[After none of them had any flashbacks after they had read the Dread Doctors book, they go to school the next morning. Scott, Kira, and Stiles are walking down the hallway when the electricity suddenly flickers. Stiles and Scott look at Kira suspiciously, and her eyes widen in alarm]
Scott[sighs] We keep an eye on each other today, okay?
Yes, and keep an eye out for eight other potentially homicidal chimeras.
And keep an eye out for the Dread Doctors.
[anxiously] I'm starting to see the appeal of a third eye...
[Scott and Stiles have met up with Liam at Scott's house. Hayden has locked herself in the bathroom]
Scott
She's definitely a chimera?
She said she heard a voice saying, "Your condition improves."
Well, that's unsettling. [He starts to talk to Hayden through the locked 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
We just need to tell you the truth, Hayden. And that kind of thing usually is better face-to-face. Listen, either you're gonna unlock the door, or I'm gonna have to break it open. It's okay if you don't want to talk, or if you're not ready to believe us. But, I just... I gotta know that you're okay in there.
[Scott is about to break the door open when it suddenly unlocks and cracks open. Scott, Stiles, and Liam slowly walk into the bathroom to find Hayden partially wolfed-out, with glowing gold eyes, claws, and fangs]
We're back to telluric currents?
Scott
If the Dread Doctors didn't like coming into Eichen House because of them, maybe we should use them to protect Hayden.
Okay, so, besides Eichen, where's the strongest convergence.
Scott
We're standing on it.
You want to hide her in the high school? For how long?
Scott
If we have to, all night.
Scott
[hesitates] Um, well, you'll come to the school with us. We're going to need all the help that we can get, so bring your belt.
[embarrassed] Actually, I think I lost it again...
Scott
Oh, well, I'll help you find it! You think you left it here?
[gently] Scott, it's okay. Last time I was around telluric currents, things didn't go so well.
Scott
Yeah, well, this is the school. You're there every day. It's not the same.
I made it worse by being at Eichen. They used me to get inside. I think I need to figure out what's going on with be before I try helping anyone else. Just be careful, okay? If this works tonight, what happens tomorrow? Are you gonna keep trying to find places to hide her?
Scott
No. If this works tonight, we're gonna catch one of them.
[about Hayden] Liam, we brought her here to protect her.
Scott
[sighs] No. No one's bait. But we can't be bodyguards to everyone every night.
[angrily] Then why aren't we talking to Stiles' dad? Why aren't we doing something better than hiding in a school?
Scott
[frustrated] Because we still don't know anything about them or what they want, okay? They're winning, and we don't even know what the game is!
What if they come in here and those things don't work? What if you have an asthma attack again? What are we gonna do?
Scott
[sighs] I don't know.
Scott
[loses his temper] 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!
[Liam is surprised by Scott's uncharacteristic frustration and anger, and Scott immediately looks guilty for raising his voice to him]
Scott... Promise me you'll do everything you can to save her. [Scott hesitates] Scott! Promise me.
Scott
[gulps nervously] I'll do everything I can. I promise.
[The Dread Doctors' psychoactive vapor and powers are causing everyone to have hallucinations. Scott is currently hallucinating that Kira has just stabbed him through the chest with her magic katana before choking him with Roxie's leash]
Scott
[gasping] Kira?
[in a distorted voice] You know who I am!
Scott
[struggling] Kira! Kira, stop!
I am the Messenger of Death!
[After hours of no luck finding Liam and Hayden, Scott becomes so stressed that he has an asthma attack and has to use his inhaler. He falls to his knees and looks devastated and overwhelmed]
Scott
This is all my fault. We're never going to find them. It's my fault...
[Mason holds out his hand to help Scott up]
Scott... We should keep looking. We should keep trying.
[Mason looks at him encouragingly, and finally, Scott takes his hand and lets Mason help him up before they return to the search]
[Melissa has just found Scott soaking wet and sitting on the floor of his bedroom next to his closet. In his hands is the old leash he used to walk Roxie]
Sweetheart, are you okay?
Scott
[defeatedly] Something's changed.
