WILL CARLTON sits on the kitchen counter eating cereal, BILL CARLTON at the table reading the newspaper. SOPHIE CARLTON comes through the room.
SOPHIE kisses her father on the cheek.
SOPHIE
Morning, Daddy.
BILL
Morning, sweetheart.
SOPHIE goes to get something out of the refrigerator.
WILL
All these workouts, Soph, I don't know. Guys don't like buff girls.
SOPHIE
Yeah, well, girls don't like guys who still live at home.
WILL drains the milk from his cereal bowl and slides off the counter.
WILL
Ha ha ha.
SOPHIE
Ha ha.
SOPHIE opens the door to leave.
BILL
Be careful.
SOPHIE
I will.
SOPHIE closes the door.
SOPHIE stands on the dock, looking at the lake. WILL watches from a distance as she dives in. She swims and comes up for air, looking around; she sees no one. She keeps swimming. She comes up for air again and looks around some more; still no one. SOMEONE approaches her from underwater and pulls her under. Bubbles. Nothing.
A truck goes past a neon sign that says HOTEL, behind a building that says THE Lynnwood INN. The Impala is parked in front.
There is a mostly empty plate in front of DEAN, who is circling obituaries in a newspaper.
DEAN circles an obituary that reads:
CARLTON, SOPHIE -The Carlton family is sad to announce the death of their beloved daughter in a tragic swimming accident. Sophie Carlton, 18, was having her [...] Lake Manitoc WI, an [...] suddenly [...]
An attractive WAITRESS, whose nametag says WENDY, approaches.
WAITRESS
Can I get you two anything else?
She ask's as she bends over to pick up Dean and Sam's plate, DEAN looks up and grins around the pen he was chewing on, while Lydia ignores the waitress and continues working on her birthday pie which was strawberry her favorite. just as SAM comes over and sits down Rolling his eyes at his brother flirting with the woman right in front of his daughter.
SAM
Just the check, please.
WENDY
Okay.
WENDY walks away. DEAN drops his head, then looks at SAM.
DEAN
You know, Sam, we are allowed to have fun once in a while.
DEAN points to WENDY walking away; she's wearing short shorts.
DEAN
That's fun.
LYDIA
I want fun to daddy, since it's my birthday.
she says innocently.
SAM looks at him with his eyebrows raised asking his response to his daughter's statement. DEAN grimaces at the thought of his daughter having the kind of fun he wanted to have with the waitress, then Dean hands SAM the newspaper, ok sweetie when we get to the next case we will do something fun ok, your choice.
LYDIA
okay, daddy.
She said then turned back and continued her meal.
DEAN
Here, take a look at this, I think I got one. Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin. Last week Sophie Carlton, eighteen, walks into the lake, doesn't walk out. Authorities dragged the water; nothing. Sophie Carlton is the third Lake Manitoc drowning this year. None of the other bodies were found either. They had a funeral two days ago.
SAM
A funeral?
DEAN
Yeah, it's weird, they buried an empty coffin. For, uh, closure or whatever.
SAM
Closure? What closure? People don't just disappear, Dean. Other people just stop looking for them.
DEAN
Something you want to say to me?
SAM
The trail for Dad. It's getting colder every day.
DEAN
Exactly. So what are we supposed to do?
SAM
I don't know. Something. Anything.
DEAN
You know what? I'm sick of this attitude. You don't think we wanna find Dad as much as you do?
He gestures in between him and Lydia.
SAM
Yeah, I know you guys do, it's just—
DEAN
We were the one's that's been with him every single day for the past two years, while you've been off to college going to pep rallies. you couldn't even bother to call me back when I phoned to tell you about Lydia. We will find Dad, but until then, we're gonna kill everything bad between here and there. Okay?
SAM rolls his eyes. WENDY walks by, distracting DEAN and Lydia flicks some whipped cream at him so he will pay attention to her since she was now offering him a bite of her birthday pie, he eats from her fork and smiles at her and then gives her a noogie for flicking whipped cream at him, she starts full belly laughing which makes the waitress look over at Dean more adoringly.
SAM
All right, Lake Manitoc. Hey!
DEAN returns his attention to SAM.
DEAN
Huh?
SAM
How far?
The Impala passes a clothesline with white sheet, then crosses a bridge and passes someone fishing, they drive past a sign that reads "Welcome to Lake Manitoc WI."
CARLTON HOUSE
The Impala pulls up in front of the Carlton and parks.
DEAN knocks on the door. WILL CARLTON opens it.
DEAN
Will Carlton?
WILL
Yeah, that's right.
DEAN
I'm Agent Ford. This is Agent Hamill.
WILL
and who is she?
He gestures to Lydia
LYDIA
Its my birthday today, daddy said I could go to work with him, it's daddy daughter day.
she says and continues to hold deans hand glancing around her at the tree's.
DEAN
We're with the US Wildlife Service.
DEAN holds up an ID.
BILL CARLTON is sitting on a bench on the dock. WILL brings SAM and DEAN, and Lydia around to see him.
WILL
She was about a hundred yards out.
WILL
That's where she got dragged down.
DEAN
And you're sure she didn't just drown?
WILL
Yeah. She was a varsity swimmer.
WILL
She practically grew up in that lake. She was as safe out there as in her own bathtub.
LYDIA
bathtubs are dangerous sometimes, I left my toys in there once, and mommy tripped and almost fell out and got hurt, maybe your sister got caught on a toy and couldn't get unstuck.
