Chapter 34 - S2 Crossroad Blues
The episode begins with a flashback to a guy at a bar playing his guitar to an audience who was enjoying what he was playing. He keeps being interrupted by growls that sounded like they were coming from a dog. Mary frowns. He then leaves and tries to run and shield himself but he is attacked and fatally injured by an invisible creature and as he dies he says that it was black dogs who injured him when the people around him ask what happened.
'Was that one of those hell hounds you told me about?' Mary asked, and Dean nodded.
Sam and Dean looked at each other and shifted uncomfortably. Jo winced as she remembered how she died.
The scene then cuts to Sam and Dean. Sam says that Dean had a warrant in St Louis and was officially in the FBI database. Jo grinned. Sam says that it wasn't funny when Dean makes a joke about it by saying that he was like Dillinger. John grinned.
'You wish you were as cool as him.' Sam said, with a frown.
'What are you talking about? I am.' Dean protested.
Dean asks what they had on him and Sam says there was nothing. Dean says that Sam was just jealous that he wasn't wanted.
'Yeah. Obviously I was jealous that you'd got a warrant that made life a lot more difficult for us and caused a lot of problems.' Sam said, sarcastically.
Sam tells Dean that an architect named Shaun had plummeted to his death. He'd called animal control two days earlier saying that he'd seen a black dog in the halls of where he lived. Sam and Dean go to interview Shaun's business partner, pretending they were writing a tribute to him. He says that he was a genius but that it wasn't always that way. Until 10 years ago he'd worked as a bartender at a bar and he'd suddenly became amazing at Architecture and had got a huge commission.
'Why would you sell your soul for that?' Jo asked.
'Some people didn't understand what they were doing.' Sam explained.
They then visit the animal control centre and Dean gets the woman's myspace address and a list of all complaints about black dogs from the last week. Sam grinned.
'I still can't believe you didn't know what MySpace was.' Sam said with a smile.
'Shut up.' Dean replied.
They then visit the people who had complained about seeing a black dog. They meet the maid of a doctor. They find out that she had become the youngest surgeon in the history of the hospital she worked for ten years ago and Dean finds a photo of her at the same bar as the architect. The bar was called Loyds. The scene cut to the doctor hallucinating in a hotel room.
'I wonder why people start to hallucinate before seeing the hell hound?' John asked.
'Probably to make it more scary for those who make deals and to put others off.' Dean said and Sam stifled a laugh which got him a glare from Dean and a confused look from Mary and John.
Sam and Dean arrive at Loyds bar and find crossroads outside and some flowers used for summoning charms. They dig at the centre and find all the items needed to summon a demon. Dean realises that they were making deals with demons and sarcastically comments that that always ends good. Sam grinned. Sam realises that the people were seeing hell hounds. The scene cuts back to the doctor and she is killed by the hell hound. The scene cuts to the past and the guy who died earlier summons the demon and makes a pact to become good at playing guitar and he kisses the demon to seal the deal.
'Why would anyone want to kiss a demon. That sounds horrible.' Jo said and literally everyone except Mary and Cas burst out laughing. Dean glanced at Sam with a grin and Sam glared back.
'I'm assuming there is still a lot that I'm still missing.' Mary said, looking uncomfortable.
'A fair amount. Yeah.' Dean replied, still laughing.
Sam and Dean talk about Robbie Johnson and how there were occult references in his lyrics. Dean says that they should leave it as the people brought it upon themselves but Sam convinces him that they should try. They go into Lloyds to see if anyone knows the guy whose picture was with the summoning items. They go to the house of George Darrow, the man who summoned the demon. They find out that he was using gopher dust to keep them out. He says that his deal wasn't worth it.
'Some are.' Dean said, with a smile. Mary looked confused and worried.
He says that no-one believed him when he tried to warn people after the demon stuck around for a week after he'd summoned it. He tells them that there was a guy called Evan who'd made a deal. George says that he was going to finish his last painting and then let the hell hound scene cuts to Evan sending his wife away to her sisters. He tells her that he loved her and that he would miss her. Sam and Dean arrive but Evan slams the door on them and tries to run. They eventually find him and he says that he made the deal to save his wife from cancer. He says that he would do it again. Dean reminds him that she would now have to live without him and that he did it for himself. He asks how she would feel if she knew.
'Yeah, Dean. How do you think she would feel?' Sam asked, sarcastically.
'Shut up.' Dean replied, the smile wiped from his face.
'I wish you would listen to your own advice sometimes.' Sam added.
Sam asks if Dean is alright and he says that he was. Dean says that he planned to summon the demon and trap it and exorcise it to buy Evan time. He tells Sam to stay and keep the hell hound away from Evan. Sam refuses and says that he didn't like where Dean's head was at and he comments that Dean was thinking that John had made a deal for him. Dean says that he did think that and he left.
'Tell me you weren't thinking what I think you're thinking?' Mary questioned.
'Nope, course not.' Dean replied, but Mary was not convinced.
Dean summons the demon. She reveals that she knows all about him. Dean asks what she'd heard and tries to persuade her to go to his car so that it was private and she says that sounded good. Everyone except Dean looked confused. Sam put down gopher dust to protect Evan. Dean asked the demon to release Evan from his contract. She says that was not negotiable. Dean offers his soul in exchange.
'Even if you didn't mean it that was a stupid thing to do.' Mary chastised Dean.
'Whatever. It worked out in the end.' Dean replied.
She says like father like son. The demon tells him about John's deal. The demon then notices the devils trap underneath the car.
'Good try, Dean, but demons are way cleverer than that.' Bobby said with a smile.
Meanwhile, the hellhound arrived for Evan. The demon says that Dean's misery was too much fun to watch. She says how it was all he thought about and how John's death was his fault. John frowned. She offered his soul in exchange for John's. The demon begins to walk away but Dean says 'hold on'.
'You cannot be serious about accepting that deal.' Mary said, with fear in her eyes. Dean didn't respond.
The hell hound breaks into the room they were in. Dean asks if the demon could bring John back and she replies that she would give Dean 10 years in exchange. She says that it would return everything to its natural order.
'No it wouldn't. You wouldn't be alive.' John commented.
Dean asks if she could throw in a set of steak knives. The demon then walks under another devil's trap. Dean says that he would only let her go if she let Even out of his contract. Dean begins an exorcism and the demon agrees to let Evan go if he let her go. They kiss to seal the deal. Dean then looks like he was going to exorcise her but she says that she would kill Even if he did so he lets her go. She then taunts him about how much pain John was in.
'That was cruel of her.' Mary said, through gritted teeth.
The scene cuts to Sam and Dean in the car and Dean tells Sam about what the demon had said and Sam replies that it may've lied but Dean didn't believe him. Dean says that the deal shouldn't have been his legacy and Sam says that what he taught them was his legacy. Sam asks whether Dean considered making the deal for John and Dean didn't answer.
'Im guessing that's a yes then. Nothing good would have come of it.' John said, confidently. Dean smiled in response.
The scene cuts to a trailer for what was coming and ended with Sam appearing to have been killed and Dean about to tell Sam what John had told him. Everyone was silent and in shock. Mary and John were both white.
'Do we have to keep watching?' Dean asked, quietly.
'Yes.' Mary replied, through gritted teeth.
Outside the bunker, a male figure was joined by a smaller figure.
'I love watching them argue and get all upset. They are so easy to distract, right son?' he asked.
'Yes, father. The plan is going well. Though I don't understand what they did to upset you.' the smaller figure replied.
I think some of you may be able to figure out who is outside but I'm not sure. Let me know who you think they are! I hope you enjoyed it!