1x06 SKIN

Written by: John Shiban
Directed by: Robert Duncan McNeill
Transcript by: Rebecca
Cleaned up by: Dana

TEASER

SUBTITLE
St. Louis, Missouri

INT. BEDROOM

A young blonde woman is tied in a chair. She is beaten and bloody. A man is standing a few feet away, examining a knife. Outside the house, a S.W.A.T team is making their way to the building. They reach the front door and shoot the handle, unlocking it. In the bedroom, the girl tries to scream, but the man covers her mouth to stifle the sound. The team is now searching the house. The walls and furniture are smeared with blood. They enter another room, allowing the man to leave the bedroom and try to escape. After searching the rest of the house, the team enters the bedroom and find the girl. They start to untie her.

S.W.A.T OFFICER
It's ok. It's ok.

She points to the room across the hall.

REBECCA
In there! In there!

The S.W.A.T team moves to the other room. The man is there, trying to open a pair of doors leading to a balcony.

S.W.A.T OFFICER
Freeze! Don't move! Drop the knife. Keep your hands where I can see 'em. Drop it! Hold it right there! Do it!

The man turns around. It is DEAN.


END TEASER

EXT. GAS STATION - DAY

One Week Earlier. SAM and DEAN pull into the station.

DEAN
Alright, I figure we'd hit Tucumcari by lunch, then head south, hit Bisbee by midnight.
(SAM does not respond.)
Sam wears women's underwear.

SAM
I've been listenin', I'm just busy.

He is checking e-mails on his PalmPilot.

DEAN
Busy doin' what?

SAM
Reading e-mails.

DEAN gets out of the car and starts to fill the tank with gas.

DEAN
E-mails from who?

SAM
From my friends at Stanford.

DEAN
You're kidding. You still keep in touch with your college buddies?

SAM
Why not?

DEAN
Well, what exactly do you tell 'em? You know, about where you've been, what you've been doin'?

SAM
I tell 'em I'm on a road trip with my big brother. I tell 'em I needed some time off after Jess.

DEAN
Oh, so you lie to 'em.

SAM
No. I just don't tell 'em....everything.

DEAN
Yeah, that's called lying. I mean, hey, man, I get it, tellin' the truth is far worse.

SAM
So, what am I supposed to do, just cut everybody out of my life?
(DEAN shrugs.)
You're serious?

DEAN
Look, it sucks, but in a job like this, you can't get close to people, period.

SAM
You're kind of anti-social, you know that?

DEAN
Yeah, whatever.

SAM continues to read his e-mails.

SAM
God....

DEAN
What?

SAM
In this e-mail from this girl, Rebecca Warren, one of those friends of mine.

DEAN
Is she hot?
(SAM ignores him.)

SAM
I went to school with her, and her brother, Zack. She says Zack's been charged with murder. He's been arrested for killing his girlfriend. Rebecca says he didn't do it, but it sounds like the cops have a pretty good case.

DEAN
Dude, what kind of people are you hangin' out with?

SAM
No, man, I know Zack. He's no killer.

DEAN
Well, maybe you know Zack as well as he knows you.

SAM
They're in St. Louis. We're goin'.
(DEAN chuckles.)

DEAN
Look, sorry 'bout your buddy, okay? But this does not sound like our kind of problem.

SAM
It is our problem. They're my friends.

DEAN
St. Louis is four hundred miles behind us, Sam.

They exchange a look. A minute later, they pull out of the gas station and start driving towards St. Louis.


EXT. – WARREN RESIDENCE - DAY

She opens the door and sees SAM and DEAN.

REBECCA
(happily)
Oh my God, Sam!

SAM
Well, if it isn't little Becky.

REBECCA
You know what you can do with that little Becky crap.

She smiles and they hug.

SAM
I got your e-mail.

REBECCA
I didn't think that you would come here.

DEAN steps forward and extends his hand.

DEAN
Dean. Older brother.

She shakes his hand.

REBECCA
Hi.

DEAN
Hi.

SAM
We're here to help. Whatever we can do.

REBECCA
Come in.

They walk inside the house, and DEAN shuts the door.


INT. WARREN RESIDENCE

DEAN
Nice place.

REBECCA
It's my parents'. I was just crashing here for the long weekend when everything happened. I decided to take the semester off. I'm gonna stay until Zack's free.

SAM
Where are your folks?