Lydia stated staring at the lake and Mr. Carlton sitting on the bench, stairing out to the lake.
SAM
So no splashing? No signs of distress?
WILL
No, that's what I'm telling you.
SAM
Did you see any shadows in the water? Maybe some dark shape breach the surface?
WILL
No. Again, she was really far out there.
DEAN
You ever see any strange tracks by the shoreline?
WILL
No, never. Why? Why, what do you think's out there?
DEAN
We'll let you know as soon as we do.
DEAN and LYDIA heads back to the car.
SAM
What about your father?
DEAN stops and turns back.
SAM
Can we talk to him?
WILL turns to look at BILL, then turns back.
WILL
Look, if you don't mind, I mean...he didn't see anything and he's kind of been through a lot.
SAM
We understand.
SAM and DEAN and LYDIA continue to go to the car.
LYDIA
Daddy, I don't like that lake, I don't want to go fishing there.
she says in the tone that leaves him to room to negotiate, as she buckles her self in her booster.
POLICE STATION
SHERIFF JAKE DEVINS talks to SAM and DEAN while LYDIA waits in the hallway.
JAKE
Now, I'm sorry, but why does the Wildlife Service care about an accidental drowning?
SAM
You sure it's accidental? Will Carlton saw something grab his sister.
JAKE
Like what?
They walk into JAKE's office. JAKE motions to chairs in front of his desk.
JAKE
Here, sit, please. There are no indigenous carnivores in that lake.
SAM and DEAN sit.
JAKE
There's nothing even big enough to pull down a person, unless it was the Loch Ness Monster.
DEAN
Yeah.
He laughs.
DEAN
Right.
SAM glances at DEAN.
JAKE
Will Carlton was traumatized, and sometimes the mind plays tricks. Still—
JAKE sits down.
JAKE
We dragged that entire lake. We even ran a sonar sweep, just to be sure, and there was nothing down there.
DEAN
That's weird, though, I mean, that's, that's the third missing body this year.
JAKE
I know. These are people from my town. These are people I care about.
DEAN
I know.
JAKE
Anyway...
JAKE sighs.
JAKE
All this...it won't be a problem much longer.
DEAN
What do you mean?
JAKE
Well, the dam, of course.
DEAN
Of course, the dam. It's, uh, it sprung a leak.
JAKE
It's falling apart, and the feds won't give us the grant to repair it, so they've opened the spillway. In another six months, there won't be much of a lake. There won't be much of a town, either. But as Federal Wildlife, you already knew that.
DEAN
Exactly.
A YOUNG WOMAN, ANDREA BARR, taps on the door.
ANDREA
Sorry, am I interrupting?
SAM and DEAN stand up.
ANDREA
I can come back later.
JAKE
Gentlemen, this is my daughter.
DEAN
It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Dean.
DEAN shakes ANDREA's hand.
ANDREA
Andrea Barr. Hi.
DEAN
Hi.
JAKE
They're from the Wildlife Service. About the lake.
ANDREA
Oh.
A BOY, LUCAS BARR, walks in around ANDREA.
DEAN
Oh, hey there. What's your name?
LUCAS walks away without speaking. ANDREA follows.
JAKE
His name is Lucas.
LUCAS and ANDREA are in the main room when he sees Lydia sitting at the same table Lucas is Coloring her own pictures. ANDREA gives him some crayons out of a box.
SAM
Is he okay?
JAKE
My grandson's been through a lot. We all have.
JAKE stands and goes to the office door.
JAKE
Well, if there's anything else I can do for you, please let me know.
DEAN, LYDIA, SAM, and JAKE leave the office.
DEAN
Thanks. You know, now that you mentioned it, could you point us in the direction of a reasonably priced motel?
ANDREA
Lakefront Motel. Go around the corner. It's about two blocks south.
DEAN
Two—would you mind showing us?
ANDREA laughs.
ANDREA
You want me to walk you two blocks?
DEAN
Not if it's any trouble.
LYDIA
Daddy has a bad sense of direction that's why his partner is in charge of the map.
Andrea Looks at Lydia and smiles.
ANDREA
she's adorable is she yours?
DEAN smiles pulling Lydia closer to his side giving her an approving squeeze.
DEAN
yep, this cutie is all mine.
ANDREA
she crouches down to get eye level with Lydia, It's nice to meet you, My name is andrea and this young man is Lucas, you look like your the sam age how old are you?
LYDIA
my names Lydia but Daddy calls me little Lydi and It's my birthday today and turned 8.
ANDREA nods at the smiling girl and stands back up
ANDREA
I'm headed that way anyway.
ANDREA turns to JAKE.
ANDREA
I'll be back to pick up Lucas at three.
ANDREA turns to LUCAS.
ANDREA
We'll go to the park, okay, sweetie?
ANDREA kisses LUCAS on the head.
DEAN and Lydia wave as they leave. JAKE nods.
SAM
Thanks again.
STREET
ANDREA leads DEAN, Lydia and SAM along the street.
DEAN
So, cute kid.
ANDREA
Thanks.
They cross a street.
DEAN
Kids are the best, huh?
ANDREA glances at him and he Picks up Lydia and throws her on his back but she ignores him. They keep walking. They stop in front of a building that says LAKEFRONT MOTEL.
