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Rayne woke up to the sound of her brother screaming, she quickly ran to his room and hugged him as he gripped onto her
"Stiles, you're awake, okay? Count my fingers, okay? Can you do that?" And holds out her hands and takes his finger and points to one of them.

"That's one, okay? Say it back to me. One." She says
"O-one." He says and she kisses his head
"Good. Now can you do the rest?" She asks and he does as their father watches them at the door.

"You want me to stay here?" Rayne asks and he nods
"Let me make sure my phone is on charge. I'll be back." She says and walks into her room
"You need to go." She says to Aiden.

"You're staying in his room?" He asks and she nods and he puts on a shirt and pulls her by the arm and kisses her
"Goodnight." He says.

"Goodnight."

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Rayne's outfit

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"Hey, you all right?" Rayne asks her brother as she walks into his room
"You ready for school?" Their father asks and Stiles looks at the book again
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm good." He says and they both give him a look.

"Dad, seriously, I'm fine. It was just a nightmare. What's that?" He asks
"That's just, uh, files from the office." Their father says
"It says 'Sheriff's station, do not remove'." Rayne reads.

"Well, yeah-- unless you're the Sheriff!" He says
"Oh." They both say looking at each other
"Now, get your butts to school, all right?" He says.

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"Hey! Hey, you all right?" Stiles asks holding a panicked Scott's shoulders as he nods
"You don't look all right, Scott." Rayne says
"I'm okay." He says.

"No, you're not. It's happening to you, too-- you're seeing things, aren't you?" Stiles says
"You're seeing things?" Rayne asks
"How did you know?" Scott asks.

"Because it's happening to all three of you." Lydia says.

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"Well, well, well... Look who's no longer the crazy one." Lydia says
"We're not crazy!" Allison says
"Hallucinating? Sleep paralysis? Yeah, you guys are fine." Rayne sarcastically says.

"We did die and come back to life... That's gotta have some side effects, right?" Scott says and the bell rings
"We keep an eye on each other, okay? And Lydia? Stop enjoying this so much. You either Rayne." Stiles says
"What?" They both say.

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"Good morning, everyone. My name is Mr. Yukimura. I'll be taking over for your previous history teacher. My family and I moved here three weeks ago. I'm sure, by now, you all know my daughter, Kira? Or, you might not, since she's never actually mentioned anyone from school... Or brought a friend home, for that matter..." Mr Yukimura says and there's a thump at the back of the class.

"Either way, there she is!" He says and Kira looks up and people snicker and she meets Scott's eyes and he smiles and Rayne notices that look. The same look he gave Allison when they first met
"What?" Scott asks Rayne and she just shrugs and looks at the front of the class.

"Now, let's begin with American history at the turn of the 20th century..." Mr Yukimura starts.

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"Maybe we need a little more time to get to normal?" Scott says as they walk to their lockers
"Yeah, try not to forget-- we hit the reset button on a supernatural beacon for supernatural creatures. There's a pretty good chance things are never going back to normal." Stiles says trying to unlock his locker.

"Yeah..." Scott sighs
"What?" Stiles asks to no one in particular as he looks at his lock and Rayne taps him on the shoulder,
"You want me to do it?" She asks and he shakes his head and they turn to Scott.

"Oh, dude, your eyes." Stiles says
"What about them?" Scott asks confused
"They're starting to glow." Rayne replies.

"You mean, like, right now?" He asks
"Yes, right now! Scott, stop! Stop it!" Stiles says
"I can't- I can't control it."

"All right, just keep your head down. Look down, come on. Keep your head down." Stiles says and they push his head down and take him to a classroom and he takes his jacket off
"Get back away from me!" He shouts as he starts to growl
"Scott, it's okay..." Stiles says
"I don't know what's going to happen. Get back!" He says and stabs himself with his claws and blood pours out of his hands.

