Theo wakes up inside one of the cadaver drawers in the Beacon Hills Hospital Morgue. He batters the door until it opens. He seems confused as a voice from the hallway outside whispers his name. He heads toward the voice and finds his sister Tara Raeken (Shelby Steel) on the ground crawling toward him. There is a gaping bloody hole in her chest where her heart was removed. She reaches into his chest and rips out his heart. He flashes back to when he let her die so that the Dread Doctors could take her heart and place it in his body to make him a chimaera. He dies.

Theo wakes up inside one of the cadaver drawers in the Beacon Hills Hospital Morgue. He batters the door until it opens. A voice calls his name. His sister catches him and rips out his heart. Theo relives this over and over again until finally he no longer runs from his sister and says she doesn't have to stop.

~~~~

Malia sits on Theo's chest and pounds his face again and again.

"It's okay, you don't have to stop," Theo all but whispers.

"Trust me, I won't," Malia replies furiously and flicks out her claws.

"Malia, enough!" Scott yells and drags Malia away from Theo. "Slow down, okay? He's going back into the ground."

"You can't. He remembers Stiles and Selene," Liam protests.

"Scott remembers Stiles and Selene. Lydia, Brett and I remember Stiles and Selene," Malia points out furiously.

"The Dread Doctors knew all about the Wild Hunt. He can help us," Liam tries.

"Or, he could kill us," Scott points out exasperatedly.

"He's my responsibility. Noshiko gave me the sword," Liam counters.

"It's so awkward when Mom and Dad fight," Theo says after dragging himself against the fridge.

"Shut up!" Scott, Malia and Liam yell simultaneously.

"He's not wrong," Brett points out. They turn to him and he simply smiles.

"You both are right. If Theo tries anything, we'll send him back to the Skinwalkers. But, for right now..." Hayden proposes.

"He goes back now," Scott says.

"Except Liam's the one with the sword..." Theo tries.

"Shut up!" Hayden, Malia, Scott and Malia yells.

"Dude," Brett says. "Don't even try,"

"Look," Liz starts. She glances at Theo warily. "I know we can't trust Theo. But we can trust him to save his own ass."

Scott frowns at Liz's statement. He grabs Liam by the wrist and leads him into the living room to talk, leaving Malia, Liz, Brett, Hayden, and Theo in the back room. Malia walks toward Theo, forcing Hayden to step between them to stop her.

"Malia..." Hayden warns.

"Can you give me a second alone with Theo?" Malia asks.

"Why?"

"So I can kill him." Brett snorts, seemingly amused by the entirety of this situation.

"Okay, look-- I know that there are mixed feelings all around, but I might be your only option to stop the Wild Hunt," Theo points out.

"Let's kill him," Malia concludes and Brett grabs her shoulder to hold her back.

Liam and Scott both agree they can't trust Theo. Liam says they can still use him. Scott reminds him that Theo tricked Liam into trying to kill Scott and then finished the job himself when Liam failed. He also points out that he killed the other chimera and his sister. Liam argues that Theo might be their only chance to get Stiles back from the Ghost Riders. Liam admits that using Theo might be a mistake but points out that Scott also made mistakes when he was "learning to be an Alpha." Scott eventually acquiesces because he says they have to do whatever it takes to save Stiles and Selene.

"I can put you back in the ground any time," Liam says holding up the sword.

"You also need a transformer that can handle five billion joules of electricity. I know where to find one, and I can show you how it works. I'll tell you if Malia promises not to kill me," Theo bargains while eyeing the sword nervously. Malia growls in response.

"She promises."

"No, she doesn't," Brett says at the same time as Malia says "No, I don't!"

"We're really gonna do this? Trust him?" Malia asks.

"You got a better idea?" Hayden says sassily.

"Girl, don't think because you'll be making out with Liam in two seconds that your opinion matters more than someone who knows much more of this world than you do," Brett tells Hayden.

"I've got an idea. It may not be better... But at least it's not him," Malia says and leaves.

~~~

Noah Stilinski has removed the wallpaper and most of the drywall from a large area in the hallway of his home. The gaping hole exposes a wooden door. He opens it and sees an empty room beyond. The windows are boarded up and it is covered in dust.

