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Stiles asks Scott how long it's been since he's had contact with Derek. Scott says weeks. Derek hasn't returned his texts and knowing how the Hale communicates, Stiles asks if Derek ever returns his texts.

"Once. Definitely once." Scott replies before explaining that he went to the loft and the alarm was on.

Everything looked okay, but it looked like the place was torn apart and shell casings littered the room. He sent a picture to Deaton who identified the skull on the shell casing as a mark of the Calaveras. Stiles asks if Scott thinks they killed Derek but the Alpha doesn't know, and that's why he asked Lydia to come. He pushes the shell casings toward her, and she picks them up. When she drops them on the table, she gets a feeling. He's not dead, but she's not sure he's alive either.

They don't know what that means. Stiles asks how they find the Calaveras.

"Mexico." Scott says.

+++

It’s been a month, a long and grueling month since Eisa went comatose. In that amount of time Stiles had gotten a hang of his own Spark with the help of Deucalion. It was a good distraction for both of them, Deucalion taught Stiles everything Iyanna taught him while Stiles provided him with company and stories of him and Eisa as children. At the moment though, Stiles and Lydia find themselves on a plateau in Mexico. They look around, feeling lost. Stiles comments that it doesn't seem so bad and Lydia tells him that she thinks their plan is possibly the stupidest thing they’ve ever come up with.

“Well Eisa would have just walked in and smiled as guns were aimed at her.”

“Yeah and we’d still have a higher chance of survival than right now.”

“Are you saying that as a Banshee, or you’re just being pessimistic?” Stiles asks. She's just being pessimistic. “Okay, would you mind restricting any talk of death to actual Banshee predictions?”

“This plan is stupid and we’re going to die.” Lydia replies sarcastically.

They snipe at one another a little more, then make their way to a building with guards outside. Lydia asks in Spanish if this is the place where the party is. The guard shakes his head, so Stiles digs a card out of his pocket. It has a stylized skull on it, which the guard recognizes as he motions toward a camera, and Stiles holds the card up for the security camera to see. The door unlocks, letting them in. The place seems creepy at first, and the walls shake but what they walk in to turns out to be a night club.

Severo watches them from an upper level and informs Araya that they have visitor. Stiles and Lydia stand out from the crowd as they head to the bar and are unexpectedly given shots, which Stiles goes to pay for. However, Severo appears behind them and says drinks are on the house. They don't take the shots, and Severo points out that most American teens don't cross the border to refuse a drink. Lydia tells him they didn’t come to drink and then drops one of Severo’s spent shell casings into the shot. The hunter leads them upstairs where Araya is pulling out stitches with a knife. She tells the teens that Severo hates the dance music, but she loves the music of youth.

“We’re here for Derek Hale.” Lydia says.

“Is that so?” Araya wonders, amused.

“We know you have him. We’ve heard you can be bought.”

“That’s fifty thousand for Derek.” Stiles says as he places stacks of money in front of him.

Araya asks where a teenager gets money like that and wonders if he got it from the Japanese mafia. The hunters around the room cock their weapons and the bracelet hidden under Stiles jacket glows green. Araya leans forwards and tells the two it wasn’t smart to come alone. Stiles looks at her.

"What makes you think we came alone?"

Out on the main floor, Malia, Kira, Scott, Isaac, Erica and Boyd enjoy the dance floor.

“You brought a wolf into my home?” Araya accuses.

“We brought an alpha.” Stiles replies.

Hunters start looking through the crowd for anyone suspicious and Kira runs up to Malia, concerned because she can tell something was happening. Malia advises her to blend in, so Kira starts dancing. Her dancing is concerning as it makes her stand out and stresses Malia out. The coyote puts her hand on Kira’s lower back and daws her in. The two start dancing against one another, drawing the crowds attention.

Meanwhile, Araya tells Stiles and Lydia that they have poor timing. It’s the night of the dark moon, the part of the lunar phase when the moon is least visible in the sky. She stands looking out of a window when she asks them if they know the meaning of the moon. Lydia says it’s a time of reflection and grief, looking at Stiles briefly before turning back towards Araya.

“Grief and loss, mija. I wonder why, when you and your friends have suffered so much loss, you would risk it again for someone like Derek Hale.” The huntress replies.

“’Cause we don't like to lose.” Stiles says.

The guard starts calling in their all clears but one hunter, North, doesn’t answer. Severo keeps calling over the radio. Eventually, Scott picks up the unconscious guards radio.

“Stiles, take ten off the table.” Scott says.

Stiles takes back ten thousand, and Lydia suggests that Araya take the deal. Araya declines while two hunters on the ground make their way towards Malia and Kira. The fox pulls out a pair of nunchucks while Malia asks if she’s ready. Kira nods and the two turn towards the hunters and easily take them out. Scott rushes through the crowd and takes out a third, throwing him in to a wall. Once the hunters are down the three head upstairs towards Araya’s office.

Stiles asks for Derek again.

“You don’t want him anyways. Haven’t you noticed what a downer he is? No sense of humor, poor conversationalist. Just come on, take the money.”

Araya grabs her radio in response and orders Severo to show them how the Calaveras negotiate. Severo floods the hallway of the club with wolfsbane. Scott shouts and shoves Kira away, trying to get her and Malia to run. A hunter comes around the corer and knocks Kira out when the wolfsbane doesn’t seem to slow her down. Malia and Scott are both on the ground as Araya enters the hall and tells Scott that someone who’s been an alpha for a few months should be more careful when facing a hunter of forty years. Isaac, Erica and Boyd had found an area that was wolfsbane free and wait it out in order to save the others. Scott pleads with Araya to give them Derek but rather than answer, she hits him with an electrified baton.

+++

Scott begins to wake up and looks around. Derek is standing against a wall watching the three, unimpressed.

“Derek?”

“Scott.”

“Stiles.” Stiles interjects.

“We came here to get you back.” Scott tells Derek.

“And how is that going?” He questions, gesturing to the dirty room they’re stuck in.

“Did they hurt you?” Kira asks.

“They had more questions than torture techniques.”

Malia cuts in and reminds them that Lydia is still out there as well as the other three betas.

Outside, Araya sits down with Lydia and pours her some tea. She tells her that she doesn’t have much experience with Banshee’s and Lydia says she doesnt have much experience being one. Araya thinks Lydia underestimates herself. Lydia tells her that she’d have better luck with tarot cards and Araya challenges that, asking her which guard is about to die. She slices an orange and asks Lydia how her powers work.

Lydia plays dumb and the huntress asks how close to death someone has to be and taps her knife. Lydia starts to get a feeling and looks at the hunter that Araya is going to kill before the knife imbeds his chest. Lydia screams in horror and asks why she did that. The hunter had stole from her. The Banshee wants to know what she wants and the women tells her she just. Wants to know what kind of alpha Scott is.

In the holding cell, Scott starts looking for a way out. Derek tries to tell him nothing is going to work but Scott still tries pulling on the door. Not even his alpha strength can budge it and Malia suggests that whenever the door opens, they kill whoever is there and run for it.

"What about Lydia?" Kira asks.

"What about her?" Malia wonders.

Scott tells her that they're not leaving without Lydia. Malia is confused as she wonders why not and Stiles steps in.

"Cause we don't leave without people, remember? We talked about this. Rules of the wild kingdom don't apply to friends."

Kira asks if leaving Lydia for dead is what Malia would do as a coyote. The coyote shrugs and tells her that if the hunting was bad then she would eat her. Stiles scratches his chin and tells everyone that this is actually progress. Derek stands there amused, a small smile on his face as he thinks about what Eisa would have done. She would have sided with Malia but if Eisa was actually here then she’d be rescuing him not getting captured alongside him.

Scott points out that if they’re all still alive it’s because the Calaveras want something. Derek interject, informing them that they’re looking for a creature that’s been evading them. They had happened upon him while he was looking for a way to wake Eisa up and heal her. The way they left each other was still a fresh wound so they captured him and switched between simply torturing him and questioning him for weeks.

“Do you have a description of what they’re looking for?” Stiles asks.

“Goblin that turns invisible.” Derek shrugs. “Didn’t get much in between the electrocution and sensory deprivation.”

Araya soon returns with Lydia and everyone but Derek prepares for a fight. Instead of fighting the matriarch tells the pack they’re free to leave. She walks out with them and explains that she sent four men out to look for their mysterious creature and none of them returned. Derek tells her that they aren’t going to go out and look for it. Araya tries to argue but the wolf tells her that they don’t know what’s out there either and until they do they aren’t risking their lives.

“I am only letting you go out of respect for Iyanna Verdandi.”

“You’re only letting us go because Deucalion cashed in a debt you owed his mate.” Derek corrected, grabbing the back of Stiles neck as he walked past the huntress. He promised Eisa he’d look after her brother and getting him away from hunters was keeping that promise.

“You can’t just leave the others behind.” Stiles complains.

“They’ll be fine.” Derek replies before they reach his Camaro to find Erica, Boyd and Isaac gathered near it.

“So much for being back up.” Stiles scoffs when he sees them.

“There wasn’t much we could do.” Isaac shrugs. “They were spraying wolfsbane like it was raid.”

“You all suck.”

Derek rolls his eyes and lets Stiles walk away, towards his jeep. After a few minutes everyone else catches up. When Scott approaches Stiles he asks what they’re supposed to do now. Despite Derek being persistent about not helping the hunters Scott still wanted to do something. Stiles thinks it over for a moment before telling him that they need to do more research on the creature. Scott ends up agreeing and gets into the Jeep. Erica, Isaac and Boyd ride with Derek as they all make their way back to California.

When they get back home, Derek drops the betas off at the loft before heading to the hospital. He greets the nurses as he walks down the hall and is welcomed by Melissa who is looking over Eisa’s charts. His chair is already beside the bed and he places a kiss on Eisa’s forehead before sitting down.

“Any changes?” He asks the nurses.

“I’m afraid not.” Melissa replies sadly. “All we can do is continue monitoring her.”

“Has anyone been by since I was gone?”

“Both of her fathers and Stiles have been by the most.” She informs him. “The others drop in occasionally but they don’t stay long.”

“Is Noah still paying the hospital bill?

“No, Deucalion is. Noah and him argued about it recently and then nearly skinned Peter alive when he tried to secretly pay for it.”

Derek chuckles and tells her that sounds a lot like his uncle. Their conversation ends when Melissa has to treat other patients and Derek is left alone. He tells her about his time with the hunters and the creature they’re after. He admits he has no idea what they’re after and assures her that he’s still keeping Stiles safe and is going to make sure her dad hadn't drank since he left. Eventually as time passes he’s joined by Deucalion.

The alpha tells him he’s glad to see him and Derek thanks him for getting them out. They both agree that it’s what Eisa would have wanted and would have done. After a few minutes of silence spent looking at his daughter, Deucalion tells Derek that him and the other alphas are leaving. They’re being called away on an assignment but he’s deemed it easy enough and says the twins will be staying. If the packs need anything they can go to the twins for help.

“If anything changes you call me immediately.” The alpha says before kissing the side of his daughter’s head.

Derek confirms that he will and bids Deucalion goodbye before grabbing Eisa’s hand and leaning forward to lay his head on the bed. He hadn’t gotten much sleep since the hunters got him and had learned he recently slept better by Eisa’s side. Kissing the back of her hand he finally lets himself drift off to sleep.

+++

My mother had taught me in the womb that magic had its own consequences. So, Derek, if you’re reading this it means I’ve most likely suffered from the consequences of magic. I’m not sure if I’m dead while you're reading this or something else has happened but I want you to know that even if things were done differently you were always meant to read this. I knew what I threw myself into I just didn’t know how I’d come out but here we are.

I’ve already made you promise me that you’d look out for my family and now I need you to promise you’ll look out for yourself. In the time that we’ve gotten closer I’ve learned something about you. I’ve learned that when you love, you love with every fiber of your being. I also know that you’re sitting there blaming yourself just like everyone else blames themselves but nobody is to blame for my decisions. Everything that’s happened has happened for a reason and you need to trust that everything will be okay.

You’re the best thing to come into my life since Stiles and that means a lot because Stiles is everything to me. Promise me, ingcuka yam, that you’ll take care of yourself while I’m not around to yell at you. And please have Peter vet your potential romantic partners, you’ve had enough happen to you lately. Tell Mama J I said hi and to leave me a piece of cobbler at our table for when I hopefully return to you. I love you, I really do.

Yours,

Eisa

+++

Deucalion watches the landscape pass by through the window of the plane. He had been reluctant to leave when the assignment was presented to him. The council still wasn’t aware of Eisa, other than Noshiko who he thoroughly convinced to stay quiet. The fox had assured him that his secret was safe, especially after Eisa had presented her with the Nogitsune.

“Are you sure you want to be here, Deuc?” Kali asks as she sits in the seat across from him.

“It’s my job, Kali.” He answers.

“And she’s your daughter.”

“Derek is by her side.” He sighs. “I trust he’ll take care of her.”

He knew Derek would watch over her, he had been since she was admitted. The alpha couldn’t count a day that the Hale wasn’t sitting by her bedside excluding his capture. He knew that Eisa was loved and his temporary absence wouldn’t hinder that. Reaching into his pants pocket he pulls out his wallet. Inside is a picture Eisa had left for him. Iyanna was wearing one of his shirts he thought he had lost and in her arms was a newborn. He pulls the letter out next and unfolds it. The paper already has signs of wear from constantly folding and unfolding.

December 28, 1993

That’s the day I was born. It was the night of a full moon and mom had said that the moment she saw my face that I was destined to change the world. Growing up and reading the letters she wrote for me I learned that magic wasn’t just power, it’s life. I always dreamt of the day my magic would manifest and I could finally show everyone I was my mothers daughter. If you’re reading this then it means my magic has met its limit and so have I.

I’m not sure whether or not the part of me that shows others I’m my fathers daughter will help me. I want you to know that no matter what happened that my time with you has been incredible. It’s hard losing someone you love and harder when life takes two from you. My mom left a legacy and hopefully I’ve left mine so I need you to carry it on for us. Please keep an eye on Noah and Stiles while I’m not able to. If by any chance I am dead please honor my ancestors and perform the umkhapho rituals, I’d like to be buried with my mother and help guide all of you in death.

No matter what, dad just remember that death (or whatever happened to me) is not the end.

Your pup,

Eisa Blackwood

+++

In school, Stiles looks worn out as he explains to Scott that Malia had been sneaking into his room at 2am lately. It’s happened five times a week and when Scott asks what happened, his friend pulls up the back of his shirt and shows the scratches on his back. The wolf is shocked by what he sees and Stiles continues by telling him that after that they spend the rest of the night spooning. However, he’s the little spoon which he’s never thrilled about.

McCall wonders if that means they’re dating and Stiles avoids answering the question. Isaac, Erica and Boyd eventually join them. The three had followed their very threatening letters by Eisa to a T. They were all surprised when Stiles came by the loft to hand them the letters left to them. Eisa was only close to Isaac but even then he didn’t think he deserved a letter. It was only when they all opened them that they realized why they received them.

Erica was reminded of the time she dumped Stiles in a dumpster and was given a very vivid imagery of what would happen to her if Stiles got hurt. Boyd’s letter was the nicest since him and Eisa rarely interacted but he still got the same threat as the others. Under no circumstances whatsoever could Stiles or her father face any type of injury.

Hey Isaac,

This isn’t a deceleration of love so don’t get your hopes up. If you're reading this then it’s a thank you for being there for me when I needed it. I hope you know that it’s okay to be with Allison. I know how you feel about her, I’ve seen it in the way you look at her and how you’ve been avoiding me. I can’t tell you that I understand it but you shouldn’t feel ashamed. However, if anything happens to my family (that includes the Hale’s) by the hands of an Argent I will make you eat Allison’s heart. Anyways, stay safe and keep my family safe…or else.

Your truly,

Eisa Verdandi-Blackwood-Stilinski

Stiles continues talking to his best friend and tells him that the way Malia looks at him sometimes is scary. He feels like prey and he knows she’s still getting used to civilization but it’s disturbing. There weren’t many things that scared him but recently a lot had changed.

“I miss Eisa.” He says quietly, twisting the bracelet on his wrist. It was the last bracelet Eisa had made for him. It was inside the envelope containing his letter.

Hey big Brother,

I know what you’re probably thinking right now and I can assure you that nothing that happened was your fault. Anything that happened is my doing, I decided to put myself in danger and the only person to blame is myself. I’ve said this since the day I became a Stilinski but I love you so much, more than a person can love and you need to know that. Everything I’ve done and everything I’ve left behind is a symbol of my love.

There’s also something you need to do for me. Without me the pack will need a spark and that would be you. The emotional distress you're possibly facing right now is enough to ignite your spark. All of my books are free to use and Deucalion can help guide you. You’ll need him, he’s the only one who can read the books now that I’m no longer there and my magic has most likely been taken from me. I believe in you and I believe that you’re going to be powerful, you just need to believe in yourself.

I told Derek and Chris to watch over you and dad so don’t worry too much about policing dad’s drinking. Let Chris and Derek deal with that, you two just need to lean on one another. You’re a fighter, a survivor and I need you to keep to that until I have the chance to return. I love you and I’m so incredibly proud to call you my brother. Stay out of trouble and if trouble finds you make sure you win.

Sincerely,

Your baby sister

P.S.

This bracelet is meant to help channel your magic. A Spark is constantly flowing and often needs a place to go. Without the proper guidance paired with the possible emotional turmoil you’re facing it’s best to keep this bracelet on at all times.

In history class, Mr. Yukimura tells his class that some of history's greatest leaders have had to endure some pretty great failures. He describes how Abraham Lincoln failed in business, had a nervous breakdown, was defeated for both houses of Congress, and lost as vice president. He asks who this president was, and Stiles raises his hand. He winks at Scott, but Yukimura calls on Malia instead.

She has a highlighter in her mouth and another pen in her hand, highlighting something. She stares at him when he calls on her, not knowing the answer. Just then, Scott’s phone rings and Ken orders him to turn it off and keeps calling on Malia. Meanwhile, Kira waves her hand anxiously, trying to be called on. Stiles’ phone chimes next, and Mr. Yukimura again tells everyone to turn their phones off. When Malia can't answer, he asks if anyone else knows, and everyone raises their hands.

Another phone chimes, Yukimura angrily reminds the class he said phones off, but Kira points out to him that it’s his phone.

He checks the message, "Scott, call Lydia." He reads aloud.

+++

Scott and Stiles head over to the Animal Clinic, where Lydia and Deaton are leaning over an abundance of books. Stiles asks what they found and the Banshee shows them a page in the book she’s reading.

“I can’t pronounce this but it’s said to be a familiar. It’s a small vampire like creature and wears a necklace with a magical stone to become invisible.”

“Where’d it come from?” Scott wonders.

“It originates in South Africa.” Deaton answers. Stiles fumbles for his phone and begins to call someone, putting his phone on speaker for the room.

“Stiles, is everything alright?” Deucalion asks from the other end.

“Do you know about a South African familiar that’s short, hairy, wears sheepskin, is a vampire thing-”

“The Uthikoloshe or Tokoloshe, yes. It’s best you only talk about it indirectly such as referring to it as the little one as using its name will attract them. These familiars are not inherently evil they’re compassionate creatures unless the witch it’s attached to compels it to wreak havoc.”

“Derek said that’s what the Calaveras were looking for when they grabbed him. He told them he wouldn’t help them find it though.”

“Which is wise of him.” Deucalion hums. “It is best to avoid any altercation with the creature. It may be small but it is extremely powerful and is known to terrorize its victims by sending them realistic dreams of themselves getting strangled as well as tearing victims apart. If it hasn’t bothered you, don’t bother it.” He advises.

“We need to do something, it’s terrorizing people.” Scott argues.

“Inkathazo, take me off speaker and walk away.”

Stiles listens to the alpha and walks out of the clinic so he’s far enough away that Scott can’t hear him. Deucalion tells him to stay out of anything involving the creature. Stiles tries to argue but the growl on the other end shuts him up.

“I am not there to keep you safe. If anything happens to you before my daughter wakes she will destroy everything in her path including your friends. Stay out of it, I mean it Stiles. If it goes after your pack contact me, if it doesn’t then let it be.” He orders.

“But Deuc.”

“Mieczyslaw!” He rumbles through the phone. “Eisa would not want this, if you won’t listen to me then do what she would have wanted you to.”

“That’s a low blow.”

“I wasn’t trying to be kind.”

Stiles eventually and reluctantly agrees before the two hang up. He returns to the clinic to find everyone trying to find a way to kill the Uthikoloshe. Deaton asks if Deucalion was any help and Stiles tells them no. The alpha refused to help and was adamant they needed to stay out of it. However, Scott is just as adamant to help those who have been terrorized by the creature.

Stiles tells them that he can’t help because it’s not what Eisa would want him to do. An argument ensues as Scott tells him that they need to do something. The Spark throws his hands up in annoyance and says if Deuc won’t help the only person that can is Eisa and she’s comatose. The room grows silent at the mention of Eisa, a usual occurrence. Stiles takes the silence as his cue and walks out of the clinic. He hopes that he’s doing the right thing.

It’s a couple hours later that hope vanishes. While together afterschool Lydia and Kira end up at a gas station where they found a dead body. The two had pulled into the gas station for gas only for the fox to realize the tank was full. When she got out to find Lydia she found her standing outside of the bathroom. She had warned Kira not to look but the fox look anyways. There was blood and entrails everywhere, the restroom covered in its victim.

The two call Scott and tell him that the Sheriff is already on the way. Scott asks her to describe the scene and send pictures. Understandably squeamish Lydia gets the pictures and sends them to the Alpha. Peter, who Scott reluctantly went to for help, declares that from the level of violence, it was a frenzy, not a murder. This was a loss of control or the work of something vicious. Malia, who went with Scott, asks if that means whatever they were looking for in Mexico followed them back.

+++

After police leave the scene the wolves move forward to catch any scent they can. Malia catches the scent first and tells them it’s the same as what she smelled in Mexico. On the way back, Stiles Jeep had broken down and while Stiles was fixing the problem there had been a sound in the desert. Everyone follows Malia as she tracks the scent and eventually end up at the high school. When they get there they’re surprised to find Derek unconscious outside. Peter runs towards his nephew while Scott wonders if it’s the creature they’re after until they hear a growl.

"Oh, I've heard that sound before." Peter says, unamused and ready to leave as he lifts his nephew up with ease. The Hale asks Malia if what she saw in Mexico was wearing an animal skull over its face.

“I think so.” She replies.

“What are they?” Scott asks.

“Berserkers.” He responds.

One of the Berserkers step towards them, and Malia gets ready to fight. Peter stops her and asks if she’s insane. She tells him there's just one, confused as to why he’d try and run from a fight. He says that means they have a chance to survive. With Derek still over his shoulder he runs off. The Hale betas and twins don’t hesitate to run after them, knowing there were few things Peter Hale ran from. The others wait a few seconds before they start running too.

Scott and Malia run from one Berserker only to find a second blocking their path. They chase them up the stairs and have them surrounded. Scott roars and fights the Berserkers. Malia joins him just as one of them throws Scott against a pillar and grips his head in its hand. The other one cuts Malia's legs and tosses her against the fence.

Stiles and Lydia show up at the school. Lydia comments that Stiles needs to learn to use something other than a bat. They spot the fleeing wolves and see Peter opening the vault under the school. The pair looks at each other before running towards them. When they get to the bottom, Peter sets Derek on a cot. His nephew stirs and his eyes open Scott roars and rushes past the others to run out of the vault.

Malia scrambles away from the Berserker, and the second Berserker throws Scott over to join her. The two of them lay on the ground as Kira runs in with her katana out and starts fighting them. She stops to look back at Scott, and he shouts her name in warning. She doesn't turn back in time and gets knocked down by the Berserker. She ends up on the ground next to Scott. Derek arrives next, his moves more advanced than the others had and holds his own against two of them. As Derek fights, there's a screeching call from someone that summons the Berserkers away. Scott calls out to him, and he turns around to look at him, his eyes glowing yellow.

Inside the vault, smoke bombs descend down the stairs and wolfsbane emits from them. Stiles and Lydia don’t go unaffected as they fall like the wolves. In the haze, Peter watches as a man come into the vault and open the safe as though it wasn't locked. He removes a suitcase and walks out, while Peter struggles to get up off the floor. When the air clears, Stiles helps Lydia stand and find Peter muttering to himself. Looking at the empty safe, Lydia asks him what they took.

"Bonds. Bearer bonds and they took them all." He tells them as the others begin sitting up.

“Hold on, are you saying that you got robed?” Stiles asks, completely amused by Peter’s distress.

"This was a heist. Somebody planned this." He insists.

"How much did they take?" Lydia wonders.

"117..." Peter mutters, a little dazed.

"Thousand?" Stiles asks.

"Million." The wolf corrects.

Everyone stares in shock at the news before remembering Derek was still outside. The twins are the first out, recovering quicker than the others. When they reach the four they find Derek helping Malia with the wound on her leg. They catch the sight of something in the distance and move to run after it but Derek is quick to hold them back.

“You won’t come back.” He warns them. “Help me with these two.” He orders, guiding them towards Scott and Kira.

The others join them shortly after to find the three in healthier condition. Stiles, Peter and Lydia stand off to the side while all the wolves look over each other. His phone buzzes and he pulls it out of his pocket. The sound of metal hitting concrete pulls everyone’s attention.

“Oh my god.” Stiles breathes. “Oh my god!” He repeats, a lot louder before he runs down the steps.

“What is it?” Lydia yells after him.

“She’s awake! Eisa’s awake!” He yells, leaving everyone behind as he sprints towards the jeep.

“Go.” Lydia urges, looking between the two Hale’s. “We got it from here.”

Both Hale’s nod in thanks and take off after Stiles who was already peeling out of the parking lot.

+++

Visiting hours are over and the hospital room is empty once again. Sounds of machines fill the room as the door opens and quietly shuts. The newcomer approaches the bed and reaches out to let her hair flow through his fingers. He cups the side of her face before he begins the process of taking out her endotracheal tube. When it’s out he places a hand on top of her head. Xhosa words are mumbled and the air becomes thick with power.

There’s a sizzle then a crack. Eisa’s body glows purple and slowly levitates off the bed. The hand on her head moves as he hovers both hands over her body. His words get louder and the electricity flickers. The door handle rattles but the door doesn’t open as Melissa tries to get in. Slowly Eisa’s body touches the bed and everything returns to normal. Her hair gets brushed out of her face and her body adjusted to make her more comfortable.

Melissa finally gets in and sees an older African man wearing a wraparound skirt and a long scarf over one shoulder. He’s wearing a beaded headdress and holds a staff in one hand. She demands to know who he is as she looks over Eisa. The woman is no longer breathing without the help of her breathing tube. She yells for nurses and doctors. The man doesn't move, just stares at Eisa.

“Who are you? What did you do?” Melissa demands, grabbing the man to try and pull him away from the bed.

The man doesn’t answer and Melissa doesn’t have time to ask again before there’s a loud gasp. Looking behind her she sees Eisa’s body arched as she takes in a deep breath and watches it fall when she exhales. Her fingers twitch and the nurse slowly gets closer to the bed. The man smiles and watches Eisa jolt awake into a sitting position. She grimaces and wraps an arm over her stomach before moving the gown to look at her wounds.

They still weren’t fully healed but the doctors had sewn them closed. Her hands shake from the exertion and she looks around in confusion. Melissa stands there in shock, as do the other nurses and doctors. Her eyes finally land on the man and she recognizes his attire.

“Ungubani?” She rasps, throat dry. A few nurses finally jump into action and a cup of water is pressed to her lips. She drinks all of the water before she’s being laid back down. “Ungubani?” She repeats.

They stare at each other for a moment and Eisa takes in the rest of his attire. The hand holding his staff is painted with ink, the image of a snake wrapped around his arm. A large pendant hangs from his neck in the shape of tree.

Her eyes widen, “uThixo.” She whispers which earns a fond smile before the man leaves the room.

“You know who that was?” Melissa asks, framing Eisa’s face with her hands.

“uThixo, he’s the supreme creator.” She says quietly, staring at the door. “He’s a God, my God.” She reveals before she’s slowly guided back to lay down.

Chapter Text

Noah is going over the recent crime scene reports when Parrish bursts into his office with a huge grin on his face.

“Parrish?” He asks carefully.

“It’s Eisa.” He replies, pulling the Sheriff’s full attention. “Sheriff, she’s awake!” He exclaims.

The Sheriff is already out of his chair and rushing out of his office before Parrish has a chance to say anything else. The deputy hurries after him, offering to drive. The lights and sirens get turned on as they speed towards the hospital. Jordan wasn’t even fully stopped when Noah jumped out of the car and ran inside.

He didn’t stop until he was inside Eisa’s room where she sat awake and talking to Melissa. She smiled upon seeing her dad. No words were spoken as he rushed to her bedside to embrace her. Hands cradle her face and neck, moving down to her shoulders to make sure she’s real. Parrish walks in soon after and Eisa watches as he shivers and looks around the room. His nose twitches and he looks outside the window before thunder crashes.

“Uyintoni?” She asks once they finally make eye contact.

“What?”

“She’s asking you who you are.” Noah says, concerned as he looks between the two.

Parrish looks at Melissa, “She doesn’t know who I am?”

“I know who you are, I was asking you what you are.” She clarifies.

“Sheriff’s deputy.” He replies, confused. Eisa watches him as his eyes stray back to the window when thunder booms a second time. It looks as if he’s listening to it speak and Eisa looks for an answer.

“Kynigóskylo.” She says, grabbing her father’s arm when the deputies head snaps towards her and his eyes glow orange.

Noah guides Melissa behind him and Eisa bares her fangs in warning when Parrish looks at the parents. The two stare at each other before both of their shifts retract.

“He’s speaking to you.” She says. Jordan nods.

“Is anyone going to fill us in?” Melissa asks.

“He’s a hellhound, the thunder is the voice of the God who woke me up.” She replies.

She doesn’t try to figure out what he was told. She asks her dad where Stiles is and he informs her that he’s on the way. Eisa asks him to call the Argent’s as well because she needs to see Allison. Her father nods and steps away to call Chris.

“My room smells like Derek.” She says, looking at Melissa for an answer.

“He’s been in here everyday since that night.” She tells her fondly before pointing at the chair by her bed. “He sits in that chair everyday until visiting hours are over. Not even your dad’s sit in that chair, they’ve deemed it Derek’s.” She laughs a little.

Eisa smiles at the information and is surprised when she’s met with a blur followed by a heavy weight on top of her. Stiles says her name over and over again, squeezing her as tight as he can. Eisa throws her arms around her brother and hugs as tight as she can with limited strength. She laughs as he lifts his head and places numerous kisses on his face. she groans, pushing him away slightly when his weight presses on one of her wounds and the laughing strains her muscles.

Stiles apologizes as he slides off the bed and lifts her hospital gown to look at her wounds. The two other guests spin around as the gown is lifted. He lays the gown back down and covers her with the blanket before asking why her wounds weren’t healed. She doesn’t answer immediatly and reaches out for the Hales when they turn around. Peter goes first, cradling her face as he looks over her, making sure she’s okay.

She assures him that she’s alive and wraps her arms around him when he leans in to hug her. Derek is the last one to approach her. His touch is gentle, fingers barely touching her. She leans forward, as much as her injuries allow and presses her face into his open palm. His thumb caresses her cheek bone and her eyes flutter closed at the warmth.

“Molo wena omhle.” He whispers. Her eyes snap open at the words.

“Who taught you my mother tongue?” She asks, a large smile on her face.

“I taught myself.” He admits.

“Say it again.” She whispers.

“Molo wena omhle.” He repeats slowly, pressing his lips to her forehead. “I missed you.” He tells her before placing a kiss on her nose and pulling away.

“I heard that if they didn’t kick you out you would’ve never left my side.” She smiles as he looks away in embarrassment. “Where’s my dad?”

“On assignment, he left last night. I’ll call him for you.” Derek replies before the Argents enter the room.

Eisa holds out her hand for Allison and pulls the huntress closer when she takes it. Once she’s close enough Eisa lets go of her hand and lifts the bottom of her shirt. As she’s lookign at the place her wound was the wolf presses on her own wound and watches Allison grimace in pain. Derek pulls Eisa’s hand away from her stomach and leeches the pain. She then lets go of Allison’s shirt and looks at her brother before doing the same thing to her other wound. Stiles places a hand on his abdomen and grimaces. Derek grabs her other hand and hold her wrists in his hand.

She tells them she needs a cup, and one of Stiles bracelets. Stiles gets her what she needs and then she tells her wolf she needs her hands back. Derek is reluctant but eventually lets go and helps her sit up some more. The cup and Stiles bracelet sit on the tray in front of her. Eisa takes the the bracelet and holds it over the cup before crushing it. Powder falls from her hand into the cup before she flips her palm over. Exhaustion is catching up to her and her shift refuses to come forward so she could slice her palm.

Eisa looks at Derek and he doesn’t need to be told in order to understand what she’s asking. He takes one of his fingers, claw elongated and drags it across her palm. Blood leaks into the cup and she stops when she’s satisfied, allowing her wolf to wrap her hand in a bandage. She takes the straw from her cup of water and stirs the contents. When she’s done it’s a paste and she tells the two that they need to rub a layer of it over the spots they were wounded. They’re both slightly reluctant but listen to her regardless as a phone is placed against her ear.

“Derek? Is everything alright?” Deucalion asks on the other end.

“Molo Tata.” She greets, voice full of emotion as tears form in her eyes.

“Umntwana wam.” He responds, relief clear in his voice. “When did you wake up?”

“A couple hours ago.” She tells him. “When are you coming back home?”

“I’ll be there in a few hours.” He states.

“You should finish your assignment first, I’ll be here when you get back.” She assures him. “Just be safe.”

“Always. Ndiyakuthanda.”

“Ndiyakuthanda tata.”

+++

The New Year had passed and Eisa was still bedridden. Across town Sean hugs himself against the chill of the outdoors as he comes outside and calls for Willow, his cat. She doesn't respond to his call, so he heads back inside. He calls upstairs to his mother that he can't find the cat and goes to turn off all the lights. He looks around, feeling as if something is off. His mother hadn’t answered his calls and he announces that he's going to bed and heads upstairs. The house creaks, but Sean doesn't see anything out of place. When he gets into bed, he looks down and sees bloody paw prints on the carpet. He leans over the side of the bed and spots Willow hiding underneath it. After grabbing his desk lamp to shine some light under the bed, he slides onto the floor and sees that Willow is soaked in blood. Startled, he jumps up and suddenly hears the screams of his family being massacred.

He eventually builds up the nerve to open his door and looks into the dark hall. A figure walks through the hall, the moonlight illuminating him as it carries a tomahawk that drips blood. Sean slams his door shut and hides in his bathroom. The killer easily breaks through his bedroom door and stands outside the bathroom door to taunt him.

"Hello, Sean. I just killed your family. Do you want to die like them? Begging for your life or do you want to fight?" A mechanical voice speaks through a keyboard on his arm. He advises Sean to wrap his hand in a towel and break a mirror, so he has a piece of glass to fight with. Sean grabs a towel and wraps his hand, but he breaks open window instead. The killer rushes into the room to see Sean running down the street.

At Beacon Hills Hospital, a new doctor talks to Melissa about where they can make cuts. She says that the nursing staff is already too thin which wouldn’t help them. The doctor then points out that the hospital has seen a bizarre amount of damage, so they need to get money from somewhere. Melissa offers to pull some money from pediatrics but the doctor tells her to go home because her shift is over. As they’re standing in the hall, Sean stumbles into the ER with blood on his hands, having run all night, and collapses.

When Sean is taken care of and placed in a hospital room, Melissa and Sheriff Stilinski take a look at the bodies of Sean’s family in the morgue. The mother has multiple axe marks in her chest and Melissa says she understands now why Sean won't talk to the psychologist. His mother, father, and older brother were dead. The Sheriff wonders what Sean got away from, but Melissa corrects him.

"From who. These wounds weren't caused by claws and fangs. These are deep cuts, a combination of sharp and blunt force trauma." She informs him.

The Sheriff admits that that's what the medical examiner said but he wanted to be sure they didn't have to involve the boys. If it's a regular homicide, then maybe Scott and Stiles can have the day off from murder and massacres.

"When do we get a day off?" Melissa says and smiles a little.

+++

At the Sheriff’s station, Sheriff Stilinski tells Parrish that he doesn't want anyone else at the site of the murders. If he wants he can review the crime scene photos and give himself nightmares. However, Parrish insists that they're missing something.

"Yeah, and that's why Rafael McCall is bringing in an expert from Quantico who deals with exactly this kind of thing."

"You mean the US Marshal?"

The Sheriff doesn't know about any US Marshal. It turns out to be Braeden and she gets the police to give her the case file on the murders. Parrish decides to investigate on his own and leave the station to go to the crime scene. He sits outside the Walcotts' home looking through the crime scene photos. As he’s sitting there he sees someone move inside the house and goes to investigate.

What he finds is Lydia wandering around. She leads him through the house and says she'd try to explain it but she's never gotten a good explanation herself.

"Just an unusual habit of showing up at places where people have been brutally murdered?" He asks. He suggests that maybe she's psychic. She asks him if he really believes that.

"I keep an open mind. But if you're looking for dead bodies, I think you're a little late." He tells her.

Lydia focuses on a wood panel and sees screaming faces in the wood grain. She presses on the panel, and it opens with a gust of cloudy air. They open the door the rest of the way, and Parrish goes in first. They end up in a meat locker which the deputy thinks is for game, like venison. He goes up to one of the covered bodies and opens the zipper. What he finds instead are people inside, not venison.

+++

In Derek’s loft, Braeden puts her feet up on the coffee table, much to Peter’s annoyance.

"The table's Italian." He says.

"So are these boots." She replies, making Derek smile a little.

She asks if they're going to talk interior design and fashion or numbers. She watches as Derek looks at his own reflection in his sunglasses, clearly thinking about the new color of his eyes. Peter writes a number on a slip of paper and slides it over to her. She crosses it out, writes a new offer, and slides it back. Peter takes one glance at it.

"We're hiring you to find a possible witch, not assassinate the president."

She replies that the Calaveras already hired her to find the goblin terrorizing them which is connected to the witch. Going against them is what's going to cost them. Peter tries to make another offer, but she pushes it right back at him, and he gets up in disgust.

Derek picks up the slip of paper and tears it up. "We'll pay. Just find the witch. That's all we want."

Braeden agrees and gets up to leave, Peter follows her and throws the loft door closed in disgust.

"Are you insane?" He asks his nephew.

Derek replies that they didn't have a choice and that they've been looking for her for a week and have nothing. He gets up to look through a book on his desk.

"If we don't find out who got into our vault, we don't get those bonds back. What do you think I'm gonna do then, huh? Frame my clients?" He replies. "We got robbed, Derek. Robbed!" Peter grabs Derek to spin him around, and Derek grabs his wrist and roars in his face, showing his yellow eyes.

"Oh, that's a new look for you. What happened to your eyes?"

Still angry, Derek says, "I don't know. But I'm willing to pay to find out."

+++

Meanwhile at school, Scott and Stiles head out to the lacrosse field. Stiles assures Scott that he's still the team captain because he got his grades up like Coach wanted. Scott agrees, but Coach didn't tell him he was back on the team, just that he had to show up at tryouts. Stiles says they have bigger things to worry about.

"What are we going to tell Eisa?" He asks.

"I don’t think we should tell her anything." Scott replies. “I mean she’s still healing right?”

“She’ll find out eventually, she knows everything.”

Stiles then tells him that he doesn't want to add on to her worry, because they are trying to pay for the MRI. Apparently the Sheriff doesn't have insurance for medical bills and refuses to have any of the wolves pay.

"What the hell are we even doing here, anyway. We've got like 117 million problems, and worrying about our status on the lacrosse team is not one of them." Stiles says, more concerned about the Hales' robbery than anything else.

Scott looks at the boys practicing and tells Stiles that it is a problem now. There's a new kid playing goalie, and he's outstanding. Garrett tells Liam that he might be their first ever freshman captain. Stiles is as upset as Scott that they are outclassed and suggests they practice a little. After tryouts they both corner Liam in the locker room and ask him to explain his incredible skill.

"That little display, your little circus act."

Liam doesn't know what they're talking about. Stiles adds that he caught every shot. Liam points out that he was playing goalie and it’s his job as goalie to catch every shot. They switch tactics and ask him about moving to the area. He says he transferred from Devenford Prep. Scott listens to his heartbeat and hears a lie and guesses that Liam didn't so much transfer as was kicked out. Liam gets defensive and says that he just came to play lacrosse.

"Team could use a few good players, right?" He asks.

"No. No, we don't need any more good players." Stiles argues.

But Scott says that actually they do. Stiles then starts asking Liam whether he's always been this good or whether it just happened all at once overnight. He starts to ask about being in the woods on the night of a full moon, but Scott stops him. Liam explains that he learned lacrosse from his stepfather, who made team captain when he was a sophomore. He gets in Stiles' face and tells him that yes, he's just that good.

"He wasn't lying that time." Scott smiles.

+++

In math while Malia struggles with class and Lydia tries to help her, Stiles gets a text message about the axe murderer in town. After class, Stiles tells Scott and Kira, but Scott admits that he already knew about it.

"My mom called me. She knew we'd see it on the news."

"Perfect, let's go." Stiles says and turns to leave. However, Scott doesn't want to leave school to look into it because they have Econ next.

"Are you guys kidding me? There's a family-murdering axe murderer, we're not going to do anything about it?" Stiles complains. Kira thinks they should let the adults handle it. "So the two of you just wanna stay here, school, go to class. Never heard anything so irresponsible in my life." Stiles says, and walks away.

Scott reminds him to come to tryouts and as Stiles is walking away, he asks Kira if they can talk about the thing she wanted to talk about later. She agrees, and Scott gives her a quick kiss. Kira is stunned, but Scott doesn't realize what he did until he gets to Econ, and then panics.

Before tryouts, Scott explains to Stiles that when he kissed Kira in the hall, it was their first kiss since their real first kiss. Stiles thinks that’s good but Scott is upset because it wasn't a real kiss, it was the way you'd kiss your grandma.

"It was a chaste kiss." Stiles clarifies. Scott is freaking out and doesn't know what to do.

"Maybe I should text her."

"No. Just no with the texts." Stiles says.

Coach reminds everyone that it's an open tryout and all positions are open. Scott was under the impression that he was still captain, but that position is up for grabs, too. He claims the team needs to restart and rebuild.

"Greenburg, the one guy I actually wanted gone, was held back. Again."

Liam overhears Scott asking if he's still captain and finding out the answer is no. Stiles sees him smile at the news. Outside, Kira and Malia go to watch tryouts. Coach blows a whistle as the team finishes their run he calls all of them names. Stiles comes in last, barely able to breathe and falls down. Scott picks him up and Stiles asks who came in first, which turns out to be Liam, who is now doing push-ups.

"What is he? Like a were-cheetah? Does that even exist? Is that a thing?" Stiles wonders.

Scott thinks Liam is just that good. Stiles announces that he's going to puke and Scott takes him somewhere. Malia sniffs the air, presumably scenting out Kira's emotions, and asks her what's wrong with her. Kira claims it's nothing, but Malia tells her she reeks of anxiety and that it's distracting her, so she asks Kira to talk about it. The fox admits that she and Scott sort of had a thing happening and now she thinks maybe it was nothing.

“What do you want it to be?" Malia asks.

"More." Kira answers.

Stiles has difficulty even picking up a lacrosse ball with his stick and throws the ball right into the goalie's net, much to the amusement of his team. Liam is next and Stiles tries to comfort Scott by suggesting that maybe Liam is only good at being a goalie. Liam quickly proves him wrong and Stiles claims to hate Liam for being perfect. Scott says he doesn't have to hate him since they need new players.

"What about a new team captain?" Stiles asks, which concerns Scott.

Scott then tries to score, but he hits the edge of the goal with the ball instead. The friends continue to throw and miss the net completely while Liam rocks tryouts. Kira asks Malia if the captain is supposed to be one of the best players on the team. She’s experiencing embarrassed on behalf of them. Scott takes off his gloves and goes to talk to Stiles, who can't believe how badly he's doing.

"I feel actual physical pain watching you." He says to the alpha.

Scott is trying to not use any of his werewolf powers because he believes it’s cheating. Stiles acknowledges that but doesn't really have a problem with it because he doesn't want Liam stealing all of Scott's glory. Scott tries to say that he won't, but everyone the celebrates Liam scoring another point, so it's sort of hard to deny it. Scott lets a little power loose, and his eyes glow red.

Coach has Scott and Stiles cover the goal for two-on-ones. The spark suggests to Scott that maybe Liam is werewolf and therefore a cheater, so they'd just be cheating a cheater. Scott thinks he'd be able to smell it if Liam were and the two manage to do well at the two-on-ones. Kira gets excited to see them do well, and Malia smiles when Kira gets happy, even though she doesn't know what's going on.

Finally, they end up going against Liam and the freshman manages to get past both of them and score. Malia stands up and calls out for a do-over, betting Coach ten dollars that Liam won't score again. Scott rushes forward and tosses Liam into the air. The boy lands hard and breaks or sprains his ankle. Scott and Stiles rush him to the nurse while Coach yells at everyone to start running around the field.

He's so angry he picks up a lacrosse ball and throws it. It goes straight for Malia, but Kira catches it, gaining Finstock’s attention. He tells her to throw the ball back and she nails him in the chest, knocking him down.

"Someone ask her if she's ever played lacrosse!" He yells.

Once try outs are over, Scott runs up to Kira, who had been waiting for him in the hallway. She has a lacrosse helmet in her hands and Scott apologizes because they have to take Liam to the hospital. She tells him that she’s okay with them talking later and Scott apologizes for kissing her earlier. Kira was clearly hoping for something else. Scott leaves, but after a minute, he comes back.

"You know what? I'm not sorry." He says before kissing for real, and when they pull apart Kira asks him to text her later.

In the hospital, Melissa asks Sean if he's sure he doesn't want to eat something, and he manages to say yes. Melissa leaves only to find Scott and Stiles in the hallway with Liam. She puts him in a wheelchair and takes him away. Stiles tells Scott he's got to leave to help Malia study. Before he goes, though, Stiles tells Scott that Liam getting hurt isn't his fault.

"Scott, if you had used any wolf power, that kid wouldn't be limping, he'd be crawling. back to the other half of his body." Scott admits that if he hadn't been so worried about being captain then Liam wouldn't be hurt at all. "It's okay to want something for yourself every once in a while." His friend replies before leaving.

+++

The number of visits Eisa received were limited. After the second day of visits she had already grown tired of the pity in everyone’s eyes and told Melissa she only wanted her family and the Hale’s in the room. Eisa was currently sitting at the edge of her bed, hands holding Derek’s shoulders in a vice grip. She was trying to stand but the months stuck in bed had weakened.

“You don’t have to do this right now.” Derek tells her despite him still holding on to her waist to help her.

“Shut up and let me concentrate.” She huffs, moving slowly to stand.

Hands move down to her hips and her legs tremble once she’s up right. Derek takes a step back, encouraging her to take a step forward. They make it as far as the couch under the window, which was mainly Derek’s doing as Eisa nearly fell after the first step. When the back of his knees hit the couch Eisa tells him she thinks it’s time to take a break. He slowly sits down and guides her onto his lap.

“Done for the day?” He smiles, amused when she glares at him.

“Nysa wena.” She grumbles.

“That didn’t sound very nice.”

“It wasn’t.” She smiles, turning to look at him.

Their faces were inches apart, green eyes staring at hazel. The pressure of his thumb caressing her hip as the other ran up and down her back. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders, one moving down to rest on the side of his neck. Derek watches her, eyes roaming over her face. He leans forward, their eyes never leaving each other. Their breathes warm each other’s faces. The Hale continues to move forward, their lips ghosting over one another before the door bursts open and they’re forced apart.

“Great! I was hoping you were awake.” Scott beams before he’s smacked in the face by a pillow. Eisa laughs at him and looks at Derek who is proud of his accurate aim.

“I thought my visitation list didn’t include you.” Eisa sighed.

“It doesn’t but I have something important to ask you.” He replies. Eisa gestures for him to continue. “Do you know what a toe-co-low-”

“Finish that word and I’ll kill you.” Eisa interupts, pressing further against Derek. “Do you not understand what saying it’s name can do? Are you seeking death? Why do you want to know about the little one?” She demands, fingers digging into Derek’s shoulders as she presses further into him the closer Scott gets.

“Scott, stay over there.” Derek tells him, hands wrapping around Eisa to comfort her. Scott stops once he notices Eisa’s demeanor and takes a step back.

“Sorry.” He says sheepishly. “That’s what the Calaveras were looking for when we went to rescue Derek.” Eisa looks at Derek and the wolf avoids eye contact. “And then before you woke up there were Berserkers at the school and someone robbed the Hale vault.” He told her. “I just want to help, I need a way to stop the tok-the little thing.”

“You don’t understand do you?” Eisa asks. “It’s not just the little one you need to destroy, it’s the witch it’s attached to. The little one isn’t just some goblin, it isn’t born, it’s created by an igqirha. The igqirha takes a corpse and pierces its eyes and brain with a hot iron. The method keeps it from being able to see or think for itself, rendering it useless without the guidance of a witch. This shouldn't be mistaken as just a small creature, it’s dark, evil and lacks remorse. My mother wrote stories of the little ones, she depicted the carnage they left behind and listed the women they raped to sate their sexual appetite. As time passed they were no longer just used to terrorize, they’re used to seek vengeance and in order to be given one you must promise it the soul of a loved one. If one does not target you then you need to leave it alone.” She informs him.

“But other people are gettting hurt, people are dying.” Scott argues.

“Then let them die.” She growls. “I don’t have my magic anymore, I can’t fight a witch and one of the most powerful familiars my people have. If you choose to fight it then I can’t stop you but I won’t help you either. Just know that you will die.” She tells him, turning away to tuck her face into Derek’s neck.

Scott leaves after Derek tells him the conversation is over and makes his way down the hall where Liam's stepfather, the new doctor, checks out his ankle. Liam thinks it's broken and that it's his fault for trying to show off against juniors. He asks his stepfather if he's mad at him and he says no but they both might be in trouble with Liam's mom. Scott overhears their conversation as he waits outside the room.

He gets a frantic call from Lydia telling him to find Sean Walcott as Melissa goes into Sean's room to tell him that the Sheriff is coming to talk to him. Instead, she finds Sean eating a deputy.

"I couldn't help it. I'm so hungry. I'm just so hungry!" He yells at her, and his eyes glow white.

He has two rows of teeth, like a kanima. Melissa tries to run, but Sean tackles her and tries to drag her back into the room. Scott arrives and fights with Sean but gets thrown before the patient makes a run for it. Scott stops long enough to make sure his mom is okay.

"Go get that son of a bitch." Melissa says.

Liam hobbles out of his room because he heard either Scott roaring or Melissa screaming. Just then, Sean shows up and takes Liam up to the roof. Melissa gets up and makes her way to Eisa’s room where she finds Derek helping her back into bed. Derek helps the nurse to a chair as she tells them what just happened.

“It’s a wendigo.” Eisa tells her. “They’re cannibals. Did it bite you?” She asks. Melissa tells her it didn’t. “Good the human passing ones have saliva that can weaken flesh, it’s more potent the younger the wendigo is because they struggle to chew the first few years.”

Melissa panics as she tells them that Scott went after it but Eisa assures her that Scott will be fine.