"Pain makes you human." Scott says
"Scott, this isn't just in our heads. This is real. And it's starting to get bad for me, too... I'm not just having nightmares-- I'm having dreams where I have to literally scream myself awake. And sometimes, I'm not even sure if I'm actually ever waking up." Stiles says.

"What do you mean?" Rayne asks
"You know how you can tell you're dreaming? You can't read in dreams. More and more, the past few days, I've been having trouble reading. It's like I can't see the words-- I can't put the letters in order." He explains
"Like, even now?" Scott asks and Stiles stands up and looks at the writing on the walls.

"I can't read a thing."

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"You know, the last time we brought one of these to her grave, it was stolen the same day. A hundred bucks, down the drain." Stiles says and Rayne and him look to see their father on the floor
"Hey, Dad?" They say and he looks up.

"Hi. What are you doing down there?" He asks
"Working. And, hey, if somebody wants the flowers that badly, they can have them. It's the gesture." Their dad says
"Hey, Dad? What's all this?" Rayne asks motioning to the mess on the floor.

"I've been looking over some old cases from a more... illuminated... perspective, if you know what I mean..." He says
"'Strange sighting of bipedal lizard man sprinting across freeway.'" Stiles reads a file
"Kanima pile." He says and Stiles drops it to the pile.

"Dad, you're not going back through all your old cases, seeing if any of them had something to do with the supernatural, are you?" Rayne asks
"I admit, the recent opening of my eyes to the greater mysteries of the universe has got me reassessing. There's at least a hundred cases here, where I look at the details and I can ask myself, 'If I knew then what I know now--?'" Their dad says.

"Right, but are you sure you wanna go down that path?" Stiles asks
"Do I have a choice?" He asks
"Probably not." Rayne says.

"There's one case in particular that I can't get out of my head. Eight years ago, I was elected Sheriff of Beacon County. My first official duty was to tell a man that not only had his wife and two kids died in a car accident, but, as best as we could tell, the body of his oldest had been dragged from the wreck by coyotes." Noah says.

"You mean dragged and eaten?" Rayne asks
"We didn't find the car until three days after the crash. They had driven off the road into a pretty deep ravine. Two bodies that were still in the car were covered in bites and slashes." He says.

"So, you're thinking, 'bites and claw marks,' probably a Werewolf attack?" Stiles says
"Maybe." Their dad replies
"But coyotes, they scavenge, right? So, couldn't they have just left the bites and the slashes?" Stiles asks
"Absolutely. But, guess what night the accident occurred on?" He asks.

"The night of a full moon." Rayne replies.

"Yeah."
"Hey, Dad? Where are all these going?" Stiles asks looking at boxes
"Yeah, we, uh... We probably need to talk about that." He says.

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"STILINSKI!" Coach shouts as he blows the whistle and Stiles jumps
"Uh-huh?" He asks
"I asked you a question!" Coach says.

"Uh... Sorry, Coach. What was it?" Stiles asks
"It was, 'Stilinski, are you paying attention back there?'" Coach says
"Oh. Well, I am now..." Stiles replies.

"Stilinski, stop reminding me why I drink! Every night." Coach says
"Does anyone else want to try the question on the board?" He asks and Rayne and Scott look at him
"I'm okay. I just fell asleep for a second." Stiles says.

"Dude, you weren't asleep..."

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"Okay, so-- what happens to a person who has a near-death experience and comes out of it seeing things?" Scott asks
"And is unable to tell what's real or not?" Stiles adds
"And is being haunted by demonic visions of dead relatives?" Allison also adds.

"They're all locked up because they're insane." Isaac says
"Ha. Can you at least try to be helpful, please?" Stiles asks
"For half my childhood, I was locked in a freezer... So, being helpful is kind of a new thing for me." He asks.

"Hey, dude, are you still milking that?" Stiles asks
"Watch it!" Rayne says hitting his shoulder
"Yeah, maybe I am still milking that!" Isaac says.