ANDREA
There it is. Like I said, two blocks.
SAM
Thanks.
Sam takes Lydia and they move to go across the street to check in.
ANDREA addresses DEAN.
ANDREA
Must be hard, with your sense of direction, never being able to find your way to a decent pickup line maybe your partner should help you with that too.
ANDREA leaves, calling back over her shoulder.
ANDREA
Enjoy your stay!
SAM
'Kids are the best'? You don't even like kids.
DEAN
I love kids.
SAM
Name three children that you even know, besides your own daughter.
DEAN thinks and comes up empty. SAM waves a hand and walks into the motel. DEAN scratches his head then looks at Lydia and she just shrugs.
DEAN
I'm thinking!
MOTEL
SAM is working on his laptop. DEAN is going through his clothing, while Lydia was playing with the deck of cards that she and dean used when he and John taught her to play poker.
SAM
So there's the three drowning victims this year.
DEAN
Any before that?
SAM
Uh, yeah.
SAM has a browser window open to The Lake Manitoc Tribune. DROWNING TAINTS ICE FISHING FESTIVAL. He clicks, and another browser window comes up, again the Tribune: 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL DROWNS IN LAKE, Second drowning in 6 months at Lake Manitoc
SAM
Six more spread out over the past thirty-five years. Those bodies were never recovered either. If there is something out there, it's picking up its pace.
DEAN tosses an item of clothing onto a bed.
DEAN
So, what, we got a lake monster on a binge?
LYDIA
maybe its like the Fisherman and his wife from like from my fairytale book Daddy!
DEAN
you think that a fish is granting wishes and when people aren't satisfied they are punnished my taking something away from them?
Dean asks his daughter in thought, it wasn't quite as farfetched as somethings but he doudted that a magic fish was causing the drownings, Lydia shrugged and continues to play with the cards.
SAM
This whole lake monster theory, it, it just bugs me.
DEAN comes over to read over SAM's shoulder.
DEAN
Why?
SAM
Loch Ness, uh, Lake Champlain, there are literally hundreds of eyewitness accounts, but here, almost nothing.
SAM looks at the Tribune homepage.
SAM
Whatever it is out there, no one's living to talk about it.
SAM scrolls to the comments section of an article. DEAN points at it.
DEAN
Wait, Barr, Christopher Barr. Where have I heard that name before?
SAM reads from the page.
SAM
Christopher Barr, the victim in May.
SAM clicks a link, opening a new page. LOCAL MAN IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT. The picture loads: it shows a police officer with LUCAS.
SAM
Oh. Christopher Barr was Andrea's husband, Lucas's father. Apparently he took Lucas out swimming. Lucas was on a floating wooden platform when Chris drowned. Two hours before the kid got rescued.
SAM clicks the picture for a better look, then scratches his head.
SAM
Maybe we have an eyewitness after all.
LYDIA
Daddy Lucas is still have nightmares, because the bad thing took his daddy.
DEAN
No wonder that kid was so freaked out. Watching one of your parents die isn't something you just get over.
He looked over at Lydia he knew that she hadn't yet got over her own sadness when Amanda was killed, she was better at channeling it into making sure others didn't have the nightmares she might have had if the Vetala wasn't killed and he saw how she straightened herself when she remembered she promised to be Brave, he was so proud of her, it was too bad she couldn't teach Lucas that.
PARK
Kids are laughing and playing. ANDREA sits on a bench and watches LUCAS, who is at another bench coloring and playing with toy soldiers.
SAM
Can we join you?
ANDREA looks up. SAM and DEAN are there, while Lydia wonders over to where Lucas is and sits on the other side of the bench and starts to talk to him.
ANDREA
I'm here with my son.
DEAN looks over at LUCAS.
DEAN
Yeah we just brought Lydia here to play part of her birthday outing. Mind if I say hi?
DEAN goes over to LUCAS.
ANDREA
Tell your friend this whole Jerry Maguire thing is not gonna work on me.
SAM sits next to ANDREA.
SAM
I don't think that's what this is about, Lydia's mom was murdered two year's ago He thinks that you know he has a little bit of experience with this kind of thing with a young kid.
he looks over at the threesome and is amazed at how well he was doing with Lydia, even if she was such a good kid all on her own; there were still aspects that he had to handle with great care.
DEAN approaches LUCAS.
DEAN
How's it going?
DEAN kneels down next to Lydia where she and LUCAS is coloring; when LUCAS doesn't even look up, DEAN picks up one of the toy soldiers and turns to Lydia knowing that Lucas is listening.
DEAN
I used to love these things.
LYDIA
Grandpa was a soldier to huh, he taught you how to kill the bad things right?
Dean nodded.
DEAN imitates guns and explosions, then tosses the toy soldier down.
DEAN
So crayons is more your thing? That's cool. Chicks dig artists, Right Lydia?
LYDIA
yes daddy, Lucas draws really good, maybe it helps him with the nightmares, does it help you to make the bad thing stay out of your dreams lucas?
She asked him.
LUCAS has a pile of drawings on the bench. DEAN takes a look. The top one is of a big black swirl; the second one is of a red bicycle.
DEAN
your right Lydi, these are pretty good. You mind if I sit and draw with you for a while?
DEAN picks up a crayon.
DEAN
I'm not so bad myself.
DEAN sits on the bench, picks up a pad of paper, and starts drawing, while Lydia continues drawing as well.
