Stiles POV: They met up with Scott and Kira at Eichen.
"Hello? Anyone there?" Lydia said ringing the buzzer.
"Are you going to be okay in there?" Scott asked Stiles as he leaned on his Jeep.
"Yeah why?"
Stiles gave Selene a little nod when she looked at him then went over to stand by the girls but still could hear.
"You just seem a little off" Scott said.
"I think we're all a little off."
"Maybe some of us more than others."
"Wait what happened?"
"When the other Chimera Lucas when he came after us I heard Kira say something in Japanese."
"That doesn't sound too bad."
"She doesn't know any Japanese."
"Still not terrible."
"I also think I might have stopped her from killing Lucas."
"Okay wasn't he trying to kill you though? I mean that just sounds like self-defense."
"It was more than that I mean she nearly took off his head."
"Maybe she had no choice. There's gotta be a point where self-defense is justified. Tracy killed her own father and Lucas would have killed you."
"They're not the bad guys they're the victims. We shouldn't be killing the people we're trying to save."
"And sometimes you just can't save the rabid animal sometimes all you can do is put it down for the safety of yourself and others" Selene said coming back over to them taking Stiles' hand growling softly.
The gate buzzed and opened for them. They all looked back when the gate clanged closed behind them.
"Please empty your pockets into the container" the male orderly behind the desk said when they walked in.
"We're here to see…" Scott tried.
"Please empty your pockets into the container. Please remove your belt and place it into the container" the orderly said after they all emptied their pockets.
"I kind of need the belt I mean it's crucial to the outfit" Kira replied.
"Please remove your belt which patients will attempt to take from you and use to strangle either themselves or others."
"Got it."
Kira put her belt in the container while the orderly stared at Lydia creepily. Stiles glared and Selene softly growled. Just before he took the container away Stiles saw the pin he pulled from the scaffolding.
Then a man came out the side door waiting for them.
"I'll remind you that I'm doing this as a favor to Deaton and I'm doing it against my better judgment" the doctor said leading them down down down stairs.
"Hey what's the etiquette for talking to this guy? I mean do you ever look at the other eye?" Stiles asked.
"I wouldn't. In fact while you're down here try not to make eye contact with anyone or anything."
"I'm Alpha I hide from no one and nothing" Selene growled out.
"You're funeral" the doctor said.
Selene just smirked and let out a little laugh. Stiles took her hand. They walked toward a door at the end of a hall. Stiles turned back to see Selene Scott and Kira stop.
"You didn't think you were all going did you" the doctor asked.
"It's mountain ash isn't it?" Scott asked.
"Everywhere but heavily concentrated down here" the doctor smiled.
Selene raised her eyebrow in challenge then walked over to stand next to Stiles.
"What? How?" the doctor stammered shocked.
"None of your business" Selene grinned showing fang.
"Valack's cell is the last one at the end of the hall" the doctor said after a few seconds.
"We'll be right here" Scott said.
"You are so hot" Stiles whispered in Selene's ear grinning as they walked past the doctor who was still stunned.
They looked in the cages as they walked. Stiles saw Donovan in one but when he looked again it was a monster.
"Tell me what you just saw" Valack said as they got to his cell.
"Me?" Stiles asked.
"The creature in the previous cell the Sluagh. The myth is that they can take on the appearance of the lost souls that have become inextricably bound to it. Happen to have seen any lost souls Mr. Stilinski?"
"Everyone down here" Stiles replied.
"Don't give up on us just yet. We're all works in progress" Valack said.
"Where did you hear that from?" Lydia asked.
"Wise words from a former cellmate. Did you bring the book?"
Stiles pulled it out from under his jacket.
"Very nice first edition of course there was only one printing."
"There is no T.R. McCammon is there?" Lydia asked.
"No."
"You wrote the book."
"That's right Lydia. Maybe you've already guessed that it's not just a book"
"What is it?" Lydia asked.
"A tool designed to open our eyes."
"To what?" Stiles asked.
"To them the Dread Doctors."
"Why did you use a pseudonym?" Lydia asked.
"I had a professional reputation once. I wasn't interested in ruining it by putting my name on a second-rate piece of trash."
