Sam: No, not necessarily babies.
Dean: The kids . . . creepy, stare-at-you-like-you’re-lunch kids.
Sam: Yeah. There’s one at every victim’s house. So, changelings can perfectly mimic children. According to lore, they climb in the window, snatch the kid. Now, there were marks on the window sill at one of the kid’s houses. Looked to me like blood.
Dean: So the Changeling grabs a kid, assumes its form, joins the happy family just for kicks?
Sam: Not quite. Changelings feed on the mom. Synovial fluid. The moms have these odd bruises on the back of their necks. Changelings can drain them for a few weeks before mom finally croaks.
Dean: And then there’s dad and the babysitter.
Sam: Yeah. Seems like anyone that gets between the Changeling and its food source ends up dead.
Dean: And fire’s the only way to waste them?
Sam: Yep.
Dean: Great. We’ll just bust in, drag the kids out, torch ‘em on the front lawn. That’ll play great with the neighbours. What about the real ones? What happens to them?
Sam: According to lore, they stash them underground somewhere. I don’t know why, but if it’s true, the real kids might be out there somewhere.
Dean: We’d better start looking. So, any kid in the neighbourhood is vulnerable?
Sam: Yep.
Dean: We’ve got to make a stop. I want to check on someone.
Sam: Well, Dean, if the real kids are still alive we don’t have time to --
Dean: We have to.
Scene 15: Lisa’s front door. Dean knocks and she answers.
Lisa: Dean.
Dean: Hey, I was thinking . . . Ben’s birthday. I didn’t even bring him a present.
Lisa: That’s okay.
Dean: No, no. No, I feel terrible. [fishes out a credit card and hold it out to her] So, uh, here. Take a long weekend, just the two of you, on me.
Lisa: What?
Dean: Yeah, in fact I hear six flags is great this time of year. Go now. Avoid the traffic.
Lisa: [reads the credit card] “Siegfried Houdini.” Whose card is this?
Dean: Mine. Never mind. It’ll work. I promise.
Lisa: [hands the card back to him] You should leave.
Dean: Lisa . . .
Ben: [appears in background inside the house] Mommy, what’s wrong?
Dean: Nothing, Ben, it’s cool.
Ben: Make him go away, mommy.
Lisa: You heard him. Get out.
Dean: [in shock, scared] Lisa . . .I don’t think this is a good idea.
Lisa: Get out! [shuts door in his face]
Scene 16: Dean and Sam go to a house being built and find the kid locked up inside. They also find the Changeling mother (disguised as the Realtor), who attacks them. Ben helps Dean get the other children out while Sam and Dean fight off the mom. They set her on fire, she disappears, and all the other Changeling children (Changeling Katie and Ben) also disappear in a burst of flame wherever they are.
Scene 17: Sam and Dean bring Ben back to Lisa. She runs out to meet them, then Dean goes inside with her to explain things while Sam leaves to give them some time.
Lisa: Changelings?
Dean: You know how I never mentioned my job? This is my job.
Lisa: I so didn’t want to know that. Do you think he’ll be okay?
Dean: Yeah, I think he’ll be fine. Okay, seriously, I mean, you’re 100% sure that he is not mine, right?
Lisa: You’re off the hook. I did a blood test when he was a baby. There was this guy. Some bar back in a biker joint. What? I had a type. Leather jacket, couple of scars, no mailing address I was there. Guess I was a little wild back then. Before I became a mom. So, yeah, you can relax.
Dean: Good.
Lisa: I swear you look disappointed.
Dean: Yeah, I don’t know. It’s weird, you know, your life. I mean, this house and kid. It’s not my life. Never will be. Some stuff happened to me recently, and, uh, anyway, a guy in my situation, you start to think, you know. I’m going to be gone one day and what am I leaving behind besides a car?
Lisa: I don’t know. Ben may not be your kid, but he wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for you. That’s a lot if you ask me.
Dean: You know, just for the record, you’ve got a great kid. I would have been proud to be his dad.
Lisa: [kisses Dean on the lips] Look, if, um, if you want to stick around for a while, you’re welcome to stay.
Dean: I can’t. I’ve got a lot of work to do, and it’s not my life.
Scene18: A montage of scenes of Sam alone in the hotel room on the phone trying to track down what happened to his mom’s friends.
Sam: No, that’s all I needed. Thank you very much. [hangs up] Oh my god.
Scene 19:
Sam: They’re dead. All of them. All of my mom’s friends. Our doctor, our uncle, everyone who ever knew her systematically wiped of the map one at a time. Someone went through a hell of a lot of trouble trying to cover their tracks.
Ruby: Yep. The yellow-eyed demon.
Sam: So, what’s your deal? You show up wherever I am. You know all about me. You know all about my mom.
Ruby: I already told you. I’m --
Sam: Oh, right, right. Yeah, yeah, just a hunter. Just some hunter who happens to know more about my own family than I do. Just tell me who you are.
Ruby: Sam, it --
Sam: Just . . . [walks closer to her] tell me who you are.
Ruby: It doesn’t matter --
Sam: [leans in and gets right in her face] Just tell me . . . who you are!
Ruby: Fine. [closes eyes and opens them again to show they are black – she’s a demon]
Sam: [Sam backs up quickly and reaches for his bag, where it’s laying on the bed]
Ruby: Think twice before going for that holy water.
Sam: Just give me one reason I should.
Ruby: I’m here to help you, Sam.
Sam: Is that some kind of joke?
Ruby: God’s honest truth. Or, whatever.
Sam: You’re a demon
Ruby: Don’t be such a racist. I’m here because I want to help you. And I can. If you trust me.
Sam: Trust you? [holds out a flask of holly water, ready to hit her with it]
Ruby: Sam, calm down.
Sam: Start talking. All those murders . . . what was the demon trying to cover up?
Ruby: I don’t know.
Sam: What happened to my mother?
Ruby: I honestly don’t know. That’s what I’m trying to find out. All I know is that it’s about you.
Sam: What?
Ruby: don’t you get it, Sam. It’s all about you. What happened to your mom, what happened to her friends. They’re trying to cover up what he did to you. And I want ot help you figure it out.
Sam: Why would you want to help me?
Ruby: I have my reasons. Not all demons are the same, Sam. Not all of us want the same thing. Me? I want to help you from time to time. That’s all. And if you let me, there’s something in it for you.
Sam: What could you possibly –
Ruby: I could help you save your brother.
END OF EPISODE
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