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Rayne walks into the operating theatre to try and find Theo. She then hears voices to she stays quiet and sees Theo smiling at Tracy and then kisses her. Theo pulls her closer to him, so she's straddling his hips, but it's not long before the pain gets to him and he groans.

Rayne turns so her back is against the wall as she puts her hand to her mouth as tears prick her eyes.

She felt stupid

She felt so stupid for believing it was all true.

And the feeling hurt like hell.

So she left.

Unknowing that a certain someone had saw her and felt anger beyond compare.

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Rayne walks into the animal clinic to see The Surgeon is laying on the exam table while Stiles, Deaton, Scott, and Liam surround him, looking concerned.
"What the fuck?" Rayne asks as she stands around the table as well
"Can you keep him alive?" Scott asks.

"I'm not sure he technically is alive." Deaton says
"Screw keeping him alive! How do we get him to talk?" Liam asks
"Personally, I don't think we utilize torture nearly enough..." Stiles says.

"Come..." They hear a whisper
"Did you hear that?" Liam asks
"Come to me... To me..." Suddenly, The Surgeon bolts upright and causes an ear-splittingly loud noise to ring loudly throughout the room, which forces Rayne, Deaton, Scott, Liam, and Stiles to cover their ears with their hands. While they're distracted, The Surgeon stands and gets ready to leave.

Liam growls and lunges toward him before Scott can stop him.
"Liam, wait!" He says
The Surgeon turns and causes an electromagnetic concussive blast that shoves Liam backward into the wall behind him before he crashes to the floor. The Surgeon walks out the door and raises his hand before he walks into the parking lot, which causes all of the metal furniture to fly toward the door to the exam room. Liam gets to his feet, rubbing his sore neck, but when he and Scott start to chase after The Surgeon, Deaton stops them.

"Stop. It's electrified." Deaton says and Scott's eyes widen in shock, and he gently holds out his hand to feel the static electricity coming off of the furniture and Rayne, Scott and Liam listen to the conversation outside.

"Marcel... if this is what immortality looks like, I think you might have been misled." Sebastien says
"For you... All for you..." Marcel says
"What did you do with it, Marcel? Where's the pike?" He asks.

"The Argents..." Marcel says and their eyes widen in shock when he realizes what they're talking about.
"The cane!" Scott says
"But they took it. They took the cane." Liam says.

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Rayne, Deaton, Scott, Stiles, and Liam are gathered around the table in the exam room, where Scott is flipping through the pages of Mason's chart
"Maybe there's something in here? Something about how he was a genetic chimera." Scott says.

"Mason had a vanishing twin..." Deaton says
"Now we've got a vanishing Mason." Stiles says and Rayne hits his shoulder
"Not the time." She says with a slight smile.

"What does that have to do with him turning into a 250-year-old French guy? How does that even happen?" Liam asks
"Hold on... Scott might have something. Mason's twin wasn't entirely gone-- that's what made him a genetic chimera. The DNA was still there. Metaphorically speaking, the DNA of Mason could still be inside Sebastien as well." Deaton says
"How?" Rayne asks.

"Life is energy. Energy doesn't just disappear. The Dread Doctors may have found a way to break the rules of the supernatural world, but there are some rules that simply won't break." Deaton explains
"So, Mason just can't be gone?" Liam asks
"Somewhere in Sebastien, he has to still exist in some form. A spark of energy, a flicker of memory..." Deaton says.

"Hang on... Liam, you said Mason said something right before he turned." Stiles says
"He said... 'That's not my name.'" Liam says
"He finally remembered his name." Scott says.

"Damnatio memoriae." Stiles says
"That's what they wanted. They wanted Sebastien to remember his name." Rayne says
"Scott, you know the myth of what happens when you call a werewolf by its given name?" Deaton asks.

"It turns back to human..." Scott says
"What does that mean? Someone can just walk up to the Beast, yell Mason's name, and turn him back?" Liam asks
"Not someone..." Scott says.

"Lydia." Stiles says.

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In the hospital Rayne and Stiles sit in Lydia's room, where she is sleeping soundly in her bed, her neck bandaged up where Sebastien clawed her. Stiles takes her hand in his own and squeezes it affectionately, which causes her to stir awake. Stiles sighs in relief.

"Hey, you all right?" Stiles asks
"Did... Did you find something? A solution?" Lydia asks
"Yeah... It was you. It was you, Lydia." Stiles says and Lydia looks horrified by the news.

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Rayne, Scott, Liam, and Stiles have gathered around her bed. After a moment, Melissa walks in, looking nervous and with a syringe concealed discretely in her hand
"Lydia, this is gonna have to be just between us, since I can get fired for it." Melissa says and Lydia nods in agreement, though it's clear by the expression on her face when she turns toward Scott that she's both confused and concerned and wants an explanation.

"It's a cortisone shot. It's gonna bring the inflammation down." Scott says and Lydia nods and holds out her arm, thinking that the injection will go there, but Melissa shakes her head.

"Not there." She says sadly and she reaches up and gently peels half of the bandage over her throat away so she can see the claw wounds. Lydia groans in pain, clearly not excited about the prospect of getting a shot in her open wound, and both Stiles and Liam start to look woozy.