"Then why write the book in the first place?" Stiles asked.
"You haven't read it yet have you? I wrote it because no one believed me because no one listened. They're here aren't they? In Beacon Hills."
"What are they?" Lydia asked.
"Not entirely human at least not anymore. They were once scientists once scientists who worshiped the supernatural. Tesla said 'if you want to find the secrets of the universe think in terms of energy frequency and vibration'. They found their secret in electromagnetic forces. Ways to prolong their life give them power and most importantly making you forget you ever saw them."
"What do they want?"
"Good question Lydia everybody wants something don't they?"
"And what do you want?" Selene spoke up.
Valack held up a small recorder.
"Hit record" he said placing on the open slate in his door.
"What do you want me to say?" Lydia asked.
"I don't want you to say anything I want you to scream."
"No way not happening" Stiles said taking the recorder from Lydia.
"He's the only one who knows anything" Lydia said facing away from the cell.
"The guy is a nut job who drilled a hole into his head he's probably lying his ass off" Stiles said.
"He's not lying his heart beat is steady" Selene told them.
"How many have died so far? All of them teenagers am I right? Want to know how many died the first time they came here? Wonder how many will die if they succeed?"
"This did happen before" Lydia said.
"And now they're back. All because a few teenagers who never even considered the consequences decided to reignite a supernatural force they barely understand."
Selene growled softly Valack didn't flinch.
"The Nemeton" Lydia said.
"How'd you even know about that?" Stiles asked.
"I know because I saw it" Valack said taking off the bandages around his head.
There was a bloody hole in the middle of his head and inside was an eyeball. Stiles and Lydia looked away and while Selene didn't her eyes turned red. Then the lights flickered.
"Who did you come with?" Valack demanded.
"Our friends" Lydia said.
"What are they?"
"Don't answer" Stiles told her.
"You brought a kitsune" Valack said in fear and anger.
Then the light exploded.
"What's happening?" Lydia asked freaking out.
"She's disrupting the building defenses."
"What do you mean? How?" Lydia asked.
"It's not just the mountain ash that keeps this building secure it's the electromagnetic energy. Eichen is built on the convergence of Telluric currents. Ley lines. It's what allows it to keep certain supernatural creatures in and certain others out. They knew you were coming they're here now and you unlocked the door for them" Valack explained.
"Hit record do it now it costs you nothing" Valack yelled.
"But it's worth something to you you're not getting it for free" Stiles said.
"What does the book do?" Lydia asked.
"Tell us" Stiles yelled hitting the wall of Valack's cell a little.
"I told you it opens your eyes."
"How?" Lydia asked.
"It triggers the memory centers of the brain clearing the fog and bringing the images of the Dread Doctors into focus. I wrote the book in an effort to find out if anyone else like me had even seen them before I thought I could circulate it an effort to trigger someone… anyone else's memory. They'd see the over a hint of memory… they pick up the book read it. The suppressed memoires surface and they'd find their way to me to discover more just like you did."
"Did it work with anyone else?" Stiles asked.
"You didn't see it on The New York Times best seller list did you?"
"So all we have to do is read the book?" Lydia asked.
"If you've seen them if they've done something to you then the book will help you remember. Now give me what I want" Valack ordered.
Lydia held out her hand and Stiles gave her the recorder. Lydia let out a banshee scream as Stiles and Selene covered their ears.
"Tell us what they want" Lydia said giving Valack the recorder back.
"Lydia I think we need to go out of here" Stiles said.
"They're coming" Selene said.
"What are they trying to do" Lydia asked.
"Read the book anyone who's come into contact with them" Valack said.
"Lydia we gotta go now" Stiles said noticing Selene was wolfing out for a fight.
"We need to move now" Selene growled out between her fangs.
"Read the book!" Valack yelled as they left running down the hall.
They hid in the large shower room after a minute the lights came back on.
"I think we're okay. Stiles?" Lydia said when he didn't answer.
"No it's not okay all of this it's on us. Everything that's happened everything that's going to happen it's our fault" Stiles said.
"It's our responsibility" Lydia said.
Everyone went home for the night with plans to meet at Scott's house the next day to read the book.