09 | He's Coming...

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WARNING; animal abuse/torture and death but nothing too graphic don't worry my friends.


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IT WAS THE NEXT DAY, EL AND LEVI WERE SITTING on the couch in the basement while Mike, Dustin, and Lucas were crowded around the small table talking.

El has been fiddling around with Mike's radio, while Twelve was sat next to her with Ben and Klaus in his arms, having a conversation with the voice about how the boy would rather be trying to find Five, because as many times as the voice said that the missing boy was alive Twelve couldn't stop worrying for the boy.

Levi was scared to lose another close friend, even if the boy gained his first friend back in a weird way.

So here he was, listening to Lucas call him and El weirdo's, even though Levi didn't know what that really meant he still kind of felt offended, but he didn't want Lucas to hate him more than the boy already did so he kept his mouth shut and kept giving Lucas hesitant smiles every time he would look their way.

"We just tell our parents we have AV CLub after school. That'll give us at least a few hours for Operation Mirkwood." Twelve heard Mike say, Levi, lifted his head off the back of the couch to look at the group.

"You seriously think that the weirdos know where Will is?" Lucas questioned, glancing towards the two on the couch and rolling his eyes as Levi sends him yet another small smile.

"Just trust me on this, okay?" Mike stated.

"Okay."

"Did you get the supplies?" Mike asked Lucas nodded mumbling a small 'yeah.' before grabbing his backpack.

Twelve tuned out of their conversation, looking towards the girl next to him, nudging her leg slightly, El looks up at the boy with a concerned look.

"Okay?" El asked quietly, putting the radio in her hands on her lap.

Twelve smiled, glancing at the radio, before nodding towards it. "Will?"

El sighed, shaking her head. "No."

"I try?"

El raised an eyebrow, before giving the radio to Twelve and watches as the boy fiddles with it. El then looked away, gazing towards the group and focusing on their conversation leaving Levi in his own world.

Twelve furrowed his brows, turning the knob again, lift the radio to his ear, listening to the white noise carefully, gasping silently as he hears a faint voice. Not just any voice.

Five's voice.

"I know you're listening...Twelve or Eleven... I'm okay...We're okay... I'm coming.."

Twelve felt tears well his eyes as it cut out and he couldn't hear anymore. Twelve blinked his tears away, wondering what Five meant by 'We're okay.'

Twelve thought maybe Five found Three and Four but he shut that thought down remembering he had seen both the teens go down, shot in the stomachs.

Maybe it was his imagination. Maybe Levi missed his friends so much he is starting to hear things. So he just ignored the message, fighting off the feeling of fear in his stomach.

Twelve took a deep breath, turning back the group's conversation, just when Dustin dumped everything in his bag out.

"Well, alrighty. So, we've got...Nutty Bars, Bazooka, Pez, Smarties, Pringles, Nilla Wafers, apple, banana, trail mix, and a pudding cup." Dustin listed, Levi jumped up at the mention of pudding remembering the chocolate sweetness.

"Seriously?" Lucas crossed his arms glaring at Dustin.

Twelve slowly walked over to the boys and looks at Dustin questionably before pointing towards the pudding cup.

Dustin looks at the hesitant boy next to him and picks up the cup handing it to Levi with a reassuring smile before turning to explain to Lucas. 

"We need energy for our travels. For stamina. And besides, why do we even need weapons anyway? We have them." Dustin gestured to the girl who was fiddling with the radio and towards the boy who was stuffing his face with chocolate. El glared at Dustin, while Levi just looked up at the group innocently wiping some of the pudding off his cheek.

"She shut one door, and he heated up the knob!"

"With her mind! They have superpowers! Are you kidding me that's insane!" Dustin exclaimed."Imagine all the other cool stuff they could do! Like..."

The boy trailed off walking to grab one of Mike's toys, "I bet she could make this fly..." Dustin said, walking to stand in front of El as Twelve takes a seat next to her looking at the boy amused and slightly confused.

"Hey. Hey." Dustin got El's attention, "Okay, concentrate okay."

The boy let go of the toy, thinking El was gonna use her powers but the toy just dropped straight to the ground, causing Levi to crack a smile and release a small chuckle.

"Silly, Dustin." Twelve mumbled as Lucas grumbled, "Idiot."

"Okay, one more time. Use your powers, okay?" Dustin stated, picking up the toy, and dropping it again and just like before it clatters to the ground.

Eleven looked at him unimpressed, looking towards the boy next to her and smiling slightly when she hears Twelve's quiet laughter. A noise she hadn't heard for a while, she missed it.

Mike grabbed the toy, "She's not a dog!"