REBECCA
They live in Paris for half the year, so they're on their way home now for the trial.

They enter the kitchen.

REBECCA
Do you guys want a beer or something?

DEAN
(smiling)
Hey—

SAM
No, thanks. So, tell us what happened.

REBECCA
Well, um, Zack came home, and he found Emily tied to a chair. And she was beaten up and bloody, and she wasn't breathing.
(She starts to cry.)
So, he called 911, and the police—they showed up, and they arrested him. But, the thing is, the only way that Zack could've killed Emily is if he was in two places at the same time. The police—they have a video. It's from the security tape from across the street. And it shows Zack coming home at 10:30. Now, Emily was killed just after that, but I swear, he was here with me, having a few beers until at least after midnight.

SAM
You know, maybe we could see the crime scene. Zack's house.

DEAN
We could.

REBECCA
Why? I mean, what could you do?

SAM
Well, me, not much. But Dean's a cop.
(DEAN laughs.)

DEAN
Detective, actually.

REBECCA
Really?
(DEAN nods.)
Where?

DEAN
Bisbee, Arizona. But I'm off-duty now.

REBECCA
You guys, it's so nice to offer, but I just—I don't know.

SAM
Bec, look, I know Zack didn't do this. Now, we have to find a way to prove that he's innocent.

REBECCA
Okay. I'm gonna go get the keys.

She walks away, down the hall.

DEAN
Oh, yeah, man, you're a real straight shooter with your friends.

SAM
Look, Zack and Becky need our help.

DEAN
I just don't think this is our kind of problem.

SAM
Two places at once? We've looked into less.

DEAN says nothing, defeated.


EXT. ZACK'S HOUSE

DEAN, SAM, and REBECCA park the car and get out.

REBECCA
(to DEAN)
You're sure this is okay?

DEAN
Yeah. I am an officer of the law.

They walk to the house.


INT. ZACK'S HOUSE

SAM and DEAN enter and look around. The furniture and walls of the house are smeared with blood. REBECCA stays on the porch steps.

SAM
Bec, you wanna wait outside?

REBECCA
No. I wanna help.

She ducks under the police tape and enters the house.

SAM
Tell us what else the police said.

REBECCA
(tearfully)
Well, there's no sign of a break-in. They say that Emily let her attacker in. The lawyers—they're already talking about plea bargain.
(She looks around the room, crying.)
Oh, God....

SAM
Look, Bec, if Zack didn't do this, it means someone else did. Any idea who?

REBECCA shakes her head, then begins to remember something.

REBECCA
Um, there was something, about a week before. Somebody broke in here and stole some clothes—Zack's clothes. The police—they don't think it's anything. I mean, we're not that far from downtown. Sometimes people get robbed.

SAM walks away. DEAN moves to the open front door and sees the neighbor's dog, barking loudly. REBECCA comes up behind him.

REBECCA cont'd
You know, that used to be the sweetest dog.

DEAN
What happened?

REBECCA
He just changed.

DEAN
Do you remember when he changed?

REBECCA
I guess around the time of the murder.

DEAN looks at her, then walks away.


INT. KITCHEN

SAM is standing infront of the fridge, looking at a picture of himself, ZACK, and REBECCA. DEAN walks over to him.

DEAN
So, the neighbor's dog went psycho right around the time Zack's girlfriend was killed.

SAM
Animals can have a sharp sense of the paranormal. 

DEAN
Yeah, maybe Fido saw somethin'.

SAM
So, you think maybe this is our kind of problem?

DEAN
No. Probably not. But we should look at the security tape, you know, just to make sure.

SAM
Yeah.

DEAN
Yeah.
(REBECCA walks over to them.)
So, the tape. The security footage—you think maybe your lawyers could get their hands on it, 'cause I just don't have that kind of jurisdiction.

REBECCA
I've already got it. I didn't wanna say something in front of the cop.
(DEAN laughs.)
I stole it off the lawyer's desk. I just had to see it for myself.

DEAN
All right.

All three of them leave.


EXT. STREET

ZACK is sitting on a bench across the street from a house. He watches an Asian man, ALEX, come out of the house with his wife, LINDSAY.

ALEX
I'll be home tomorrow night. I'll make it up to you.

They kiss. ALEX gets in his car and drives away. ZACK watches LINDSAY go back in the house. He smiles wickedly, and his eyes glint silver for a moment, before returning to normal.

