Sheriff Stilinski and his deputies were going after an incredibly large creature. Scott and Stiles were following close behind.

Deputy Clark said over the radio, "Unit Five heading northwest on Crescent. Reporting an incredibly large... Something."

"Unit Nine, to Dispatch, I think I've got eyes on the same thing. Some kind of rabid animal."

"Unit Five to Nine, trust me, that's no animal."

Deputy Strauss spoke. "Unit Six to Dispatch. We have a situation downtown. Multiple fatalities."

Dispatch answered. "Copy, Medics on the way. Do you have a perp in sight, Unit Six?"

"Negative. Looks like a 10-91E. Animal attack."

"10-4, can you say what kind of animal?"

Stiles decided to add his input. "All units stay back. Do not engage. I repeat, do not engage."

"Stiles, get off the radio. All units, start. Wait for backup. Repeat. No one goes near this thing," the sheriff said over the radio.

Deputy Clark said again, "Unit Five reporting a sighting on Hill Road southbound..."

Unit Nine answered. "Unit Nine. I've got it turning off Oakridge, southbound on Beachwood."

Dispatch spoke again. "All units. This is Dispatch. We've got a 911 call with additional sighting on Mitchell."

Scott turned to his friend. "Wait a second. Beachwood to Mitchell? It's headed for the hospital."

"Dad," Stiles called, getting on the radio.

"Stiles, get off this channel."

"Dad, just listen to me. He's headed for the hospital. All right? He's headed for Beacon Memorial. You hear me? It's headed for the hospital."

They drove off to the hospital and heard loud growls coming from above. "Fourth floor," Scott informed.

They found charred bits and some parts of the hallway still burning. As they rounded a corner, a flaming man came flying past them and slammed into a wall. His flames disappeared, as did the fire in his eyes.

"Parrish? You okay?" Sheriff Stilinski asked. "Parrish!"

Scott followed a trail of blood and Stiles stuck close to his father. "I'm doing everything I can, but her mom is her legal guardian. Lydia's mom is the only person who can check her out of Eichen House. You might be able to persuade Sam and Dean, wherever they are."

Stiles frowned. "Can't we get a court order or something? I haven't been able to get in contact with them."

The sheriff sighed. "Technically, trepanation is still considered a medical procedure. A judge would have to declare Natalie unfit, which isn't likely. It could take months."

Stiles let out a defeated sigh. "So you're saying there's nothing we can do..."

"Legally," the sheriff interrupted with a look to his son.

Scott and Stiles met up with Kira, Malia and Liam at Scott's and began briefing them about their plan to get into Eichen to rescue Molly and Lydia.

"There's four steps," Stiles told them. "We get into Eichen, we get into the Closed Unit, we get Lydia and Molly, get out."

"And we have to do it all while getting past orderlies, guards, electric door locks, and a Mountain Ash barrier," Scott added.

"You have a plan for all of that?" Malia asked.

Stiles held up the key card. "I stole this last night off an orderly. But it's useless 'cause they reset the codes each night."

"So why did you take it?" Kira questioned.

Stiles gave her a pointed look. "I'm getting to that. The only way to get Lydia and Molly out of Eichen is to make that key card work again."

Liam frowned. "How are you going to do that?"

"We're getting to that, okay, just listen. I pulled all the history off the key card." Stiles turned the laptop to the group. "Two weeks ago, there was a brownout and the security system rebooted. During a reboot, all of the key cards revert back to a default code. So if we trigger a reboot..."

"The card goes back to the default code. It works again." Liam smiled proudly at his realization.

Kira pursed her lips. "How are we going to cause a brownout?"

Scott looked to Kira. "That's your part. You're going to draw power from the main line. But only enough to cause the brownout."

"Not a blackout," Stiles told her. "Do that and you send Eichen into lockdown which would be bad. Very, very bad." After a moment, he continued. "There's an electrical room behind the reception counter. The main power line goes goes into two breakers that run power all the way to Eichen."

Kira said nervously, "Okay, slight problem. I don't know how to do that."

"That's okay," Scott reassured. "You have time to practice."

Malia crossed her arms. "Let's say all this goes perfectly. How does a brownout get us into the Closed Unit of Eichen?"

Stiles looked between them. "The system take five minutes to reboot. In that five minutes, all the alarms will be turned off the key card should work."

