Fortunate Son, Story Number Ten In My Series

[SongbirdSoph]

INT. DINER - MORNING

MUSIC CUE: FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE BY ELVIN BISHOP

Sam is sitting across from Ann and Dean in a booth. They are
all eating except for Ann who is picking at her pancakes with
a fork. Dean takes a piece off her plate and sticks it in his
mouth. She looks at him

ANN
Hey!

DEAN
Hey what? You weren't eating it

SAM
You okay?

ANN
Yeah, I'm fine. I was just
thinking

DEAN
Don't strain yourself

Ann raises her eyebrows at him. Dean grins

DEAN
Kidding! Eat up, we're payin good
money for those

ANN
You mean David Newton is payin good
money for these

DEAN
Details, details

Ann rolls her eyes and shoves pancake in her mouth. Sam looks
at her for a brief second. She catches his eye but looks back
down at her plate. Sam's phone beeps loudly from his pocket.
He pulls it out and reads an email

SAM
Huh

DEAN
What? Booty call?

Dean grins. Ann and Sam glare at him

DEAN
Oh come on

SAM
No, actually. It's an email from
Sarah

Dean looks at him with a blank stare

DEAN
You're gonna have to refresh my
memory. Name doesn't ring a bell

SAM
New York, haunted painting, little
girl

DEAN
Oh yeah, Sarah from the auction
house. I didn't know you two were
still keeping in touch

SAM
We were for a while, but I haven't
talked to her in almost three years

ANN
What does she want?

SAM
She said she has a case for us, but
she won't tell us until we get
there

DEAN
This better not be a wild goose
chase

SAM
Dean, she knows what we do,
remember? She wouldn't have gotten
in touch if it wasn't serious

ANN
She knows what you guys do?

SAM
She came with us on a hunt

ANN
You let her go on a hunt?

Ann glares at Dean

ANN
And you were bitching about me
comin along?

DEAN
It's complicated. She threatened
to go to the cops, it's a long
story

ANN
Well it'll take about a day to get
there, so we have some time

Dean rolls his eyes and sighs

DEAN
Damn it Sam

Sam just snickers

END MUSIC

EXT. SARAH'S HOUSE - NEW YORK - DAY

The impala pulls up to an old victorian style house

DEAN
You sure this is it?

SAM
This is the address she gave

Ann is sleeping in the backseat. Dean turns around to look at
her

SAM
You should just let her sleep

Dean looks back at Sam

DEAN
Alright. Let's go

Dean and Sam walk up to the door and Sam knocks. The door
opens and SARAH greets them

SARAH
Sam!

She hugs him

SARAH
It's so good to see you!

SAM
It's nice to see you, too

Sarah lets Sam go and looks at Dean

SARAH
Hi, Dean

DEAN
Sarah

Dean nods and smiles at her. Sarah looks back at Sam

SARAH
Come in! We have some things to
talk about

INT. SARAH'S HOUSE - NEW YORK - DAY

DEAN
Nice house

SARAH
Thanks. I inherited it with the
auction house

SAM
Inherited?

SARAH
Yes. My father passed away

SAM
I'm so sorry

SARAH
That's the reason I asked you here

DEAN
We deal with the supernatural

SARAH
I know, thanks smartass

SAM
How did he die?

SARAH
They said it was a suicide. They
found him strung up off the
staircase, just hanging there

Sarah stares off a little

SAM
Is there any possible way he could
have?

Sarah looks at him with a confused, angry expression

SARAH
No. No. Everything was going so
well. We were pulling in more
business than usual. It doesn't
make sense for him to do that

DEAN
So why call us?

Sarah reaches into her pocket and pulls out a sheet of paper.
It has some sort of drawing on it

SARAH
Because I found this on the floor
of the auction house. Right under
where my dad was

Sam studies the paper for a minute

SAM
Can we take this?

SARAH
Yeah, sure

SAM
We're going to do some research on
this. Do you mind if we go to the
auction house?

SARAH
No, not at all. Let me get my keys
and I'll meet you up there

DEAN
After we do a sweep there, we'll
head to a motel and start looking

SARAH
Motel? No no no. You're staying
here. This house is big enough for
the three of us

DEAN
Make that four

SARAH
Four?

SAM
Yeah, long story, but we have a
third person. She's sleeping in
the back seat

SARAH
She?

Dean smirks

DEAN
Mine

Sarah half smiles

SARAH
Well, it's big enough for the four
of us

EXT. SARAH'S HOUSE - NEW YORK - DAY

Dean and Sam walk back to the impala. They get in and the
doors wake up Ann. She yawns and stretches

ANN
We here?

