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( KILL THE BEAST )

CITY STREET
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      Missing posters are tacked to a telephone pole. The Impala drives in followed by another car; visible behind them is a billboard that says "ANTI-GOD IS ANTI-AMERICAN" on an American-flag background, next to a sign that advertises "ADULT VIDEOS". Dean and Sam both have hands out the windows, phones in hand.

      "You getting a signal?" Sam asks.

      "No, nothing. Nice and spooky." Dean waves the other car up next to him. Ellen is driving, Jo shotgun.

      "Place seem a little empty to you?" Ellen asks.

      "We're gonna go check out the PD. You guys stay here, see if you can find anybody." Dean says.

      "Okay." Ellen says. Dean drives off. Ellen parks.

      Jo gets out and turns to look at Castiel in the back seat. "Ever heard of a door handle?" She asks.

      "Of course I have." Castiel is standing outside the car. He looks around; the street is deserted except for the three of them.

      "What is it, Cas?" Ellen asks.

      "This town's not empty." From Castiel's point of view, the town is filled with dozens of old white men in suits, all standing still, attention fixed on something in the distance. "Reapers."

      "Reapers? As in more than one?" Ellen asks.

      "They only gather like this at times of great catastrophe. Chicago Fire, San Francisco Quake, Pompeii. Excuse me, I need to find out why they're here." Castiel walks off, pausing to look at the nearest reaper, who ignores him. Jo and Ellen look at each other. Castiel's attention is caught by a Reaper inside a building who turns away from the window, the first of the dozens to show any signs of life. The building's marquee reads "JESUS SAVES"

BUILDING
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       Castiel appears inside the building at that window. He comes down the corridor and enters a room. "Hello, brother." White light

      Ellen and Jo are back in their car. They come to a stop next to Dean, Elena and Sam. "Station's empty." Elena says.

      "So's everything else." Says Jo.

      "Have you seen Cas?" Ellen asks.

      "What? He was with you." Sam says.

        "Nope. He went after the reapers."

       "Reapers?" Dean asks.

       "He saw reapers?" Asks Sam. "Where?"

       "Well, kind of everywhere." Jo says. Dean and Sam look at each other.

BUILDING
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      The room is dark, lit mostly by firelight. Castiel is standing in the center of a ring of fire. He notices the other person in the room. "Lucifer." He says.

       "So I take it you're here with the Winchesters and Katherine." Lucifer says.

      "It's Elena. And I came alone." Cas lies.

      "Loyalty. Such a nice quality to see in this day and age. Castiel, right? Castiel. I'm told you came here in an automobile." Lucifer says.