Scott tries to talk Sean out of hurting Liam. He tries to tell him that he can help him but Sean is adamant that he can’t. Scott tries again but Sean tells him that wendigos don't need help, they need food. Scott attacks, and Liam gets thrown aside, sending him over the edge of the roof. Scott grabs for Liam and has both his arms at first, but the wendigo pulls Scott's arms behind his back.

Liam starts to slip, so the alpha bites him on the arm to keep him from falling. While Scott has his teeth in Liam's arm, the mute kills Sean with his tomahawk. Scott hauls Liam up easily and sees the mute as he's walking away. He holds a finger to where his mouth should be in a shushing motion. Liam groans and cries out in pain from the bite, and Scott slowly realizes what he's done.

Derek leaves Eisa’s room, the Stilinski sleeping peacefully. He returns to the loft after getting a call from Braeden and reads through the report she got. Behind him, she changes out of her Marshall uniform, but Derek doesn't turn to look.

"There's nothing in here about who could’ve stole my uncle’s money. This killer used an axe.”

"Actually, he used a military tomahawk." She corrects.

Derek vaguely glances over his shoulder and notes that that isn't in the report. He asks if she's going to tell him what else she knows. Braeden says that she isn't because she doesn't know much. He says that she knows something and she tells him that the problem is that the people she needs to talk to don't talk to people like Derek.

"You want me to wait for you?" He asks.

"I want you to trust me." She replies.

"Why would I trust you? I don't know anything about you?" He argues.

"Yeah, well I  know you. And I know what you really want. You want what was stolen from you. Briseann an dúchas trí shúile an chait. It mean that the true nature of someone is reflected in their eyes. In your case, the color of your eyes.

Derek thinks about what she says and then picks up her shotgun and tosses it to her.

"You get a week."

An hour later a helicopter flies over the hospital. The Sheriff and his deputies photograph the crime scene. Sheriff Stilinski asks Parrish to get everyone off the roof and stall the medical examiner for five minutes because he has an expert he wants to bring in.

“Isn’t Eisa still bedridden" Parrish asks.

“It’s not her.” He replies and just asks for five minutes.

The deputy isn't happy about it, but he rounds everyone up. As soon as everyone is off the roof, Derek appears behind the Sheriff looking at Sean’s body. The Sheriff reels from his sudden appearance and tells Derek to be quick. He tells Derek that Scott said Sean was a wendigo.

"Cannibalistic shape-shifters." Derek confirms. “Eisa confirmed but I haven’t heard of any in Beacon Hills for a long time. Must have been well-hidden.”

Derek picks up a scent on the air and turns around to investigate. He asks how many people Scott said were up there.

"Just Sean and the axe-murderer, who apparently had no mouth."

Mellisa apparently hadn’t included Liam’s involvement. Derek steps up to the ledge and spots blood. He says there was someone else. A young male. The Sheriff asks if Derek can smell his fear, and Derek says that and his blood.

+++

Stiles and Malia are in his room studying. She slams her book closed and crawls on top of him to kiss him. He stops her and says that he promised he'd help her study but they can go back to the kissing afterward. She opens her book again, and he asks her what she's doing with all the highlighters.

"Green is for the things I understand. Yellow is for 'I'm working on it.' And red means I have no clue. I'm mostly using red."

Stiles thinks about this a second and then looks over at his case board, which he's started again since the heist. She's using the same system he does to organize information. He smiles, moved that she's learned from him, and kisses her.

"Study first, remember?" She says as she pulls back.

Malia asks why math is impossible for her and easy for the rest of them. Stiles tells her that they usually use Lydia’s notes. Malia then says that somebody needs to give her notes on Lydia's notes because she doesn’t understand any of it. She shows him Lydia's notebook and Stiles looks through the pages and realizes that whatever Lydia wrote they aren't math. However, before he has a chance to go through it his phone starts ringing. It’s Scott.

The two rush into Scott’s house heading towards his bathroom. Stiles apparently talked to his father in Scott's place but didn't tell him about Liam. Stiles asks him what he did with him and the alpha says that he’s upstairs. They head up, and Scott reveals that he's duct-taped Liam and put him in the bath tub. Stiles is appalled and pulls the shower curtain back closed while Liam whimpers. He and Scott sit down on Scott's bed.

"So you bit him." Stiles says.

"Yeah."

"And you kidnapped him."

"Yeah."

"And then you brought him here."

Scott admits that he panicked, and Stiles asks if they're going to end up burying pieces of his body out in the desert. Liam hears them and whimpers some more. Stiles takes the opportunity to remind Scott that this is why he comes up with the plans, because Scott's plans suck. The wolf admits that he's right and asks Stiles what they should do.

They take Liam out of the bath tub and set him up on a chair, still bound with duct tape. Stiles tells him that if he screams when he takes the tapes off it's going right back on. Stiles prompts Scott to take the tape off Liam's mouth, but Scott doesn't move, so Stiles does it. Stiles starts to explain that Liam's seen a lot of confusing things tonight and more confusing things are going to happen because of the confusing things he's seen. Liam doesn't understand, so Stiles prompts Scott to tell him.

"Liam, what happened to you, what I did to you, which I had to do in order to save you, it's gonna change you."

"Unless it kills you." Stiles adds, and then immediately regrets it.

Liam starts to cry, and they both crouch down and try to make him stop. Scott tells him he's not going to die. Stiles is less firm on that point. Eventually, Scott decides to untie him. Liam gets up and shuffles around while they apologize long enough to grab hold of the chair he was sitting on. He hits Scott with it, effectively breaking it.

When Stiles starts to ask him what the hell his problem is, he punches Stiles in the face and runs. As he's running, he realizes that his ankle is healed. Scott and Stiles fly out into the hallway and barrel after him. There's a lot of screaming, and they tackle him down the stairs. Scott and Stiles wrestle trying to grab him, but Stiles only ends up grabbing Scott's leg while Liam escapes out the front door.

"Your plan sucked, too." Scott says.

“This is why Eisa does the planning.” Stiles nods, staring at the open door.

+++

In the loft, Peter turns off Derek's alarm system and calls out for him. He looks through some papers, and a tomahawk suddenly flies through the air and embeds into his chest, through the page he was reading. Peter drops to the floor, and the Mute steps out of the shadows. As he's gasping for breath, Peter again calls Derek's name. The Mute responds by telling him that Derek is next.

At that, Peter uses the strength he has and attacks the man, injuring him enough for him to run and Peter to collapse again. When Derek finally arrives he finds Peter on the ground. He extracts the tomahawk from Peter's chest and says it was laced with wolfsbane. Since he doesn't know the species they're going to have to burn it out. Derek flicks open a lighter in front of Peter.

"I think I can handle a little fire." Peter quips.

Derek makes a pleased face and then uses the lighter to light a blowtorch. Peter's face drops.

"Oh, hell."

Derek applies the blowtorch, and Peter screams. After it's done, he falls to the floor in agony, but Derek offers him a hand and pulls him up. Peter tells him that the Mute was after him. Derek asks how a gut with no mouth can talk and Peter shows him the glove with the keyboard that he was able to get.

They take awhile to figure out how to handle the situation and Derek ends up taking the glove to the Sheriff’s station to show Stilinski. Noah says he doesn't understand how the guy can have no mouth.

"I mean, how can he eat?" He asks. Derek takes a beat.

"Peter didn't get a chance to ask, He was fighting him off with a tomahawk buried in his chest," Derek sasses.

The Sheriff asks who runs around with a tomahawk just as Parrish walks into the office. The deputy says that he carried one for IED removal in Afghanistan.

"It's military. And so is that." Parrish adds, pointing to the glove.

Derek asks if he knows what the glove is used for, and Parrish says that it's been modified. Derek and the Sheriff exchange a look, before the Sheriff closes his door. They guide the deputy to the Sheriff’s laptop and have him see what he can get from the glove. With the pair watching him, he eventually gets an IP address from the device. While he's typing, the glove moves on its own and Parrish says the glove got a message and asks if anyone recognizes the name Benefactor. The message says: Money Transferred. Derek asks what that means.

"That means this guy's not just a killer. He's an assassin." Noah says.

After Parrish gives them the location from the IP address, Derek and the Sheriff head into the school. The Sheriff has his gun out, which amuses Derek. He tells Noah that just because the guy connected to the school’s wi-Fi doesn’t mean he’s still there. He agrees but states that he’s seen enough go on in the school to warrant keeping a gun in hand when walking in after dark. The Sheriff shines his flashlight around and spots a pool of blood.

Derek claims that doesn't make sense because he should’ve caught the scent before they walked in. Noah looks even more worried than before. Derek goes to open the door to the classroom, but the Sheriff stops him. He tells the wolf that him being nervous makes him nervous. He checks through the small window and then ushers Derek out of the way. The Sheriff opens the door very slowly, tugging on a trigger wire.

Derek crouches down to get a look and tells him it’s a claymore mine. Then Derek hears the sound of a tomahawk flying through the air and pulls the Sheriff out of the way. The Mute jumps from the staircase with a second tomahawk in hand. Derek begins to fight the Mute and disarms him. He manages to get the Mute's arms behind his back, and Sheriff Stilinski comes up and points a gun into his face.

"You have the right to remain silent." The Sheriff says.

Derek rolls his eyes and as he's reading off his Miranda rights, Peter comes into the hallway. He starts running at them. Derek shoves himself and Noah out of the way as Peter attacks. Peter slashes at the Mute until he’s dead and tears off a piece of flesh where his mouth should be. The Sheriff looks at Peter, completely annoyed as he gets up and Peter wipes off his hands.

“We could’ve done things differently.” Derek sighs.

“Would you be saying that if it was Eisa he went after?” Peter argues.

“I’m going to tell her you charged at her dad with intent to kill.” Derek replies, deflecting the question.

“Don’t do that!” He panics, eyes wide with the sense of betrayal.

+++

The next morning in Biology class, Kira asks Lydia if she's looking at her math notes on her laptop.

"No wonder Malia's failing." She says, as the code streams across the screen.

Lydia says that some of it is her notes but the rest might be a code. She, of course, doesn't remember writing it. She thinks she should try to figure out what it means before it tries to kill them. Kira suggests that it could be Enigma Code but Lydia thinks it’s a variation of the Vigenère Cipher.

“Do you know how to crack it?” Kira asks

“With a key.” Lydia replies.

Just then Lydia’s mom dangles a set of keys in front of her face.

"Remember the rules. No more than six people allowed in the lake house. Stay out of the wine. And if anything gets broken it's getting added to your credit card debt." She also tells her to lock up the basement because there were a lot of scratches on the walls like a pack of wild animals got down there.

Garrett, Violet, and Mason Hewitt, Liam’s best friend get off the school bus. Garrett complains that he's not watching another movie on a Friday night. Mason points out that they're freshmen and they're not going to be hitting clubs until 4am. Violet settles on a movie at Mason's at nine and Liam comes running up as Garrett and Violet leave. Mason asks him why he wasn't on the bus, and he says he ran to school from home, all 3 miles.

He points out that this must mean his leg is okay, but then he asks about the wound on Liam's arm, where Scott bit him. Liam starts breathing heavily and looks ill. When he glances up, he sees Scott watching him. Liam tells Mason that he has to get to class and hurries away from Scott.

In the hallway, Stiles and Scott corner him, and Scott asks him to listen. Liam waits, and Scott says that they’re brothers now. However, Scott doesn't sound like he believes it which has Stiles rolling his eyes.

"What are you talking about. We just met and you bit me." Liam says.

"The bite is a gift." Scott attempts. Stiles nearly rolls his eyes out of his head at how disingenuous he sounds and pleads for him to stop. Stiles tells Liam that they're trying to help him.

"By kidnapping me?" Liam asks.

"Just to clarify, Scott kidnapped you." Stiles clarifies. "I aided and abetted."

Scott tells Liam that something is happening to him, something big, but he doesn't say what it is. Liam insists that nothing is happening to him and rips the bandage off his arm, revealing that the wound is healed.

During a break at school, the pack meets out by the buses. Malia says that she's not sharing her

basement with Liam. Lydia clarifies that it's her basement and her mom noticed how she tore it up last time. Their plan is to use the boathouse for Liam because they can chain him to a support beam. Kira asks how they plan to get Liam to the boathouse if he doesn't trust them.

Stiles suggests chloroforming Liam and throwing him in the lake if it keeps him from murdering anyone. Malia supports the plan but Scott says they're not killing or kidnapping him. In turn, Lydia suggests they lie to him and tell him there's a party and invite him up. They get Kira to agree to be a vixen and be the one to invite Liam.

Once the plan is in motion, Kira walks down the steps as Liam and Mason leave class. She successfully pulls the freshman’s attention but halfway down the steps, she falters and falls on her face. Liam rushes over to see if she's okay. She tells him that she is and smiles as she asks if he wants to go to a party.

That night, Kira drives Liam up to Lydia’s lake house, which belonged to her grandmother. In the car, Liam is having trouble with the loud music. He asks her to turn it down, but it was already down, so Kira turns it up a little. Liam gets a text from Mason asking where he is and Liam tells him about the party. Meanwhile, Scott pulls up to the lake house to find Lydia, Malia, and Stiles waiting.

Stiles looks concerned, so Scott immediately says that Kira reported the plan was going fine. That isn't what Stiles wants to talk about. He tells him that he asked around and found out why Liam was kicked out of his last school. He had a problem with one of his teachers and destroyed the his car with a crowbar and carved ‘This Is Your Fault’ into the side.

“The Kid’s got some serious anger issues.” He says.

In Kira’s car, Liam glares at his reflection as the full moon starts to affect him. They get to the lake house and Liam immediately notices that no one is there. Kira tells him that everyone is there but it's a small party but that wasn't Liam's understanding of everyone. Kira lies again claiming that everyone else is late and they're early. She takes Liam's arm and walks inside with him. As soon as he walks in the door and sees Stiles and Scott he knows he's been tricked. Kira closes the door behind them and won't let him out. Stiles tells him to think of it like an intervention because he has a problem.

"And we're the only ones that can help." Scott adds.

The pack gives Liam the rundown of what they are.

“Werewolf. Werecoyote. Banshee. Fox?” Liam lists.

"Kitsune." Kira corrects. Liam then asks Stiles what he is.

"Uh, for a little while, I was being controlled by a coven of witches.” Stiles shrugs. Liam doesn't completely believe him and Stiles doesn’t try to defend himself.

“What are you now?”

“Better?” Stiles replies awkwardly.

Liam sees the restraints and asks if those are for him. Malia admits that they're for her and flashes her eyes. The teen asks how she did that and Scott assures him that he'll learn but he needs to get through the full moon first. Liam points out that the moon is already out and Scott asks if he's starting to feel something.

"I feel like I'm surrounded by a bunch of psychotic nutjobs." Liam starts shouting and getting angrier and collapses from a loud sound.

Outside, cars pull up to the house and Lydia asks who he told. Liam admits that he told Mason because Kira said there was a party. As a result, Mason invited everyone. Liam starts to shift, and his nails scratch the hardwood floors. Lydia orders them to get Liam off the floors before he ruins them before Scott and Kira hurry Liam to the boathouse. Malia starts to shift as well, and Stiles hurries her into the basement. Before they leave, the Banshee asks Stiles what she's supposed to do with the horde gathering outside.

"Lydia, who throws the best parties in Beacon Hills?" Stiles asks.

"What? Me, obviously." She replies, incensed.

"Okay. Then throw a party!" Lydia is not amused but opens the doors anyway.

In the boathouse, Scott and Kira struggle to chain Liam down. Before Kira can chain Liam's hands, Liam breaks free and knocks Scott back. Liam is about to claw at Scott when Kira hits him with a paddle and knocks him out. Meanwhile in the basement, Stiles puts the restraints on Malia. He asks her if it's too tight, but she tells him to tighten it. The coyote tells him that he can leave, but Stiles says he isn't going anywhere.

"To be honest, I'm probably safer down here than at a party with fifty freshman and a very pissed off Lydia."

Upstairs, Demarco rolls a keg of beer into the kitchen. Lydia claims she didn't order a keg, especially not domestic and the delivery guy asks if no one there really doesn't want to drink. She looks around and picks up a wine glass off her laptop. Before snatching a bottle of wine from Garrett’s hands. Lydia asks Demarco for the bill and wonder what the extra hundred dollars is for. He claims its compensation for looking the other way concerning their ages. Lydia glances around and sees Mason heading upstairs. She tells the guy she'll get him some cash and hurries to catch up to the freshman. While she's gone, Garrett pays for the keg.

Outside, Scott and Kira watch Liam now that they've got him chained to a beam. Kira comments on how young he looks and Scott says he's only fifteen. She asks what they're going to do with him, and Scott says they'll help him.

"What if he doesn't want our help?"

"He will."

Back in the basement, Malia begs Stiles to leave. He insists that he's not going to leave her. She asks him what’ll happen if she hurts him and he tells her that isn’t going to happen. She tells him that she wants to. She looks at his face and wants to slash it, tear at it, and feel his bones crack between her hands. Stiles isn't particularly shaken by her words and says she's not the first person to tell him something like that. He’s also lived with Eisa his whole life and she’s a lot scarier. He tells her that he's not leaving her and isn't going to let her hurt anyone. She starts to break through the restraints and says that he's not going to have a choice.

On the street, Demarco heads out to his car only to find that his tire is flat. He starts getting angry and holds his head like he's getting a headache. His hands begin to shift as claws elongate and eyes glow yellow. To control himself he repeats a buddhist mantra, "Three things cannot be long hidden. The sun, the moon, the truth." His shift retract and he drops to his knees. Violet then appears behind him and strangles him with a garrott. She hits a button on the garrott which heats it, and the cord severs Demarco's head. She takes a picture on her phone as proof and then heads back to the party. She finds Garrett, who says their friend just sent him a text. The Benefactor deposited money in their account.

Mason looks for Liam upstairs and Lydia follows him into a very white room and asks what he's doing up there. He says he's looking for Liam, and the Banshee claims that missing freshman are low on her priority list. The freshman then points out that he can't be so low if she knows he's a freshman. Lydia grabs two wine glasses and tries to hurry Mason out, but she drops the glasses with red wine. She drops to her knees and starts trying to clean the carpet with her shirt. Mason assures her that the wine will come out and asks her if the carpet's valuable.

She says nothing in the house is valuable and starts to cry. In tears, she explains to him that they put the house on the market and everything has to be in perfect condition to sell for enough. Mason offers to get some club soda and salt and assures her that it will come out. He gets up to leave, and when the door closes behind him, all the sounds from downstairs stops. Curious, Lydia opens and closes the door to test it and realizes the room is soundproof.

She turns to observe the room which is just a lot of empty space and only a few pieces of furniture. She's drawn to the turntable and turns it on. What comes out isn't music, just noise and clipped voices. When she looks up at the blank wall in front of her, faces start to press through the surface.

Meanwhile, Scott and Kira sit out at the boathouse. Scott turns and says he can hear the music from the house. They're playing electronic and Kira says that she wishes they played slow songs at parties because she's better at slow dancing.

Scott smiles and asks her to dance, playing a song on his phone. Kira looks at Liam, still chained and asks about him. Scott tells her that he can dance with him next time. As they dance Kira asks Scott how he's so good at staying in control on a full moon. He explains that he has to make sure his pulse doesn't get too fast. He claims to not be easily distracted and Kira tests that by kissing him to see if she can make him lose control. She manages to make his eyes glow. She also says she heard him growl, but Scott looks over at Liam.

"That wasn't me." He says.

Liam is awake and shifted. Kira asks if the chains will hold him and Scott says they will, but Liam breaks out easily. He runs at them, then leaps through the window and heads out into the woods. At the same time, Malia breaks one of her restraints, and Stiles jumps back out of her reach. He tells her to listen to his voice and Malia tells him to run. Stiles tells Malia that he's not going to run because he doesn't think she's going to hurt him.

"And I think that maybe you're so afraid of hurting me because of what you did to your family." He tells her that he knows what it's like. He remembers being controlled by the witches. "And the worst part is I remember liking it. Because I felt powerful. I felt fearless. And most of all, in control. But when I came through it, I learned something else…Control is overrated."

Stiles unlocks the remaining restraint on her wrist. She lunges at him but quickly backs down as she shifts back into a human. Stiles brushes the hair from her face and tells her she did it, hugging each other in relief.

Liam runs through the woods with Scott on his trail. Liam tackles him and shoves Scott up against a tree. He demands to know what Scott did to him.

"This is your fault! This is all your fault! This is your fault!" Liam is about to slash Scott when Chris Argent shoots a flash bomb arrow into the tree above them.

Liam runs, and Scott spots Chris.

"How did you know?" Scott asks as Chris comes to him.

"Eisa called me." Chris replies.

He doesn’t saying anything else on the matter before he explains to Scott that he's arranged a clearing to the north that will contain Liam. All Scott has to do corral him there. The alpha asks what Chris is going to do.

"He's your beta, Scott. The better question is, what are you gonna do?”

Scott complains that Liam isn't listening to him, so Chris suggests that Scott start using his own words rather than Derek's. Scott takes off after Liam and finds him trapped between four sonic emitters. Scott turns them off as he approaches and Liam looks up at him.

"What's happening to me?" The boy asks.

"The same thing that happened to me." Scott replies.

Liam cries that his mom and step-dad can’t know what’s goign on with him. He can’t do it to them again. Scott asks what he means and Liam tells him that he deserved to get kicked out to school. He’s embarrassed by the way they looked at him when they saw what he did to the teachers car. he doesn't want them to see him as he is now, unable to get the word out.

“Like a monster.” Scott finishes for him. He stands, looking down at Liam as he proclaims that he’s not a monster, he’s a werewolf. “Like me.” He says, eyes glowing red.

At the party, Kira looks for Lydia and finds her staring at a wall in the white room. The record was almost completely played through and Kira asks what she hears. Lydia tells her she hears the key to break the code. She brings up her notes on her computer and types the keyword to decrypt them. Allison. The text decrypts into a list of people's names including Scott, Derek, Lydia, Kira and Sean Walcott, the wendigo.

"What is this?” Kira asks.

"It's a list of supernaturals in Beacon Hills. It's the Deadpool. And we're all on it."

CIPHER KEY: ALLISON

Total Worth: $68,250,00 

Sean Walcott - 250k

David Walcott - 250k

Michael Walcott - 250k

Christina Walcott - 250k

Lydia Martin - 20m

Scott McCall - 25m

Demarco Montana - 250k

Derek Hale - 15m

Carrie Hudson - 500k

Kayleen Bettcher - 250k

Kira Yukimura - 6m

Elias Town - 250k

Chapter Text

A girl runs throughout the high school campus, breathing hard. She jumps over railing and stops behind some buses. Her hand has been cut off at the wrist and is smoking. Violet casually walks towards the buses, thermo cut wire necklace in hand. The girl’s eyes turn yellow as she hides in one of the buses and repeats a mantra, “The Sun, The Moon, The Truth”. Violet enters the bus and the girl manages to fight her off, momentarily escaping the bus. She flags down a car and gets in. The driver, Garett, offers her an escape then laughs at her before stabbing her.

+++

In his room, Stiles is organizing what they currently know about the assassinations using a transparent dry-erase board. He notes that the Walcotts are the first assassinations that they are aware of. Sean, his brother, and their parents were killed by a professional assassin called The Mute. The weapon used was a military grade tomahawk. Luckily for them, the Mute was killed by Peter after he tried to kill Derek with a Claymore mine.

Parrish had went in and successfully disarmed it, using his military training. Next is, Demarco Montana who delivered a keg to the party at Lydia’s lake house. Scott and Chris were the ones to find him decapitated outside his car. Scott thinks that Demarco was part of a pack considering the scent, but Chris Argent says that if he was the pack would be looking for him. And lastly, twenty-three year old Carrie Hudson who was stabbed and dumped on school grounds.

Scott and Stiles explaining the deadpool to the Sheriff and show him the first part of the list. They tell him that Lydia found the list after she used her banshee powers to transcribe it. Allison’s name was the cipher key that broke a third of the list but they don’t know why. Lydia was still at the lake house trying to find the other two keys the way she did the first, with the record player. Malia and Kira are with her and they decide that she needs to take a break and turn the player off.

Stiles has a copy of the deadpool on his investigation board and crosses off the names of those who have been killed. So far six out of twelve people on the list have been killed. The Walcotts and Demarco were each worth $250,000 and Carrie was worth $500,000. Noah asks if Scott and Stiles were aware of Demarco and Carrie, or if they’re familiar with Kayleen Bettcher or Elias Town, the only other names on the list that the Sheriff isn’t familiar with. Scott says that he doesn’t know them, but Deaton told them that the Nemeton would draw supernatural creatures to Beacon Hills.

The Sheriff points out that Beacon Hills has a population of just under 30K and Beacon County closer to 500K. That means there could be a lot of supernatural creatures out there on the hit list. Scott says that there’s definitely a limit, because the price for each person should add up to the $117M taken from the Hales. Stiles writes onto the list that the three digit numbers are thousands of dollars and the single or double digits are millions. Stiles writes onto his board that the person financing the murders is the benefactor.

The Sheriff repeats back what he’s heard, and Stiles points out that some people are being stabbed as well. Scott reveals that the assassin could have predicted Demarco’s appearance at the lake house because everyone knows that he delivers kegs to teenagers for a little extra cash. Noah is less than thrilled to hear that but they come to the agreement that a student at the party killed Demarco.

+++

Violet and Garrett walk into the school and Violet says that she wants to start targeting people worth seven figures. Ken follows Kira through the school, attempting to nudge her into telling him something important that she forgot. When he says that it’s exceptionally important and she assumes that he knows about what’s happening with the deadpool and says that she was avoiding it keep her parents from worrying. Ken tells her that he was actually referring to her joining the lacrosse team, pulling out her New Jersey. She takes it from him, pretty much telling him to forget what she said and walks off.

In the weight room, Mason is talking to Liam as he lifts free weights. Liam is obviously distracted as he keeps adding weight to a bench press machine, wondering why it still feels so light. Mason tells him that the housing development that Garrett supposedly lives in is literally still in development with no houses, therefore Garrett is obviously not telling them something. Liam adds more weight as Mason starts describing him as acting strange, running to school, disappearing at parties, and apparently on steroids. The line about steroids gets Liam’s attention, and Mason asks if he’s seriously going to lift the ridiculous amount of weight that he has on the machine.

Mason asks him if he’s okay, and he insists that he is, even though they’re going to play his old school, Devenford Prep, in the scrimmage that night. Liam enters the locker room pissed and notices that his lacrosse stick is no longer in his locker. He hears a strange noise on the other side of the room, and walks over to see Derek Hale holding his stick. Derek ask if it’s his before snapping it in half and tossing the halves at his feet. Liam shifts and charges at Derek, but Derek easily pins him to the lockers at the neck.

Scott then walks in, calling Liam’s name until he shifts back to human. Derek comments on his anger before letting go of him. Scott gives him back his actual stick before the bell rings and Scott makes him go to class. Liam glares a Derek one more time before he goes. Scott sighs before asking Derek why he’s smiling, and Derek grins at him, telling him that he’ll be good at being an alpha.

Scott argues that he’s totally unprepared and says that he could use training manual on being an Alpha. Derek thinks that the anger will make him strong, but also dangerous. Scott was hoping to focus on school again this semester, but now with the witch, a new beta, and a deadpool that won’t be possible. Derek then asks if Lydia can get the second key.

Lydia stares at a piece of paper, pencil in hand as Malia hovers over her shoulder. Lydia has yet to touch the pencil to the paper, and Malia is anxious about it because she knows that she could be on another part of the list. The Banshee tells her to sit down and she does, opening a book as Lydia tries again. She makes one mark on the paper before the coyote has the idea that they should maybe get help from another banshee; Meredith Walker.

In Coach Finstock’s lecture on economic disparity, Stiles is flipping through full sheet photos of the various murders that have taken place. Coach notices the photos and hits Stiles’ desk with a lacrosse stick before making a sarcastic comment. Stiles isn’t very concerned about it, but as he goes to put the photos away he notices that the pattern on the end of the lacrosse stick is similar to a mark he saw on one of the bodies. Scott realizes that Stiles has figured something out, and Stiles states that the student killer is a lacrosse player.

Scott, Stiles, and Kira take the ends off of all of the school’s lacrosse sticks hoping to find the stick that’s been converted into a weapon, but Scott states that it’s pointless since most of the team plays with personal gear. Kira suggests trying to get the game canceled, but Scott says that the game is the best way to catch him red handed. Stiles points out how little they really know about the deadpool other than the names on the first sheet, and agrees with Kira on trying to stop the game. Scott shakes his head saying that he’s not afraid. Kira’s not either, but Stiles says that he’s terrified although he’s not on the list. He emphasizes that these are assassinsthat they’re dealing with this time, and they don’t know what they’re really going against.

“Maybe you should tell Eisa what’s going on.” Isaac says as he walks up to them, Erica and Boyd following. “The twins already told Deucalion about what’s going on.”

“I don’t want to involve her.” Stiles says. “She can barely walk on her own right now.”

“Yeah, but what if she’s on one of those lists. Derek gets kicked out once visiting hours end and we’re at school during the day so if something happens she should be prepared.” He reasons.

“I hate that you’re right.” Stiles grumbles.

In a classroom, Violet is preparing a rare wolfsbane mixture for Garrett to use during the game at one of the labs. She says that if you only nick him, it’ll work fast, even on an Alpha. She tells him she still doesn’t understand why they’re not going after Scott. Garrett says it’s because the Argents and entire covens entire went after McCall and he was the one left standing. Garett triggers the blade on his lacrosse stick and Violet puts the prepared wolfsbane mixture on it.

+++

Mason chases after Liam who had walked outside to where the players from Devenford Prep are getting off of the bus. Liam immediately approaches Brett, who he apparently has history with, and tries to smooth things over, wishing him a good game. However, Brett and his friends laugh and make a joke about anger management. Scott and Stiles arrive and watch from the back, worriedly. Brett swears that the team is going to break him in half out there.

Scott notices that there’s blood dripping for Liam’s clenched fist. Before the a lpha rushes forward someone steps in between the two players. Stiles realizes who it is immediately and watches as she steps closer to Brett. The Devenford player stares at her as Scott finally rushes forward with Stiles and they drag Liam away. Turning around, Eisa follows the three inside. She doesn’t move as fast as them, depending on a cane to keep her upright.

In the locker room, Stiles and Scott hold Liam under a shower until he’s under control. Liam explains that he was benched for the entire season because of red cards, and that’s why he attacked the coach’s car. Eisa finally walks in and sits on one of the benches as the three talk. Scott and Stiles know that he’s not telling them something. He hesitantly explains that after he was kicked out of school he was forced to go see a psychologist, and he was diagnosed with Intermittent Explosive Disorder.

“I.E.D? You’re literally an I.E.D? That’s great. That’s great.” Stiles says. “You gave powers to a walking time bomb!” He shouts. In the next moment Eisa’s cane is embedding the wall beside his head. He looks at Eisa in shock.

“You’re a Spark with ADHD, idiot, you aren’t any better.” She huffs.

“You’re her.” Liam breathes in awe. “You’re Eisa Stilinski.”

“The goddess of Beacon Hills High, The scariest person in school, yadda yadda yadda. Yes that’s me.” She replies, giving him a little wave.

“Why aren’t you in the hospital?” Stiles asks.

“Peter snuck me out for a field trip.” She says with jazz hands. “Imagine my surprise when he told me about everything that was going on and then the Nemeton told me Scott made himself a little beta.”

“We were going to tell you.” Scott starts.

“No you weren’t.” She interrupts before carefully standing, hand placed over one of her wounds as she walks towards the cane still in the wall. She pulls it out, taking a few deep breathes when the movement irritates her wounds. “If either dad calls tell them I’m at the Argent’s apartment.” She says, dropping two bracelets beside Liam before walking away.

When she’s gone Scott goes back to Liam’s condition and asks if he was given medicine for it. He replies that he has a prescription for Risperdal, an antipsychotic, but he doesn’t take it because it makes him too sleepy for lacrosse. Scott then suggests that he stays out of the game which Liam doesn’t want to do, stating that he can do it if Scott’s there. Scott explains that regardless of his control during the game, Scott and Stiles also think that the killer is on the team, and Liam reveals that Garrett paid for the keg, and is on the team.

+++

At the lacrosse game Kira suggests that they should do something, but Scott says that they’re not totally sure it’s Garrett. Stiles arrives on the phone with his dad, asking why he’s not already at the game. They wanted him there in wake of a possible murder attempt. However, on his way out, Parrish stops Noah, telling him that he found someone walking from the coast to the high school. It’s Meredith, looking for Lydia.

The Devenford Prep players prepare for the game and Liam tells Mason that he thinks he can take Brett. The beta catches his friend checking out Brett as he changes his shirt. Mason eventually admits that he thinks Brett is hot despite trying to cheer up his friend.

“I think you could definitely take him...and then give him to me.” He says, pulling a laugh from Liam.

On the other side of the campus, Derek opens the Hale vault with Chris. Eisa stands with the hunters arm wrapped around her, keeping her upright. They had protested having her tag along but Eisa was stubborn and they knew it. Derek shows Chris the vault while also keeping an eye on Eisa who was roaming the room. The wolf shows Argent the safe as they try and figure out how it could’ve easily been opened.

“You should also find the witch who took Derek’s eyes.” Eisa said from across the room. Derek turns to her, eyes turning yellow and asks how she knew. “I may not have magic but the Nemeton still speaks to me. When a beta is created, when a supernatural creature is in trouble and when I’m in trouble. It talks and talks and talks. It never shuts up and even if all of you would’ve kept everything that’s going from me I would’ve known anyways.”

“Is it talking right now?” Chris wonders.

“It never shuts up.” She breathes. “Do you even know how often a supernatural being is killed or how often a beta is bitten? My coma wasn't silent. I could hear all of you talking to me, I could hear the doctors and nurses but right next to all of that I heard her over and over again.”

“She woke you up.” Derek says.

“No, uThixo woke me up because I’m the only one who can help.” She tells them, walking back towards the safe to close it.

The two watch as she locks it and then easily unlocks it. She tells them that the Nemeton doesn’t just speak to a person, its a channel. Anything and everything with magic is connected to the Nemeton and its branches. She suspects that when the Hale’s fell someone spoke of the safe in their rage and reached someone who decided to take everything into their own hands.

“The witch.” Derek starts. “At first, I just thought it was her trying to revert me to my past but I started to lose something else. First my sense of smell…I’m losing my power.” He reveals which pulls a sigh from Eisa who closes the safe again to lean on it.

“You need salt.” She says. “That’s how you poison the little ones and I’m going to need a hellhound.”

“Where do we find one of those?” Chris asks.

“The Sheriff’s station.”

+++

Scott tries one last time to convince Coach that Liam shouldn’t play because of his leg. On the field just as Brett yells for Liam to think fast and throws a ball at Liam who is standing on the sidelines and catches it with supernatural speed. The display tells Coach he’s definitely good to play. The sudden sound of applause pulls their attention. Everyone turns to see Eisa walking towards the field while holding onto Allison.

The entire town had known about the Stilinski’s coma, the story of how she got there also spreading. Fundraisers were hosted in her name while she was in the hospital and the community worked to help her father and Stiles during everything. Players from both teams begin talking amongst eachother, freshman in awe that they’re seeing her and devenford in awe as the put a face to the stories they’ve heard. When they get to the benches Coach approaches her and asks if she needs anything.

“Stairs hurt, I just need a place to sit.” She smiles before he holds out his arm for her to take.

The Argent follows as Finstock helps her sit down on one of the benches. Stiles slides in beside her to keep other players away and then lifts her shirt slightly to look at her bandages. Coach smacks his hand away before he can.

“Wha’ Coach this is my sister!” He exclaims before Eisa tells him it’s okay and Stiles goes back to looking at the bandages. “Are you sure you should be here?” He asks once Coach walks away.

“I’ll be fine.” She assures him before he gets up to play. Allison takes the empty space.

On the field, Kira and Scott agree that she’ll watch Garrett if he watches Liam. While Scott asks Brett begin the face-off the alpha asks Brett to hold off on his revenge for one night. Brett refuses before plowing into Liam and eventually scoring a goal. Liam tries to charge at the players and Scott and Stiles hold him back. Allison looks at Eisa when she hears her rumbling and Liam’s head tilts in her direction before he stops struggling against Scott and Stiles.

“That’s the one Scott bit?” Allison asks her.

“Yeah, he’s got a lot of anger makes it hard to control. Derek said Scott is gonna be a good alpha but he can’t help that type of anger.” She tells the two.

“But you can.” She points out.

“I’m injured not powerless, doesn’t matter how new a wolf is, instinctively all wolves know when someone has more power than them and I have more than Scott, hence him listening to me.” She explains before the game continues.

At the second face-off Stiles gets the ball and passes to Kira, who freezes momentarily before she starts running toward the goal. Coach yells for her to pass, but she shoots instead, scoring the goal. Scott smiles, but Coach benches her, telling her that this is a scrimmage and the point is teamwork, not scoring. Garrett walks by making faces at Scott, and he realizes that he may have gotten a little distracted.

During the next play there’s a bad hit before Liam, Brett, and another player goes down. Scott asks how hard he hit the player and Liam says that he was hit, not the other way around, the alpha then resets his broken arm. Brett is still on the ground wailing in pain, and Garrett retracts the blade in his crosse. Eisa notices, watching the blade retract before looking at Brett getting taken away.

“Brett.” She whispers, watching the teens head tilt in her direction. “Nod if you can hear me.” He nods. “You’re the current mark. You need to fight through whatever you may have been laced with and don’t get killed. Nod if you understand.” He nods again before she loses sight of him.

“Is he a wolf?” Allison wonders, looking in the direction Brett was taken.

“Has your combat improved since I’ve been comatose?”

“I took on the twins and won.” She informs her.

“Good, now I need you to follow those players and fight an assassin going after Brett.”

“Dad told me to stay with you.” She argues.

“If anyone comes after me they won’t get very far, I have an entire field of people that’ll go after them. Just go.” She says before handing her the cane she’s been using. “In case you need a weapon.”

Allison nods and runs off towards the locker rooms. She’s surprised when Erica takes Allison’s place. Isaac stands beside her other side and Boyd stands behind her. She tells them they shouldn’t be out since they might be on one of the lists but they tell her that her safety matters more to them. She notes that Boyd is wearing lacrosse gear as well as Isaac and tells them that if they end up on the field they need to stay away from Garrett at all costs.

During a time out, Liam finds Kira and Scott, telling him that Coach has decided to keep him out for the rest of the game. Stiles tells them that another third of the list has been broken, and Liam still isn’t on it, but someone Brett is.

Meanwhile, paramedics are unconscious on the floor while Brett crawls across the locker room. He asks Violet what she did to him, and she tells him that he was cut him with a poisoned blade. He asks why she’s after him and she reveals that he’s worth a lot of money. She takes off the thermal wire necklace and turns on the heat before wrapping it around his neck. She doesn’t get very far before she’s being kicked in the side.

Brett is able to pull the wire over his neck and crawl further away before passing out. Allison fights Violet and Scott runs into the building to see Brett on the floor. Violet is able to kick Allison away and runs up behind the Alpha, picking her wire up and wrapping it around his throat. Scott startles for a moment before shifting and pulling the wire away from his neck, pulling it off completely. The hunter gets back on her feet and comes up behind the assassin, wrapping her arm around her neck. Violet losses consciousness and Allison drops her to the ground just as Stiles runs into the locker room. Scott tells him to call his dad and Allison tells them they need to get Brett to Deaton.

“How did you even know what was going to happen?” Scott asks.

“Eisa told me.” She shrugs.

Just then, the Hale betas walk in with Eisa and she tells everyone that she called Derek. It doesn’t take long for him to arrive and Boyd helps him get Brett while Stiles holds onto Eisa and they all walk out.

At the clinic they get him on the table before the beta starts to seize, yellow foam leaving his mouth. Derek, Stiles and Boyd try to hold him down so Deaton can make an incision. Stiles asks what’s happening to him and Deaton says that he's been poisoned by a rare wolfsbane. As they struggle to hold him, Stiles sarcastically asks Derek and Boyd to apply a little werewolf strength.

"Yeah we aren’t the only ones here with "werewolf strength". Derek glares.

“He’s also a born wolf.” Eisa interjects off to the side. “Boyd is strong but bitten are no match for born especially Brett, he comes from a strong pack.”

The two continue to struggle while Deaton tells them that if they can't hold Brett still the incision might kill him. The wolf jerks and throws both Stiles and Derek off. Brett gets up and starts to run, but his path leads to Eisa and she grabs him by the neck, walking him back towards the table. Peter walks in just as Eisa roars in Brett’s face and the wolf immediately goes lax. He rushes forward when Eisa stumbles back, nearly falling and guides her to a chair.

Stiles approaches Brett and claims that he’s not breathing. Deaton stands on the other side and cuts the center of Brett’s chest, releasing a puff of yellow gas. Derek looks down at the claw marks on his arm, which aren't healing. Peter and Eisa notice, watching his wound heal, and Derek looks relieved to know he hasn’t lost that. Deaton says that Brett will be okay but probably unconscious for a while. Brett starts to mutter something and after a few seconds it's loud enough for Deaton to recognize as a mantra: the sun, the moon, the truth. Deaton tells them that it's Buddhist, and Peter realizes that their alpha must be Satomi Ito.

+++

Noah tells Lydia and Malia that he knows Meredith’s appearance is related to the deadpool, but he has a responsibility to call Eichen House. They agree on fifteen minutes before he calls. Parrish notices that the Sheriff called the girls and asks if it’s because Lydia is psychic. The Sheriff says that she’s not psychic, just intuitive.

“That’s what they used to call psychics, intuitionists.” He replies.

“Yeah, and I used to call myself a rational human being. Get in here and shut the door.” He says.

Lydia hands Meredith a phone and tells her to answer it. She stands to whisper in Lydia’s ear that it’s not ringing. She continues to question Meredith to no avail. Parrish tries to talk to her instead, explaining that it would help them if she could give them a number that they could call to help them. Meredith eventually agrees that there’s a number and tells them 345678.

Lydia and Malia, expect a phone number and asks for more digits, but Meredith tells them that there isn’t any more, just the six. The Banshee gets angry and the Sheriff tries to pull her away, but she refuses, yelling at Meredith until she gets upset. The Sheriff and Deputy Parrish talk with Meredith in the bullpen while Lydia and Malia sit in the Sheriff’s office. After crumbling the piece of paper with numbers on it, Malia notices the office phone and realizes that the numbers might actually be representative of letters. Lydia writes out the letters that are available with those numbers and finds the name “STILES” in them.

She boots up her computer and finds that it’s the second cipher key. More names are revealed, with six familiar names. Lydia jumps and slams her computer shut when Deputy Parrish enters the office. He offers a ride home but she declines, and when he leaves she opens the computer again to reveal that the last name on the list is Jordan Parrish.

CIPHER KEY: STILES

Total Worth: 27,250,000

Deucalion Blackwood - 12m

Noshiko Yukimura - 5m

Joanne McLaughlin - 1m

Steve Grace - 1m

Tom Hill - 1m

Brett Talbot - 1m

Reed Schall - 250k

Richard Benefield - 250k

Vernon Boyd - 250k

Isaac Lahey - 250k

Erica Reyes - 250k

Jordan Parrish - 5m

Meanwhile, Chris is inspecting his weapons in his house when he hears footsteps. He flips a switch, triggering an electrical current and someone collapses on the floor in front of him. Turning around quickly and pulling out his gun he points it at Severo, who has his own gun, and Araya enters the room. She tells the Argent that she’s there because Braeden hasn’t responded in days and she might have been killed.

She tells him that since they’re hunters, maybe they should stop hiring other people and start hunting again. She shoves both guns away, and repeats the original code until she gets him to repeat it. Araya explains that there had been a massacre. A group of assassins had been found dead, motorcycles overturned and cars on fire. They don’t know what the assassins were after but none of them made it out alive but one got a shot off because they found a blood trail.

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After the game, Finstock keeps the lacrosse team from going into the locker room, since it’s now a crime scene and to notify the police if they see Garrett. Liam walks past all of them and finds Scott talking to Rafael. McCall apologizes for not being there because he promised to be at the lacrosse games, but Scott assures him that it's fine because it was just a scrimmage and he didn't even tell him about it. He’s still apologetic because he promised to be around so that Melissa could pick up double shifts at the hospital.

"You're here now," Scott tells him.

Meanwhile, Parrish leads Violet out of the school in handcuffs. She notices his name tag and says his name, Jordan Parrish, with a knowing smile. He scowls as he corrects her and as they walk by, Violet and Scott glare at each other. Allison walks beside Noah, filling him on what happened and Agent McCall sees the evidence bag in his hand. He stops the Sheriff and asks if that was the weapon used. Noah confirms and shims him the wire which McCall instantly recognizes as the weapon used in a series of unsolved crimes.

He goes to talk to Violet, Noah and Allison following while Liam comes out from the corner to talk to Scott. Liam tells him that Kira went home after they heard Lydia cracked the second part of the Deadpool because her mom was on the list. Liam says that everyone is on the list, but Scott points out that he isn't.

"Not yet," Liam replies. "There's still another third, right?"

Before he can respond he hears his father talking to Violet about a dozen murders. She claims to not know what he's talking about and she just goes to school there.

"Maybe we should call your parents then." Rafael says. "Oh, no...that's right. You don't have any parents. That's why they call you The Orphans.” He provokes.

Violet glares at him, and then Parrish leads her away. McCall tells the Sheriff that they need to find Garrett, now that he's figured out who they are. Sheriff Stilinski asks Coach for Garrett and Violet's locker numbers and asks someone for bolt cutters. While they’re looking, Scott breaks into Garrett’s locker while Liam stands as his lookout. He finds a bag at the bottom of the locker filled with cash and when Liam asks if he found anything he says no.

+++

The next morning, Melissa is on the phone with the electric company. She says that she knows she's a month late, and they correct her, saying she's three months late on the bill. She begs them to turn the power back on so she doesn't lose $300 worth of groceries. Upstairs, Scott is listening to her talk while the bag of money sits underneath his bed. He looks down, contemplating using it to fix their financial troubles.

Before school, Mason and Liam are running down a path in a wooded area. Mason is weirded out by the exact they were friends with killers and were used as their cover. He asks Liam how he’s not freaking out and I am tells him he’s freaking out about a lot of things. He starts to run a lot faster, away from his friend who has no chance of keeping up. After a while, Liam realizes what he's been doing and stops to look back. When his back is turned, Garrett runs into him with his car. Garrett approaches Liam with the knife from his lacrosse stick and apologizes for missing movie night before saying he has something else planned. When Mason finally catches up, he doesn't see Liam anywhere and doesn't notice the blood on the ground.

At school, the bell rings but Malia is the only one in math class. Ms. Fleming asks her where Stiles, Lydia, and Kira are, and Malia offers to try catching their scent. The teacher marks them down as absent, and then Malia hears a male voice whispering her name. Just as class starts, Malia grabs her bag and leaves to find the source of the voice. Fleming asks her if she needs to be dismissed, and Malia simply say yes on her way out as if it was obvious.

She finds Derek waiting for her in the hallway and he tells her that since Brett’s still unconscious he needs her help in finding his pack to warn them about the Deadpool. He tells her that since Satomi’s pack has a secret meeting place in the woods he needs her because she knows the woods better than anyone. He hands her Brett’s shirt so the coyote can use it to follow his scent. She tells him she’s not good at scent tracking just yet and he tells her to try because he’ll teach her. He has her focus on the different scents, some of which are tied to identity and others to emotion.

Once they’re at the preserve, Derek explains that Satomi is one of the oldest werewolves alive. She’s a bitten wolf so she had a difficult time learning to control herself and did something a long time ago that changed her. He explains that the mantra her pack repeats is what helps them with control. Malia stops suddenly as they’re walking and says that she smells gunpowder. She takes a few steps forward and finds spent shell casings on the ground. Derek picks up the casings and says that if Brett’s pack was out there, they’re hiding now.

It’s a couple hours later when they get back to his truck, failing to have found Satomi’s pack. Malia apologizes for not finding them, but Derek tells her that if the pack doesn't want to be found then they're not going to find them. He explains that some werewolves have such complete mastery of their bodies that they can hide their scent. That’s the reason why no one knew about Brett or Demarco and how no one knew about Eisa until her dad was taken by the Darach.

Malia then suggests they think like Stiles, as detectives. She suggests that instead of asking where wolves hide they should ask where Buddhists would hide. Derek considers that and looks at the compass on his dashboard.

"When Buddha sat under the bodhi tree, he looked to the east for enlightenment." Derek says. Malia then asks if there's an eastern point in Beacon Hills, and Derek says it’s the Lookout Point.

When Derek and Malia arrive at the Lookout Point, she grabs his wrist to stop him.

"You don't smell that?" She asks.

Derek tells her to wait and goes to investigate. Not too far away, he finds all of Satomi’s pack dead, seemingly poisoned. There are at least 11 bodies and Malia joins him as he looks at the field of his dead people and she asks him what happened. He thinks they were poisoned and she thinks they need to get as far away from Beacon Hills as possible. As he's about to leave, Derek hears someone move. He sees a bloody hand and runs over, revealing that it’s Braeden.

+++

Stiles and Lydia follow Parrish in the Sheriff’s station. The deputy tells them that the Sheriff should be back within the hour and Eisa is in his office if they want to wait, but they're not there for him. Stiles admits that they want to talk to Parrish privately. The three of them go back into Stilinski's office. Eisa is sitting on the couch with her laptop and greets them.

“We’re probably going to need you for this.” Stiles says.

“For what?” Eisa wonders as Lydia pulls out her laptop and shows Parrish the Deadpool list.

Stiles asks him if he recognizes any of the names and he says that the Sheriff had him runs the names last night. Then they flip the page over and show Parrish his own name. He says it's a little terrifying and asks what the number means.

"That's how much you're worth." Lydia says.

"I'm worth five dollars?!"

"Five million." Stiles corrects.

Parrish points out that he only makes $40k, so maybe he should kill himself. He then asks why he’s on the list, but Stiles dodges the question in lieu of the reason they're actually there, which is to get the third cipher key. They want Parrish to take them to Eichen House to talk to Meredith.

"The last time you saw her you almost gave her a nervous breakdown." Parrish says.

“Eísai sti lísta epeidí eísai kynigóskylo.” Eisa speaks, eyes still on her laptop.

“Oh.” He replies. “So this is the Deadpool?” He wonders, looking over the list again before turning to Eisa. “Why aren't you on it?”

“Because nobody knows who I really am outside of my circle. My mother did her part in keeping me hidden and nobody knew she was pregnant not even my own father so voila super duper hidden supernatural being.” She answers, finally closing her laptop.

“Wait, rewind.” Stiles blinks. “He knows?” He asks looking at Eisa. “You know?” Turning towards Parrish.

“Yeah.” Eisa snorts. “You think I’d let someone work with dad 24/7 and not truly understand what happens in town?.” She asks, keeping the fact that he was a hellhound from them. Parrish follows along and doesn’t correct her, knowing she has to be keeping it to herself for a reason.

At Eichen house, Parrish, Lydia, and Stiles wait for the orderly to open Meredith’s room. Brunski catches them and takes the keys away. He tells the orderly that they don’t just open the door for anyone with a badge and Parrish says they need to talk to Meredith about a murder investigation. Brunski tells him that he can talk to her but Lydia and Stiles, especially Stiles, have to go.