Sam chuckles

ANN
What's so funny?

DEAN
We let you sleep. We're heading to
the auction house

ANN
Why didn't you wake me up?

Dean turns to face her

DEAN
Cause you look so cute when you're
asleep

She smiles at him but rolls her eyes

SAM
Don't worry. You'll make up for it
at the auction house

[SongbirdSoph]

INT. AUCTION HOUSE - DAY

Sam, Ann and Dean walk around the auction house, following
Sarah. She takes them to a staircase leading upstairs

SARAH
They found him here, hanging from
one of the steps

DEAN
Is your dad the only one?

SARAH
What do you mean?

DEAN
Have there been any other deaths?
Sarah hangs her head down. Sam looks at her

SAM
Sarah

SARAH
Yes. Two others. The night guard,
Lyle, and Walter, the janitor

ANN
How'd they die?

SARAH
I'll show you

Sarah leads them to a place in the back of the building,
closed off. She unlocks the padlock on the door and slides it
open revealing a room full of medieval torture devices

ANN
Whoa

SARAH
My dad got these from a private
collector in England. I guess the
guy was in a real hurry to get rid
of them, but never said why

DEAN
What's this have to do with the
deaths?

SARAH
Lyle was found in this over here

Sarah walks them over to a coffin like box with spikes in the
lid

SARAH
This was called the Iron Maiden.
The spikes were put in place so
that they never crushed a major
organ, but you bled to death. My
dad found him after three days of
no call no show. He walked in and
found a blood trail leaking out.
When he opened it, Lyle fell out

Dean walks over to something that looks like a stool, only
with a pyramid for a seat

DEAN
What's this?

SARAH
That would be the Judas Cradle

ANN
That doesn't look like torture to
me

SARAH
It was used as a seat

DEAN
You can't use that as a seat. Look
at it

SARAH
Think torture

SAM
I read about that. They would sit
a naked man on it until it impaled
him to death

Dean shudders

SARAH
Walter was found on the rack

They walk over to the contraption

SARAH
His arms and legs were ripped off

ANN
Completely off?

SARAH
His torso was on the floor and his
arms and legs were still strapped
to the ropes

Ann rubs her right shoulder involuntarily. She looks down and
notices a piece of paper laying under the table. She picks it
up and hands it over to Sam

ANN
Wanna bet we'll find another one at
the Iron Maiden?

All of them walk over to the device. Dean opens the doors and
on one of the spikes is another piece of paper with a symbol
on it. He grabs it and puts it in his pocket

SAM
When did you get these?

SARAH
I wanna say, three days before Lyle
was killed

ANN
Do you have another security guard
or janitor?

SARAH
No. My dad never got a chance to
hire anyone and I never bothered.
We have an alarm

Dean snickers

SARAH
What?

SAM
We got in

SARAH
We took extra measures after you
two rolled into town

Dean gives her a proud look

DEAN
We do tend to have that effect on
people

Sarah raises an eyebrow at him. Sam looks over at her

SAM
Sarah, do you have the papers on
these?

SARAH
Yeah. I'll grab them

Sarah walks out of the room

ANN
What in the hell can this be?

SAM
I don't know. I need to do some
research on the symbols

DEAN
Dude, I'm so not flying to England
to salt and burn some bones

ANN
I second that

SAM
Hopefully, we won't have to

Sarah walks back in the room with a folder and hands it to Sam

SARAH
This was all my dad had on it

SAM
Thank you

SARAH
Anything I can do to help

She half smiles at them

INT. SARAH'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY

Sam and Dean are at the kitchen table looking at the computer
and going through the file while Sarah and Ann are sitting on
the couch with coffee cups

SARAH
So, how did you get into this?

Ann rubs her thumb over her mug

ANN
I knew Sam from college. I used to
take him "ghost hunting." Never
thought that would turn out like it
did

SARAH
So you called him to join him?

ANN
No, no. Actually, a friend of mine
was killed. Knowing Sam wouldn't
think I was a freak, I called him
and viola, him and his brother

SARAH
This, is, still a little weird to
me. I know it's real, but I wish
it wasn't

Ann half smiles

ANN
I'm sorry you had to find out the
hard way

SAM
The symbols are just medieval stuff
as far as I can tell. They don't
really mean anything

DEAN
Looks like your dad, had this stuff
before

Sarah gives him a puzzled look

SARAH
We just got that in

DEAN
Your dad sold it to him and he
returned it. Your dad got it
originally from a house sale, right
here in New York. That's as far as
I get. I really need the other
file

SARAH
I can go get it

SAM
If you tell them where it is, I'm
sure Ann and Dean will grab it

Dean gives him an eyebrow

DEAN
Oh really?

