She-Wolf

Echo House

Stiles and Sheriff Stilinski ride in silence. Both seem tempted to speak but don't. They pull up outside Eichen House (the mental health facility we all know by now) and without a word get out of the vehicle and stare up at the imposing metal gate and the edifice beyond. Scott arrives on his dirt bike, upset that no one told him that Stiles was moving into Eichen House for 72 hours. He's worried because Barrow and his fly-filled tumour came from this place.

The Sheriff explains that Stiles' MRI results looked exactly like those of his wife and he is terrified. He is going to LA "tomorrow" to talk to a specialist and Stiles has requested that he be locked away in the mental health facility so that he doesn't hurt anyone.

Scott tries to talk him out of the plan saying that "Deaton's got some ideas and Argent is calling people" to try to find something to help him rid himself of the Nogitsune. Stiles says if they don't find something then Scott must make sure he never gets out. 

The Eichen House attendant explains the rules. There are no phone calls, emails or visitors allowed in the first 72 hours. As she lays out the process, a physical, meeting with a psychologist, and group therapy, Sheriff Stilinski becomes more and more agitated. The sounds of door buzzers and cell doors slamming fill his ears. The attendant takes Stiles shoes and gives him brown slippers because "no laces allowed" and then makes him empty his pockets of keys and other items.

Suddenly the Sheriff declares that they forgot Stiles' pillow and that they both must leave to go and get it. He manically explains that every time they've stayed in a hotel, the first thing they pack is Stiles' pillow. It is irrational, but he clings to this as an excuse to get his son away and home because "I'm not checking you in here if you're not going to get one decent night's sleep."

Stiles explains that he hasn't slept well in weeks and hugs his father tightly. Then Stiles is gone, off down the hall with the attendant, leaving his father standing alone and helpless.

As they ascend the stairs, Stiles sees someone he thinks he recognizes down one of the hallways. The attendant urges him on and when he looks back she is gone. On one of the landings above, a man is knotting a sheet and talking to himself, quoting a riddle. "I'm part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean yet still remain dry." He then loops the knotted sheet around his neck in a noose and leaps from the landing hanging himself. In the crowd of onlookers gathered in the stairwell below, Stiles sees the Nogitsune.

(It's a riddle, "I'm part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean yet still remain dry. What am I?" The answer is "Its shadow" since when the bird is flying the shadow is cast on the ground below it and when it flies over water the bird is reflected in the water below.)~~~

Chris Argent is talking with the payphone at the Sheriff's Station. 

"Did you have any trouble with Ikeda?" Chris asks.

"Only minor, the wolf was exactly where you said it would be" Deaton replies. "But we have two problems now. First, the lichen is not a cure. It'll wear off in a matter of days"

"But while it does work, the Oni won't go after Stiles right?" Chris asks.

"I hope. Eichen House has an unusual history. It might not be all that safe there for the Oni there as well" 

"What's the second problem?"

"I checked with your contacts in Japan. The yukuza boss you saw killed by the Oni never found the scroll" 

"What scroll?" Scott asks while Allison and Selene start thinking about what he might mean.

"A Shugendō scroll. Shugendō were the ascetic mystics of Japan" Deaton explains.