"They're crucial witnesses in an ongoing murder investigation. I wouldn't have brought them here if it wasn't absolutely...crucial."

Brunski gets in Parrish’s face and tells him to come back with a court order. He then turns on Stiles and tells him to come back with payment in full. At one point during the witches control he admitted himself in Eichen house before Eisa and the Hale’s convinced him to leave.

"I guess those government jobs aren't as reliable as they used to be, huh?" Brunski snarks.

"But they do help when you need a favor. Like how a month ago Canaan PD helped you get home after blowing a .1 on a breathalyser." Parrish cuts in.

Stiles is thrilled   by the revelation and Brunski backs off. He hands Stiles the keys, and as he walks away and Lydia gives him the middle finger.

“You. You? I like you. I’m gonna keep you.” Stiles says as he pats Parrish on the shoulder.

Lydia and Stiles sit across from Meredith and ask her for the third cipher. Stiles offers that she can give it to them in any way that she wants. She tells them that she can't and that she gave them the second key because she wanted to help, but she can't give them the third one. Parrish warns them to go easy on her and Meredith apologizes because the Benefactor doesn’t want her to give them the third key.

Lydia begins to run out of patience with Meredith and asks for the Benefactors name. However, she won’t give it and Stiles asks if it’s because she doesn’t know or doesn't want to help. Meredith then tells them that she can’t help anymore. The Banshee asks how Meredith knows about the Benefactor but the girl shakes her head in distress. Parrish tries again to get them to back off as Meredith starts repeating that she doesn’t know and eventually starts shouting. Lydia winces in pain and backs into Stiles’ arms who checks if she’s okay and finds her ears bleeding.

+++

Coach is in the middle of downing cough medicine and tells Mason and Scott that Liam wasn't in class. He figures maybe he's sick like Coach seems to be but Mason says that Liam didn't look sick on their run, and they’re both worried that Liam isn't responding to their texts. The bell rings, and Scott assures Mason that he'll find him. Just then Scott’s phone rings from Liam's number, but Garrett is the done to answer. Scott asks him where Liam is and then offers to give Garrett the money back in exchange. He wants more than that though.

He wants Scott's help getting Violet back. Scott meets Garrett out by the buses. He asks what he wants him to do. The assassin says that he's not getting help from a werewolf because he wants him to talk to someone. He’s looking for someone to attack Violet’s transport vehicle.

"You're an alpha. If you can't stop one little car, then one little beta is going to die." He says before telling Scott that he poisoned Liam with wolfsbane.

Meanwhile, Liam is at the bottom of a well with a cut on his chest. He calls for help, shouting Scott's name, but the well is deep in the woods.

After the meeting, Scott goes to his dad and tries to convince him to postpone taking Violet to the federal facility because Garrett is still at large. Rafael says he appreciates the concern but after what happened with Katashi he’s not losing evidence off an armored truck. He tells Scott that he’s not letting anything out of his sight and that he's also taking Sheriff Stilinski with him.

During the transport, Garrett and Scott are waiting in a car on the side of the road for the transport SUV to drive by. Scott doesn't think the plan is going to work, but the assassin assures him that all he has to do is stop the car. Scott pulls up the hood of his black hoodie as the teen starts the car.

A few minutes later, Scott pulls his hood back off and goes over the plan. He's supposed to take out the tires with his claws. However, when they get close, they see the SUV already overturned. Scott hops out and runs for his dad while Sheriff Stilinski is attempting to pull him along the road. He’s barely able to move himself and Garrett gets his lacrosse stick out of the back, with blades on either end.

“Scott, listen to me.” Noah groans. “They’re still here…they’re still here.”

Just then, a berserker comes out of the woods, and Garrett provokes it. As Scott watches Garrett do nothing but swing his stick around, a second berserker comes up behind the assassin. Garrett is stabbed through the back and dies instantly. Scott runs forward and a berserker smacks him down, knocking him out.

When he wakes up it’s in Deaton's clinic and he sees him looming over him. He tells the wolf that he hoped Scott would be out for a few more minutes because one of the berserker’s antlers was shoved through his midsection. Chris is there and tells him that it's going to hurt before pulling the antler out. It hurts so much Scott lurches to his feet and he sees Eisa lying on the floor.

“She’s the reason you got out alive.” Chris tells him when he notices where he’s looking. “Her wounds reopened but she made sure you were taken care of first.

“How did you know?” Scott wonders.

“She was with me and Allison when she felt her dad get injured. We got there seconds after you were knocked out. She saw her dad on the ground and fought both Berserkers even after her wounds reopened.

He asks where his dad and the Sheriff are and Deaton tells them that they’re at the hospital. Argent adds that Allison is keeping an eye on them as well as Isaac, Erica and Boyd. Chris steps away to let Deaton handle Scott before going over to Eisa and lifting her off the ground. He places her on the exam table and uses his own expertise to disinfect and restitch her wounds.

As Eisa’s being taken care of, Scott tells them that it was the witch or whatever is controlling the Berserkers but Chris already knows.

"They move fast. And they don't leave much in the way of tracks." Chris says. “Well unless they’re facing Eisa.”

The car comes to a screeching halt just as Scott hits the ground. Eisa leaps out of the car and runs to her father who’s still on the ground. She yells for the Argent’s to check on them and call an ambulance before looking up at the Berserkers. Her fangs elongate as she lets out a dark rumbling growl. Chris and Noah protest as she lunges at the two creatures. She dodges both of them easily until they’re close enough.

She grabs the arm of the one trying to stab her in the back and rams it forward into the other Berserker. Using the proximity she uses the Berserker she stabbed to jump onto the other one and grabs its head. Her legs tighten around its neck and Eisa pulls until theres a sick squelch of flesh ripping and blood oozing. The second one doesn’t fall easily and she jumps onto it, using her strength and momentum to flip it onto its back and rip its head off as well.

Allison rushes to her side and helps her up before lifting her shirt to reveal her bandages soaked red. Eisa is able to keep herself up with the help of Allison and tells them that they need to dump th bodies and get Scott to Deaton. Allison leads Eisa over to her father as Chris goes to move the Berserkers only for ash to cover their bodies and get swallowed into the ground. Eisa thanks the Nemeton before telling her dad she’ll be at Deaton’s and Chris will take care of her and Allison will meet them at the hospital.

He tells them to be careful before lying down, out of breath. Chris gets Scott in the suv while Allison does the same for Eisa. The wolf tells them to help Scott first when they get there before passing out.

Scott insists that they have to find the witch because she has Violet, and Violet probably knows where Liam is. Deaton then offers the antler for Scott to get a scent from.

Meanwhile, Liam tries to climb his way out of the well and gets fairly high before his grip slips and he falls back into the water. He looks at the cut on his hand and he remembers Scott bringing him back to the boathouse and showing him the window he jumped through. The alpha explained that his cuts healed while he was changed and insists they need to get a grip on Liam's anger. The beta then said that his dad says when kids get angry they deal with it in one of two ways: hurt themselves or hurt someone else. At the bottom of the well Liam rubs the wound on his hand and uses it as motivation. The cut on his hand appears to be oozing yellow goo and he started climbing the wall again.

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After leaving the clinic, Scott and Chris arrive at Argent Arms International. Chris explains that he used to work there when they owned the building. Scott warns Chris that he's fought the berserkers before and that they're really strong. Chris responds by going into his truck and pulling out an assault rifle. The two walk through the warehouse, plastic dropcloths blocking their view. A female voice tells them that they shouldn't have come and walks into view with her two berserkers.

Scott asks to talk to Violet and the woman says that she knew someone would come looking for her but she was hoping it would be at a later time, after she learned control. There’s a black glow from her hand as she traces the plastic as she walks. She then Chris to lower his gun and for both of them to walk away. The Argent doesn’t put his gun down and she starts to get antsy. The berserkers stand off before they eventually attack and Chris opens fire.

The woman gets close enough to Chris and grabs his gun before punching him and knocking him down. He recovers quickly, him and Scott both dodging attacks from the berserkers. Scott attacks one of them only to be swatted down and then thrown through multiple walls. Chris tries boxing with his berserker, which goes nowhere. The one attacking Scott picks him up and throws him through another wall, which leads to where Violet was being kept. When Scott looks around, he sees that Violet is dead.

Chris continues to lose and crosses his arms infront of him to cushion the next punch. However, instead of the blow landing a purple glow bursts out and send the berserker flying backwards. The woman looks at him with wide, surprised eyes before they settle on the paracord bracelet on his wrist.

“UMkhuseli.” She says before calling the Berserkers off and leaving.

Chris calls out weakly for Scott, exhausted and weak from the fight. Scott reaches him and offers Chris and hand and pulls him up. The hunter apologizes and Scott says that he’s not going to find Liam while Chris reassures him that there’s still time.

Meanwhile, Liam continues climbing the wall, even though the wolfsbane is weakening him significantly. He's near the top of the well, and lets out a desperate shout with everything he has. His eyes glow, and the shout comes out as a howl that Scott can hear. The beta tries to hold onto the side of the well, but he loses his grip. Just as he starts to fall, Scott reaches down and catches him. He pulls him out and hugs Liam to his chest.

He takes Liam to Deaton, who cuts the incision in his chest to let the wolfsbane out. Scott says that he doesn't want to keep watching people die.

"I'm not sure you have much choice about that." Chris tells him, sitting in a chair as a recovered Eisa patches up his wounds.

Scott thinks he does, but even Deaton warns him that it's a lot of burden to everyone's life in his hands. Scott vows that no one else on the deadpool dies.

“I'm gonna save everyone." He declares.

“You can’t save everyone.” Eisa argues. “This isn’t some fairytale where you get to play the knight in shining armor. People have died and people will die no matter what you do.”

“I can at least try.” Scott replies.

“You try, you fail, you get back up again. It’s a continuous process in our world. My mother thrived to save everyone as did my father but they eventually learned that there are people you simply can’t save.”

“You saved Stiles and Allison.” Scott continued to argue before Eisa spun around and wrapped a hand around his throat, slamming him into the exam table Liam was sitting on the edge of.

“I saved Stiles for my dad and Allison for hers. I didn’t come out of that without a scratch, I suffered for nearly three long months. I heard the screams of creatures dying, heard the sound of prayers, listened to my family cry and I lost an entire piece of myself. If you want to save everyone then so be it but when you do, be prepared for the consequences that come with it.” She growls before Chris is pulling her away.

The hunter takes her out of the room completely and has her sit down. He twists the paracord bracelet on his wrist and takes a deep breath before speaking.

“What does oo-m-koo-seh-li mean?” Chris asks, sounding out the word. Eisa smiles with fond amusement.

“UMkhuseli. It means Protector in isiXhosa, why?

“When I was fighting the Berserker I crossed my arms in a defensive manner and it sent out a burst of magic. Then the woman there, who might be the witch, called me that name and fled.”

“In my family, UMkhuseli is someone chosen by a child’s parents to protect their child until death. My mother must’ve chosen you before she was even pregnant. The spell from the bracelet is a shield, it sends a burst of magic to incapacitate enemies and give you time to run or kill.”

“I tried to kill your mother the night I met her.” He reveals.

“But you didn’t and that says something and your soul spoke to her. You’re my Umkhuseli, Chris, whether you honor my mother is up to you, either way knowing that youre one of the good guys is enough.” She smiles.

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Stiles and Lydia are in his room trying to come up with the cipher. Stiles says that they know the two previous ciphers are people that have died. Lydia points out that they've already tried every other dead person's name they could think of. Stiles pauses to ask Lydia if she's okay and Lydia solemnly states that Meredith is the only other Banshee she knows of and she just drove her over the edge.

Stiles tries to make her feel better by pointing out that he was there too. Stiles suggests that since she's a banshee, she can predict death, so maybe she should try predicting who the next dead person will be. Lydia closes her eyes and holds her hands over the keyboard. She lets herself type whatever feels right and types out a name. Derek. The list decodes, and in addition to Liam and Malia's name, it has Meredith’s name. Lydia tells Stiles to call Parrish.

Unfortunately, Parrish reports to her that Meredith hung herself in her room. She turns around in shock and Stiles pulls her in for a hug.

CIPHER KEY: DEREK

Total Worth: 21,500,000

Satomi Ito - 10m

Malia Hale - 4m

Liam Dunbar - 3m

Meredith Walker - 1m

Liz Moore - 1m

Patrick Clark - 1m

Bree Leverett - 250k

Kaitlyn Schaar - 250k

Genevieve Carey - 250k

Angelique Fain - 250k

Lorelee Rohr - 250k

Brittani Kelley - 250k

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Later than night, Melissa sits at the dining room table doing her bills. She worried and out of her depth as she sifts through them. Upstairs, Scott and Stiles sit with the bag of money between them. Stiles asks if he's counted it yet and Scott says no before they dump out the money so they can count it, and a tape falls out.

Chapter Text

A man in a lab coat walks through his laboratory, lined with mountain ash. As he sits and takes notes, someone behind him snarls. A werewolf is trapped on a medical bed, dying as black ooze drips from his eyes. The scientist plays back a message on a tape deck from the Benefactor. As he drinks his tea, the tape explains to him how to enter his information into a website that will allow him to receive wire transfers.

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Scott and Stiles listen to the tape from Garrett’s bag. It says that they will receive a new IP address to connect to after every wire transfer and stresses that visual confirmation is always required for payment. Stiles has never made a wire transfer and neither has Scott so they’re confused. The alpha also doesn't understand why someone would pay so much money to have them killed. All Stiles can say is that someone clearly wants them dead.

Scott takes the stacks of money and starts putting them back in the bag. Stiles asks him what he's doing, and Scott reminds him that they've got the PSATs in the morning. The spark meant the half a million dollars he acquired. He points out that the money belongs to Derek so that’s who he needs to talk to. Stiles corrects him by saying that the money is Derek and Peter’s, and he thinks they should proceed with caution. It’s not that he doesn’t think they should tell Derek, just that Peter is a tad bit vengeful and may be upset his money was held for so long.

"So we should give Derek his money back, but not Peter?" Scott asks, trying to clarify.

That isn't Stiles' point either but before he can really clarify what he means, Malia runs up the stairs to Scott’s room and Scott shoves the money bag under his bed.

Malia reports that she and Derek found Satomi’s pack but they're all dead. She's wet from the rain and Stiles asks where Derek is.

Meanwhile, Derek carries Braeden into the ER and tells Mellissa she’s been shot and he thinks she’s dying.

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Outside the Animal Clinic, Deaton is out in the rain, locking up when he hears someone come up from behind. He flicks out a baton and starts fighting with a hooded figure who uses an emei piercer. After a short spar, they both stop, and Deaton bows.

"You could have called Satomi-san." He says as she finally looks up, eyes glowing red.

Him and Satomi bring one of her pack members into the clinic. Eisa is inside with Deaton’s supplies and sits on the floor as she mixes together different herbs. She doesn’t look up as the two place the wolf on the examination table and Satomi explains that the sickness starts with fever. It’s then followed by uncontrollable shifting and is the reason they moved into the woods. Eventually, they couldn't stand and went blind. Once the wolves went blind, they only had a few minutes left before they died. Deaton declares that they need to get the wolf to a hospital.

"That's never really been an option for our kind." She says, looking over at Eisa who still had her head lowered but a phone was now pressed to her ear. "Unless you know something I don't."

"Not something, but someone." Deaton replies just as Eisa confirms that Melissa will help.

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The following morning, Stiles, Scott, Malia, Kira a nd the Hale betas are in line to take the PSATs. Kira asks where Lydia is, and Stiles explains that she took the PSATs freshman year. Malia asks if this means she can take the test some other time and Scott tries to reassure her that she studied harder than any of them.

"That doesn't mean I'm going to do good." She says.

"Well." Stiles corrects. "It's do well, not good."

Malia takes that as further proof that she's going to fail and Scott says that she's doing this because while they're trying not to die they still need to live. Scott wants to go to a good college and Kira thinks they can all survive three hours. As the students walk in to get their tests, they all mark their attendance by leaving a fingerprint using an ink pad. Mrs. Martin collects all their cell phones.

They all sit and Stiles opens up his test and starts reading the first page. Simon, the proctor, asks them not to open their booklets until they are instructed to do so, and he quickly closes it. Simon begins explaining how long the test is and how many critical reading sections there are.

There are supposed to be two teachers monitoring the exam, but only Mrs. Martin is present. Mrs. Martin excuses herself when she realizes Coach Finstock is supposed to be there and walks down the hall to his office. She finds him passed out on his desk and when she lifts up his head, she thinks he's passed out drunk. She sighs at the fact he may have just ruined fifteen years of sobriety and tries to wake him up to no avail. She then tells him that she'll bring him coffee during one of the breaks.

Natalie returns to the classroom and informs the proctor that Ken Yukimura is upstairs grading papers, so she'll get him instead. He says that they have to start now, so they can ask Ken during the first break. Moments later, the test begins, and everyone starts filling in answers. Stiles sees one in particular that makes him drop the pencil from his mouth and scratch his head in distress. Malia is so upset she takes her jacket off. Just then, another student falls out of her seat.

Natalie rushes over to the student, Sydney, to see if she’s okay. Sydney claims she just got dizzy, but Natalie spots a nasty red rash on her arm. Simon asks if he needs to stop the test, but she says no before slipping out of the room with her cell phone and informs Simon that no one is to leave the room. She heads into Coach's office and uses a tissue to touch him as she looks for a similar rash. He doesn't have one on his wrist, but his back is covered.

As she’s walking out his office some students walk into the building, but Natalie shouts at them to leave. She locks the door, and when everyone comes out to see what the shouting was about, she asks them to go back and sit down. When the classroom door closes, she calls and asks for number for the CDC. Scott can hear her from inside the room and knows something is really wrong.

Soon, a team in hazmat suits enters the school and starts setting up quarantine. The Sheriff arrives outside and questions Dr. Wentz about what's going on. She says she hopes it's a false alarm but the details they got made them concerned enough to set up quarantine. They're going to need his help in making sure that no one goes in or out of the school. He mentions that his son is in there and she asks him if that's going to be a conflict.

"Conflict? No. Stressful? Yeah." He tells her.

Inside, Natalie tells Scott that they need to isolate the sick and wait for instructions. If she's wrong, they'll be out of there pretty quickly and she will just be the crazy biology teacher who panicked for nothing. She puts a blanket on Sydney and leaves Scott and the girl to talk. Scott tries to comfort her, thinking she's upset about dying. But Sydney explains that she's worried about not qualifying for the National Merit Scholarship because the PSAT was interrupted. She can't afford to go to college otherwise.

Stiles tells the betas that he bets the CDC thinks it's smallpox. Overhearing the conversation, Simon explains that smallpox was eradicated in 1979 and that it was one of two viruses ever eradicated. The other was rinderpest, which killed cows. Stiles asks if they should be comforted, and the proctor tells them that they should be unless it’s something worse. Malia listens to the chatter outside and says they’re taking the situation very seriously and that the Sheriff was out there.

Stiles thinks he should call him but as he’s looking for his phone, Simon points out that they will have cut off cell service to keep them from being able to spread panic. They’re Just going to have to see what happens from there.

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Melissa walks down the hallway, past a crying girl and goes into Braeden’s room before giving her an injection. Derek asks what it’s for. Melissa tells him it Naloxone to wake her up. Derek had thought Braeden needed to rest and she tells him that was before the CDC put the high school under quarantine with Scott and Stiles still in there. The mercenary gasps awake, and Melissa explains to her where she is. She asks Braeden what happened to the other pack she came across.

"I told you they were poisoned." Derek interjects.

"No. No, they were infected." Braeden corrects. "It was a virus designed to kill Werewolf. And it did. It killed them all."

Deaton and Satomi get the dying wolf to Melissa. Eisa stands off to the side watching the wolf as he shakes and begins oozing more black blood from his mouth. She asks Deaton if this is what is happening at the school, but he didn't know anyone was at the school because it's Saturday. They get him on a gurney and Melissa tries to get them to a room, but the wolf dies in the elevator.

“Hamba kakuhle.” Eisa says, placing a hand on the man’s forehead. “May your soul find peace.” She adds before looking up at Satomi. “I’m sorry for your loss.”

They redirect and get the wolf to autopsy where Deaton cuts open the wolf’s skull and takes a look at his brain, and immediately knows what's wrong. He determines that if he’s right about what’s happening, the wolves don’t have long and they’re going to die without an antidote.

Derek is still sitting at Braeden’s bedside as he watches her sleep. She clears her throat and he stands up. She asks him what he's still doing there and he tells her that he’s protecting his investment. Melissa knocks on the door and lets Satomi and Eisa in. It’s the first time the teen has seen the mercenary and she zeros in on her scars.

“Why’d you get those?” She asks. Derek slightly scolds her but Braeden isn’t offended.

“Had a secret that wasn’t mine to have.” She reveals.

“Like how Iyanna Verdandi may be alive?” Eisa wonders which gains the mercenaries full attention as well as Satomi’s who stares at the side of her face, observing. “She’s not by the way, Kate and Gerard Argent killed her along with a number of covens in 1997. Deucalion did that so you knew to keep quiet in an attempt to protect his mate when unbeknown to him he was protecting someone else.” She informs the room before telling Derek there’s a body in the morgue and walking out.

The three stare at the door before the older woman looks at Derek.

“She’s Iyanna Verdandi’s child isn't she?” She asks which earns a nod from Derek who gives a stunned Braeden one last look before walking out with Satomi.

In the morgue, Deaton explains that the illness is a variant of canine distemper. The illness killed 40% of the Yellowstone wolf population. Melissa asks what it’s going to do to their wolf population and Deaton informs them that it's been altered to infect faster.

"You mean it's been weaponized." Derek says.

Satomi tells them it infected her entire pack and Deaton points out that it didn’t infect her. The real question is whether she didn’t get exposed or she’s immune. Derek asks Satomi who was shooting at the entrance to the woods.

"Apparently another assassin. Personally, I'd rather face a gun than a variant of smallpox." Satomi replies.

"Sounds like you're going to get plenty of chances." Melissa replies as Satomi turns to look at Derek, and he catches her looking.

"Sorry. I just noticed how much you remind me of Talia." She says.

Derek looks away, a few emotions flitting across his face. She is the second person, after Deucalion, to remark about Derek reminding them of Talia. Satomi says she used to visit Talia a lot and asks if he remembers her.

"I remember the tea. You always used to bring that tea that smelled terrible." He replies.

Satomi says that the tea was a gift because Talia loved it and Deaton asks what kind of tea.

"Reishi. Wild purple reishi. It's very rare."

"It's also a very powerful remedy for sickness." Deaton says.

“A lot of cultures are known for their holistic practices with the use of herbs and remedies. There have actually been confirmed reports that the practices have significantly improved the immune system and actually created sickness immunities.” Eisa informs them as she leans against the other autopsy table.

Her shirt is pulled up to her chin and she as she holds a bowl in her hand. They pause the conversation to watch her take the bandages off her wounds and scoop out some of the paste she had made in Deaton’s clinic. The paste practically covers her stomach when she’s done and she looks up to find everyone staring at her.

“How rare is the mushroom? Can we find it?” Melissa asks.

“I have some at home, I grow it myself.” Eisa reveals, fanning the paste with her hand. “All you have to do is find everyone and by now Stiles has put them in hiding. The two likely options are the basement or the vault because there’s an entrance in the school.” She informs them.

"We actually don't have to use yours, Eisa. My mother kept some of it. It's in our vault." He says.

Derek tells Satomi that he has to get to the school as he walks out with her and Eisa. As they leave the morgue, a new assassin in a red coat appears in the elevator. She fires at Satomi, and Derek jumps in the way of both her and Eisa. Eisa goes down with Derek as Satomi dodges multiple bullets and gets closer to the assassin. She uses her piercer to stab the girl through the neck and turns to the others as they come out to see what’s happening.

"I may have learned to control my anger, but I still know when to use it." She tells them.

Eisa steps away from them as she approaches the assassin. She crouches beside her and pulls off a bracelet. There’s a small jar pendant dangling from it and Eisa pulls the cork out before pouring the liquid down the woman’s throat. When she stands she kicks her before turning towards the group.

“What was in that?” Deaton asks.

“A concoction created by my mother to prevent a soul from passing over. They’re stuck in limbo for eternity with no ability to see their ancestors or their living family. It also prevents them from becoming malevolent spirit when they inevitably go insane from isolation and silence.” She informs them just as her phone begins to ring. She answers it and is told everyone including the wolves are okay which she relays to the group.

“I see the resemblance to your parents.” Satomi eventually says. Eisa gives her a small smile and asks if she knew her mother. “I did. She was a force to be reckoned with. When your father came into her life she went from a woman filled with a sense of loneliness and grief to someone filled with immense joy and belonging. They’re each other’s soulmates and I could tell that while he was here, Deucalion found a piece of himself and I’m glad it was you.”

Eisa holds back tears as she excuses herself after telling someone to look at Derek’s gunshot wound and calls her dad.

“Hello pup.” He greets.

“Come home, please.” She replies.

“I’ll be there in a few hours.” He answers immediatly. “Is everything alright?”

“I just miss you.”

“I’m coming home.”

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Lydia sits in the white room at the lake house with a box of Meredith’s things. She places the items around herself in front of the record player and turns it on. She tries talking to Meredith but admits that despite her knowledge she hasn’t mastered being a Banshee. She doesn't know what she's supposed to ask, just that she wants to help her friends. She's on the edge of tears, possibly thinking about how her powers haven’t helped much.

After a moment of silence, Lydia realizes that maybe what she really wanted to say was that she was sorry for not being able to help Meredith. She turns the record player off and starts putting Meredith’s things away. As she’s doing so, she picks up a photo of Meredith and realizes it was taken in the white room.

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Back at the school, Natalie tries to get Scott to come out of the bathroom. He's standing over a sink trying to control his shifting. He looks ill a s he tries to control his fangs which are out. After a few minutes, Ken finds Scott in the boys locker room trying not to wolf out and the alpha tells him to get Stiles. Everyone else is waiting in line to have the CDC take blood samples and Malia takes this opportunity to ask Kira if she knows what Scott and Stiles are hiding.

Kira thinks it's about Malia being Peter's daughter and acts cagey. Malia is clearly attempting to have a normal conversation and Kira says that she thinks if they hide stuff they have a pretty good reason. Malia gives up the attempt at normal and asks if she knows what they're hiding in the bag under Scott's bed. Kira wasn’t expecting that question and blabbers on about how she’s never been under Scott’s bed or in it.

She stops herself from talking and turns to Dr. Wentz when she calls her name. Dr. Wentz tries to get a blood sample but instead gets shocked by Kira's foxfire. The doctor rushes out of the school in case her suit was breached. Once she’s determined that it wasnt, Rafael asks her if she knows what they're dealing with because his son is in there. She advises Sheriff Stilinski to brief McCal and the agent asks if he thinks smallpox is possible. The Sheriff says that he doesn't think The Orphans were the only professional killers in Beacon Hills.

In the locker room, Mr. Yukimura checks on all of the wolves. Malia can't get her claws to go back in and Stiles says that they have to quarantine them from the quarantine so no one can see them. Kira asks where they can go just in case they get violent. They determine that the locker room, a classroom and the basement aren’t options they can use. Stiles suggests they use the Hale vault. They figure that since the Hales built escape routes into their house, they may have built one into the school’s vault.

They get some blueprints, and Stiles pinpoints a likely spot for a second entrance in the hallway in the basement. He ends up getting dizzy and pulls up his sleeve to reveal a rash like Sydney had. Ken says that they’re all getting sick and looks at Kira who says that she doesn't feel sick. He suggests it’s neurological and shows her the answer key to her test where half her marks are outside of the bubbles. They eventually all head down to the basement and Stiles finds a lock like the one outside behind a shelf surrounded by a large triskele.

He and Scott agree without speaking that Malia should open the door with her claws in case it requires a Hale. Scott claims he can't make his come out and she agrees but asks what the secret is they've been hiding. She wants to know how much she's worth on the list, and they tell her $4m. She doesn't think that's a problem because Scott and Kira are worth more so they will be taken out first. She opens the vault and they all head inside before it closes behind them.

In the vault, Stiles cradles Malia and pets her face. He tells Scott that this is where it all started and points to the safe where the Hales kept the bearer bonds. Kira looks around and picks up a jar of mushrooms then asks how you change bearer bonds into cash.

"At a bank, I guess. They just let it sit here the whole time collecting dust. You know bearer bonds are basically extinct?" Stiles asks.

"Why does it matter?" Kira asks.

"You know how many problems that money could solve?"

"For you?"

"For me. My dad. The Eichen House and the MRI bills are crushing him. Deucalion is the only reason Eisa’s medical bills haven’t fully killed him."

Scott then interjects and explains that his mom adds up all their bills and all their income and calculates how long they have until she loses the house. Outside, Lydia finds the Sheriff. She asks what's going on because her mom is inside the school. He tells her they’re working on it as Scott listens to the voices of people looking for them. He tells Stiles that someone has to go out there before they look at Kira and Malia. Scott says they need to tell Malia the truth about Peter because she's going to see the rest of the deadpool eventually.

Stiles reminds him that Peter's the one name missing on that list which makes him incredibly lucky with a benefactor. He knows Peter so he knows he wouldn’t steal his own money but he also knows that the left hand is very good at manipulating people and Malia is easily swayed at the moment. Scott tells him that they're already facing a lot and shows him his bleeding hand. Stiles approach’s a sleeping Malia and wakes her up, brushing her hair from her face. He tells her that he has to leave for a few minutes and explains that whatever the illness is, it's worse for the supernaturals, which means it's another assassin.

She grabs his knee, and he gives her his jacket to curl up in. She asks if he’s coming back and he tells her that he is because he’d never leave her behind. He then kisses her on the forehead and she smiles as she holds his hand before he gets up and pulls away. They get the vault door open and Stiles makes his way back to the quarantine area.

Outside, the Sheriff pulls Lydia aside and asks her if she has any kind of Banshee fueled indication.

"Is someone in there gonna die?" He asks.

"Yes. And it's not just a feeling." She tells him which doesn’t lessen his worry.

Inside, Stiles finds Natalie and asks her where Mr. Yukimura is. She tells him that he's fine and is helping other students and as he's about to leave, he realizes that Coach is the only adult who got sick. Natalie tells him to lie down, but he ignores her.

In the vault, Malia rolls onto her side and hugs herself. She reaches into the pocket of Stiles' coat and finds the deadpool list. Scott sees what she's doing and tries to stop her, but he can't get there fast enough. However, it doesn't matter because she can't see. Moments later, neither can the others.

Stiles rifles through Coach's office looking for something that could have infected him. He takes a second and looks at the papers on Coach's desk. They are stamped with Approved and as Stiles sifts through them, the color of the ink changes. He then he checks Coach's mug and sees black fingerprints on it. He recalls the students having to sign in with their fingerprint at the PSAT and makes the connection. Just then, Simon catches Stiles in Coach's office.

"I was wondering how that idiot got sick." He says.

Stiles drops the mug and the assassin asks where Stiles's friends are since he needs proof of their deaths in order to get paid by the Benefactor. He screws a silencer onto his pistol and then points it at Stiles. Stiles is pushed into the boys locker room and Simon explains that the virus doesn’t kill humans.

"So don't you think you should tell me where they are? Shouldn't one of you get to live?" He asks.

Stiles tells him that he saw them in the library or maybe the cafeteria and Simon lifts the gun. He tells the spark he’s going to count to three and then kill him. Stiles turns around and faces the gun.

"Think you can scare me?" Stiles asks, a small spark at his fingertips as he prepares for a fight.

"No, I think I can kill you. I just thought the countdown would make it more exciting." He holds the gun to Stiles's forehead and starts to count.

Stiles stares at the man as he counts. The power builds in Stiles palm but just as Simon gets to two a shot goes off. Stiles sputters as blood paints his face and looks up to see Agent McCall walking into the room. He had shot Simon in the head from behind. Stiles asks where he came from and McCall tells him that he got a call from Melissa.

"I don't know what it means. She said there's an antidote. It's in the vault, reishi mushrooms."

Stiles runs to tell Scott and hollers through the vault door to Scott that the cure is in there with him. Stiles beats on the door, shouting Scott's name, telling him the jar is on one of the shelves. He shouts until his voice is hoarse and eventually sags to the floor. Scott is on the floor on the other side of the door, unmoving. Kira tells the alpha that she saw the mushrooms which gets him moving.

He pushes himself up and staggers toward the shelves. He uses his alpha vision to see and pulls himself up the shelf. Scott manages to knock the jar over, and the dust from it shattering is enough to spread the cure. The vault door eventually opens and Stiles pats Scott on the back.

The Sheriff rushes into the school as the students all come out. Lydia finds her mother and gives her a big hug. Natalie apologizes to her daughter and tells her she was just trying to get a little overtime.

Malia sits in the vault and is solemn as she looks at the list. Stiles kneels next to her to ask her if she's all right, but she doesn't look at him. He touches her shoulder, but she grabs his wrist and pushes him away. She leaves without saying anything, and Stiles finally sees the list on the ground. Realizing what happened, he crumbles the paper.

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Rafael is in the Sheriff’s station putting his gun in an evidence bag and making his report about shooting Simon. Scott listens to him describe Simon’s weapons as a Walther P88 with sound-suppressor. He had heard the assassins threat and countdown and made visual confirmation that Stiles had a gun to his head. Since he felt Stiles was likely to die, he responded with deadly force. He comes out of the office to find Scott waiting for him and apologizes for having to leave for San Francisco that night because it will mean missing Scott's first lacrosse game.

Scott tells him that it's no big deal. Rafael says that it is because he plans on keeping his promises and Scott looks at the gun. McCall assures him that what he did was necessary. Scott then asks him if he's killed anyone before. He admits that he’s killed twice before and that it’s not easy taking a man’s life, even if someone forces you to do it. The alpha asks how he deals with it, and his dad says you look at it logically and without emotion. You compartmentalize.

Scott asks how you compartmentalize, and Rafael says he used to do it by drinking. He hugs Scott and then he tells him that when he gets back they're having a talk. He believes that Scott and his friends are way too okay about the terrible things that happen to them.

"It's like you guys know something I don't. When I get back, I'd like to be in the know." He says before they leave.

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Braeden wakes up alone in Derek’s bed and spots him sleeping on the couch. She moves quietly to his side and peels up the tank top he's wearing to get a look at his gunshot wound. Derek grabs her wrist and then asks her what she’s doing. she says she’s protecting her investment and Derek humors her. she asks why he isn’t healing and he tells her that some wounds take longer.

"And some leave scars. But not for people like you." She quips before asking him what's really going on.

"Maybe I'm just tired." Derek replies as he lets go of her hand and rolls onto his side to face away from her.

"Derek. Show me your eyes." She orders.

"You just saw them." He says without looking at her.

She asks him to show her his real eyes, and he rolls back over with a sigh. He looks at her, but his eyes don't change color. She asks him again what's really going on. He explains the loss of his powers before there’s a knock at his door. Braeden goes for her gun and Derek gets up to answer the door. She stands there ready to shoot and the Hale opens the door to come face to face with Deucalion. The alpha looks behind Derek and sees the gun pointed at him.

“Ah.” He starts. “It seems my daughter is not here.” He says.

“You thought your daughter was here?” Braeden asks, looking at him and then Derek.

“Yes, her and Derek are quite close.” He reveals before looking at the Hale. “I came straight here from the airport, do you happen to know where she might be?”

“She hasn’t been staying at home lately.” Derek informs him. “I should’ve paid more attention but I don’t think she’s been okay. She’s become distant and keeps forcing herself to do things which irritate her wounds. You’ll most likely find her with the Argent’s, she’s been spending a lot of her time with them.”

Deucalion nods and bids his goodbye before making his way home. When he gets to the apartments he immediately catches the scent of his daughter and follows it to the Argent’s door. He knocks and waits a couple of seconds until Chris opens it. They both greet each other and the hunter gestures for him to enter the apartment. He’s led into the living room where Allison and Eisa are. His daughter is asleep with her head on Allison’s lap while the huntress combs her fingers through her hair and watches TV.

“She’s been here for a few hours.” Chris tells him before guiding him to the kitchen. “I’m assuming you’ve heard about the Deadpool.” Deucalion confirms. “One of the assassins infected the betas and held a gun to Stiles head then another shot at Satomi and she happened to be in the bullets path. Derek jumped in front of her and Satomi and got hit. The thing is a witch did something to him and he’s been losing his powers, becoming human. The wound hasn’t healed.” He fills the alpha in.

“Has she been healing?” He asks.

“Slowly.” Chris replies. “She won’t relax and she’s been under a lot of stress. A couple days ago she killed two berserkers and then nearly ripped Scott’s head off because he said he wanted to save everyone. And it’s not just that, she’s been…lonely. Allison and I have been there when she comes over but when she’s not with us she’s in the penthouse, the Hale vault or in the animal clinic after it’s closed.”

“Derek’s betas?”

“They stick by her when she’s in public but she doesn’t let them find her in private. The same with the twins.”

“Why the two of you?” He wonders.

“Because we don’t pity her.” Chris answers immediatly. “We take care of her where she can’t take care of herself but we don’t look at her like she’s weak and because we listen to her. Scott never takes her advice and the others usually follow him. Derek has been there but ever since the witch took his powers his attention has been on that and apparently the mercenary.”

“Yes, Braeden. She’s good at her job.”

“Eisa is lonely, Deucalion.” Chris redirects. “She needs you more than she needs anyone right now.”

Just then, Eisa walks into the kitchen, rubbing sleep from her eyes. She tells Chris she’s looking for water before her attention falls on her father. The tears are immediate and Deucalion rushes towards her. She falls into his arms and sobs against his chest. The hunter steps out as the alpha cradles the back of his daughter’s head and presses his lips against her hair. When her sobs die down he picks her up and carries her out of the kitchen.

Chris tells him that Allison will bring up whatever belongings Eisa brought and the alpha thanks them before making his way out of the apartment and to the elevator. Up in the penthouse the twins are surprised to see him and ask if Eisa, who had fallen asleep rather quickly, is okay. He tells them that he’ll speak to them soon before heading to his bedroom. He places his daughter in his bed and tucks her in, combing hair out of her face before placing a kiss to her forehead.

When he returns to the living room he sits down with the twins. He has them repeat what he told them the day he left which was that they were to watch over Eisa and inform him if anything happened. They had failed to do both from what he was told. The two begin to make up excuses but Deucalion doesn’t let them get very far. He tells Ethan and Aiden that he’s disappointed and angry before sending them out to the store so they can fetch ingredients for dinner.

When they return Deucalion starts making an easy meal. He hears Eisa wake up but she doesn’t leave the bed. He grabs a bowl and scoops a good amount of the food inside it before making his way to his bedroom. His daughter is lying on her side when he enters and watches him carefully slide into the bed beside her.

“Umxhaxha.” She mumbles, slowly sitting up. She tucks herself in his outstretched arm and takes the bowl from him. “Mom would make this during the cold months and I’d beg her everyday to make more, “Please mommy, can we have more of the shasha?” She corrected my pronunciation so much but I’d beg and she would say, “Not today baby, we need to eat something different once in a while or you’ll turn into shasha and someone else will eat you.” Then she’d chase me around the place we were staying. You know what she did in the end?”

“Made umxhaxha.” Deucalion chuckles.

“Made umxhaxha.” Eisa nods, taking a few bites of her food. “I’m not weak.” She eventually says, halfway through her bowl.

“No, you are not.” He replies. “You have the strength of your mother as well as her knowledge. Why don’t you tell me everything that’s happened since you woke up and how it brought you here.” He suggests, accepting the bite of food as it’s pressed to his lips.

Eisa feeds her father some more before setting the empty bowl in her lap and telling him about everything he’s missed. She recounts how she woke up and Deucalion listens in awe that a god known for staying out of the living world would wake her. When she woke up the only person in the room that she knew was Melissa who told her that the months she was comatose were calm. Despite them being calm she had learned that only six people visited her regularly and it was a little disappointing to hear but didn’t bother her too much. Then Noah, Stiles, the Hale’s and the Argent’s came in to see her.

She was happy to see them and Derek even took his time to learn a few words of isiXhosa but then they were gone again. Noah would come in during his break, Stiles came in after school, Peter would just randomly drop off food she wasn't supposed to have, the Argent’s sat with her and talked about Bestiary’s, asking for her knowledge. Then there was Derek who was there from the start of visiting hours to the end. He helped her take steps despite not being on board with the idea and they had a moment that was ruined by Scott. It was a moment she wanted to go back to because she heard everyone while she was asleep and she thinks she had developed genuine feelings for him.

However, it didn’t take long for everything to come crashing down. She learned about Derek’s condition, stopped allowing visitors because she was tired of the sorry looks and Scott created his first beta. Eisa tells Deucalion that Scott has no idea what he’s doing and is unable to take time to learn while assassins, witches, berserkers and little beings terrorize the community. That’s when Braeden was brought in and every time she went to the loft she could hear her and Derek, listened to him talk to the mercenary in a way he hasn’t talked to her.

Stiles hasn’t asked for her help with his spark, Scott refused to listen to reason and Liam had an anger disorder that would take months to control. Not to mention she had killed two berserkers, reopened her wounds, watched the new pup nearly die because Scott couldn’t be bothered to actually keep track of him and then slammed the alpha against a table. He was too optimistic in a world with a short lifespan and he didn’t understand universal laws despite her constant lectures. There was also the fact that Scott always failed to listen to her, only listening when it was his girlfriend or another male.

“Isaac, Erica and Boyd are good to me but they don’t hang out with me just to hang out. Ethan and Aiden lurk but I try and lose them because despite the fact we’re friends they still have lives they’d rather be living. Dad still works everyday because bills are kicking his butt. Stiles started dating Malia while I was comatose so he’s been a little focused on her and we never have complete bonding time by ourselves. Melissa checks in on me every other day. Peter finds me wherever I ended up and feeds me. Rafael is Rafael and isn’t even in the know. Chris and Allison are the main consistency. Allison calls me everyday, even tracks my phone and Chris always finds me no matter what because mom made him my umkhuseli before I was even conceived.” She finalizes, moving the bowl to the bedside table and tugging Deucalion to lay down. Once they are she lays her head on his chest and the alpha wraps his arms around her in comfort.

“I never should have left.” He admits.

“You had a job to do and you’re the leader.”

“You are my priority.” He says. “I’m not going to leave again, I’m going to help you through all of this. And what do you mean Chris is your umkhuseli? Your mother’s family hasn’t appointed umkhuseli’s in decades.”

“Chris told me that when him and Scott were attacked the paracord bracelet mom gifted him years ago had burst with magic, saving him from nearly being killed by the berserkers. As the witch fled she called Chris the umkhuseli and that’s a isiXhosa word as well as the little ones she controls which means we’re up against a South African witch with far more spiritual connections then an average witch.”

“And we will fight this together.” He assures her.

“You’re not allowed to die.” She yawns.

“Neither are you ubutyebi bam.”

+++

Braeden finishes putting a bandage on Derek's wound. She tells him it's just a graze, although it’s a through and through. She warns him not to let it get infected and Derek puts his shirt back on. She asks if all of his werewolf powers are gone and he confirms that they are. Braeden then asks about strength and he says he can still win a fight. The mercenary then challenges him to arm wrestle, which the wolf accepts but only to humor her.

She counts to two and then uses both hands to slam his arm down. He complains that she cheated while she argued that she won because once you're a human facing off against the supernatural, you need to bend the rules a little bit. She the tells him that she's going to teach him how to bend. She goes to pull out a Sig Sauer P226 9mm and sets it down in front of Derek. He tells her that he doesn't like guns and she argues that it’s because he never learned to use one.

"Or because I've been shot. Repeatedly." He states.

She pops the clip out and explains to him that the legal clip size in California is 10 and to always remember how many shots you fire. Running out of bullets can get you killed and also make you look stupid. She grabs his wrist and puts the gun in his hand. He‘s uninterested in learning anything but continues to humor her. She explains that shooting is more than just pointing and pulling a trigger. The average person can move 21 feet in 1.5 seconds, so someone with a knife can gut you before you get a shot off.

With a gun, you need distance and she steps away telling Derek to pull the gun on her. He does as he’s told, and she steps in, grabs his arm, and twists the gun out of his grip. The wolf is embarrassed as Braeden hands the gun back and has him do it again. She disarms him a second time and Derek sighs, finally interested before asking to try one more time.

"I can do this all day." She says.

Derek steps in close and looks her in the eyes as he takes the gun back. He moves in and kisses her, then presses the gun to her stomach.

"You cheated." Braeden whispers.

"I'm learning to bend." He replies.

She tugs on him, and they start making out. Derek then lifts her up and sets her down on the table as they strip each other's clothes off.

+++

Scott, Liam, Kira and Stiles gather in Scott’s kitchen with three laptops. Liam wonders whether or not their plan is too dangerous and Stiles states that it’s borderline idiotic. Liam asks if they’ve ever done something like this while Stiles asks him to clarify whether he means dangerous or idiotic. Kira says yes to both and Scott tells his beta that he can back out but Liam claims that he isn’t scared.

“Then you’re borderline idiotic.” Stiles says. “If we do this, we don’t know what’s coming for us. You know that, right?”

Kira asks how they know something is coming at all, and Scott says that the tape said visual confirmation was required. Their idea is that if you kill someone on the deadpool but can't send the proof, the Benefactor will come get the proof himself, especially if it's someone high on the list. When they all have everything figured out they call Noshiko.

Once the Kitsune gets there Scott lies on his bed while Liam paces around in distress. Kira and Noshiko stand at the bedside and Kira suggests they tell Liam everything is going to be alright. Scott says everything is going to be alright and Liam asks if Noshiko has done this before. She says she’s seen it done and admits that it doesn’t make it as good. Kira scolds her mom for not inspiring confidence, but Noshiko wants them to understand that the idea is dangerous and stupid.

“Do you want us to do it without you?” Kira asks her mother.

“I’d prefer you’d find a method that has a 100% chance of you waking up.” She says before turning to Stiles. “I don’t see why you haven’t consulted your sister, her mother has remedies that micmic death temporarily.” She informs them before noting the faces being made. “Put your hand over his heart.” She orders with a sigh.

Kira reaches over but Scott grabs her hand to stop her. He asks the older fox what’s going to happen to him while he’s out and she says he’s going to feel like he’s dreaming. He asks if they’ll be good or bad and she tells him that it depends on him. Not entirely reassured, Scott lies back. Kira then puts her hand over his heart and electrocutes him.

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EMTs pull someone from an ambulance, and Liam's step dad rushes to the ER. They start trying to revive the victim, but after a hit from the defibrillator he's still asystole. They try again, but the doctor calls the time of death at 21:02. He tells the staff to call Melissa as he looks at Scott lying dead on the table.

Dr. Geyer tells Melissa about Scott, and she screams in as she demands to know what happened to her son. The grief brings her to her knees as she continues to wail. She’s still sobbing when she gets to her feet and walks into the morgue. Shes still sobbing tells everyone she hates the plan and says it’s terrifying because Scott looks dead. Noshiko asks Melissa for her hand and places it on Scott’s heart. She eventually feels a heartbeat and asks if it’s enough to kill werewolf alive. The fox tells her it’s enough for an alpha and that they have forty-five minutes or else Scott will actually die.

After talking in the morgue, Stiles meets Chris in the basement of his building to contact the Benefactor. The hunter types in that Scott is dead and Stiles is appalled by his assassin talk.

"I said he's dead. What more do you want?"

"It was a little dry. You could've said something like, 'Target has been neutralized. The crow flies at midnight.'"

Chris is not impressed and they quickly get a reply stating that visual confirmation is required. The two go to type at the same time so the hunter lets the spark do the work while he dictates. He says that visual confirmation isn't possible and the police are coming to claim the body in 40 minutes. The Benefactor repeats that visual confirmation is required for payment. Chris starts getting into the role and gets angry.

"Number one on the list is dead. I killed him. If the wire transfer isn't complete in forty minutes..." He takes over typing when Stiles can't keep up.  "I'm coming after you."

At the hospital, Chris attaches a transmitter to the security cameras and then calls Stiles. Meanwhile, Stiles, Liam, and Kira are in a hospital room with three laptops set up to monitor the cameras. Stiles hits a button and all the feeds come up. Chris waits in a hallway and starts a timer on his watch. The countdown shows that there’s twenty-eight minutes left before Scott dies.

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Melissa and Noshiko sit outside in the parking lot watching as people come in. Melissa recognizes one as a guy who comes in every week with a new self-diagnosis. The nurse then asks why they're asking their kids to fight these kinds of fights.

"Because otherwise we'd be asking them to run and hide." The fox responds.

Inside, Stiles, Kira, and Liam watch the camera feeds when one on the roof goes out. Kira volunteers to go check it out, and Stiles reminds her that it might not be a malfunction. She pulls out her sword, and Liam volunteers to go with her. Stiles tells them they need to come back immediately once they’re done. When Kira and Liam get to the roof they encounter berserkers. The transformer on the roof explodes, knocking out the power to the building.

Downstairs, Chris stalks through the hallway and Stiles comes up behind him. The hunter pulls a gun on him. Stiles stops short and then reports that because of the power outage he lost all the cameras. Chris tells him to stay with Scott and text him if he sees or hears anything. He looks down at his watch which only has eighteen minutes left.

On the hospital roof, Liam and Kira face off against the Berserker. It throws Liam across the roof and into a chain link fence. Kira then tries attacking it again but the it punches her. She goes down and passes out for a moment before she wakes up to Liam calling her name.

Stiles is in the morgue, pacing, calling Chris when he comes flying through the door. He tells Stiles to run as the witch comes through the door after him. The teen doesn't run and instead he stares at the woman.

"Get out of the way.” She demands. “I'm taking the body."

"Why? Visual confirmation?" He asks and the woman scoffs.

The woman tells them that she's not the Benefactor. Chris asks her what she wants with Scott, then, but she can't say. The hunter then rushes forward and puts a gun to her jaw. She smiles at him.

"I should have known someone with your experience would carry two."

Stiles wonders why a witch with control of Berserkers and Uthikoloshe isn’t using her magic. He comes to a sudden revelation as he realizes that she can’t use her magic.

Meanwhile, Melissa and Noshiko go to the room where the laptops are setup and find it empty. They go to find the other and as they’re walking through the hallways people behind them suddenly start screaming and running. A Berserker appears and Melissa asks the fox if she’s still a Kitsune. She says that she is but they decide to run anyways.

In the morgue, Chris shoves the gun harder into woman’s neck and tells her to back off. She asks if he thinks he can really pull the trigger fast enough. However, he wants answers and doesn't want to kill her but he's also not letting her take Scott. Stiles tries to defuse the situation by suggesting they go outside and get some coffee. They explain their plan to the woman and insist that they're trying to get to the Benefactor. They ask her to leave and let the plan play out. She checks the time on Chris' watch and sees that there’s only three minutes left. Stiles then decides to ask for her name since he doesn’t want to keep calling her ‘The Witch’.

“Mafungwashe Verdandi.” She replies which shocks the two.

On the roof, Liam and Kira are still fighting the berserker on the roof. Kira tells the beta to run but Liam gets up on high ground and attacks again. They don’t fight for long before the Berserker backs off and they hurry back to the morgue. They split up as Kira goes to the morgue and Liam looks for the others. In the morgue, Kira repeats the process and Scott surges back to life with a yell. Kira hugs and kisses while Stiles looks relieved. Scott asks if it worked and looks at Chris and Stiles, but they look away. Just then, Liam runs into the room and looks at Kira.

