My latest script.

So! The cool people over at supernaturalfanwiki.wetpaint.com liked my first script (Supernatural: Midnight Fright) which I entered into their second contest, a few months ago, so much that they invited me back to do another script for their latest contest. The rules were simple: Write a script that was 2,200 words or less and post it on their site for their judges to judge by November 7th. Now, me being who I am couldn't stop myself at that word limit (although I had a hand in choosing the limit this time) so my first draft (this one) ended up at 3,690. As we speak, I'm editing this first draft into a shorter one that fits the word limit criteria of their contest for this month. Maybe I'll win first place this time! Enjoy....

Supernatural: Slip & Shift

By

DaiQuan Cain

Salem, Missouri

Ext.- Diner, Parking lot- Dusk

We open with an establishing shot of Dean's Black 1967 Chevy Impala as it rests, parked outside of the nearly empty diner it's in front of, with the exception of a few customers and a couple of workers (viewable from the windows). The diner is old-looking and it could use a good paint job and some new decoration; it's the type of traditional "mom and pop" business that has probably been passed down from generation to generation. Crickets screech and the day slowly dies down as the sun has had it's day.

Cut to-

Int.- Diner, Booth Seat- Dusk (Simultaneous)

Enter- Dean Winchester as he calmly sits in his booth seat, looking at something (which is un-revealed to us) in his hands, that brings a warm smile to his face. There is a half-eaten slice of apple pie sitting on the table in front of him and across from him, on the other side of the table, is a soft drink and a plate with a half-eaten cheeseburger and a scarce amount of fries on it.

We slowly close up on Dean's face and suddenly….

Man (O.S)(Curious)
What's that?

We rotate once again, this time into Dean's P.O.V to see his younger brother, Sam, drying his hands with a paper towel and his sleeves rolled up.

Dean
It's nothing.
(Happy-go-lucky)
You ready to get out of here?

Sam
Yeah, sure.
(Matter-of-fact)
Shape-shifters don't exactly turn themselves over to us, willingly.

Dean waves his hand out into the aisle to their waitress (off screen) and the photo falls to the floor, un-noticed by either Sam or Dean.

Dean (To Waitress)
Check, please!

Full and tired, Dean stands up out of his seat with his hand to his stomach while Sam motions toward the coat rack that their jackets are hung on, behind their booth. Their waitress finally arrives at their table with a cleaning cloth in one hand and a check in her other hand; She is a beautiful brunette and she has a look that spews out "Smartness and Independence". She's the rare type of girl that probably wouldn't fall for Dean's charm (although he'd most likely still hit on her just for the fun of it).

Waitress
(Hospitable)
[Handing Dean the bill] You boys enjoy your meals?

Head and Shoulders shot of Dean as he lustfully and smoothly trains his eyes on his waitress' VOLUPTUOUS figure from head to toe.

Dean (To Waitress)(Smooth)
[Taking the bill from her hand] Uhh…. I'd say so.

Behind Dean, at the coat rack, stands Sam watching on as Dean performs his usual sex-driven routine to their waitress. Sam smiles; he seriously can't help himself (Since he's seen it so many times over the years).

Cut to-

Ext.- Diner, Parking lot- Night (Moments later)

Sam and Dean exit the diner as Sam puts his jacket on and Dean pulls his car keys out from his pocket, both smiling for different reasons.

Sam
[Laughs] How does it feel to be shut down for once, Dean?!

Dean
[Chuckles] At least I tried!

Dean opens the driver's door to the Impala as Sam enters the car through the passenger side. They simultaneously close their doors and we are-

Int.- Dean's '67 Chevy Impala- Night

Sam yarns as Dean turns the key in the car's ignition and the Impala activates with a loud "purr" to LIFE.

SFX: Purrrrrrrr….

Dean
(Relaxed)
Let's get out of here.

Dean quickly puts a cassette tape into his car's cassette player and then suddenly the intro from AC/DC's "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll)" blasts from the speakers.