INT. WARREN RESIDENCE; LIVING ROOM

DEAN, SAM, and REBECCA are watching the security footage.

REBECCA
Here he comes.

The tape shows ZACK entering his house.

DEAN
(noticing the timestamp)
22:04, that's just after ten. You said time of death was about 10:30.

REBECCA
Our lawyers hired some kind of video expert. He says the tape's authentic. It wasn't tampered with.

SAM seems to notice something on the tape.

SAM
Hey, Bec, can we take those beers now?

REBECCA
Oh, sure.

She gets up to go to the kitchen.

SAM
Hey.
(She turns around.)
Maybe some sandwiches, too?

REBECCA
What do you think this is, Hooters?

She leaves the room.

DEAN
I wish.
(He walks over to SAM.)
What is it?

SAM
Check this out.

He rewinds the tape, then replays it. One of the frames shows ZACK looking directly at the camera. His eyes are silver. SAM pauses the tape.

DEAN
Well, maybe it's just a camera flare.

SAM
That's not like any camera flare I've ever seen. You know, a lot of cultures believe that a photograph can catch a glimpse of the soul.

DEAN
Right.

SAM
Remember that dog that was freakin' out? Maybe he saw this thing. Maybe this is some kind of dark double of Zack's, something that looks like him but isn't him.

DEAN
Like a Doppelganger.

SAM
Yeah. It'd sure explain how he was two places at once.


INT. ALEX AND LINDSAY'S HOUSE

ALEX comes enters the house, calling out to his wife.

ALEX
Honey, it's me. Flight cancelled at the last minute.
(He sets down his briefcase and keys and looks around.)
I called. Why didn't you answer?
(LINDSAY doesn't respond.)
Lindsay?
(He looks around.)
Lindsay?
(He turns around and sees blood spattered on the wall.)
Lindsay?!
(He opens the door to a nearby room and finds LINDSAY. She is tied in a chair, beaten and bloody. He rushes over to her and takes the gag out of her mouth.)
It's ok, Lindsay, it's me.

LINDSAY
Please, don't hurt me anymore! Leave me alone!

ALEX looks at her, confused. He hears a noise in the other room and leaves. In the living room, the man looks around. Suddenly, he turns and sees himself, standing there with a baseball bat. ALEX is puzzled. The double's eyes glint silver, and he hits ALEX over the head with the bat.


EXT. ZACK'S HOUSE

DEAN and SAM park their car behind the house and get out.

DEAN
Alright, so what are we doin' here at 5:30 in the morning?

SAM
I realized something. The videotape shows the killer goin' in, but not comin' out.

DEAN
So, he came out the back door?

He leans against the hood of his car.

SAM
Right. So, there should be a trail to follow. A trail the police would never pursue.

DEAN
'Cause they think the killer never left. And they caught your friend Zack inside.
(to himself)
I still don't know what we're doin' here at 5:30 in the morning.

SAM looks around the outside of the building, and notices blood smeared on a nearby telephone pole.

SAM
Blood. Somebody came this way.

DEAN
Yeah, but the trail ends. I don't see anything over here.

An ambulance drives past them, and they exchange a look.


EXT. ALEX AND LINDSAY'S HOUSE

DEAN and SAM observe the scene. ALEX is handcuffed and is stepping into a police car.

DEAN
(to nearby woman)
What happened?

WOMAN
He tried to kill his wife. Tied her up and beat her.

SAM
Really?

WOMAN
I used to see him going to work in the morning. He'd wave, say hello. He seemed like such a nice guy.


They watch as ALEX is taken away by police.


CUT TO: SAM walks around the side of the house, looking around. He looks inside two garbage cans but finds nothing. He moves to the front of the house, where DEAN meets him.

DEAN
Hey.
(SAM turns around.)
Remember when I said this wasn't our kind of problem?

SAM
Yeah.

DEAN
Definitely our kind of problem.

SAM
What'd you find out?

DEAN
Well, I just talked to the patrolman who was first on the scene, heard this guy, Alex's story. Apparently the dude was driving home from a business trip when his wife was attacked.

SAM
So, he was two places at once.

DEAN
Exactly. Then he sees himself in the house, police think he's a nutjob.

SAM
Two dark doubles attacking loved ones in exactly the same way.

DEAN
Could be the same thing doin' it, too.

SAM thinks for a second.

SAM
Shapeshifter?
(DEAN shrugs.)
Something that can make itself look like anyone?

