out the newspapers. Something had to have drawn them here. We know that they act sort of like detectives. They see what they think is a problem and they come to try and fix it.



UNDERLAY
They don’t fix anything. They make things worse; it’s all in their head. We’re wasting our time. Sometimes they just stumble upon something and let their over active imagination take hold. There was some sort of Wendigo legend several years ago that some girl claimed they helped with. She said they rescued her and her brother from this thing in the forest where her brother had been camping. That wasn’t in the news. How did they know about that?

RHODES
I don’t know …
(beat)
Let’s check the newspapers anyway. There are too many Indian legends, too much folklore, too many stories and too little leads.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Dean, Sam and David stumble away from the warehouse towards the Impala.

DEAN
Sam, you want to call the police and report those bodies in there?

SAM
We need to get rid of that djinn, Dean. The police go in there, they won’t be able to handle it if it decides to take them too.

DEAN
Fine. But we aren’t going to have much time. We have to get this guy to the hospital.

DAVID
I’ll be fine.

David is obviously pale and weak. Sam and Dean look at him, uncertain.

DEAN
Sam, you take him to the hospital. I’ll waste this thing.

SAM
I don’t think that’s –

Suddenly, David lurches forward.

DAVID
What’s … what’s going on?

He stares around him as though he doesn’t see Sam or Dean and starts walking back towards the warehouse. Dean and Sam look at each other then run after him.



SAM
David? David, what is it?

David ignores him and breaks into a run, disappearing into the warehouse. Dean pulls out a gun and follows him determinedly.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Dean and Sam enter through the door. David is nowhere in sight.

SAM
David? David!

DEAN
Think the djinn is doing this?

SAM
I don’t know. Dad never encountered any but he told us enough about them. Silver knife to the heart. That’s all we need.

DEAN
I don’t like this. Something doesn’t feel right.

As they speak, they move further and further from the door. Suddenly, the door slams shut behind them. Sam and Dean race for the door and try to open it. Dean bashes it with his shoulder then kicks at it. The door doesn’t budge.

DEAN
(panting)
Now what?

SAM
I guess we have to hunt it now.

DEAN
You have a knife?

SAM
Yeah.

DEAN
Stick close.

The brothers slip through the darkness and venture deeper into the warehouse.

EXT. LIBRARY - NIGHT

Rhodes EXITS the library. He has several loose sheaves of paper in his hand. He walks to where Underlay has parked with the car. Underlay is leaning on the outside of the car, looking impatient.

UNDERLAY
(scornful)
Did you find anything Kolchek?

RHODES
Yeah. About a week ago some university student disappears from his dorm room. His roommate saw the whole thing. Said nothing was there but it looked like the guy was struggling with something before he disappeared. Police are still looking for him. Another guy disappears two days later from his house. No witnesses but there were signs of a struggle. Three days ago another guy disappears from his house. His sister saw the whole thing. All the guys that disappeared where young, between twenty and thirty years of age. Most of them were single. Police haven’t a clue as to where the men went or who took them.

UNDERLAY
You think this is what the Winchester’s are after?

RHODES
Could be. It’s the only recent “mysterious” activity I could see them trying to get into.

UNDERLAY
So we need to talk to these people that saw all this happen.

RHODES
I suspect the Winchester’s are quite a few steps ahead of us on this.

UNDERLAY
We need to move fast before they leave town, before they hurt anyone else.

EXT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

Rhodes and Underlay pull up outside the town’s police station. Playing on the radio is "EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE" by The Police Rhodes eyes a telephone booth at the corner of the building.

UNDERLAY
I’ll go in and get the files.

RHODES
Fine.

Rhodes waits until Underlay disappears inside the building. He exits the car and goes to the phone booth and dials a number.

KATE (O.C.)
Hello?

RHODES
Kate. It’s me.



KATE (O.C.)
I’ve told you before. I don’t want anything to do with you.

RHODES
I need your help.

KATE (O.C.)
(suspicious)
With what?

RHODES
Something’s going on.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Dean and Sam continue to sweep the building and come back to the main door. Dean tries the handle. It refuses to open.

DEAN
So we can’t find it and we’re locked in. Now what?

Suddenly, police smash through the door into the warehouse, surrounding the Winchester’s. Dean and Sam break for the back of the large room, the police on their tail.

POLICEMAN
Don’t move! Down on the ground!

Dean and Sam continue to run for the opposite end of the room. One of the policemen aims his gun and shoots. Dean gets SHOT and goes down. Sam stops short and steps in front of his brother, thinking fast. The police close in, Sam grabs a policeman and puts a gun to his head.

