A crow swoops down onto the metal gate outside Eichen House. Inside the mental facility, Lydia Martin stands under a steaming shower there is an angry red scar or bruise on her side just below her ribs. Nurse Cross stands nearby with a towel waiting. She is impatient and says she believes Lydia is faking catatonia and is just waiting for the staff to drop their guard.

(Catatonia is a state of apparent unresponsiveness to external stimuli in a person who is apparently awake.)

Lydia is immobile, staring straight ahead with a blank expression. Nurse Cross demands that Lydia look at her but gets no response. She grabs Lydia's face but the girl's eyes never focus and when the nurse lets go, Lydia resumes her prior stance and stare.

Later, Lydia is led past a number of glassed-in cells populated by other patients. Cross is joined by an orderly, Schrader (Clayton Fronning), and they continue to discuss Lydia's "performance" as a non-responsive catatonic.

With Lydia back in her own cell, Schrader prepares a syringe of an unknown clear drug. Cross orders him to "up the dose to 3 mils" meaning 3 milligrams. She says it will truly make Lydia catatonic.

Schrader seems to draw some sort of pleasure from injecting Lydia. He slides the needle into her arm but claims he can't find the vein. He repeats the process and a tiny bit of blood flows back into the syringe. He says he needs to find a bigger vein and goes for her neck but Lydia snaps upright and screams causing the lights to explode in the room.

She is quickly up and out of her cell. Two orderlies have her cornered in the hallway. She takes on one directly using heretofore unseen martial arts skills to incapacitate him. The other orderly is now upon her and she pushes him back with both hands and screams. Waves of power seem to emanate from her hands and propelled by the scream, send the orderly flying down the hall. Several of the overhead light fixtures explode.

Lydia makes it outside. It's raining and security guards come at her from all sides. Again, with a mix of martial arts and her new scream powers, she manages to beat them all. She heads for steps leading down to the street but is stopped by a shadowy figure walking slowly up the stairs.

It is Aiden, her former lover who died killing the last Oni. He tells her she has to go back and finish her treatment. Security guards begin shocking her with taser-prods. Lydia is distraught. She says she has to get to her friends to warn them that they're all going to die.

~~~

~~~

Scott and Selene are sitting on the hood of Stiles' jeep looking up at a full moon. Stiles has a San Francisco Bay area map open next to him and is discussing how expensive apartments can be in some areas of town (the Mission District and Haight-Ashbury). Scott suggests Berkley saying "a lot of students live around there" but Stiles says the Jeep would burn through a lot of clutches on Nob Hill.

"You should have taken Liz offer to help you actually repair this thing" Selene chuckles and Stiles rolls his eyes.

"Wait, you're bringing the Jeep?" Scott asks.

"You know the plan, okay? No one gets left behind. That's the plan. Lydia and Selene aren't gonna have a problem getting into Stanford. Kira's thinking USF. I have no idea what Reed and Cheryl are gonna do. Malia's, uh, gonna, you know, she'll figure something out, okay. The plan's perfect" Stiles explains

"Reed's going for UC Davis and I think Cheryl is planning for CalArts" Selene informs them.

"Cheryl likes art? You know what not the point. I have a vision. Okay? And it is a beautiful vision. Don't ruin the vision. Okay, we can check out the East Bay. Haven't looked at Oakland yet, you know" Stiles then realises Selene and Scott are both staring at the full moon. "You're all right? You're starting to feel it?"

"No. Just thinking" Scott explains.

"About what?" Stiles asks.

"Senior year"

"Senior year, come on, that's, that's... That's nothing. That's going to be easy"

"It's more like something Deaton told me once. You ever hear of 'regression to the mean?'"

"No, I don't think so"

"It was his way of saying that life can't ever be all bad or all good. You know, eventually, things have to come back to the middle. So, think about the last few months. Things have been good, right? But not amazing"

"Yeah, but no one's tried to kill us in six months either"

"Right. We've been pretty much in the middle for a while... Which means, at some point, the scale has to tip one way or the other. Things are gonna get really good again..."

"Or really bad"

"Considering this is Beacon Hills, probably bad" Selene points out and all three of them look up at the sky. A storm quickly gathers overhead, and lightning arcs through the sky.

