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Sam and Dean discover a doctor who, back in 1816, became obsessed with finding the secret of eternal life by taking people's vital organs. Meanwhile, Bobby finds Bela and Dean leaves Sam to confront her.

The Winchesters encounter the mysterious and very much still alive Doc Benton when they look into a series of abductions where the victims report missing body parts after forced surgery. When Bobby manages to locate Bela, Dean heads off to confront her and get the Colt back. Meanwhile Sam stays behind hoping that Doc Benton can make Dean immortal to get him out of the Deal.—Derfel85

As Dean's day to his death approaches, he and Sam discover a doctor who, back in 1816, became obsessed with finding the secret of eternal life by taking people's vital organs. Meanwhile, Bobby finds Bela and after contacting the Winchester brothers, Dean leaves Sam to confront her to retrieve the stolen magical Colt revolver before his time is up.—Anonymous

Erie, Pennsylvania

We open up to two guys walking to their cars outside the Crystal Spa and Racquet Club. It sounds like theyre doctors. They split up and one goes to put his bag in the trunk of his ride. We see someone watching him from nearby bushes. The view shifts to an angle under the car and we see the doctors feet. From behind, another set of feet appear and the doctor is suddenly attacked and tossed into his own trunk. He screams for help and the scene fades to black.

The second scene opens to blood dripping on linoleum inside a hospital. The camera moves and the doctor is now standing naked all but for a coat and hes bleeding badly from his stomach. He tries to walk and a nurse approaches him. She tells him to let her look, theres nothing she hasnt seen before, but when she pulls away his hands and the coat she screams. It looks like the man has been eviscerated. (It is later revealed his liver has been removed.)

Cabin:

Dean and Sam have a man tied up throwing holy water on him its a demon. Theyre demanding to know who holds Deans contract, but the demon refuses to tell, explaining that hed rather go to hell than rat on the demon that has Deans ticket. Sam exorcizes the demon.

Later, Sam is on the phone when Dean walks in. He asks Sam who he was talking to and Sam asks remember that thing in the paper yesterday? Dean responds Stripper suffocates dude with thighs? Sam says No, the other thing, and goes on to remind his brother about the gutted man at the hospital. Apparently, the man had his liver cut out. Not only that, but his body was covered in fingerprints that match a man who died in 1981. The brothers conclude they may be dealing with a zombie.

Dean then asks why Sam is interested seeing as its only three weeks until his deal is up and Sam is usually more concerned with saving him. Sam makes an excuse that he thought Dean would be happy with him for finding a case. Dean obviously doesn't believe him but says nothing.

Morgue

The brothers speak to the coroner posing as two cops. The coroner tells them the liver wasnt ripped out, but surgically removed. He shows them the body and asks if they read his report. Dean lies, saying it was a real "page turner" and the coroner asks them to leave which they do. As they walk out through the corridor Sam says this new evidence punches a hole in their zombie theory unless their walking dead had some new skills. Sam suggests this may be some kind of organ theif and that they should look for survivors.

Hospital Room:

Sam and Dean are again posing as cops. Theyre interviewing a man who has just been attacked and one of his kidneys removed. The man doesnt want to talk but tells them he was jumped from behind and then found himself strapped to a table. He blacked out and then woke up screaming in a motel, sitting in a bathtub full of ice and missing one of his kidneys.

Motel Room

Sam in on the laptop researching and Dean is stuffing down a burger. Sam says he has an idea. The victims were sewn up with silk which used to be used in the early 19th Century by doctors. The problem was it caused infections, so the doctors back then used maggots. Apparently the man whose liver was removed had his body cavity filled with maggots. Dean finds this a gross subject while hes eating, but it doesnt stop him from chowing on more burger. He says this story sounds familiar somehow and Sam agrees.

Sam pulls out John s journal and explains they heard it when they were kids. Its the story of Doc Benton from New Hampshire a doctor obsessed with alchemy and immortality. He found the secret to living forever, but it came with a price. As his organs and body parts wear out he has to replace them. He does this by killing people and taking their parts. Dean says he thought their dad killed the doc, and Sam says he did, he caught Benton and removed his heart, but somehow the doc must have gotten a new heart and started all over again. He likes to hold up in forests with access to a river or stream where he dumps the bile, and intestines etc.

Man running outside:

A man is out jogging at night. He pauses for a rest and we see he is being watched from the bushes. He looks at the heart rate monitor on his wrist and bends down to tie his shoe. As he does someone jumps him from behind and uses chloroform on him.

Doc Bentons Place

The runner is now strapped to a table, his heart monitor still beeping. A man appears with grotesque suture marks all over his face. Its Doc Benton. He cuts down the mans chest, cracks his ribs and removes his heart. The monitor stops beeping.

The Erie (Motel)

Sam and Dean are in their room looking at maps. They think theyve found Bentons lair when Bobby calls. He says he thinks hes finally found out where Bela is. Shes been visiting a fellow hunter named Rufus Turner trying to buy some things. Dean thinks Bela is being sloppy. Bobby tells Dean to take a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue with him if hes going to visit Rufus, then hangs up. Dean goes to leave the room and Sam says its pointless going after Bela, she probably sold The Colt months ago.

Dean says then hell kill her, its a win-win situation. Sam says Dean should stay on the Benton case. If they can find out how he became immortal, maybe they can use it to save Dean. If he cant die, he cant go to Hell . Dean doesnt like the idea. He says their best shot is to shoot the demon that holds the contract and his slate is wiped clean. He asks Sam to go with him after Bela, but Sam wont. Hes sticking around to find Benton. They tell one another to be careful as Dean leaves.