Sam
(Frustrated)
Oh my god! [Chuckles] Dean, do we have to listen to this song again!?!

Dean
(Over-ruling)
If I said it once, then I've said it a billion times: Shotgun will shut his pie-hole in this metallicar at all times!

Ext.- Dean's '67 Chevy Impala- Night (Simultaneous)

Dean pulls out of his parking spot and begins to drive on the dark road ahead of them. The ebony 1967 Chevy Impala maneuvers beautifully and brilliantly as the Winchester boys drive off into the night.

Cut to-

Int.- Diner, Sam and Dean's former Booth- Night (Moments later)

The waitress from earlier stands over the booth where Sam and Dean were sitting at, moments before, feverishly cleaning the table with a wet rag. Next, after she finishes cleaning the table, she begins to walk away when something on the floor catches her eye. And without hesitation, She bends down and picks it up.

Cut to-

Int.- Diner, Cash Register- Night (Simultaneous)

A red-headed woman in her early forties, clearly the manager of the establishment, watches on at the brunette waitress (off screen) looking at something she picked up from the floor.

Manager
Whatcha find there, sweetie?

Cut to-

Int.- Diner, Sam and Dean's former Booth- Night (Simultaneous)

We close on the waitress' BEAUTIFUL face, which holds a devilish smile on it, just in time to see a white "glair effect" coming from her eyes as soon as they are hit with the strong light from a parking car's headlights, which is being parked in the parking lot.

Waitress (To Manager)(Assuring)
[Looking at what's in her hand] Oh, nothing much.

A jolt: And we are at-

Supernatural's new opening sequence. (A burst of Ravens FLASHING across the screen with the Supernatural logo quickly revealed through the chaos.)

Fade In

And we are-

Springfield, Illinois

Ext.- Skylight Motel- Night (Eight Hours Later)

We open again with a second establishing shot of Dean's 1967 Chevy Impala as it rests, parked directly in front of a motel room which number is: 25.

Cut to-

Int.- Sam and Dean's Motel Room- Night

Sam, sitting at the desk area of the room, works on his laptop while Dean sits on his bed with boxes of gun ammo and weapons spread all over his mattress as he cleans out the barrel of his .45s with determination.

Silence.

Suddenly-

Dean's phone rings with the ringtone of Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown".

Dean (To Person on the Phone)
Hey, Bobby. What's up?

Bobby (V.O.)-Phone
(Overwhelmed)
Hey, boy. I just got a call from a hunter named Wesley Martin up in Chicago. Are you and Sam in Illinois yet?

Dean (To Bobby)Yeah.
[Looks over at Sam]
 What's going on, Bobby?

At the desk, Sam curiously turns his body around in his chair to face Dean.

Bobby (V.O.)-Phone
I think you better turn on the television, Dean.

Quickly, Dean grabs the remote from the chaos of weapons and ammo from his bed and immediately turns the television (which is placed right in front of Dean's bed) on.

SFX: Zonk

Dean's P.O.V: Already set to the news, we watch a live feed of a television journalist reporting the news to us with a microphone to his mouth, from a live police scene outside of a huge stone-built building (19th century architecture) which reads: "First National Bank of Chicago" above it's entrance.

Anchorman [Television]Once again, we bring you this breaking news, live. For the past four hours, the scene here at the First National Bank of Chicago has been a very edgy and very intense time. At about seven o'clock this evening, an un-named couple held up the bank here, behind me, and has been holding hostages at gunpoint ever since. Officials have released only these sketches of the assailants….

Suddenly, two sketch photos appear on the television screen and to a surprise, the photos are that of John and Mary Winchester.

Anchorman (Cont'd)Once again, this is Chuck Berryman reporting to you, live from the First National Bank of Chicago. Stay tuned for more as it develops.

The television shuts off abruptly.

SFX: Zonk

We pull back, away from the television set, just enough to see a SHOCKED Sam (Now, standing right next to Dean's bed) and Dean (Still sitting on his bed with his cell phone to his ear). Both are at a loss for words.