DEAN
Every culture in the world has a shapeshifter lore. You know, legends of creatures who can transform themselves into animals or other men.

SAM
Right, skinwalkers, werewolves.

DEAN
We've got two attacks within blocks of each other. I'm guessin' we've got a shapeshifter prowlin' the neighborhood.

SAM
Let me ask you this—in all this shapeshifter lore, can any of them fly?

DEAN
Not that I know of.

SAM
I picked up a trail here. Someone ran out the back of this building and headed off this way.

DEAN
Just like your friend's house.

SAM
Yeah. And, just like at Zack's house, the trail suddenly ends. I mean, whatever it is just disappeared.

DEAN
Well, there's another way to go—down.

They look down and notice a manhole.


INT. SEWER

DEAN and SAM climb down the manhole and look around.

SAM
I bet this runs right by Zack's house, too. The shapeshifter could be using the sewer system to get around.

DEAN
I think you're right. Look at this.

They bend down and examine a pile of blood and skin on the ground. They are both disgusted.

SAM
Is this from his victims?

DEAN takes out a pocketknife and holds up some of the skin.

DEAN
You know, I just had a sick thought. When the shapeshifter changes shape—maybe it sheds.

SAM
That is sick.

DEAN puts the bloody pile back on the ground.


CUT TO:

DEAN opens the trunk of the Impala and takes out some weapons.

DEAN
Well, one thing I learned from Dad, is that no matter what kind of shapeshifter it is, there's one sure way to kill it.

SAM
Silver bullet to the heart.

DEAN
That's right.

SAM's cell phone rings. He answers it.

SAM
This is Sam.

The scene alternates between the car and REBECCA's kitchen.

REBECCA
Where are you?

SAM
We're near Zack's, we're just checkin' some things out.

REBECCA
Well, look, Sam, just stop, 'cause I really don't need your help anymore.

SAM
What are you talkin' about?

REBECCA
I told the lawyers that we went to the crime scene.

SAM scoffs.

SAM
Why would you do that?

REBECCA
Well, I told them that we were with a police officer. And they checked it out, and they told me that there is no Detective Dean Winchester.

SAM
Bec—

REBECCA
No, I don't understand why you would lie to me about something like that.

SAM
We're tryin' to help.

REBECCA
Oh, trying to help? Do you realize that that was a sealed crime scene? This could have just ruined Zack's case.

SAM
Bec, I'm sorry, but—

REBECCA
No, goodbye, Sam.

She hangs up. DEAN walks over to SAM, who looks disappointed.

DEAN
I hate to say it, but that's exactly what I'm talkin' about. You lie to your friends because if they knew the real you, they'd be freaked. It's just—it'd be easier if—

SAM
If I was like you.

DEAN
Hey, man, like it or not, we are not like other people. But I'll tell you one thing. This whole gig—it ain't without perks.

He holds up a gun. SAM takes it and puts it in the back of his jeans. They walk away.

INT. SEWER

DEAN and SAM are looking around with their flashlights and guns.

DEAN
I think we're close to its lair.

SAM
Why do you say that?

DEAN
Because there's another puke-inducing pile next to your face.

SAM turns and sees another pile of blood and skin on a nearby pipe.

SAM
(disgusted)
Oh, God!

They look around the area and see a pile of clothes in a corner.

DEAN
Looks like it's lived here for a while.

SAM
Who knows how many murders he's gotten away with?

SAM turns and sees the shapeshifter, still in the form of ALEX, standing behind DEAN.

SAM
Dean!

DEAN turns and gets punched by the shapeshifter. He falls to the ground, and the shapeshifter runs away. SAM shoots after it a few times but misses. He moves over to DEAN.

DEAN
Get the son of a bitch!

SAM and DEAN takes off after the shapeshifter.


CUT TO:

the street The shapeshifter comes out of the manhole and runs off. Seconds later, SAM and DEAN come out and look around.

SAM
All right, let's split up.

DEAN
All right, I'll meet you around the other side.

SAM
All right.

They walk away in separate directions.


CUT TO:

An alley. DEAN is looking around, with his gun drawn. Passersby turn away, frightened.


CUT TO: The street. SAM is also searching, while keeping his gun inside his jacket.


CUT TO: Alley. DEAN is still looking frantically.


FADE TO: A street corner. SAM is waiting. DEAN comes up behind him.