DEAN
You know, I'm thinking you can hear me, you just don't want to talk. I don't know exactly what happened to your dad, but I know it was something real bad. I think me and Lydia know how you feel. When I was your age, I saw something.
A pause.
LYDIA
My mommy was taken by a bad thing too Lucas, and Daddy killed it so I don't have bad dreams.
she stated looking at Lucas in the eye when he raised his head to look at her.
DEAN
Anyway. Well, maybe you don't think anyone will listen to you, or, uh...or believe you. I want you to know that I will. You don't even have to say anything. You could draw me a picture about what you saw that day, with your dad, on the lake. Okay, no problem. This is for you.
DEAN holds out to LUCAS the picture he drew. It's stick figures.
DEAN
This is my family.
DEAN points at each person in turn.
DEAN
That's my dad. That's my mom. That's my geek brother, and that's Lydia and this dude is me.
A pause.
DEAN
All right, so I'm a sucky artist. We'll see you around, Lucas.
LYDIA
Lucas, my daddy is the best hunter in the world and he kills all the bad things so no one has to have nightmares, I promis if you help daddy will kill your bad thing too.
with that said LYDIA and DEAN heads back to SAM and ANDREA. LUCAS picks up the picture.
DEAN and Lydia approach ANDREA and SAM.
ANDREA
Lucas hasn't said a word, not even to me. Not since his dad's accident.
DEAN
Yeah, we heard. Sorry.
ANDREA nods.
SAM
What are the doctors saying?
ANDREA
That it's a kind of post-traumatic stress.
SAM
That can't be easy. For either of you.
ANDREA
We moved in with my dad. He helps out a lot. It's just...when I think about what Lucas went through, what he saw...
A pause.
DEAN
Kids are strong. You'd be surprised what they can deal with, Lydia has been amazing coping with the death of her mother.
LUCAS leaves the bench, heading for the group.
ANDREA
You know, he used to have such life. He was hard to keep up with, to tell you the truth. Now he just sits there. Drawing those pictures, playing with those army men. I just wish, How did Lydia get through it?
LUCAS walks up, carrying a picture.
ANDREA
Hey sweetie.
LUCAS hands DEAN the picture, then glances at Lydia and smiles a small smile.
DEAN
Thanks. Thanks, Lucas.
It's a picture of the Carlton house.
LUCAS heads back to the bench.
CARLTON HOUSE
BILL is sitting in a chair, doing nothing. WILL approaches.
WILL
Hey, Dad? You, you should probably eat something. I'm gonna make some dinner, okay?
BILL says nothing and turns his head away.
KITCHEN
WILL washes a fish at the sink. He does not turn the water off when he begins cutting up the fish. The water turns brown. WILL notices and shuts off the water. Black water comes up through the drain and fills the sink. WILL rolls up his sleeve to pull the plug out of the drain. He comes up with the plug, but the water doesn't drain. He sticks his arm back in the water, and something grabs it, pulling him into the sink. He drowns. The water drains.
MOTEL
DEAN is inside the motel room sitting on a bed playing war with Lydia, she cheers because she's just won dean's Ace and two Kings. SAM opens the door and comes in.
SAM
So, I think it's safe to say we can rule out Nessie.
DEAN
What do you mean?
SAM sits next to DEAN reaching over to ruffle Lydia's hair.
SAM
I just drove past the Carlton house. There was an ambulance there. Will Carlton is dead.
lYDIA
Did he drowned?
SAM
Yep. In the sink.
DEAN
What the hell? So you're right, this isn't a creature. We're dealing with something else.
SAM
Yeah, but what?
LYDIA
A water ghost?
DEAN
I don't know. maybe? Some kind of demon? I mean, something that controls water...water that comes from the same source.
SAM
The lake.
DEAN
Yeah.
SAM
Which would explain why it's upping the body count. The lake is draining. It'll be dry in a few months. Whatever this thing is, whatever it wants, it's running out of time.
DEAN
And if it can get through the pipes, it can get to anyone, almost anywhere.
DEAN stands up.
Lydia
Daddy its gonna happen again soon.
DEAN sits down on a chair.
SAM
And we do know one other thing for sure. We know this has got something to do with Bill Carlton.
DEAN
Yeah, it took both his kids.
SAM
And I've been asking around. Lucas's dad, Chris—Bill Carlton's godson.
DEAN
Let's go pay Mr. Carlton a visit.
LAKE
BILL CARLTON is sitting on the bench on the dock.
SAM
Mr. Carlton?
BILL looks up. SAM and DEAN with Lydia trailing be hind her father approach.
SAM
We'd like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind.
DEAN
We're from the, the Department—
BILL
I don't care who you're with. I've answered enough questions today.
SAM
Your son said he saw something in that lake. What about you? You ever see anything out there? Mr. Carlton, Sophie's drowning and Will's death—we think there might be a connection to you or your family.
BILL
My children are gone. It's...it's worse than dying. Go away you couldn't possibly understand you still have your child. Please.
SAM and DEAN and LYDIA head back to the car.
SAM
What do you think?
DEAN
Aw, I think the poor guy's been through hell. I also think he's not telling us something.
SAM leans on the Impala.
SAM
So now what?
DEAN goes still
SAM
What is it?
DEAN
Huh.
DEAN is looking at the Carlton house.
DEAN
Maybe Bill's not the only one who knows something.