Dean [To Bobby on the Phone]
I'll call you back, Bobby.

Dean closes his cell phone and then looks onward at Sam whom is already looking at him.

Dean
Ready to go?

Cut to-

Ext.- Dean's '67 Chevy Impala- Night (Moments later)

On an empty and bleak road, Dean's car SPEEDS way beyond the legal speed limit.

Sam (O.S.)(Uncertain)
Dean, it's gonna take us five hours to get there.

Dean (O.S.)
….

Within seconds, the Impala races ahead on the road, even FASTER than before.

Cut to-

Chicago, Illinois: Two Hours Later

Ext.- Dark Alley- Night

We re-unite with Sam and Dean in this very dark and wretched alley as they cover the Impala with a black waterproof car cover to give Dean's prized possession "extra-anonymity".

Dean
(Puzzled)
How in the hell can this….?!

Sam
I don't know, Dean. It doesn't make any sense! If it's a shifter then how would it know what mom and dad look like? And if they're demons, how would they possess mom and dad's bodies when they're both dead and buried?

Dean
(Angsty)
Y'know what, Sam? I don't know and I don't care. Let's just kill the sons of bitches. [Pulls back the chamber of one of his .45 pistols]

SFX: Clik-Chik

Sam
(Curious)
Dean, what if it's really….

Dean
(Fierce)
Dammit, Sam! It's not them!
(Calmer)
They're dead, Sam.

Silence.

Sam, disappointed and contrite, tucks his gun away into the back of his pants to conceal it. Meanwhile, Dean drops to one knee, picks up the crowbar by his side, on the ground, and lifts a manhole cover out of the ground using all of his strength.

Sam then pushes the manhole cover out of the way in order to make enough room to climb into the manhole, and then with the utmost of professionalism, he bends three large glow-sticks at the same time and drops them into the horrid manhole for light.

Dean
[Shining his flashlight into the manhole] Ladies first, Sammy.

Sam smiles wildly at Dean's attempt to ease the tension of their current situation, as he begins to climb down into the wretched sewer of Chicago.

Cut to-

Ext.- First National Bank of Chicago, Main entrance- Night (Simultaneous)

A large crowd stretches for blocks behind police barricades. In the midst of CPD vehicles, S.W.A.T trucks, News vans, Cherry Pickers and flashing cameras, the adrenaline of the entire scene of the hostage situation looks as if it were that of an outdoor concert or even a Presidential event.

Cut to-

Int.- Sewer Tunnel line- Night (Meanwhile)

With their flashlights in one hand and their guns in their other hands, Sam and Dean cautiously look and walk onward through the ugliness of the Chicago sewer that they're walking through. Finally, upon arriving at another row of climbing bars, Sam points his flashlight at two disgusting piles of slimy, discharged flesh that are being eaten by a multitude of rats, mice and maggots. Meanwhile, Dean focuses his flashlight and attention on a lonely beam of light, which is shooting down from the manhole cover, which was left wide open, presumably by the bank robbers.

Sam [Referencing to the shedded flesh]
At least we know what we're hunting now.

Dean
(Over-ruling)
Yeah, but it still doesn't answer how they shifted into mom and dad.
(Nonchalant)
Meh, it doesn't matter. Let's just kill the bastards, Sam.

Without a second to waste, Dean shoots a round into the distance of the sewer to scatter the group of vermin away from the base of the ladder, which in effect causes the group to SCURRY.

SFX: Screech Screech Screech…!

Suddenly-

Footsteps. Quickly and instinctively, Sam turns around with the light from his flashlight burning bright and revealing any ground they've covered from the tunnel behind them. Then immediately, we close up on Dean's hand as he grips his .45 pistol tighter than before.

Dean
Sam, look!

Heeding his brother's call, Sam slowly and cautiously takes his concentration off of the tunnel behind him and turns around to see what Dean has spotted. We rotate into Sam's P.O.V and see Dean bending down and examining a one hundred dollar bill.

Dean
They're down here already.

