𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 ➢ ᴛʜᴇᴏ ʀᴀᴇᴋᴇɴ

Ch. 15 - 𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉

"So, he drilled holes into their head? All of them?" Stiles asked making Deaton look over at him, "That was the experimentation part. He did it to Werewolves, Banshees, Wendigos... Any creature he could get his hands on. And Valack found that trephination would initially heighten their powers, but to levels that couldn't be contained."

"So, he wants to make Lydia more powerful?" Scott asked and Ivory sighed softly and shook her head as she looked up at them, "Except she's going to end up just like them." She said as she gestured to the photo of the banshee.

"Worse, actually. Lydia's abilities were already pretty exceptional to begin with. Putting a hole in her head... will be like causing a leak in a nuclear reactor. She'll hear everything- every death, every dying scream, all at once." Deaton said making Ivory's eyes widen, "That'll kill her." She said and Deaton nodded slightly.

"Not only that. Her own dying scream could be so powerful that it might kill everyone around her as well."

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Everyone stood around the dining table in Scott's house as Scott and Stiles went over their plan, "There's four steps- we get into Eichen, we get into the closed unit, we get Lydia, we get out." Stiles started explaining and Scott nodded. "And we have to do all of this while getting past orderlies, guards, electric door locks, and a mountain ash barrier." Scott said making the girls and Liam are all looking at Scott and Stiles as though they're crazy.

"You have a plan for all that?" Malia asked and Stiles pulled out the key card, "I stole this last night off an orderly. But, it's useless, 'cause they reset the codes each night." He said and Ivory raised her eyebrows. "So, why'd you take it?" She asked and Stiles sighed and nodded slightly, "We're getting to that."

"The only way to get Lydia out of Eichen is to make that key card work again." Scott said and Liam squinted, not understanding where they are going with this, "How are you going to do that?" He asked and Stiles sighed. "We're getting to that, okay? Just listen-" He says and turns his laptop around so everyone can see the screen, which had a log on it.

"I pulled all the history off the key card. 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-" Stiles explains and Liam nods, "The card goes back to the default code. It works again." He says.

"How are we going to cause a brownout?" Kira asked and Stiles pointed at her, "You will. You're going to draw power from the main line- but only enough to cause the brownout. Not a blackout. Do that, and you send Eichen into lockdown, which would be bad. Very, very bad." Stiles said making Kira's eyes widen slightly.

"There's an electrical room behind the reception counter. The main power line goes into two breakers that run power to all of Eichen." Scott says as he point at something on the blueprint while Kira looks at him with wide eyes, "Okay, slight problem- I don't know how to do that." She said and he gave her a reassuring smile. "That's okay! You have time to practice."

"Let's say this goes perfectly. How does a brownout get us into the closed unit of Eichen?" Malia asked, "The system takes five minutes to reboot. In that five minutes, all the alarms will be turned off. The key card should work." Stiles explained and Scott turns to Liam.

"Liam, you and I get Ivory and Stiles to the gate of the closed unit. But after that, they have to go on their 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." Scott said and Stiles nodded in agreement. "Uh, any questions?" Stiles asked.

"How do we get into Eichen House in the first place?"

"What's our worst case scenario?"

"What if I can't do it?"