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BECKY'S HOME

Chuck finished drinking from the glass, then shakes his glass around.

"You have anything stronger?" Chuck Asked

"We have cran-apple juice." Becky Says

"Hmm. I'm good. It's just, things are different now, Becky. I mean, I used to be able to see Sam, Elena, Dean and Corinna in my head, wherever they were, whatever they were doing. It was all just there, ripe for the picking. And now it's just gone." Chuck Says

"Because you lost your prophet powers?" Becky Says

"Yeah. Something like that." Chuck Says, rubbing his shoulder.

"Then write about something else." Becky suggested

"But this is it. I mean, this is my favorite story." Chuck Says, picking up a figure of Sam.

"Then write about them." Becky Says,

"I-I... okay. I feel like we're going in circles now." Chuck Says

"No, you're going in circles. You're a writer, a writer who's not writing. And when a writer's not writing, they feel sad, and they get lost. And the writer asks themselves, "why do I feel this way?", "why am I so sad and lost?". And what does all this navel-gazing and hair-pulling amount to in the end?" Becky Says

"Uh?" Chuck Says

"Procrastination. Distraction. Just one of a million ways the writer avoids doing the one thing that is all but guaranteed to make the writer feel better. Which is...?" Becky Says

"Writing. But what if I can't?" Chuck Says

"You can. The only question is, will you?" Becky Says

"How'd you learn all this?" Chuck Asked

"I'm a writer, too, Chuck." Becky Says

"Oh. I mean, fanfic...it's not really the same thing..." Chuck Says, as Becky scoffed.

"Writing's writing. The self-sabotage, the doubts, the struggle against time. So, whenever I have a spare minute, I write." Becky Says, as she and Chuck stare at each other.

"Yeah. Yeah!" Chuck Says

Chuck runs out of the living room to Becky's office. He sits at the desk and in front of the open laptop.

"Wait! I didn't mean right now..." Becky Says

Chuck puts on his glasses and holds a finger up to her. "Shh, shh, shh!" Then starts typing.

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MRS BAILEY'S OFFICE

Sam, Elena, Dean and Mrs. Bailey are watching security footage from the parking lot.

"This is the security footage from last night." Mrs. Bailey Says

"Do we have any idea who that might be?" Elena Asked, as the footage shows Tori get grabbed.

"No clue. He's wearing a mask." Mrs. Bailey Says

"Well, crap." Dean Says, as the footage shows a car drive past.

"Wait a second. Go back." Sam Says

Mrs. Bailey nods then rewinds and stops the footage on the car.

"Uh, zoom into that." Sam Says, as Mrs. Bailey zooms in on the licence plate.

"You got it?" Dean Asked

"Yeah." Sam Says

WHITMAN HOME

Back at the Whitman house, Janet stands in the kitchen; Billy sits at the counter and Henry sits at the table behind him.

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