Suddenly-

Footsteps once again. Sam and Dean both break their concentration away from the one hundred dollar bill and immediately jump into action, waving their flashlights around in search of their shape-shifting enemies.

And then-

Silence.

Close on Dean as he begins to slowly pace himself into the darkness of the sewage line. Cautious, Sam begins to pace backwards behind Dean as they walk into the further uncertain darkness of the tunnel.

We then rotate all the way around into a close up of Sam in a head and shoulders shot as he cautiously and professionally keeps an eye out for any sign of one of the shifters when suddenly a series of three GUNSHOTS ring out! Sam immediately turns around as Dean begins to SPRINT into the DARK tunnel. Without a second thought, Sam runs to catch up with Dean in order to assist him. The sight of the aimless and erratic light from the Winchester boys' flashlights as they run is an adrenalated one.

Dean (To Sam)(Informative; Adrenalated)
I wounded that mother!

We follow Sam and Dean as they RACE in hot pursuit of what looks to be their father, John as he begins to climb up a final row of climbing bars at the end of the tunnel.

Cut to-

Int.- Boiler Room- Night (Simultaneous)

The sounds of steam and thumping of air within pipes fill the air as we close on a manhole cover which in rapidly being removed from the ground as the shape-shifter in John Winchester's form quickly hops out of the manhole. Once out, he begins to close it as Dean begins to climb out with his gun in one hand and his flashlight placed in between his teeth.

Suddenly-

In an attempt to stop the shape-shifter from closing the manhole on him, Dean SHOOTS the shifter in the shoulder. The bullet goes straight through but doesn't stop the shifter from limping away as fast it can since one of Dean's earlier bullet also caught it in the leg.

SFX: BLAM!!!

Dean (To Shifter)
(Adrenalated)
[Climbing out of the manhole] You like that, you son of a bitch!?! That's what humans call silver!

Cut to-

Int.- Sewer Tunnel line, final ladder- Night (Meanwhile)

As Sam climbs the ladder, the other shifter in the form of his mother, Mary, grabs his leg and PULLS him with all of it's strength, causing Sam to fall on his back from about seven feet.

Sam
Argh!!!

On the ground with the wind knocked out of him, Sam tries his best to pick up the hand with his gun in it and shoot the shifter (Which is climbing the ladder, out of the sewer) but he's too overwhelmed with his injury, so his hand drops and he goes back to trying to re-gain the air in his lungs.

Cut to-

Int.- Office Building, Hallway- Night (Simultaneous)

Standing cautiously in the middle of a floor filled with cubicles with his gun trained out in front of him, Dean stands ready to shoot anything that moves.

Silence.

Suddenly-

The shifter in the form of John SPRINTS across the floor from one cubicle to another and Dean quickly takes a shot at it.

SFX: BLAM!!!

To see if he caught the shifter with the shot he took at him, Dean races to the second cubicle that the shifter sprinted to and to his surprise when he gets there, a trail of blood from the shifter is traced to a staircase door at the other side of the floor.

Cut to-

Int.- Boiler Room- Night (Meanwhile)

Sam staggers his way after the shifter in the shape of his mother and to his convenience comes across an elevator at the turn of a wall, near the exit of the boiler room. Once reaching the elevator, Sam presses the elevator's call button and once again to his convenience, the elevator door opens with the elevator there already.

Sam (To himself)
(Sarcastic)
[Sighs in agony] Wow, it must be my lucky day!

Int.- Elevator- Night (Simultaneous)

Sam stumbles into the elevator and presses the button to the roof of the building. The door closes and we go to-

Int.- Staircase- Night (Moments later)

Dean, out of breath, takes a break from his chasing and takes a seat on the staircase he's been running on for quite a while. We then rotate around to Dean's P.O.V and see the writing on the wall that says: 25th floor.

Dean
[Out of Breath] Geez! I love this job!

Suddenly-

SCREAMING.

Dean
What the…. [Piece of flesh falls next to him from in between the stairwells] ….hell?