Sam raises both his eyebrows

ANN
Yeah, we're smart people. We'll
find it

Dean cocks his head and gives Ann a puzzled look. Ann gets
off the couch and sets her mug on the counter

ANN
Come on honey

Sam snickers and Dean closes his eyes and shakes head

INT. AUCTION HOUSE - DAY

Dean walks into the file room while Ann waits for him. She
looks over at the room with the torture devices and cautiously
walks in

MUSIC CUE: OLD MAN BY NEIL YOUNG

INT. AUCTION HOUSE - OFFICE - DAY

Dean sifts through some old files in a drawer. He pulls out a
folder and browses through the papers. He reads one of the
sheets closer

INT. AUCTION HOUSE - STORE ROOM - DAY

Ann stops at each piece running her hands over them and
reading some of the info sheets on them. Some have price
tags, some don't. Something knocks her down with a hard thud.
Something then drags her by her feet and places her on the
rack. She screams

END MUSIC

ANN
Dean!

A man appears and puts a metal cage on her head. The Brank.
There's metal spikes piercing her cheeks. He ropes her in the
rack and starts cranking. Tears start dropping as Ann's
screams are muffled. Dean runs into the room and shoots him
with rocksalt as they hear a sickening pop from Ann's left
shoulder. Her scream is muffled. Dean uncranks her and
removes the Brank from her head

ANN
My shoulder popped

Dean unties her wrists and ankles

DEAN
I know. I'm gonna pop it back in

She nods. Dean straddles her and places his left hand on the
front part of her shoulder and his right just above it. She
grabs onto the back of his shirt with her right arm

DEAN
On three. One, two,

Dean pops it back in and Ann screams and squeezes his shirt.
He gets off her and pulls her off the table. She stumbles as
she puts weight on her right ankle

ANN
Ow ow ow

DEAN
What?

ANN
My ankle

She lifts up her pant leg and notices it's swollen and cut.
Dean hands her the folder

DEAN
Here

He lifts her up and carries her out of the auction house

[SongbirdSoph]

INT. SARAH'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - EVENING

Sarah is looking over Sam's shoulder as she sets a beer down
for him and sips her own. Sam has Ann's website up

SARAH
So you guys have dealt with all of
these things?

SAM
Most of them. There's a few we
haven't run into, but honestly?
It's only a matter of time

SARAH
She seems nice

Sam looks at her

SAM
Yeah?

Sarah nods

SARAH
She's very real. No bull,
just, it is what it is

SAM
She's been like that since I've
known her

SARAH
I don't know if I could handle it

SAM
I would never ask you to

MUSIC CUE: WE'VE GOT TONIGHT BY RONAN KEATING FEAT LULU

Sarah leans in and kisses him

SAM
Sarah...

SARAH
It's okay, Sam

SAM
I don't want to hurt you

SARAH
You won't hurt me, I'm a big girl

Sarah grabs his hand and pulls him towards her bedroom

INT. SARAH'S HOUSE - BEDROOM - EVENING

Sam runs his finger down her cheek, lifts her chin and kisses
her. She unbuttons his shirt and pulls it off him. He gently
takes her shirt off

SARAH
I think this is a little unfair

Sam gives her a puzzled look

SARAH
You still have a shirt on

Sam smirks and takes off his tee shirt. He slowly lowers her
to the bed, kissing her. She runs her fingers over a couple
of scars on his arm and he looks over at them. She looks up
at his eyes and he gives her a questioning look. She just
half smiles and pulls his head to hers for kissing. She pulls
the covers around them as they toss their jeans off to the
side. Sam and Sarah lay under the covers after they make
love. Sarah is tracing small shapes on his chest, both of
their eyes are closed

SARAH
We should get out of bed. They
could be back any minute

Sam holds onto her tighter

SAM
Give me a minute. I'm enjoying
this

As they are laying there, they hear the door slam open in the
kitchen

END MUSIC

DEAN
(O.S.)
Sam! Medikit! Now!

Sam and Sarah rush to get dressed

INT. SARAH'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

Dean places Ann in a chair as Sam comes from down the hall in
a tee and jeans. He has a duffel in his hands

SAM
What the hell happened?

