HaydenWhat are you doing?
Trying not to get involved.
Hayden
Does that include me?
Hayden
[sighs] I know how you look up to Scott, and how all of you feel about him. But he just can't protect us the way Theo can. My sister...
Your sister's a Sheriff's deputy, and she looks like she can handle herself.
Hayden
Not if I'm dead. She's not gonna be able to handle that at all. I can't die again, Liam. Do you get it? It would ruin her.
[Hayden has been left keeping watch over Deucalion in the operating theater, where he's still hooked up to the IV of wolfsbane]
Hayden
[irritably] Shouldn't you already know the answer to that?
[shrugs] Well, I thought it would be more polite to ask. But, yes, a girl your age shouldn't have a resting heart rate of 110 beats per minute. How about you unshackle me from this... thing... and we'll both be a little more at ease?
Hayden
[scoffs] How stupid do you think I am?
Since I highly doubt you want me to answer that question honestly, let me propose an alternative-- you set me free, and I'll tell you a secret about those talons sitting in that jar over there. [Hayden looks at him in shock] I may be blind, but my other senses paint a very detailed picture.
I know the talons were created by the Dread Doctors.
Hayden
So, what?
So, Theo believes he can fit them onto his own claws like a couple of press-on nails? Use them to siphon the power from the Beast? [He chuckles] Good luck with that.
Hayden
What do you mean?
The Dread Doctors would have designed those talons with a specific frequency. For a specific person. As a genetic chimera yourself, I would have thought you'd understand how often the body rejects an organ, especially one from an outside donor.
Hayden
[horrified] If he puts them on, then...
Yes, Hayden. They'll kill him.
[about the Beast] If Theo thinks he's gonna be able to take its power, he's crazy. It's gonna rip his head off.
Hayden
But you think Scott can save everyone?
I know he can. It's different now. I think dying did something to him.
Hayden
[skeptically] It did something to me, too... But none of it was good.
What if it happened again? What if you got hurt? What would you want me to do? Now that you know everything?
[Hayden is still standing guard over Deucalion, who is still weakened by a wolfsbane IV drip, on Theo's orders while she thinks about her conversation with Liam]
Starting to question where your loyalties lie? Or maybe you're starting to understand your role?
Hayden
What role?
Why would Theo leave you here? Why not leave Josh, or Corey? You're stronger and faster than both. And more fearless.
Hayden
[sighs] I know why I'm stuck here with you... Because when it comes to Liam, I'm a liability.
You could leave. You could go off to help them. No one has to know.
Hayden
[scoffs] Except for you.
Oh, I'm no friend to Theo. You want to help Liam? Worry less about being a liability, and more about your ability to lie.
[Mason is trying to psych himself up to end the lockdown by wrecking his car into the transformer]
Okay, here we go. Gonna ram the wall. Gonna ram it with my car. Just smash through it. Take out the power, and save my friends. Here we go. All right. Just ram it, and destroy my beautiful car, that my parents bought me on my birthday... but I'mma save my friends. Here we go. Ram the wall. All right.
[Mason is about to hit the gas pedal when Hayden suddenly arrives and stops him]
Hayden
What the hell are you doing?
[sighs in relief] Oh, thank God! Can we use your car?
[Hayden has just walked up to the bench to talk to Liam after overhearing his earlier conversation with Scott]
Hayden
Hey.
Hayden
I'm with you.
Hayden
I'm with you. All of you.
Hayden
Because you're right about Scott. Whatever happens next... I want to be with you.
[Stiles and Hayden have just brought a seriously-injured Liam into an empty classroom. Both Hayden and Stiles are horrified when they lay him on a desk and peel away his tattered jersey to reveal his chest and abdomen have been shredded open]
Hayden
Okay. Okay. What do you guys usually do when this happens?
[woozily] Uh, I usually pass out... And I think I might still do that...
Hayden, I've managed to stabilize the injury. But, considering you're a Chimera, I don't know how, or if, you'll heal.
We can still take you to the hospital.
Hayden
I already died there once.
Hayden
I know.
[Scott wolfs-out and gives Hayden the bite to save her life]
[Stiles has just rushed away from Natalie and runs into Liam, Mason, and Hayden, which causes him to be relieved as he addresses Liam and Hayden due to their encounter with the Riders the previous evening]
You two, you two have to listen to me right now-- Alex is gone, just like his parents, okay? The Ghost Riders took him, so you guys, you can't be alone. You gotta stick with Scott or with me, because I can see them.
[Liam, Mason, and Hayden all look at Stiles as though he is crazy, and Stiles' is clearly impatient with them]
Why the hell are you looking at me like that?
[Hayden turns to whisper in Liam's ear]
Hayden
Do we even know him?
[whispers back] I don't even know if he goes here...
[Mason looks at Stiles with a kind and patient expression]
Do you go to this school? What's your name?
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