"Uh, yeah, okay, I'm gonna need to leave-" Stiles says Melissa cuts him off as he starts to walk toward the door.
"You're not going anywhere. Hold her hand." She says and he sighs and walks back to Lydia's bedside and takes her hand.

"Okay, fine. I'm not leaving... But I still might faint." He says. Melissa takes a deep breath and uncaps the syringe before aiming the needle for her claw wound.
"Okay, here we go." Lydia braces herself, but before Melissa can do anything, Liam's eyes roll back into his head and he faints, collapsing onto the ground in a heap. Scott rushes over to check on him, and Melissa rolls her eyes before turning back to Lydia.

"Okay, Lydia, this is gonna hurt like a bitch..." She says and pushes the needle into Lydia's neck, and she gasps in pain and whimpers as she is injected with the cortisone.

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The elevator doors open to the ground floor, where Rayne, Scott, Liam, Stiles, and dressed Lydia have just walked out of the elevator. Stiles is helping Lydia stay on her feet as they exit the elevator, but then lets go when they start to split up, leaving Liam to help hold her up in his stead.

"Okay, I'll get Malia. Text me when you find Parrish." Stiles says
"Hold on." Scott says and Stiles stops and turns around as Scott pulls out a cylinder-shaped object wrapped in brown paper out of his jacket pocket and hands it to him.

"What is this?" Stiles asks
"Something I've been working on for a while. Just make sure Malia gets it." He says
"Is it Plan B?" Stiles asks.

"It's Plan A..." Scott says
"Plan A never works." Stiles says
"This one will." He says.

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Scott, Liam, and Lydia are walking through the tunnels in search of the Beast when they hear yelling and grunting nearby where the Beast and Parrish are fighting. The sound of electricity crackling worries Liam even more, who turns back to Scott.

"Scott? You hear that?" Liam asks
"I heard that." Lydia whispers
"Lydia, save your voice." Scott says and Liam looks down at his feet, and when he realizes that they're walking through standing water, his eyes widen in shock as he quickly lifts Lydia off the ground.

"Hey... Lydia, get out of the water!" He says and Lydia frantically grabs the pipes running along the walls and pulls herself up so her feet are no longer in the puddle, but Rayne, Liam and Scott aren't able to get away fast enough before they're both electrocuted so badly that they collapse onto the floor. Theo appears behind them, revealing that he is the one who electrocuted them, before he grabs Lydia by the shoulders.

"Sorry, Lydia." He says and she whimpers in fear as Theo throws her over an open grate a few feet away. She starts to fall down the hole into the space below, but is saved just in time by Scott, who is able to grab her by the wrist. However, when he tries to pull her up, Theo kneels behind him and stabs his claws into Scott's back, causing him to groan in pain.

"Feel that, Scott? Kanima venom." He says and Rayne looks up at him as Scott and Lydia's eyes widen in horror when they realize that Theo has Tracy's power and that the Kanima venom means it's only a matter of time before Scott is unable to hold on.

"Just let it happen. Let it go. Let everything go." Theo says and Scott yells in horror and struggles with all of his might to hang onto Lydia, but his hands are eventually paralyzed, and Lydia screams when she falls through his grip and lands onto the cement below her.

"Theo please." Rayne says as he picks her up and cuts her with his claws making her paralysed. The tree of them are still recovering on the ground from the Kanima venom that Theo injected into their system, and Theo smirks devilishly when he hears the sound of the Beast approaching.

"You hear that? That's the sound of real power." Theo says and Theo transforms and walks away

Theo starts to crawl away, but he turns back when he hears footsteps approaching. It's Deucalion, followed closely by Scott and Liam. Theo's eyes widen in shock when he realizes he's just been played.
"You lied to me. You and Scott..." Theo says.

"Yes, well, I wouldn't betray my own blood, Theo." Deucalion says and Theo looks confused but then sees Rayne walking towards Deucalion to stand beside him
"Yeah, Theo. He couldn't betray his own daughter, now could he?" Rayne asks.

Deucalion removes his sunglasses and closes his eyes. When he opens them again, his eyes are back to their normal
"It would've never worked..." Theo says
"It could have worked... with Belasko's talons." Deucalion says before grabbing him by the throat and snaps his neck, and though Scott flinches and looks uncomfortable, he doesn't attempt to intervene. Liam doesn't seem at all upset about Deucalion's actions either.

"You broke my neck!" Deucalion rolls his eyes as he stands to his feet
"That's for cheating on my daughter." He says
"And by the way, Theo. We are totally breaking up." Rayne says and they turn to Liam and Scott.

"There's an access grate that leads to the sub-level. I think we can get to Lydia there." He says
"What about Mason?" Liam asks
"We can still save your friend." Deucalion says.

"Let's go." Rayne says and the four turn to leave, but before they can make it far, Gerard and Chris turn the corner. Gerard wastes no time shooting Deucalion in the abdomen, and he clutches his bleeding wound as he slides down the wall onto the floor and Rayne kneels down to him.

