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𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚:
𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙠𝙠𝙠𝙠 𝙄'𝙢 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙!!!

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ʇɥǝ 𝙣𝙙𝙨ı𝙙ǝ 𝙙𝙤ʍ𝙣

-"WATCH YOUR STEP." Stella informs Will as they make their way around what was left of Hawkins. They decided to go into the town and try to find some food or any forms of life other than monsters or weird sluggish things.

-"Stella, w-wait up!" Will called out. He bent over and hung his head. The girl immediately turned around and ran to his side.

-"Hey, don't tire yourself out. Come on, we'll sit over there," she says while guiding him towards a bench.

Will nods, something weird had come over him, and he was practically dragging his feet now. Once they sat down, Stella reached into her backpack and pulled out the water bottle.

She made a mental note to thank her parents next time she saw them, for buying her such a big water bottle.

"Here," she says while holding the bottle up to his lips. Will drank the water quickly, the cold liquid felt good going down his dry throat. Once he had had enough, both were slightly disappointed to find that there was none left.

-"I really hope they find us soon," Will whispers. Stella nods in agreement and wraps her right arm around him. She did this in hopes of keeping him, and herself warm.

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝘽𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚   

-"JONATHAN? ARE YOU THERE, MAN?
It's... it's Steve! Listen, I just want to talk!"

Steve calls out as he bangs on the Byers front door. He had time to think over what had happened, and he dared not to see Joyce. He felt horrible, and the fact that Will was Stella's best friend, he thought he should make it right.

-"Steve, listen to me." Nancy says while opening the door slightly. Her voice dripping in annoyance as Steve stares at her in disbelief.

-"Hey. Nancy, what...."

-"You need to leave." She adds seriously. Steve's head whirls as he tires to think of what they could possibly be doing that required him to leave immediately.

-"I'm not trying to start anything, okay? I don't care about that." He tries to explain, stepping closer towards the door.

Nancy steps back, her hand on the knob to quickly shut the door if necessary. She repeats herself, keeping an intense gaze on him.

"No, no, no. Listen, I messed up, okay? I messed... I messed up." Harrington stammers growing flustered, he runs his hands through this hair and sighs.

"Really. Please. I just want to make things right." He continues, hoping this will change her mind. Nancy remains unmoved, and Steve's eyes go to her hand.

His eye brows raise when he sees a white bandage wrapped around it, with red liquid seeping through.

"Hey, what happened to your hand? Is that blood?" He asks, concern etched on his face as he stares at hers for an answer.

-"Nothing. It was an accident." Nancy pulls her hand back behind her. She stutters while lying to his face.

-"Yeah, what's going on?" Steve's mood shifts. He knew Nancy was a terrible liar, and she was doing a wonderful job of reminding him.

-"Nothing."

-"Wait a sec. Did he do this to you?" Concern turns to anger, and it can be seen in his eyes. His hands clenches into fist.

-"No." she shakes her head. He tries to move forward, and gets close. She grunts while trying to keep the door open only a little.

-"Nancy, let me in!" He demands while trying to push past her and enter the house.

-"No. No! No, Steve!" She cries, causing Jonathan to run to her side. Steve manages to push the door ajar, and his eyes bug out when he sees the inside.

Christmas lights are strung up, the alphabet is painted on the wall, and the whole place is a wreck. Jonathan has a similar bandage like Nancy's on his hand, and his face holds an angry expression.

-"What is... What the..." Steve exclaims, his mouth agape as he scans the room thoroughly.

-"You need to get out of here." Jonathan speaks with authority, making Steve even more panicked.

-"Whoa. What is all...."

-"Listen to me. I'm not asking you I'm telling you, get out of here!" Jonathan raises his voice. But Steve doesn't pay heed to his demands, instead he sniffs the air when a strong odor hits his nose.

-"What is that smell?" He asks aloud, his nose turned up in disgust. He squints his eyes, before realizing it was gasoline.

-"Steve, get out!" Nancy yells, hoping he'll have some respect for her, and just leave.

-"Wait. What? What is going on?" He stutters, yelling because of how complicated this all had to be. He just wanted to apologize, and have that be the end of it. Now he dealing with secretive teens with cut hands, Christmas lights, gasoline, and guns- wait, guns?.......

-"You have five seconds to get out of here." Nancy speaks fiercely as she points a pistol at him.

-"Okay, is this a joke? Stop. Put the gun down." He instructs her, his arms raised in a "I surrender" position. He felt like a dad telling a little kid to put something dangerous down.

-"I'm doing this for you." Nancy's tone is serious and her eyes hold a cold, and expressionless look.