"It's your mother. She's hurt." He tells her.

In the hall, Melissa is cradling Noshiko, who has a huge gash in her side. Dr. Geyer then runs up to help them as Melissa tries to keep Noshiko awake.

On the other side of town Eisa screams awake. She squeezes her head and rocks back and forth in the bed. Deucalion and the twins burst into the room to find her crying and telling something to shut up. Deuc crawls onto the bed and pulls her into him, prying her hands from her head. The twins join them, each placing a hand on her in comfort. After a few minutes she’s finally able to get herself calmed and tells them that Noshiko is injured. Deucalion gets her to lay back down as Ethan lifts her shirt to check her wounds. It doesn't take long for her to fall asleep, her hand gripping her father’s wrist.

He looks at the twins, “I wan’t all of her belongings in the guest bedroom by the end of the day tomorrow.” They both nod and quietly leave the room.

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Someone splashes gasoline over the outside of a police cruiser. Parrish wakes up and finds himself tied to the steering wheel while Deputy Haigh continues to douse the vehicle. The deputy tells him that he's a good guy but he's worth $5 million. Parrish pretends that he doesn't know what he's talking about and claims that he only makes $40k a year. Haigh argues that he only makes $36k and throws gas directly on the Hellhound.

“Haigh, please!” He begs. “Just stop! You don’t have to do this. Look, if you’re having money problems-”

"You're worth 5 million dead, Parrish. Sounds like you've got the problem." Haigh interrupts.

Parrish continues to beg him for him to stop and asks if he’s really just going to stand there and listen to a fellow deputy burn. In response, the deputy puts in his headphones and Parrish struggles harder to get free. In the next moment a lighter is tossed in Parrish’s lap and he screams as flames engulf him.

At the station, Stiles and Lydia go into the Sheriff’s office. They explain to him that it's not just that because her grandmother is dead but Meredith Walker could still be alive and would have had to fake her death. Noah asks what story they have to back up this claim and Lydia says she might be helping the Benefactor. Stiles offers that she might be the Benefactor. The Sheriff closes the door to his office so they can continue telling their story.

Out in the bullpen, Haigh is contacting the Benefactor about his payment. The Sheriff leans out his door and asks if anyone's seen Parrish. Haigh claims he hasn’t just as Parrish enters the station, completely naked and covered in soot. Some burnt clothing and ravaged skin covers his body. Haigh sees him and starts to draw his gun, but Parrish attacks. The attempted murderer shoots a couple of wild shots inside the station and is surprised that Parrish is alive.

Noah comes out with his own gun drawn as Lydia and Stiles duck inside the office. Parrish punches Haigh, which causes him to shoot the Sheriff in the shoulder. He keeps punching him until he’s is knocked out and the Benefactor finally replies: Kill Not Confirmed.

Later, Parrish, Scott, and Lydia go to Derek’s loft. The Hale examines Parrish’s hands and asks if Haigh covered him in gasoline. Lydia points out that Parrish’s hair and nails should be gone because those parts are essentially dead. Remembering Eisa’s firm determination in keeping his secret he humors the three and plays dumb.

"I was set on fire. All of me should be gone." He says.

"Not if you're like us." Scott points out.

Parrish acts like he doesn’t know what he means and Derek doesn't think he’s like them. In fact, he doesn't know what Parrish could be.

"But you knew about Jackson and Kira." Scott argues.

"This is a little out of my experience." Derek replies.

Just then the loft door opens. Derek tugs Lydia behind him, unsure if its friend or foe as Scott steps towards the door.

“Kynigóskylo.” Eisa breathes once the door is open.

She walks in holding onto the twins and looks sickly compared to the last time they had all seen her. The twins greet Parrish by barring their necks in respect.

Unknown to the majority, Hellhounds and Sparks had more of a connection than Hellhounds and Banshee’s. Despite the Hounds and wailing women being Harbinger’s of Death, Banshee’s were creations of the fae, not Gods. Hellhounds have been known to be not only Guardians of the Supernatural but Guardians of the Spark. It was said that the hellfire from a Hellhound was the ignition used to create a Spark, “A spark to the flame.”

Derek rushes forward to check on Eisa but the twins growl at him and without his powers he reluctantly backs off.

“Why didn’t you just kill him before he set you on fire?” She asks, voice raspy before she begins coughing.

“Because then they’d have to investigate the deputies death.” He replies, crouching slightly to cradle her face and try to determine why she seemed sick.

The twins try to find a place for Eisa to sit but she declines the couch, bed and desk looking at Derek as she complains that they smell like sex. They eventually opt for the desk chair that wasn’t tainted and help her sit. Once she’s taken care of, Scott, Derek and Lydia explain everything to Parrish who continues to act clueless despite the suspicion he faces. He asks what a kanima is again, but Scott skips over that and tells him that the important thing to know is that everyone with some supernatural ability is on the Deadpool.

"But I don't even know what I am." Parrish lies.

"I'm pretty sure they don't care." Derek replies, watching him carefully.

The deputy asks how many people are after them, and Lydia says they've lost count. Scott wonders if it's even just professionals who are after them now.

“It’s not.” Eisa rasps. “Professionals don’t walk away before confirming the kill.”

“You really don’t look too good.” Scott says.

“If Haigh had the Deadpool then so do a lot of other people. The number of people trying to kill you just went up drastically.” She replies, ignoring the Alpha.

Lydia explains to everyone that Meredith was only at the lake house once but once was enough. Derek asks how her grandmother knew her. Apparently she didn’t and She had found her because of another woman named Maddy. The woman she loved. Lydia shows Scott a picture of young Lorraine and Maddy. She says she never met Maddy but she saw her name everywhere. There were plaques and trophies in the lake house from all the regattas Maddy’s yacht racing team had won.

Parrish asks how Maddy died, and Lydia replies that how isn't the story, it's what happened right before. Lorraine used to work in San Francisco for IBM. She was in on a weekend catching up on work when she started hearing a sound. It sounded like rain, but all she saw out the windows was blue sky. The sound of rain and thunder kept getting louder. Finally, she screamed. She then called Maddy who was planning on taking one of the boats out on the lake, but her wife said the sun was shining there, too. Unfortunately Lorraine never told her what she had heard.

There was accident, and it took them four days to find Maddy’s body. It took decades to figure out how Lorraine knew. She brought in parapsychologists who set up the white room. Nothing worked, so she tried more occult things like psychics, tarot, but all of those were failures, too. But then they found Meredith at Eichen House, a fragile girl who didn't understand the things she heard. They brought Meredith to the study with the record player and almost killed her. She was hospitalized for over a year and never really recovered.

“My grandmother drove her insane. And I drove her to suicide."

Lydia then unfolds the note Lorraine left for her and admits that her grandmother created the code for the Deadpool. Scott asks if Lorraine left a cipher key, and Lydia shakes her head. Soon after Lydia finishes her story she heads to Stiles’ house, where he puts the picture of Lorraine and Maddy on his case board. The others stay behind and Scott wanders over to Derek's bed and sees a pistol sitting on top of his jacket.

"Careful with that." Derek tells him.

"I thought you didn't like guns." Scott replies.

Derek takes the gun back and quickly loses it as Eisa snatches it from his hand. He didn’t even know she had gotten up and before he can try and take it back she’s already turned her back to him. Scott asks him about his eyes and he says that everything is gone. The alpha is stunned to find out that they're all gone. Derek says that whatever the witch did to him is still happening.

McCall tells him that his name was the third cipher key, and if the deadpool was made by a Banshee and the two other names are people who are dead, It could mean that he’s in danger. Derek doesn't even look surprised.

"Scott, Banshee’s don't predict danger. They predict death." He replies just as a boom echoes throughout the loft and a bullet wizzes past them, hitting the bed.

“Eisa!” Scott yells.

“I know how to handle a gun and neither of you got shot.” She replies as Parrish gently takes it out of her hand. “You should’ve been taught how to handle a knife, they’re more personal.” She says. “And messier.”

“Eisa, I’m serious, you really don’t look too good.” Scott says for the second time.

Eisa’s eyes were sunken and she folded in on herself compared to her usual confident demeanor. Her skin was pale and lips chapped, hair in a greasy ponytail. The clothes she was wearing didn’t show much but Derek could tell she was skinnier. She walked slowly like she was in constant pain and the twins always had a hand on her to keep her from tipping over. The Hale moves forward to press the back of his hand against her head but gets his hand slapped away instead. She glares at him before asking the twins to take her home. He stands there confused, unsure where her sudden anger towards him came from.

+++

Noah and Stiles are at the hospital as the Sheriff fills out pre-surgery paperwork. The doctor explains that they have him scheduled for surgery first thing in the morning. The Sheriff asks about the parts of the hospital stay not covered by insurance and if those are expensive parts, but the doctor says that's between him and his insurance company. As he leaves, the doctor tells him that he'll start feeling the morphine in a minute.

Stiles gnaws on his thumbnail, and his dad yells at him for it. He tries to assure Stiles that they're not in dire straits. Stiles replies that he knows about the bills. The collectors calling about Eichen, the advance from the department and the credit cards. Noah asks Stiles if he's going through his stuff, and Stiles readily admits that he is, especially when he keeps stuff from him.

"I keep things from you because you don't need to know everything."

"Yes I do. I have to know everything. How the hell else am I supposed to take care of you?" Stiles argues.

"You're not supposed to take care of me! I'm the dad. You're the son. You get it? Dad. Son. I take care of you!" Noah shouts.

“We’re supposed to take care of each other.” Stiles says softly.

“I agree.” Deucalion says, shocking the two as he enters the room.

“Deucalion? When did you get back?” Stiles asks.

“Saturday when Eisa asked me to come home.” He informs them.

“Where is she?” Noah asks, trying to look past him for any sight of Eisa.

“She’s at my penthouse where she will be staying until further notice.” He says.

“Like hell.” Noah growls.

“Her things have already been cleared out of your home. My daughter called me crying and begged me to come home and when I get here I learn that since she left the hospital she hasn’t even been in the home she grew up in. Eisa needs constant attention and the only people who seem to have provided that are two hunters. She’s been pushed aside, ignored and forgotten which is something I will not allow. I was told to inform the two of you that she loves you but until she is better I will no longer allow my daughter to feel useless in a world she provides the most use.” He lectures before revealing that their overdue bills have been paid for as requested by Eisa.

The two are stunned by the news and Noah doesn’t get to argue as the morphine kicks in and he starts getting loopy.

+++

At school, Liam has trouble dealing with his new life and everything he’s been through so far. He's nervous and keeps seeing people like they're moving in slow motion. Mason asks him if he’s going to the team bonfire. Liam doesn't want to go but his friend insists that they're going to find Liam a nice girl that he can embarrass himself in front of and find him a lacrosse player. Liam thinks he sees a Berserker in the hallway and tries to block it out. He eventually agrees to go to the bonfire just to get away.

In the locker room, Coach tells the team that he's aware the bonfire is a big deal for all of them and that it gets out of hand with all the alcohol. The team cheers, and Scott notices that Liam isn't cheering. Coach continues that while he can't stop them from getting drunk, Scott will be there to keep an eye on them and narc on them. He orders them all back to class and Scott follows Liam. The alpha finds him sitting on the steps messing with his lacrosse stick and asks him if he's okay.

Liam tells him about his printer going haywire and then shows Scott what it had printed. Just then they hear Coach shouting and find him staring at his printer as it spits out the Deadpool. Scott looks at the list that Liam gave him and notices that Derek isn't on it anymore. The beta then points out that he’s also no longer worth three million, he’s worth eighteen.

Later that night, someone sets an armature of a cyclone on fire, and the party starts. Music plays as everyone dances and deputies move around the crowd as security. Scott walks around, keeping an eye on everyone and spots Malia drinking from a flask and goes to talk to her. She tells him she’s trying to get drunk and asks what he’s doing. The alpha is trying to keep everyone safe and then tells her that they can’t get drunk because of their healing. Malia suggests Scott tell Liam that, gesturing towards the beta who’s pouring alcohol into his soda bottle.

Mason watches Liam put more alcohol into his drink and the bets wonders if he’s going to tell him to slow down. However, his friend was going to tell him to keep drinking so he'll get drunk enough to tell him the truth about what's really been going on. His friend says he isn't asking because he wants to know, he's asking because he wants to help. Liam looks over at Scott and Malia and then declares that he's going to get another drink. He then drops his bottle on the ground and stumbles a little and claims he's getting drunk.

Scott tries to talk to Malia but she’s not interested. He says they didn't tell her about Peter to protect her. She said she gets that and Peter said he was right. Scott looks confused and admits that it makes him wonder what Peter wants. The alpha tells her that they all need to stay together, her, him and Stiles before she interrupts and says she doesn’t want to talk about Stiles. She tells him again that she just wants to dance and get drunk before she stumbles, and Scott catches her.

He looks concerned because she does seem to be acting drunk and looks at Liam to find him stumbling and falling down, too.

Malia is having a hard time standing up, so Scott asks her what's in the flask. She tells him it's just vodka. Scott notices a deputy watching them and tells Malia to stay on her feet and keep moving. He slings her arm over his shoulder and brings her over to Liam and Mason. He brings Malia a bottle of water and wonders how she’s really drunk before going to ask Mason how much Liam has had to drink.

Mason tells him he didn’t have enough to have him stumbling over himself. Scott realizes that something is wrong and they need to get them out of there, but just as he says it he starts to feel the same effects. The human asks how much he had to drink but Scott hasn’t even had a sip of alcohol. He hears something in the thump of the music and realizes that it's the soundwaves that are making them ill. Scott tells Mason that he has to turn off the music.

The human doesn't understand why, but he nods when Scott tells him to keep his eye on Malia and Liam. The alpha starts pushing his way through the crowd, but as he gets closer, the DJ turns up the part of the sound that makes him sick. Scott collapses, and two deputies pick him up while other deputies grab Malia and Liam. Mason tries to stop the deputies but they declare that his friends are overly intoxicated. He then offers to go with them, but the deputy shoves him down.

The deputies dump the three shifters in a heap in the high school hallway, and the ringleader dumps gasoline on them. He says that Haigh said they needed to burn them. Scott splutters and the deputy approaches him with a lighter in his hand.

Mason stares at the DJ and decides to follow through with Scott's plan. He finds where the audio equipment is plugged in and pulls the power on the music. Scott quickly regains himself reach forward enough to close the lighter and break the deputy's hand. Just then, Braeden and Derek show up and fight with the rest of the deputies, easily beating them. Braeden breaks the ringleader's neck as Scott looks at Derek.

"What happened to the gun?" He asks. Derek makes a face at him.

"You're covered in gasoline." He replies.

Derek then helps Scott up and pats him on the shoulder.

+++

Stiles and Lydia are in his room trying to figure out the cipher. Stiles suggests trying Maddy, which Lydia thinks is far too obvious. Then they try Lydia and Natalie. None of them work and Stiles asks if they have any beloved family pets. He points out that the ashes were left for her and the code was left for her. He tells her that she’s supposed to be able to figure this out.

Stiles's printer beeps again that it's out of paper and he can't take it, so he shoves some paper in. It immediately starts printing. Stiles realizes that it's supposed to be about Lydia but their password guesses so far have been about Lorraine. He thinks they need to guess something that's about Lydia and asks what she remembers doing with her grandmother. She tells them that they read and clarifies that they read The Little Mermaid when Stiles asks

"You read that movie?" Stiles stares.

"It was a book first. Hans Christian Andersen." She replies.

Stiles suggests typing in the title of the book, but that doesn't work. Lydia doesn't understand because they read that book every night. She got so obsessed that for three months she wouldn't respond to anything but Ariel. The Banshee then realizes that her grandmother thought that was adorable so she tries Ariel as the key. It ends up working and the list opens.

Tamra Johansen

Alice Duffy

Paula Brasch

Trey Lockhart

Josh Morris

Elisa Chin

Peter McElroy

Taylor Freeman

Terrance Shuman

Lorraine Martin

Stiles asks Lydia if she recognizes any of the names on the list, but Lydia only knows her grandmother. He finally checks on what his printer is doing and tells Lydia that they need to call Scott. Stiles and Lydia go to the Sheriff’s station with the new list of names. The Hellhound tells them that it's not another Deadpool. The list is of people already deceased within the last ten years and they all died at Eichen House.

Stiles points out that they can't just go to Eichen House and check out the files because they need a warrant. Lydia insists that they have to get a look because her grandmother left her the list for a reason. She asks if there's anyone there who'd be willing to help them. Stiles doesn't think so but he knows someone who would take a bribe. When they get to Eichen House they end up in Brunski’s office. The orderly wants a thousand dollars to open up the file room and Stiles thinks he's out of his mind.

Stiles asks if he thinks they have that kind of money. Brunski says he knows he doesn’t and clarifies that he was speaking to Lydia. He looks at Lydia, and she rolls her eyes as she opens her purse and offers $500. After she drops the money, Brunski turns around and flips over a mix tape in tape deck. Lydia and Stiles give each other a look, but they follow him to the file room anyway. Once they’re inside the records room Brunski closes the door. Stiles asks Lydia for the list of names and then asks why she wrote his name on it. Brunski is suddenly next to them.

"It was the tapes, wasn't it?" He asks before tasing Stiles and Lydia.

At the Sheriff’s station, Parrish looks through the records of the dead people from Lydia's list and notices that all the suicides also had the same person delivering them to the morgue: Brunski.

In the records room, Lydia screams for help while Stiles struggles.

"Lydia, there's a lot of people screaming for help in a place like this. I don't think anyone's listening." Stiles says.

Lydia asks for better ideas because all the suicides were murders and Lorraine predicted her own death. The door opens, and Brunski walks in. He says they weren't murders and he’s not some kind of serial killer. Stiles called him an angel of death and Brunski gets in Stiles's face and says that there are people in Eichen House who don't just need treatment they need release. He insists that he helped them and now he wants Lydia's help because there was something about her grandmothers death that always bothered him.

He has a tape of her death and puts it in a player. There are the sounds of him walking into the room and then telling Lorraine that everything will be all right. Stiles starts to struggle and tells Lydia to look at him, to focus on his voice. Stiles gets angry and shouts at the orderly to turn the tape off. Instead, Brunski punches him in the face, knocking him over. Brunski then grabs Lydia's face and orders her to listen because he needs her help. He has her listen to a specific part he says he never understood.

"Please don't hurt her." Lorraine says.

"Don't hurt who?" Brunski asks on the tape.

"Ariel." Lorraine replies.

They hear Lorraine stop breathing, and both Stiles and Lydia are in tears. Lydia stares him down and refuses to tell him what Ariel means. When it's clear he isn't going to get an answer, he gets some drugs down off a shelf and explains how they get a lot of teenagers trying to break into their drug cabinets. Most of the time they don't succeed but he claims that the two of them look pretty clever to him. He gets out a syringe and some drugs. Stiles and Lydia start to struggle again.

Brunski finishes drawing the drugs and tells Stiles that even though he doesn't have any talents like Lydia, he knew they were going to get to do this again. He looks like he's going for Stiles, but he goes for Lydia instead. He gets the needle into her neck when Parrish appears with his gun drawn and tells him to drop it. Brunski starts to taunt him, betting he’s never shot a gun before when the deputy shoots him. He then undoes the cuffs on Lydia as she tells him that Brunski killed her grandmother.

"He was controlling Meredith." Lydia says. She frees Stiles, who adds that Brunski used Meredith to create the deadpool.

Brunski coughs up blood and laughs, "You think it was me? That I was controlling her? Idiots... She was controlling me." He reveals before he finally dies.

Lydia realizes something that makes her believe him, and as she declares that Brunski really isn't the Benefactor, Meredith walks into the room.

"And...he wasn't on my list. But he was a bad person." The other Banshee says.

+++

Brett and Lori, Satomi’s betas run from assassins shooting at them with arrows. They both end up on a sports field and red dots aim at Brett as he hides his sister behind him. Lori asks him what’s happening and he tells her to close her eyes as he prepares to die. Just as an arrow comes flying at him, Kira arrives and blocks the arrows path with her katana. She tells them to run as she continues to slash arrows and eventually runs after them to get them somewhere safe so she meets up with Scott to come up with a better plan.

As Scott is getting ready to go out the door to meet with Kira, he throws a helmet to Liam, telling him briefly what’s happening. Liam remains where he’s standing and questions Scott about whether the assassins are different than the ones who tried to light them on fire. Scott sees that Liam is uncomfortable with coming to help, so he offers to drive him home instead.

The beta declares that he isn’t like Scott, or the rest of his pack, “I don’t mean I’m not strong, or I’ll never learn to be in control. I mean everything else, you and your friends try and protect everyone. Have you been doing this the whole time? I mean, how are you all still alive?” He says.

Scott takes a moment before he comes to a realization.

“Because we had Eisa, who was always willing to risk everything to keep us alive.”

+++

At the Sheriff’s station, Sheriff Stilinski leaves his office as he finishes talking to Meredith. Lydia immediately asks him what Meredith said but Noah doesn’t have a solid answer. He then suggests that they need a psychologist, or a medium, and picks up the phone. Lydia questions whether Meredith is competent enough to even be charged with something.

“If Meredith is the Benefactor then that means she was competent enough to trick someone into opening the Hale vault, competent enough to trick Brunski into helping her, competent enough to create a hit-list and payout money for its completion. This girl is practically a criminal mastermind.” He says.

The Banshee and him decide that they don’t only need to stop the deadpool but they also need to stop the money. He tells Lydia to go home and then continues to try to get answers from Meredith. He had told her to go home but she reminds him how adamant she was to stay until they learned something. Deputy Parrish then comes towards them and reports to Noah that nothing was found in Brunski’s office. He also asks Lydia about not going home yet. She says she isn’t leaving until Meredith talks and tries to convince the sheriff to let her speak to Meredith.

He eventually agrees and Lydia begins to question the other Banshee. She tells her that she knows everything about Meredith using Brunski because she knew he’d kill people and would do it again. She lists the facts that he used her grandmother's code for the deadpool and put it online. He also took the money from the Hale vault, then turned the barer bonds into cash and made the payments. Meredith says she wanted to help, which Lydia then asks if thats why she’s there. Meredith simply states that she’ll only talk to Peter Hale.

Peter eventually arrives and looks at Meredith through the two way mirror of the interrogation room. The Hale doubts that Meredith is the one who stole his money before going to talk to her. The first thing he asks is where his money is, or what’s left of it. Meredith reaches up her hand and touches Peter's face. He quickly grabs her arm, and Parrish demands that he lets her go. He does so reluctantly and asks why she did that. The Banshee notes that all of his burns are gone and Lydia realizes that they’ve met before.

He demands an explanation as to why she created the Deadpool and Meredith tells him that he told her to keep it a secret. Peter is confused because they have never met before. She expects him to remember, but he doesn’t and he stands up, pushing the table out of the way. He shoves Parrish into a wall and grabs her by the neck, sinking his claws into her. Noah rushes into the interrogation room with Lydia as she yells at them to not separate them or they’ll kill them both.

None of them know what to do as Parrish and Noah lower their guns aimed at Peter. The wolf is looking into the Banshee’s mind and she starts whispering, which Lydia understands. Meredith explains how she and Peter were temporarily in the same hospital after the fire. She could hear Peter’s thoughts. Everything in Peter’s mind went right to Meredith. It was like Peter was right over her bed talking to her about revenge. He was thinking about taking out every supernatural in Beacon Hills and how he would hire people to kill them all. The whole idea was from Peter’s subconscious brought on by rage, pain and grief but he doesn’t even remember it.

Sheriff Stilinski is ready to kill Peter when he separates from the Banshee, but Lydia says that it’s what Meredith wants. There are three people still on the deadpool in that room. Peter says that they don’t want to kill each other and Noah threatens to kill him, and Peter says that it better be a good shot because he doesn’t go down easy.

“And how would our darling Eisa feel if you killed her favorite uncle?” He mocks. “She’s still dealing with the abandonment she’s facing from you and your son so you’d truly crush her.” He adds.

The Sheriff threatens Peter again, but Peter asks how he will explain it all to the judge.

“Telepathic girl overhears thoughts of a comatose werewolf and decides to enact his plans for retribution.“ Peter mocks. Lydia says that they will have to let him go, and the Sheriff drops his gun. As he leaves he turns back towards Noah. “Eisa is dying, I just thought I’d let you know.”

Lydia and Meredith end up talking once he leaves and Lydia asks why she put her own name on a hit list. The Banshee says that she had to because she heard Lydia scream in the tunnels at Oak Creek. That’s how she knew it was the right time to start over with Peter. She says that too many people have died because of them; they are the monsters, even Banshee’s.

“Not all monsters do monstrous things.” Lydia replies.

”Like who?” Meredith asks.

“Like Scott.” Meredith looks at Lydia and touches her cheek and says she likes her. She then takes her hand away in realization.

“Oh god, what have I done?”

+++

Stiles is in the hospital, waiting to get his CT scan from the strike he received from Brunski. Melissa knocks on the door and Stiles expects to get the tape player he asked for earlier, but instead Malia walks in. The nurse then shuts the door and leaves the two alone with some privacy. The coyote tells Stiles she heard that he almost got killed and Stiles says the same to her. She asks if he is okay and Stiles says that Brunski punched him in the face and that he’s the serial killer. He then asks about her. She informs him that her, Scott and Liam were almost set on fire, but everyone is basically okay.

When Stiles asks if she is okay, she says she’s fine. Malia insists that she should go, but when she tries to leave she finds the door locked. Stiles tries to get someone's attention while Malia states that she can break it. He suggests that she doesn’t, seeing how he already owes the hospital enough money. Both of them end up confused as to why Melissa would lock the door, and Stiles defends her by saying she probably didn’t mean to.

“Maybe she wasn’t thinking it through. People sometimes do things without thinking them through.” He says.

Malia says that she’s stupid as Stiles continues speaking, more about himself. He says that even smart people can do stupid things because they think that it’s the right thing. He doesn’t think that they shouldn’t hold Melissa’s actions against her for the rest of her life. Especially because she tried apologizing, hundreds of times, through texts and voicemails. Malia catches on to what he's trying to say and asks if she's going to keep begging. Stiles says that she might and Malia tells him that she doesn't have much practice with forgiveness and that she’s picking up some things fast but others, not so much.

“Like math.” He says.

“I hate math. She replies.

“You hate me?”

“I like you, Stiles. I like you a lot.” She says and Stiles responds by saying that he can work with that and she kisses him. Suddenly the door opens.

After Stiles receives his CT scan he returns home with Malia and the two listen to the tape that Scott found. On the tape, Brunski is talking to Lorraine. Stiles turns up the volume and Lorraine says that she knows that Brunski is making a tape, just like he taped the others. The spark then realizes that Lorraine wasn't killed in Eichen House like they thought. As they listen to the tape, Malia asks Stiles to turn it up and listen again. They figure that Lorraine went back to the lake house to listen to the record player. She was a Banshee who only used her powers once and spent decades trying to predict something else.

“What if all those years ago Lorraine predicted it, she knew that there was something in the study that could stop it?”

They talk some more, and Stiles says that they are going to the lake house and grabs his keys. When the two got there they sit in the white room listening to the record player. When they stop it, Malia can still hear it. They realize it’s not the record player and Stiles looks around before he sees a wire coming out from the wall. He pulls it, tearing at the wall as Malia joins him and they start ripping out pieces of the wall to reveal an old computer. Stiles confirms that it’s the computer running the deadpool.

Malia goes to smash it but Stiles stops her and explains how it’s working and says they need a prompt or command. Malia asks about a key instead. Stiles video calls Lydia and explains the situation. Lydia asks to see the floor again, and when Stiles shows her, she notices that the wine stain from the party is gone. She thinks out loud and says that the wine isn’t wine. Stiles goes downstairs to find the bottle and shakes it. He discovers there’s something inside and asks for a wine opener. Instead, Malia just smashes it on the ground, and they find a key hidden inside. They put it in the key slot and turn it. The Deadpool turns off.

+++

Scott and Kira find each other in Deaton’s office. They make out for a moment before Scott breaks the kiss to ask about Noshiko. Kira tells him that she’s okay, and healing. When Scott asks if Kira is okay, she tells him that she is. They kiss once more before Scott asks if they found a member of Satomi’s pack and Kira tells him that she found all of them and then shows him. Satomi looks up at him and says that she knows who Scott McCall is. Lori asks if they’re safe there, and Scott looks around the room and examines how many wolves there are.

“We’re going to need help, a lot of help.” He states.

Meanwhile, Chris throws a man through a door in a warehouse as he walks in holding a gun, ready to fire it. A man comes up behind him and Argent knocks him out with his the butt of his gun. He walks through the aisles of plants and stops in-front of the yellow wolfsbane plant. When he’s taken what he needs he makes a pit stop then goes to the Argent Arms warehouse. He walks into the warehouse and carefully places the wolfsbane in a small vault.

He notices footprints going into another room and grabs his gun, pushing Eisa and Allison behind him. He aims towards the direction of the footsteps when something shoots at him knocking his gun out of his hands. He quickly pulls out his handgun as Allison holds up her crossbow and they both aim. Brett is suddenly in front of them and Eisa swiftly moves from behind the hunters, pushing Brett back a couple feet as she roars. Scott comes out after him and tries to calm the situation as he informs Brett that the warehouse belongs to Chris.

“Scott, if you’re bringing guests, you could have called.” Argent says, placing a hand on Eisa’s shoulder to try and pull her back but she doesn’t.

Scott tells him that there was nowhere else to take them. Satomi steps up and says that she knows the man. He might not remember her, but they have met before. Eisa doesn’t move from her place in front of them and growls at the elder, pushing the Argent’s back a few steps. Scott says that he trusts them, so they should too and she questions if he’s like the others. Eisa snaps her fangs at the alpha when she steps forward and Allison steps up beside her and grabs the back of her head before shoving Eisa’s face in her neck. She’s able to pull Eisa away to get her to relax as the others talk.

“What others?” Chris asks, looking back at his daughter and Eisa for a moment.

Kira tells them that there was an entire team after them last night, and that they used crossbows, gesturing towards Allison’s weapon. She hands him one of the arrows, and Scott assumes that they’re hunters, but Argent tells him that they aren’t hunters if they’re killing for profit. Brett asks if the assassins can find them. Allison speaks up and says that they may already know that they’re here and are possibly waiting for dark.

Kira realizes that they aren’t safe, but Satomi says that they aren’t safe anywhere and have been running for days. Everywhere they turn, there’s someone new trying to kill them. Chris tells Scott that they’re coming for him because he’s number one on the deadpool. Scott says he knows, and he also knows that if Lydia has more time she can get the answer from Meredith.

Allison and Chris work on setting up sensors throughout the warehouse while everyone else waits for the assassins to show up. Derek and Braeden had shown up to help and the Hale watches Eisa as she keeps her distance from everyone and re-wraps her stomach. Scott tells Derek they’ll be okay and he mentions that Satomi’s pack have claws and fangs but they aren’t fighters. Scott looks over at Eisa and mentions to her that she looks a lot better and she doesn’t look up as she replies.

“Temporary solution to an impeding problem.” She replies.

“You’re dying, aren't you?” Satomi asks which earns a small smile as a response.

Derek goes to demand an answer but Kira interrupts by telling them she hopes it’s all a false alarm. Scott tells everyone that Lydia is still talking to Meredith and Stiles is headed to the lake house. Brett asks what they’re going to do if it doesn’t end before they’re dead. Derek replies that they’ll send a message.

“It doesn’t matter if they’re a professional assassins, hunters, or an amateur who just picked up a gun. Anyone who thinks they can hunt and kill us for money is gonna be put on another list. Our list. They get to be put on our dead pool.”

Eisa slowly claps and sarcastically tells him that his words were truly inspiring. He huffs, annoyed, as he asks her what her problem is lately.

“You want to know what my problem is?” She asks, stepping up to him and poking him in the chest. “My problem is that I watched my brother and new best friend die. My problem is that I lost my magic by resurrecting them. My problem is that I hear and see the constant deaths of shifters in my mind. My problem is that I’ve seen and heard all of this for two months and when I woke up I thought I’d have some support and I do but it hasn’t been you, it hasn’t been my brother and hasn’t been Noah. All I have are Chris, Allison, Peter and my father, my birth father, and now he has to watch as I die right in front of him. My magic was a filter, it diluted the Nemeton’s effects on me, limited the noise and visions but now I can barely sleep, I can’t eat as I watch our kind get slaughtered. It’s all weighing on me, my wounds aren’t healing despite the fact I never lost my wolf and everyone has turned their backs on me even when I try to help.” She growls, poking him hard and sending him back a step. “You abandoned me when I’m the fucking reason you’re all still alive. I thought we-” She starts before getting a glance of Braden and abandoning her sentence as she walks away in frustration.

Chris watches his daughter chase after Eisa and takes the moment to tell Satomi that he does remember her. She says that he wasn’t protecting werewolves back then, he was hunting them.

Argent then asks what the mantra they repeat means to her. The alpha says that to her it means that her kind are violent creatures who will eventually not be able to control their violent impulses. Just then, the sensor goes off and Argent announces they’re coming. Eisa yells in Xhosa, the number ten, as smoke bombs are thrown into the room. Eisa had taught Chris and Allison numbers in Xhosa, stating that if the enemy doesn’t know what you’re saying then you have an advantage. Braeden yells for everyone to get back before the fighting begins.

Out of sight, Eisa and Allison climb up some of the posts and make their way across beams. Several armed and armor covered gunmen enter shooting. Chris, Braeden and Derek return fire as Satomi and her pack run away to hide. Eisa nods at Allison as the stand over the scene and the huntress nods back. She points at one of the men and Eisa points at another before Allison aims her crossbow and releases an arrow. The arrow pierces the helmet of her target and he goes down quickly.

The second the arrow leaves the crossbow, Eisa jumps off the beam and onto the back of another target. Satomi’s pack watches from their hiding spot as EIsa rips out the the assassin’s throat. A second one comes up behind her and she spins around to disarm him, using his own gun to shoot him in the head as a third man gets an arrow to the throat. The woman work together, back to back as Allison expertly works her crossbow and Eisa works the gun. When they both run out of ammo, Allison takes out a knife and Eisa flexes her claws.

“You take left, I’ll take right.” Eisa says. “The second you think you’re going to lose you sprint.”

“You’re bleeding.” The huntress points out, looking at the blood seeping through Eisa’s shirt.

“Occupational hazard.” She responds before running up behind a gunman and snapping his neck. “You left, me right.” She repeats which earns a nod from Allison.

Scott is a few feet away fighting a man. Eisa notices as his features become more animalistic as his wolf takes over. He stops to think and someone's phone goes off. All of their phones go off, and the assassins start to back out. However none of them get too far as shots continue to go off and everyone looks up at the beams to see Eisa holding one of the rifles. None of the assassins make it out alive and Eisa hops down from the beam.

Scott takes one of the man's phones from his pocket and shows him the message that reads, “All contracts terminated.” Everyone comes out from where they were and look around. Kira asks if it’s really over, and Scott nods. He then looks at Eisa as she using a handgun from one of the men and shoots the ones that she could still hear breathing.

“What are you doing?!” Scott exclaims. “They were going to leave, you didn’t have to kill them.”

“They would have been back the second someone else had money to throw around.” She says, pulling her shirt over her head, her bandages completely red as blood drips onto the floor.

Chris comes from another end of the warehouse demanding to know where his girls are. He arrives just in time to see Allison catch Eisa as she collapses in her arms. The wolf starts to cough up blood and her eyes shift from purple to green on their own.

“Parrish.” She rasps as blood continues to fall out of her mouth. “Someone, for the love of god get my father and Parrish.” She demands when no one moves.

The last thing she sees is Chris and Derek pulling out their phones.

Chapter Text

A man drags a body bag into an industrial freezer which has both animals and people hanging from hooks. He drops the bag and leans down close to it, listening. Suddenly, someone in the bag struggles. He tells them to relax because he's going to open it and when he does the sight of a girl bound in duct tape greets him. He asks if her name is Kalissa and she nods before seeing all the knives on the wall. He tells her that she isn't going to be leaving. He then tells her that contrary to traditional culinary practices, to someone like him the kill tastes better when it's been frightened.

The man snarls in her face, revealing razor sharp teeth and white eyes that belong to Wendigo’s. Kalissa then looks over his shoulder and suddenly stops struggle. Deaton stands behind the man and whips out a baton. The Wendigo grabs meat hooks and the two start to fight. As Deaton is about to win, the wendigo informs him that the deadpool is over, so he isn't going to get paid.

"I'm not here to kill you, Patrick." Deaton says. "I'm taking you back to Eichen House where they know all about your culinary practices." He then knocks Patrick out with one blow to the head.

The man takes the tape off Kalissa's mouth, and she asks him if he's a cop.

"Veterinarian." He replies with a slight frown.

When the girl is safe Deaton goes to Eichen house and watches them wheel Patrick away. Dr. Conrad Ferris walks through the halls with the Vet and advises him against going to see the man he intends to see. Deaton replies that he came through on his end of their bargain and all he wants to do is talk to him. The doctor tells him that the last person that went to see Valack left the room but not the building. The veterinarian isn't swayed and heads to see Valack anyway.

Behind a plexiglass wall in a cell, Dr. Valack says that Deaton must be important because they don't usually let people get this close. He complains that while they let him read, all he gets are trashy romance novels before tossing the one in his hand onto a pile on the floor. Valack recognizes Deaton by name and says he knows his specialty is not cats and dogs. Deaton says he's there because of what Valack knows about South African mythology, but Valack says he's there to learn about Mafungwashe Verdand.

"You want to know about La Loba. The Bone Woman." The patient says.

Deaton looks thrown for a moment and says he needs to know what she did to Derek Hale and if he’s dying. Valack asks why and Deaton says it’s because he made a promise to a woman he loved. The man tells Deaton to come close, but Deaton replies that he's been advised against it. He's only there to talk, to hear what he knows. Valack insists that he needs to see what he knows and removes a band of cloth from around his head revealing a hole. Deaton looks distressed and says that just because Valack trepanned himself doesn't mean he's given himself extra-sensory perception. He looks at the hole and is drawn to it. Valack urges him on, and Deaton seems to move against his will, staring at it. Inside Valack's head, a third eye opens.

+++

Everyone stares at the body on the Nemeton. Eisa lays there, heart unable to beat and breathes no longer escaping her lips. When Stiles and Noah touched her she was freezing cold, her wolf unable to warm her. All of the packs gathered, Alpha’s, Hale’s and McCall’s as well as Satomi’s pack who were there to show the wolf their respect. Kali and Ennis had returned to town only minutes before the fight in the warehouse and were welcomed back with news of Eisa’s heroic death.

Deucalion knew to be prepared for the moment she finally stopped moving but no father should ever outlive their daughter. Noah glares at him, blaming him but the alpha doesn’t budge as his eyes stay on his little girl. Liam looks at her, wondering how the girl he heard so much about could end up dead on tree stump. Isaac holds Allison’s hand as the huntress tries not to cry, losing her friend when she just got her. The two had made amends after she woke up, jumping in front of Stiles to save him had earned her some respect and the opportunity to start over.

“How did this even happen?” Ennis asks, angry as he looks at the girl him and Kali had considered their pup.

“Your alpha took her from her home!” Noah exclaims, eyes bloodshot from crying.

“Deucalion was helping her.” Chris says, staring at Eisa, the girl he also took in as one of his own. “She spent more time with me and Allison since she left the hospital than any of you. None of you even tried to look for her.” He reprimanded before continuing.

“Noah, you worked everyday and Stiles, you were barely home, she was lonely. All of you betas, and the twins, you guys may have protected her when she was out in public but you never tried to hang out with her in private. Deucalion flew straight home when Eisa called him in tears and you want to blame him for something you should have seen for weeks? And you,” He snarls, pointing at Derek. “She loves you for gods sake but all you’ve been doing is confusing her and getting her hopes up. She has risked everything and I mean everything to keep everyone here alive and you were capable of acknowledging her with magic but the second she lost it you acted like it was the only thing going for her. Eisa is an encyclopedia of the supernatural and never hesitates to throw herself at danger because she knows that she’s going to be the only one to leave. The two months she was comatose and it’s like every single one of you lost all sense of reason and forgot exactly who Eisa Verdandi-Blackwood-Stilinski is.”

Just then, Parrish breaks through the tree-line and everyone turns to look at him. He looks over each person before moving forward to greet Deucalion. The only people there who knew what was going to happen were the Argent’s, Deucalion and Peter, the latter being the most reluctant. Stiles wants to know why Parrish is needed when they don’t even know what he is.

“Hellhound.” All the alphas, Argent’s and Peter say simultaneously.

“Eisa knew the second she saw me.” Parrish says, putting into perspective how knowledgeable Eisa truly was.

“She also knew I was a Kitsune without looking at me.” Kira adds.

“She knew Lydia was a Banshee and that I had a spark.” Stiles says quietly, everything finally weighing on their shoulders.

“We abandoned her.” Erica says solemnly.

“I didn’t.” Peter interrupts which earns glares from the group.

The conversation dies as Parrish is handed a jar of mountain ash paste, created by Eisa. He approaches the Nemeton and sets it down before pulling his shirt over his head. Deucalion follows him and with the help of Allison they get Eisa’s shirt off of her. Parrish steps onto the Nemeton and kneels beside Eisa’s body before opening the jar. The Hellhound takes the paste and draws symbols on Eisa’s skin before doing the same to himself. Once he’s finished he tells everyone to step back and Deucalion reaches for Peter, telling him it’s okay to leave.

“She’s my pup too.” Peter argues.

“Why must everyone claim my child?” Deucalion chuckles, amused.

“Because everyone loves your child.” Kali says.

“It’s important that none of you interrupt the ritual.” Parrish says. “I will warn you out of consideration that the Nemeton will go up in flames as well as Eisa and I. The important thing to note is that she won’t be harmed by the fire.”

“What exactly is this ritual supposed to achieve?” Scott asks.

“Rebirth.” Parrish replies, eyes glowing orange and voice no longer his own.

The fire sparks and covers the nemeton. Parrish continues to kneel beside Eisa, gaze distant and trance like. Deucalion holds Peter back as the beta snarls. The alpha pulls him close and tucks his head in his throat to keep his eyes away from the fire. He whispers reassuring words in Peter’s ear, letting him know that Eisa is okay and the fire isn’t harming her. Derek doesn’t think he can watch and Deucalion encourages everyone to leave as they also have other things to deal with.

Scott, Kira, Lydia and Liam leave first. Derek and his betas follow until Stiles and Noah are the last to leave, also struggling to watch. Chris, Allison, the Alpha’s and Satomi’s pack stay, the latter declaring that they owe her for protecting them and will stay to protect her until the ritual is over. Peter is determined to stay and do his job in protecting his pack. Everyone circles the Nemeton, keeping their attention on their surroundings. Deucalion is the only one who doesn’t tear his attention away from the Nemeton, eyes locked onto his daughter’s face.

After they leave, Liam meets with Mason and the two play video games in his room. Mason demands to know how Liam got so good and asks if he’s been practicing or if he suddenly got superhuman reflexes. Liam quickly says he's been practicing before Mason gets up to leave. Liam begs him to stay and Mason realizes that something is up. However, when he asks if Liam is okay, the beta tells him he should leave. A little later, Liam tries to sleep, but he's still suffering from PTSD gained from the encounter with the Berserker. While he lays there, he becomes hyperaware of the rain outside and a creak in the floor. He hears footsteps and growling and sees a Berserker standing over him. When he can't take it anymore, he turns on the light and looks around to prove it isn't there.

Meanwhile, Derek is in bed with Braeden, staring out at nothing and listening to the rain while she sleeps. Suddenly the proximity alarm goes off, waking Braeden and they both jump up and grab guns. They search the loft, guns drawn and head towards the door. The mercenary spots movement outside the door and motions to Derek. When he opens the door they both greet the intruder, guns drawn. Lydia stands on the other side, drenched from the rain and screams.

+++

The next morning, Malia tries to wake Stiles up. She reminds him that he has an early morning practice for their big game tomorrow. She then informs him that if she's going to watch an entire lacrosse game he better not suck. The coyote goes on to say that he's supposed to drive her to school early so she can study for her math test, which will determine if she can move on to be a senior with the rest of them. Annoyed, Malia looks around the room and sees Stiles's crime board. She suddenly smiles and rolls him over to kiss him. Stiles finally wakes up and tells her that he hasn’t even brushed his teeth yet. Malia doesn’t care and they kiss more.

Meanwhile in Derek’s loft, the Hale pushes the bag of money Scott held onto slightly away. Scott then cautiously asks if Derek wants to know why it took so long to return it. He asks the alpha how much he makes at the Animal Clinic and Scott says he makes minimum wage.

"That's why.” Derek shrugs. “Everyone can be tempted, Scott. Even a True alpha.”

“You’re not angry?” Scott asks, stunned.

"It's not even mine. It belongs to Peter." He replies.

Scott asks Derek where his money is and the Hale says he’s standing on it. McCall looks down and asks if there’s another vault which makes Derek laugh. He says he owns the building and has his own bank accounts. All the money from the vault was Peter's, money he didn’t touch because he was already well off on his own. Derek says they’d be fine if the rest of the money never got recovered, Peter just doesn’t like losing. The Hale zips up the bag and pauses as he notices the look on Scott’s face. Scott admits that he knows Lydia was there and says that Deaton is working on figuring out what the witch did.

At school, Malia shows off her test grade to Lydia. She’s excited she passed but Lydia isn’t impressed by the C- Malia. Coach then slaps down another test on Malia's desk where she failed. He tells her that he's disappointed and Malia deflates. Lydia then agrees to send her more notes.

When she looks up at the board it shows the net worth of the wealthy at the time of their deaths. Kira sees the effect it’s having on the Banshee and leans over to assure her it’s all over. The Deadpool was turned off and there will be no more assassins.

"No one's dying." Kira declares.

"Not yet." Lydia says, looking away from the fox.

In the weight room, Liam puts a lot of weight on the bench press and Mason offers to spot him. The beta confidently refuses help. He lifts the bar just to prove Mason wrong and his friend has enough of his attitude and leaves. While he lifts the weight, he flashes back to the roof with the Berserker.

He starts to panic and the bar gets heavier before Scott suddenly arrives and lifts the bar off him. Liam coughs but claims that he's fine. The alpha tells him that if he doesn't want to be a part of the pack, it's fine but he shouldn't push his friends away too as Mason stands behind him. Liam looks over Scott's shoulder and sees a Berserker in the mirror before Scott and Mason leave.

+++

Later that night, Scott opens the door to the loft and leads Kira inside. She comments that it doesn't look like Derek's home. Scott says he isn't and she asks why they're stopping there. He assures her that she'll see. She then asks the wolf to turn on the lights, but he smiles and says that she has to do it. He brings her hand to a lightbulb, and it turns on. The electricity spreads to a cloud of lightbulbs hanging around the loft and Scott asks if he did okay.

"For our first real date? It's a start." Kira says.

Scott asks her if she brought a movie, and she pulls out Star Wars. She tells him that she borrowed it from Stiles who said he's never seen it and will kill him if he doesn't. Kira glances around the loft and then asks where the TV is, when they can’t find it they end up using Derek’s computer. In the middle of the movie Scott asks about the movie number and Kira gives up on the explanation before closing the laptop. She starts making out with Scott instead and in the middle of making out, Scott suddenly stops. Just then, the witch and a berserker break through the loft window.

Scott comes back to consciousness and is being held aloft by a Berserker. It throws him against the loft door, and Scott falls hard. An invisible force sends Kira flying, which gets Scott to his feet. Scott and Kate fight, while Kira takes on the Berserker. She grabs a length of chain, but the berserker just uses it to haul her in and hit her harder. The alpha is knocked down and he feels little hands shove him against a beam but he can’t see what’s holding him. He watches as the Berserker holds Kira up by the hair. He asks the witch what she wants and she says insight.

“To what?” Scott inquires.

“I want to know who took my sister’s magic.” She says. “You obviously know them so now all I need to do is lure them out and what better way to do that than to take you? You are the alpha after all.”

Scott doesn’t say much other than telling her to take him, only him. She doesn’t need Kira but she doesn’t agree and knocks the alpha out. When he comes to again he wakes up on an altar.

He's strapped down and wrapped in wolfsbane. Mafungwashe asks Scott if they ever taught him the myth of Artemis and Actaeon in school. Artemis was a goddess and Actaeon was a hunter who happened to see Artemis bathing naked one day. Artemis was so angry she turned Actaeon into a deer, and his own dogs tore him apart.

She picks up a Berserker helmet, and Scott asks what she's doing. She chuckles as she tells him she isn’t going to turn her into a deer but that he’s going to be unrecognizable when his pack comes. Scott begs her to stop, but the woman puts the mask on him, and he screams.

Meanwhile, Noah knocks on Stiles’ doorframe. Stiles and Malia are studying and the Sheriff tells them to drop what they’re doing because he’s taking them out to dinner.

"Dad, I don't think a man of your debts should be treating anyone to anything." Stiles says.

Noah tells him that there’s no debt. Eichen House dropped their bill on account of Stiles almost being killed by Brunski. The hospital bills were paid for by Deucalion as requested by Eisa. Noah looks across the hall into the empty room and lets out a sad sigh before turning back to the couple.

“Right now I have the time and money to take my son and his girlfriend out to dinner. Malia, what's your favorite food?" He asks. Malia looks thrilled as she tells him that deer is her favorite food and Stiles quickly interjects, telling Noah that she likes pizza.

+++

Before the lacrosse game, Stiles and Liam go into the locker room. Stiles says that Scott is fine and he got a text from him saying that he was going to be late. Liam wants to know how late, late is, because they're playing Devenford Prep again. Coach overhears them talking and asks who's going to be late. Liam admits to him that it's Scott and Kira and Coach asks what they're doing that's going to make them slightly late.

The lights illuminate the field as Malia, Noah and Mason take their seats on the bleachers. Liam looks around and notes that Scott and Kira still aren't there. Stiles asks him what's really going on and whether he’s nervous for the full moon which is only 24 hours away. Stiles then tells him not to worry about it. Liam asks if he's concerned and Stiles only mildly. He then sends a text to Scott saying that he's very very worried.

Liam declares that they're going to lose without him, but Stiles insists that they'll be just as good without Scott. The Spark says he's been practicing and he's getting really good. However, just as the game starts, Stiles gets knocked over and trips over nothing. Liam stands over him and gives him an unimpressed look before Stiles agrees to call Scott again. Devenford scores again. Stiles tells Liam that neither Scott nor Kira are answering so he has to go see what's going on.

The beta asks what he's supposed to tell Coach. Stiles says to tell him nothing and gets up to go to talk to his dad. The two leave and leave Malia behind just in case Scott does show up. On the field, Devenford gets the ball and makes a play across the field. Liam goes to intercept but sees a Berserker kill another player and freezes. The other team runs right by him and scores. Liam gets the ball and is making a good run when Brett knocks him down with a brutal and illegal hit. Liam demands to know why he did that.

"Because you're afraid. I can smell it on you from across the field." Brett responds. He asks if Liam is hurt and the beta says no. “Are you still alive?”

“Obviously.” Liam replies.

“Then get up.” He orders. The referee jogs towards them and asks Liam if he’s good to play then turns to Brett to ask if he’s going to do that again. “Only if I have to.” he smirks before running off.

In the audience, Peter sits down next to Malia and asks who's winning. Malia asks why he’s there and not watching Parrish and EIsa.