DEAN
Hey.
(SAM turns around.)
Anything?

SAM
No. He's gone.

DEAN
All right, let's get back to the car.

SAM crosses the street. DEAN stops, waiting for a passing car to drive by. As the car passes, DEAN's eyes momentarily glow silver.


EXT. STREET - NIGHT

DEAN and SAM stop at the car.

SAM
You think he found another way underground?

SHAPESHIFTER
Yeah, probably. You got the keys?

SAM stops and thinks before turning around.

SAM
Hey, didn't Dad once face a shapeshifter in San Antonio?

SHAPESHIFTER
Oh, that was Austin. It turned out not to be a shapeshifter, it was a thought form. A psychic projection, remember?

SAM
Oh, right. Here ya go.

He throws the shapeshifter the keys and walks away. The shapeshifter opens the trunk and observes all the weapons. He laughs.

SAM
Don't move!
(The shapeshifter turns and sees SAM pointing the gun at him.)
What have you done with him?

SHAPESHIFTER
Dude, chill. It's me, all right?

SAM
No, I don't think so. Where's my brother?

SHAPESHIFTER
You're about to shoot him. Sam, calm down.

SAM
You caught those keys with your left. Your shoulder was hurt.

SHAPESHIFTER
Yeah, it's better. What do you want me to do, cry?

SAM
You're not my brother.

SHAPESHIFTER
Why don't you pull the trigger, then? Hm? 'Cause you're not sure. Dude, you know me.

SAM
Don't.

The shapeshifter pauses before hitting SAM twice with a crowbar. SAM falls to the ground.


INT. SEWERS; SHAPESHIFTER LAIR

SAM wakes up in a dingy, dusty room. His neck and hands are bound to a wooden post. The SHAPESHIFTER, who still looks like DEAN, walks over to him and backhands him. SAM groans.

SAM
Where is he? Where's Dean?

SHAPESHIFTER
I wouldn't worry about him. I'd worry about you.

SAM
Where is he?

SHAPESHIFTER
You don't really wanna know.
(He chuckles.)
I swear, the more I learn about you and your family—I thought I came from a bad background.

SAM
What do you mean, learn?

The SHAPESHIFTER stops. He grabs his head in pain and grimaces. A quick succession of audio clips from past episodes can be heard. SAM looks at the SHAPESHIFTER, confused. The shapeshifter relaxes and looks at SAM.

SHAPESHIFTER
He's sure got issues with you. You got to go to college. He had to stay home. I mean, I had to stay home. With Dad. You don't think I had dreams of my own? But Dad needed me. Where the hell were you?

SAM
Where is my brother?

The SHAPESHIFTER leans in close to SAM.

SHAPESHIFTER
I'm your brother. See, deep down, I'm just jealous. You got friends. You could have a life. Me? I know I'm a freak. And sooner or later, everybody's gonna leave me.
(He backs away.)

SAM
What are you talkin' about?

SHAPESHIFTER
You left. Hell, I did everything Dad asked me to, and he ditched me, too. No explanation, nothin', just poof. Left me with your sorry ass. But, still, this life? It's not without its perks.
(He laughs.)
I meet the nicest people. Like little Becky. You know, Dean would bang her if he had the chance. Let's see what happens.

He smiles and covers SAM with a sheet.


INT. WARREN RESIDENCE

There is a knock at the door, and REBECCA comes downstairs to open it. It is the SHAPESHIFTER, still in the form of DEAN.

REBECCA
Oh. Hi.

SHAPESHIFTER
I know what you're gonna say.

REBECCA
Oh, you do?

SHAPESHIFTER
Well, no, not exactly. But I can take a guess. Get off my porch?
(She laughs.)

REBECCA
That's about right.

SHAPESHIFTER
I admit it, we lied. Thought I'd try to explain myself. Sam told me not to come, but, you know, I thought, what the hell, I have to try.
(He smiles.)

INT. SEWERS; SHAPESHIFTER LAIR

SAM is trying to get out of his ropes but fails.

SAM
Damn it.

He hears movement in another area of the room, and he hears someone coughing.

DEAN O.S
That better be you, Sam, and not that freak of nature.
(SAM laughs.)

SAM
Yeah, it's me.
(DEAN manages to uncover himself from the sheet and starts to undo his ropes.)
He went to Rebecca's, lookin' like you.