SAM
Nobody come any closer! I will shoot him!

The police hesitate, Sam grabs Dean and pushes him inside the door they were running towards. He throws the policeman back at his comrades and dashes inside, slamming the door behind him and throwing a lock down in place. He shoves some large crates in front of the door.

Dean is barely conscious. Sam picks him up in a fireman carry and takes him deeper into the warehouse. After going down a few twisting corridors and then up a flight of stairs, Sam sets Dean down, in a room that overlooks the main warehouse room. He sees the police milling around below. There are several working on the door that he locked behind him.

Sam tries to wake Dean up, then looks at his wound. Blood is everywhere. Dean won’t regain consciousness. Sam is bordering on panic.

SAM
Dean, Dean, come on. You need to wake up!

The police pull out a megaphone.

POLICEMAN
Sam and Dean Winchester, come out. The building is surrounded.

Sam grasps his head in pain.

EXT. BOILER ROOM - TIMELESS

The Djin is sitting in a room alone. Shadows blanket his face, but we can see his eyes light up with an eerie cat-like yellow color.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Sam looks down at the policemen from his hidden place on the balcony, he breaks into nervous and triumphant laughter.

SAM
You’re not real! None of this is real!



Suddenly, the policemen vanish. Sam looks astonished. The music dies out.

Dean wakes up, groaning and holding his head.

DEAN
What happened?

SAM
More Djin stuff.
(beat)
Are you okay?

DEAN
Yeah … One minute we’re back at the door and the next I don’t remember a thing.

While Dean is talking, Sam pulls at his brother’s shirt, checking to make sure he really isn’t wounded. The shirt is clean. Not even a bullet hole is visible.

SAM
It tricked us.

DEAN
I guess.

SAM
Maybe it wants us up here.

DEAN
(looks at the door below)
Or maybe it wants us away from there.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Rhodes and Underlay drive up to the warehouse but stop just out of sight of the building as they see the Impala parked outside.

UNDERLAY
(mutters)
You’d think these guys would at least switch the car they’re using …

RHODES
Guess the librarian was right.

UNDERLAY
Researching genies?

RHODES
Djinns.

UNDERLAY
I have to admit that you were right. We think like them, we find them.

As they continue talking, both men exit the car and draw their guns, sneaking up to the warehouse.

RHODES
Graveyard caretaker was right. Said he’d seen them and heard them talking about this place. You can’t miss a car like that!

UNDERLAY
I’ll call for backup.

Underlay takes out his cellphone and motions for the pair to split. He goes behind the warehouse and Rhodes takes the front. Rhodes can hear Underlay giving quiet orders on his phone.

Rhodes goes up to the main door and tries the handle. It turns softly, and he motions for Underlay. Underlay puts his phone away and comes up silently behind Rhodes as he slowly opens the door.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Light streams in behind the two men as they point their guns into the darkness.

Suddenly, there is a noise above them. They see Sam Winchester appear on a small balcony and look down at them. He laughs maniacally.

SAM
You’re not real! None of this is real!



He whoops with laughter and disappears through a door.

Rhodes and Underlay look at each other, perplexed.

UNDERLAY
Looks like they finally cracked …

RHODES
We need to get up there.

UNDERLAY
We don’t know how many of them are here. It might be more than the two brothers. We should wait for backup.

RHODES
If you think these guys are taking people from their homes and killing them and making it out to be some djinn that did everything then we need to move fast. Who knows how many others they might have trapped with them and who knows what they’re doing up there?

UNDERLAY
We need to wait. It’s too dangerous.



RHODES
(reluctantly)
Fine. We need to sweep the area outside, though. Make sure there’s only one way in and out of this place.

The two men EXIT the warehouse.

INT. WAREHOUSE – ANOTHER LEVEL - MOMENTS LATER

Dean and Sam are sitting quietly in an empty room. Dean sits near the door, eyes darting around and checking for any sign of danger.

DEAN
We need to do something fast.

SAM
(frustrated)
I know!

DEAN
David’s out there somewhere. For all we know he might have been taken by that thing already.

SAM
I’m thinking …

DEAN
I say we forget about David. It probably got him. It’s been too long and we haven’t seen him at all.

SAM
We can’t just forget about him.

DEAN
(beat)
Then, I say we use me as bait… put me out in the open somewhere, you hide somewhere, and the djinn should show up.

SAM
It’s not as easy as that.