Scott's eyebrows raised slightly. "Liam, you and I get Stiles to the gate of the Closed Unit. But after that, he has to go on his own. We can't get past the Mountain Ash barrier. And when we're gone, all anyone's going to think is that there was a reboot of the security system caused by a brownout."

"Uh, any questions?" Stiles asked.

Liam looked slightly nervous. "How do we get into Eichen House in the first place?"

Malia frowned. "What's our worst-case scenario?"

Kira bit her lip. "What if I can't do it?"

Stiles sighed. "Okay, admittedly, a lot could go wrong."

"Everything could go wrong," Liam corrected.

Scott's voice took on an urgent tone. "Guys, if we don't do this, we lose Lydia and Molly. They're going to die in there tonight. And they might take a lot of innocent people with them."

---

Dr. Valack and Nurse Cross walked down an old corridor in Eichen House. Valack pulled a couple masks from the Dread Doctors. They were both broken and burnt. Nurse Cross looked from the masks to the doctor. "Have you ever actually put those things on someone?"

Dr. Valack shook his head. "Not in years. Close the doors, would you?"

"How do you know it still works?"

"I don't. I suppose we should give it a try," Dr. Valack said before placing one of the masks on her head. Nurse Cross convulsed and screamed before settling down on the floor.

---

Stiles told Parrish of their plan to drive his dad's van to Eichen.

Parrish frowned. "That's the worst plan I've ever heard."

Stiles shot him a look. "Okay, the plan is perfect and it'll work perfectly, especially if you agree to drive the van."

"Is the Sheriff on board with this?"

The teen smirked. "How do you think I got the keys?"

Parrish frowned. "I thought you stole them."

"While that's a perfectly reasonable assumption, I did not steal them. And we need you because all of the Eichen guards know all of the Sheriff's Deputies, okay. We need a real deputy. And one who won't ask questions."

Parrish shook his head. "It's not safe to bring me along. I'm dangerous."

Stiles let out a sigh. "So the giant murdering werewolf that's killed over thirty people, but somehow didn't kill you."

Parrish agreed and Stiles ran off to the library to catch up with Scott. "My dad got the lab working on the shoe prints, but we're all kind of mystified about how giant clawed werewolf feet turn back into a pair of sneakers."

"Argent said it wouldn't be anything like we've ever seen before," Scott warned.

"Did he say it was going to defy the laws of physics?" Stiles asked, turning turned to see Theo and glared at him. "What are you doing here?"

"I still need to graduate," Theo answered.

Stiles shook his head. "No. No. What you need is to be beaten severely with a lead pipe wrapped in barbed wire..."

"Okay, I admit that mistakes were made."

"Murders. Some murders were made."

Theo flipped a page in his book. "You know how the Soviets helped us win World War II? They knew how to make it through a Russian winter."

Stiles scoffed. "That's it? Okay. Thank you, Theo. Very informative."

"If you're planning to break Lydia and Molly out of Eichen House, you still need to get past the Mountain Ash. We can make it through." He turned to the werewolf. "You can't, Scott."

"What do you really want?"

"I know you saw the fresco. Two seriously pissed off creatures, the Hellhound and the Beast, fighting over a pile of dead bodies. I don't want to be one of the bodies, it's that simple. I can get you to Lydia and Molly. Or we can see who gets to them first."

He left and Stiles turned back to Scott. "There's no way he knows what Valack's doing. Why's he so interested in them? I don't like how he's so interested in Molly."

Scott shrugged. "He probably thinks what we're all thinking. That Lydia has something bigger to do with this, and maybe Molly as well. That maybe they're the only ones who can actually save us."

"But how? Molly's a hunter."

"But an expert one. Maybe Valack thinks he can use her somehow regarding that."

"We have to get her out of there."

"We will, Stiles."

---

Later that night, Scott, Liam and Stiles arrived in body bags, thanks to Parrish. They unzipped the body bags and Scott looked to each of them. "Fifteen minutes. Starting now."

They waited a moment until the guards passed outside and exited the morgue once it was safe. As they walked through the hallway, they saw two orderlies.

"What are they doing here?" Scott wondered.

Stiles shook his head. "I don't know. Their rounds should've ended five minutes ago."

Liam shrugged. "I can take him."

Scott frowned. "No one's taking anyone."

"How much time?" Stiles asked.

"Three minutes."

Liam was determined to fight. "I'll just knock them out and hide the bodies."

Stiles pinched the bridge of his nose. "Oh, my God, please stop."