“Deucalion sent me away.” He grumbles.

Malia then says that she doesn't want any one-on-one father-daughter time. Peter wonders about mother-daughter time. The coyote gives him a sharp look, and Peter says he found the Desert Wolf. He'll tell her if she agrees to at least get to know him instead of relying on the words of other people.

After the game, Brett finds Liam in the locker room and asks if he’s okay. Liam points out that they lost. Brett asks again if he's okay, so Liam asks why he helped him.

"Because wolves have to stick together. When we were all gathered around Eisa it helped me see that. Her mother, Iyanna Verdandi was a savior for the supernatural when she was alive and Satomi said that Eisa will be the same. I don’t think you know how lucky you are to have a Verdandi or a True Alpha by your side and I know that you’ll eventually figure it out because you’re strong. You’re not strong because you can lift a lot of weight now but you’re strong because you endure. So endure.”

On the other side of town, Stiles and Noah arrive at Derek’s loft. They find Derek and Braeden already there, looking around at the mayhem. Stiles asks what happened and Derek tells him that it was supposed to be a date. Braeden then confirms that now they're both gone. Just then Lydia calls Stiles and informs him that Scott's been taken. He corrects her and says it's Scott and Kira but they don't know where they were taken.

“Mexico.” Deaton says beside Lydia. "And if you want to save his life, that's where you're going too."

+++

Kira wakes up in a dungeon on top of bones. The door of the cell is open. She goes to investigate, calling Scott’s name warily. She can't see and feels her way down the passage. A Berserker hidden in the alcove lifts it’s head and steps up to follow her. The fox thinks she found the way out but as soon as she starts to hurry toward it a Berserker blocks her path. She turns to go back, but the other one is right behind her.

It grabs her arm and she screams before her head is slammed against the wall. As they struggle, Kira sees the tattoos on the Berserker’s arm and realizes that it's Scott. He throws her to the ground but stops at the sound of a whistle. The witch saunters in and says that she'll have to do a better job of hiding Scott’s tattoo. Kira asks what she did to him, but the witch corrects her. She says that how is the better story and explains that when she first got to Mexico she had no idea where to go but she felt drawn to La Iglesia, to the temple of Tezcatlipoca.

"His name means Smoking Mirror, and this a temple of the smoking mirror." She says as she draws her fingers along a slash mark on the wall.

She says that when she got to the temple she found the Berserkers waiting for her. They helped her survive and in addition to controlling them she found out she could create them They call her La Loba, the Bone Woman. The woman then explains to Kira that they let her out because she needed to test Scott's loyalty. The alpha’s been through a lot without having to kill, but she wants to change that. Scott then pulls an antler off of his outfit and stabs Kira in the stomach with it.

The fox is then returned to the cell and sits on the ground, wounded. She hears her mother talking to her. She tells her it’s alright to cry because it’s no measure of her strength. Kira replies that she's not strong and she needs to get up.

"How do you know you can't?" Noshiko asks her.

"Because I'm not healing. You told me why I never get sick, and you said I’d learn to heal." She complains.

"Then learn." Her mother replies.

Kira says she can't because she doesn't know how to start or what to do. Noshiko advises her that foxes and wolves are similar creatures. She asks how wolves would make themselves heal, and Kira remembers that it's through pain. Kira smashes an obsidian pane next to her and grabs a piece of glass. She squeezes it, making herself bleed more, and her eyes glow orange.

+++

At the loft, Braeden is checking her gun while Derek looks at the table full of weaponry. He says he still doesn’t like relying on guns

"I get it. You miss your power. I would, too." Braeden responds.

Derek looks a little confused, "It's not about power. It's about being able to help. I don't like feeling helpless."

“I’m human. Do I look helpless?” She asks. “Did Eisa look helpless when she killed all those assassins as she practically bled out?”

Derek gives her a look and shakes his head. Something in his expression wipes the smile from her face and she asks him if he really thinks he won't be coming back. He says he will but he won’t be alive. He then thinks of Eisa and how he won’t be able to tell her how he really feels. Braeden puts down her gun and tells him she’s not okay with him dying. Derek looks at her and then turns away when she goes in to kiss him.

“I am. If it saves Scott and Kira.” He argues.

“There’s something else isn’t there?” Braeden asks. She remembers how he came home after Eisa died in the warehouse and his betas explained everything that happened in the preserve. Derek looked lost, as if a piece of him was ripped apart.

“I’m in love with her.” He says softly, avoiding her eyes.

“I know.” Braeden responds. “I saw it at the warehouse, the way you looked at her and I could tell that she’s in love with you too.”

“She never told me.” He says.

“Yes she did.” She smiles, walking away to take the note from his bedside table. She reads Eisa’s words aloud, “I love you, I really do. Yours, Eisa.” She repeats. “She told you and you learned her mother tongue for her but didn’t notice that she called you her wolf. Tell me honestly, when something goes wrong, when you start doubting yourself, when you need someone, who do you think of?”

“Eisa.” He admits without hesitation.

”The only thing that was keeping the two of you apart was her age but you don’t need to worry about that anymore, she’s eighteen, she turned eighteen while she was hooked to a ventilator.”

Derek doesn’t respond as he thinks and turns to the table of weapons. He says they’re not going to have enough firepower to stake down even one Berserker. Peter announces himself by agreeing and walking down the staircase. He says that killing a Berserker is next to impossible, unless of course you happen to be Eisa. Peter says they need to break the animal spirit from the human.

Derek says that the only other person they know with the proper experience is Chris Argent and he isn't answering his phone. The hunter is busy guarding Eisa’s body and Peter tells them they’ll need help that consists of Malia, maybe Liam, and definitely him.

Meanwhile, Noah closes his office door and forbids Stiles to go after Scott and Kira in Mexico. He wants to call Mexican law enforcement to help them. The Spark says there’s no time and is adamant on going. The Sheriff tries to say that he can keep Stiles from going, but Stiles insists that even a locked cell will hold him. He asks Stiles to give him enough time to verify that they've really been taken beyond a vision by a guy with a third eye. He says he'll call every agency all the way to Mexico and if nothing turns up then he’s going too. Stiles agrees and asks if he gets a gun.

“No.” Noah squints.

+++

At Scott’s house, Stiles rifles through his closet and tosses Malia a shirt. She sniffs it and says it smells like fabric softener. Stiles realizes that they can't use clean clothes to get Scott's scent, so he rushes to the bathroom and opens the hamper. He pulls out a pair of boxers, but Malia just makes a face at him. Instead she turns and grabs a pillow from Scott's bed. They head downstairs to find Liam waiting for them. Stiles tells Liam to go home because he isn't coming. The beta asks why and Stiles tells him it’s because it’s the full moon and he doesn’t feel like driving all the way down to Mexico just to get his throat ripped out.

Liam was hoping they could chain him up in the back seat, but Malia reminds him that he tore through the last set of chains. Stiles says they’d have to freeze Liam in carbonite to transport him. The beta doesn’t get the reference and thinks it’s a great idea. Stiles tries to explain to Liam that he doesn't have to help them and doesn't have to put himself in danger. However, Liam is determined to help and says there has to be bigger chains or a bigger trunk to keep him in.

Later in an empty warehouse, Stiles, Malia, and Liam meet Derek and Braeden. Braden pull in with a prison transport van and Stiles asks her how. She says she's a US Marshal but Stiles thought that was just a cover. Derek gets out of his car and motions to Liam. He asks if they’re really taking Liam and Peter interrupts an eventual argument by saying they’re brining everyone they can. He then suggests that since the two were taken the night before a full moon they should probably leave sooner than later.

Peter says that if the witch took Scott she’d need a secluded area, most likely the place the Calaveras wanted them to go. Braeden tells them she knows where they’d be because the Calaveras had paid her to track the witch which led her to a temple. Before they leave, Stiles calls Lydia while Peter paces. Derek asks what she's doing at the school and Malia Tells him that despite having Kira’s sword they need something with a stronger scent. Stiles eventually tells them Lydia still isn’t answering and Braden suggests that they leave and let Lydia catch up.

Stiles doesn't agree because Lydia not answering might mean she’s in trouble. Peter then suggests Stiles stay and find her while the rest of them go on without him. Instead, Liam offers to call Mason, who has a study group at the school and could look for her. Derek thinks it’s a reasonable idea, and Stiles agrees. The spark then tells Malia that he's going to ride with Derek and Liam because he's got some experience dealing with new and out of control teen wolves. He asks if she'll be okay riding with Peter and she agrees, saying they could possibly bond.

As they get ready, Peter tells them all that while they may see human eyes behind the skulls, they should not assume that there is any humanity left. Liam looks worried, and Peter picks up on how terrified he is. He tells him that fear will keep them alive and that you don’t fight Berserkers to survive. You fight to kill.

When they leave, Braeden drives the van with Derek, Stiles, and Liam in the back. Derek locks Liam down with handcuffs. Liam tests them, and then Derek tells him that he brought something to help him. He pulls out a triskelion talisman. He tells the beta that it’s been in his family for centuries and it’s a very powerful talisman. They use it to teach betas how to control themselves on the full moon. Derek hands the talisman to Liam and then looks to Stiles, urging him to corroborate his story. The spark unconvincingly agrees that it’s powerful as they continue driving.

Night falls while they're still on the road and Peter asks Malia if he can turn the radio down. He asks her if she's worried about Stiles and she says she’s worried about everyone. He wonders if he has to be worried about her. They have to go through the Berserkers and South African creatures that turn invisible to get to the witch and then through the witch to get to Scott and Kira. He says it’s going to be messy and Malia informs him that Scott says they don't kill people. He asks her if Scott would kill to save Kira and if she would kill to save Stiles. She doesn't have an answer for him and looks at the full moon instead. It's still affecting her, but Peter says that's good because she'll need that power.

Braeden checks on the three in the back of the van and Liam suddenly jerks in pain. His claws are out, and he grips the triskelion tightly. He tells Derek that he better start teaching him. The Hale tells Liam that they have a mantra that they use.

"You repeat it, you focus on the words. It's like meditating. You say the words until you feel control coming back to you." He says.

Liam glances at Stiles as Derek speaks and winces in pain. He asks Derek what the words are and he explains the idea between their mantra: Alpha, Beta, Omega. Liam asks if alphas can become omegas and Derek nods silently. He tells Liam that all he has to do is say the three words and with each one tell himself that he's getting calmer. He urges the beta to say it slowly. They try multiple times before theres a growl in Liam’s voice and Stiles shuffles a little further away. He tells Derek that he doesn't think it's working as Liam’s eyes glow and he lunges toward Derek.

The beta isn’t able to get his claws into Derek when his handcuffs break as a purple sheen shines between them and Liam is thrown back. The Hale looks at Stiles who tells him it wasn’t his doing, his spark is green. Stiles then gestures towards Derek’s bracelet that still had a slight glow to it. Derek moves to hold the beta down and Stiles says he doesn’t think the mantra is resonating with him. The spark finally uses his own magic and keeps Liam from bursting forward again.

Derek asks if he knows anymore mantras. Stiles thinks for a second before asking Liam, what three things cannot long be hidden. Liam looks at him for a second and then goes back to trying to attack Derek. Stiles pulls on Liam's arm and demands that he look at him. He repeats the question and the beta finally answers. Stiles glances at Derek and then tells Liam to say it again. Liam repeats it, and he's already starting to shift back. Braeden checks in, and Derek informs her that they're okay. Liam keeps saying the mantra and Stiles claps Derek on the arm, breathing in breath of relief.

They eventually arrive at La Iglesia and Liam says that he can't believe he did it. Derek asks Liam if he can bring the same level of control and strength into La Iglesia. Liam flicks out his claws, and Stiles replies that they might actually be able to do this. Derek opens the back of the van and is immediately met with a Berserker. It throws him on the ground, his bracelet slipping off, and then throws him down onto a rock wall. It then beats him and stabs him with one of its antler daggers. Braeden shoots it enough to chase it off and then runs to check on Derek.

He falls onto the ground as Peter rushes forward and slides to a stop. Stiles gets out of the van as Peter asks how bad it is.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Derek says too quickly. "Just get to Scott. Just find him. We'll be right behind you. Go. Go!" He yells.

Peter is the first to leave, compartmentalizing the best he can. Malia and Liam linger behind Stiles, but then also leave. Stiles is the last, still staring at him. Derek tells him to save Scott. Stiles turns and leaves, too, but stops after a few steps.

“If you die, Eisa will kill you.” He says before finally leaving.

Braeden kneels over him just shaking her head. He tries to laugh as he tells her that Lydia was right.

+++

At the school, Lydia goes into Kira's locker and gets a jacket. As she’s standing there she hears growling and ducks just as a berserker punches the locker. Outside, Mason checks the parking lot for Lydia’s car and confirms she’s there. He then wanders around and checks empty classrooms for the Banshee. He eventually finds Kira's jacket and Lydia’s phone in the stairwell. The teen tries to turn on her phone and sees a photo of a Berserker. A shadow falls over him, and he looks up to see a Berserker in front of him.

He passes out and eventually comes to in the basement with a start when Lydia touches his face. He starts describing the Berserker to her and she just nods. Their phones are gone and Mason asks what the Berserker is going to do them, but Lydia doesn't know. All she knows is that it doesn’t want them to leave and Mason wonders why she keeps referring to it as ‘it.’ The Berserker then growls, and they both turn to look down the hallway towards it. Mason asks what it is.

"Not human." Lydia replies.

They end up pressed side by side against a wall, hiding. Lydia doesn't hear the berserker so she wants to go. Mason tells her that there's only one way out from the side of the basement they’re on. She knows, but if they don't get out then someone's going to die. Mason asks how she knows, and she sighs that she just does. Mason leans out to see if the berserker is blocking the exit, and it walks into view. Lydia finds a basket of bats and picks one up. The teen wonders if she’s serious and Lydia confirms that she is.

"My friends are in trouble. And so is Liam, your best friend. They need me. I'm going for it."

She takes the metal bat and marches toward the Berserker. Mason suddenly comes running past her, yelling, and takes a swing. The Berserker backhands him, throwing him all the way down the hallway. Lydia takes her own shot, and meets the same fate as Mason. Just as the Berserker starts towards them, Noah grabs its attention. He tells the Berserker to catch and throws something at it. The Berserker catches the claymore mine and everyone takes cover. The mine explodes, turning the Berserker into dusk and pieces

The Sheriff picks up the skull and pours some of the dust off of it. Lydia tells him that the Berserker wanted her to stay in Beacon Hills as a distraction. She then tells him that it’s because she knows they’re going to kill Scott.

+++

Inside the church, everyone follows Peter. He suddenly brings them to a halt and insists they figure out where they are, then they have to figure out how to find Scott and Kira. Liam asks what they should do and Malia glances over before telling them to duck. A berserker attacks and they run further into the ruins. Outside, Braeden asks Derek if he can still pull a trigger. Breathless, he says yes and she tells him to stay with her.

"It's a mortal wound, and right now I'm feeling pretty mortal." He says.

“I’m not going to let you die.” She says seriously. “You still need to tell her you love her.

They hear something and Derek says she might have to concentrate on saving herself. Braeden takes her shotgun and goes to have a look. She glances down a street but doesn't see anything, then checks in with Derek. He motions for her to look again, and this time she sees the witch and a Berserker. Braeden pumps her shotgun and prepares for a fight. She empties shots into the berserker as it runs towards her.

When her shotgun runs out, she switches to pistols. It doesn't slow down and grabs her by the throat, holding her up in the air. The witch asks if she knows who stole her sister’s magic before she hears engines coming up behind her. Two vehicles pull into view, carrying the Calaveras. A third pulls up with Parrish, Allison and Chris Argent. Parrish shoots from the driver's seat, while Chris gets out with an automatic rifle and Allison uses her crossbow.

Peter, Stiles, Malia, and Liam run into the main room of the temple. Malia tosses Kira’s sword to Stiles and tells him to go find their friends. Stiles goes, and the three of them turn to face the Berserker. The witch runs with the Berserker and the Calaveras give chase. Braden suddenly looks up when a hand is held out in front of her. She looks up to see Eisa looking down at her.

“You’re alive.” She states, grabbing her hand as Eisa pulls her up.

“It wasn’t my time.” She smiles before looking in the direction the Calaveras ran. “Take care of my wolf, I’ll take care of my Aunt.”

“Your aunt?”

“You’re wasting time talking to me.” Eisa argues before walking off.

Stiles searches the tunnels for Scott but finds Kira instead. She struggles to tell him that Scott is the Berserker going after them. Stiles realizes that that's why Lydia isn't there, because she would know if Scott was about to die. Meanwhile, Peter, Liam and Malia take their turns attacking Scott.

Outside, the Calaveras drive the witch and the Berserker back toward Braeden's van. Derek is still alive, watching the fire fight. The Berserker takes out a few men while the witch runs for cover. Derek sees his bracelet on the ground and goes to reach for it. Before his fingers can graze it someone else is picking it up. He looks up just as Eisa crouches beside him and grabs his hand to slip the bracelet on his wrist.

“Eisa.” He breathes.

“Hey big bad.” She smiles. He looks past her as another vehicle pulls in and the Alpha pack jumps out. Deucalion is the one to reach them first as the twins run into the temple and Ennis and Kali fight Berserkers. “I have a few things I need to take care of.” She says, cupping the side of his face. “You better be alive when I get back or I’m going to be pissed.” She tells him, leaning forward to kiss his forehead. Derek leans into it and goes to reach for her but she’s already up and walking away.

Braeden takes her spot and he turns to look at her. He turns back towards the retreating Eisa. He watches as the Berserker the Calaveras are fighting suddenly explodes into purple dust. She got her magic back. He smiles before Deucalion and Braeden watch him die.

Malia, Liam, and Peter continue to fight Scott just as the twins join. They manage to knock him down, and then Peter tosses Malia one of the antler daggers from the altar. He yells at her to kill it as him and Liam haul him up against the wall. Malia raises the dagger, ready to stab, when Stiles runs in and yells for her to wait. Kira rushes in behind him and cuts the dagger apart.

"It's Scott." Stiles says. Liam then looks behind the mask and sees Scott's eyes.

Scott throws both Peter and Liam off and then punches Malia. He goes after Liam as Kira begs him not to. Stiles tries to get Scott to recognize him. Scott backhands him instead. They can only watch as Scott picks Liam up and holds him against a column.

Eisa casually strolls in the direction of the witch, letting her magic seep out of her. The Calaveras fan out behind her. The witch eventually comes out from hiding in front of Braeden’s van and comes face to face with Eisa. A hunter gets shoots at her but the bullets bounce off of her as everyone watches a purple dome surround the two.

“Iyanna?” She asks.

“Eisa.” She corrects.

“You’re the one who took my sister’s magic? You’re just a child!” She exclaims.

“I’m her child, umakazi.”

With another burst of magic, they watch it spread throughout the area and there are multiple pops. Surrounding everyone are small vampiric creatures. Chris switches out his ammo and replaces it with salt filled bullets as he shoots them.

Inside the temple, Scott is about to punch Liam when the beta begs him to listen. He tells his alpha that he’s not a monster, he’s a werewolf like him. The message gets through as they look at one another and Scott lowers his arm. He blinks and stumbles back and then starts trying to get the armor off. He tears away everything, then breaks the skull apart to remove it. The Calaveras continue to get attacked and killed by Berserkers and Tokoloshe. Deucalion leaves Derek’s side to fight alongside his pack and as the battle continues, everyone hears a wolf howl.

Everyone stops and turns toward the sound. A black wolf jumps over one of the ruined walls and heads straight towards a Tokoloshe that was about to attack Deuc. Its eyes glow blue and it attacks the creature, ripping its throat out with its teeth. The wolf bears his teeth, and then Derek shifts into human form. Eisa smiles as one of the hunters looks at him, declaring he was dead.

“No, I was evolving.” He says.

Just then, a Berserker tries to attack Derek, but he moves too quickly for it and grabs its skull mask. He rips the mask apart, and the berserker underneath vanishes into dust. Derek frowns a little in confusion. Mafungwashe turns toward her niece to see her already looking at her. Everyone comes out of the temple and spots the two. Stiles calls out to Eisa, happy to see her alive. The sun begins to rise above them as everybody watches them.

“You summoned the Uthikoloshe.” Eisa points out. “Familiars that require the sacrifice of a relatives soul.” Eisa doesn’t give her Aunt the chance to speak. “For a while after I woke up I kept believing that my magic was the filter between me and the Nemeton but it wasn’t, it was my soul. A soul that you had willingly handed to a dozen Tokoloshe. They took pieces, day after day and weakened my wolf, making my mortal wounds, mortal.”

“I thought I was the last one.” She replied, tears in her eyes.

“But you didn’t look.” Eisa argues. “Instead you sacrificed your only nieces soul and killed her. I died Aunt Mafungwashe. And not only did I die but you killed the man I love.” She reveals, gesturing towards Derek.

“I just wanted to know who took my sister’s magic, I wanted to find her killers.”

“Her murderers are dead, I killed them.” Eisa says, stepping closer to her Aunt. “My mother was avenged and she may not be alive but she lives through me because her magic runs through me as well as her blood.” She tells her as her Aunt begins crying and Eisa pulls her into her arms.

“I just wanted to honor my sister.” She sobs.

“I know.” Eisa replied. “And I must honor our ancestors.” She says, kissing her aunt’s forehead before plunging a knife in her stomach.

Mafungwashe pulls back to look at her with a sense of betrayal. Eisa sees it though, the understanding in her eyes. She stumbles and Eisa catches her, hand still on the hilt of the knife. The two sink to the ground as the wolf holds the woman in her arms. Everyone watches the interaction, shifters surprised at Eisa’s actions. Deucalion approaches the barrier and crouches to eye level with his daughter. Her aunt turns her head to look at the wolf and tells him that her sister described him perfectly in her letters and she’s happy she found love. The alpha tells her that he was the lucky one and looks at his daughter to make sure she’s okay.

Eisa nods and looks down at her aunt before she begins to hum. The humming gets louder and everyone listens to Eisa sing. Deucalion stands, giving them space as Eisa pulls out the knife and cups her aunt’s face. Chris hands Derek a pair of pants, telling him Eisa knew and then goes back to listening to her sing. Nobody but Deucalion and Mafungwashe understand what she’s saying but they can tell it’s important to her.

“Why is she singing?” Kira asks the oldest wolf.

“She’s calling out to their ancestors. She’s asking them to take her aunt home.” Deucalion answers just as voices echo around them.

People walk out from behind the cars, the attires all different. More come out from behind the hunters and push through them. Deucalion feels a hand slip into his and looks over to see Iyanna. The hunters recognize her and the newest pack members finally have an image of the renowned Spark. Iyanna kisses Deucalion on the cheek and moves forward, hand slipping out of his as she approaches her sister and daughter. The ancestors harmonize behind Eisa and many let out their own tribal cries. Everyone becomes emotional as they watch the spirits surround Eisa and her aunt finally pass away in her arms. They watch her aunt’s spirit join the ancestors as she continues singing.

Iyanna kisses her daughter on the forehead and takes her sister’s hand. The ancestors turn to walk away and the sisters walk behind them, looking back at Eisa one last time before they vanish. Even after they’re gone, Eisa’s song doesn’t end. She lays her aunt’s body on the sand. Roots gently wrap around her and everyone sees her get swallowed into the ground. It doesn’t stop there as Eisa takes the knife she used and grabs a fistful of her hair before cutting it off. As her hair now ends at her shoulders rather than her lower back she holds it in her hands and lets her magic burn it, her song finally ending.

“Who are you?” Araya Calavera asks as the barrier falls and Eisa stands.

“My name is Eisa Verdandi, daughter of Iyanna Verdandi and Deucalion Blackwood.” She smiles, eyes glowing purple. “I am the Guardian of the Nemeton, a wolf and a Spark.” She reveals, taking a step towards them. They raise their guns but a burst of magic sends them to the ground. “These people are my pack and they are under my protection, if any harm comes to them you will be met with death.” She promises. “I am not as merciful as my mother.”

The matriarch nods as she orders her men to retreat. Eisa stands there and watches them drive off. Once they’re gone she’s met with an armful of Stiles who apologizes to her and tells her that he missed her. Everyone else approaches her, apologizing and hugging. Liam has no reason to apologize or hug her but she addresses him anyways. She tells him that he will overcome the difficulties and be one of the best anyone has ever seen. The last to approach her is Derek.

“I made you think you were something that could be pushed aside.” He says.

“Yes you did.” Eisa nods.

“But you aren’t. You’re more than that. More to me.” He admits, cupping the side of her face and stepping closer. “I’ve loved you since the first slice of blueberry pie.” He tells her which pulls a laugh from her.

“You’re not just saying that?” She asks.

Derek shakes his head, slipping his hand behind her head as the other grips her hip, pulling her closer. He captures her lips in his and relishes in the way she melts in his arms. Eisa’s hands rest on the Hale’s chest and she presses forward, encouraging him to deepen the kiss. When they finally pull back everyone is staring at them, amused and excited at the development.

“Finally!” Stiles groans. “About time the two of you figured it out.” Allison throws her hand over his mouth and Eisa buries her face in Derek’s chest as she laughs.

After a few minutes everyone bids their goodbyes to Braeden who still has her own jobs to complete. Chris and Allison leave with Parrish. The Hale betas leave with each other, the alphas as well. McCall and his pack leave in Stiles Jeep, leaving Derek and Eisa to leave together. Once everyone is gone the two stand in front of the temple and watch it crumble. The Spark determines that no one will be able to use it again and Derek takes her hand, leading her to his truck. As he opens the passenger door for her he wraps his arm around her waist and pulls her in.

“You know, when you first visited me in the hospital I heard you.” She tells him.

“And what is it you heard?” He smiles as she wraps her arms around his neck.

“Just this little Xhosa word that I totally think you should repeat.”

Derek backs her up until her back hits the vehicle and he leans in, lips ghosting over hers.

“Usana.” He whispers, smiling against her lips when she presses them together.

“So, how does blueberry pie sound?” She asks, smiling up at the wolf.

Chapter Text

Scott and Stiles are sitting on the hood of the Jeep at the Lookout, watching the sky. Stiles has a map of San Francisco open. He reports that he's found some cool two bedrooms in the Mission District, but they're pretty expensive. He's also looked in Haight and Asbury, which are also expensive. Scott asks about Berkeley. Stiles agrees to look at Nob Hill but complains about the Jeep’s clutches.

“You're bringing the Jeep?" Scott asks.

Stiles is annoyed and reiterates that that's the Plan. “No one gets left behind. That's the plan. Lydia's not going to have a problem getting into Stanford. Kira's thinking USF. Malia’s, uh, gonna, she'll figure something out. Okay. The Plan is perfect.” He says.

“What about Eisa?” Scott asks.

“I actually don’t know that either.” He huffs.

Scott smiles and suggests they wait until they get into college before trying to figure out where to live. Stiles insists that he has a beautiful vision and asks that Scott not ruin it. Stiles then goes back to his map and suggests looking in East Bay and Oakland. The alpha is too busy looking up at the full moon. The Spark asks him if he's okay and if he's starting to feel the moon's effects. Scott replies that he's just thinking about senior year. Stiles says senior year is going to be easy and Scott says he’s more concerned about something that Deaton told him. Regression to the mean. He explains to Stiles that it means that life can't ever be all bad or all good. Eventually things have to come back to the middle.

They talk about how no one has tried to kill them in six months and Scott makes his point. They've been in the middle for a while. So, either things are going to get really good or really bad. A storm quickly gathers overhead and lightning arcs through the sky. Stiles asks if he thinks it’s been long enough and Liam screams yes. They look over to where they have Liam chained to a tree and Stiles reprimands him for butting in on an adult conversation. Liam rolls his eyes and Scott comes over with the key to the locks. He says that it's not that he doesn't trust Liam. Stiles interrupts to say that he doesn't trust him. It’s just that last full moon Liam had a "slip up" where they Sheriff's Department got a dozen calls about a "monstrous dog-boy running around the streets of Beacon Hills naked."

Scott asks Liam why he was naked and Liam shrugs. It was really hot out that night. He begs to be let go before Scott asks if he's sure he's okay, and Liam promises that it won't happen again. He's in complete and total control. They take off the chains and Scott and Stiles walk away. Once he's alone, Liam opens his hands to reveal cuts in him palms from his claws.

+++

At the Sheriff’s station, Parrish is answering phones while the power flickers on and off. He tells the caller that they're having power trouble too. The Sheriff tells Parrish to check the back-up generator and make sure it has fuel. He then tells Parrish to answer the phone despite the fact that’s all he’s been doing. Annoyed, Parrish confronts the Sheriff in his office. He wants to know why he’s been on desk duty, traffic duty, serving subpoenas and finishing a total organizational overhaul of evidence lock up for six months. He wants to know what he did to lose the Sheriff’s trust. Noah doesn’t explain why he's put Jordan on desk duty, but in response to this outburst, he gives him a noise complaint to look into.

The Hellhound goes to 2216 Astoria Lane, a vacant house. The complaint said a woman heard loud hammering coming from inside the building but she hasn't seen anyone enter or exit. The home has been vacant for months, but there's a pending sale. It isn’t locked so Parrish easily opens the door. He calls into the darkness as he looks around with a flashlight and sees a chandelier sitting on the floor before heading down to the basement. Once down there, Parrish hears a thud behind a wall.

He calls out and hears a few more thuds behind a cement block wall. Parrish yells back that he's going to be right back. He runs back outside to his truck and comes back with a combination pry bar and pick axe. When he returns he hacks at the wall, chipping out a few pieces, and then the wall starts to bleed. He gets sprayed on the face with some black ooze, and the trapped person busts out of the wall.

He grabs Parrish by the throat and growls at him. The creature has werewolf fangs and blue eyes but his claws resemble a kanima. He stabs Parrish in the gut, and the deputy’s eyes start to glow orange. The creature's eyes glow the same orange in return and the man, Belasko tilts his head at Parrish.

“Not a werewolf, but you're something. Now you're no ordinary creature, Deputy. But then neither am I. Not tonight.” He says.

Parrish is on the ground and Belasko holds up his claws, which glow blue. He tells Parrish that he'll let him live if he tells him where Scott McCall is.

"Never heard of him." Parrish replies, and Belasko slashes him.

+++

Eisa’s back hits a tree as fabric bunches at her hips and hands grip her thighs. Derek nips at her neck, gripping her tighter when he presses harder against her. The two had come out to the preserve to hunt together in their wolf forms, a ritual they’ve tied to the full moon. They hadn’t gotten very far when Derek arrived to find Eisa bathing in the moonlight wearing a dress that flowed with the nights wind. Just as she turned around to greet him, his hands and lips were on her. She didn’t protest when he lifted the dress and picked her up, lips never parting.

“You tempt me everyday.” Derek growls into her ear as he tries to calm himself down.

“You’re the one who denies sex.” She argues, earning a nip at her earlobe. “I encourage it daily but even seeing me naked after I shift back isn’t enough temptation. Makes a girl feel unloved.” She jokes.

“I love you.” Derek says seriously, pulling back to look her in the face. “I love you.” He repeats. “I just don’t want to rush us.”

After the day in Mexico the two had taken time to discuss their feelings. Eisa expressed how she felt betrayed by him. He had spent every waking moment by her bedside only to leave her side when she finally left the bed. It didn’t help that he started sleeping with Braeden as she rotted away right in front of him. She admitted that shooting the bed was done out of jealousy but has no regrets since he purchased a new one and now it’s covered in her scent.

Derek had admitted to her that Braeden was a filler, someone meant to take his mind off of her. He was trying to do the right thing by keeping his feelings away, especially since he was adamant that in order to be with her she had to be eighteen. A lot of his trauma played into the decision but Braeden had actually helped him realize how wrong he was. He had decided to ignore Eisa’s suffering in an attempt to quiet his own and it wasn’t fair to either of them. They eventually decided to give a relationship a shot.

Their first date was at the diner where they first ate together. Their second was at a fancy Italian restaurant that they left before ordering and instead walked through a park. On the third Eisa had taken him hunting during the full moon and Derek finally kissed her again. They were washing off in the river, moonlight seeping into their skin. He grabbed her face in his hands and told her that she was the most beautiful person to ever step into his life and gently pressed his lips against hers.

“You jumped me the second you saw me.” She laughs before pulling his face close and kissing him. “And just so you know, I love you.”

They trade soft kisses for a few more minutes before Eisa unhooks her legs from around his waist. She gives him a mischievous smile before shoving him backwards, sending him to the forest floor. Her eyes glow purple and his respond with blue. She tells him to catch her and takes off into the darkness. Eisa can hear him running after her and her laugh flows with the wind. She runs for five minutes until she realizes she can’t hear her wolf anymore.

The Spark calls out for him as she walks back in the direction she came. The forest is now eerily quiet, not even the sound of cicadas, the loudest insect. Her steps become more cautious and her magic creates a shield around her as she follows Derek’s scent. She ends up in the clearing they met up in and is faced with Derek being held by two men. He doesn’t struggle which worries her and the lack of heartbeats puts everything into perspective. She suddenly spins around, gripping the wrist of someone charging at her with supernatural speed.

The wolf roars at the man who towers over her and slams him into a tree, her other hand finding a place in his chest. Her hand wraps around the un-beating heart and she snarls. The bark of trees snap and at least a dozen more vampires emerge from the darkness with steaks imbedded in their chests, only centimeters from their hearts. She hears a thump but she doesn’t turn her head to look at Derek who kneels on the forest floor. The man in front of her stares at her with blood red eyes and a toothy grin containing sharp k9s.

“I thought I made it clear to everyone that any harm that came to my pack would end in death.” She snarls.

“You truly look like your mother.” The man replies, a heavy Bulgarian accent. A stake pierces one of the vampires hearts and he doesn’t seem too sad at the loss. “I told him not to hurt the wolf.” He shrugs.

Eisa unhands his heart and yanks her arm out of his chest. She then turns her back to him, silently telling him that she doesn’t consider him a threat. The action is usually highly insulting but her wolf was hurt and she hadn't sated her bloodlust. Someone else needed to die tonight. She kneels in front of Derek and inspects his neck which still has distinct bite marks. She places her hand over the wound and watches Derek come back to himself. The Spark then presses her forehead against his and pecks his lips before grabbing his left wrist.

“You either step forward now or all of you pay the price.” She announces, pointing at the shriveled body for emphasis.

It doesn’t take long as the bloodsucker is tossed to the ground. She watches him as he begs to live and then stabs him anyways. The others join their friends next and the only one left is the incredibly tall one.

“You were never going to let them leave, were you?” He asks.

“They knew those two bit my wolf, it’s called crime by association.” She replies. “I also have no qualms about killing a vampire king, your majesty.”

Dragan Pavlov, the longest (un)living vampire king to roam the Earth. He was known to be tall with his height of six foot eight. His wide frame was what added onto his intimidating form. However, Eisa didn’t intimidate easily, especially by things she knew how to kill. She had seen the brief glimpse of genuine surprise from the King and knew she had the upper hand. Derek stands with Eisa and bares his fangs at the vampire. She sees the slight gleam in his eyes and steps in front of the Hale.

“Touch him and I will end you.” She threatens. “He is mine and if you lay a single finger on him your kind will become extinct.”

“Your father is aware that I am in town.” He says, looking curiously at the two. “I wanted to see for myself if you lived up to your predecessor.”

“Mother.” Eisa immediately corrects. “She was my mother not my predecessor, I have no intention of becoming the head of the council.” She declares. “Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to take my boyfriend home to rest and clear out your fledglings venom. If you’d like to speak to me then all you need to do is ask.” She tells him before walking away with Derek.

+++

Scott, Stiles, and Liam are driving back from Lookout Point. Liam is trying to find out what the big event is. He asks if it's a party and they tell him it isn't. He asks what's at midnight and Stiles tells him it’s his bedtime. Liam asks more questions and Stiles tells him it's a senior thing and he'll find out when he's a senior. Off to the side, Scott asks them if they're having trouble with their phones. Just then, the Jeep sputters and dies.

Liam asks if they ran out of gas, but Stiles says it's electrical. He and Scott get out to check under the hood. Scott then comments on how much duct tape is being used to hold the Jeep together. The Spark grows annoyed because it's the last night of summer and he wanted to be sure everyone was there. Scott asks if they have any tools, and Stiles holds up the roll of duct tape. The storm continues to get worse and a bolt of lightning strikes behind the Jeep.

A second bolt strikes closer, and Liam starts to panic. He calls out to Stiles and Scott, but they tell him to wait and stay in the car. When a bolt of lightning strikes by the front of the Jeep, Scott and Stiles finally see what's going on. The Jeep then suddenly starts, and they hurry to get in.

On the road, Henry Tate organizes a team of people to lift a fallen tree off the road. He tells them all to make sure they lift with their legs because that's where their power is. Everyone starts to lift and then suddenly the tree practically floats, right out of their hands. They all turn to look at Malia, who is lifting the whole tree with one hand. Her dad is staring at her and she tells him she’s got strong legs. After they clear the road, Malia asks her dad if his phone is working because she’s waiting on an email. He asks her if she needs a ride to the school just as Stiles pulls up in the Jeep.

Malia jogs over to the Jeep and kisses Stiles as he apologizes for being late. Liam leans forward from the back seat and claims that he's sorry too, clearly trying to get a kiss from the coyote. Henry warns them all that he owns a gun before he leaves. Once Malia is in the Jeep, Scott and Stiles turn to look at her. They want to know if she's found out yet and Liam asks if it's about summer school. She’s not happy to find out that Stiles told Liam that she was waiting to see if she needed to attend summer school. Her attendance would be the product of her poor test scores and she might have to repeat junior year. Stiles stares at Liam, annoyed as he tells Scott they should’ve left him tied to the tree.

At Scott's house, Melissa arrives home from work and calls out to let him know she's there but has to head back in immediately. She digs some laundry out of the dryer and tells Scott to find dinner in the fridge. But when she looks in the fridge, there's nothing, so she tells him she'll leave him money to eat out. Only when she checks her wallet, there's no money either, so she asks Scott to pay for his own and she'll pay him back. Then she realizes that no one has answered her and Scott isn't even home. Lightning flashes outside, illuminating Belasko’s arm as he waits in the darkened living room. Melissa doesn't notice him and remembers that everyone is at the high school and heads out again. Once she’s gone, Belasko grabs a note off the fridge that says "Senior Scribe back by 1:30."

On route 115, Kira stands up on the roof of the car trying to get a cell signal. There's nothing but a parking lot of cars as far as she can see. She has a picture of Scott as her phone wallpaper. Noshiko finally leans out the window and asks her daughter to get back in the car. Kira spots a teenage boy a few cars away who tells her he isn't getting any signal either. The fox gets back in the car and complains that they haven't moved in 15 minutes so she's going to be late. Her parents don't know what Senior Scribe is and she's not supposed to tell them. Noshiko thinks it sounds like vandalism and Kira claims that it isn't, at least she doesn't think so. Tired or waiting, Kira decides she's going to walk, but rain suddenly pours down.

In the hospital, Scott walks with Liam to drop him off with his dad. Liam complains that his dad is going to be in surgery for hours, so he either has to hang out there or go with them. The alpha turns around and asks Liam to show him his hands. Liam looks guilty as he does so and admits he’s still having trouble. Scott says he’s still learning and asks him what he does to stay focused on not changing. Liam pulls at his headphones and apologizes that it isn't working. Scott replies that it's working enough. As he steps into the elevator he turns to tell his beta that Derek told him Liam was one of the strongest werewolves he'd ever seen at his age. Scott thinks that maybe that means it'll take him a little longer to have full control.

“But it also means something else, doesn't it?” Scott asks.

“That I'm really strong?” Liam guesses.

“Hell, yeah.” Scott replies, and Liam is proud at that.

Scott meets up with Stiles on a different floor and complains that he can't reach Kira. Stiles asks him if he reminded her and Scott confirms that he did. He admits that Kira only texted him once this week, which prompts Stiles to ask how they left things when she went away to New York. He tells his friend that he told the fox to just go and have fun. Stiles is horrified but Scott doesn't see the problem. Stiles tells him that could be an invitation to date other guys. They catch up with Malia and Stiles poses the situation to her.

“If you were going away and I told you 'Don't worry, go have fun.' What would you think I was talking about?”

“Fun like bowling? Or sex with other guys?” Malia replies.

Scott is suddenly a lot more worried. As they’re standing there they notice all the people being brought in the ER and ask Melissa about it. She tells them that there’s a jackknifed tractor-trailer on 115. They then realize that Kira is never going to make it to Senior Scribe because 115 is the only way back from the airport. Scott declares that he's going to get her. Stiles asks how he's going to get her in the middle of a traffic jam, but Scott just insists that he can do it.

At the Sheriff’s Station, two deputies, Deputies Cordova and Clark struggle to bring in a teenager. He tells them they're making a big mistake and the Sheriff comes out to see what the commotion is.

"Donovan, you forgot what the judge said, didn't you? Next time is jail time." Noah says.

Donovan starts to beg, and the Sheriff asks what they caught him doing. He was breaking and entering and carrying a loaded .38. Noah tells them to book him. The teen starts screaming, telling him that he’s a dead man. As they continue to drag him out, Noah angrily asks why Parrish isn’t back yet.

Back in the basement on Astoria Lane, Parrish crawls up to a sitting position. He tries to call dispatch, but all he gets is static. Deep gashes across his chest are bleeding badly. Suddenly he hears Lydia saying his name. She kneels next to him and touches his wounds.

"Stay with me." She says.

He then hears the Sheriff's voice is heard calling his name before passing out. Noah brings him to Melissa at the hospital and they lay him on a table and the nurse reprimands him. Parrish was supposed to be on desk duty. He tells her it was just a minor noise complaint. They look at the wound on his chest and see that it’s smoking. Melissa suggests that it could be part of his healing process before he suddenly bolts upright, eyes glowing orange. He turns towards the Sheriff who is pointing a gun at him and holding Melissa behind him.

Parrish's eyes return to normal and Melissa pulls the Sheriffs arm down. When they look down, his wounds are all gone. He touches his chest and then declares that they need to find Scott. He tells the two that Belasko’s claws were twice the size of Scott's, like talons. The Hellhound explains that the claws felt as though his life was being drawn out of him through them. He recites the rule that you have to kill an alpha to steal their power. However, Noah says that a True Alpha’s power can’t be stolen. Parrish is sure the guy who attacked him can. Outside the room, Liam is listening in and takes off running to warn Scott.

+++

Scott goes home to get his motorcycle and notices the note about Senior Scribe on the floor. While he's looking at it, all of the magnets drop off the fridge. He picks one up and tries to make it stick, but it doesn't. He then looks at the clock to find it jumping back and forth. The magnets then somehow revert to their previous positions on the fridge, followed by the whole house starts shaking.

On route 155, Ken starts telling Kira about a legend for a storm similar to the one they’re experiencing. Kira begs him not to turn a traffic jam into an educational experience. Noshiko tells her he’s talking about The Wild Hunt. She explains about the phantom hunters who would appear out of storm clouds riding black horses with blood-red eyes and wolves and hounds at their sides.

“What were they hunting?” Kira asks.

“Souls.” Her mother replies.

Noshiko and Kira then hear the approaching sound of a motorcycle engine. Kira gets out of the car into the rain to see Scott driving up the road between the cars. He stops a distance from the car and they run to meet each other. They stop and Scott asks her if she had fun in New York.

“Not really.”

“Good.” He says before they kiss.

When they reach the school they run under the overpass to get out of the rain. Kira asks if they're late and Scott confirms that everyone else is on their way. They smile at one another and kiss some more. However, they stop when Scott hears a growl.

At the school entrance, Stiles and Malia wait for texts from Scott and Kira. Malia mentions how she believes she didn’t pass but Stiles isn’t paying attention. She says she doesn't want to do Senior Scribe unless she's actually a senior. Stiles responds vaguely but isn't really listening. He's watching all the groups of friends arriving at the school as Malia steps closer and sniffs him. Stiles turns around, startled. She asks what’s wrong because he smells terrible. The coyote says that she should be used to the smell of anxiety from him by now.

She asks him why this event is so important to him. Stiles admits that he was talking to his dad and learned that his dad doesn't talk to a single friend he had in high school. He wants to know if Scott will be his best friend for life or if Eisa will ever fully forgive him. His sister had accepted all of the apologies she was given but she never forgave any of them for the way they treated her. Even Derek, the man who declared his love for her, still has to work for her forgiveness. Stiles had tried but she told him that his abandonment hurt the most. They had went from two siblings stuck at the hip to two siblings on different sides of the battlefield. She couldn’t even go to him when she needed to because Malia had replaced her spot at his hip.

Malia suggests that that happens sometimes, but Stiles doesn't want it to. He doesn't know why he should expect that they separate instead of keeping the best people in his life around. Malia thought that that was his plan, his dream. Stiles corrects her and tells her it’s his vision and to not mock the vision. She says she likes the vision, especially if she’s part of it. Stiles sort of looks away when she says that and Malia comes to a conclusion. Stiles has been so insistent on getting everyone together for the event because he doesn’t want to lose all his friends after senior year.

“And I hope they don't want to lose me either.” He says.

Malia smiles and kisses him. She pulls away suddenly and says that someone's coming, someone fast. Malia spins around and slams Liam to the ground. He only takes a moment to feel the pain and tells them Scott is in trouble.

Under the overpass, Belasko continues to beat up Scott. Kira unhooks her belt, which turns into a sword. She attacks with the sword, but Belasko knock her aside.

“True Alpha? Where's your power, Scott?" Belasko taunts. Scott asks him who he is. "A devoted fan. Show me the man who took down Deucalion and broke the Argents. I came for that alpha. Come on!" Scott tries to attack but does a poor job of it. Belasko shoves Scott against the wall, and then Kira attacks again.

Eisa, Allison, and Isaac follow the commotion and reach the overpass just as Belasko’s claws glow in order to steal Scott’s power. However, a newcomer drops down from the overpass. Eisa stops Allison from joining the fight as they watch the person get a few hits in and Scott get to his feet. Scott does a poor job of dodging and Belasko grabs him by the throat. He shoves his claws into Scott and starts sucking out his power. Eisa grows intrigued as Scott’s eyes lose their color. Stiles, Malia and Liam finally arrive while Kira and the new wolf get to their feet

“He’s going to die!” Liam shouts.

“No he isn’t.” Eisa says, pulling the attention of the three as they finally realize they’re there. “Lydia hasn’t called any of us to say as much.” She points out.

Scott looks like he's about to pass out, but then his eyes blaze red again and he grabs Belasko's arm. Eisa gives them a look, conveying that she was right. Scott breaks it and pulls the busted claws out of his chest, throwing them to the ground. Eisa finally makes her way down the steps and grabs the claws, inspecting them. The alpha gives Belasko a choice, he can stay and Scott will break something else, or he can run. Stiles suggests that he run.

“You are so stupid.” Eisa tells the alpha before the pack, Allison, Isaac and Lydia gather together to face the new guy.

“You don't remember me, do you?” He asks. “I guess I look a little difference since the 4th grade.”

Scott realizes that he’s Theo Raeken, an old friend from elementary school. Theo says that he heard a few months ago of a new alpha in Beacon Hills and when he heard it was Scott McCall, he couldn’t believe it. Eisa looks at him suspiciously as he says he came back because he wants to be a part of Scott’s pack.

As they head into the school, Stiles tells Scott that he finds it highly suspicious that Theo returned after so many years. Eisa tells him that returning to the place you grew up in or are familiar with isn’t uncommon but she does share his suspicions about Theo. Scott is more concerned about the guy who just tried to kill him. Just then Malia gets an email telling her she's going to be a senior. Stiles hugs her and they all head to the library.

Inside the library, everyone is emptying books off the shelves, revealing initials written on the shelf space. Stiles goes to sign first followed by Eisa who spots Derek’s initials. She hesitates as she tries to figure out how to initial and looks over at Stiles. He smiles knowingly and tells her to choose based on who she identifies as the most. She takes a breath and writes her initials in the free space above Derek’s. E.V-B-S. Lydia is up next and then Kira who makes sure it isn’t vandalism. The others follow and once they’re done they head out of the library together.

“Do you need a ride?” Stiles asks his sister.

“Nah, I took Derek’s car while he sleeps off the vampire venom.” She reveals, pulling out the keys to the Camaro.

“The what?” Liam wonders, meeting them outside.

“Vampire venom. There were vampires, they bit him, I killed them, and now he has to wait for the toxin to leave his body.” She explains. “Oh and if you see a really tall guy with wide shoulders and a very scary aura then don’t acknowledge him and walk away.” She informs them before running out into the rain to jump into the car.

“Wait why?!” Stiles demands.

“Because he’s the Vampire King!” She yells back before sliding into the car. When she pulls out of the spot she rolls down the passenger window to talk to him again. “He’s insanely fast and strong so you won’t win a single fight against him but he isn’t here to cause problems anyways, just don’t approach him.”

+++

Belasko enters a run down place made up as a medical facility. He begs someone to give him another chance. A little more power. He turns to look into the lab, where a body floats in a tube of liquid. People approach, dressed in long coats and steampunk gear. They all have masks, and one has a sword. Belasko begs them to wait but one of doctors says that his condition worsens. The surgeon tells him he was supposed to remove the obstacle because their time is limited. Belasko tells them that whatever they're there to do, he can help.

“No second chance.” They announce.

The Surgeon stabs Belasko once through the chest, killing him. He falls down and then ravens claw their way out of his corpse.

+++

Derek wakes up in what he recognizes to be Eisa’s room. The twins had done a good job of recreating it to look identical to its set up in the Stilinski home. However, only one of the walls were empty, the one the bed sat against because of the rooms size. He goes to get up but realizes his arm is being weighed down. He looks over to find Eisa asleep, using his arm as her pillow. She had her back pressed against his side and her hand was resting in his.

Turning over, he runs his free hand over her bare thigh. He stops at her hip and rubs circles into it. When he’s done remembering the feel of her skin he brushes her hair behind her ear to look at the side of her face. He hadn’t understood why she cut her hair when she killed her aunt until she told him it was a part of her culture. Hair cutting was a way of mourning, grief and severing ties with the deceased. She was the last living Verdandi and wanted to honor at least one part of her families customs. Eisa stretches, signifying she’s awake and turns her head to look up at Derek.

“Hi.” She says softly.

“Hi.” He replies, just as soft.

“I did Senior Scribe last night.”

“I remember doing that.”

“I wrote my initials on top of yours.” She admits, turning over completely to face him.

They stare at each other for a moment before Derek caresses her cheek bone and slides his hand down her face to grab her jaw. He gently adjusts her head as he leans forward to kiss her. They trade soft kisses before Eisa gets him on his back and straddles him before pulling away.

“I’ve decided to be mad at you today.” She declares. She then panics slightly when he sits up and she nearly slips off his lap.

“Why?” He asks, hands resting on her hips. He was always touching her, something linked to his wolf nature but stemmed more from his pure obsession with the woman on his lap.

“Before we did Senior Scribe someone attacked Scott and an old friend showed up. His name is Theo, he was my best friend and he was special to Stiles. He left town in the fourth grade and didn’t even say goodbye.”

“He abandoned the two of you.” Derek concludes. Eisa nods. “I swore to you that I’d earn your trust back. You’ve allowed me to love you and I’ll make sure I do everything to keep that privilege.” He declares. “Now, my beautiful wolf, what happened in the preserve?”