Claudia appears in the doorway. She urges her husband to come out of the room. He is confused but she says the previous owners probably closed up the room because "people do crazy things." The Sheriff suggests that this could be his forgotten son's room. He is surprised Claudia isn't more curious about the situation. She says there are several simple explanations for the room, that they had a son they forgot about is not one of those explanations. She says Noah is making himself crazy and says they should just "leave it alone." He says he can't.

~~~

Liam, Liz and Hayden lead Theo through the woods. Liam has the chimaera's hands cuffed and attached to a chain leash.

"This was a bad idea," Liam realises.

"It's not a bad idea," Hayden protests.

"It is a terrible idea. I told you where the transformer is. I told you how it works. I don't need to be there when it all blows up," Theo counters.

"It's not going to blow up! They ride the lightning. We can use that to catch one and keep him there until we figure out what they want. It's a good idea."

"You're trying to catch a Ghost Rider. A million things can go wrong. Terrible idea."

"The bad idea was bringing him back. Scott's right. This was a mistake," Liam says.

"You took a risk. We took a risk. But it was the right thing to do. I believe in you," Hayden tells him.

Liz turns to Theo and puts her finger in her mouth to symbolise throwing up. He nods in response and then rolls his eyes. Liz turns back around to say Liam and Hayden make up. She quickly diverts her eyes to the ground.

"You guys want me to leave you alone?" Theo then asks making the couple turn to him. He yanks the chain. "Oh, that's right. I can't."

"Let's just go," Liz says and walks past Liam and Hayden.

"What's her problem?" Liam wonders out loud. Theo deadpans.

"You really are an idiot," he replies. "She's probably disgusted by you guys sticking your tongues down each other's throats when we're about to die." At that moment thunder rumbles.

"We better hurry," Hayden says.

~~~

Scott, Brett, Mason, and Corey have constructed a metal cage inside what appears to be a stone cottage in the woods.

"You did it," Hayden says as she, Liz, Liam and Theo enter.

"Of course we did it," Mason replies. Liam unchains Theo who turns on the large electrical transformer in the corner of the room.

"This thing can transmute the energy from a lightning bolt. Even successive strikes," Theo explains.

"Mason are you sure this is going to work?" Scott asks.

"Well, whatever's inside this cage is shielded from any outside electrical current. So, the Ghost Rider won't be able to use lightning to escape," Mason explains.

"We put a lightning rod on the roof and connected it to that conduit cable, drawing the Ghost Rider to that spot," Corey says pointing to the spot.

"We can't send him directly in because the cage neutralizes electromagnetism. Lightning will just bounce off of it. Which is the same reason it'll hold him in," Mason continues.

"If the Ghost Rider lands here, how do we get him in the cage?" Scott asks.

"We have to lure him in,"

"Bait?" Liz asks.

"I'll do it," Hayden speaks up. Everyone turns to her. "It'll be okay. I'm faster than you."

"No, you're not," Brett speaks up. "You're just a beta now, no longer a werejaguar. But sure, I won't miss ya,"

"Brett," Scott warns. Brett raises his arms in surrender.

"As soon as Hayden's out, Scott and Liam, you guys close the gates. And then I'll put down a barrier of Mountain Ash," Mason continues.

"I'll be on the roof to take down the rod," Corey adds.

"We'll be on the lookout for any other Ghost Riders."

"What do you think?" Liam asks turning to Scott.

"I think it's the best idea that we have right now," Scott replies.

"As long as everything goes perfectly and he doesn't escape and kill us all," Theo points out.

"And your transformer works and the whole place doesn't catch on fire," Hayden counters.

"And there isn't a catastrophic solar flare," Mason adds.

"That went from pretty likely to improbable real fast," Liz says.

"Let's do it," Scott says.

