Day Is Gonna Come

53. Inherit the Earth

KYOTO, JAPAN

The streets were empty.

NEW YORK CITY

Times Square was bare, not a soul in sight.

PLAYGROUND

A playground carousel spun.

STREET - HASTINGS, MINNESOTA

On a sidewalk was a table for Girl Scout cookies.

Sam, Jack and Seylah looked around.

A car alarm sounded.

The Impala pulled to a stop and Dean exited.

"Everyone's gone," Sam said. "You see anybody on the way here?"

Dean shook his head. "No."

"I couldn't save anybody," Sam admitted. "I couldn't save anybody. Billie."

"It wasn't Billie. It was Chuck."

"What?"

"Where's Cas?" Jack and Seylah asked.

Dean glanced down and Sam called, "Dean?"

The elder brother was silent for a moment. "He saved me. Billie was coming after us, and Cas summoned the Empty. It took her. And it took him. Cas is gone."

The group remained silent for a moment. Jack and Seylah fought tears.

After a moment, Sam said, "This can't be happening."

"It is, Sam," Dean told him. "I think everyone's gone."

Sam turned away from them and walked a short distance away as he pulled out his cellphone which beeped. The phone rang.

"Hey, it's Jody. I can't get to the phone right now, so leave a message."

Sam hung up.

Dean stepped closer to the Nephilim and his niece. "Jack, Sey, I'm sorry."

Sam's phone beeped again and it rang. Dean, Jack and Seylah moved closer to Sam.

"Hey. You know who it is. You know what to do. Catch you later."

The cellphone beeped once again.

The four walked down the empty street.

They, excluding Jack, walked into a barren restaurant playing country music. A beer tap was running.

"Hey," Dean called, pointing to the TV where a football game had been playing.

"It brings a whole new meaning to the term "sudden death,"" Dean commented, walking closer to Sam.

"Dean, do you think we're it?" Sam asked. "All that's left?"

Dean pulled up the beer tap and chuckled. "Yeah. You, me, Sey, Jack."

OUTSIDE

Jack was leaning against a plant.

He glanced up, tears in his eyes. "Cas?"

Jack got no answer and as he walked past, the plants died.

INT. DINER

Jack entered and Dean, who had a pint of beer, greeted, "Hey."

"So, um, what now?" Jack wondered.

Sam swallowed heavily as he stared at the TV where the news anchor should have been. He turned and said, "I did this. We could have just given Chuck what he wanted, you know, his grand finale. But I resisted. I pulled the thread. I thought we could beat this game, do it better. We tried to rewrite him, and the whole world paid the price." Dean and Seylah glanced down.