“Vampires.” She perks up. “The Vampire King, Dragan Pavlov, is in town to sate his curiosity. Unfortunately he brought fledglings with him and they bit you. The venom from their bites are more potent the younger they are because they lack restraint. When they get older the venom becomes less potent because they’ve mastered the skill of seduction and compliance. You don’t have to worry about them anymore though, I killed them double dead.”

“Double dead?” Derek asks, amused.

“Yeah because they were already dead now they’re dead dead.” She smiles before her expression changes and she glares at him. “I’m supposed to be mad at you. I have to get ready for school and you’re dropping me off.”

Derek goes to argue but barely opens his mouth before Eisa is pecking him on the lips and jumping off his lap. He sits there, head leaning against the wall as he listens to the shower turn on and her clothes hit the floor. A part of him hated that he had to continue to prove himself to her but the larger part understood. She had been by his side since the beginning, defended him from his sister, saved him from dying, twice, and had worked to gain his trust. Now it was his turn to do the same.

He knew that Stiles hurt her the most but he was a close second. He was there during her bad times but failed to be there for the worst. Even when she knew what would happen by protecting Satomi’s pack, she still fought. He was lucky to have been able to leave Mexico with her, he knew that too. Despite knowing she loved him, he knew that love wasn’t a valid reason to ignore the mistreatment she faced by everyone, especially him. While she was dying he slept with Braeden and that was something he’d never forgive himself for, even if she did.

“If you’re able to get us in the car in ten minutes I’ll let you kiss me in front of all the students.” Eisa says as she walks out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around her. She snorts as Derek stumbles out of bed, nearly tripping over himself as the blanket follows him. “Possessive wolf.” She mumbles, a small smile on her face.

When they get to the school, heads turn at the sound of the Camaro. Eisa spots her friends and students, looking at the Camaro curiously as students bustle. A few stop and gossip fills the entrance as they talk about the Derek Hale, recognizing the vehicle. He gets out of the car and Eisa notes how it got louder, many female students mentioning his attractive appearance and male students talking about his sports achievements. When he opens the door, Eisa gets out, new freshman and sophomores seeing her for the first time. Once the car door is closed she’s pulled into the wolf and he tilts her chin up before kissing her.

“Possessive.” She whispers against his lips when they break apart. “I love you but I’m still mad at you today.” She tells him before she places one last peck on his lips.

“Get a room!” The Hale betas yell as Allison laughs beside them.

“Fuck off!” Eisa shouts back, turning back towards Derek. “We’re using the loft today, I have research to do.” She informs him as she walks away.

She’s greeted by Allison who takes her hand and waves to Derek before they make their way towards the school. The betas look back and nod at him before joining the two.

Chapter Text

A skylight slams shut in the rain and wings flap over head. A young girl sleeps as a leaf pendant hangs on a jewelry tree by her bed. She wakes up during the storm and when she looks up, theres a raven outside her skylight. The bird taps its beak on the glass, trying to break it and get in. She glances at her window and sees the reflection of The Surgeon. She gasps in shock and turns on the light. When she looks again, theres reflection is gone.

She approaches the window and locks it before going back to bed and turning off the light. After a moment, she looks up to realize that the skylight is open. When she goes to turn her light back on it doesn’t work. In a panic, she grabs a chair and stands on it to reach the skylight. She has to balance on her toes, tipping the chair to reach it. She manages to get the skylight closed and then locks it. When she looks down she see The Surgeon. Tracy screams as the chair is grabbed out from under her.

At school, Natalie Martin sits in the guidance counselor’s office and explains the college admission process to a female student. She tells the student that her recommendations will have to be stellar because of her low GPA. She calls out her name, Tracy, trying to get her attention. Ms. Martin asks if she’s feeling overwhelmed and if she's been getting enough sleep. Tracy admits that she hasn’t.

“You know, teenagers have different circadian rhythms. When you’re waking up for school, your body is still producing melatonin. You all need more sleep.” Natalie tells her.

Tracy tells her it isn’t that and that she’s been having night terrors. Natalie wonders if it’s actual night terrors or parasomnia. The teen says she normally doesn’t remember them, except for one. She tells Natalie that her dad found her lying on the floor beside the chair that was pulled from under her. Ms. Martin asks about the skylight and Tracy tells her that it was sealed shut years ago to waterproof it, so it doesn’t open. Natalie then suggests that means most of what happened was a dream. Tracy insists some of it wasn’t.

The guidance counselor thinks that Tracy’s subconscious is using the dream to help her practice dealing with the normal anxiety of being a teenager and graduating. Classes start soon so Tracy gets up to leave, but she starts coughing. She coughs so hard that Natalie gets up out of her chair to help her. Tracy swipes everything off the desk and then vomits up black ooze and a raven feather.

“Is this common?” Tracy asks.

Before school, Scott gives a dog a shot at the Clinic while Deaton observes. Deaton instructs him on how to give the injection. Scott hurts the dog a little when he pulls the needle out, but Deaton says he did well. Scott picks up the dog and returns it to a little girl, Stephanie, who’s waiting. Meanwhile, Deaton is still examining one of the claws from Belasko that Eisa stored in the clinic after the encounter at the school. He asks if Scott is sure the guy was a werewolf because he identified the talons of a harpy eagle. Scott asks how a werewolf gets talons, but Deaton is more interested in the fact that the talons could absorb Scott's power.

“The only one who should be able to do that is a Beta of your own making.” He says. Scott confirms that that means Liam, then asks would the same thing be possible if he let someone into his Pack.

“I would normally say no, but I'm starting to wonder if the rules to our supernatural world aren't as rigid as I once thought.” Deaton holds the talon out toward Scott. “Or maybe someone's trying to change those rules.”

At the Sheriff’s department, Stiles talks to Noah about his suspicions concerning Theo. Stiles says that he knows the Raeken’s left Beacon Hills when Theo was ten because his older sister got into an accident and died when Theo was eight. Noah interupts Stiles and asks him to go to school.

“Dad, this kid's a werewolf.” Stiles argues.

“Your best friend is a werewolf. You are dating a werecoyote. Kira’s a kitsune. Your sister is a born wolf and you both have magic. When the flying monkeys come soaring through this station, you will have my undivided attention." He begs Stiles to get to school, but Stiles ignores him and asks him what he did.

Noah is confused, but Stiles insists that something’s different. He invades his dad’s space like he's going to sniff him, looking for something that's off. Noah wonders what he’s doign before shoving him back and telling him to go to school. He promises to go if he does a full background check on the Raeken’s. The Sheriff refuses.

“Just because I’m the only law enforcement officer who knows anything about this does not make it my responsibility to do something every time you have a minor suspicion!” He argues.

“Except you're not the only one.” Stiles realizes.

“Parrish!” Noah yells, annoyed.

+++

At school, Stiles and Malia discuss the fact that the only thing they found in the background check was a speeding ticket. Theo’s dad had gotten a speeding ticket eight years ago. The coyote asks what that means and he tells her that people who speed are people trying to get away from something. She counters that if his dad wasn't the Sheriff, he'd have 17 speeding tickets. She then tells him that she understands his worry. Theo is hot, has great hair and a perfect body so he should feel threatened.

“Thank you. Because I do. Now more than ever.” Stiles replies.

Malia asks if Stiles would like her to torture him, but Stiles declines the offer. He has steps to follow to prove his case. He has to get the story and verify the facts. He finds a piece that doesn't fit and catches him in the act. When he looks up he sees Theo getting dropped off. Theo waves to them and smiles, and Malia asks why Stiles is so suspicious again.

“Because I remember Theo from fourth grade. Okay? That's not Theo.” He says before he’s getting jumped by Eisa.

She clings onto his back and rests her chin on his head as she looks at Theo and gives him a small nod of acknowledgement. She starts talking to him in polish, telling him that maybe he is Theo and he’s just comparing him to when he was ten years old. It’s hard to see him when he isn’t the pudgy cheeked kid that was the sole reason he figured out his sexuality as a child. Allison and the betas stand off to the side, trying to figure out what’s going on.

“I thought you were on my side.” Stiles complains, switching back to English.

“I am on your side but you need to look at it from a wider perspective.” She argues, jumping off his back and putting him in a headlock. Stiles grabs her arm and is able to slip out of her grip to put her in a headlock, pressing her head against his side. “There’s definitely something different but the real question is, is it due to simply growing up or is there something more sinister going on?” She says, grabbing his leg and pulling it out from under him.

Students stop to stare, the newer ones excited to witness the famous Stilinski scuffles. Stiles goes down but Eisa follows when he gets a hold of her arm. His legs wrap around her shoulders and he tells her to give up. Eisa refuses and shimmies out of his grasp. He tries to crawl away before she can get up but doesn’t get far as she grip his ankle. She sits on her brother’s back and puts him in another chokehold until he finally taps out. Students stand around, laughing at the show. She helps him off the ground and they all decide to head inside. As they begin walking, Stiles sticks his foot out from behind his sister and watches as she trips, avoiding a collision with concrete when Boyd catches her. Stiles only has a split second to laugh before he’s yelling at students to get out of the way as he runs for his life.

Scott enters the high school and looks around at the swarm of people. Kira comes up to his side and they talk about the first day of senior year before they kiss and head to class. Meanwhile, Mason shows Liam a book he was telling him about. He got it from a rare book dealer in Germany. Liam tries to deflect the topic asking if Mason is still reading about the supernatural. Before Mason can respond, Stiles is yelling out for Liam. He pleads for the beta to save him but when Liam spots Eisa he refuses.

“You’re a horrible, horrible person.” Stiles says before running off.

Eisa stops beside the two, watching Stiles go, “Five bucks he trips at least once.” She says to them before noticing Mason’s book. “Developed an interest in the supernatural, huh?” She wonders.

"I was attacked by an armor-plated giant wearing a bear skull. It left an impression." He replies.

He shows Liam and Eisa the page with the drawing of the Berserker and asks if they’ve ever seen anything like it. Liam lies but Eisa says she has before heading down the hall. As the friends head into class Mason asks if Liam has ever heard of Tezcatlipoca, which Liam pronounces for him. He then claims that he's never heard of him. They head into Mr. Yukimura’s History class and Liam finds that there's only one available seat next to a girl that he's clearly not happy to see. She blows a bubble with her gum, while Liam stands there awkwardly when he can’t find a different seat. Ken insists that he sit down and after he does he realizes that he sat in gum.

In biology, Lydia and Kira have a silent conversation as they try to figure out why Scott is in class with them. Kira finally asks him if he's in the right class and Lydia asks if he knows what AP stands for. He talks her it means advanced placement and opens his textbook which already contains full notes and highlighting. The girls are surprised and impressed before Mrs. Finch, the teacher walks in. She asks what circular, self replicating DNA molecules are. Lydia replies and then the entire class is stumped when Mrs. Finch asks if they know what vitamin is absorbed in the stomach via parietal cell production of glycoprotein. The answer is B-12.

She then asks Scott if he knew the answer. When he says no she tells him it’s a common test question and then asks what his one college pick is. The alpha tells her it’s Scott UC Davis, the best school on the West Coast for biological and physical sciences. She then asks everyone if they think they're in the right class. In the back, Theo raises his hand and everyone else follows. Finch tells them there will be a test tomorrow that will prove it and that they’ll have two weeks to drop the class. She gives Scott a meaningful look, clearly knowing that he hasn't had the best grades.

+++

Outside on the steps a few classes later, Stiles catches up with Scott and tells him to come with him. They have a free period and so does Theo. They run into Eisa in the hall and Stiles grabs her, pulling her along with them. She protests up until they find Theo and guide him into the boys locker room. Theo begins telling them the story of when he was bitten. He was in a neighbors empty pool, determined to do a hand plant. He had lost track of time and didn't realize night had fallen until the yard lights came on. On the last try, he fell and hit the ground hard.

As he was lying at the bottom of the pool he realized that he didn't hear the board come back down. When he looked up, he saw a clawed, bloody hand holding his board. The alpha came at him fast and bit him on the side. Scott says it wasn't an accident, the alpha clearly wanted to turn him.

“Or eat him.” Eisa interupts from her spot on the floor. She’s not particularly interested as she reads one of her textbooks and holds her shirt over her nose, filtering out the strong scent she smells. Stiles then asks why Theo isn't part of that alpha’s pack, then.

“Because by my first full moon, he was dead.”

He says that he met another member of that alpha's pack a couple of weeks later. The beta had told him that the alpha was killed by two of his own betas. Twins. Scott and Stiles give each other significant looks at that piece of information as Eisa’s head pops up and she squints at the omega. Theo tells Scott to listen to his pulse to confirm that he’s telling the truth. Stiles then points out that he could just know how to steady his heart rate in order to lie.

Theo tries to convince them that he is who he says. He tells Scott about that time that he was waiting to go to ER for an asthma attack and Scott was waiting for the principal. The alpha had told him what would happen when you go to the ER for asthma. They give you oxygen an IV of prednisone. He made it sound easy, like everything would be okay. Scott doesn't seem to remember this incident, but the story clearly has an effect on him. Theo then goes on to say that he’s been by himself the whole time and that everyone knows lone wolves don’t make it on their own. The bell rings for them to get to class and Theo says he better go. They're not the only ones he needs to make a good impression on. Scott smiles while Stiles squints and looks at him suspiciously.

Scott tells Stiles that they have to give people the benefit of the doubt sometimes.

"Not this time. I'm right. There's something off about him. I can feel it."

Scott comments that Lydia is the psychic, not Stiles. Stiles objects that Lydia isn't psychic, she's a Banshee.

Meanwhile, Liam and Mason continue to talk about the supernatural as they walk out of the locker room. Mason knows that people know things. Lydia, for example. Liam deflects, telling him to think about other things like staring at the soccer players. He offers that the players will probably be shirtless while they practice. Mason glances at the player who have just walked by before one turns to give him a coy smile. Mason sighs and tells Liam he’ll see him in physics and goes to follow them.

Liam turns back to his locker and realizes that Hayden, the girl from class, has a locker right next to him. She makes a comment about the fact that he changed his pants since the gum incident. He asks if she’s still pissed about the sixth grade, but he guesses that's all cleared up. She tells him that she’s not pissed, she’s vengeful. When she walks away, Liam curses his life.

Tracy goes to her locker and hears a waves of static electricity as she goes to open the lock. Suddenly, she's alone in the hallway. She hears strange noises, and the shadow of The Surgeon stretches across the lockers toward her. Tracy hurries to open her locker. As soon as she does, daylight is back, and so are the rest of the students. It only lasts for a second before all the lights go out again and she's alone. Black ooze starts pouring from a locker, and then the locker opens on its own. The Surgeon crawls out and starts climbing down the lockers toward her, like gravity doesn't affect him. Tracy tells herself that nothing’s there. When The Surgeon has almost reached her, Lydia snaps her out of a vision. She takes Tracy outside, leaving her locker with claw marks on it.

+++

Derek nervously shifts in his seat and gets through his third cup of water. He tries to figure out what to do with his hands and settles on twisting his bracelet. Eisa had given him a new one made of paracord, just like the one Chris received from her mother. She claimed it was slip resistant and wouldn’t easily fall off his wrist compared to the beads.

“You look like you’re about to combust, sweetheart.” Mama J says as she refills Derek’s cup.

“I might.” He admits. “Eisa’s father’s are meeting me.”

“Oh.” She responds. “Good luck with that one, baby.” She chuckles, patting his shoulder as she walks away.

Derek only has a few minutes to calm his nerves before Deucalion is sliding into the booth across from him. The alpha asks if he’s fully recovered from the vampire venom and Derek confirms that he is. Eisa had left him with tea leaves and instructions to fully flush the toxins. Noah joins them shortly after and the three order.

Deucalion had spoken to Noah after returning from Mexico and the two had come to an understanding. Noah had finally understood Eisa’s feelings and his own actions. She was better fit with the alpha, someone who has the time to give her the undivided attention she needs. Eisa had also spoken to him and expressed her desire to stay with her birth father in order to get closer to him. She was also still suffering from feelings of abandonment and preferred to be in an environment with people who were always around. Noah agreed and had her at least promise they’d have weekly family dinners.

“I hope you didn’t bring us here to tell us Eisa is pregnant.” Noah says as their food is set in front of them.

“She’s not.” Derek rushes out. “She’s not, we haven’t even- she’s not.”

Deucalion and Noah both laugh at his distress before asking him why they’re really there. Derek downs his water before sitting up, full of determination. He had been planning this conversation for a month and he wasn’t going to let his nerves stop him. He was doing this because he was so incredibly in love with Eisa it hurt.

“I wanted to ask for your permission to court Eisa.” He says.

“Why should we allow you to court her?” Deucalion asks. “I agree that she loves you but from my understanding she hasn’t fully forgiven you for abandoning her. In this instance as I know you personally, you have no need to provide us with evidence on how you can provide for her. Instead, we need to know you won’t hurt our daughter again.”

“I don’t want to see Eisa cry over you.” Noah says. Derek nods in understanding and takes a moment to gather his thoughts before providing them with an answer.

“I love her.” He says. “Everyday I wake up terrified that she’ll decide my actions hurt her too much and she’ll leave me. I look at her and I fall in love all over again. Last night I met her in the preserve for our Full Moon Hunt and she was just standing there under the moonlight. She’s beautiful everyday but there’s something about moonlight that accentuate’s her beauty. I don’t know how to prove to you that I’d never intentionally hurt her except for telling you I won’t but you should at least know that I don’t intend on leaving her. I want to build a life with her even if that means she has days where she tells me she’s mad at me and I have to prove myself to her.”

Deucalion and Noah are smiling when he’s done talking and they glance at each other for a moment before turning back towards Derek.

“That is exactly how I felt about my Iyanna when I met her.” Deucalion replies. “You have my blessing.”

“That how I felt about Claudia.” Noah adds. “You have my blessing too.” He agrees. “But if a single tear is shed I will fill you with so many wolfsbane bullets they won’t even be able to identify your remains.” He threatens.

Derek says he understands and the three finish their food. When Derek returns to his loft he’s welcomed by Eisa who is asleep and curled up in his bed. His chest rumbles as he realizes she’s only wearing one of shirts, her favorite one. He just stands there, staring at her. He listens to her soft breathes escaping her parted lips and the way her chest rises and falls. He moves to kneel beside the bed and brush hair out of her face.

“Theo smells like chemicals.” She grumbles.

“Like bleach?” He asks, standing to remove his shoes when she tugs at his arm.

“No, like a chemistry lab.” She says. “He also said that the alpha who bit him was the twins old alpha, the one they killed.” She reveals.

Derek finishes getting his clothes off and crawls into the bed, pulling her against him. He asks if she talked to them and she confirms that she did. However, neither of them have any idea whether the story could be true or not. They were heavily abused by their alpha and pack after they were bitten and until they killed him they didn’t know about any possible betas. She then asked all of the alphas if there was a reason a beta would smell like a chemistry lab. The only answer they had was that he spent a lot of time around chemicals but nothing more.

“What does everyone else think?” Derek asks, burying his face in her throat.

“They can’t smell it.” She informs him. “It’s either because I’m a born wolf or because I also have a spark but it’s so strong, I don’t understand how they can’t smell it.” She complains before reaching back to place her hand on the back of his head. “Are you trying to crawl into my skin?” She wonders, amused.

The grip on her had gotten tighter, his hand splayed across her stomach after slipping under her shirt. There was barely any space between them which was common but he was being even more affectionate than usual. The way he loved was apparent in the way he worshipped her. He touched her with so much tenderness you’d assume she’d break at any moment. He had admitted to Peter that he had never felt the same with other partners, he never felt the desire to kiss the ground they walked on. He lost all sense when he couldn’t touch her and show her how much he loved her.

“I’d like to court you.” He eventually says once he’s gotten his fill of her scent and covered the scent of school with his own.

Eisa hums in acknowledgement, leaving him to stew. She can hear his heart nearly beating out of his chest as he waits. There’s a slight tremor in his hand, fingers drumming against her stomach. She places her hand over his before turning over to face him. She can see the slight fear in his eyes, afraid she’d say no.

“Why?” She asks, not making it easy for him.

“Because I’m in love with you.” He replies. “ I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I want to be the reason you smile and laugh, I want to see your belly swollen with pups and I want them to look just like you. You’re everything to me and I could never see myself with anyone else.” He declares.

Eisa hums in acknowledgment again before pulling away and slipping out of bed. She makes her way to the kitchen, Derek on her heels. Opening the fridge she shows him how barren it is. She then walks over to the cabinets to show their similar state.

“Provide, Protect, Support.” She tells him. “What exactly are you providing?” Derek deflates a little, clearly beating himself up over the lack of food in the loft. He should have gone over everything before springing the proposal on her.

“I just haven’t restocked.” He argues weakly.

“Baby, this has looked the same since you moved in here. You only buy what you need when you intend on cooking but you also have betas and they need you to provide for them too.” She says. “If you intend on courting me, on being my mate then despite the fact I know you can provide, you need to prove it. If you can’t even stock your kitchen for yourself then how can I know that you’d not only be able to provide for me but future pups?”

“I can provide. I will provide.” He declares, stepping forward to grab her by the hips. “I want you, I want a life with you and I’ll prove it to you.”

“I know you will.” She smiles before it suddenly fades. “I’m an independent person, Der but it gets lonely and sometimes I need someone to depend on. It may seem annoying or unfair that I keep holding your abandonment over your head but contrary to popular belief I’m not heartless and I feel so much. I went from having everyone by my side to no one. Then I fell in love with you and you started sleeping with Braeden. I know you love me, I feel it in the way you touch me, see it in the way you look at me, hear it in the way you say my name, but how can I trust that when it gets hard you won’t just abandon me again?”

Derek takes a step back, hands slipping from her hips and Eisa frowns before giving him a small nod and turning to walk away. She doesn’t get very far before he’s grabbing her again and picking her up to sit her on the kitchen island. The Hale tells her that he wasn’t indicating he’d abandon her by pulling away. He was willing to drop to his knees and beg her to give him the chance to prove it all to her, to trust that he’d never abandon her. He wants to be her person, the person she can rely on, the person she can return home to and the person who shows her what love is. He wants her and only her, in any and every way she’d let him.

Eisa sighs fondly, “Yes, Derek Hale, you may court me.” He goes to kiss her but is stopped by her hand covering his mouth. “You have an obsession.” She laughs, pushing him away before jumping off the counter. “Fridge still needs food and I’m craving Thai.” She tells him, picking up his wallet and tossing it towards him.

“I should’ve seen that coming.” He mutters.

“Yes, you should have.” She agrees. “When you get back we can kiss all you want, obsessive wolf.”

“Have you seen yourself? I’d be a fool if I wasn’t completely and utterly devoted to you.”

“You are absolutely correct.” Eisa smiles. “Allison and the pups are coming over afterschool so we can try and figure out what attacked Scott the other day.”

Derek then suddenly realizes something as he’s getting ready to leave. Eisa should be in school too instead of napping in the loft. When he asks her about it she reveals that she’s already graduated high school. The only reason she was still in school was because the community college, which was five hours away, provided online lectures at the high school for students unable to commute. And because today was more about introductions than class work. He then asks how she was able to graduate before senior year even began.

“I knew I probably wasn’t going to live long enough to see this year so in the middle of fighting witches, the darach, etcetera, I worked on graduating.” She shrugs. “Now can you go and get food, I wasn’t lying about being hungry.” She tells him.

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Lydia and her mother talk about Tracy. Natalie says that people with night terrors have done far stranger things than eat feathers. She already told Tracy to take the rest of the day off but she said she didn't want to miss the first day. Lydia offers to take her home and talk to her, but her mom says she needs help beyond just some trouble sleeping. She needs professional help. Lydia has a particular professional in mind. She ends up driving Tracy home and meets Parrish there.

The Hellhound joins Lydia and Tracy in Tracy's room to look for evidence that her dreams were real. He checks the window and says he doesn't see any signs of attempted forced entry. He then asks if he can take a look at the skylight. The skylight was supposed to be sealed for weatherproofing, but Parrish pushes it open easily. He sticks his head out to have a look around and is shocked. He tells Lydia he didn’t see anything even though a dozen dead ravens are on the roof.

Outside the house, Parrish tells Lydia that he can't do anything for Tracy at the moment. But, he can come back after his shift is over and watch the house for a couple of hours. Lydia offers to keep him company, but he tells her he'll be all right. She coaxes him a little, and offers to bring him coffee. He wonders if she has school tomorrow and she tells him she only has one class. She had enough credits to graduate last year. She then tells him that she’ll bring you coffee at midnight. Parrish grins and gives her his coffee order, medium Americano, black.

Back at the school, Stiles meets up with Scott, Kira, Malia, Allison and Isaac in the library. He tells them that he found another signature from Theo's dad. This one was on his transfer form getting him into the high school. He shows everyone both of the forms and points out how the handwriting doesn't match. Scott asks if he broke into the administration office and he declines before eventually admitting that he did. He pulls them back on topic and shows them the difference between the signatures saying the admittance signature is the perfect example of a criminal tremor. Kira is now confused because Theo is now Theo but his parents aren't his parents.

“Someone's not someone. And when I figure out who that someone really is, someone's in big trouble.” Stiles said.

Scott points out that no one has done anything wrong but Stiles thinks it's just a matter of time. He says that if Theo’s parents are psychotic murders they shouldn’t trust him. Malia quickly argues that her parents are Peter and The Desert Wolf. Stiles huffs and decides to figure everything out himself since no else is concerned or helping. Allison butts in a says that she believes him but also agrees they need a little more evidence and tells him that they’re meeting Eisa at Derek’s loft later and he’s free to join.

“Oh that’s right, why isn’t Eisa here? I haven’t seen her since this morning.” Scott says.

“She graduated last year, before the coma.” Stiles responds before gathering his evidence and leaving.

Stiles goes out to the Jeep and sits there for a moment before Liam suddenly asks what a criminal tremor is. He tells him not to worry about it and grabs the copies of the signatures out of Liam's hand. He then starts the vehicle and drives off with Liam.

Later that night, Theo heads into the woods and grabs a package from the back of his car. Stiles and Liam have been following him all day. Liam complains about having spent three hours watching him play video games in his bedroom. He hopes that Theo’s covering up a mass murder, which Stiles is determined to find out. They follow Theo and Liam start to track him by scent, but he finds footprints they can follow instead. Liam suddenly stops and Stiles asks him what's wrong. The beta tells him that he forgot he was supposed to meet Mason at the school gym.

Stiles asks why he doesn't just tell him and Liam admits that he hasn't told his friend about being a werewolf. The Spark is surprised because they told the beta it was okay for Mason to know. Liam knows but he says it isn’t easy because it’s a lot to accept. The Spark reminds him that Mason watched his dad blow up a Berserker with a land mine so there’s a lot of room for acceptance. Stiles advises Liam that it's always better when people know what's really going on.

"What if he freaks out? What if he doesn't want to talk to me? What if he tries to stab me with something silver? Or what if-" Liam is cut off when he falls into a hole.

Stiles turns around and looks down at him and tells him to hurry up and stop screwing around before running to follow Theo. The beta digs his phone out of the mud and sees that it’s 10:30pm. There are messages from Mason, starting from 9:30. He turns on his flashlight and notices a necklace before crunching leaves pull his attention. He hops out of the hole and joins Stiles. The two hide behind a tree while they look at Theo standing on a bridge. Stiles tells Liam to try to get his scent and all Liam smells is soap.

“It's nice. It smells good.”

“Not his soap, his emotional state, chemosignals, remember?” Stiles deadpans.

Liam tries again and picks up on grief. Theo takes an easter lily out of the package he brought and tosses it into the river. Stiles realizes what they're seeing and hurries to get Liam out of there. That was the bridge they found Theo’s sister. She got lost and died from exposure and the wolf is leaving a flower for her. Liam says that doesn’t sound evil. Stiles is annoyed as he agrees. They come to a stop when Theo appears on a tree in front of them. He jumps down and asks what they’re doing. Liam growls and edges in front of Stiles just as the Spark spots white fur behind him. Theo thinks Liam is tougher than he looks.

“Only when we let him off his leash.” Stiles replies, watching Eisa slink back into the darkness.

Theo asks Stiles why he's so suspicious of him and Stiles shows him the signatures. The wolf admits that they look a little different, but Stiles insists that they're totally different, signed by two different people.

“So my dad's not my dad? He's an imposter?” Theo asks.

“Yeah, something like that.” Liam replies.

Theo offers to give them a DNA sample, but Stiles replies that he doesn't have anything from fourth grade to compare it to. He tells Stiles that he came back for Scott but he also came back for him. Stiles stops him from continuing but he doesn’t.

"Someone like you. Someone who's willing to walk into the woods in the middle of the night to protect his friends. I don’t have anyone like that, but Scott does. You all do. I know I’m in the right place. I’m meant to be here. I’m meant to be part of this pack.” He declares before they part ways.

When Stiles and Liam get back to the Jeep they find Scott waiting for them. He asks if they found anything and Scott says no.

“I fell in a hole.” Liam offers.

Scott goes to talk to Stiles through the car window and asks if it was the bridge where Theo’s sister died. Stiles confirms and says it was very embarrassing and they’re going to leave. He tries to start the Jeep, but it won’t start. He curses and tells Liam to get in the car and start it when he says. Stiles open the Jeep’s hood and fiddles around before having Liam try it, but it won't start. Scott tries to talk to him, but Stiles ignores him. Scott tries again.

“Yes. Okay, we followed him out here. What do you want me to say? That I'm a stalker, huh? That I'm crazy, totally paranoid? None of this is new information.”

Scott asks if Stiles will now give Theo the benefit of the doubt. Stiles argues that he’s given people the benefit of a doubt. Scott isn't giving up and lists off Derek, Kira and Liam’s names. Suddenly, Liam yells out to them, telling them to look out. The two ignore him, still arguing. Liam then yells that there’s an actual wolf coming towards them and Stiles slams the hood of the Jeep down in annoyance. When he looks in the direction Liam is pointing he sees the white wolf, it’s head tilted in what he knows as worry. Stiles pulls his hoodie over his head and holds it out as the wolf approaches.

Liam is now more curious than fearful. He gets out of the Jeep and watches the wolf stop and is in awe as it shifts. Suddenly Eisa is standing in front of them. Stiles immediately puts his hand over the betas eyes as his sister stands there completely naked. She slips Stiles hoodie over her head and then grabs his hand, placing it on the hood of the Jeep. Eisa tells him to believe and once he thinks about the Jeep starting, it does.

“Why can’t you trust anyone?” Scott eventually asks.

“Because you trust everyone!” Stiles shouts back, still annoyed.

“This isn’t a world where you can just blindly trust people Scott, this is a world full of caution.” Eisa adds.

“But we don’t have to be suspicious of everyone.” He argues.

“Yes you do.” Eisa says before looking back at her brother. “The pups told me you might be doing something stupid so I had to make sure you didn’t die.” She informs him, turning to Liam who is clearly trying to undress her with his eyes. “You’re lucky I didn’t bring Derek with me, he would’ve ripped your throat out by now. Anyways, good going on protecting Stiles and tell your friend, he’s safer if he knows.” She smiles before stepping away from Stiles to take the hoodie off and snorts as Stiles covers Liam’s eyes again. A couple seconds later the three watch a wolf run into the woods.

After they all leave, Mason is still at the school when Liam comes running to find him. Mason tells him that he worked out for two hours on his own. Liam says that he's going to tell Mason why he forgot and a few other things besides. Before he can, Mason tells him that there’s a wolf.

"Yeah, I'm getting to that." Liam says.

However, Mason means there's a real wolf standing behind Liam. The beta turns, and a black wolf stands there staring at them. They starts to run as the wolf chases them into the school. Liam stops and decides he's not going to run anymore. He turns to face the wolf while Mason continues running up the stairs. He shifts and roars, scaring the wolf off. Mason comes back down the steps, staring at Liam.

"There's something I gotta tell you." Liam says sheepishly.

“You’re a werewolf.” Mason smiles in awe.

The wolf runs back into the woods to the bridge where Theo was earlier. It shifts back to human and turns out to be Theo. 

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Parrish is in his car outside Tracy's house and gets a message from Lydia saying she'll be there at midnight. He smiles and then goes back to monitoring the house. However, he misses Tracy standing in the middle of the street next to his car. She turns and wanders away in a trance. Lydia arrives an hour later and the two sip on their coffee in the car. The Hellhound says that no one has come in or out that he's seen. She apologizes to him for wasting his time. He tells her it wasn’t a total waste and that he’s glad Tracy is okay.

In the Dread Doctor’s lab, Tracy wakes up on the floor. The Surgeon comes toward her and she tries to convince herself that he isn't there. The other Doctors then surround her and she continues to try and reassure herself. The Surgeon holds up a needle and the Doctors grab her arms, forcing her to the floor. She’s then injected with a silver substance. She flashes back to her terrors and its her smashing at the skylight above her room. Shes had fangs in school and left claw marks on her locker. The Doctors release her arms, and Tracy roars, transformed into a werewolf.

In his room, Stiles is writing on his crime board when his father comes in. He says that usually they wait until someone does something wrong before trying to find them guilty. Stiles is sure Theo is guilty of something and even Eisa had her own suspicions.

“Proof always trumps instinct.” Noah says before suggesting Stiles lets it go and gets some sleep.

Stiles calls after him and reveals that he figured out what was different about him. He isn't wearing his wedding ring anymore, demonstrating that he can find proof of what was previously an instinct. The Sheriff asks him if he's sure Theo is guilty. Stiles is sure and Noah tells him that all he’s gotta do is wait.

“If they're really guilty, eventually, they make a mistake. They always make a mistake.”

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At Theo's house, he shows the signatures to the man playing his father. He reprimands him for not practicing hard enough. The woman gives the man an accusing look and he swears that he practiced. Theo says that there is one way that the signature can be explained. It's not easy to write wearing a cast. He holds up a hammer and the he man puts his hand out on the table before Theo smashes it.

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While Noah stands in his office tying his tie, Donovan is being taken out of holding. They walk him out into the main part of the sheriff station, where Tracy's dad is waiting for him. The Sheriff checks himself out in a mirror and gripes about how he should have gotten a haircut. Stiles comments that someone his age should be happy he still has hair to cut.

“I think you look great.” Scott smiles.

“Well thank you, son I should have had.” Noah replies.

Stiles is mildly offended but doesn’t respond. Noah starts regretting his idea of dating and starts to pull his tie off, but Stiles stops him. He tells him that Beacon Hills won’t implode while he’s out with one woman, or man. The Sheriff assures him it’s a woman and Stiles continues to fish for information. But, the Sheriff tells him it's none of his business. Parrish leads Donovan and the other deputy out while Mr. Stewart tells Donovan that the DA's offer is pretty reasonable. The deputy tells them to talk in the van and tries to hurry Donovan along. Unfortunately, Donovan resists and turns to talk to the lawyer.

Parrish asks Stewart if they're going to have problems. The man tells Donovan that the offer is for 3-5 years. He wants to get in the van and discuss a plea bargain that would get him out in two. Donovan starts shouting the Sheriff's name and he walks out of his office with Stiles and Scott as they go to see what the commotion is. The prisoner screams that he’s going to kill him. The Sheriff calmly replies that he isn't shocked. Donovan's outbursts are well documented in his Anger Expression Inventory. Donovan says that he’s not angry in a throwing a brick at a window kind of way. He’s angry in a way that’s going to have him stab the Sheriff with a knife until he’s dead. Mr. Stewart rolls his eyes shut at the stupidity of his client.

“Wow, that was awesome. That was awesome. That was great. Can we do one more? Give us another one maybe like Christopher Walken this time, you know.” Stiles says, breaking the silence.

No one says anything as Stiles defuses the room, telling Donovan that he can work on his delivery while he's in prison. Donovan tries to lunge at Stiles. Scott moves quickly to intervene but is held back by Noah while Donovan is held back by the deputies. The Sheriff yells at them to get him out of there just as Eisa walks through the door. She moves out of the way and Donovan lunges at her too but gets a firm punch to the nose in response. She stands there confused as the prisoner gets dragged away, blood dripping from his nose and the lawyer following them mutters something about assault.

“Talk to my lawyer, Peter Hale.” Eisa tells him then watches the blood drain from the mans face and tells her to forget about it. “What did he get arrested for this time?” Eisa asks her father.

He tells her about the weapon possession while Scott asks Stiles what an Anger Expression Inventory is. Stiles explains that it's a test you take when you're applying to be a deputy. Scott is surprised to learn that Donovan wanted to be a cop and Stiles quips that at least now he's getting the full law enforcement experience.

Leaving the station, a deputy is driving the prisoner transport van while Mr. Stewart sits up front and an armed deputy sits in back with Donovan. Stewart yells at Donovan for screwing over his chance at a decent deal because of his outburst. The deputy that's driving starts to have a difficult time as the van starts going faster. Stewart asks him to slow down, and the deputy holds up his hand. He’s having trouble making a fist and groans in pain. He thinks he's having a heart attack. The van flies around a turn, and everyone starts yelling. The driver can't move his legs and Mr. Stewart grabs the wheel.

Donovan looks up to see holes in the ceiling that are dripping clear fluid. The van continues to swerve around, crashing into the sides of an underpass. Stewart is finally able to hit the brake and the van comes to an angled stop. In the moment of calm, they hear something on the roof. When the lawyer looks over he sees his daughter, Tracy, outside the window. She growls at her father before punching through the window, hitting the driver and splattering her father with blood. The deputy in the back opens fire on her as her dad keeps screaming her name.

Donovan jumps out the back of the van and makes a run for it while Tracy attacks the other deputy. Mr. Stewart comes out of the van and faces his daughter. She tells him not to worry and that she won’t let anything happen to him ever again. Then she kills him. Donovan trips and falls, then looks up to see The Surgeon approaching him. The other Dread Doctors appear behind him and grab him. The Surgeon drills into Donovan's ear and fills him with the silver fluid.

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The girls are trying to teach Malia to drive. The coyote adjusts the mirrors, and Kira tells her to place her hands on the wheel at ten and two. Lydia corrects her and says that it's now recommended to use nine and three because at ten and two a deployed airbag could break your thumbs. Malia argues that hers would heal. Lydia tells her to save her strength and try not to destroy her beautiful new car. Malia grips the wheel extra tight as she has a flashback to the car crash that killed her mom and sister. She's viewing it from the outside, seeing a bloody hand. Malia shakes it off and starts the car.

Kira tries to encourage her until Malia tells her to shut up. Allison chuckles beside the wolf and the two hold each other’s hands as the coyote drives. As she drives all over the road and then off the road, Kira asks her to please stop driving into the woods. Malia asks what the beeping sound is and Lydia informs her that the car is telling her not to run into the tree. At the last moment, Malia turns the wheel to avoid the collision and starts driving in a circle in the middle of the road. Lydia suggests she try the gas a little harder, and they take off.

Malia follows Lydia's directions, which she claims is toward the school, but Kira points out that the school is the other way. Lydia says they need to keep going as she realizes what’s happening. It doesn’t take long before they find the prisoner transport van and call 911. Not long after, the sheriff's department is there, along with Scott, Stiles and Eisa. The Sheriff asks Scott if Donovan was a werewolf and Scott doesn't think so, but he doesn't seem sure.

“He’s not.” Eisa says before she starts walking in the direction Donovan had ran.

Sheriff Stilinski asks Scott if he can find Donovan for them and hands Scott a radio and tells him to keep it on channel 2. Scott takes off running, jumping off a wall onto a dumpster before jumping to the ground. His eyes glow red as he goes on the hunt.

Back at the crime scene, Stiles suggests to his dad that it wasn't Donovan. Stiles thinks it was Theo. Eisa is coming back from the direction Donovan ran and catches the scent of chemicals being carried by the wind. She looks up briefly as to not scare away Theo who’s watching them from the overpass. She uses her hearing to listen to him leave. She then pulls out her phone and calls Derek, asking him to pick her up. Meanwhile, Scott tracks Donovan to an abandoned warehouse. Donovan attacks him and gets slammed to the floor for his efforts. He reports to the radio he found him and that he keeps saying Tracy. Stiles thought it would be Theo and is slightly surprised it isn’t.

“Tracy who?” Noah asks.

“Stewart.” Lydia supplies, sounding resigned.

Shortly after, Derek pulls up near the crime scene and approaches the group. He tells them that Eisa called and everyone looks around as they realize they lost her.

“Up here!” Eisa calls out from the spot on the overpass that Theo was spying from.

She’s leaning over it as she tries to see what Theo was doing. As she’s leaning over it she gets a better look at the top of the van. There are claw marks on the roof and she goes to stand on the ledge of the overpass. Everyone yells at her but she ignores them as she tries to reenact the possible scenario. Deputies below talk about the drivers sudden heart attack and Eisa tries to reenact everything differently. She doesn’t have a chance to jump on top of the van before an arm is wrapping around her waist and she’s being pulled backwards.

“I wasn’t going to get hurt.” She argues, hanging from Derek’s side as he carries her back down to the underpass.

“That’s not how the crash happened anyways.” Derek says, amused and proud as Eisa struggles in his grip.

Noah chuckles as he says she looks like a toddler throwing a tantrum that got carried away by their parent. Derek then sets Eisa down and she turns towards him when she finally figures it out.

“She was already on it when they started driving.” She states.

Derek nods before she takes off towards the van and jumps in the back. Noah and Parrish shout at her but she ignores them again as she sticks her finger in the clear substance dripping from the roof. Now the entire group protests as she licks the substance off her finger. Eisa informs them that it’s kanima venom but there’s something wrong with it. Kanima venom has a slight sting to it due to its paralytic properties but the slight sting from this one is paired with a chemical taste.

“What’s gotten into you, baby?” Derek chuckles. “You’ve been vibrating out of your skin all day.” He says, helping her step out of the van.

“Did you shift at all today?” Allison wonders, understanding dawning on her.

Eisa shakes her head no and understanding also dawns on Derek. He tells everyone he’s taking her home and they bid their goodbyes. He has to hold her by the belt loop so he doesn’t lose track of her. He finally gets her into the car and drives off towards the preserve. Eisa was still making up for her seven years of suppressing her wolf. With Derek now capable of fully shifting they spent a lot of time running around in the preserve. When they finally reach their destination, Eisa doesn’t hesitate to undress and shift before taking off into the woods.

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The next day, everyone meets at the school to talk and Lydia explains that Tracy was having night terrors. Stiles quips that now Tracy is the night terror since no one can find her. Scott starts to say that he knows they're all tired and miserable, except for Mason, who is looking at all of them with awe.

“You're a kitsune. I don't even know what that is!” Mason says. Eisa snorts, amused.

Stiles reprimands Liam because while they said he could tell Mason they didn't say he could invite him to the inner circle. Eisa butts in and says he should be as informed as everyone else so he doesn’t die. Mason frantically agrees and then asks her what she is but she doesn’t answer, just smiles before Scott brings the attention back to Tracy. They can find one lone wolf but Stiles wants to know what they do when they catch her.

“I say we put her down.” Malia says.

“I agree.” Eisa adds. “Also, she’s not a wolf.” She informs them.

Everyone looks at Scott, who suggests they concentrate on catching her first.

Meanwhile in lock-up, Donovan is feeling the effects of the Dread Doctor's injection. He tells the Sheriff he wants his lawyer. Noah says he’s dead and Donovan asks for another. The Sheriff tries to get him to talk about what he saw, but he refuses. As the Sheriff leaves, Parrish stops him. They know why they couldn't find Tracy last night. She was busy killing her psychiatrist. Noah tells Parrish to inform Scott but tell him that they shouldn't get into it yet. Parrish then asks if they should be putting Scott on the payroll. Once he’s in private he calls Eisa and lets her know what happened before calling Scott.

Inside the school, Stiles shows Malia the picture he got from Braeden. He explains that he wanted to show her first but lacked self control by showing Scott. The Desert Wolf killed a room full of men which according to Braeden were pretty bad. Malia asks if that means they deserved it and Stiles sort of agrees. He’s not sure they deserved the way they died. Malia comments that at least they know the Desert Wolf is good at her job.

In AP Bio, the teacher hands back their tests. The girls smile proudly at Scott’s 86, as Mrs. Finch asks Scott to lead the class in a review of last night's reading. Liam appears outside the classroom and tries to get Scott's attention. Mrs. Finch keeps trying to get him to focus and Scott taps his ear to indicate that Liam should just talk. He tells his alpha that Tracy is at school, she’s in history class. Theo is listening, too.

Tracy sits in the back of class, gripping her desk. Out in the hall, Eisa pauses her way out to the school where Derek is waiting when she catches the scent from the crime scene. She’s right in front of the door, opening it to get Derek’s attention and tells him she’ll be right back. Tracy scratches the underside of the desk with her claws and breaks the desk in half. Hayden looks over at her, concerned and notices that Tracy's feet are dirty and she isn't wearing shoes.

Liam pulls the fire alarm to get everyone out. Hayden tries to get Tracy to leave, but Tracy grabs her arm. Scott and Liam come into the classroom while everyone leaves. Tracy sees the Dread Doctors where Liam, Scott, and Mr. Yukimura are standing. She stands as Scott comes closer and squeezes her claws into Hayden's arm until she bleeds. Scott tells her to let go and Tracy mutters, saying someone is coming. Nobody has a chance to have her elaborate before her grip loosens on Hayden’s arm and she’s being thrown into the wall. Eisa stands over Tracy as the girl slides onto the floor, silver fluid leaking from her mouth.

“Hesitation gets innocent people hurt.” Eisa says before wiping some of the fluid off Tracy’s chin and inspecting it on her finger. They’re all joined by the rest of the wolves and Stiles as she smells it and hears the protests as she places it on her tongue. “When will all of you realize I won’t die from some mysterious substance?” She asks before telling them that the fluid is mercury and Tracy just threw up enough to kill the entire student body.

“How do you know what mercury tastes like?” Erica asks as they all walk out of the school.

“I know what a lot of chemicals taste like.” She shrugs. “My mom’s things included chemicals, plants, etcetera that aren’t easily attainable so in order to make myself familiar with each I got used to the smell and eventually the taste. This mercury is modified though, it has that same chemical taste as the kanima venom.” She informs them as she pulls out her water bottle to gargle water before spitting it out in the grass. She doesn’t mention that Tracy smells similar to Theo as to not start unnecessary arguments.

Inside, Hayden asks Liam where they're taking her. He lies and says they’re probably taking her to the hospital when he sees her bloody arm and asks her if she needs help getting to then nurse's office. She says she’ll make it and goes to wash off the blood in the restroom. However when the blood is gone she realizes there are no wounds on her arm. In the hall, Liam catches up with Kira, Lydia and Allison. They tell him that Scott, Stiles, Derek and Eisa are taking Tracy to the Animal Clinic to see if they can figure out what's wrong with her. The rest of the wolves join them as Lydia says that that what's wrong with her is that she killed two people.

Kira asks if there's anyone else they can talk to, her mom or any family. Lydia suggests she talk to an alpha. She asks is there happens to be any new alphas that moved into town and Allison says no, her and her father have been keeping track of everyone coming and going with Peter’s help.

They also know that none of the alpha pack have betas nor have any desire for them. Kira then mentions that they know another alpha, one of the oldest and they know her pack. At that, Liam is sent to talk to Brett because he's a member of Satomi's pack. He takes Mason with him and they find Brett on the lacrosse field at Devenford Prep. Mason watches Brett play, shirtless, and gawks.

"So he's a werewolf, too?" Mason asks.

"Yep."

"This just gets better and better." He replies.

They eventually approach him and Liam shows Brett a picture of Tracy. He says she’s cute but he’s never seen her. Liam asks if Satomi could have turned her without Brett knowing. Brett says that after the dead pool she's not really doing much recruiting and that she also wouldn’t have done it without including the pack. Mason asks if that's how it works, alphas just go around biting people.

“Or you can be born like me and my sister. Satomi took us in after our family died in a fire.” He reveals.

Liam looks more closely at the photo of Tracy and realizes that he's seen her necklace before, when he fell in a hole in the woods.

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At the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic, Deaton checks Tracy's eyes. They dilate under normal conditions and her heart rate is 250, which is extremely high. He says that evidence of an allogeneic skin graft on her right shoulder. He has no idea what the silver fluid is and comments that it looks like mercury.

“I told you.” Eisa grumbles from where she stands, leaning against Derek’s chest.

Malia asks if he can just give her something to kill her and Deaton frowns. He follows a code of ethics that frowns on such measures. Eisa says that she doesn’t and Derek tightens his grip on her before she can move forward. Scott tells Malia that they're not going to kill Tracy, but Malia asks how they know she won't kill them. Eisa continues to be unhelpful to the rooms code of ethics and tells them that Tracy will most definitely try to kill them. Stiles points out that either way he's going to have to let his dad know they've found her. Deaton grabs a bottle of mountain ash from the table and tosses the contents toward the door, sealing them all into the room.

“That won’t hold her.” Eisa says, suddenly all too aware of what’s happening.

Meanwhile, Kira, Lydia and Allison arrive at Tracy’s house. Kira asks if this is a crime scene, and Lydia scoffs, only to see crime scene tape across Tracy's bed when they go in. They don't know what they're looking for. Lydia is just following a feeling, which Kira points out usually leads to dead bodies. She tells them to let her know if they find one.

In the clinic, Stiles stares at the mountain ash line across the doorway, unsettled by it. Deaton tells him not to worry because Tracy won’t be able to cross a line of mountain ash. Stiles says that that's what he's afraid of and Deaton reminds him that they will be able to get out without a problem. The others will have more of a problem. Malia has never encountered a mountain ash line and tests it. Deaton asks Scott to hold Tracy down so he can try some more invasive tests. Scott then looks over at Stiles and he helps hold her down as well. Deaton tries to cut her skin with a scalpel and only ends up breaking the knife. Stiles says they’re going to need a bigger blade.

While examining Tracy, Deaton sees something bulge in her neck. With the help of Malia they get her rolled over. Scott gets a text from his mom that the driver of the prison transport is awake and talking. The driver didn't have a stroke or a heart attack, his body just locked up.

“Like he was paralyzed.” Stiles says. “I think I know what she is.”

“A Kanima, yes, figured that out at the crime scene when I ingested the kanima venom dripping from the roof. Do any of you ever listen to me? I feel like I’m just here to look pretty.” Eisa says. Derek tells her that he listens and she tells him to shut up, not in the mood for ass kissing. Derek shuts up.

They all eventually move closer to Tracy, looking at her back. She has something moving underneath the skin and Eisa tells them all to move back. They don’t have the chance to before the skin of her back rips open, spraying black ooze and a tail whips out. It hits Stiles and Deaton first, then Malia. Derek moves forward to help and gets hit as Tracy gets up and claws Scott. She heads out the door, the mountain ash line breaking as she crosses it. Stiles and Malia are already paralyzed and Scott and Derek stumbles and go down next. Stiles asks how she got through the mountain ash, but Deaton doesn't know. Nothing supernatural should be able to cross it. Stiles mentions that Scott has and Scott tells him he only did it once and it almost killed him.

“We should have killed her!” Malia adds.

“Meanwhile, she’s probably on her way to killing someone else.” Stiles says.

“Listen, everyone. We need to concentrate. Scott, Malia, Derek and Eisa, you four will probably be able to move long before Stiles and I can, but you need to focus.” Deaton informs them.

“You all make my life so difficult.” Eisa huffs. “She didn’t paralyze me, I can’t get paralyzed and Stiles can’t either now that his spark has manifested so I suggest you get out of your head big brother.” She tells him before grabbing ingredients from Deaton’s stash and making an anti-venom.