Mason uses some sort of device (the same one Garrett Douglas used to zap Theo across the room two days prior) to test the transformer. It ramps up the joules and lightning flashes around the cage. They all seem pleased with the results.

~~~

Melissa explains to Malia that her father has third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body. She says Malia should be saying her goodbyes. Malia says she doesn't need to say goodbye. She needs Melissa to fix him so they can find out what he knows about the Wild Hunt. Melissa reminds her that Peter is a ruthless con man who always has a devious plan to hurt everyone around him. She questions what Malia plans to do once Peter is back up and about. Malia says she has a plan.

Peter is in a private room inside a sealed plastic tent designed to keep in an oxygen rich atmosphere to promote healing while at the same time reducing the chances of his burns becoming infected. Melissa says she's unsure if her efforts to heal Peter will work. Malia says he's dying anyway so what does he have to lose. Peter says he's not dead yet and can hear them discussing his fate.

They breach the tent. Melissa explains that Malia asked her to treat him. He wants to know what's in it for him. Malia says it's simple, Melissa helps him then he helps her. Peter says it's too open-ended. He asks what happens if he doesn't agree and Melissa says she'll leave him for dead. Peter doubts Melissa, questioning what she knows about "our kind" of medicine. She whips out a syringe full of green gunk and says she knows about the "Nine Herbs" (See Ghosted) and stabs the syringe into his chest.

Peter immediately begins to convulse and a greenish foam dribbles from his mouth. Malia questions if it's working and Melissa says it should be because it looks painful enough. Soon Peter's burned skin begins to fall away revealing fully healed skin underneath.

Malia and Melissa support Peter as they make their way to the elevator. Once inside, Peter points out that he and the nurse never went on their second date (See Co-Captain from Season 1). Melissa drops him on the floor of the elevator with a thud.

~~~

Lydia is lying on her bed. Her mother joins her and asks if she is still thinking about how to prove the Riemann hypothesis. Lydia says she's thinking about a dead kid she just met. She explains about Lenore and how she managed to conjure up her dead son because she couldn't deal with the loss of everyone in Canaan. She speculates that the Sheriff may have accidentally conjured up Claudia to fill the void left by the loss of Stiles. Natalie is sceptical saying she just saw Claudia.

Lydia points out that so many things don't make sense. Claudia had a fatal disease but then she's fine. She says her Jeep was stolen 20 years ago, but it's Stiles' Jeep. Lydia says Claudia looked scared when she started peeling the wallpaper off the wall blocking Stiles' room. Like she was protecting a secret.

Natalie speculates that, if it's true, maybe needs Claudia, maybe it's his way of coping. Lydia wonders if Claudia's presence is keeping Noah from remembering Stiles. Her mother warns that if Claudia isn't real, Lydia doesn't want to be the one to tell him.

~~~

The plan seems to go well at first. Lightning strikes. The Ghost Rider appears and chases Hayden into the cage. She exits the back and Liam closes and locks the gate behind her. Scott moves in to shut the front gate but it sticks. Theo jumps in to help but gets his arm wedged in the opening. He urges Scott to force it closed anyway. Theo's bones break. Brett joins and pulls Theo away, and after a brief struggle with the rider, Scott closes and locks the gate. Mason runs through and completes the Mountain Ash circle. The Ghost reaches for his gun but Scott managed to grab it in their struggle.

The Ghost Rider reaches his hand skyward and calls down lightning. It dances around the cage but doesn't reach him.

"It worked!" Scott cheers.

"We did it," Liam mutters.

"Yeah, we did."

The Ghost Rider reaches both hands up and again electricity races around the cage.

~~~

Lydia steps through the ragged hole into what was Stiles' room. The sheriff is incredulous that he didn't know about it in the 18 years they've lived in the house. He says the room is on the blueprints.

Lydia begins to see the things that should be in the empty room. First, she sees Stiles bed in the corner near the window. She then sees the corkboard and "murder" board where Stiles displayed his work when they were figuring out a case. She sees his desk. Then Noah says her name and the room is empty once again.

The sheriff says he doesn't understand how Lydia knew the room was there. He says he's open to discussing the possibility that he had a son. She closes the door.

~~~

"Now, what do we do?" Theo asks.

"Try and talk to him," Scott answers.

"That should be easy," Brett notes with sarcasm.

"Mr Ghost Rider?" Liam speaks up. He clears his throat. "Mr Rider? We'll let you out if you tell us how to get our friends back."

"Everyone. We want everyone back," Scott corrects.

"Tell us how to get 'em all back."

"This is the plan?" Liz asks nervously.

"There wasn't a plan for this part of the plan," Liam replies anxiously.

"It's okay. Look, we got him trapped. He can't get out. We just have to figure out how to communicate with him," Scott points out. "Maybe he can't hear us."

"Maybe he speaks an ancient language," Liam proposes.

"Maybe he only responds to pain," Theo counters.

"Or fear."

"Nothing's gonna scare this thing. Look at him. He's a walking corpse."

"Something's wrong. Why'd he stop trying to get out?" The Ghost Rider suddenly makes a loud noise that sounds like a call.

"Did he just call for backup?" Theo asks.

"When Corey made the Ghost Rider visible at the party, another one showed up," Liam reminds everyone.

"That's comforting," Brett notes.

"We have to figure out how to talk to him... or else get the hell out of here," Scott points out.

