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9|.....Or Is It?
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𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙
(𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙤𝙤𝙣)

CHIEF HOPPER LETS OUT a sigh before lighting another cigarette. This was his fifth one today, and for him, that was pretty good.

-"Over here." Steve waves to him from the side of the road. Hopper had agreed to help, much to Steve's delight, and they were meeting up at Mirkwood. Hopper walks over towards Steve and then sees déjà vu. He had been here before. Something wasn't right.

His calmness turned into suspicion quickly after realizing that this is the same street that Will Byers went missing on. Hopper walks down and into the woods, he looks around to find anything that seemed abnormal.

"Find anything?!" Steve shouts from above. Hopper shakes his head, then calls for the teenager to come down.

-"I don't know what you know about the Byers kid, but he's missing. His bike was found in these woods, right off of this street. Joyce says that he's a good kid and that he would never run away. Is your sister like that?"

Steve contemplates for a minute. He then shakes his head, Stella would never run off without a good reason.

-"No, no she's not like that. She wouldn't run off without a good reason." Steve speaks his thought aloud. Hopper nods and grunts before readjusting his pants. He walks forward and studies the woods carefully. He shakes his head and mumbles something incoherently to himself. He turns around slowly and takes a deep breath.

"What's wrong?" Steve ask whilst coming up to Hopper our of slightly out of breath.

-"Something's not right," he shakes his head in thought. He takes another draw of his cigarette before dropping it to the ground to put it out by stomping on it.

"You go home or something. I've gotta do my own work.".................

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ʇɥǝ 𝙣𝙙𝙨ı𝙙ǝ 𝙙𝙤ʍ𝙣

WILL BYERS, RAN AS FAST AS HIS LEGS COULD CARRY HIM. He was trying to get up the hill and back to Castle Byers. That is, until he heard a scream in the distance.

Will froze in fear. His body went numb as he listened intently for where that scream could've come from. His eyes widen as he realizes that, that scream came from his best friend, Stella.

He runs in the direction that the scream came from, panting and shoving branches out of the way. He attempts to jump over a log, but doesn't leap high enough to get over. Instead he slips and smacks his face on the ground, centimeters away from the log itself.

The young boy lets out a groan in pain as he wipes the dirt off of his face. He dusts off his orange vest and and stands. His legs wobble a little but he eventually regains his balance. He listens closely while running for any more sound. When nothing but a snarl is heard from ahead, he continues to run towards its direction, hoping Stella will be there too.........

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝘽𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚
(𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 )

-"HERE," ELEVEN POINTS TO THE BYERS HUMBLE ABODE.

-"Yeah, this is where Will lives." Mike explains patiently.

-"Hiding," She continues in her somewhat monotone voice.

-"No no, this is where he lives. He's missing form here." Mike explains himself, trying to make it clear that Will was gone from home.

-"Is Stella here too then?" Lucas asks with sass lancing in his voice.

-"The girl? Yes." Eleven answers with confidence.

The boys share a confused glance before walking up to the Byers house. Eleven walks ahead, acting as if she knew exactly what was going on.

-"What are we doing here?" Lucas shakes his head as he questions the party.

-"She said they're hiding here." Mike defends her.

-"Um.... no!" Lucas snaps his fingers in a "z" formation.

-"I swear, if we walked all the way out here for nothing......" Dustin starts before he's cutoff by Lucas.

-"That's exactly what we did! I told you she didn't know what the heck she was talking about!" The camouflaged bandana wearing kid yells.

-"Why did you bring us here?" Mike asks Eleven seriously. El starts to stammer as she tries to form words in her head. She didn't exactly know how to process them and Lucas was growing impatient

-"Mike don't waist you're time with her." He rolls his eyes and crosses his arms over his chest.

-"What do you want me to do then?" Mike throws his hands up in the air.

-"Call the cops, like we should have done yesterday." Dustin states frankly.

-"We are not calling the cops." Mike makes it clear by stressing every word.

-"Hey, guys?" Dustin says as he stares off into the distance.

-"What other choice do we have?!" Mike shouts at his friend.

-"Guys!" Yells Dustin.

Sirens are heard from a distance and all four kids stop to stare. Will. Mike thinks before taking off in pursuit on his bike towards the sirens, with El on the seat behind him. The other two follow as closely as they can behind them.

-"It's not Will! Or Stella! It can't be!" Mike cries as they hide behind a fire truck and watch the scene in front of them.

A giant spot light shines on men, as they pull two bodies up from the water. The bodies were small and resembled Will's and Stella's a little too well.......

Tears start to form in Chief Hopper's eyes. He watches the two missing- now dead- children's corps be taken out of the water. How would he tell Joyce? How would he tell Steve? That was what worried him the most.

-"It's them, it's really them." Lucas starts choke up. He bites his lip as tears start rolling down his cheeks.

-"Mike......" El touches his shoulder lightly.

-"Mike?" "Mike," what?!" The freckled face boy snaps at the girl beside him. 

El jumps back and gasp making the others follow suit to her actions. Never did Lucas Sinclair ever think that he would witness what he just did.

"You were supposed to help us find them alive!" He yells at her face. But he wasn't finished quite yet.

"You said they were alive! Why did you lie to us? What's wrong with you?!" He practically screams.

Poor El starts to shake in fear. She was doing the best she could to help, but couldn't get a word in because of Mike's yelling.

"What is wrong with you?" Mike questions a bit softer and with squinted eyes.

Tears start to well up in El's eyes. She tries to explain herself by saying his name again, but only earning a "what" in response.

-"Mike!" Dustin adds, not wanting to see his best friend continue to yell at poor El.

-"What?" Mike's lower lip starts to wobble.

-"Mike, come on. Don't do this, man!" Lucas adds while wiping his tear stained cheeks.

-"Mike?" Both boys say in unison as they watch their friend closely. The Wheeler boy then unexpectedly grabs his bike and starts to pedal away, confusing the other three.

-"Mike where are you going?! Mike!" Dustin shouts at him as he rides off into the night.

-"Mike!" Lucas shouts a tears pour down his cheeks.............

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ʇɥǝ 𝙣𝙙𝙨ı𝙙ǝ 𝙙𝙤ʍ𝙣

A FAINT GASP ESCAPED from Will's mouth as he watches the scene in front of him. There stood Stella, showing no signs of fear, with a look of determination in her eyes and her fist clenched tightly. She was staring the monster right in the eye- or if it didn't have eyes, face- and looked as if she ready for something. What amazed Will the most was the fact that the monster just stood there, as if it was afraid of her or something.

Will's eyes dart back and forth, as his body was too fear stricken to move, between Stella and the monster.............

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