By the time she’s done, Stiles is on his feet and she then kneels beside Derek to give it to him. She leaves the others to fend for herself out of pure spite and pulls Derek along with her. Scott yells after them, telling Eisa not to kill Tracy. Stiles moves to go after them but pauses as he looks at the three still on the floor. He moves over to the ingredients Eisa had used and tries to recreate the anti-venom, only for it to go wrong as it starts to smoke. He panics and inhales it only to realize he severely messed up as he loses feeling in his legs and collapses, paralyzed.

In the woods, Liam, Mason, and Brett search for the hole that Liam fell in. Suddenly, Mason falls into a hole but there's no necklace. He says that the hole doesn't look like a sink hole and then sees that there are handprints and dirt on the edges. They then realize that someone was buried there. Liam searches the hole himself and agrees that the necklace isn't there. He doesn't think this it’s the same hole he fell in earlier.

“Then who crawled out of this one?” Mason asks.

At Tracy’s house, Lydia, Allison and Kira are still looking around Tracy's room. Kira eventually finds a dreamcatcher in a box, a gift from her dad, who was trying to help her with her night terrors. Lydia recalls that there have been cases of people murdering their entire families while in a night terror. It's called homicidal somnambulism and she thinks Tracy could still be in a night terror. They piece together that Tracy has been killing people who tried to help her. It’s probably why she was at the school. The other person that tried to help her is Lydia's mom.

Mrs. Martin is at the Beacon Hills Sheriff Station to go on a date with Sheriff Stilinski. She tells the Sheriff that she's glad he didn't have to cancel again, and he smiles back at her. Noah then glances into the station to see Deputy Clark collapsed at her desk. She tells him she can’t move and he notices that the other deputies are also incapacitated. Lydia and Kira burst into the station to warn them, but Tracy is already there and on the ceiling.

Back at the Animal Clinic, Malia is finally able to move and makes her way out of the clinic, tracking Tracy’s scent. A couple minutes later Theo walks into the clinic and helps Scott to his feet, then Stiles. Theo offers to help and tells them that it doesn't have to mean he’s part of the pack, like they’ve accepted him or anything like that. Scott has trouble making a decision but Theo is adamant on helping.

Meanwhile, Donovan is still sitting in lock-up. He opens his eyes and silver fluid flicks sideways across them like a nictitating membrane. He rubs his face and then hears gunshots. The Sheriff fights Tracy but she slices him and knocks him down. Kira gets out her belt sword and they fight. Lydia tries to hide and urges her mother to run. Tracy attacks Lydia, slicing deeply into her right side, and Lydia falls. Kira jump up onto a desk and her kitsune aura comes out before she attacks and slices off Tracy's tail. Tracy makes a run for it, while Kira's powers overwhelm her.

Eisa and Derek catch up to Tracy at the Sheriff’s station, Malia not far behind. The Sheriff tells them to be careful and Eisa moves to help her father before she hears Lydia. She’s telling Malia with a shaky voice that her wound isn't as bad as it looks. She explains that Tracy is dreaming and tells Malia to get Tracy to understand that she's not asleep. The Sheriff then tells Malia that they're in the basement. Malia follows the blood and finds Tracy dragging Mrs. Martin. Tracy tosses Natalie aside in order to fight and Malia gets her on the ground, grabbing her arms and pinning her neck with her knee. As she chokes, Tracy shifts back to herself and Malia lets her go. She tells Tracy that she's isn't dreaming and everything is real.

“What's happening to me?” Tracy asks.

The Dread Doctors appear and inject Tracy with more mercury. One slams Malia into the wall and holds her there to keep her from interfering.

“Condition is terminal.” The Surgeon says.

Tracy falls down, now dead, and the Doctors leave. They disappear from the hallway as Malia watches.

Donovan is in holding and bangs on the bars to be let out. The Dread Doctors approach the cell, unlocking the door without touching the card reader. Just then, Scott, Stiles, Theo and Dr. Deaton run into the Sheriff’s station. They see blood on the floor, and Scott rushes in. Noah is already trying to get to his feet when Scott rushes to help him. Stiles sees Kira, Eisa, Derek and Lydia in the office, with Lydia bleeding heavily. Theo pushes past him and goes to use his belt as a tourniquet on Lydia's torso but Derek stops him. Eisa says it’s okay and lets Theo put the tourniquet on her so she doesn’t bleed out. Eisa then slightly pushes Theo and Kira out of the way as she kneels behind Lydia. She tells Theo to hold Lydia’s head up and then looks at Derek who’s standing off to the side.

“Derek, I’m going to need your attention me once I start to do this.” Eisa says. Derek’s head snaps towards her at the use of his name.

She hasn’t referred to him as Derek since they started dating and when she did it was when she was angry. He springs into action, kneeling behind her. In the bullpen, Deaton walks in and covers Tracy's severed tail with his coat. Natalie is also safe as she comes back up from the basement, horrified and nearly in tears. She sees Lydia and runs to her side while Stiles continues staring. It takes Scott a few tries to get his attention. Theo and Lydia both tell Stiles that it's going to be fine, and she tells Stiles to go save Tracy.

“Now is not the time for Supernatural 101 so if you don’t know what’s going on then keep it that way and if you do know what’s going on then good for you.” Eisa says before looking back at Derek. “If Theo touches me, kill him.”

“I’m sitting right here.”

“I’m aware.” She replies before looking Theo in the eyes. “I’m aware.” She repeats, this one holding more meaning behind it.

She turns back towards Lydia and everyone watches as her eyes turn purple and her palms glow. Eisa shivers and Theo looks over to see blood seeping through her shirt on the same side as Lydia’s wound. He also notices Derek’s hands placed firmly on her hips and how unconcerned he is about the blood. Derek notices him, eyes lingering on Eisa for to long and his eyes flash blue as he growls. Theo turns his attention to Lydia’s wound which has stopped bleeding. Eisa falls back into Derek and he lifts her shirt to show the transferred wound, his other arm painted with black veins.

“This part sucks.” She sighs as the wound heals slowly.

There are already ambulance sirens in the background. Stiles helps his dad follow Scott and Deaton down to the basement. They find Malia standing over Tracy's body and she swears it wasn’t her. Scott glowers and asks what happened. Malia explains that there were three people in masks. She insists to Stiles that she didn't kill Tracy, and he tries to calm her down. Deaton then points out that Tracy isn't changing back to human.

“We're going to need to get her out of here.” The vet says.

“Absolutely not.” The Sheriff responds. “This is a crime scene. We call the coroner.”

Deaton narrows his eyes and says that the coroner might be very confused by the girl's severed reptilian tail. The Sheriff replies he doesn't care but Deaton says he should unless he's prepared to hold a press conference announcing the existence of the supernatural. Noah is clearly unhappy, but Stiles agrees with Deaton. Scott tries to play the middle man suggesting that at the clinic they might be able to change her back, so they can call the coroner to see something he'll be fit to evaluate. Noah says there’s a line they have to draw and Stiles points out that they've already crossed that line multiple times. Deaton pleads with the Sheriff to let him help and he caves. Scott then picks Tracy up and they get her out of the station.

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Lydia is taken to Beacon Hills Memorial for surgery. Eisa had prevented Lydia from dying, making her wound less severe but with Lydia’s blood also on the station floor she had to play it safe. Her mom is wheeling her right by her side. Meanwhile, Liam tells Scott about what he found in the woods and confirms that Tracy was buried alive. Derek and Eisa glance at Theo but the wolf doesn’t notice. She leans on Derek, her wound still healing. She had explained to him that different wounds healed at different rates. When she transfers wounds they heal the slowest and direct wounds heal the fastest.

Liam continues explaining that they found a second hole but they don’t know who was buried in it but thinks they need to find out. Melissa then comes out to tell Stiles, Scott, Kira, Eisa, Derek, Theo and Liam that Theo’s tourniquet probably saved her life. Stiles doesn't say anything to Theo, but he acknowledges the good Theo has done for them. Lydia is about to go into surgery, so Melissa asks if there's any supernatural details they need to know about or do they just treat Lydia like a wounded human. Kira informs her that Lydia was cut with Tracy's tail. When she’s gone Malia insists that it wasn’t just Tracy, there were guys in masks. Stiles and Scott look torn between being worried and not believing her.

“I believe you Malia.” Eisa tells her, pulling the groups attention. “I’ve seen them before, when I was young. So, I believe you even if no one else does.”

In the operating room, Melissa asks Lydia to count down while they knock her out. As Lydia starts to go under, she hears the sounds of the Dread Doctors and starts to see them.

In the Doctors' secret lab, Donovan is strapped down to a table. They manhandle him and The Surgeon declares that his condition is promising. The Geneticist then grabs a set of pliers and rips out three of Donovan’s teeth. His missing teeth are soon replaced as wendigo teeth grow on their own.

After leaving the hospital, Stiles and Malia go back to Stiles' room, where he adds notes to his crime board: Masked Killers and Tracy Stewart. Malia looks at the other question Stiles has written there: Who is the Desert Wolf? She gets up and erases it.

Meanwhile, Scott and Kira head back to Scott's house. Kira rubs at Lydia's blood on her hands, until Scott takes her hands in his. He kisses her forehead and then her lips. Deaton interrupts them and walks out of darkened living room with a bag. He pulls out a bottle.

"A werewolf with the talons an eagle. Possibly of a shapeshifter known in eastern mythology as a Garuda. Tracy's claws. The unmistakable claws of a werewolf. But a werewolf who also bears the venom and the scales of a Kanima."

Kira asks what you call that. He personally calls it terrifying. But he's really more interested in how Tracy was able to cross the mountain ash. Mountain ash wards off supernatural creatures. His theory is that Tracy wasn't created through supernatural means, so supernatural rules don't apply. She was created scientifically. Scott adds that Liam found another hole out in the woods.

Deaton suggests the burials are part of the process, a kind of incubation. Kira asks what they're supposed to do. All Deaton can tell her is they protect their friends and each other. The alpha wants to know how they protect someone like Tracy, who is being used as an experiment. informs them that he's going out of town for a few days and Kira asks how scared they should be. The vet says that while he works with the supernatural, he's also a man of science, but something like this rattles the foundation of his beliefs. The rules have changed.

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Post-surgery, Lydia wakes up the following day to find Parrish sitting in her room. She asks him what he's doing there. Officially, he’s here to gather eyewitness testimony. Unofficially, he’s trying to find something to watch but the only thing that comes in is a kung fu movie. Lydia asks Parrish if he knows how to fight. He says he knows a little ju-jitsu because the army taught him close quarters combat. She asks him to teach her and he agrees.

In AP Bio, Mrs. Finch asks them what could account for the 0.1% difference in DNA between humans. She calls on Theo and he says Nucleotides. However, that doesn’t actually answer the question she asked. Scott is looking at a list of all the things they've encountered so far. Kira asks if there can be more than one species in the same DNA. The answer is no, but there can be multiple sets of DNA in the same individual, a chimera. Sydney offers that the term comes from Greek mythology about a lion with a goat's head coming out of its back and a tail that ends in the head of a snake. Kira wonders to herself if Eisa knows more about chimeras since she has an extensive knowledge of mythology.

Mrs. Finch tells Sydney that she's right and then asks if she'd like to read the full wikipedia entry off her phone. Scott notes down the term chimera, while Mrs. Finch goes on to talk about mutation. DNA is a fragile molecule. Mrs. Finch asks Scott if he missed the assigned reading. He says yes and then she offers the class drop forms. Mrs. Finch hands out a few forms to students she thinks should fill them out. Class is dismissed, and Scott takes a form while Mrs. Finch looks down, disappointed.

At the sheriff station, they watch the video of Donovan in the cell. The video cuts out during the time when Donovan escapes. Deputy Clark is in on her day off because Donovan is missing after having threatened the Sheriff's life. She's not taking a day off until he's caught. Noah isn't concerned. He thinks Donovan is running as far as possible, as fast as he can.

In the Doctors lab, Donovan continues to struggle against his restraints. Theo walks in and tells him he’s lucky they’re allowing him to talk to Donovan. They don't usually do that. Theo explains that the Doctors believe in numbers and results and they will quickly decide if Donovan is going to die. Theo has Donovan's aptitude test from when he applied to be a deputy and the multiphasic personality inventory assesses abnormal behavior. Donovan scored high on the psychopathic deviate scale. Theo slaps the file against the man and tells him that's bad and that they're not even going to get into his Anger Expression Inventory.

The point is the conclusion at the end: not suitable for law enforcement. Theo tosses the file away and says that it sucks that Donovan will never get to be a cop like his dad. Theo tries to sell Donovan on the transformation they've done to him. He’s got something else, power. Real power. He cranks the table so Donovan is sitting up more and takes the restraint off his head. Theo knows that he wants to go after Stilinski, but he has a better idea, a way to hurt him more than just physical pain. Theo gleefully advises the delinquent that real pain is emotional pain and send him after Stiles. He sends Donovan after Stiles. Donovan argues that Eisa would be better and she owes him for breaking his nose but Theo disagrees, Eisa is merely adopted, Stiles is his only biological child.

Back at school, Scott and Kira are in the library. Stiles and Malia join them, followed by Eisa, Allison and Isaac. Stiles tells the group that he wasn't able to get in to see Lydia because she's in the ICU and only family is allowed. They did, however, come back with the Bestiary. Kira asks if there's anything about a half-werewolf, half-kanima.

“Chimera.” Scott states. He explains the term and tells them that Liam found two burial sites, so there's more than one.

“Can chimeras exist as more than a lion with a goat's head coming out of its back and a tail that ends in the head of a snake?’ She asks, looking at Eisa.

“Anything can exist as more than anything.” She replies unhelpfully. Stiles tells her as much. “In Greek mythology a chimera is how you described it but in science a chimera is something or someone with more than one species in the same DNA so are you asking me on the topic of Greek mythology or science because if it’s science then you already know the answer.” She says.

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Someone in the hospital is screaming. Melissa and Dr. Geyer rush to check on him and don't

immediately see what's wrong. Melissa checks the kid's arm and his skin is melting off, his whole forearm is an exposed wound. Once the patient is in a room, Scott and Kira arrive at the hospital. Melissa leads them to the room and Scott listens to his agony for a moment before deciding to try to help. The kid is strapped to the bed with a bandage over the wound. The alpha grabs the boy's hand and black veins paint his arms. Scott nearly passes out from the pain.

Kira and Melissa have to pull him away but it works, the boy stops screaming. He asks to see the wound, and Melissa shows him. The lab says that the wound was made by scorpion venom. However, a sting that bad should have killed him hours ago and the scorpion that stung him would have been ten feet tall. Kira hopes there isn't a giant scorpion running around Beacon Hills. Eventually, the boy is able to tell them that it was Lucas, his boyfriend. They learn that the patients name is Corey and he tells Scott and Kira how he got stung. He says that him and Lucas were taking it slow, but it wasn't him, Lucas that wanted to, but today he was like a different person.

He was aggressive and super confident. They were kissing when he suddenly felt a sting on his arm. He saw Lucas's eyes turn black, as well. Lucas apologized and then said he'd see Corey at the club later. Kira asks what club, and Corey directs them to Sinema.

That same night, Mason and Liam go to a club. Mason asks Liam to put his phone away and that Scot can howl if he really needs him. Liam complains that he feels like he should be helping. His friend tells him that he is helping, as his wingman.

“And considering the state of my dating life, I need a wingman, a co-pilot, and a really hot flight attendant.” Mason adds.

Mason convinces Liam to go in. When they get to the door, Hayden opens it. She gives Mason a harsh look and tells him that she didn't say she'd let Liam in. He argues that she said he could bring a plus one but she says she didn’t say “plus Liam.”

“I'm his flight attendant.” Liam says.

Hayden scowls at him and he corrects to wingman. Mason bribes Hayden with $50 to get Liam in.

The walk into the club, Sinema, a mostly gay club. Liam comments that they don't look old enough to be there. They then spot Brett dancing with a woman and then a man. Liam asks if the club is mixed.

“..ish.” Mason replies.

Hayden is serving drinks at Sinema. The bartender takes a drink from one of the test tubes, and she complains to him that she has to pay for them out of her own pocket. The bartender, Phil, always gets drunk on the job. Hayden takes the drinks and stops as she walking to count her tips. She complains to herself that she's never going to make enough, and Liam overhears it. He watches her go, curious, and then spots Mason and Brett having drinks together. Suddenly, Liam's senses come into sharp focus and he follows the sound of out of place footsteps.

Liam goes up to Brett and asks if he noticed anyone off in the club. Brett isn't sure because it's Beacon Hills and it’s always possible someone is a werewolf. Liam explains that whatever he sensed felt off. Brett pats him on the soldier as Liam walks away. A couple seconds later, Mason approaches Brett and asks if he knows the guy that keeps looking over at them. The wolf says yes and that his name is Lucas.

Lucas gives Mason a sly smile, and spines come out of the back of his arms. Liam continues to follow his instincts and picks up the danger emanating from Lucas. He searches through the club when he collides with Hayden, making her drop all the drinks. She tells them that they were $10 each, so he now owes her $200. As they’re arguing, Mason goes into a back corner with Lucas. Night of the Living Dead is being projected onto Mason's shirt. He comments about it, saying it’s the first classic zombie movie. Lucas asks how it ends, and Mason tells him that the zombies pretty much win and the good guys die.

“So I guess it's better to be one of the bad guys.” Lucas replies.

He moves in on Mason and starts kissing him while spikes grow out of Lucas's spine.

As they head to the club, Kira asks if there's even a myth for a half-scorpion half-werewolf. Scott tells her it’s called a Sumerian and that saw something about it in the bestiary. They arrive at the club and go inside, setting off an alarm. Scott looks around, confused, while Kira grabs off a piece of her belt, throwing it like a shuriken, and uses it to break the alarm. Scott declares his love for her and runs inside, leaving Kira gobsmacked.

Lucas kisses Mason some more, right up until Brett grabs him and flings him across the room. Brett then tells Mason to run, partially beta shifted. Kira follows Scott into the club and says that he did it again, something that changed everything without even realizing it. Scott asks if he did just as he hears roaring from Brett and Lucas fighting. Lucas slices Brett across the stomach, and then Liam comes flying in to tackle him. Scott and Kira find Lucas wrestling with Liam.

“You're a little late!” Liam yells.

Scott attacks and manages to get Lucas off Liam, but Lucas quickly tosses him aside. Kira uses her sword and joins the fight. Kira continues to fight Lucas, while Mason tries to help Brett. Liam then catches Lucas off-guard and slams him to the ground. Lucas seems to come back to himself, but in the moment of calm, Kira's kitsune spirit comes out, her aura flaming all around her.

“Watashi wa shi no shisha da!” She shouts as she goes to kill Lucas.

Scott grabs her arm to stop her, and they stare at one another. When it's clear that everyone is okay, Brett isn’t but Scott asks Liam to help him get Lucas out of there. They start to pick him up, but he's shot in the chest with a dart. The Dread Doctors are up in the rafters and Scott demands to know why they just killed him.

“His condition was terminal.” Scott demands to know what that means. “Failure.” The Surgeon replies.

The Dread Doctors disappear as quickly as they appeared.

Scott and Kira take Lucas to the hospital morgue and Melissa is sure they'll come up with a reasonable explanation for the stingers in his arms. They close him into the fridge. Scott is upset because he thinks he should have done better, predicted that this would happen. Melissa tells him that his grandfather used to have a saying about the word should.

“You know what you're doing when you say the word should too often? You're should-ing all over yourself.”

Melissa can't tell Scott not to do something about it, because he's got the power to do something and cares enough to try. All he needs to do is ask himself what he's going to do. Scott thinks about it. He says he’s going to find out who did this and he’s going to stop them. They leave the morgue, and someone new walks in.

Parrish opens the fridge and removes Lucas's body. Later that night, he's walking through the forest toward the Nemeton carrying Lucas's corpse. Parrish sets him down on the Nemeton and engulfs them both in flames.

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Liam and Mason get Brett on the elevator and up to the penthouse. As the two lead Brett towards the door they look around in awe, even the hall looks rich. Liam knocks on the door as the wolf in his arms groans in pain and it eventually opens. Mason gawks as two identical twins stand in the doorway.

“Eisa.” Brett groans. “My alpha, Satomi told me to go to Eisa.”

Aiden takes Brett from the two and carries him inside while Ethan closes the door behind them. Kali and Ennis are sitting in the living room, keeping a careful eye on the guests. Liam keeps Mason close, he had only met the alphas once and it was when Eisa was dead on a tree stump. They finally reach the last room in the long hall and Ethan moves past them to knock on the door. Brett finally begins to panic as he realizes he’s in a den of alphas and being carried by one.

“No need to worry, Brett.” Deucalion says from beside them, leaning against the doorframe of his own room. He’s as shirtless as the twins and Mason nearly faints where he stands. “You’re safe here.” He reassures the beta just as Eisa’s door opens.

“Is this heaven?” Mason asks, only to be shoved through the door by Liam.

“It might be heaven for you but it isn’t for wolves. They have customs, rules and etiquette. The number one rule is that you don’t invade another wolves den and it just so happens that this den belongs to five alphas.” Eisa tells them as Brett is placed on a couch and the twins turn towards the friends to flash red eyes. “Luckily for you my father, who you just so happened to meet in the hall, is an understanding man as are the rest of the alphas.”

The two look over as the bathroom door opens and Derek comes out with a bowl of water and a rag. Mason declares that he’s in heaven and sits down on the floor, dizzy from the view of shirtless men. Eisa lifts Brett’s shirt and Derek wipes away the blood as she gets back up to pick leaves and flowers off some of her plants. Liam curiously looks at the shelves near him and goes to touch one but Ethan tells him not to touch anything before he can. Most of the plants are toxic, especially to werewolves.

“Why would you have toxic plants in a house full of werewolves?” Mason asks.

“Just in case I need something to cure a toxic substance used on werewolves.” Eisa replies as she comes back with the crushed plants.

She pours it on Brett’s wound and the wolf jerks in pain. The twins and Derek hold him down as she continues to rub the powder into his wound. Brett eventually stops struggling and the pain recedes. Deucalion walks in as Brett’s wound heals and lets him and Eisa know he contacted Satomi, letting her know that her beta was injured and currently being treated by her. He also includes that Brett will be staying the night. The beta doesn’t protests and thanks the father and daughter. There’s a moment of silence before Mason expresses his explicit desire to lick abs. Eisa bursts out in laughter. The twins and Derek look at her fondly, always happy to see her happy.

“That one,” Eisa says, pointing at Derek, “is mine and no ab licking will happen so eyes off. I’ve killed for far less.” She warns.

Mason quickly looks away from Derek and tells her how cool her plant collection is. Derek kisses Eisa, amused by the possessiveness. He was usually the possessive one and she was the one who was constantly amused by the people who flirted with him. Eisa then gets up, walking into the bathroom before returning with towels. She tells them that they’re all staying the night as Derek starts pulling out an air mattress. The twins lend them all clothes and Mason has more questions as Liam and Brett take turns showering.

“Were you bitten too?” He asks Derek.

“Born.” He answers.

“What does that mean you are, Eisa? You never told me and I just found out your dad is a werewolf so does that mean you’re one too?”

“Not all wolves give birth to wolves. It’s less common when both parents are wolves but it happens.”

“So you’re human?”

“No.” Eisa chuckles, not making it easy on him.

“She’s a hybrid.” Derek informs him.

“Traitor.” She mumbles as she crawls into bed. “I was going to let him stew.”

“How many hybrids are there? What kind of hybrid are you?” Mason asks.

“I’m the only one and I’m a Spark and a wolf.” She supplies, holding out her hand as magic glows on her palm. Her eyes glow the same magical purple and k9s elongate from her mouth.

“That is so cool.” He breathes.

Before anyone else can say a word Eisa screams as she grabs her shoulder. Derek is already by her side, slipping his shirt off her shoulder to see what looks like a bite mark. All of the alphas burst into the room and she tells them that they’re need to find Stiles. The wound was caused by Stiles getting attacked. The twins tell her they’ll look for him as Deucalion inspects his daughters wound. Derek leaves her for a second and comes back with bandages to wrap her shoulder with. Once it’s wrapped Eisa gets up and throws on a pair of sweatpants, which also happen to be Derek’s, before running out of the room.

+++

In the library, Stiles is asleep on a pile of books. Malia is still awake, clicking her pen as she looks thoughtfully at their research. The motion of her pen reminds her of the motion of the needle that The Surgeon used to kill Tracy. She sets the pen down and informs Stiles that she's leaving.

He mumbles something back and she tells him to wake up and go home and that she'll meet him there in a bit. Again, he mumbles.

Malia goes to Tracy's house and looks through her room. She checks out the drawings on her wall before she spots Tracy's wallet with a novel underneath. The novel is by T.R. McCammon and there’s a note on it.

“Here's the book you asked for. Cheesy stuff, but still a fun, scary read.” It reads.

The title of the book is The Dread Doctors, with drawings of each of them just as Malia has seen them.

Stiles is finally trying to leave the school library, but the Jeep's engine is smoking. He has a wrench and duct tape, and tries to fix it, still too tired to trust his magic. While he's working on it, Donovan comes up behind him. Donovan has a lamprey mouth in the palm of his hand and attaches it to Stiles's shoulder.

Stiles screams.

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Stiles and Donovan begin fighting. Donovan arm is wrapped around Stiles throat and he struggles to get free. He tries to reach the wrench on the Jeep and manages to headbutt Donovan, knocking him loose. He grabs the wrench and beats him across the face with it before running. The Spark runs into the school with Donovan close on his heels. He decides against running up to the second floor and heads back outside again. Donovan turns to look for him, and a second maw opens on the side of his neck.

As Stiles runs across the campus he hears a howl and breathes out in relief as he recognizes Eisa’s howl. One of the bracelets on his wrist also glows purple before it explodes off of his wrist. He doesn’t take the time to wonder why as he uses his keycard to get into the library. The library is under construction and he hides among the stacks. Just then, Donovan comes in and finds Stiles’ phone on the floor.

“You dropped your phone. It's Malia. Should I text her back?” He asks before he pockets the phone. “You don't really know who I am, do you Stiles?”

He asks him if he's heard about his father who used to be Sheriff Stilinski's partner. A bullet shattered Donovan's father's T9 vertebra. It means that everything below his waist is useless. Donovan suggests that the Sheriff told Stiles some of it but he didn't say that he was sitting in the car calling for backup while Donovan's dad went in alone. Stiles gets angrier as he listens, but he stays quiet. His magic crackles at his fingertips and he prepares for a fight, not sure how fast Eisa was going to get to him.

“Did he tell you that he was too scared? Too much of a frightened little bitch to go in after him? Or do scared little bitches not tell their little bitch sons about their failures?” Donovan continues.

Stiles watches Donovan walk up the stairs to the upper floor, then he waits, listening for footsteps that suddenly stop falling. Donovan attacks through a bookcase, pulling Stiles back through it. Stiles drops the wrench, and Donovan throws him up against the scaffolding. Stiles elbows the chimera in the face, knocking him down, and then scurries up the scaffold. Donovan grabs hold of him and tells him not to worry because he’s not going to kill him. He’s going to eat his legs. His eyes glow white.

Stiles sees a pin in the scaffolding above him and struggles until he can reach it. He pulls the pin and pipes and construction materials fall. When the sound settles, Stiles looks down to see Donovan impaled on a pole. He’s still alive, though. Stiles puts his hands on the pole as if he's going to pull it out, but Donovan growls at him, and Stiles stops and watches him die. Silver fluid then pours out into Donovan's wounds.

Outside the library, Theo stands beside the door, listening to Donovan die. He’s caught off guard as the back of his shirt is grabbed and he’s thrown down the hall. He’s stopped by a pair of feet and looks up to see two twins with glowing red eyes staring down at him. When he looks back towards the library Eisa smiles at him and it’s more frightening than the alphas. He tries to get up and run but Derek Hale rounds the corner and grabs him by the throat. Theo is dragged out of the school while Eisa goes into the library to find her brother holding the phone. He doesn’t say anything to the dispatcher on the other side but units will be sent to investigate either way.

“I broke the bracelet so you could use the full extent of your magic.” Eisa tells him before she lets out a grunt as Stiles throws himself at her. Both of their shoulders hurt but they stand there hugging each other until she tells them they need to leave.

They make their way out of the library and Stiles uses a book to keep the door open for the cops. He then hears his phone ring in Donovan's pocket. Eisa goes to get it for him and takes it from the chimera’s pocket. The twins and Derek are waiting for them in the parking lot, no Theo in sight. Eisa places her hand on the Jeep and her hand glows. She’s then handed a vial by Derek and pulls at her brother’s shirt to look at his wound.

“What’s that?” He asks.

“For a wendigo bite.” She replies.

“How do you know it’s a wendigo?” He wonders. Eisa pulls off her shirt and unwraps the bandage to show him her wound. “How did that happen?”

“I stopped you and Allison from experiencing my pain, I didn’t stop myself from experiencing yours.” She says before pouring the liquid on his wound and holding her palm over it.

When she pulls away the wound is healed and she tells him to go home. They hear the approaching sirens and Stiles quickly moves the Jeep slightly further away so he can watch. An officer heads into the library, and Stiles is full of worry and anxiety. Eisa joins him in the Jeep and holds his hand as she tries to calm him down.

“It was self defense, Mieca. If you’re so worried then blame it on me, okay?” She says. Stiles doesn’t reply as he turns on his police scanner.

“Dispatch, I'm 1097, and there's no one here. It's a 653.” The officer says on the radio.

“Roger that. Prank call.” Dispatch responds.

Stiles can't believe what he's hearing and after the officer leaves, he goes back into the library. Donovan and the drop cloth that was on the floor under him are gone. He turns to Eisa to see if she knows what happened but she looks as confused as him. Once they’re done they both leave and Eisa watches Stiles drive away, her brother assuring her that he’s okay. When they all get into Derek’s truck Eisa turns in her seat to look at Theo.

“So, were you the first science experiment or the first successful one?” She asks as she watches him slightly squirm between the twins.

“You were right, he smells like chemicals.” Derek supplies.

“So it is because I’m a born wolf!” She exclaims. “I thought I was imagining things.”

“You knew?” Theo finally speaks.

“Of course I knew, I know everything.” Eisa replies as the other three wolves nod in agreement. “I’m going to let you go though, mainly because I want to see how this plays out and whether or not you’re going to end up helping or dying.”

“I suggest helping, you did get her brother hurt after all.” Aiden says.

“Yeah, the one thing she never lets anyone get away with is harm to her family.” Ethan adds.

“What exactly am I supposed to do?” Theo wonders.

“Whatever you were doing before you ended up in this vehicle. If Stiles or my dad end up hurt though then the Dread Doctors will be the least of your worries because I will hunt you like livestock and skin you alive just to watch it all grow back and do it all over again. Do we understand each other?” She smiles.

“She’s not kidding.” Derek says.

“Understood.” Theo replies before he’s being pulled out of the car by Aiden and dumped in the parking lot.

+++

It's five am, and Scott and Kira are asleep in his room. Kira is whispering the same Japanese phrase she shouted when she was going to kill Lucas. Scott wakes up, staring at her, and then gets a message on his phone that the alarm in Animal Clinic has been tripped. When he gets to the clinic he finds Tracys body is gone and the lock was broken from the outside. He calls Stiles and lets him know that someone is taking the bodies.

The next day at school, Malia shows Lydia The Dread Doctors book she found. She says that she's read it but she didn't understand any of it. Lydia tells her that they should probably all read it, and Malia says that Kira is working on that. Kira is in the library making photocopies. Malia also reports that Stiles can't find anything on the author and thinks it's a pen name.

The back cover of the book reads: In a small New England town, teenagers are taken in the night and buried alive. Days later they emerge transformed, wreaking havoc and spreading terror, commanded by an ancient order of parascientists known only as the Dread Doctors.

Lydia asks Malia how it ends. It doesn’t and there’s no volume two. Malia suggests that they’re living volume two. Lydia thinks the real question is whether the book is a novel or someone's prediction. She's thinking it could have been written by a banshee.

Meanwhile in the library, Scott tells Kira that he doesn't think the Dread Doctors are taking the bodies. When they've killed their experiments so far, they've just walked away and left them. Why come back later for them? Scott also points out that the chimeras are all failures. Kira wants to know what a success is going to be.

“Bad. Probably really bad.” Scott says.

In the boys locker room, Scott shows Theo the copy of the book. Theo tells him that he's never even heard of a kanima until a few days ago. He asks if Scott wants him to read the book. Scott doesn’t want him to just yet since he’s only on chapter one. Theo asks him if they do this a lot, get involved.

“Yeah. I guess.” Scott shrugs.

Theo asks him about the author. As he flips through the pages, Scott tells him that they tried but it's a dead end. Then Theo shows Scott something on the last page. It’s the About the Author page.

“For providing scientific research and valuable insight, this book is dedicated to Dr. Gabriel Valack.”

Scott tells Theo that he knows where to find him.

+++

Later after school, Theo bursts into the Dread Doctors' lab and tells them that the book worked and the pack is going to see Valack tonight.

“To Eichen...” the Doctors say.

In Stiles' room, Stiles informs Lydia that he's going with them to Eichen House. She thought he was sick, which is why he stayed home from school. He admits to being slightly under the weather, and she says he doesn't have to come.

“Malia's not going either.”

“Malia's not going because she knows that place is nightmare asylum of insanity and death. Okay? Let's go.”

As Stiles puts his hoodie on, he winces from phantom pain. Lydia notices and asks about it. Stiles tries to lie to her, but she knows something is wrong and blocks his path. Stiles insists that she is not going without him.

“Scott and Kira are going to be there.”

“Okay. I'm not letting you go to a place where one of the orderlies almost killed you.”

“He almost killed you too!”

“And we're both still alive! See? Teamwork.”

Stiles rushes out of the room before she can come up with another argument.

That night they all arrive at Eichen House. Lydia keeps buzzing to try to get in. Scott goes to talk to Stiles. He asks if Stiles is going to be okay in there then tells him he seems a little off.

“I think we're all a little off.”

“Maybe some of us more than others.” Scott says and turns to look at Kira.

Stiles asks what happened. Scott tells him about the other chimera, Lucas, and how Kira said something in Japanese. The Spark says that doesn’t sound too bad and the alpha says she doesn’t know Japanese. Stiles still isn’t seeing the problem.

“I also think I might have stopped her from killing Lucas.”

Stiles takes that into consideration.

“Wasn't he trying to kill you, though? I mean that just sounds like self-defense.”

Stiles rubs at the spot on his shoulder where his wound from Donovan was. Scott says it was more than that. She nearly took off his head.

“Maybe she had no choice," Stiles responds, clearly now thinking about his own situation. “There's gotta be a point where self-defense is justified. Tracy killed her own father. And Lucas would've killed you.”

“They're not the bad guys. They're the victims. We shouldn't be killing the people we're trying to save.” Scott tells him.

Eichen House finally opens up, and they all head inside. Schrader tells them all to empty their pockets. They comply and he asks Kira to remove her belt. Kira argues that she needs the belt, it’s crucial to her outfit.

“Please remove belt, which patients will attempt to take from you and use to strangle either themselves or others.” He replies blandly.

Kira removes her belt while Schrader leers at Lydia. Stiles notices that among the things he put in the box is the pin from the scaffolding that he pulled. Dr. Fenris takes them downstairs and says he's only doing this as a favor to Deaton. Stiles asks about the etiquette for talking to Valack. Fenris suggests not making eye contact with anyone or anything while they're in the basement.

In the hallway, Scott and Kira come to a stop while Lydia and Stiles continue on. There's a mountain ash barrier that they can't cross. Fenris opens the door and tells Lydia and Stiles that Valack's cell is the last one at the end of the hall. Scott offers reassurances while they head off. Stiles and Lydia glance at the captives. A woman without a mouth, a slaugh, and then Valack. Valack asks them what they just saw in the previous cell.

“The slaugh. The myth is that they can take on the appearance of the lost souls that have become inextricably bound to it. Happened to see any lost souls, Mr. Stilinski?” He answers for them.

“Yeah, everyone down here.” Stiles responds.

Valack tells him not to give up on them yet, they’re all works in progress. It's something Peter says, Stiles recognizes it and asks him where he heard it.

“Wise words from a former visitor.” He answers.

Valack asks if they brought the book, and Stiles shows him the copy. Lydia realizes there is no T.R. McCammon and that Valack wrote the book. He says it’s a tool designed to open their eyes. Lydia asks Valack why he used a pseudonym. He claims he had a professional reputation once and didn't want to ruin it by putting his name on a second rate piece of trash.

“Then why write the book in the first place?” Stiles asks.

Valack explains that he wrote it because no one believed him, no one listened.

He knows the Doctors are in Beacon Hills.

“What are they?” Lydia asks.

“Not entirely human. At least not anymore. They were scientists once. Scientists who worshipped the supernatural. Teska said, 'If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.' They found their secrets in electromagnetic forces. Ways to prolong their lives. Give them power. And most importantly, making you forget you ever saw them.”

Lydia asks what they want. Valack tells her it's a good question, because everyone wants something. Stiles realizes it's the start of his request and asks Valack what his price is. The doctor wants a recording of Lydia's scream.

Out in the hallway, Scott reports that he can't hear anything. He thinks the mountain ash is disrupting his abilities. Kira says she's feeling weak and that doing was a bad idea. Scott assures her that Stiles and Lydia will be okay without them. They’re pretty good together. No super strength or samurai swords but they’re still alive.

“He still likes her, doesn't he?” Kira asks.

“Yeah. Yeah, but it's different now. You should have seen the way he used to be around her.”

Kira wonders if it was bad and Scott tells her it was kind of obsessive but not all bad. Lydia pretended not to be smart which surprises Kira. Stiles was the only one at the time who knew how smart she was because he paid attention, listened to her and remembered. The lights in the hallway suddenly flicker, and Scott looks around. While he's not looking, Kira begins to generate electricity.

Stiles takes the recorder away from Lydia and declares that Valack is not getting his recording. The Banshee doesn't agree and wants to do the trade. While they're talking, Valack asks them how many have died so far. He then asks if they want to know how many died the first time the Doctors came to Beacon Hills, or how many will die if they succeed.

“This did happen before.” Lydia says. Stiles remembers Eisa saying she’s seen the Doctors before and now it makes more sense.

“And now they're back. All because a few teenagers who never even considered the consequences decided to reignite a supernatural force they barely understand.”

Lydia isn’t sure what he’s talking about until it finally dawns on her that Eisa became the Nemeton’s guardian the same night they rescued the parents. Stiles asks how he even knows about that, and Valack replies that he knows because he saw it. The Banshee doubts he saw it clearly because Eisa was the only one responsible for that. He removes the band from his head, and Lydia looks into his third eye.

Back in the hallway, Kira's powers start to go haywire. Valack sees the lights flicker and asks who they came with. When they don't answer, he lets them know that he knows they brought a kitsune.

A light suddenly explodes and he reveals that Kira is disrupting the building's defenses.

“It's not just the mountain ash that keeps this building secure. It's the electromagnetic energy. Eichen is built on the convergence of telluric currents. Ley lines. It's what allows it to keep certain supernatural creatures in and certain others out. They knew you were coming. They're here. And you unlocked the door for them.”

The Dread Doctors open the gate to Eichen House and walk inside. Kira shorts out all the lights and Scott tries to touch her but gets shocked. Fenris shows up and asks Scott if he's okay. He realizes that Kira is causing whatever is happening. Valack orders them to hit record and give him a scream, because it costs them nothing. Stiles replies that it's important to him so he's not getting it for free. Lydia asks what the book does so he explains that reading the book opens their minds to the memories that the Doctors repressed.

The book was meant to trigger peoples' memories and then those people would find their way to him. Lydia recalls having flashes of the doctors while she was on the operating table. He tells them that if they’ve seen them, they've done something to you, then the book will help you remember. He then demands he gets what he wants. Lydia holds out her hand for the recorder.

In the hallway, the Doctors are right by the door. Scott doesn't know how to move Kira if he can't even touch her. Fenris advises Scott to run but he says he can't leave her. The doctor says he can and takes off. Scott grabs Kira even though she’s electrocuting him and gets out of the way of the doctors before he keeps going.

Lydia asks Valack what the Doctors are trying to do. He just tells them all to read the book, anyone who has come in contact with them should read it. Stiles rushes to get out of there as Scott carries Kira out of the building. The Doctors go to Valack's cell before holding him down to pluck out his third eye. When Scot emerges from Eichen House with Kira he collapses on the ground, smoking and covered in burns.

“At the club...at the club, you said...” Kira mutters.

“I remember,” Scott tells her. “And I meant it.”

Stiles and Lydia are hiding in the basement when Lydia says she thinks they’re okay.

“No, it's not okay. All this, it's on us. Everything that's happened. Everything that's gonna happen. It's our fault.” Lydia corrects him. “It's our responsibility.”

Valack crawls to the door of his cell and puts the recorder in a cup. He holds it against the glass and plays it back and Lydia's scream cracks the glass.

+++

Deputies Clark and Cordova get out of their patrol cars at the school field at night. Cordova flips on a light switch and Clark sees eight freshly dug up holes across the field.

The following morning, Malia and Stiles are with the Sheriff in his office updating the case board.

Noah crosses out Tracy’s photo as he clarifies with the two that Chimeras are now on the board.

“Two dead chimeras.” Stiles says.

“And eight new ones.” Malia adds.

That's ten in all, but the Sheriff thinks it's probably eleven and he adds Donovan’s photo to the wall. The Sheriff confirmed with his tech guys that the camera and the lock on the cell could have malfunctioned because of something electromagnetic. After the events at Eichen they now know that’s something the doctors can manipulate. Stiles can't look at the photo of Donovan while Malia agrees that Donovan must a chimera too. The Sheriff wants to know if he's a failure like Lucas and Tracy.

“He was.” Eisa says from the doorway.

“Was?” Noah asks as Stiles stands off into a corner, upset and guilty.

“He came after me, thought I’d be the most vulnerable Stilinski and didn’t account for the five alpha’s and one possessive ass Hale to be with me.” She informs them, looking at Stiles briefly. “All of them can confirm the story if you want.”

Malia goes to put a red cross on Donovan, but the Sheriff stops her.

“Not until I've seen a body.” Noah says.

“You aren’t going to get that.” Eisa tells him. “Like I said, he came after me and I was with five very protective alphas and Derek.”

“We can’t keep doing this, it comes to a point.” The Sheriff sighs.

“Are you saying you’d rather be searching the preserve for pieces of your daughter?”

“No, of course not.”

“Then why are you suddenly so worried about the rules? First it was Tracy who nearly killed Lydia and if you had kept her body would have revealed the Supernatural which I should remind you, your son and daughter are a part of. People find out about the supernatural and they get scared, they get scared they become irrational, they become irrational people die, me and Stiles die.”

He huffs in frustration then turns and sees Stiles, rubbing his hands together.

“You're uncharacteristically quiet.”

Stiles covers for his guilt quickly by bringing up the fact that all the victims are teenagers. So, they should be trying to figure out why those teenagers. He suggests that if the Doctors are making such particular effort, like breaking someone out of jail, it must be because they have something in common, which makes their selection intentional.

+++

In Parrish’s house, he and Lydia practice hand-to-hand combat. He instructs her to keep her hands up so she can protect her head while keep her eyes on her enemy. They spar, and Jordan tags her. Lydia recovers and tells him she wants to keep going. He's afraid she's going to rip out her stitches, so she pulls up her shirt and shows him the dressing with no visible blood. Lydia tosses her shirt aside, and Parrish takes off his hoodie. They try again, and this time the Hellhound is able to grab her and pull her in close. He asks her what she did wrong.

“Forgot to keep my arms up.” She answers.

He tells her that it's okay because her muscles have memory and with enough practice they will remember for her. She leans back against him, and they both become conscious of being pressed against one another in an embrace. Lydia suddenly has a flash of a Doctor's hand on her arm and then being surrounded by them during her surgery. She makes a pained sound and pulls away from him. She can see her photocopy of The Dread Doctors sticking out of her bag across the room. Parrish asks her what’s wrong.

“Muscle memory.” Lydia tells him.

At school, Scott tells Theo to keep an eye out for people acting a little off. Scott has his copy of the book, too. Theo reminds him that Tracy went on a killing spree after reading it. The alpha asks him if he thinks it’s a bad idea.

“I think Malia almost getting run down by a car could've been bad.” He says, referring to the day before when he let her drive his truck.

As she was driving he encouraged her to go faster. She had gotten sudden flashes of her car wreck when her mom and sister died. She had started going faster then intended before stopping, still in a trance. She had gotten out of the car and Theo had to pull her out of the way before she got hit by an oncoming car.

Theo figures that's why they haven't finished reading it yet. Scott tells him that they're going to, but Theo counters that he came looking for a pack, not to watch one fall apart. Scott tells him that the book is all they’ve got. Theo offers to read it, too.

Later that night, they all end up at Scott’s house with copies. Lydia complains that her mom's book club usually has more wine.

“Well, they also probably didn't read books that cause violent hallucinations.” Stiles replies.

They've asked Malia to watch over them while they read so there will be someone to stop them should they do something dangerous. Lydia says she should have her mother read it, so she'll remember her encounter with Tracy. Stiles isn’t sure it’ll work but Lydia is determined it has to. Lydia then explains that she thinks she saw the Doctors during her surgery and when she looks at the cover of the book it feels like a memory wanting to resurface. She wants to know what happened to her.

Theo asks if Eisa is joining them and Stiles says no. He found out that she already had a copy of the book and assumes it’s the original copy knowing her. She had also already had Derek read it so the two are ahead of them. Theo then wants to know if they had any visions and Stiles says that he doesn’t know, Derek doesn’t talk about anything and if he does it’s only to Eisa. And Eisa only provides life saving information not personal.

They all take a copy and start reading. Scott has difficulty concentrating while Kira’s vision keeps blurring, like the words are underwater. Scott finally asks if anyone is feeling anything. Kira says she’s tired and Lydia says she’s hungry. Theo chastises them.

“I think he meant the book.” He says.

In the kitchen, Malia pours Stiles some coffee and notices him rubbing at the wound on his shoulder. Theo listens in on their conversation. Stiles claims that the hood of the Jeep fell on him while he was fixing it and it’s sore. To change the subject, he asks her about her recovered memory. He asks if it played out as a movie or if it felt like she was in it.

“In it.” She replies.

“Was it just the crash? Nothing else?” He wonders.

Malia lies and doesn't tell Stiles about seeing the Desert Wolf. She sees Theo listening, and he now knows that he carries one of her secrets. Kira claims she’s going to rest her eyes and end up falling asleep. Eventually, everyone has fallen asleep but Theo. Theo goes up to Scott's room and looks over Kira speaking in Japanese.

“Watashi wa shi no shisha da." She mumbles.

He takes out his phone and records her.

Meanwhile, Liam is at Sinema to give Hayden more of the money he owes her. A club goer complains to Hayden that his glow stick broke, but she explains that they just run out of juice. The guy asks for his money back, so she just gives him another glow stick.

“God, I had all-ages night.” She complains.

Liam offers her $43, even though she said she doesn't want his money. He insists that he owes her $200, and he already feels bad enough about their past that he wants to make up for it. Just then the power shuts down in the club and everyone cheers as they shake their glow sticks. Liam follows Hayden into the back. She tells him that if he's trying to be a good guy, she doesn't care. He admits that he's trying to make up for sixth grade. Hayden throws one switch to get the power back on but has trouble with the second. Liam covers her hand with his and helps.

“You want to keep hating me, go for it. You said I owe you $200. So here's $43 more.”

Hayden finally takes the money, and Liam leaves. As he’s walking back through the club he bumps into a couple dancing. He goes to apologize and realizes he ran into Eisa and Derek. Her back is pressed against his front and his face is tucked into her neck. She says hi to Liam and then reaches behind Derek as she pulls his wallet out of his back pocket. Derek rests his chin on her shoulder as they both watch her take out $400.

“Stop looking at me like that Liam.” She says. “Derek is loaded, he’s not going to miss this. Plus, I overheard you and that Hayden girl. Pack takes care of each other, your burdens are the packs burdens so take it or I’ll poke your eyes out.” She threatens.

“I only owe her $200.” Liam argues even though he does slowly take the money because Eisa terrifies him.

“Keep the $200 for yourself as an allowance or give it to her as a tip but if you need anything and I mean anything you can just ask and I’ll provide.” She says, handing Derek his wallet back.

“Like an alpha? Brett told me that’s what they do.” He replies. “He said that Satomi always helps them when they ask and even when they don’t. They can always rely on her.”

Eisa smiles and nods, “Like an alpha. Now go home, pup you got school in the morning and it took me three hours to convince Derek to come here with me so shoo so I can prove to him this was a good idea.”

Liam gets a peck on the cheek before he makes his way through the crowd. Eisa and Derek go back to dancing. They sway together and his face is once again tucked in her throat. Her arms are over her head, wrapped around his neck. Derek’s hands grip her hips tighter as he pulls her a lot closer and their swaying turns into grinding. Teeth nip at her neck and Eisa encourages him as his hands begin to roam.

She completely melts against him as hands slide down her thighs and then up her skirt. Eisa turns her head towards him before pressing her lips against his. She turns in his embrace, breaking the kiss when she squeaks in surprise. His hands grip her ass and he growls, eyes flashing blue before he kisses her with force. Hands roam her body, sliding down her thighs and up her back until Derek has a fist full of hair in his hands. They pull back for air and Eisa rests her head on his chest for a second.

“Do you regret coming now?” She asks as she looks at him, slightly dazed.

“Yes, because now I’m going to have to kill everyone who even glances at you.” He tells her, letting go of the back of her head and tucking her hair behind her ear.

“I think they got the hint by the way you just tried to devour me.” She laughs. “Plus, our pups are also on the dance floor, they’d intercept someone before you even knew they were coming.” She tells him, gesturing towards Erica and Boyd who are dancing together and then towards Isaac and Allison who are doing the same.

“Our pups?” He asks softly.

“You’re courting me with the intention of mating, right?” She asks. He nods, not trusting his own voice at the moment. “Then yes, our pups, baby, and Allison, she’s my best friend not my pup but she gets looped in because it’s easier to say “our pups” rather than “the pups and Allison.”

“I love you.” He finally says.

“Ndiyakuthanda.” She replies.

+++

The next morning at school, Scott thinks maybe they need some sort of trigger for their suppressed memories to surface. But since they don't know which memories, they can't tell what the triggers would be. Stiles, Scott and Kira warn each other to be on the lookout. The lights in the school flicker, but Kira claims it isn't her.

In AP Biology, Theo looks at Lydia and gestures towards Sydney. She texts him, wondering if she's a chimera. He replies and tells her to look at Sydney’s hair, it’s falling out in clumps. Mrs. Finch is telling them about how the African Cane Toad was introduced to Australia to get rid of the grey-backed beetle. The method worked, but the toad kept eating other things too. And everything that tried to eat the toad, from crocodiles to household pets, died from the poison they secreted. It's an example of an invasive species. Once an invasive species is introduced, everything changes.

Sydney leaves class, putting her drop form on the desk as she goes. Mrs. Finch tells Sydney it was a wise decision. Lydia goes to follow her, but Finch tells her that it's for the best. Lydia goes anyways as Scott looks at his own drop form. Lydia finds Sydney in the counselor's office, looking for her mom and asks her if she's okay. Sydney shows her more hair that's falling out, and the Banshee asks how long it's been happening. It’s been happening for three years and she’s tried everything but she can't get it under control.

“Have you tried not taking the hardest classes in school?” Lydia asks, making her laugh.