DEAN
Yeah, but you seem to be able to tell when it’s messing with your mind. You just have to watch me. If I start acting funny it’s probably nearby. You just wait for it to show up and...

SAM
I don’t know, Dean …

DEAN
Better me than you. If I die –



SAM
Shut up, Dean. Enough with the whole dying thing and not caring anymore, alright?

DEAN
(surprised)
I didn’t mean anything.

SAM
Yes, you did. You’ve been doomsdaying since we left Kate in Washington. I’ve had enough of it, okay?

DEAN
Fine. Whatever.
(beat)
So we use me as bait?

SAM
(reluctantly)
Okay … but you have to be in sight at all times. And use your knife if you get a chance.

DEAN
What, do you think I’m stupid or something?

Sam looks at Dean, concerned about his death wish attitude.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Five black cars surround the warehouse. Police are in black uniforms and have rifles. Rhodes and Underlay are assembling a team to go inside.

UNDERLAY
Alright, we’re not sure how many are inside. We have confirmed that Sam Winchester is inside and may be delusional. His brother is most likely with him and there may be more. Keep your eyes peeled and stay alert to anything. Let’s move!



The police force break into the warehouse, led by Rhodes and Underlay.

INT. WAREHOUSE – LARGE ROOM - NIGHT

Dean sits against the wall of a large empty room. There are a few crates off to the sides and Sam crouches behind them, keeping an eye on his brother. Dean sits still and doesn’t move, but keeps one hand on his knife.

Sam keeps a close eye on Dean but keeps scanning the area. After a moment, Dean stands and starts pacing.

Before either brother can react, a shadowy figure appears from nowhere in front of Dean. Dean manages to get his knife up but the figure stops his hand in midair. There is a short struggle, then Dean slowly sinks to the ground. Sam stands ready to rush to his brother’s aid, but hangs back, watching events unfold.



The djinn slings Dean’s limp form over its shoulder and EXITS the room.

INT. WAREHOUSE – ANOTHER LEVEL - NIGHT

Rhodes and Underlay stick together, followed by a dozen police. They search every corner and room thoroughly. Suddenly, Rhodes’ radio crackles to life.

POLICEMAN (O.C.)
Sir! Sir! Code Ten. Two of our men have disappeared. No response from their radio.

Rhodes takes out his walkie talkie.

RHODES
All units, confirm numbers.

One of the men with them rushes up to Rhodes.

POLICEMAN 2
Sir, three of our men are missing!

UNDERLAY
Don’t panic. Stick together. Stay alert!

RHODES
We need to get out of here.

UNDERLAY
We need to finish the job. We’re not leaving when we’re this close.

INT. WAREHOUSE – ANOTHER LEVEL - NIGHT

Sam follows quickly behind Dean and the djinn, hiding behind corners, boxes and other obstacles when he can. He follows them to a small, dark room illuminated by one small dirty window.

The djinn lays Dean on the floor and as Sam watches from the doorway, we finally get a good glimpse of Dean’s attacker. He is an ugly brute, with a muscular body, scaly brown skin and yellow eyes. The djinn presses its hand against Dean’s forehead and closes its eyes. An eerie light flows from Dean’s body through the djinn’s arm and into his own body.



EFFECTS: FLASH CUTS of the TEASER, Sam tackling Dean to the ground and stabbing him.

With a fierce battle cry, Sam lunges from the doorway towards the djinn, his knife raised. The djinn breaks contact with Dean and turns with a HISS. With one motion from his arm he knocks Sam to the side and runs from the room. Sam doesn’t bother to chase him and kneels beside his brother, shaking him in alarm.

SAM
Dean! Dean, wake up!

Dean wakes up with a start, terribly disoriented.

DEAN
They’re in danger!

SAM
Who’s in danger?

DEAN
(faintly)
I don’t know … the police, the guys downstairs.

SAM
What? Dean, you’re not making any sense.



DEAN
They’re in danger! We have to help them.

Dean struggles to a sitting position but is very weak. Sam helps him to his feet and Dean tries to stagger to the door.

DEAN
We … we have to help them.

He falls to his knees and tries to rise again but Sam stops him.

SAM
Dean, what are you talking about?

DEAN
The police! The police, Sam! They’re downstairs! They’re all going to die!

INT. WAREHOUSE – ANOTHER LEVEL - NIGHT

Underlay and Rhodes’ radios are full of communications of missing police. The men around them are starting to panic.

POLICEMAN 2
Sir, we need to retreat. No one has seen any of the men who disappeared.

UNDERLAY
We haven’t searched the entire building yet. We’re bound to find them soon.

