For This You Were Born

56. In the Beginning

INT. MOTEL ROOM

Dean and Carolins were asleep. Aliana had taken Charlotte out for a fun day. 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 Caroline woke to find Castiel sitting on his bed.

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

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

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

Caroline 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."

She pulled out her phone and tried to call a number, but had no signal. "Hey! Do you a good place where I can grab something to eat?"

The officer pointed to a diner and Caroline entered Jay Bird's Diner.

She noticed Dean and asked quietly, "What's going on?"

"Beats me. You okay?"

"Yeah. I'm pretty confused though. You?"

"Yeah. Same."

Dean and Caroline 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."

"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 and Caroline 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?"