Scott
I'm not sure. Something's different with me and my friends. With all of us. Something's changed, and I think it's because of me. And I don't know how to fix it.
Scott
The two chimeras that we know about, Hayden and Corey? They're both doing okay. Actually, better than okay. They're healing faster and getting stronger. They don't need our help... and I don't think they'd want it anyway. I still haven't heard from Kira, and I'm getting more and more worried about Deaton. I know something's coming, and all I can think about is... How good am I going to be if I can't even breathe?
You sound like you're trying to apologize.
Scott
You came back looking for an Alpha. I guess I'm sorry that you found me.
Scott
You still want to be part of the pack?
Scott, I'm with you. For better or worse.
Scott
[sighs] Trust me. There's gonna be worse.
[smiles] I'm counting on it.
[Stiles has just arrived at the animal clinic to find Scott waiting for him in the pouring rain. He's holding the wrench Stiles used to fight Donovan, and Stiles' eyes widen when he sees it]
[Scott is shocked to learn that it really is Stiles' wrench]
Scott
This is yours? Why didn't you tell me?
Scott
No, but why didn't you tell me when it happened?
Scott
You killed him? You killed Donovan?
Well, he was going to kill my dad. Huh, was I supposed to just let him?
Scott
You weren't supposed to do this! None of us are.
You think I had a choice?
Scott
There's always a choice.
Yeah, well, I can't do what you can, Scott. I know you probably wouldn't have done it. You probably would've just figured something out, right?
Scott
I'd try...
[angrily] Yeah, because you're Scott McCall! You're the True Alpha! Guess what? All of us can't be True Alphas. Some of us have to make mistakes! Some of us have to get out hands a little bloody sometimes. Some of us are human!
[Scott, who didn't believe Theo's story until this point, takes Stiles' comment as confirmation that he was telling the truth and looks horrified]
Scott
So you had to kill him?
Scott, he was going to kill my dad!
Scott
But the way that it happened... There's a point when it's... it's not self-defense anymore.
[confused] What are you even talking about? I didn't have a choice, Scott! You don't even believe me, do you?
Scott
I want to.
Okay. Alright, so... So, believe me, then. Scott, say you believe me. Say it. Say you believe me.
Scott
Stiles, we can't kill people that we're trying to save...
Scott
We can't kill people!
Do you believe that? Well, what do I do about this? What do you want me to do? Okay, just be... Scott, just tell me how to fix this, alright? Please, just tell me. What do you want me to do?
Scott
[sighs] Don't worry about Malia or Lydia. We'll find them. Maybe... Maybe you should talk to your dad.
[about Liam] You know we're going to need help with him.
Scott
[sighs] He'll be all right.
He's sixteen and in love. First love. You remember what that's like?
Scott
[sadly] Yeah. Trust me, I remember.
All those emotions mixed with the supermoon? Tonight isn't going to be good.
Scott
I know.
We need help, and I don't mean restraints or chains. I mean Malia, Stiles, Lydia... You need your pack, Scott.
Scott
I'm not so sure I have one anymore.
[Theo has just trapped Scott in the library with a ring of mountain ash, and Scott looks at him with shock and anger]
Scott
That's not possible.
You're right. A werewolf shouldn't even be able to touch mountain ash.
Scott
You're a chimera.
I'm the first chimera. It's the coyote part you don't notice. It's why Malia trusted me first, even though she probably didn't know it. You found the perfect word, though, Scott. Because a chimera isn't just a monster with different parts. It can also mean "something impossible to achieve." "An unrealizable dream."
Scott
And they realized you?
They came close with me. But, we can't all be perfect. We can't all be True Alphas.
[A fully wolfed-out Liam has just found Scott on the roof after he realized Theo laced his inhaler with wolfsbane]
Scott
I've never lied to you.
Scott
I can't save her-- at least not with a bite. If you'd just think about that for a second, Liam, you would know that I'm right.
[angrily] I am thinking! I'm thinking about alternatives.
Scott
Liam, it's the supermoon. It's feeding your anger. It's making you more aggressive.
It's making me stronger! You're gonna keep your promise, even if it kills you!
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