POLICEMAN 2
Sir!

Before he can finish, a shot rings out. One of the policemen is startled by something. More shots ring out. A policeman is hit.

RHODES
Everybody down!

All the policemen dive for cover.

Rhodes and Underlay take refuge behind a wall.

UNDERLAY
Are they shooting at us?

RHODES
I think one of our men panicked.

The shots increase and the policemen take no heed of orders. They come out from their hiding places and a fight breaks out among the task force. Men fight hand to hand, with guns, knives, pieces of wood – anything they can get their hands on. Underlay and Rhodes watch in disbelief.

UNDERLAY
(amazed)
What are they doing?

RHODES
These guys are –

Suddenly, both men see the djinn watching everything from the shadows across the room. The djinn turns to look at them and smiles, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs.

UNDERLAY
My God … what is that thing?

RHODES
(believing)
That, Underlay, is what you call a supernatural being.

Suddenly, a policeman tackles Underlay, a wild look in his eyes. He raises a knife and Underlay struggles to stop him. Rhodes throws the man off of his partner.

RHODES
(to the policeman)
What are you doing?

The policeman does not answer but throws himself at Rhodes. A fight ensues as Rhodes struggles to keep the knife away from him.

Suddenly, there is a gunshot, and the man jerks and falls off of Rhodes, dead. Underlay is standing behind him, a gun in his hand. He is shaking.

More policemen join the fray and Rhodes and Underlay begin to fight for their lives.

INT. WAREHOUSE – LARGE ROOM - NIGHT

The fight continues among the policemen.

UPPER BALCONY

Sam and Dean emerge on the balcony to see the policemen fighting below them. Dean is still acting weak.

DEAN
We need to help them.

SAM
The djinn is doing this?

DEAN
It creates illusions, right?



SAM
I had no idea it had power on this scale. I thought it was an individual thing.

DEAN
Now another question … this is a HUGE police force. Were all these guys here to find the missing people or –

Sam points and Dean sees Rhodes and Underlay in the middle of the fight.

DEAN
Oh.

Dean suddenly tenses and nods to their left. Sam looks to see the djinn below them watching the fight from the shadows.

DEAN
Time to waste this thing.

LARGE ROOM

The police numbers are decreasing rapidly. They're dead and dying all over. An injured policeman pulls out a gun and starts firing randomly around the room, sobbing hysterically and not seeming to see anything at all as he shoots.

Underlay is SHOT in the chest.

RHODES
No!

Underlay slowly crumples, holding his hand over his wound. Blood starts to bubble up from his mouth. Rhodes rushes over to his partner, pressing down on the wound in an attempt to stop the blood flow.

UNDERLAY
(weakly)
I should have believed you.

Underlay looks away from Rhodes. His smile freezes as he breathes his last and DIES.

RHODES
Underlay? Underlay?

Rhodes takes out his cellphone, frantic.

RHODES
(to cellphone)
This is Agent Rhodes. I need backup. And bring an ambulance.
(beat)
No … it’s crazy. I don’t know how many are dead.

Suddenly, a policeman swings a piece of wood at Rhodes’ head. He ducks and drops the cellphone. He lunges up and tackles the policeman, driving him to the ground and knocking the man out. He stands to see the djinn still in the corner, watching.

RHODES
(mutters)
Time to take care of you myself …



He takes out his gun and cocks it.

SAM AND DEAN
Emerge on the same level as the fighting and head towards the djinn.

RHODES
Comes up on the side of the djinn. It turns to see him and grins. Rhodes SHOOTS. The djinn jerks but is not affected. Rhodes realizes he is in trouble. The djinn is on him quickly and knocks the gun out of his hand. Rhodes is knocked to the floor and the djinn kneels on top of him, pressing its hand against Rhodes’ forehead. Light begins to flow from the agent’s body into the djinn.



FLASH!

EXT. YELLOW HOUSE - BACKYARD - DREAM

We see images of a yellow house, an immaculate lawn and garden, and two children playing in a sandbox, a boy and a girl. Rhodes stands in the backyard watching the children. A beautiful woman comes up to him and puts her arms around him, turning him around to kiss him.

RHODES
Emily?

EMILY
(smiles)
Are you ready for dinner?

RHODES
Emily … you’re dead. I saw you die …

EMILY
What are you talking about, Steven?

She dances away from him, laughing.

EMILY (CONT.)
Call Ricky and Lisa in. The food’s on the table!

Rhodes is beginning to believe the illusion.