"You guys think it's been long enough?" Stiles asks.

"Yes!" Liam says from behind them.

"Hey. Trying to have an adult conversation over here"

"All right, you're two years older than me, and I'm fine. Just let me go" Scott and Selene give each other a knowing looks while Stiles uses the key to release Liam from the metal chains trapping him against the tree.

"It's not that we don't trust you-" Selene tries to reassure Liam.

"-It's that I don't trust you" Stiles points out and Selene smacks his shoulder.

"But after that last full moon..."Scott starts.

"It was one slip-up!" Liam tries to defend himself.

"A slip-up? A dozen calls to the Sheriff's department about a monstrous dog boy running around the streets of Beacon Hills??? Naked???" Stiles counters.

"Why were you naked?" Selene asks.

"It was really hot out that night, okay? Let me go!" Liam explains sheepishly.

"You sure you're okay?" Scott asks.

"It won't happen again" Liam tries desperately to make them let him go.

"You're in complete and total control?" Selene asks. Scott unchains him and Liam does seem to be in control but he looks down at his hands. His claws have bloodied his clenched fists.

~~~

The storm has intensified. Inside the Beacon Hills Sheriff's Station, Deputy Parrish is working the front desk and explaining to a caller that power outages are related to the storm. Sheriff Stilinski steps out of his office and tells Parrish to check the fuel level in their backup generator. Parrish seems annoyed.

Later, he bursts into the Sheriff's office and lets loose all his frustrations on his superior. He has, for 6 months, been given jobs he doesn't feel are important - directing traffic, courthouse security, serving subpoenas and filing evidence. He doesn't understand why he is answering phones when the Sheriff needs every available man to deal with the downed power lines, a jackknifed truck and reports of gunshots downtown. He is frustrated because he doesn't understand what he did to lose the Sheriff's trust. Stilinski doesn't try to explain, he just hands him a noise complaint to investigate.

The complaint, logged at 7:21 PM, was from Kate Kasinger who heard noise in the vacant house next door at 2218 Astoria Lane in Beacon Hills.

Parrish arrives at the house, a broken down, two-story, old Greek revival with large white columns. Once inside, he hears something moving behind a concrete wall. He thinks it is a person and rushes back to his car to get something to bust down the wall. He returns with a combination pry bar and pick ax and begins pounding away at the concrete. He manages to make a small hole and a black, viscous fluid begins to ooze from it. The wall cracks further, spraying Parrish in the face with the goo.

A hand thrusts through the wall and grabs him by the throat. A goo-covered man kicks and forces his way through the wall. He has pointy ears and his hands are tipped by enormous talons. He growls at Parrish and stabs him in the gut with his talons. Parrish's eyes glow orange and the creature's eyes take on the same glow.

The goo-covered man points out that Parrish is not a werewolf. He seems intrigued and says "you're no ordinary creature deputy." He then flicks those enormous talons and they being to glow blue and says he's not ordinary either "not tonight."

He then tells Parrish that he'll let him live if the deputy will tell him where to find Scott McCall and Selene Vulpes. Parrish pretends not to know Scott or Selene and the creature slashes at him.

~~~

Stiles is driving with Scott riding shotgun and Liam and Selene in the backseat.

"Is it a party?" Liam asks.

"It's not a party" Stiles replies.

"Then what's at midnight?"

"Your bedtime"

"Why aren't the other girls going?"

"They're meeting us there, okay? And just stop asking questions, all right? It's a senior thing. You'll know when you're a senior"

"You guys having trouble with your phones??" Scott asks.

"Yeah, I was trying to reach Ly- And the Jeep just died" Selene sighs.

"Oh, what the hell?" Stiles says and he and Scott get out of the car.

"You out of gas?" Liam asks.

"No, it's electrical. Probably the alternator-" Stiles tries to explain.

"Again?" Selene asks, clearly annoyed.

"Oh, shut up" Stiles tells her.

"Whoa, that's a lot of duct tape. Kidding. We'll fix it" Selene hears Scott say and then turns to Liam. They start talking while Scott and Stiles do the same outside the Jeep. Suddenly a bolt of lightning hits not far from here.

"Guys..." Liam says and another bolt of lightning strikes, even closer."Guys!"

"Yeah, give us a second, please" Stiles says.