DEAN
Well, he's not stupid. He picked the handsome one.

SAM gives him a confused look, then continues to work through his ropes.


INT. WARREN RESIDENCE; LIVING ROOM

REBECCA and the SHAPESHIFTER are sitting in front of the fireplace.

REBECCA
So, you're saying that there's something out there that made itself look like my brother.

SHAPESHIFTER
Mmhmm.

REBECCA
What'd you call it?

SHAPESHIFTER
A shapeshifter.
(REBECCA laughs and rolls her eyes.)
Yeah, maybe we're crazy. But what if we're not? I mean, look, you said it yourself that Zack was in two places at once. Now, tell me how that can happen.

REBECCA
Okay, so, this thing—it can make itself look like anybody?

SHAPESHIFTER
That's right.
(She chuckles.)

REBECCA
Well, what is it, like a genetic freak?

The SHAPESHIFTER laughs.

SHAPESHIFTER
Maybe. Evolution is about mutation, right? So, maybe this thing was born human but was different. Hideous and hated. Until he learned to become someone else.

REBECCA looks around, uncomfortable. The SHAPESHIFTER's eyes glint silver behind her back, and he smiles.


INT. SEWERS; SHAPESHIFTER LAIR

DEAN and SAM are still working their way out of their ropes.

SAM
Yeah, that's the thing. He didn't just look like you, he was you. Or he was becoming you.

DEAN finally works his way out of the ropes.

DEAN
What do you mean?

SAM
I don't know, it was like he was downloading your thoughts and memories.

DEAN
You mean, like the Vulcan mind meld?

SAM
Yeah, somethin' like that. I mean, maybe that's why he doesn't just kill us.

DEAN gets up and walks over to SAM.

DEAN
Maybe he needs to keep us alive. Psychic connection.

He starts untying SAM's ropes.

SAM
Hands. Yeah. Come on, we gotta go. He's probably at Rebecca's already.


CUT TO: alley. DEAN and SAM climb out of a sewer opening on the side of a building.

SAM
Come on. We gotta find a phone, call the police.

DEAN
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're gonna put an APB out on me.
(SAM shrugs.)

SAM
Sorry.

DEAN
This way.

They start running down the street.


INT. WARREN RESIDENCE; LIVING ROOM

SHAPESHIFTER
It's funny. I kind of understand him. He's all alone—close to no one. All he wants is for someone to love him. He's like me.
(REBECCA looks very uncomfortable.)
You know, everybody needs a little human touch now and then. It's so hard to be different.

He tucks REBECCA's hair behind her ear. She shrugs away.

REBECCA
You should go.
(The SHAPESHIFTER leans in and whispers something in her ear. She looks horrified and stands up.)
You are disgusting! Just get the hell out of here!

SHAPESHIFTER
Rebecca, just calm down.
(He stands up.)

REBECCA
Calm down? What is wrong with you?

SHAPESHIFTER
What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?

She walks to the phone.

REBECCA
I'm calling the police.

The SHAPESHIFTER walks over to her and throws the phone to the floor. She screams and tries to run away, but he trips her and she falls to the floor. He straddles her legs and begins tying her hands with the telephone cord.

SHAPESHIFTER
Give me your hands!
(She continues to scream.)
Shut up!


INT. BEDROOM

REBECCA is tied in a chair, beaten and bloody.

SHAPESHIFTER
You're a nice girl, Rebecca. I mean, I liked you. Believe me, that makes this harder.
(He holds up a knife and examines it.)
But I gotta do what I gotta do.

He moves towards her. Suddenly, they hear a crash come from another room of the house. REBECCA screams but the shapeshifter covers her mouth and holds the knife to her throat.

DEAN
Shh.


INT. HALLWAY

The S.W.A.T. team is searching the house. While their backs are turned, the SHAPESHIFTER crosses the hall and goes into another room.


INT. SECOND BEDROOM

The SHAPESHIFTER enters and closes the door, looking around frantically. He moves to a set of doors leading out to a balcony. Just as he opens the doors, the S.W.A.T team enters.

S.W.A.T OFFICER
Freeze! Drop the knife! Drop the knife! Drop the knife!

The SHAPESHIFTER throws the knife at the police officer, and the rest of the team begins shooting. The SHAPESHIFTER kicks one of the men, then goes outside and jumps off the balcony, onto the grass below.

S.W.A.T OFFICER
Come on! Come on! Go! Go!

