Against the Wind

09. In the Beginning

INT. MOTEL ROOM

Dean and Emelie were asleep. Sam paused and looked at them before leaving the room.

EXT. MOTEL

A car pulled up. Sam got in the passenger's side.

Ruby, who was driving, asked, "Ready?"

"Definitely," Sam replied.

INT. MOTEL ROOM

Dean was dreaming. His face was terrified and he screamed. He and Emelie woke to find Castiel sitting on his bed. Aneila was standing at the foot of the bed.

"Hello, Dean," Castiel greeted. "What were you dreaming about? Hello, Emelie."

Dean frowned. "What, do you two get your freak on by watching other people sleep? What do you want?"

"Listen to me. You have to stop it. She has to be witness."

"Stop what?" Dean asked.

"Witness?" Emelie repeated with a frown. "Witness what?"

Castiel put two fingers to Dean's forehead and Aneila put two to Emelie's.

EXT. STREET

Dean was sleeping on a bench.

An officer tapped one of the bench legs. "Move it buddy -- you can't sleep here."

"Okay... sleep... where?" Dean asked.

"Anywhere but here."

Dean tried to make a call on his cell, but got no signal. "Perfect."

He got up and entered Jay Bird's Diner to find Emelie already there.

She noticed Dean and asked quietly, "What in the holy hell is going on?"

"Beats me. You okay?"

"Yeah. You?"

"Yeah. Just super confused."

"Yeah, me too."

Dean and Emelie sat at the diner's counter, Dean next to a young man.

"Hey, where the hell are we?" Dean asked.

"Jay Bird's Diner," the young man replied.

"Yeah, thanks. I mean, uh... city and state."

"Lawrence, Kansas."

"Lawrence," Dean repeated.

"Hey, are you okay, buddy?"

"Yeah, tough night."

"Hey, uh, two coffees here, Reg," the young man said.

"Okay, coming right up," Reg replied.

"Thanks," Millie said.

Reg nodded. "Sure thing, ma'am."

Dean pulled his cell from his coat pocket. "Can you tell me where I can get reception on this thing?"

The young man looked at the phone. "The USS Enterprise?"

Dean and Emelie looked at Reg as he brought the coffees over. Reg was dressed in 1970s hippie gear.

"Thanks... nice threads," Dean commented. "You know Sonny and Cher broke up, right?"

"Sonny and Cher broke up?"

Emelie kicked Dean's shin and made a circle with her finger. Dean looked around the diner and noticed everyone was dressed in 1970s-era clothes. He looked at the newspaper the young man was reading. The headline read 'Nixon accepts resignation of top...' and the date was Monday, April 30, 1973. Dean glanced to Emelie and mouthed "Seventy three." A man entered the diner.