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Chapter 86: 5-19

"Mason!" Liam screamed and quickly pulled Mason back to his chair. "Wake up buddy" Liam said slapping his best friend on the cheek lightly. Almost everyone was now crowding the unconscious boy, looking at him in worry. "Someone get some water quick!" Corey said beside him, holding Mason's hand. As soon he said that, a jug appeared over Mason and the contents were poured down on the boy and then the jug vanished. Mason spluttered awake and looked at Liam, "dude don't wake me like that!" he said with a groan, rubbing his eyes. "I had this weird dream that I was this beast of Gevaudan who ran around killing...it wasn't a dream was it" Mason said once he looked at Liam properly who was biting his lip and looked nervous. Liam shook his head, "dude.." he couldn't say anything else. "You have to kill me then" Mason blurted out much to the shock of everyone present, "kill me before I kill them" he said seriously looking at everyone. "No one is going to die" Scott said taking a step forward. "But I'm a threat" Mason said. "So was I" Stiles said taking a step forward, "and no one gave up on me. And no will give up on you. We will find a way to stop this. It hasn't happened yet and sure as hell won't happen again" Stiles promised and looked at Scott who nodded his head. "We won't let this happen" Scott said reassuringly followed by nods of approval from the rest of the people in the room except Peter and Theo. Peter because he felt like the kid should be put down right now while Theo just wanted the alpha's powers for himself for which they both got soaked by water from the magic jug.

It took a while but after Mason had calmed down enough and the rest had settled in, the show began again.

Corey and Mason are asleep in each other's arms in the tunnels beneath Beacon Hills. Mason shakes awake. Corey explains that he brought him underground because Scott can't track his scent down there. Mason doesn't want to accept that he's the Beast of Gevaudan but Corey says he felt something after they turned invisible on the bus. It was Mason who figured out that transmissions and frequencies played a role in the Beast's manifestations. He then forces Mason to recall where he was during each of the Beast's appearances. Mason doesn't remember.

"Yeah we expected him not to" Stiles whispered to himself, chewing his nails.

Mason realizes that the Dread Doctors can still track his unique frequency. They do, appearing in the tunnels and giving chase. The boys escape to the rain-soaked street above where they are once again surrounded by the Dreads. Corey turns Mason invisible but The Surgeon strikes out with his cane and knocks him unconscious. The doctors take Mason.

"I'm so sorry" Corey rubbed his face. "You tried your best man" Mason rubbed his back gently but couldn't console him properly being afraid for his own safety.

Theo, Tracy and Deucalion discuss the Dread Doctor mask stolen from Valack's operating room. They want Josh to put it on since his powers are electrically-based and the properties of the mask are based in electromagnetism. Deucalion says the mask was originally manufactured by The Surgeon using "practices at the farthest edges of pseudoscience." The process harnessed electromagnetic fields in the masks "infusing them with a unique and deadly power." Josh refuses to put it on.

"He is smart not to" Talia nodded her head. She had only heard rumors of what the mask could do and it wasn't pretty. Plus she had seen what happened to the nurse and then the pain Malia faced. These were chimeras, not real supernatural creatures. Hence the effects could be deadly for them.