The SHAPESHIFTER runs off, while the team continues to shoot and miss him several times.


INT. SEWERS

The SHAPESHIFTER stops walking, looking weak. He takes off his jacket and shirt, then falls to his knees. He groans and screams in pain as he continues to shed his skin, nails, teeth and everything else that defined DEAN.


EXT. STREET

DEAN and SAM are standing in front of a store window, watching a news report that is being shown on a display of televisions.

REPORTER
An anonymous tip led police to a home in the Central West End, where a S.W.A.T team discovered a local woman bound and gagged. Her attacker, a white male, approximately twenty-four to thirty years of age, was discovered hiding in her home.

A sketch of DEAN appears on the screen.

DEAN
Man! That's not even a good picture.

SAM looks around cautiously.

SAM
It's good enough.
(He walks away.)

DEAN
Man!
(He follows SAM.)


EXT. ALLEY

DEAN and SAM are walking. DEAN steps into a puddle.

DEAN
Come on.


SAM
They said attempted murder. At least we know—

DEAN
I didn't kill her.

SAM
We'll check with Rebecca in the morning, see if she's all right.

DEAN
All right, but first I wanna find that handsome devil and kick the holy crap out of him.

They stop walking.

SAM
We have no weapons. No silver bullets.

DEAN
Sam, the guy's walkin' around with my face, okay, it's a little personal, I wanna find him.

SAM
Okay. Where do we look?

DEAN
Well, we could start with the sewers.

SAM
We have no weapons. He stole our guns, we need more.
(They pause to think.)
The car?

DEAN
I'm bettin' he drove over to Rebecca's.

SAM
The news said he fled on foot. I bet it's still parked there.

DEAN
(upset)
The thought of him drivin' my car.

SAM
All right, come on.
(They start walking.)

DEAN
It's killin' me.

SAM
Let it go.


EXT. WARREN RESIDENCE

DEAN and SAM run down the side the house and turn around the corner and see the Impala parked just up the road.

DEAN
(relieved)
Oh, there she is! Finally, something went right tonight.
(A police car appears and parks next to DEAN's car.)
Oh, crap.
(They turn around, but another police car is parked a few yards away.)
This way, this way.
(He moves towards a fence.)

SAM
You go. I'll hold 'em off.

DEAN
What are you talking about? They'll catch you.

SAM
Look, they can't hold me. Just go, keep out of sight. Meet me at Rebecca's.
(DEAN starts to climb over the fence.)
Dean.
(DEAN stops and turns around.)
Stay out of the sewers alone.
(DEAN says nothing and hops over the fence.)
I mean it!

DEAN O.S
Yeah, yeah!

S.W.A.T OFFICER
Don't move! Keep your hands where I can see 'em.

SAM raises his hands in the air.


EXT. IMPALA - DAY

DEAN is getting weapons from the trunk.

DEAN
I'm sorry, Sam. But you know me—I just can't wait.

He closes the trunk and walks away.


INT. SEWER

DEAN is looking around. He comes across a chamber filled with candles and chains - it's the SHAPESHIFTER's lair. Revolting piles of skin and blood are on the floor. DEAN hears a noise and moves to another area of the chamber. He sees a large figure covered with a sheet. He removes it and reveals REBECCA. Her hands and feet are bound together with rope.

DEAN
Rebecca?


INT. WARREN RESIDENCE

SAM is sitting, having a beer. He is talking with REBECCA, who's really the SHAPESHIFTER.

SHAPESHIFTER
So, say this shapeshifter is real. By the way, you know you're crazy? But, um, say it is real. How do you stop it?

She replaces SAM's empty beer bottle with a new one.

SAM
Thanks.
(sighs.)
Silver bullet to the heart.
(She chuckles.)

SHAPESHIFTER
You are crazy.

She hits him over the head with the empty bottle. He falls over, unconscious. The SHAPESHIFTER's eyes momentarily glow silver.


INT. SEWER; SHAPESHIFTER LAIR

DEAN is untying REBECCA's ropes.

DEAN
What happened?

REBECCA
(crying)
I was walking home, and everything just went white. Someone hit me over the head, and I wound up here just in time to see that thing turn into me. I don't know, how is that even possible?

DEAN
Okay, okay. It's okay.
(He finishes untying her.)
Come on. Can you walk?
(She nods.)
Okay, we've gotta hurry. Sam went to see you.