-"Nancy." Jonathan calls out her name. But she doesn't hear, and continues to point the weapon at Steve.

-"Wait. Is this a... What is this?" Steve shouts frantically on the verge of having a mental breakdown from all of this unnecessary anxiety and stress they were putting on him.

-"Nancy." Jonathan calls out her name again. He looks around his home, with fear in his eyes.

-"Three. Two."

-"No, no, no! No, no!"

-"Nancy! The lights."

-"It's here."

-"Wait, what's here?" Steve shouts, completely fed up. His sees the other two tense up, and this scares him.

-"Where is it?" Nancy questions, her tone demanding. She points her gun around, her finger on the trigger ready to fire.

-"Where is what? Whoa! Easy with that!"

-"Where is it?" Nancy asks again, her voice quivering in fear as she and Jonathan scan the room carefully.

-"I don't know. I don't see it." Jonathan anxiously answers.

-"Where is what? Hello? Will someone please explain to me what the heck is going...."

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ʇɥǝ 𝙣𝙙𝙨ı𝙙ǝ 𝙙𝙤ʍ𝙣

-"LET HIM GO!" Stella screams at the monster. She kept slashing at it with her pocket knife, but it was no use. The thing had tripped Will, and started to enter his mouth cutting off his ability to breath.

It all happened so quickly. They had walked inside of the arcade, hoping to find some warm shelter from the cold air. When Stella had turned for a brief second, Will yelled, and before they knew it, he and Stella were helpless to the problem.

As she hacked at the thing, it drained her energy. The blood from the creature was all over her face and hands. She wasn't giving up though.

After attempting to set him free for about five minutes, she collapsed to the floor, and did something she hadn't done in a while, cry.

She wept bitterly, tears streaming down her face. She felt so helpless and alone, and even doubted that they would ever leave. She didn't feel like the Light she promised to be.

"I know it sounds cheesy, and weird coming from me, but I feel like there's absolutely no hope left."

Will sighs as sits quietly next to his friend. Stella was what had been really keeping him going this whole time, and he wanted to ask her something that he'd been thinking about for a while.

"Don't think that way," she said in response as positively as she could.

He turns his head to looks her in the eye,

"Stella, will you be my light?"

Without hesitation, Stella nods. She knew what he was referring to. They made a promise when they were younger that they would always be there for one another. That they would be a Light to each other during dark times.

"I'll be a light if you need me to be one."

The fact that she had promised him this, and then failed keep him safe, bothered her the most. She looks up at his lifeless seeming body and more tears spill down her cheeks. He saved her life not that long ago, why couldn't she do the same?

Being too tired, worried, and anxious, she didn't hear the little sluggish creature that crept towards her. Before she could realize what was going on, the creature leapt into her open mouth and started to choke her. She fell to the ground on her back, struggling as muffled screams tired to escape her mouth.

She didn't hesitate to grab the creature with her bare hands and pull. She held a firm grasp on it, regardless of the fact of how slippery and slimy it was.

She fought long and hard, and after finally pulling it completely out, she made a quick grab for her pocket knife and cut it in two. Her blows weren't precise or perfect, but she was able to chops that thing up into what looked like a million pieces.

Exhausted, she feel back down to the floor. Her breathing was ragged and all over the place. She forced herself to keep her eyes open, but it was no use, as she felt herself drifting off.....

-"WILL! WILL WHERE ARE YOU?!" Joyce Byers called out into the darkness of the upside down. She and Hopper had reached the town, and they were horrified at the sight of everything.

-"STELLA! STELLA HARRINGTON!" Hopper shouts. His voice echoing in Hawkins 2.0. They were so close to finding the kids, and if Stella had been awake, she would've run out to meet them, but she wasn't. Instead, she laid lifeless seeming on the floor in the corner of arcade.

Hopper and Joyce scanned their surroundings cautiously. They stepped into the arcade with alertness. Joyce nearly broke down into tears at the sight of her son. She rushed towards him, Hopper close to her. They ripped the creature out of his mouth, and started to perform CPR. When he was alive and breathing again, he hugged his mom and Hopper smiled at the sight.

-"Stella," Will spoke weakly while pointing to her from across the room. Hopper moves over to her, and gently shakes her to awaken.

Her eyes flutter open slowly, and she nearly breaks down into tears at the sight of the Chief of Police. Joyce joins them, and she throws her arms around the girl.

-"Oh sweetie, it's ok, I've got you." Joyce rocks her back and forth. The girl shivers in her grasp.

-"Will, I couldn't save him," Stella weeps into her chest. Joyce holds her close to her and shhes her quietly.

-"No no no sweetheart. You did so good, so good."

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