~~~

Mason is watching the sky. Hayden arrives and asks about Corey. Mason points to a tree straight at Corey despite the fact the chimaera is invisible. Mason says, "There's a refraction of light around your silhouette that I can always see. I don't know. It probably has something to do with pheromones or some other chemical interaction. It's my only power, finding you."

Hayden reports the woods are clear of Ghost Riders. Hayden gets a text from Liam who explains they can't get the rider captive to talk. This sparks a thought for Mason. He realizes that the Ghost Rider was trying to communicate with Jordan Parrish at the party. Mason says they need to find the Deputy.

~~~

Still in Stiles' room, Lydia tells Noah about Lenore conjuring up her dead son. She explains that Lenore was trying to fill a void and her son manifested to do that. She says they could all the see the boy, he was real. Lydia explains that Lenore saw everyone disappear from Canaan but didn't want to believe it. Instead, she chose to believe in her son.

It dawns on Noah that Lydia is trying to draw a parallel between Lenore's dead son and his wife. He doesn't believe her and become agitated at the thought that he made up a "phantom wife." Lydia says he's afraid to remember Stiles. He becomes angrier, insisting Claudia is flesh and blood. He says everything Lydia is saying is just speculation and conjecture based on a ghost town.

Lydia notices Stiles' lacrosse jersey and helmet sits on a chair nearby. She reaches out, picks it up, and breathes in the scent of him. The sheriff can't see it. He says she's deeply disturbed. Lydia says Noah is afraid to remember Stiles because he's afraid of what it means. He asks why Lydia cares so much that he remember Stiles. She says because he loved Stiles. Then, from his perspective, Lydia mimes throwing nothing, but suddenly a lacrosse jersey is flying toward him. Noah catches it. He stares at it confused and looks back to Lydia.

~~~

Parrish arrives to visit the trapped Ghost Rider. He approaches the cage and the Ghost Rider takes a step forwards.

"That's progress," Theo notes.

"Ask him how we get everyone back," Liam urges.

"Tell us how we get everyone back," Parrish says to the Ghost Rider. It makes a sound.

"What was that?" Liam asks.

"Did he say something?" Scott asks.

"He said 'Hellhound.'" Parrish replies.

"Is that a good thing?" Theo asks.

"Is it ever?" Liz points out.

~~~

Malia drives Peter out to the woods to look for the rift where he came through when he escaped the Ghost Riders' phantom train station. Peter tries to talk her into running away but she is steadfast that they need to rescue Stiles. As they enter the Beacon Hills Preserve on foot, Peter says he doesn't know where he came through. Malia says she marked the spot but they couldn't see the actual rift. Peter says he doubts anyone could see it or get back through it.

He points out that the human he watched try to escape got burned alive. He says humans can't get through it and if they try, Stiles will die too. Malia says they'll find another way to get him out but first they need to get inside. Considering her lack of self-preservation instinct, Peter wonders how Malia could be his daughter.

~~~

"Ask him again," Scott urges.

"What do you want from us?" Parrish asks.

"We are the Wild Hunt. We hunt forever. Those who hunt with us hunt forever," the Ghost Rider replies.

"What does that mean?" Liam asks.

"Tell us what you want," Parrish orders.

"We are the Wild Hunt. Those who hunt with us hunt forever." The Ghost Rider repeats.

"That clarifies things..." Theo comments.

"What do we have to do to get everyone back? Do you want something from us?" Scott asks. The Ghost Rider turns to him and keeps his gaze.

"Why's he looking at Scott?" Liam questions.

"He figured out Scott's the Alpha," Brett replies.

"There must be something you want," Scott urges.

"There is only the Hunt. No one resists. No one escapes," The Ghost Rider replies.

"If they can't be bargained with, we're gonna have to fight 'em," Scott points out.

"Good luck with that one," Liz comments.