"Hi..." A small voice says and they all look up to see Kira
"Hi, sorry... I couldn't help overhearing what you guys were talking about... And, I think I actually might know what you're talking about. There's a Tibetan word for it-- it's called 'Bardo.' It literally means 'in-between state.' The state between life and death." She explains.

"And what do they call you?" Lydia asks looking at her up and down
"Kira." Scott says and they all look at him
"She's in our history class." Rayne says dialling down the judgy looks.

"So, are you talking Bardo in Tibetan Buddhism or Indian?" Lydia asks
"Either, I guess... But, all the stuff you guys were just saying? All that happens in Bardo. There are different progressive states where you can have hallucinations. Some you see, some you just hear. And you can be visited by peaceful or wrathful deities." Kira says and Rayne moves a little for her to sit down.

"Wrathful deities? And what are those?" Isaac asks
"Like... demons." Kira says
"Demons. Why not?" Stiles says.

"Hold on-- if there are different progressive states, then what's the last one?" Allison asks
"Death. You die." Kira says
"Well that's sweet." Rayne smiles nervously.

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"It sounds like your subconscious is trying to communicate with you." Deaton says
"Well, how do I tell my subconscious to use a language that I actually know?" Stiles asks
"Do you remember what the sign language looked like? The placement and movement of the hands?" Deaton asks.

"You know sign language?" Scott asks
"I know a little. Let me give it a shot." Deaton says
"Okay, the first one was like this... Then..." Stiles shows him the signs.

"That's 'when.'" Deaton says
"Then, there was this, twice..." Stiles shows him a different sign
"That's 'door.'"

"And this in between it."
"That's it?" Deaton asks
"Yeah..." Stiles sighs.

'"When is a door not a door?'" Deaton says
"When is a door not a door?" Stiles asks
"When it's ajar." Rayne says.

"You're kidding me. A riddle? My subconscious wants to tell me a riddle?" Stiles asks
"Not necessarily...When the three of you went under the water, when you crossed from consciousness to a kind of superconsciousness? You essentially opened a door in your minds." Deaton says.

"So, what does that mean? The door's still open?" Scott asks
"Ajar." Deaton says
"A door into their minds?" Rayne asks.

"I did tell you it was risky..." Deaton says
"What do we do about it?" Scott asks
"Well, that's difficult to answer-" Deaton says.

"Oh, no! Wait a second, I know that look-- that's the 'we know exactly what's wrong with you, but we have no idea how to fix it' look!" Stiles cuts off
"One thing I do know is that having an opening like that into your mind? It's not good. You each need to close that door, and you need to do it as soon as possible." He says.

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The three of them walk out and then Noah Stilinski parks his car in front of the clinic
"Dad, what are you doing here?" Stiles asks
"I'm here because I could use some help. Actually... both of you to help." Noah says looking at Scott and Rayne.

"Why us?" Scott asks
"Because eight years ago, almost an entire family died in a car accident. Once of the bodies, a young girl named Malia, was never found. There's enough evidence to have me thinking that a Werewolf could have caused the accident and dragged her body away. If you could somehow get a lock on her scent, if you could somehow help me find her body, it might provide the missing clue..." He says.

"But what if it was a Werewolf?" Stiles asks
"Well, there's somebody out there that murdered an entire family-- someone who still needs to be caught." He says
"This day gets better and better." Rayne sighs.

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"So, that was my day." Rayne sighs looking at her homework
"You'll figure it out, you always do." Aiden says kissing her neck and she looks at him and he smirks
"What?" She asks and he takes her phone and hands it to her and she looks at her glowing red eyes.

"At least I know I'm having an effect on you." He whispers and she moves her books and straddles his lap and kisses him and pulls away
"Well, something is poking me, so I am definitely having an effect on you." She says and climbs off him and pulls her books back.

"Have you heard from him?" Rayne asks
"No." Aiden sighs
"I can't believe he gives me my memories back just for him to pack up and leave." She scoffs.

"I mean no text, no call, email. Nothing. You'd think after saying me loved me so much he would at least say goodbye." She says, eyes glowing red and he kisses her shoulder and they go back to normal.