DEAN pulls out the picture LUCAS brought him, which is of the Carlton house. DEAN, LYDIA and SAM loot at it.
DEVINS/BARR HOUSE
ANDREA
I'm sorry, but I don't think it's a good idea.
DEAN
I just need to talk to him.
SAM, DEAN and Lydia are inside ANDREA's house, talking to her.
DEAN
Just for a few minutes.
ANDREA
He won't say anything. What good's it gonna do?
LYDIA
Miss Bar, more people are gonna get hurt. Daddy Knows something's happening out there, he and uncle Sammy can help.
she said standing at the entrance to the stairs that go up to Lucas's room.
ANDREA
My husband, the others, they just drowned. That's all.
DEAN
If that's what you really believe, then we'll go. But if you think there's even a possibility that something else could be going on here, please let me talk to your son.
LUCAS is coloring, toy soldiers standing around him. DEAN, ANDREA, and SAM and LYDIA approach the doorway. DEAN enters and crouches down by LUCAS.
DEAN
Hey, Lucas. You remember me I'm Lydia's dad.
LUCAS has drawn two more pictures of a red bicycle.
DEAN
You know, I, uh, I wanted to thank you for that last drawing. But the thing is, I need your help again.
LUCAS is drawing a person in water. DEAN opens the house picture and puts it down in front of LUCAS.
DEAN
How did you know to draw this? Did you know something bad was gonna happen? Maybe you could nod yes or no for me.
LUCAS keeps coloring.
DEAN
You're scared. It's okay. I understand. See, when I was your age, I saw something real bad happen to my mom, and I was scared, too. I didn't feel like talking, just like you and LYDIA she know how it feels to loose her mom too. But see, my mom—I know she wanted me to be brave and that's the last thing LYDIA'S mom told me to tell her too. we think about that every day. And we do our best to be brave. And maybe, your dad wants you to be brave too.
LUCAS drops his crayon and looks up at DEAN, then glances at Lydia who nods encouragingly at him, He then hands DEAN a picture of a white church, a yellow house, and a boy with a blue baseball cap and red bicycle in front of a wooden fence.
DEAN
Thanks, Lucas.
CAR
DEAN, LYDIA and SAM are in the Impala, SAM holding the church picture.
DEAN
Andrea said the kid never drew like that till his dad died.
SAM
There are cases—going through a traumatic experience could make people more sensitive to premonitions, psychic tendencies.
DEAN
Whatever's out there, what if Lucas is tapping into it somehow? I mean, it's only a matter of time before somebody else drowns, so if you got a better lead, please.
SAM
All right, we got another house to find.
DEAN
The only problem is there's about a thousand yellow two-stories in this county alone.
SAM looks at the picture.
SAM
See this church? I bet there's less than a thousand of those around here.
DEAN
Oh, College Boy thinks he's so smart, dosen't he little lydi?
LYDIA
yes daddy, uncle sammy has a big brain that's why his hair is long so it can cover it up.
she giggles out.
SAM
Sam rolls his eyes and reaches back to tickle Lydia, she tries to worm out of his reach but his arms are too long.
SAM
you know, um...
SAM
What you said about Mom...
SAM
You never told me that before.
DEAN
It's no big deal.
DEAN
Oh God, we're not gonna have to hug or anything, are we?
LYDIA
Yes daddy hugs are important.
Dean reaches back and squeezes her knee, then puts both hands back on the wheel.
SWEENEY HOUSE
SAM and DEAN approach a white church shaped like the one in LUCAS's picture. DEAN holds up the picture and looks at it, comparing it to the scene in front of him; there's a yellow house next to the church and a wooden fence near the house. SAM looks at DEAN. They both look up at the church Dean tells Lydia to stay in the car, he knows this might be an emotional interview and thoses things tend to effect lydia and make her sad and he dosen't want her to feel those projected emotions, they cross the street to the house.
DEAN
We're sorry to bother you, ma'am—
DEAN and SAM are inside the house, speaking to an OLD WOMAN, MRS. SWEENEY.
DEAN
—but does a little boy live here, by chance? He might wear a blue ball cap, has a red bicycle.
SWEENEY
No sir. Not for a very long time. Peter's been gone for thirty-five years now.
There's a picture of PETER on the side table. SWEENEY sighs.
SWEENEY
The police never—I never had any idea what happened. He just disappeared.
SAM points out to DEAN a number of toy soldiers on a table.
SWEENEY
Losing him—you know, it's...it's worse than dying.
DEAN glances at SAM, thinking about what it would ever feel like to loose lydia and he shivered.
DEAN
Did he disappear from here? I mean, from this house?
SWEENEY
He was supposed to ride his bike straight home after school, and he never showed up.
DEAN picks a picture off the mirror. There are two boys in the picture, one PETER with a bicycle. DEAN reads from the back of the picture.
DEAN
Peter Sweeney and Billy Carlton, nineteen seventy.
LAKE
BILL is sitting on the bench on the dock, talking to himself, or to the lake.
BILL
You've taken everything, everyone. I've got nothing left. I didn't understand. I didn't believe. Now I think I do. I think I finally know what you want.
IMPALA
DEAN and SAM are driving.
SAM
Okay, this little boy Peter Sweeney vanishes, and this is all connected to Bill Carlton somehow.
DEAN
Yeah, Bill sure as hell seems to be hiding something, huh?
