Scenes with Malia 68
[Malia has just dropped Stiles off at the Sheriff's station so he can talk to his dad]
Malia
Are you going to tell him about Donovan?
Malia
I guessed. I saw the bite on your shoulder while you were sleeping. It didn't matter to me. That's why I never said anything.
[sighs] It matters to me.
[Braeden and Malia are regrouping after Braeden saved Malia from Noah, a new chimera]
I don't know what's going on around here, but I'm guessing things are bad again.
Malia
Very.
Then this is going to sound worse, 'cause your plan...?
[Malia realizes what she's about to say]
Malia
She knows.
Yeah. And she's coming. The Desert Wolf knows you're alive, and she's coming back to Beacon Hills.
Malia
[about Stiles] He didn't want you to call me, did he?
Malia
[sighs] We kind of broke up, I guess.
Yeah, we kind of broke up, too.
Malia
Scott, we're gonna die down here.
Malia
How can you be so sure?
Because you're not the only one that I called.
[Just then, Chris Argent appears behind them with an assault rifle aimed at the approaching Dread Doctors]
Malia
I can't help you. Not right now.
[defeatedly] What if I told you that you're the only one that I have left?
Malia
You're not going to want my help.
[confused] Anything that happened between us--
Malia
[cuts him off] I'm talking about something that's going to happen. Something I'm going to do... And you're not going to like me much after I do it.
Is that why I hear two other heartbeats in there? And why yours is beating so fast?
Malia
[sighs] Scott, go home. I can't help.
[Scott leaves, and Malia goes back inside and shuts the door, revealing that Braeden is wrestling with a bearded man on the floor]
[Malia and Braeden are interrogating someone for intel on the Desert Wolf]
MMercenary
You think you can make me talk? I am Spetsnatz-- Soviet Special Forces. In battle, we kill our own wounded. You could tear out my fingernails, cut my lips with razors... I'll still say nothing.
[annoyed] Correct me if I'm wrong, but your section is out of work and broke, right?
MMercenary
You won't get a word out of me.
What if we paid you $10,000?
[The mercenary, now with a stack of $100 bills in his hands, totally starts talking]
MMercenary
The Desert Wolf was last seen close to the Canadian border. She won't travel by plane. She will stay away from surveillance cameras when she can.
Then we still have some time.
MMercenary
There's another reason she won't fly-- She's not traveling alone.
Malia
What do you mean?
MMercenary
She has a hostage. An animal doctor.
Malia
[sighs] Deaton.
[Theo finds Malia at the animal clinic, looking through Deaton's belongings in hopes of finding some clue as to where they can find him]
Can't find him, can you? Probably don't even know where to start. You're not gonna find him. Let's be honest-- he's probably already dead. I wonder what's gonna happen when Scott realizes that it's your fault?
[Malia furiously grabs Theo and pins him against the wall in a choke-hold]
Malia
I should kill you.
[smirks] Yeah, but you won't. You like me too much.
[Malia and Braeden are preparing to track down the Desert Wolf at the animal clinic while Theo watches them in amusement]
Malia
What's the problem?
Besides the fact that I've never seen this place beyond a few aerial photos and we're basically going in blind? [She aims her shotgun at Theo] Him.
Would you mind not pointing that thing at me?
Malia
[sighs] He's coming with us.
[smirks] Technically, I did kill Scott.
[Braeden puts her finger on the trigger of her gun and sneers at him]
Won't happen with a shotgun.
[Malia and Braeden are arguing over whether or not their plan to catch the Desert Wolf is a trap]
Malia
I'm not walking away on a maybe.
And I'm not walking in on so much uncertainty.
Malia
[sighs] You said you've been after her for years.
[exasperatedly] And why do you think it's been years? Because she knows what she's doing. She took Scott's boss for a reason. We don't know what it is. We don't know if she's back in Beacon Hills because she missed you all this time and can't wait for a mother-daughter reunion, or if she's planning to put a bullet in your head. We don't know anything.
Malia
We know one thing-- we know where she is. I'm going in. I have to.
Malia
I killed them because of you! I killed my own family!
Your adopted family. I'm your family, sweetheart. But, if it makes you feel any better, I didn't care about them. I was just trying to kill you.
[Scott, Stiles, Kira, Malia, and Liam are gathered in the McCall House kitchen, where they're outlining their rescue plan]
There's four steps-- we get into Eichen, we get into the closed unit, we get Lydia, and get out.
And, we have to do all of this while getting past orderlies, guards, electric door locks, and a mountain ash barrier.
Malia
[skeptically] You have a plan for all of that?
[Stiles holds up an RFID keycard]
I stole this last night off an orderly... But, it's useless, 'cause they reset the codes each night.
Malia
So, why did you take it?
The only way to get Lydia out of Eichen is to make that keycard work again.
How are you gonna do that?
We're getting to that, okay? Just listen. Two weeks ago, there was a brownout, and the security system rebooted. During a reboot, all of the keycards revert back to a default code.
So, if we trigger a reboot, the card goes back to the default code, it works again!
And, when we're gone, all anyone's going to think is that there was a reboot of the system caused by a brownout. Uh, any questions?
How do we get into Eichen House in the first place?
Malia
What's our worst-case scenario?
[overwhelmed] Okay, admittedly, a lot could go wrong...
[exasperatedly] Everything could go wrong.
[sighs] Guys, if we don't do this, we lose Lydia. She's going to die in there tonight... and she might take a lot of innocent people with her.
[Malia and Kira are in the chemistry lab, where they've set up a light bulb in an electrical circuit box to help Kira practice siphoning electricity. Malia makes a face at her]
Malia
Do it. Do your thing.
[anxiously] What thing? I don't have a thing.
Malia
You did it before. You had to learn how, right?
Actually, no... It just happened.
Malia
[confused] How'd you learn to fight with a sword?
That just kind of happened, too...?
Malia
[incredulously] So, you've never worked for anything, and basically you're a cheater?
Can I ask you a question?
Malia
[sighs] No.
Did your mother really try to kill you?
Malia
[rolls her eyes] Did your mother try to leave you in the desert with Skinwalkers?
Are you really going to try to kill her first?