"Liam, stay in the car, okay?" Scott adds and another bolt of lightning hits, almost right next to them.

"That was close" Scott points out.

"Very close" Stiles adds. Suddenly the lights off the Jeep go on again.

"Can we go now?" Selene asks and they get back into the car.

~~~

In a parking lot, Malia's dad and a group of people are trying to move a large tree that was apparently knocked down in the storm. He tells them to lift with their legs but as they begin to try to lift the tree, it seems to rise on its own, out of their hands. As it rises, we see Malia is lifting the whole thing with one hand. No one seems overly surprised by the apparent feat of super strength.

Malia and her dad's cell phones are without signal. She is apparently waiting for an important email.

"Sorry we're late" Stiles says.

"Hey" Malia says but before Stiles can say it back they kiss. Selene leans forward and smirks.

"I'm sorry, too" She says and all of them chuckle.

"You guys do remember I own a gun, right?" Mr Tate says.

"Vividly" Selene answers. Malia gets in the car and Selene, Scott and Stiles stare at her.

"...What?" She asks.

"Did you find out yet?" Stiles asks.

"Find out what?" Liam asks.

"They're gonna email me," Malia says.

"Is this about summer school?" Liam asks.

"You told him?" Selene and Malia ask at the same time.

"Uh..." Stiles starts.

"Oh, no! All they said was you had to go to summer school 'cause the principal said your test scores weren't good enough and you might have to repeat junior year" Liam explains and Malia and Selene look at Stiles accusingly.

"We should have left him chained to the tree" Stiles says and Selene smacks his shoulder again.

~~~

Mellisa is in a hurry. She rushes into her house wearing blood-stained scrubs. She believes Scott is home and shouts out that she is turning right around to go back to work. The creature with the long talons is inside the house but she never sees him.

After a few minutes of shouted conversation, she realizes that Scott is not home but is instead at the high school. She notices a note, affixed to the refrigerator with a magnet, that says "Senior Scribe Back by 1:30." She rushes back out again and the creature, still covered in streaks of the black goo, grabs the note and reads it.

~~~

Kira stands on top of her parents' car in the middle of a traffic jam trying to get a signal on her cell phone. Wind, thunder, and lightning suggest the storm is getting worse. As she seeks a signal her phones' screen shows a picture of Scott.

Inside the car, Noshiko and Ken listen as their daughters' footsteps dent the top of the car. After a couple of seconds, Noshiko leans out the window to tell her to come inside. Once she dismounts, Kira notices another boy trying to get cell signal just down the road. Their eyes meet and he smiles and explains that his phone is non-receptive as well.

Kira worries she is going to be late to Senior Scribe but she can't tell her mother what it is because it is apparently a secret only known to seniors. Ken says he doesn't know what it is either but that it sounds like they're supposed to write something. Noshiko worries that they are going to vandalize something. Kira is unsure if it is vandalism or not.

Kira decides to walk but it begins to rain so she stays in the car.

~~~

"My dad's helping out in surgery. He's not gonna be done for hours. So, I'm either hanging out here... or, I could still go with you guys..." Liam proposes to Scott and Selene, who are walking towards the elevator.

"Show me your hands" Scott says. Liam does so and little bloody crescents are in the palms of his hands.

"Okay, so I'm still having trouble" Liam admits.

"No, you're still learning. What do you do to stay focused on not changing?" Selene asks. He points at his earphones.

"But it's not working" Liam then admits.

"It's working enough. Listen, Derek told me that you were one of the strongest that he'd ever seen at your age." Scott says.

"Now, coming from him? That means a lot" Selene adds.

"Maybe means that things are gonna be harder for you for a while..." Scott counters.

"But it also means something else, doesn't it?" Selene asks.

"That I'm really strong?" Liam asks and Scott and Selene smile.