SAM
And Bill, the people he loves, they're all getting punished.
LYDIA
Maybe Mr Carlton hurt Peter!
SAM
What if Bill killed him?
DEAN
Peter's spirit would be furious. It'd want revenge. It's possible.
The Impala pulls up in front of the Carlton house. SAM and DEAN and Lydia approach the house.
LYDIA jerks on Deans shirt and when he turns to look at her she's pointing to the lake.
An engine roars.
SAM, DEAN and Lydia go around the house to see BILL going out on the lake in his boat.
DEAN
Hey, check it out, Lydi stay here don't go near the water ok.
LYDIA nods as SAM and DEAN run to the end of the dock, yelling.
DEAN
Mr. Carlton! You need to come back! Come out of the water! Turn the boat around!
SAM
Mr. Carlton!
BILL ignores them and keeps going. The water rises up and flips BILL's boat over. It and he vanish.
POLICE STATION
LUCAS is sitting in a chair, rocking back and forth. ANDREA is sitting next to him, holding a paper bag and a plastic container.
ANDREA
Baby, what's wrong?
SAM, DEAN, LYDIA and JAKE DEVINS walk in the door. ANDREA looks over, Dean sends Lydia over to sit next to Lucas; which she does.
ANDREA
Sam, Dean.
ANDREA stands up, putting the bag and container on her chair.
ANDREA
I didn't expect to see you here.
JAKE
So now you're on a first-name basis. What are you doing here?
ANDREA
I brought you dinner.
JAKE
I'm sorry, sweetheart, I don't really have the time.
ANDREA
I heard about Bill Carlton. Is it true? Is something going on with the lake?
JAKE
Right now we don't know what the truth is. But I think it might be better if you and Lucas went on home.
LUCAS looks up and whines, looking stricken; he looks to LYDIA and shakes his head No, then he jumps up and grabs DEAN's arm.
DEAN
Lucas, hey, what is it?
DEAN
Lucas.
ANDREA
Lucas.
DEAN
Lucas, it's okay. It's okay. Hey, Lucas, it's okay. It's okay.
ANDREA pulls LUCAS away from DEAN and leads him outside. LUCAS looks from LYDIA to DEAN then Back to LYDIA strait in to her eyes using them to plead for her to understand, she nods but stays in her seat.
JAKE throws down his jacket and goes into his office. SAM and DEAN follow.
JAKE
Okay, just so I'm clear, you see...something attack Bill's boat, sending Bill—who is a very good swimmer, by the way—into the drink, and you never see him again?
DEAN glances at SAM.
DEAN
Yeah, that about sums it up.
JAKE
And I'm supposed to believe this, even though I've already sonar-swept that entire lake? And what you're describing is impossible? And you're not really Wildlife Service?
DEAN looks surprised.
JAKE
That's right, I checked. Department's never heard of you two.
DEAN
See, now, we can explain that.
JAKE
Enough. Please. The only reason you're breathing free air is one of Bill's neighbors saw him steering out that boat just before you did. So, we have a couple of options here. I can arrest you for impersonating government officials and hold you as material witnesses to Bill Carlton's disappearance and that will land your Daughter with state services. Or, we can chalk this all up to a bad day, you get into your car, you put this town in your rearview mirror, and you don't ever darken my doorstep again.
SAM
Door number two sounds good.
JAKE
That's the one I'd pick.
DEVINS/BARR HOUSE
LUCAS is in his room with the toy soldiers, drawing another black spiral. ANDREA walks by his door in a robe.
ANDREA
Baby, what are you doing up? Come on. Let's go to bed.
ANDREA picks LUCAS up.
IMPALA
DEAN and SAM and Lydia are in the Impala, waiting at a traffic light. A sign says I-43 North to Milwaukee is to the left. The light turns green. The Impala doesn't move.
SAM
Green.
DEAN
What?
SAM
Light's green.
DEAN turns right.
SAM
Uh, the interstate's the other way.
DEAN
I know.
ANDREA is in the bathroom. She plugs the drain of her tub and turns the water on.
SAM, DEAN, LYDIA are in the car.
SAM
But Dean, this job, I think it's over.
DEAN
I'm not so sure.
LYDIA
Daddy we can't go yet.
she says as she starts breathing hard
SAM
If Bill murdered Peter Sweeney and Peter's spirit got its revenge, case closed. The spirit should be at rest.
DEAN
All right, so what if we take off and this thing isn't done? You know, what if we've missed something? What if more people get hurt?
SAM
But why would you think that?
LYDIA
Daddy, hurry
she said as tears were streaming down her face.
Dean looks in the rearview mirrior seeing Lydia wide eyed Hyperventilating and crying, this thing was connecting with Lucas and maybe Lucas was connecting with Lydia; he stepped on the gas peddle and continued back to Andrea's home.
DEAN
I just don't want to leave this town until I know the kid's okay, besides we haven't killed the bad thing yet.
SAM
Who are you? And what have you done with my brother?
DEAN glances at SAM.
DEAN
I got a kid of my own, the same age as Lucas, and their both scared.
DEVINS/BARR HOUSE
The bathtub is mostly full and ANDREA tests the water with one hand. She takes off her robe and gets in the water. She leans back, grabs a washcloth, and closes her eyes. The water coming out of the faucet turns brown. ANDREA starts washing herself with the cloth, then opens her eyes. The water is entirely brown now. She screams and tries to get out of the tub, but something drags her down.