"Did you take the doctor?" a patient asked.

"What?"

"Did you take the doctor? I haven't had my medication. I need ten milligrams at 8 am, fifteen milligrams at 1 pm, and no more than twenty at dinner."

Two workers were glancing at the boys as Scott told the patient, "We'll get the doctor."

"Dr. Fenris. Dr. Fenris. They took Dr. Fenris. I haven't had my medication. I need to see the doctor. They took Dr. Fenris." He slammed his hand against the wall.

"Hey, somebody shut him up," Stiles said.

"I need to see the doctor," the patient repeated.

"Shut him up."

Scott flashed his red eyes, bared his fangs, and growled, causing the guy to immediately calm down. The guards walked off, and Stiles relaxed slightly.

"Come on," Stiles whispered.

They heard the sound of electricity powering down and Liam smiled. "She did it. Kira did it."

"Five minutes to get Lydia and Tabitha."

Stiles walked forward and stopped. "Where's the card reader? It should be here. It has to be here."

"They must have taken it out when the Dread Doctors got through," Scott guessed.

"Are you telling me we came all the way down here just to be stopped by an ordinary key? Are you kidding me? This is what's stopping me from saving her?"

Liam shook his head. "We don't need a key. Not if we can break it down."

Scott and Liam grabbed hold of the gate and began pushing. They attempted it for a couple minutes before pulling back, panting.

Stiles stared them down. "Guys, we're running out of time."

Scott shook his head. "We can't. The Mountain Ash. It's too much."

"Hit me," Liam said.

Scott frowned at Liam in confusion. "What?"

"Hit me. I'll get angry and then I'll get stronger."

"Hit him. Hit him!" Stiles cried as Scott shook his head.

"I tried to take your powers. I tried to kill you. Hit me."

"He also left you for dead," Stiles added.

"I wanted you dead," Liam corrected.

Scott swung at Liam and hit his face. "Do it again. It's gotta be harder. Do it! Do it!"

Scott swung at Liam again and Liam cried, "Yeah!"

"You angry?" Stiles asked, to which Liam nodded and the gate was pulled open. "Let's do this."

"Stiles, go," Scott told his friend.

Stiles rushed down the hall to Lydia's cell. He could only hope Molly was there as well, and sure enough, she was. The girls were both strapped to a bed with blood oozing from their heads.

"Stiles," Lydia whispered. "What are you doing here? You can't be here. You'll die if you stay."

"All of you," Molly added. "Stiles, he's coming."

Stiles didn't know who he was, but both Lydia and Molly looked afraid, which made him want to hurt whoever he was.

Stiles shook his head. "Lydia, Molly, I'm not leaving you here."

"You have to," Molly whispered again as a tear fell down her face. "Stiles, go. Please. Tell my brothers I love them."

Stiles listened to her words and hid behind a gate as Valack entered their cell.

He heard to the conversation unfold. "Stay focused Lydia, Molly."

"What did you do to me?" Lydia asked.

"I've amplified your abilities and you've connected with your friend," Valack explained. "Something that might just save the lives of your friends."

"Theo and Hayden. They found it. They were looking for Noah, but they found a symbol. A circle inside of another circle, carved into a wall. The symbol of Scott's pack."

Dr. Valack looked between the two girls. Scott's symbol had caught his interest. "It was more than a symbol, wasn't it? It was a promise to reunite them."

"Yes," Molly said.

"But has Scott done it yet? Will he be coming for the two of you?"

A buzzer sounded down the hall and Lydia said, "Someone's coming."

"But it's not Scott," Molly added.

Valack looked at Theo and his pack. "You don't want to do this, Theo. They're safe in here. The Dread Doctors don't know how important they are yet."

Tracy knocked Dr. Valack into the wall. Theo examined the two girls. "They don't look good."

"They both have a hole in their head," Corey noted.

Theo shook his head. "It's not a good look for anyone. I can't believe this is actually a medical establishment. Pick them up. Might as well take both. She'll only follow. We're getting them out of here."

Valack looked between the Chimeras. "Now what would a pack of Chimeras want with a Banshee and a huntress?"

Theo shook his head. "I don't want a Banshee or a huntress. I'm looking for a Hellhound."

Parrish arrived and burned through the wire gate with his hands. His eyes were glowing and his body was on fire. Lower fangs were visible. Valack glanced back at the Chimeras. "You wanted a Hellhound... I think you found one."