"Hell yeah" They say and the elvator doors close. Right before they close completely Selene yells:

"Liz is somewhere in the building! At least you won't be alone!"

~~~

"Still can't reach Kira" Scott says.

"Okay, you reminded her about tonight, though, right?" Stiles asks.

"I think so... She only texted me once this week"

"Once? How'd you guys leave things when she left for New York?"

"Well, they were good. Yeah, I just said, you know, 'Don't worry about anything. Just go and have fun.'" Selene and Stiles both groan and look at him like he's an idiot.

"No... You told her to 'go have fun?'" Stiles asks.

"Why? What's wrong with that?" Scott asks, looking between his friends.

"Just... I don't know... That can be interpreted a lot of different ways" Selene replies.

"Like what?" Scott asks, slightly worried.

"Well, like, 'Don't worry, we're not exclusive-- go have fun with other guys.'" Stiles replies.

"No. No way-" Scott tries. Stiles sighs and then reach Malia who was waiting at the entrance.

"Malia, if you were going away, and I told you 'Don't worry, go have fun,' what would you think I was talking about?" Stiles asks his girlfriend.

"Fun like bowling? Or sex with other guys?" Malia asks.

"Okay, yeah... Now, I'm worried" Scott replies and Selene pats his shoulder.

"-25-year-old male, unrestrained driver involved in-" A Medic that just came in asks.

"Hey, Mom? Where's all this coming from?" Scott asks.

"A jack-knifed tractor-trailer on 115-- caused a major pile-up" Mellisa replies.

"Okay, okay, there's only one way back into Beacon Hills from the airport" Stiles realises.

"115" Scott realises too.

"Kira's never gonna make it"

"I can get her. You guys head to the school. Lydia, Reed and Cheryl are probably already there. We'll meet you by midnight"

"How are you gonna get to her in the middle of a traffic jam?"

"We'll make it. Trust me"

~~~

A suspect is dragged into the Sheriff's station by two deputies. He protests that they are making a mistake. The Sheriff, hearing the noise, comes out of his office and recognizes the boy. He calls him Donovan and says that the judge ordered him jailed the next time he ran afoul of the law.

The deputy explains that he was picked up for "B and E" which means breaking and entering. He was also carrying a loaded .38 pistol which he claims wasn't his. The sheriff orders him locked up. Donovan immediately shouts that the Sheriff is "dead" he repeats the threat three more times as he is led away.

The Sheriff, visibly frustrated, yells for someone to tell him why Parrish hasn't returned yet.

~~~

Scott rushes downstairs at this house, motorcycle helmet in hand. He pauses in the kitchen noticing that his note about the Senior Scribe is now lying on the floor. He picks it up and sees claw marks through the paper. At that moment all the magnets on the refrigerator let go and fall to the floor. Scott picks one up and tries to place it back on the fridge but it falls away as if no longer magnetic. The second hand on the electric wall clock is switching back and forth. It is 10 minutes past 10 o'clock.

Suddenly all the magnets leap into the air and reattach themselves to the refrigerator.

An earthquake shakes the house. Plates fall from the counter and shatter on the floor.

~~~

Inside the old house on Astoria Lane, Parrish is severely wounded with deep slash marks across his chest and stomach. The wounds seem to be smoking. He calls "officer down" but his radio only picks up interference from the storm. In the static and squelch, he hears Lydia's voice calling him "Jordan." He then sees Lydia coming toward him. She kneels in front of him and touches his wounds. She leans in close and says "stay with me." Just as she is about to kiss him, the Sheriff shows up. Lydia is not really there.

The sheriff takes him to Melissa at the hospital. They lay him out in the morgue and she scolds Stilinski. The two of them had apparently discussed keeping Parrish out of harms' way by keeping him on desk duty. The sheriff says he didn't think the noise complaint would be that dangerous.

The wounds are still smoking. Melissa speculates that fire may have something to do with his healing processes. Eyes glowing orange, Parrish sits bolt upright. He turns to find Stilinski pointing a gun at him. Melissa gets him to lower the weapon.

Parrish's wounds have mostly healed leaving only red scarred streaks across his chest. Parrish remembers that Scott and Selene are in danger. He explains about the big glowing monster guy and says the talons were sucking the life out him. Parrish thinks the creature could steal Scott and Selene's status. Melissa says it's different for them. Stilinski says "you can't steal a True Alpha's power." Parrish thinks this new creature can. Liam and Liz are outside the door and overhear.

~~~

Back in the traffic jam, the Yukimura's discuss the legend of the Wild Hunt and how ghosts (hunters, horses with blood-red eyes and wolves and hounds) race across the stormy skies in pursuit of souls.