"This just isn't my day..." He says and Rayne smiles
"When has it ever been?" She asks and looks up to see Gerard is smiling cruelly as he walks toward them with his gun aimed at Scott, but Scott doesn't seem at all concerned by it.

Meanwhile, Chris looks unhappy with Gerard's actions
"This is a surprising alliance, Scott! You and Deucalion? How long have you been planning this clever little double-cross?" Gerard asks and Chris walks over so that he's standing between Gerard and Scott.

"About as long as he and I have been planning this one." He says and he tosses Scott the sword-cane/pike before he raises his gun and aims it at Gerard, just as Gerard does the same to his son, looking betrayed.

"What are you doing?" He asks
"I knew when I brought you back, it would never be about saving lives. Only about immortalizing your own." He says keeping his gun trained at his father, Chris turns to Scott and Liam, who both look surprised.

"Scott, go."
Scott turns to leave with Liam, but he looks hesitant as he turns back to Chris, whose voice is firmer this time and then looks to Rayne who is kneeling by her father.

"Go, now!" Rayne and Chris shout and they run off.

"I cannot believe you fucking cheated on me!" Rayne shouts at Theo
"Is this really the best time to be having this conversation?" He asks
"Yes. It is. You paralysed me with the powers of the girl you cheated on me with!"

"I didn't cheat on you!" He shouts
"You kissed her. You made out with her!" She shouts back
"That was so I could steal her power nothing more." He says.

"And that makes it okay?" She asks
"Will you two shut up?" Gerard asks
"Fuck off old man!"

"I mean when you think about it he does have point." Deucalion says and they all look at him
"I mean he has a gun to his son's while his son has a gun to his head. And you're talking cheating or not cheating."
"Thank you." Gerard says.

"Fuck off bastard." Deucalion says and then he looks up to his daughter.
"Go." He says and she kisses his cheek before running off.

She runs to the place where Liam and Scott are to see
Sebastien easily shoves Liam backward before he turns back to Scott, gripping his neck tighter while Liam groans and watches in horror. However, when his claws stab the back of Scott's neck, he starts to see a flood of memories in Scott's mind.

Sebastien frowns in horror and confusion when he sees these memories and reflexively lets go of Scott's neck.
"Marie-Jeanne?" He asks and Scott immediately smacks Sebastien's hands away from him and scampers backward to put some space between them, just as Lydia, Isaac and Kira finally arrive to finish their plan.

"Mason..." Lydia says
"I think you're gonna need to try it a little louder..." Kira says and Sebastien looks at Rayne.

"Mon Cheri?"
"I prefer Acalia." She says and Sebastien's eyes glow blue as he approaches them, and Lydia takes a deep breath before she bellows at Sebastien as loud as she can while he transforms into the Beast.

"MASON!" Lydia shouts. The force of Lydia's voice is so strong that it hits the Beast in waves, and both Scott and Liam look shocked as they see Lydia's new powers in action for the first time. The Beast raises his hands to cover his face from the force of Lydia's scream when suddenly, he bursts into a cloud of shadows from which Mason stumbles out.

Corey, who has been pressed against the wall the entire time to watch the plan go down, makes himself visible and rushes forward to catch Mason before he falls. Mason looks around in confusion as the shadow-cloud that is Sebastien's life essence floats around without a corporeal body.

Rayne, Kira, Lydia, Scott, and Mason all smile in relief that their plan actually worked until the Beast's spirit screeches and heads toward them. Before they can react, Parrish appears and wraps his arms around it, somehow able to touch him without him having a physical body. Parrish then looks over at Scott as he struggles to hold on.

"Scott!" He shouts and Scott rushes over, picks up the unsheathed sword, and tosses it toward the Beast like a javelin, which goes through its chest and causes it to disappear in a burst of black shadow and blue light. They all breath a disbelieving sigh of relief and look around at each other.

"Is everyone okay?" Scott asks
"Not everyone!" Theo shouts and they turn to see him standing at the end of the adjacent hallway, electricity crackling around him as he glares at them furiously.

Kira stares at him in horror for a moment until something clicks in her mind, and she rushes to the front of the group just as Theo shoots a bolt of electricity at them, which hits the blade of Kira's katana and passes harmlessly through her body. Kira smiles smugly at him as her Kitsune eyes come out.

"The Skinwalkers have a message for you, Theo..." She says
"Your sister wants to see you." Theo looks around helplessly as Kira takes her katana, whose blade is glowing bright blue, into the stone floor in front of her, causing a crack in the ground that breaks into a medium-sized sinkhole right next to where Theo is standing. Just then, Theo's sister crawls out and glares at him as she grabs him by the legs and pulls him underground with her. Theo struggles to stay up and begins hysterically pleading with the others, who are just gaping in shock.

"Rayne! Rayne! Rayne, help me! No! No!" He screams and Rayne moves forward when Isaac holds onto her hand and she looks back at him and he gives her a look
"Rayne! Help me! Rayne! No, Rayne! Help me!" Theo continues to scream until he finally pulled down into the sink hole, which seals itself back up like it was never there in the first place.

"I have so many questions about what just happened and how it happened."