LUCAS pounds on the bathroom door.
ANDREA's head is pulled under the water. She pulls it out. She is pulled under again; lather, rinse, repeat. LUCAS keeps pounding. ANDREA is invisible under the water.
SAM and DEAN have arrived, he tells Lydia to stay in the car so she can be safe.
SAM
Are you sure about this? It's pretty late, man.
DEAN rings the doorbell. At that moment, LUCAS opens the door, desperately afraid.
DEAN
Lucas? Lucas!
LUCAS takes off. DEAN and SAM follow him to:
Water is pouring out from under the bathroom door and down the stairs. LUCAS starts pounding on the bathroom door again. DEAN pushes him over to SAM and kicks in the door. LUCAS grabs DEAN, so SAM runs into the bathroom and sticks his arms in the tub, trying to pull ANDREA out. She is pulled back under, but SAM keeps pulling until ANDREA is all the way out. She starts coughing up water.
****the Next morning****
Dawn is breaking. SAM and ANDREA sit in the living room. ANDREA is dry and wearing comfortable clothing.
SAM
Can you tell me?
ANDREA
No.
DEAN is looking through notebooks on bookshelves while Lydia is off in the other room with Lucas.
ANDREA
It doesn't make any sense.
ANDREA starts crying.
ANDREA
I'm going crazy.
She puts her face in her hands.
SAM
No, you're not. Tell me what happened. Everything.
ANDREA
I heard...I thought I heard...there was this voice.
SAM
What did it say?
ANDREA
It said...it said 'come play with me'.
ANDREA sobs.
ANDREA
What's happening?
DEAN pulls out a scrapbook that says "Jake – 12 years old" and opens it, flipping pages. He closes it again and goes to SAM and ANDREA; he puts the book down in front of ANDREA, open to a picture of Explorer Troop 37.
DEAN
Do you recognize the kids in these pictures?
ANDREA
What? Um, um, no. I mean, except that's my dad right there. He must have been about twelve in these pictures.
She moves her finger over to another picture of JAKE as a child; he is standing next to PETER. DEAN looks at SAM.
DEAN
Chris Barr's drowning. The connection wasn't to Bill Carlton. It must have been to the sheriff.
SAM
Bill and the sheriff—they were both involved with Peter.
ANDREA
What about Chris? My dad—what are you talking about?
LYDIA
Daddy, Lucas wants to show you something
she says as she points over to where Lucas is, as he walks out the door.
DEAN
Lucas?
DEAN
Lucas, what is it?
He asks as they follow him out and down the garden path just into the forest on the edge of the property.
ANDREA
Lucas, honey?
LUCAS stops and looks at the ground, then at DEAN.
DEAN
You and Lucas get back to the house and stay there, okay?
ANDREA pulls LUCAS back to the house. DEAN and SAM fetch shovels from the Impala, they start digging. SAM's shovel clanks against something. They dig with their hands and pull out a red bicycle.
SAM
Peter's bike.
JAKE
Who are you?
SAM and DEAN turn around; JAKE is there, pointing a gun at them.
SAM
Put the gun down, Jake.
SAM and DEAN drop the shovels.
JAKE
How did you know that was there?
DEAN
What happened? You and Bill killed Peter, drowned him in the lake and then buried the bike? You can't bury the truth, Jake. Nothing stays buried.
ANDREA and LYDIA sees JAKE with the gun aimed at SAM and DEAN. She talks to LUCAS and Lydia
ANDREA
Go to your room, sweetie, Lydia why don't you go with him. Now. Lock the door and wait for me. Don't come out.
LUCAS and LYDIA run off. ANDREA goes outside.
JAKE
I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
DEAN
You and Bill killed Peter Sweeney thirty-five years ago. That's what the hell I'm talking about.
ANDREA runs up.
ANDREA
Dad!
DEAN
And now you got one seriously pissed-off spirit.
SAM
It's gonna take Andrea, Lucas, everyone you love. It's gonna drown them. And it's gonna drag their bodies God knows where, so you can feel the same pain Peter's mom felt. And then, after that, it's gonna take you, and it's not gonna stop until it does.
JAKE
Yeah, and how do you know that?
SAM
Because that's exactly what it did to Bill Carlton.
JAKE
Listen to yourselves, both of you. You're insane.
DEAN
I don't really give a rat's ass what you think of us. But if we're gonna bring down this spirit, we need to find the remains, salt them, and burn them into dust. Now tell me you buried Peter somewhere. Tell me you didn't just let him go in the lake.
LUCAS didn't go to his room; he's outside watching.
LYDIA
Lucas, your mom said we had to go to your room, we have to obey so we can be safe; Please!
she grabs his hand and tries to lead him away but he won't go they both hear a little voice.
PETER
Come play with me.
LUCAS follows the voice, but LYDIA tries to pull him back, he pushes her down and walks out the door.
ANDREA
Dad, is any of this true?
JAKE
No. Don't listen to them. They're liars and they're dangerous.
ANDREA
Something tried to drown me. Chris died on that lake. Dad, look at me.
JAKE does.
ANDREA
Tell me you—you didn't kill anyone.
JAKE looks away.
ANDREA
Oh my God.
JAKE
Billy and I were at the lake. Peter was the smallest one. We always bullied him, but this time, it got rough. We were holding his head under the water. We didn't mean to. But we held him under too long and he drowned. We let the body go, and it sank.