Lydia asks if she can see it. The girl shows her a bald spot just above her ear, but when she does, it suddenly becomes a bloody hole. The Banshee stumbles back and has a vision. She hears her mother telling her, telling her she told her to stay in the car. She wakes up in a vision. She's in a concrete facility, wearing bright red shoes. The sound of a drill pulls her attention and she sees her mother kneeling next to a tub, where her grandmother Lorraine is lying. She's drilled into the side of her head.

“They're coming, Lydia. They're coming for all of us.” Lorraine says.

Scott and Theo are there when Lydia comes out of the vision. She tells them that she didn't remember anything about the Dread Doctors or her surgery. It was a memory about her grandmother at Eichen House. Natalie comes rushing in to check if she's okay and Lydia tells her that she just fainted.

Meanwhile, Kira is in the library trying to read the book. Mason appears next to her and wonders if she’s not into sci-Fi. He thought they were supposed to finish reading it last night. Kira admits to him that she can barely read it and she doesn't know why. Mason sits next to her and asks if she speaks Japanese.

“No. I'm also half-Korean and I don't speak Korean. And I'm pushing a C-average in English.”

Mason explains that he's been researching Kitsunes. She asks him why and he laughs as he says it’s simply because he met one. He asks her if she knows why people in Japan answer the phone ‘moshi moshi’. Moshi means hello, but there's a reason why they say it twice.

“Fox spirits have difficulty with language. And the way they prove they're not a fox on the phone is to say moshi twice.” He explains.

It's a language trick that confuses Kitsunes. The book is one long language trick, so it's confusing Kira's kitsune spirit. The light next to them flickers, and Kira swears again that it wasn't her.

After AP Bio, Scott goes to give his drop form to Mrs. Finch. He forgot to sign it, and she asks him why he's dropping. He claims a scheduling thing, and she asks him why he took it to begin with. She believes it's a pre-req for the college he wants. Scott tells her that it's too much time and too much work.

“To become a veterinarian?” She asks.

Scott suddenly starts having a memory, while Mrs. Finch tells him she doesn't think he should drop. He starts having an asthma attack. He has a memory of a dog leash covered in blood.

Then dropping a leash followed by a dog attack. Scott sees himself as a child being wheeled into the hospital. He’s asking his mom where Roxy is. He's having trouble breathing and as the memory goes on, Scott's breathing gets worse. Mrs. Finch asks him where his inhaler is. When he can't answer, she orders the other students to find someone with an inhaler.

Outside, Liam and Hayden are practicing their respective sports lacrosse and soccer. They turn into a competition but it’s mostly Liam trying to impress her. Mason and Brett are sitting with Eisa, Allison and Isaac on the bleachers talking about supernatural warning signs they can look for. Brett offers that being able to see in the dark and eyes that reflect the light are good clues.

“Lack of fear is also a good clue. Most of the time when someone has no fear it means they believe they’re indestructible, it’s how people with newfound powers feel in the beginning.” Eisa supplies as she lies with her head on Brett’s lap.

“She’s not wrong.” Isaac replies. “It’s exactly how I felt when Derek bit me and then Eisa beat my ass and I suddenly had something to be afraid of.”

“You beat him up?” Mason asks in shock.

“I beat all three of them up. Erica was this hot chick who got everything she wanted in the beginning, she had a thing for Derek and got mad at me because I got to do everything he yelled at her for. Boyd was never really a problem but they’re a trio so they needed to go down together. I took them outside, fought them three to one and left them all rolling on the ground in pain.” She reminisces fondly.

“You are so cool.” Mason says.

“I know.” She smiles.

On the field, Liam throws a little too hard and hurts the goalie. Brett asks Mason what the deal is between Hayden and Liam. Mason explains that in sixth grade Liam was getting into a fight with another kid. Hayden accidentally walked into the fight and got punched. She has a broken nose in her yearbook photo but she hit Liam back, and he also had a broken nose in his photo. A student comes running out onto the field shouting for anyone who has an inhaler. Liam immediately knows it must be Scott and runs off.

“Shouldn’t we be going too?” Mason wonders.

“Scott isn’t my beta or my pack, I don’t care.” Eisa sighs.

“Neither is Brett.” He points out. Eisa sits up and throws her arms around Brett’s shoulders.

“Brett has his own Alpha but when she’s not around I’m his guardian and he’s my beautiful little pup who I love deeply and he will always be able to rely on me whenever he needs me.” She dramatizes as she places kisses all over his face and fake cries.

Brett takes it like a champ and laughs through it as he agrees. He tells Mason that Satomi told their pack that if something ever happens and they can’t get to her then they need to go to Eisa. Mason remembers him saying that when he got hurt by Lucas and then asks if Derek would kill him because now Brett has his arms wrapped around Eisa and she’s sitting on his lap.

“If Derek saw them right now he’d find it cute.” Isaac says. “Derek is definitely terrifying when it comes to her but he knows her and knows how affectionate she is. He also knows the difference between someone who wants to get into her pants and someone who genuinely cares for her the way she cares for them.” He adds and then tells them that’s why he hasn’t been beaten to a pulp yet. Despite them being past sexual partners neither of them have any desire to pursue it anymore and are really good friends.

Meanwhile, Liam rushes into the school and puts the inhaler in Scott's hand, but Scott is too out of it to use it himself. Liam lets his eyes glow and growls at his alpha, which pulls him out of it enough to use the inhaler. Hayden watches Liam help and smiles to herself a bit.

+++

Theo is in the gym at school working out. He hears Malia coming and smiles to himself as he takes his top off. She tries not to notice and asks him why he hasn't said anything about her Desert Wolf memory.

“I didn't think you wanted me to.” Theo says.

She doesn't and then asks if he wants to know why, but he doesn't. He sits down on the butterfly machine and starts doing lifts. Malia grabs the bars to stop him. She wants to know if he thinks he’s doing her a favor or that now she owes him something. He doesn’t want a favor, he just wants a pack. Malia points out that that isn't up to her. Theo tells her that he's okay with whatever she's planning. She finally lets go of the bars and leaves.

He eventually completes his workout and finds Scott is sitting in the boys locker room, looking at his inhaler. Theo asks him if he'll be okay and Scott says yes. His attack was psychosomatic, caused by the memory that came back to him. Scott then asks Theo if he wanted to talk about something. Theo hesitates, but then tells the alpha that he recorded Kira's Japanese mutterings. Theo translated it roughly to “I am the messenger of death.” By Scott's look, the wolf asks if it gets worse than just her saying this. Scott admits that the foxes aura looks like it's taking over. Something’s happening and he’s not sure if he can trust her anymore. The lights flicker again, and they both hear sounds in the basement. They both go down to find destroyed wiring and Theo blames it on a chimera. Malia meets up with them in the hall and reports on everyone's whereabouts.

While Hayden is on the way to class, Deputy Clark, her sister, catches up with her and hands her a bottle of medication that almost got ruined in the wash. She reminds her that one bottle of medication costs $200. Liam overhears this and Hayden notices before scaring him away.

“Is that Liam Dunbar?” Valerie asks. “He got cute.” Liam smiles to himself.

Later that night at Sinema, the bartender tells a boy that the base pay is crap but he can make up to a thousand in tips if he's hot. He has the guy pull up his shirt, but he isn't quite up to snuff. Liam offers Hayden the money Eisa gave him, but she doesn't want it. Phil, the bartender, takes half her money anyway. Liam insists that she take the money for her medication, but she insists that it wasn't his fault the drinks spilled. She tells him her pills are mycophenalate, for a kidney transplant she had a few years ago. She works at Sinema so her sister doesn't have to pay for all her bills. Liam asks her if Phil really takes half her tips.

“And never stops bragging about it. Just listen to him.” She says.

Liam does, but it requires using his werewolf senses to do so. He realizes that Hayden shouldn't be able to hear the conversation Phil is having. He asks her if she'll close her eyes but she thinks it's some kind of trick. Liam begs, and eventually she agrees. He grabs a glow stick and breaks it before holding it up next to her face. When she opens her eyes, they reflect the light.

+++

Lydia and Stiles go to the hospital because Lydia is determined to find the repressed memory she's looking for. The one she had wasn't the right one and is now thinking that the vision she had during her surgery wasn't because of the Doctors but because of her banshee powers.

“It's not my memory, Stiles. It's someone else's.”

Stiles and Lydia head into the operating room. He tries to turn the lights, but they aren't working. Lydia tells him to ask someone. Stiles thought her powers were more of an auditory thing.

“I still want to see what I'm hearing.” She replies.

Melissa tells Stiles that the floor has been having maintenance issues for the last hour so there's only back-up lighting. He gets in the elevator and sees a woman's reflection behind him. When he starts following her, he realizes that it's his mother. On the top of the hospital, a chimera is eating a power cable. Meanwhile, Lydia is able to hear the Doctors talking in the operating room. She can hear them repeating the same word: Hayden. She sees a boy tied down to the table begging them not to hurt him. The Surgeon peels back the skin on the boy's side, revealing blue flesh. They say that his condition is worsening

Stiles is up on the roof, following the image of his mom. He asks her what she's doing, and then his dad is there. He’s asking Claudia what she’s doing on the roof. Claudia says that couldn't stand being in the room anymore. Not with Stiles looking at her like that because he’s trying to hurt her. He's trying to kill her. Stiles gets emotional listening to her. The Sheriff gets her to step off the edge of the roof and tells her to remind herself that it's the disease, that the dementia gives her delusions. She insists that Stiles is trying to kill her. When Stiles looks down, he sees the shadow of himself as a boy when he saw the event firsthand. Claudia tells him to stop looking at her like that, and she attacks him. She starts slapping him, and Stiles falls down. The attacker becomes the Chimera who was eating the power cords.

Scott, Malia, and Theo arrive at the hospital. Scott tells them to go find Stiles and Lydia. Scott runs into The Pathologist while looking for his mom. He slams Scott against the wall and zaps him in the chest. Scott tries to get his inhaler but the pathologist stops on it. The elevator opens with Melissa and Malia. Malia attacks the Pathologist while Melissa rescues Scott, pulling him into the elevator and injecting him with a bronchodilator. Melissa yells for Malia to run and the coyote does,all of them escaping the doctor by seconds.

On the roof, the Chimera attacks Stiles, but Stiles fends him off. Theo suddenly arrives and takes on the chimera. He does good fighting the chimera, Josh Diaz. When he finally gets the upper hand he grabs the guy by the throat, and then kills him. Stiles watches as he turns around.

“Stiles. You can't say anything. Please, don't say anything.” Theo begs.

“Why not?” Stiles wonders.

“Because I never said anything about Donovan.” He replies.

And then Stiles realizes he's being blackmailed.

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The transformer on top of the hospital is still exploding as Stiles stares at Theo. Theo says that he knows what happened to Donovan. Stiles grabs him and shoves him up against the fencing around the transformer, declaring that he knows nothing. Theo reverses their positions and tells Stiles that he was there. He was at the library because Malia said she'd left Stiles at the library. Theo says that when he got there, he heard the scaffolding come down and saw the body. They release one another, and Theo explains that he watched Stiles come out of the library and saw the police arrive. He doesn't know who took Donovan any more than Stiles does.

“I only saw what you saw, and I didn't say anything because you didn't.” Theo says.

They both turn to the sound of sirens drawing closer. Theo figures that it isn’t an ambulance they’re hearing. Theo thinks they should leave, but Stiles points to the chimera Theo just killed. He declares that they can’t just leave him. The wolf suggests they take the body and use it as bait for whoever is stealing the body. The spark is still stuck on the fact that Theo killed the chimera.

“In self-defense. He was going to kill you and me.” He argues.

If they don't hurry up and leave, they're going to have to either tell the truth or come up with a really convincing story. Stiles looks at Josh and his very obvious fangs and claws. Theo tells Stiles that it's his choice what they do. Theo isn’t going to ask him to lie to his dad. Stiles says he’s got practice and they both grab Josh and leave.

Back at Sinema, Hayden runs away from Liam. Asking her to close her eyes was weird, sticking a glow stick in her face was weirder. But werewolves and dead doctors.

“Dread Doctors.” Liam corrects.

She tells him to get away from her and goes to get in her car. In a panic, Liam says that he can prove it's all true. He shifts and growls at her. She punches him in the face before getting in her car and driving away. When she feels safe, she stops the car and inspects her hand. There's no damage from the punch. Just then, The Surgeon's voice comes over the radio which is set to 91.5: Your condition improves.

The electrical system in her car dies, and Hayden can see figures walking toward her from the shadows. The Dread Doctors are coming to get her while she keeps trying to start the car. However, it won't cooperate and when she tries to get out, all the locks seal and won't open. The Surgeon keeps repeating her name, and the glass in the car breaks. Liam suddenly appears and rips the roof off her car. He pulls her up and out, and they run to safety.

Stiles and Theo deliver Josh's body to the Animal Clinic, where Scott is waiting. The alpha identifies the body and says he was a junior before asking them which doctor killed Josh. He asks if it was the one with the cane and Theo lies as he says yes. Stiles changes the subject to ask what they're going to do with the body. If they just set the alarm and leave, he'll disappear just like Tracy. He thinks someone has to stay with the body and Theo volunteers.

“It's not like I had a big Saturday night planned.” He shrugs.

While they're talking, Scott gets a text message. It's Liam telling him that Hayden is another chimera. Him and Stiles meet them at Scott’s house where Hayden has shut herself in the bathroom. He tells Hayden that it’s him and he knows that she’s scared but they want to help. He turns to Liam and asks him what happened. Hayden's heart is beating really fast and Liam isn't sure what’s wrong. In the time it took him to send Scott a text, Hayden locked herself inside. They're sure she's a chimera because the Doctors told her that her condition improves. Stiles says that’s unsettling then decides to try and talk to Hayden through the door.

“Hayden. This is Stiles. Your sister works for my dad down at the station. Look, just open the door okay? You can trust us.”

Scott goes back to trying and tells her that they want to explain the truth face to face. Either she unlocks the door or they're going to break it open. It’s okay if she doesn’t want to talk or believe them but they got to know that she’s okay. Hayden finally opens the door. When it swings open fully, her eyes are glowing, and she has fangs and claws. She tells them that she believes them.

+++

It’s Saturday morning and Kira helps her dad carry supplies into the high school. Mr. Yukimura goes out to the car to get another box, leaving Kira alone. Suddenly, Noshiko attacks her from behind. Kira dodges her mother’s sword and when it gets pinned by Kira’s boot she asks her daughter where her sword is. Kira thinks she left it somewhere. Noshiko pulls her sword and Kira does a back flip, landing on her feet before her mother tosses her the sword so she can defend herself. The fox reprimands her mother because she wouldn’t call this quality mother-daughter time.

Kira doesn't want to fight, but Noshiko tells her to defend herself. They end up fighting and Noshiko eventually sends her daughter flying. Kira gets up quickly and attacks her mother. The older fox demands to know who she is and for the Kitsune to show itself in Japanese. Kira's eyes change, and her kitsune aura flares to life. She takes a leap and slices Noshiko's sword in half. Her mother falls and Kira goes in for the kill. Her father rushes in just in time and slams her shuriken tale on the desk. Kira stops and comes out of the Kitsune's influence.

“I could have killed you!” She shouts at her mother.

“Not you. The fox inside you.”

Meanwhile, the high school library is crowded. Mason pulls a book off the shelf and sees Corey on the other side. Since he had been making out with Corey's now-dead boyfriend, he's too embarrassed to talk to him. But Corey notices him and calls out his name. Corey asks Mason about Lucas, and Mason admits that he met him.

“Did he say anything? About me? About what happened?” Corey wonders.

Mason apologizes and says that he told the cops everything, which wasn’t much. He apologizes and watches Corey put a book back on the shelf: Miraculous Healing: True Stories of Impossible Medical Cures. As the boy leaves, Mason suspects that Corey may be another chimera.

On the other side of the library, Stiles spreads Danny's telluric currents map on the table. The alpha figures that the Dread Doctors didn't go into Eichen House because of the telluric currents, so maybe they can use them to protect Hayden. The strongest convergence besides Eichen House is the school. Stiles wants to know how long they plan on hiding her in the school. Apparently, all night if Scott has to.

Scott tells Stiles that Liam convinced Hayden not to say anything to Deputy Clark, who is working a double shift. She also happens to be working on Josh Diaz's missing person's case. Stiles points out that the school is just a school, not a fortress. Scott explains that Lydia has an idea about how they can protect themselves.

“Remember how Valack quoted Tesla?” Scott asks.

“Frequency and vibration.”

“She thinks that he wasn't saying that just to sound smart. She thinks maybe it was a clue.”

“To do what?” Stiles asks.

“Disrupt their frequency.”

+++

At Scott's house, Kira looks down at the telluric currents map. She asks what she should be doing. Scott awkwardly tells her that she'll come to the school with them. He tells her to bring her belt. Kira says that she lost it again and Scott offers to help her find it, but Kira gets to the heart of the matter. The last time she was around telluric currents, it didn't go so well. Scott points out that this time it's the school, and she's there every day. She tells him that it’s not the same. Kira doesn't want to go, she wants to figure out what's going on with her before she tries helping anyone else. Scott doesn't know what to say, so they kiss. She tells him to be careful and then goes to leave. Before she does, she asks Scott what happens tomorrow, if he'll keep trying to find places to hide Hayden.

“No. If this works tonight, we're gonna catch one of them.” He declares.

Theo has been standing in the same spot in the Animal Clinic since the previous night. He hears the chittering of the Doctors and goes out to see The Surgeon.

“Checking up on me? Can't tell me you don't want to know who's taking the bodies.” He says.

“Inconsequential.” The Surgeon replies.

Theo realizes that the Dread Doctors already know who is taking the failed science experiments and gets mad. They’re supposed to be keeping him in the loop on everything. The Surgeon repeats that it’s inconsequential.

“Not to me!” Theo shouts.

He turns to look toward the sound of a car pulling up, and The Surgeon vanishes. Stiles comes in and explains that whoever is stealing the bodies probably isn't going to do it while one of them is standing there watching. Stiles sets up his phone with the camera rolling. They go out to the jeep where he puts a Samsung Gear S over the rearview mirror, which shows the feed from the camera inside.

“What happens now?” Theo asks.

“We wait.”

“You want to take shifts watching?”

“No, no. I want to spend some quality time with you.” Stiles replies.

Theo is fine with that.

The Sheriff goes to see Melissa at the hospital. He shows her the Dread Doctors book and says that he keeps coming back to it but he's not getting any leads. He wonders if he's been coming at it from the wrong direction. He's been thinking of it as science fiction. But they're not Dread Scientists. They're Dread Doctors. He's looking for a medical connection, something that Tracy, Lucas, and Donovan all might have had in common medically.

“You're not asking me to hand over medical files without a court order, are you?” She asks.

“I would never ask you to do that.”

Melissa nods and explains that they may take away her key card, which allows her access to medical records. She asks him if he'd like to see how the key card works. He smiles and follows her.

When they’ve gotten what they need they take it to the Sheriff’s station. The two look through the medical files. Melissa notes that there's a full moon coming which Noah is aware of. She then asks if he thinks Donovan is still alive.

“I wish I could say yes.”

“You wish? Isn't this the kid that threatened to stab you?”

The Sheriff replies that Donovan was just a kid and a victim of circumstance. He explains that the day Donovan's father was shot, he jumped on his motorcycle to get to him. He was hit by a car two blocks from the hospital. Melissa looks at one of the files and then asks him about a skin graft. He says it was Tracy. Deaton pointed out a graft on her shoulder. Melissa puts Donovan's file on the desk because he had a skin graft, too.

Melissa looks for information on Lucas and then apologizes for not being able to find a skin graft for him. Noah tells her that it can't be coincidence and asks what else is in the file. She explains that he had congenital glaucoma, but that it's nothing like a skin graft. They did a corneal transplant for him a few years ago. It was an allogeneic transplant taken from a recently deceased donor. They suddenly realize that the skin grafts and transplant were taken from outside donors, making the kids chimeras even before the Doctors got to them.

That night at the school, Parrish, Lydia, and Malia unload the cell jammers from Parrish's car.

“We're betting our lives on these?” Malia asks.

“I think we're betting Hayden's life on them.” Lydia replies.

They set the jammers up around the school and gather in the boys lockers room. Scott has a heavy bag with him. Malia stations herself out in the hallway and Parrish stands outside with his gun ready. Lydia corners Scott and asks him if Liam is aware of the second part of the plan. Scott admits that he's not sure if there's going to be a second part.

“Or if it's going to work.” Lydia finishes for him.

Just then, the Doctors arrive at the school and one of them sends a burst of electromagnetic energy through the school. It affects the PA system and makes Parrish's car stereo emit sound. The frequency is 97.1.

In the restroom, Hayden stares at herself in the mirror. Liam assures her that she'll learn to control her shift. She tells him that she’s not like him. She wasn't bitten by a wolf, she was somebody's science experiment. The beta assures her that she'll be okay.

She looks in the mirror at him.

“What am I?”

“You're Hayden.” He replies and she smiles.

She tells him that if he gets her out of this she'll forget about sixth grade. Scott watches them growing closer and sighs. Down one of the rows of lockers, he sees a leash being dragged across the floor and follows it. Lydia interrupts him and points out that since they can't use their phones they can't check in on Stiles and Theo. They worry about who or what Stiles and Theo are waiting for.

Still sitting in the Jeep, Theo asks Stiles if he's wondering why he hasn't said anything to Scott about Donovan. Stiles shrugs. The wolf wonders if Stiles thinks he has some sort of ulterior motive.

“More than likely.” Stiles replies.

“Would you believe me if I said all I want...All I've ever wanted is for you guys to trust me?” Theo asks.

“Nope.”

“So, you’re here because you’re never going to trust me.”

“Yep. Glad we had this talk.” Stiles nods.

Stiles doesn't look at Theo a continues to stare at the watch screen. Theo tries a different tactic and tells Stiles that he reminds him of his sister. The spark gets a strange disbelieving look on his face and turns away. Theo says his sister was smarter than everyone too. She always looked out for him the way Stiles looks out for Scott. Stiles doesn't say anything, so Theo keeps going. He tells him that he was the one to find her body. She'd fallen into a creek, broken her leg. They told his family she would have been okay if it wasn't one of the coldest nights of the year. If it wasn't for the hypothermia.

“And when I found her all I could think was that I should've known. That I should've been looking out for her.” He tells him.

Stiles finally asks him why he's telling him this. Theo says that even if Stiles doesn't like him or trust him, he's going to be looking out for him. However, the story Theo tells him is a lie. He was actually there standing on the bridge but he watched his sister die as she called out to him.

Theo tells Stiles that he saw Donovan's wendigo teeth and pretends not to know anything about them. Stiles gives in and provides him with the short version of the wendigo myth. They derive from a Native American myth that says if you ate human flesh, your punishment was to turn into a creature that constantly craved it. Theo thinks is  a pretty judgmental myth. What if eating human flesh was the only way to survive? Like the Donner party. Stiles points out that the Donner party didn't live in Beacon Hills. Theo asks Stiles what the punishment is for killing a chimera.

“You get to spend five hours in the car with Theo Raeken.” He huffs.

Theo laughs and Stiles tells him that he knows what his punishment is. He's going to lose Scott.

Liam, Hayden, Lydia, and Scott are in the boys locker room, waiting. Hayden falls asleep on Liam's shoulder. He finally notices the black bag that Scott brought in earlier and gets up to check it out. He finds chains inside and turns toward Scott, asking what they're for. The alpha says they brought them just in case.

“In case of what?” Liam wonders.

“In case we had a chance to catch one of them.” Lydia says.

Scott tells Liam that if they can't make the school a fortress, then maybe they can make it a trap. Liam then asks him if Hayden is the bait, and Hayden scowls at them.

Malia is still watching over the hallway. She hears Parrish's car start and drive away. As she goes to take a look, a leg trap suddenly emerges from the floor and grabs her leg. She screams and falls while another trap grabs her arm, and as she's screaming a spike pierces her throat.

The Doctors walk in, and Malia is still on the floor, struggling, but not actually harmed. It was a psychic attack.

Liam is pissed, and Lydia tries to talk him down. She insists that they brought Hayden to the school to protect her. Scott tells them that no one is bait but they can't be bodyguards to everyone every night. Liam wants to know why they aren’t talking to the Sheriff or doing something better than hiding in a school. Scott says that they don't know what the Doctor's are or what they want. They're winning, but the pack doesn't even know what the game is. Liam demands to know what they're going to do if the Doctors come in and jammers don't work, or Scott has an asthma attack again.

“This plan sucks!” Liam exclaims.

“You got a better one? Kids are dying, and she's next! So somebody has to do something, somebody has to save everyone. So somebody's got to be the bait!”

They all stare at Scott as he admits the truth. Liam steps up to his alpha and asks him to promise that he'll do everything he can to save Hayden. Scott eventually does and Hayden interrupts by telling them that she forgot her pills. She has a bottle in her locker, and Scott offers to go get it. He and Lydia head out of the locker room. She tells him to hurry while she keeps watch.

“Eisa would have never let this happen.” Liam mumbles as him and Hayden sit together. “I should have went to her instead.”

Scott goes to Hayden's locker, but before he can open it he hears the leash dragging on the floor.

It goes into a classroom, and he follows it. A sword suddenly bursts through his chest from behind and he’s faced with Kira.

She wraps the leash around his throat and strangles him. She announces herself as the Messenger of Death. Lydia watches the hallway and whispers Scott's name. When he doesn't answer, she goes looking and Tracy suddenly appears at the top of the stairs.

“Lydia! Thank God, I need your help!”

Lydia runs to her and Tracy tells her she needs her to scream. Then she grabs Lydia's tongue and rips it out. Lydia tumbles down the stairs as she chokes on her own blood. The Doctors walk in a moment later, past her body, showing again that it's just a vision.

Back at the clinic, Theo argues with Stiles that if Scott gave up on him over a piece of trash like Donovan then he wouldn't be a True Alpha.

“Maybe that's the definition of one, someone who doesn't put up with murder.” Stiles says.

Theo tells Stiles that he needs to look up justifiable homicide. Stiles takes offense because his dad's the Sheriff so he's familiar with the term. Theo reminds him that a werewolves eyes are supposed to change color when you take an innocent life. He shows Stiles his golden eyes and asks if they look blue to him. Stiles suggests that maybe Theo just doesn't feel all that bad about it.

“You can't say that one life is objectively less innocent than another. What if they turn blue cause you feel guilty?”

Theo asks if that means it's up to interpretation. He offers his interpretation of what happened between Stiles and Donovan. He’s not guilty. Theo asks him if he felt bad about it right at the moment it happened.

“What were you thinking the moment you knew he was dead and there was no saving him?”

Stiles doesn't look like he wants to answer but he does. Good. Theo smiles a little, then sniffs the air. He can smell something burning. Right before a flaming fist hits Theo in the face another hand blocks its path and Derek pulls Stiles out of the Jeep, urging Theo to get out too. Eisa gets out of the way when her brother is safe and watches as Parrish flips the Jeep.

“Take the body Kynigóskylo, protect the secret but don’t harm my pack.” She says, placing herself between the hound and the three men behind her. His head tilts in understanding before turning away to grab Josh’s body and leaving.

“You’ve known this whole time?” Stiles asks.

“Hellhounds are guardians of the supernatural, if someone finds a dead kid with razor sharp teeth, animalistic claws and weird body modifications that seem to grow from them then he’s not doing a very good job protecting. But what you saw wasn’t Parrish, that was the Hellhound that possess him, I doubt Jordan even knows what he’s doing right now.”

“How did you know we were even here?”

“Lydia told Allison and Allison told me.” Eisa shrugs. “Also, I only realized Parrish was the one taking the bodies after I got home the night Donovan died.”

“Eisa.” Stiles hisses.

“What? It’s not like Theo doesn’t know, he was there.”

“You knew?”

“When is everyone going to realize that I pretty much know everything? You think I’m the Nemeton’s guardian for fun?” She asks. “He was the one who sent Donovan after you in the first place because he’s working with the Dread Doctors, now that part was sitting right there in everyone’s faces I shouldn’t need to point out that he’s the bad guy.”

Theo doesn’t react to the reveal as he sprays a fire extinguisher around the Jeep. Stiles is more shocked that he was right than feeling betrayed by Theo. Eisa tells them that they don’t have time to deal with all of this as she lifts the Jeep and tells Theo to help them.

“I came here for a pack.” Theo says as if he’s trying to defend himself.

“You came here to be an alpha and you can’t get Scott’s spark unless Liam kills him and you kill Liam but it isn’t going to work out for you. Nobody’s going to follow you just because you have Scott’s spark. If you want a pack then you can prove yourself and join mine but I really don’t have time for this right now. I’m leaving, Theo, you’re keeping my brother safe or I swear to god I’ll kill you.” She threatens before walking off with Derek.

“She has him on a leash.” Stiles mutters.

Derek spins around, eyes glowing blue as he stalks towards Stiles. The Stilinski hides behind Theo and claims he didn’t mean it. Derek swears he’s going to get Stiles back and makes his way back to Eisa who hadn’t stopped once to wait on him.

At the school, Liam and Hayden hear the Doctors coming. Liam calls for Scott and Lydia, but they don't answer. The door to the locker room opens and the Pathologist comes in first. The Surgeon breaks the cell jammer.

“We are on a frequency you can't possibly imagine.” He says.

Corey is at Sinema. Mason is also there and finds him before asking him if he's okay. Corey says he’s better than ever and breaks the glass in his hand. Mason asks him if his arm healed and pulls up Corey's sleeve where the scorpion sting used to be. Corey looks ready to cry.

Scott is still being attacked by Kira when a cut suddenly opens on his hand. Scott snaps out of it and sees Mason standing over him with a scalpel. The boy quickly explains that Liam told him pain makes you human, so he figured it would snap Scott out of it. He then reports to him that he found another chimera. Scott asks where Liam and Hayden are, and they go to the locker room looking for them. Lydia and Malia are already there and report that Hayden and Liam are gone. In the time it takes Scott to get over the initial shock he’s being hurled into the lockers. He gets back up only to be thrown into them again.

“Where the fuck is my pup?” Eisa growls, eyes a vibrant purple and fangs elongated.

“They took them.” Scott says from his spot on the ground.

“I was one minute late, one!” She yells. “You should have been here, you’re his alpha. Whose stupid idea was it to use the school in the first place? You thought this huge space could be effectively guarded when there’s an entire vault below you?!” She screams, looking at Lydia and Malia as well.

Scott finally gets to his feet again and right before Eisa can hit him again, Derek finally catches up and pulls her away. It doesn’t help Scott as she uses her magic to throw him into the lockers again.

“Eisa my love, we could be using this time to look for Liam.” Derek reasons.

“You’re lucky I love you.” She grumbles as Derek continues to carry her out of the room. “I’m going to kill everyone if Liam is hurt.” She tells him when he finally sets her down outside the school.

“I know, love, I know.”

At the Doctors' lab, they have Liam hooked up to a machine to drain his blood. He sees Hayden strapped to an exam table. The Geneticist briefly has her mask off, showing pale skin and sickly remnants of hair. Liam begs them not to hurt Hayden.

After leaving the Sheriff’s station, Melissa goes home and opens the kitchen door. There's a dead chimera on her kitchen counter with Kira's sword through her chest.

+++

Noah walks up to the McCall house after Melissa called him about the dead body in her kitchen. She asks him to leave his badge outside meaning he needs to deal with this as her friend and not the Sheriff. He hesitates but decides to do as she asks. Once inside, the Sheriff asks if anyone has seen Kira Yukimura. Melissa ponders if the murder might be some sort of message to Scott.

He radios dispatch that there’s been a homicide at 821 Williamson Road. Melissa slaps him hard across the face and says he knows Kira isn’t responsible. He says it’s a murder and is his responsibility to handle it within the parameters of the law.

“What about our kids? They constantly deal with things outside the law.”

“But not above the law.” Noah argues.

“Your daughter is Eisa.” Melissa deadpans.

Meanwhile, Kira is walking down the middle of Highway 115 when Deputy Clark finds her and talks her into getting into her patrol car. Kira says she came out to the road to remember something. Once she’s in the car, Clark handcuffs her and radios in that she has the suspect.

Kira sits, cuffed to a chair, at the Sheriff’s Station, her bloody sword is on the desk in front of her. The sheriff orders the cuffs removed saying if Kira was involved it was self-defense. Just then, her parents arrive and her father claims the sword is his. Kira protests but Ken claims he was attacked at home and grabbed a replica sword from his collection and defended himself. Noah wonders aloud how the body ended up at McCall’s house.

“Apparently she wasn’t quite dead.” Noshiko says from beside her husband.

The Sheriff asks if they’re really going with that story. Noshiko asks if he is prepared to tell a different story.

At the clinic, Theo and Stiles are staring at one another. The wolf explains that he’d never hurt Stiles. The Spark scoffs, telling him that their time as nine year olds doesn’t earn him any points for trust. Neither does their time as each other’s first kiss. Or their time admitting they were both bisexual after exploring it themselves. Before Theo can respond, they hear over the scanner that Kira was taken into custody after a 187 call. Theo asks what 187 means.

“Homicide.” Stiles replies.

Meanwhile, Scott runs through the woods and stops on the edge of a cliff before he howls. Malia catches up and Scott says there’s no scent, no way to track Liam and Hayden. She points out that Liam can howl back. Only if Liam heard. As they’re headign back they get news that Kira was arrested. Scott makes his way to the station and discuss with her the fact that her dad confessed to murder and will likely be arrested. Kira says she remembers nothing of the night except waking up in the road.

Scott says he has to go find Hayden and Liam but that he would stay with her otherwise. She asks him if he thinks she killed the girl and he claims he doesn’t even though he continues looking at her sword like she did. When he gets home he storms into his house and goes straight upstairs to where Mason and Lydia are coaching Corey through the Dread Doctors Novel. He says he’s having a hard time getting through it and Scott says they don’t have time for it. He inserts his claws into the back of Corey’s neck to extract his memories. Despite the fact he’s never done it before and could possibly kill the chimera.

Liam is still on the floor of the Dread Doctor’s lab. A device is attached to his arm with a thick tube running into his skin. Hayden is face down on an operating table as the doctors work around her. An alarm sounds and The Pathologist walks to a large liquid-filled cylinder with a body inside. Liam watches as he takes a syringe and removes some of the liquid. At the examine table The Geneticist uses an ultraviolet light to examine Hayden’s skin. A scale-like pattern glows blue under the light. The Surgeon says that her condition worsens.

Liam screams at them to leave her alone and wolfs out. The Pathologist walks over and kicks him in the head. When he slightly recovers, The Pathologist dumps Hayden on the floor near Liam and the liquid-filled cylinder. Liam crawls to her and asks if she’s okay. She says it hurts and he looks down to see she has a black goo covered wound on her abdomen. He grabs her hand to try to take away her pain but it doesn’t work. Hayden tries to help Liam removing the large tube from inside his arm. Black liquid pours from the tip once it is removed. The Pathologist shows up and injects Hayden in the neck while the Geneticist aims a needle at Liam's forehead.

Back at the station, Melissa turns in her official witness statement about finding the body. Noah is incredulous that she told the truth. She describes the body as a monstrous chimera and goes into detail about werewolves, Banshee’s and Kanima’s. She says she forgot about the Dread Doctors and Sparks and takes the statement back before sitting at his desk to write.

Deputy Clark rushes in with details of the 911 call from the School Library. She’s run the key cards of the students who accessed the library that night and found Stiles and Theo Raeken were there. The Sheriff says he will deal with it saying he will no longer bend the rules for anyone.

“Maybe you should learn to bend a little before someone breaks.” Melissa says. “We’ve already seen it happen once before.” She says softly, referring to Eisa who’s still collecting all of her pieces.

Theo, Stiles, and Malia join them upstairs as Scott taps into Corey’s memories. In Corey's mind, Scott sees the Dread Doctors dragging him through the hospital. They then end up underground with pipes running along the walls of the doctor’s lair. Scott breaks contact and quickly sketches out the entrance to the lair in a notebook. Stiles and Lydia recognize the drawing as the Water Treatment plant. Stiles says he used to skateboard there until his dad caught him and told him never to go back.

Stiles urges Scott to use caution as he heads out to find Liam and Hayden. The spark says Mason shouldn’t go because he doesn’t have any wolf powers. Scott says he could use the help since Stiles isn’t coming. Stiles says he has to help his dad because they’re going to try to make sure no one takes the body this time. Malia suggests they take Theo but he says he should stay with Corey in case the Dread Doctors come back.

Lydia wants Scott to slow down and points out that he could have really hurt Corey with the memory thing. Scott ignores her saying he has to find Liam. Stiles ask that they text him for anything and Malia says she’s got it. She, Scott, and Mason leave the house while Corey, Lydia, Stiles and Theo remain behind. It doesn’t take long before Scott, Mason and Malia arrive at the water treatment plant. They begin descending into the pipe-lined tunnels below and Malia calls out for Liam. Scott says there are too many chemicals in use for him to catch a scent. They continue to rush back and forth through the tunnels but have no luck. Scott hears a buzzing sound and begins to track it. Still running around in circles, Scott begins to have an asthma attack and then begins to blame himself for all that’s happened. Mason says they just need to keep looking and offers his hand to Scott. They continue on down the tunnel right past the Ouroboros symbol on the tunnel wall.

+++

Hayden and Liam awake in a different part of the lair. There is a doorway blocked by chain link fencing. Liam grabs the fence and gets shocked. There is another teen in the room who says his name is Zach. He says he is an experiment just like them and asks them to look at his back. The Doctor’s removed something but they left part of it behind because he can feel it. When he lifts up his shirt there are bloody stumps sticking out of his shoulder blades that twitch back and forth like hummingbird wings.

Liam tries the gate again and gets shocked again. Zach laughs and says they’re never getting out. Hayden scolds him and says he could try to be optimistic. Zack says it’s hard to be when you watch three other people get dragged out screaming. The doctors said the others were failures. He then describes his experience.

“First you forget. You don’t know who you are or what you’re doing. Then you get violent. I watched two of them almost kill each other.”

He says one of the others had a nasty looking cut just like the one in Hayden’s side. It’s still covered in the black goo which Zack says is okay. He says it’s not really over until you start bleeding other stuff or it starts turning silver. The mercury is a sign that you’re really a failure. Liam wonders how many more failures there will be as Zack wonders what a success would look like. They then wonder what they’re turning into.

Zack’s nose eventually begins to drip silver and The Pathologist comes and drags him out. Liam tries to get up to help but is held in place by some unseen force and is unable to rise. They hear the doctor’s returning. They stand and hold hands. Instead, Eisa stands on the other side of the electrified fence. She looks incredibly pissed off and grabs the gate with both hands. The electricity courses through her body but she manages to force the gate open in a shower of sparks. Derek, Isaac, Erica and Boyd walk in after her and help the teens up. As they get them out, Eisa stays behind. They all turn to watch her magic at work. It flows through her veins, making her glow with power before it expels from her hands and everything in the lair is destroyed.

The two ride with Derek and Eisa while the betas go back home where Derek sent them. Eisa sits in the front but reaches back to keep a hand on Hayden’s leg as black veins travel up her arm. Hayden’s wound is not healing and she says that means she is a failure.

“Eisa, can you teach me how to take pain?” Liam asks.

“What were you doing the first time you tried?”

“I don’t know. I was just thinking about how Scott told me we could.”

“Yet he didn’t teach you how.” She grumbles which results in Derek placing a calming hand on her thigh. “You were probably thinking to much. When you take pain it doesn’t require an extensive play by play. All you need to do is relax and touch her. Your desire to take her pain is enough just don’t drown in your own head.” She tells him before pulling her hand away and telling him to try.

Liam kisses Hayden and takes her pain. He smiles, thanking Eisa as he continues siphoning the pain. The two wolves watch them kiss in the rearview mirror. Before they get too close to Scott’s house she grabs Liam’s wrist. He doesn’t question her as she places her palm over his inner wrist. When she lifts her hand there are two an interlocked symbols on his wrist which slowly fades.

“What was that?” He asks.

“That was an interlocked triskelion and trinacria. The triskelion is the symbol of the Hale’s, Derek’s family and the trinacria is the symbol of the Blackwood’s, my family. It means that if anything like this happens again then I’ll have a better way of finding you. I may not have bitten you but I’m here if you ever need me.”

“Even if I just want to hang out?”

“Even if you just want a place to sleep.” Eisa replies with a small smile before turning to Derek who is doing everything to avoid eye contact.

“No.” He says, eyes still on the road. “Not yet.”

“But, Der.” She whines, clinging onto his arm.

“No.” He repeats. “We already have four.”

“Five.”

“Who’s the fifth?”

“Liam, obviously.” She scoffs. “But we need a smaller one.”

“No.” Derek laughs, pulling her in for a kiss when they pull into the McCall driveway.

“What did we just miss?” Liam asks Hayden.

“You mean, what you missed? She’s obviously talking about having kids and he’s saying no.” Hayden supplies.

“Oh.” Liam breathes before rushing Hayden out of the car.

+++

The Sheriff is moving the body through the hospital with two deputies on either side. All are armed with shotguns. Deputy Clark takes up a position in front of the entrance to the morgue while the body sits inside one of the cooler drawers. Deputy Parrish is assigned to stand guard in front of the cooler.

Stiles walks through the hall on the phone with his mechanic who claims his jeep spontaneously combusted when it flipped. The mechanic says the gas tank didn’t rupture and nothing electrical was burned. Sheriff Stilinski takes Stiles’ phone and demands to know what he’s doing at the hospital. Stiles tries to convince his father to leave the body and let whoever is taking them come for it. Noah says he’s doing his job.

“Yeah, you’ve been real busy arresting people you know are innocent.” Stiles scolds.

The Sheriff demands that Stiles go home but he refuses. As the elevator doors close, he catches a glimpse of one of the Doctor’s ID badges, “Dr. M. Langford, Attending Physician.” It reminds him that Stiles school ID was scanned in at the library the night of the 911 prank call. He tells Stiles about what Deputy Clark found out and asks if all students have after hours access. Stiles says they do and then lies and says he lost his keycard a couple weeks ago.

Stiles ends up sitting in the waiting room, holding his School ID. He holds it for a moment before dropping it into the trashcan. As he’s waiting, the Sheriff and his men are standing guard over the body. It’s gotten hot and Noah asks Deputy Clark to check on the air conditioning but as she is heading away the pipes in the ceiling begin to groan. He notices that water is beading up on the sprinkler head in the ceiling and manages to pull a deputy clear just before the device explodes in a stream of scolding hot steam. The other sprinkler heads follow suit and the hallway is filled with thick hot steam. A soot blackened figure begins taking out the deputies one by one as the steam continues to pour down.

After the body is gone and the steam has only slightly cleared enough for Noah to see what’s in front of him, Parrish appears behind him. The hound seems dazed and tells the Sheriff that he saw the suspect Stiles shouts to his father from down the hall and Parrish tells him to go get his son, in an emotionless monotone. Stiles comes around the corner and they both enter the morgue to find the body is gone. He doesn’t tell him that he knows who’s taking the bodies as a way to protect Parrish and Kira.

+++

Kira is still trying to read the Dread Doctors novel but is still having trouble focusing on it. She throws the book across the room as her mother walks in. Kira says she’s the only one who hasn’t finished reading it. Noshiko says if the language is confusing the fox then Kira should stop trying to understand it. She recommends reading the book backwards. After a while, Kira finally manages to read the book backwards and begins to remember. She was sitting in the traffic jam on Highway 115 with her parents when the Dread Doctors took her from the car, threw her on the hood and then stuck a device into her eye. Lightening seems to strike the device for a moment, Kira opens her mouth to scream and light pours out.

+++

Scott returns home to find Liam and Hayden asleep on the couch. Scott goes to hug Eisa in thanks but gets a right hook to the face instead. Everyone watches Eisa and Derek’s dynamic as the Hale wraps an arm around her waist to pull her backwards before she can stomp on the fallen alpha. She doesn’t struggle and Derek doesn’t cower away like everyone else. Instead, the wolf looks at her like she’s the only person in the room and calms her down with a few words.

“I could be having the most mind blowing night of my life right now if you were a decent alpha.” Eisa complains as she points at Scott.

“That’s not what was going to happen.” Derek says, amused.

“You’re missing out, Hale.” She replies with a smile before turning back towards Scott who’s now standing. “I shouldn’t have to keep solving everyone’s problems, I shouldn’t have to babysit everyone. You’re lucky I care about Liam or I wouldn’t have even saved him. Why couldn’t you find him Scott? Why couldn’t you use you pack bonds?”

“Pack bonds?” Malia asks.

They all watch Eisa laugh and Derek throw his hands up in surrender as he sits beside Liam and Hayden. Liam leans on the Hale who welcomes him with open arms before Eisa calmly explodes. She asks everyone to raise their hands if they know what pack bonds are. Stiles and Derek do.

“You have a beta and you don’t even know what pack bonds are?” Eisa asks the alpha. “Do you even know what it means to be an alpha?” She wonders, placing herself in Derek’s lap. “An alpha provides and protects, a beta’s burdens are an alpha’s burdens, a beta’s pain is an alpha’s pain, a beta’s struggles are an alpha’s struggle s, are we getting the point?”

“I’ve been doing my best but I’ve never been an alpha before.” Scott argues.

“You have an entire pack of alphas, Derek, Peter and me to ask but you haven’t done that. The Hale’s tried to help you when you were bitten, Derek tried to help you when you became an alpha, even the twins tried but you don’t listen. I can feel Erica, Isaac, Boyd, Brett and even Allison and Chris right here,” She tells them, poking herself in the chest. “I have a bond with every one of them, Derek has a bond with all of them, we all have bonds with one another. We feel each other’s pain, we can find each other with them and we can just check in on each other.”

“You have a bond with me and dad.” Stiles adds.

“You do?” Lydia asks.

“How do you think I find Stiles so fast when he’s having a panic attack or when he’s in trouble? A roar shouldn't be the only form of finding each other because sometimes you can’t roar. You either fix the way you’ve been doing things and take advice you’re given or lose your pack.”

“Then what should I do?” Scott wonders.

“First you can believe your pack when they tell you they have a concern.” She says before pointing at Theo. “Example one, Theo is working with the Dread Doctors, he’s the first chimera, dun dun dun, he’s been playing you, there’s wolfsbane in your inhaler which is why you’ve been having so many asthma attacks and Parrish is the one taking the bodies. Did I miss anything, Der?”

“I think you got it all.”

Theo stands behind Stiles and shrugs when the pack looks at him. He tells them that Eisa isn’t lying and he told Stiles everything after Parrish took the body from the morgue. The body of the chimera he killed. He also admits that the inhaler contained wolfsbane. He came back to Beacon Hills for a pack, the Doctors promised him a pack. Malia goes to attack Theo but Stiles blocks her path and his eyes glow green.

“Plot twist.” Eisa stage whispers.

“Why do you do this?” Lydia asks.

“Do what?”

“You’re always so harsh.”

“What do you want me to be Lydia? A fairy?” Eisa asks. “How many times do I have to tell every single one of you that this isn’t a kind world. You always have something to say when I tell you to suck it but you never acknowledge the fact that I’m the reason you got to talk to your grandmother, that I’m the reason you’re all alive, that I sacrificed my own life…twice, in order to save all of you. But I’m mean, I’m harsh, I’m cruel and cold hearted.” She stands, ruffling Liam’s hair before making her way towards the door. “If all of you want to do this on your own then fine, go ahead. Don’t ask for my help, don’t ask for the alpha packs help, don’t ask for Isaac, Erica or Boyd’s help and don’t ask for the Argent’s help because they’re my pack and they aren’t yours to rely on.” She finalizes before walking out of the house.

“That didn’t apply to you.” Derek tells Liam before turning towards the rest of the group. “She won’t help you anymore, if you send Stiles or Liam in your place she still won’t help.” He informs them. “Trust me when I tell you that.”

“He’s right.” Stiles agrees. “You can’t even use the excuse that I’m in trouble because she’ll know.”

Derek tells Theo that Eisa will want to talk to him soon and goes to join his mate. She’s already sitting in the car when he slides into the drivers seat. They only get halfway to the loft before he has to pull over. Eisa is breaking down in her seat and he unbuckles her seat belt and pulls her into his lap. Tears seep through his shirt as he rubs her back.

“This isn’t about them is it?” He asks softly.

“I killed her.” Eisa cries. “I killed my aunt. She was the only person left on my mothers side, she was the only person who could tell me stories of her as a child, the only one who I could look at and see my mom. Now she’s dead like the rest of my family.” She chokes.

“She was hurting you and she was going after the people you care about.” Derek reasons.

“But she was my family.”

“So are your fathers, your brother, Chris and Allison, so is Peter, so am I, so are the alphas and so are all of our pups. You’re not alone, baby, you have a family and I know it isn’t the same but you aren’t alone. You’ll never be alone again.” He swears.

“I’ve done everything.”

“And it’s time you took a step back to let them solve their own problems.” Derek replies. “I’ve seen you die once and I won’t do it again so if staying out of it is what you need I’ll make sure it happens.” He promises.

“I won’t let those kids die.” She says.

“Then we’ll meddle a little.” He says which makes Eisa laugh.

“Wanna have steamy car sex?” She asks.

“No.” Derek snorts. “And you said I was obsessive.” He sighs.

“Have you seen you?! You’re a walking Greek sculpture, I wanna get my hands all over that.” She growls.

“You’re insane.”

“For you.” She smiles, kissing his cheek.

“We’re going home.” He laughs.

“To wrestle in the sheets?”

“I’ll make you walk home.”

“But it’s so dark and scary.”

“I’m never going to win with you.”

“Neva!” She declares before Derek is pulling her in for a kiss, a look of fondness on his face.

+++

Later, Kira explains her recovered memory to Scott and says she has to leave Beacon Hills to fix it. She also says, without a body, the Sheriff had to let her father go. Scott doesn’t want Kira to leave but she says she doesn’t want to hurt anyone. He says she won’t but she asks him to look at her with his other eyes. He does and sees her aura. It’s staring right at him, tall, powerful and the scariest he’s probably seen. It’s pouring rain as the Yukimura’s load into their car. Scott and Kira kiss goodbye. As he watches the car pull away, all the streetlights explode into sparks.

Later, when Melissa gets home she finds Scott sitting on the floor of his room. He explains that something has changed between him and his friends and he believes he’s to blame. He says he doesn’t know how to fix it.

+++

Dr. Deaton and Vadim enter a fenced in area at a plant with radiation warning signs posted in Russian. They walk wearing gas masks Deaton comments that his companion doesn’t believe the stories about radiation and the man says the location is not a nuclear plant. Inside there is, also another sign in Russian.

“They come, they come for all of us.” The sign reads.

The story told about the place includes men with masks that they never take off and myths about them having no faces. They use the ouroboros as their symbol. Deaton finds a door with the symbol and inside they find a laboratory with several skulls and a fetus in a jar. There is also a very large tooth. Deaton explains that they are failed experiments, some performed in utero. The vet decides they should flee but his companion is shot. The Desert Wolf appears and tells Deaton not to move.

He’s stuck in the Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant as he gets tortured for information. He sits there, bruised and battered, is tied to a chair in the Dread Doctors old lair. The Desert Wolf asks him about Malia, saying she heard a rumor that her daughter was still alive. Deaton says he knows nothing about a daughter. She says she hopes Deaton is telling the truth because if her daughter is still alive then she’s going to have to kill her again.