INT. WARREN RESIDENCE

The SHAPESHIFTER has changed back into the form of DEAN. He finishes tying up SAM's hands and feet, then starts walking around the kitchen.

SAM
What are you gonna do to me?

SHAPESHIFTER
Oh, I'm not gonna do anything. Dean will, though.

SAM
They'll never catch him.

SHAPESHIFTER
Oh, doesn't matter. Murder in the first of his own brother? He'll be hunted the rest of his life.

He picks up a sharp knife and examines it.


INT. LIVING ROOM - LATER

SHAPESHIFTER
I must say, I will be sorry to lose this skin. Your brother's got a lot of good qualities. You should appreciate him more than you do.
(He pours himself a drink.)
Cheers.

He downs the drink, then picks up the knife from the kitchen and sticks it into the edge of the pool table. SAM lifts his legs and kicks the SHAPESHIFTER, who falls to the ground. SAM quickly sits up and moves his hands with the rope between them up and down on the blade of the knife. The ropes break apart. The SHAPESHIFTER gets up, and SAM takes the knife and swings at him, he grabs SAM's arm in mid-swing and twists it. SAM falls to the floor.

SHAPESHIFTER
Oh, you son of a bitch.
(They start to fight. SAM tries to pin the SHAPESHIFTER down.)
Not bad, little brother.

SAM
You're not him.

They continue to fight. The SHAPESHIFTER finally throws SAM into a bookshelf. It falls apart, and books fall on top of SAM.

SHAPESHIFTER
Even when we were kids, I always kicked your ass.

He grabs a pool cue and swings at SAM but misses and hits a light fixture. After fighting for several more minutes, they fall onto a coffee table. The SHAPESHIFTER pins SAM to the floor and starts to choke him.

DEAN O.S
Hey!

The SHAPESHIFTER sees DEAN and gets off of SAM. DEAN aims his gun at the SHAPESHIFTER and shoots him in the heart twice. He falls to the ground, dead. REBECCA enters and sees SAM on the floor.

REBECCA
Sam!

She rushes over to him. DEAN over walks to the SHAPESHIFTER's body and notices him wearing DEAN's necklace. DEAN yanks it from around the SHAPESHIFTER's neck and nods knowingly at SAM and REBECCA.


EXT. WARREN RESIDENCE - DAY

DEAN is by the car, looking at a map. REBECCA and SAM come outside.

REBECCA
So, this is what you do? You and your brother—you hunt down these kinds of things?

SAM
Yeah, pretty much.

REBECCA
I can't believe it. I mean, I saw it with my own eyes. And, I mean, does everybody at school—nobody knows that you do this?

SAM
No.

REBECCA
Did Jessica know?
(SAM looks thoughtful.)

SAM
No, she didn't.

REBECCA
Must be lonely.

SAM
Oh, no. No, it's not so bad. Anyway, what can I do? It's my family.
(She laughs.)

REBECCA
Well, you know, Zack and me, and everybody at school—we really miss you.
(She hugs him.)

SAM
(sadly)
Yeah, me too.
(They pull away.)

REBECCA
Well, will you call sometime?

SAM
It might not be for a little while.

REBECCA nods and waves goodbye to DEAN. He waves back, and she goes back inside the house. SAM walks over to the car.

DEAN
So, what about your friend, Zack?

SAM
Cops are blamin' this Dean Winchester guy for Emily's murder. They found the murder weapon in the guy's lair, Zack's clothes stained with her blood. Now they're thinking maybe the surveillance tape was tampered with. Yeah, Becca says Zack will be released soon.

He smiles. DEAN rolls his eyes and gets in the car.


INT. IMPALA

DEAN and SAM are driving to their next destination.

DEAN
Sorry, man.

SAM
About what?

DEAN
I really wish things could be different, you know? I wish you could just be... Joe College.

SAM
No, that's okay. You know, the truth is, even at Stanford, deep down, I never really fit in.

DEAN
Well, that's 'cause you're a freak.

SAM
Yeah, thanks.

DEAN
Well, I'm a freak, too. I'm right there with ya, all the way.
(SAM laughs.)

SAM
Yeah, I know you are.

DEAN
You know, I gotta say—I'm sorry I'm gonna miss it.

SAM
Miss what?

DEAN
How many chances am I gonna have to see my own funeral?

He and SAM smile at each other. They continue to drive as the screen fades to black.