Seeing Blind

48. In the Beginning

INT. MOTEL ROOM

Dean and Alana 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 woke to find Castiel sitting on his and Alana's bed.

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

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

"Listen to me. You have to stop it. She has to help."

"Stop what?" Dean asked.

"Help?" Alana repeated with a frown. "Help what?"

Castiel put two fingers to Dean's forehead and two to Alana'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.

Alana was asleep on another bench and was awoken by a tapping. "Ma'am, you can't sleep here."

She frowned. "Then where?"

"Anywhere but here."

"Do you know a good place where I can grab something to eat? And could you take me there?"

The officer took her to Jay Bird's Diner.

Dean noticed her and walked up. "Are you okay? Is Baby?"

"I think so. I'm okay. I'm confused. Where are we? Are you okay?"

"No clue. I'm okay."

Dean and Alana 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.

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 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?"

Alana frowned at her husband as he 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 Alana and whispered in her ear, "Seventy three." A man entered the diner.