Archimedes walks out of the kitchen with a glass of water and Harvey's mother Jessica meets him in the hallway.
"Hey, Archimedes" she says and Archimedes looks up at her.
"Jessica! Hi" he says and she looks at him weirdly.
"What are you doing here? With a glass of water" she asks.
"Just hanging out. Where are you going?" he asks when he notices she's o her way out.
"I'm going for a late night run in the forest. It's so nice and quiet at this hour"
"You can't do that!" he yells out before she can barely finish the sentence.
"Why not?" She asks.
"Because it's dangerous" he says and she laughs a little.
"I've got pepper spray, don't worry" she says and he can't help but laugh a little and it accidentally comes off as a mocking laugh.
"I don't think that's enough" he says and she looks confused.
"Why not? It has stopped many men before. It can stop a bear" she says.
"Yeah, wellll. Not in this forest" she says and shrugs his shoulders.
"What's so special about this forest?" she asks and he tries to think of the next lie but then he realizes that she deserves to know. And she's gonna find out sooner or later with Richie gone again. Since Harvey will never build up the guts to tell her, why not"
"These woods are full of monsters." he says simply and she starts laughing.
"Monsters? I know some men can be really nasty out there but, really, Arkie?" she asks and turns to him fully.
"Did you hear that, Thomas? The forest is full of monsters." she says when Thomas walks out of the kitchen.
"It's true. And they're very active at night." Archimedes tries to warn her.
"Monsters? Like ones with claws and fangs?" she asks mockingly and crosses her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, some of them have claws and fangs. Some of them have hoofs and some have fins." Archimedes explains.
"Ocean man?" Thomas asks jokingly.
"Well, no. Sirens actually. They're all girls." Archimedes says and looks at him.
"Girl monsters?" Thomas asks and leans against the wall.
"Not all monsters are girls." Archimedes says.
"You hear that, baby? They've got claws and fangs." Jessica says faking a scared look on her face. Behind them Anaïs opens the door to Harvey's room carefully. She stands in the doorway and listens to the conversation. Thomas looks up at her.
"And glowing eyes?" Thomas asks with a smile.
"Yes! Exactly. Eyes that glow blue. or depending on what kind of monster it is but they could be blue." Archimedes says thinking maybe they finally start to get the picture.
"Glowing blue eyes, fangs and claws? What do these monsters look like?" Jessica asks. Thomas' face suddenly drops and he lowers his coffee cup as he takes a step back. Jessica sees his reaction and she looks at Anaïs, who he was looking at. Behind Anaïs is a pair of blue glowing eyes. She feels Harvey's presence behind her and she opens the door a little bit more letting the light fall on him. Jessica gasps and covers her mouth as she almost falls back into the door when she sees her son in the doorway: glowing blue eyes, bloody, bruised and dirty face and body and claws on his fingers. Archimedes turns around and looks at Harvey.
"Yeah... They look like that" he says quietly. He turns back to Jessica and sees her pale face. "No, no, no, don't be scared, Jessica. He's still your son" Archimedes says and Jessica walks up to Harvey without hesitation and grabs his face and looks at his torn body.
"What happened to you? Are you alright? You look like you're dying. Oh, you're so pale" she feels his cold skin.
"What happened to him?" Thomas asks. Archimedes turns to him.
"Some monsters out there aren't good ones. There's something out there called a Kazar. It's very evil" Archimedes explains. Archimedes looks at Anaïs as if asking if he should say something about Richie. Anaïs nods.
"It took your other son. He's alive but he's with the Kazar. And please, before you do anything, don't call the police. This is a monster matter and we're gonna get him back"
"We?" Thomas asks. Archimedes glows his eyes too and looks at Anaïs who does the same.
"There are seventeen of us. Eighteen with Harvey"
Aiden lays Nellie down on his bed and walks to the kitchen to fetch a towel and a bowl of hot water. When he returns, Leo is sitting beside Nellie on the bed and Maddie is standing in the doorway, curious about what happened.
"Go to your room, Maddie" Aiden says as he walks past her and hands Leo the towel and places the bowl on the nightstand.
"What happened?" she asks. Aiden walks up to her again and covers the sight of Nellie.
"I hope you never become a monster, Maddie" he kisses the top of her head and then he closes the door and leaves her on the outside.
When Nellie is all cleaned up, Leo is standing in the corner of the room looking at ehr worriedly as Aiden is sitting on the bed in front of her, holding the warm towel around her ankles to help her body heat up again.
"Was Tristan in the maze too?" he asks and Nellie looks up at him with an empty face and stays quiet for a few moments before she looks down again and replies.
"Yes"
"Did he talk to you?" Aiden asks.
"Yeah" Nellie says, still looking down.
"Did you do anything?" he asks, getting angrier by the minute but trying to hide it.
"I didn't do anything... I didn't do anything at all" She still looks down at the covers and bites her lips trying to swallow the tears. Aiden nods a little.
"You, know it's really hard to believe you when you look like the most guilty woman on earth" he says and she looks at him with tears in her eyes.
"Seriously?" he asks, seeing the regret in her eyes.
"No, Aiden-" She starts but he cuts her off.
"No, don't even fucking try-" Leo steps toward them.
"Jesus fucking christ, Aiden. She just got back from there and you have no fucking clue what happened to her. Clearly it wasn't pleasant" Leo says and points at her bruises and wounds that are slowly healing up as her body is getting warmer. Aiden looks at her again.
"I'm sorry." Aiden gets up and leaves the room. Leo takes his place and talk to her.
When Aiden gets out to the hallway he hears voices and crying from downstairs. The perfect way to let out his frustration about Nellie. He walks downstairs and finds Maddie and Ray in the kitchen. Maddie in tears and Ray with a beer bottle in his hand. Between them is broken glass and water. Maddie quiets down when she looks at Aiden and Ray turns to him as well.
