[Mason has just found Kira in the library, where she looks frustrated as she looks at the Dread Doctor book in her hands. He sits down next to her and smiles]
Not into sci-fi? That's the book, isn't it? I thought you guys were supposed to finish reading it last night.
[embarrassed] Yeah, I kind of... haven't... yet. I don't know what's wrong with me. I mean, I can't... I can barely read it.
[excitedly] Okay, uh... This is gonna sound weird, but do you speak Japanese?
No. I'm also half-Korean, and I don't speak Korean. And I'm pushing a C-average in English.
Okay, well, I've been doing some reading on kitsunes...
Do you know why people in Japan answer the phone "moshi moshi?"
Yeah, but there's a reason why you have to say it twice on the phone. Because, according to Japanese folklore, fox spirits have difficulty with language. And the way that you prove you're not a fox? When you answer the phone, you say "moshi" twice. The important part is "moshi moshi" confuses kitsunes because it's a language trick. So is the book-- you know, it's just one long language trick.
That's why I can't read it?
It's affecting the fox part of you, confusing it.
[Suddenly, the electricity flickers, and Mason gives her a look]
[Mason and Brett are sitting on the bleachers and watching lacrosse and soccer practice on the field as they talk]
I don't know, dude. Everyone at Devenford's pretty abnormal to me.
All right. What else is there to look for? There's heightened strength, smell, hearing, speed...
Uh, able to see in the dark...
Eyes that reflect the light...
Visible scorpion stingers protruding out of limbs?
[chuckles] Yeah, or three-foot lizard tails.
Okay, then what are we doing here if you've already had your repressed memory?
[frustrated] It wasn't the right memory. I remembered my grandmother in Eichen House. There was nothing to do with surgery, nothing to do with the Dread Doctors. So, if I've read the book, why don't I have the full memory of my experience with them?
...I'm not supposed to know that, am I?
No, something... [She suddenly gets an idea] ...happened during the surgery. But now... I think that maybe it has more to do with me being a banshee. It's not my memory, Stiles. :Stiles: It's someone else's.
[Malia has just confronted Theo in the weight room]
Why haven't you said anything?
The rest of my memory? The Desert Wolf? Why didn't you tell Scott?
I didn't think you wanted me to.
[surprised] I don't. Are you going to want to know why?
[frustrated] You think you're doing me a favor? Like I'm going to owe you now?
[sighs] If you want to tell Scott what you saw, tell him. If you've got something else in mind, I'm okay with that too.
[Stiles has just witnessed Theo killing the newly-turned chimera, Josh, to save his life and is staring at him in horror]
Stiles... You can't say anything. Please don't say anything.
Because I never said anything about Donovan.
[angrily] You don't know anything!
I was there! I was at the library. Malia found the book. She was texting us to see where you were. She said she left you at the library. I told her I was close. When I got there, I heard the scaffolding come down.
Just the body. I watched you come out. I was gonna say something, but then I saw the cop car... And the body was gone. I don't know who took him. I only saw what you saw, and I didn't say anything because you didn't.
[Stiles and Theo are debating what to do after Theo killed Josh to save Stiles when sirens are heard]
That's not an ambulance, is it?
[Stiles shakes his head in the negatory]
We should get out of here.
[points to Josh's body] We can't just leave him.
Fine. All right, let's take him. Someone's stealing the bodies anyway, right? Here's our chance to find out who.
[Stiles, overwhelmed, hesitates for a moment]
Theo: Stiles, come on. We gotta do something.
In self-defense. He was going to kill you, and me! If we stay, we're either going to have to tell the truth, or we're going to need a pretty convincing story. It's your choice. I'm not going to ask you to lie to your dad.
[sighs] Don't worry... I've had plenty of practice.
[Hayden is walking to her car in the Sinema parking lot while Liam chases after her]
Asking me to close my eyes was weird. Sticking a glow stick in my face? Even weirder. But werewolves and dead doctors?
[sheepishly] Dread Doctors.
[annoyed] Whatever. Get away from me.
[desperately] What if I could prove it to you?
[Liam sighs before wolfing out and roaring with glowing gold eyes and fangs in Hayden's face. Hayden is so scared she screams and punches him in the face before driving away]
[Scott and Stiles have met up with Liam at Scott's house. Hayden has locked herself in the bathroom]
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.
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]
[Noshiko has just sneak-attacked Kira with her katana to test her ability to deal with a fight at the spur of the moment. Kira looks at her in horror and annoyance]
Mom! This is not what I would call quality mother-daughter time.
We're back to telluric currents?
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.
You want to hide her in the high school? For how long?
If we have to, all night.
[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...
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.
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?
No. If this works tonight, we're gonna catch one of them.
Checking up on me? You can't tell me you don't want to know who's taking the bodies.
You don't care that someone is running off with your little failed science experiments?
[When The Surgeon remains silent, Theo realizes the truth]
You already know who's taking them. Did you forget that you were supposed to be keeping me in the loop on everything?
[Kira is laying face-down in bed while Noshiko performs acupuncture on her back]
The balance of power inside you is in conflict. The struggle between the fox and the human. Perhaps this will shift the power back into your hands.