"I just wanted a goodbye."

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Stiles, Scott and Rayne all step over the rat traps and open the door as the door creaks
"All I'm getting is some animal smell..." Scott says as they both smell the pillows and toys
"What kind of animal?" Stiles says and Rayne and Scott hear growling and turn their heads.

"Dog." They say.

"Hi, puppy... Get rid of it." Stiles says
"Me?" Scott asks
"Yes, you! Glow your eyes at it! Something! Be the Alpha!"

"I can't... I don't have control..."
"Rayne, eyes." Stiles says
"Mine only glow when I am angry or aroused so." Rayne says.

"Never say that again. Ever." Stiles says and then turns to Scott
"Okay, buddy, you're going to have to try something." He says
"Nice... doggy...?" Scott says getting closer to the dog and the dog barks.

"Apollo! APOLLO, SHUT UP! Shut the hell up!" Henry Tate shouts from downstairs
"Here, try that." Stiles says giving him a book
"Anything?" He asks.

"All I'm getting is that dog..."

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"I'm sorry. I tried as hard as I could. If it wasn't so long ago, I might have been able to do it." Scott says
"It's okay. It was a long shot. In fact, it was a pretty terrible idea. I think I just ripped a wound open in that poor man. I never should have brought you guys here. I don't know what I was thinking. Thanks for trying, all right?" Noah says.

"Yeah..." Scott says
"See you at home." Noah says to Stiles and Rayne
"Bye." She says.

"Aren't there a lot of cases that go unsolved?" Scott asks
"Yeah, I just think this is one he felt like he could've figured out right now." Stiles says
"Why is it so important now?" Scott asks
"He wants to be able to solve one more... while he's still Sheriff." Rayne says.

"What do you mean, 'still Sheriff?'"

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"Rayne... Rayne..." Stiles whispers from her door and then goes closer to her bed and then notices Aiden
"Oh, please don't be naked, please don't be naked." He whispers to himself and pulls off the covers to see they have clothes on.

"Oh thank god." He sighs in relief and Rayne groans awake
"Stiles, what is it?" She asks
"We're gonna find a dead body, he can't come." He says pointing at Aiden.

"I hate you both." Rayne says noticing Scott at the door.

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You know, if my dad's right, that means there's another Werewolf in town that we haven't met yet..." Stiles says as they walk through the woods
"I know." Scott sighs.

"If it turns out to be something, like, triplets that form into, like, a three-headed hound of hell, I'm seriously not up for that." Rayne says
"Yeah, me, either. Especially if I can't even control my own transformation anymore." Scott says and then a coyote howls and Stiles jumps making Scott drop his phone in a puddle.

"Sorry, buddy. I hate coyotes so much-- they always sound like they're mauling some tiny, helpless little animal." Stiles says and they both jump down and Stiles stumbles a little
"How graceful." Rayne says
"It still works." Scott says looking at his phone.

"Let me see the flashlight. I think we found it..." Stiles says taking the flashlight and they walk to a car turned upside down
"Uh, why wouldn't they move it? Isn't it evidence?" Scott asks
"Probably too much of a pain in the ass to tow out." Stiles says.

"Look at this-- see those? Animal claws would be closer together, right? A lot closer." Rayne says looking at scratches on the door
"Then it was a Werewolf." Scott says
"So, my dad was right..." Stiles says and shines the flashlight in the car.

"What is that?" Scott asks and Stiles reaches in to see a baby doll
"Creepy is what it is." Rayne murmurs
"I'm hungry." It says and they jump and let out a scream.

"I think I just had a minor heart attack." Stiles says and suddenly they hear growling
"Hey, Stiles...? Please tell me you see that." Scott says and they both look to see glowing eyes
"I see it." They both say and then Scott takes off running.

"Wait, hey, Scott! Scott, wait!" They shout
"We need to get him a leash." Rayne says
"Yeah we do." Stiles nods.