Sam sets the duffel on the table as Ann props her ankle up on
another chair

ANN
I was put on the rack, that's what
happened. Grab me some frozen peas

Dean reaches into the duffel and pulls out an ace bandage, as
Sam rummages in the freezer. Sarah comes into the kitchen

SARAH
Are you okay?

DEAN
No, but she will be

SARAH
What can I do to help?

SAM
Frozen peas?

Sarah walks to the freezer

SARAH
I can do ya one better

She grabs an ice pack

SARAH
Where ya need it?

ANN
Left shoulder

Sarah places the pack on her shoulder

SARAH
Hand me an ace bandage

Sam hands her another one from the bag as Dean begins to wrap
Ann's ankle

SARAH
Can you lift your arm a little?

Ann nods and does as she's told. She lets out a painful sigh
and she closes her eyes. Sarah begins to wrap the ice pack
carefully to her shoulder

ANN
Thank you

SARAH
No worries. Comes with the
territory, I'm guessing

Dean finishes wrapping Ann's ankle and slides the folder over
to Sam

DEAN
It wasn't a house your dad got
those from, it was a museum. The
reason why you ended up with them?
Owner went crazy and tortured his
whole family

Sam and Sarah look through the file. Dean taps Ann's knee and
she lowers her foot to the ground. Dean slides in the chair
next to her and she props her leg back up on his lap. She
props her head on her hand and he rubs his thumb on her knee

SAM
Wow, wife and two teenagers

DEAN
Yeah, bad news

SARAH
What happened to him?

DEAN
I don't know. File doesn't say

Sam sits down in the chair in front of the computer. He types
in a few things and reads the screen

SAM
Murder in the house of horrors.
Robert Redgrove, age 48, murders
family. Says here, the wife's
brother found them and threw Robert
into the crocodile tube

Sarah gasps

ANN
What's that?

SARAH
Basically it was a tube with spikes
that was compressed until you were
shredded

ANN
Sounds painful

DEAN
And he's buried where?

SAM
He's not. His body was so
mutilated he was cremated

SARAH
Damn

Dean and Ann glance at her

SARAH
What? I know what that means

ANN
I need some drugs

Sarah grabs a water from the fridge and Dean hands her two
pills

ANN
Vicodin?

DEAN
Aleve

She takes the bottle from Sarah and downs the pills

ANN
Thank you

Sarah smiles and touches the back of Ann's head. Dean
slightly smiles at Sarah. She walks back over to Sam

SARAH
So, are we back to square one then?

Sam sighs and sits back in his chair. He clasps his hands
behind his neck. Sarah runs her fingers through the hair on
the top of his head

SAM
Basically, it means we are going to
have to do a thorough search of
these things

DEAN
Great. A game of search for the
body part

SAM
It's our best bet right now

ANN
Sam's right. We have no other
choice

She gets up off her chair

ANN
Let's go

Dean gets off his chair

DEAN
You're not going anywhere

ANN
Dean...

DEAN
I said no!

Sam and Sarah glance at each other. Ann raises both eyebrows
at him

ANN
Can I have a word with you?

Dean sighs and rolls his eyes. Ann grabs him by his shirt and
hobbles him into the hallway. Sarah looks at Sam

SARAH
(WHISPERING)
Are they always like that?

Sam just sighs

SARAH
Oh

INT. SARAH'S HOUSE - HALLWAY - NIGHT

DEAN
What?

ANN
I don't like it when you talk to me
like that

DEAN
It's for your own good. You're
hurt

ANN
I've played wounded before

DEAN
Yeah, and I don't want you doing it

ANN
You can cover more area in less
time with three people. If anything
happens to one of us, someone will
be there to help

DEAN
We can't have someone in there
covering our asses that can't even
run. If you slip up, that's three
gone instead of two

His face softens up and he gently touches his hand to her
cheek

DEAN
Please, for me, just sit this one
out, okay?

Ann sighs and nods her head

ANN
Fine. But if anything comes up,
you call me

DEAN
Deal

INT. SARAH'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

Dean walks back in and Ann stands at the doorway

DEAN
Sammy, let's go

SARAH
I'm going with you

DEAN
Sarah...

SAM
Gear up

DEAN
Sam!

ANN
Come on, I'll get you ready

Sarah follows Ann into the bedroom and Dean looks at Sam

DEAN
Are you crazy?

SAM
She won't back down. This is her
dad's place. She can help, she did
the last time

DEAN
Fine. But it's on your head, not
mine

Sam sighs