Exhausted, Dean begins to run up the stairs to catch the shifter whom has apparently shifted into someone else.

Cut to-

Ext.- Elevator Door (Final level)- Night (Simultaneous)

As the elevator door opens, Sam (whom is still in pain) walks out of the elevator as one of the shifters (now in HIS exact form), races up a short row of steps and through an open door, which leads to the roof, outside. With no doubt in his mind, Sam runs after his doppelganger.

Cut to-

Ext.- Roof- Night

As Sam walks onto the windy roof of the office building with his gun trained out, his double sabotages him by grabbing the gun out of his hand from the side of the outside wall, where Sam couldn't see him. Now with the gun in it's hand, the shifter throws it off of the roof.

Sam
Dammit.

Still out of breath, Dean quickly runs through the roof's door and finds himself to be quickly confused by the situation of two Sams

Dean's P.O.V: Both the real Sam and his double stand on the windy roof of the building with their hands raised in the air and identical exhausted faces.

We pull back and see Dean, now with both of his .45s pointing to the both of them.

Sam 1 & Sam 2 (Simultaneous)
Dean, it's me!

Dean
Will the both of you, please just shut up!
(Silly)
I have to kill one of you right now and your talking makes it hard!

Sam 1
Dean, it's me!

Quickly, Dean points both of his pistols toward Sam 1.

Sam 2No, it's me, Dean!

Sam 2 un-buttons his shirt and pulls it back to reveal a flaming pentagram tattoo on his chest (As seen in the episode: "Jus In Bello"). With enough proof, Dean quickly SHOOTS Sam 1, once in the head and twice in the heart.

SFX: BLAM! BLAM-BLAM!!!!!

At the doorway runs the second shifter, now in the form of the manager from the diner where Sam and Dean ate at hours before. With Dean unaware of the second shifter because his back is turned to it, Sam quickly drops to one knee and pulls out a small six-shooter from his ankle holster and SHOOTS the shape-shifter directly between the eyes.

Dean
[Looking behind him at the dead shifter] Now that's what I'm talking about, Sammy!

Dean turns back around to Sam with pride in his eyes and a smile on his face. Meanwhile, Sam directs his attention to his dead double next to him.

Sam
Dean, take a look at this!

Curious, Dean makes his way over to Sam to see what he's discovered. As Dean comes nearer to Sam, he hands Dean five bundles of one hundred dollar bills.

Dean
(Excited)
Oh, You've gotta be kidding me!

Sam
[Laughs] Dean, there's more!

Sam hands Dean yet another five bundles of one hundred dollar bills. Close on Dean as he stands happily and ecstatic with the bundles of cash in his hands.

Sam
(Calm)
Dean.

Still beside himself with happiness, we close on Dean as he begins to stare at whatever it is that Sam has found off screen. His wild smile about the money they found turns into a familiar warm smile. We rotate around to an extreme close-up of Sam's hand which holds a old photograph of John Winchester holding his wife, Mary in his arms as they both smile into the camera.

We pull out of the close up and turn from the picture that Sam is holding in his hand, as he stands beside his big brother, Dean. They both stare at the picture with a warm smile of nostalgia and hope.

Cut to-

Springfield, Illinois

Ext.- Skylight Motel- Morning (Eight hours later)

We re-establish the Skylight Motel exactly as we did the first time, except it's a bright and sunny morning this time instead of a dark and lonely night. The Impala pulls into the parking lot and Dean parks it right in front of their room (25).

Cut to-

Ext.- Sam and Dean's Motel Room, Doorway- Morning (Moments later)

Sam and Dean stand tired and sleepy as Dean puts his key into the keyhole of the door's lock and opens it.

Dean
Who would've thought that the shifter was right in front of our eyes all that time we was in that diner!

Sam
Tell me about it.

Sam and Dean's P.O.V: John Winchester, in the flesh and alive and well sits on Sam's bed with Castiel standing calmly in the corner of the room.

John
Hello, boys.

To Be Continued….

FADE OUT

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