Rufus Turners Home Canaan, Vermont

Dean walks up on the porch and rings the bell. Rufus asks who he is on the intercom, but wont let him in. He seems pretty grumpy. He wont tell Dean where Bela is or let him in until Dean offers up the bottle of whiskey Bobby told him to take.

Inside, Dean and Rufus are drinking the whiskey. Rufus tells Dean Bela wanted to buy some things off him. He then asks Dean why hes after Bela when he only has a few weeks to live. He tells Dean there is no happy ending for hunters like them.

Woodland Trail

Sam pulls up in a Jeep and checks a map. He gets out of the car and walks away.

Dean & Rufus:

Rufus tells Dean Bela is at the Hotel Canaan room 39 and to watch his back. Dean says he can handle her, but Rufus tells him not to be so sure, there are things Dean doesnt know about Bela. Dean thinks Rufus has checked out Belas fingerprints for info and Rufus admits he has, but it didnt work because she burned her fingerprints off. He tells Dean to do her ear to which Dean responds Hey man, Ill try anything once, but I dont know, that sounds uncomfortable. Rufus explains he had to use pictures and match them to her ears apparently their just as traceable as fingerprints. He tosses Dean a folder with Belas information in. Dean looks inside and frowns.

Bentons Cabin

Sam walks inside, flashlight on. Its dark, but he finds some kind of journal. He moves on, taking the book with him by putting it inside his jacket. In the basement, he finds the runners body, along with a girl whose arm is crawling in maggots. Benton has taken a huge flap of her skin. Sam wraps a towel around the raw limb and is about to help the girl up when he hears Benton upstairs. He puts a hand over her mouth to stifle her screams.

Outside:

Sam has gotten out the basement window and is running with the girl in his arms. He makes it to the Jeep and is just about to pull away when Benton smashes the window and grabs his head. He smashes Sams skull on the steering wheel until Sam can get the car in gear and reverse. Sam sees Benton in his headlights and hits the gas, mowing the doc down. Sam rides off and we see Benton clamber up, straightening out his obviously broken neck! Blood runs from the corner of one of his eyes.

Hotel Canaan Room 39

Dean grabs Bela and asks where the Colt is. He tells her not to move and begins searching the room anyway. Bela moves and Dean shoots a hole in the door near her head. Eventually, Dean accepts the Colt is gone and he points his gun at her, he says hes going to kill her. He says he cant imagine killing his parents like she did. She was what? Fourteen when they had a car accident the police suspected a slashed break line but could never prove it. Little Bela or rather Abby, inherited millions.

We go to flashback from Belas point of view. Shes fourteen and crying. Her dad enters the room and its obvious shes scared of him. The door closes and we dont see what happens next but then, we dont have to.

Back to the present and Bela admits she killed them, but she doesnt tell Dean why. Dean is mad, but he hasnt the heart to kill her. He does, however, see some kind of root placed above her motel room door. He backs off, saying Bela isnt worth it, and leaves.

Bela unscrews a paper, which turns out to be a hotel receipt shes taken from Dean's pocket and quickly makes a phone call. She tells the person/thing on the line It worked, he found me. No, Sam wasnt with him, but I know where they are

The Erie

Sam is sitting back at the motel when Dean calls. Dean says he didnt get the Colt, and he didnt kill Bela. Hes really screwed. Sam says maybe not. He has Bentons lab book and it looks like his formula might work. Whats more, theres no magic involved its pure science.

Before Sam can say more, hes grabbed from behind and his phone falls to the floor. We hear Dean calling Sam down the line.

Bentons Cabin

Benton has Sam tied to a table, his eyes taped wide open. Benton tells Sam he knows who he is. He explains that he doesnt do things he doesnt have to. Like now, he needs new eyes. He also tells Sam he knows it was Sam and Dean's father who cut out his heart. Basically, its payback time.

He moves to pluck out Sams eye when we hear gunshots. Dean has arrived and has shot the doctor. Benton isnt affected and tosses Dean across the room. Dean stabs him which Benton finds amusing until he realizes Dean soaked the blade in chloroform. Benton collapses. He may be immortal, but he is still susceptible.

Cut to Benton strapped to a table. He offers Dean his secret in exchange for freedom and Sam takes Dean to one side and says maybe they should consider it. Dean says what Benton has isnt what he calls living and no way is he considering it. Dean says hed rather go to Hell than be a monster like the doctor.

Outside Somewhere

Benton finds himself inside a meat freezer. From an outside view we see Dean and Sam have dug a hug hole and are burying him alive. Sam looks sad as he throws on the earth because he knows hes just lost a chance to save Dean.

The Erie

Bela breaks into the boys room and shoots the two figures in the beds. When she checks under the sheets, theyre blow up dolls.

The phone rings. Its Dean. He says he felt her hand in his pocket when she swiped the motel receipt. She tries to explain, but he wont listen. He says he saw the herb, Devils Shoestring in her motel over the door, and it can only be used to ward off Hellhounds. Bela made a deal with a demon to kill her parents, and today, her deal has come due.

Flashback to young Bela on a swing. Theres another girl on the swing beside her. The second girl has red eyes and offers Bela what she wants, and it wont cost her anything for ten whole years.

Skip to present. Dean asks Bela if she stole the Colt to swap to save herself, and she admits she did, but it didnt work. The demon who holds her contract insisted she killed Sam too.

Bela begs for help, and Dean says its too late. If shed asked for help before they could have used the Colt to save her AND Dean. Bela knows about Deans deal the same demon has her contract in fact all the contracts. She tells Dean the demons name is Lillith, and he asks why he should trust her. Bela responds that maybe he can kill the bitch.

Dean replies Ill see you in Hell, and hangs up.

The clock in the hotel room turns midnight, and Bela hears the Hellhounds. She goes to the window, resigned to her fate. The screen turns black.