DEAN glances at SAM.
JAKE
Oh, Andrea, we were kids. We were so scared. It was a mistake. But, Andrea, to say that I have anything to do with these drownings, with Chris, because of some ghost? It's not rational.
DEAN
All right, listen to me, all of you. We need to get you away from this lake, as far as we can, right now.
LYDIA
DADDY, ANDREA HELP!
ANDREA turns her head and sees Lydia pointing to the lake then she spots LUCAS going down to the lake. She gasps.
JAKE
Lucas!
They all run up to the dock. LUCAS is leaning over the side, reaching for a toy soldier in the water.
PETER
Come play with me.
DEAN
Lucas!
ANDREA
Lucas! Baby, stay where you are!
A hand comes up and pulls LUCAS into the water. The adults have reached the edge of the lake. JAKE stops. PETER's head is visible; JAKE recognizes him. DEAN and SAM keep running to the end of the dock and dive in.
ANDREA
Oh my God!
She takes off her jacket to jump in.
SAM
Andrea, stay there!
ANDREA
No! Lucas!
SAM
We'll get him! Just stay on the dock!
SAM dives under again. DEAN comes up. A minute later, so does SAM.
DEAN
Sam?
SAM shakes his head.
ANDREA
Lucas, where are you?
JAKE takes off his jacket as SAM and DEAN dive back down. JAKE wades in. ANDREA looks over.
JAKE
Peter, if you can hear me...please, Peter, I'm sorry. I'm so—I'm so sorry.
ANDREA
Daddy, no!
JAKE
Peter. Lucas—he's, he's just a little boy. Please, it's not his fault, it's mine. Please take me.
DEAN and SAM come up for air.
DEAN
Jake, no!
PETER surfaces.
JAKE
Just let it be over!
JAKE is dragged down.
ANDREA
Daddy! Daddy! No!
DEAN and SAM dive down again.
ANDREA
No!
SAM comes up, shaking his head. ANDREA mouths 'no!'
DEAN comes up, holding LUCAS, who isn't moving.
DEAN and SAM walk out of the motel. DEAN opens the car door and SAM tosses a duffel in.
SAM
Look, we're not gonna save everybody.
DEAN
I know.
He Picks up Lydia and hugs her tight, he remembered yesterday after they all got out of the lake he went running to her and scooped her into his arms thankful that she knew to stay away he wouldn't know what he would have done if he lost her, and she had just cried in into his neck desperetly clinging to him like a life line.
****the next morning****
ANDREA
Sam, Dean.
ANDREA walks up with LUCAS.
DEAN
Hey.
ANDREA
We're glad we caught you. We just, um, we made you lunch for the road.
LUCAS is carrying a tray of sandwiches.
ANDREA
Lucas insisted on making the sandwiches himself.
LUCAS
Can I give it to them now?
ANDREA
Of course.
ANDREA smiles and kisses LUCAS's head.
LYDIA
Come on, Lucas, let's load this into the car.
SAM
How you holding up?
ANDREA
It's just gonna take a long time to sort through everything, you know?
SAM sighs.
SAM
Andrea, I'm sorry.
ANDREA shakes her head.
ANDREA
You saved my son. I can't ask for more than that. Dad loved me. He loved Lucas. No matter what he did, I just have to hold on to that.
LYDIA puts the sandwiches in the car and hops on dean lap.
DEAN
All right Lucas, if you're gonna be talking now, this is a very important phrase, so I want you to repeat it one more time.
LUCAS and LYDIA
Zeppelin rules!
DEAN
That's right. Up high.
DEAN holds his hand up for a high-five. LUCAS obliges, grinning.
DEAN
You take care of your mom, okay?
LUCAS
All right.
LYDIA climbs into her booster in the back ANDREA comes up and kisses DEAN.
ANDREA
Thank you.
DEAN thinks a minute, then scratches his head and goes around the car.
DEAN
Sam, move your ass. We're gonna run out of daylight before we hit the road.
DEAN gets in the car, then SAM. Bad Company's "Movin' On" starts to play when DEAN starts the engine.
SAM and DEAN smile at ANDREA, While LYDIA waves goodbye to Lucas.
SAM, DEAN and LYDIA drive away.
the boys and Lydia have been driving for a while when Lydia pipes up.
LYDIA
Daddy we didn't do any thing fun for my birthday!
Dean looks at her in the rearview mirrior, raising his eyebrow at her and she raising her's at him
DEAN
oh, we didn't did we?
LYDIA
No daddy we didn't/
SAM
what do you want to do for your birthday sweetie?
Sam asks as he turns around towards her.
LYDIA
I want to drive baby.
Sam looks at dean questioningly, like is he really going to let his eight year old drive?
DEAN
ok baby let me find a dirt road.
LYDIA
squeals and claps her hands with excitment.
Dean pulls onto a dirt road and parks the car, Lydia unbuckles from her seat and scrambles to the drivers door which dean has opened he lifts her on to his lap closes the door and starts the car again.
DEAN
ok little Lydi what music do you want on?
LYDIA
I want highway to hell, Daddy that's my jam.
she says, while Sam finds the cassette and puts it on, dean revs the engine and Lydia leans forward readjusting her grip on the wheel and dean pulls the gear shift and they shoot they're way forward.
LYDIA
Go baby, Go!