RHODES
Kids! Come on! Dinner’s on the table!

The two children leap up from their play and run towards him. They are beautiful, perfect kids. Rhodes smiles and kneels to greet them.

FLASH!

INT. WAREHOUSE - RESUMING

Dean STABS the djinn from behind in the back. The djinn rears up, breaking contact with Rhodes and screaming as he EXPLODES and disappears.

Dean kneels down, panting, next to Rhodes. Sam stands behind him, a gun in his hand, ready to use if Rhodes makes any moves. Rhodes stares at Dean, silent.

DEAN
You let a thing like that take over the world and I’m sure you can imagine how things would be. It can make you see anything you want to see. It could be paradise... but the paranoia that comes afterwards is what would kill us all.



RHODES
Thank you.

Dean shakes his head.

DEAN
Don’t thank me. We’re just doing our job.

SAM
You hunt us while we hunt these things and more people will get hurt.

Rhodes sits up. He sees a gun nearby but does not reach for it.

RHODES
(quietly)
I’ll give you a head start this time.

MUSIC CUE: "DREAM POLICE" CHEAP TRICK

Sam and Dean say nothing, but look at each other. Dean fingers the knife in his hand. Sam walks away. Dean looks at the agent for a long while, shakes his head, then follows his brother. They both EXIT the warehouse.

Rhodes looks around him. The police are scattered everywhere around the room. Most are dead. Some are picking themselves up and looking around, not believing what they are seeing.



CLOSE UP on Rhodes as he stares into nothing.

INT. RHODES’ OFFICE - DAY

CLOSE UP on a letter he is reading. We see printed in the subject line: RESIGNATION.

As he looks at it, he picks up his cellphone and calls Kate.

RHODES
Kate. I’m ready. I’ve had enough of this. I’ll stay … but I’ll be your eyes and ears. God help us all if we’re caught.

KATE (O.C.)
We need to talk. Face to face.

Rhodes hangs up the phone and stares at the letter for a long while. He looks over at a photo of him and Underlay. After a moment, he crumples the resignation letter and throws it away.

EXT. THE WHITE HOUSE - DAY

INT. OVAL OFFICE - DAY

The President is alone in his office. He's reading a report signed by Rhodes. As he reads he grows more and more angry. After a moment, he picks up his phone.

PRESIDENT REYNOLDS
I need to bring in the FBI.
(beat)
Yes. Redouble all efforts to catch the Winchester brothers.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

The main door opens and we see David, the missing young man, walk out of the building. As he starts to walk down the road, we see his flesh begin to bubble almost as though there's something hiding underneath.

INT. BAR - NIGHT

Two shot glasses are poured and slid down the table to a set of six empty shots. A hand reaches in and grabs them, it's Dean. Dean downs the shots one after another. The BARTENDER watches on.

BARTENDER
Rough night?

Dean's eyes dart over to him.

DEAN
Yeah, you could say that. Want to know what I'd wish for?



The bartender doesn't reply, Dean doesn't care.

DEAN
For this to all be over, even if it means I wind up dead.

Dean signals for two more. The Bartender complies. Dean exhales, he stares against his reflection in the cracked bar mirror.

INT. HOTEL - NIGHT

Sam sleeps soundly in bed. The covers of Dean's bed are slightly flipped open showing that he snuck out.

END OF EPISODE

THE FOLLOWING SCENE WAS DELETED FROM THE EPISODE FOR PACING REASONS AND BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE UNDERLAY GAVE RHODES MORE OF A PUSH TO JOIN THE WINCHESTERS RATHER THAN IT BEING ENTIRELY ON HIS SHOULDERS:

NEXT WEEK:



INT. JOSE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT

The lights are off. Jose sits by his computer watching the video footage repeatedly of the Gnome moving sideways. The door tilts open. Jose jolts as he spins around to face his mother BETH.

BETH
Go to sleep Jose, you have school tomorrow.

Jose exhales, nods shuts down his computer. Beth closes the door. Jose moves over to his bed and lays down, he has difficulty sleeping then closes his eyes.

The door slightly tilts open, Jose remains asleep. A figure creeps up onto his bed, CRAWLING closer and closer. Jose stirs and opens his eyes to come face to face with the GNOME staring down at him. Jose screams.

The Gnome places his hand over Jose’s mouth. Then places a finger against his lips signaling for him to be quiet. Joses struggles, terrified. The Gnome chuckles as it takes out a KNIFE.

GNOME
Sleep sleep time.

The Gnome goes in for the kill as we...

BLACK OUT!