"Boys! Time for school!" Karen's voice echoed from upstairs.

"Man we didn't even see what Levi could do!" Dustin grumbled as he and Lucas quickly grab the stuff and run upstairs.

Twelve watched sadly as Dustin and Lucas ran up the stairs, sad they have to leave. He had grown fond of the two even though Lucas did hate him and he never really had a conversation with Dustin. He had been slowly warming to the idea of the two being his friend. Maybe. "Bye..." Levi whispered.

"Just stay down here. Don't make any noise, and don't leave. If you get hungry, eat Dustin's snacks, okay?" Mike told them softly, and Levi nods his head grabbing Klaus and Ben.

"Michael!"

"COMING!" Mike yelled over his shoulder, before turning back to the two with a soft expression, causing Levi to stifle a laugh at the mood change.

"You know those power lines?" Mike asked.

"Power lines?" El repeated.

"Yeah, the ones behind my house. Meet us there after school."

"After school?"

"Yeah, 3:15."

Levi looked between the two when there was a silence before Mike made a sound of realization, taking off his watch and latching it around El's wrist.

"When the numbers read three-one-five, meet us there" Mike stated, not noticing Twelve flinch when he said Three and Five, reminding him of his friends. Mike and El smiled at each other before Mike grabs his stuff, "Bye, Levi." he said before leaving.

Twelve sighed, looking towards Ben, and smiled. Twelve closed his eyes and focused before his eyes flash white and he concentrates before smiling in happiness as Ben and Klaus began moving around by an invisible force.

Twelve makes the two plushies dance before looking at El who was watching with a soft smile.

A few minutes later and the two are really bored, most of Dustin's snacks were eaten, El was making the toy Dustin grabbed float in the air, before dropping it to the ground and messing with the radio once again as Twelve eats what Dustin called 'pringles' while sitting on the couch with Ben and Klaus dancing on the couch beside him.

Really? the voice said, unimpressed.

It's fun Twelve smirked.

Whatever...

El sighed in boredom looking up the stairs with a smirk, she stands up causing Twelve to look up in confusion. El grabbed the boys wrist, taking the food out of his hands and put it on the table, and grabbing Ben and Klaus pushing them into the boy's hands, before pulling him upstairs.

Eleven let go of the boy's hand and walks into the living room and plops down on the comfy recliner from the other day as Twelve walks around.

Twelve looks up the staircase that leads to Mike's room and slowly walks up there with the plushie's still in his grasp. He glanced at Klaus, thinking maybe he should give Mike his toy back but Mike hadn't said anything about it so Levi just shrugged and cuddled the bear even more now claiming the stuffed animal as his.

Twelve walked down the hall, looking at the pictures on the walls in curiosity taking in the family photo, the smiles, the happiness. The family.

Twelve looked to the ground with a frown. Did he have any family? Did his family give him away to the lab because they didn't want him?

Twelve snapped out of his thoughts as he heard footsteps behind him, turning he sees El standing there looking concerned.

"Okay?" El raised a brow.

Twelve just nodded and followed the girl as she walked towards one of the doors and opened it revealing a room that belonged to a girl by the looks of it.

Twelve looked around at the pastel pink walls, running his hand over the soft blanket on the bed, before walking to the desk his eyes moving towards the wall of pictures. He glances towards Eleven who walked up standing next to him.

Twelve looked at the pictures, one with Nancy who was around ten, on the beach smiling happily, another one with her younger wearing a princess costume making Twelve smile softly, but then his smile slowly drops as he comes across some pictures of Nancy with another girl.

This girl had short red hair and was taller than Nancy, they were smiling so happily not knowing what the future had for them.

Twelve looked at the girl next to him, shaking his head sadly, and walked out of the room, trying to get his mind off the redhead he knew was in danger.

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It was a little later, 3:15 to be exact, Levi and El were both outside by the power lines waiting for the boys to show up.

El was pacing looking at the watch around her wrist, while Levi was looking down at the black converse that was on his feet while holding Ben and Klaus.

The voice said that he shouldn't bring the plushies but Twelve shrugged it off, he didn't go anywhere without Ben and now that he has Klaus he won't leave him either. Plus what if someone found them? He never let anyone touch his plushies he needs to keep them safe, for a good reason.

A meow caught both of their attention turning to look at the fence beside them they see a fat orange cat, its big green eyes staring at them the two's eyes widened when the cat growls suddenly.

And Twelve whimpers slightly cuddling the plushies closer to him as his breathing picks up.

Twelve sat on a chair in an empty eerie white room with a wide table in front of him, he looks through the large two-way mirror knowing Papa was on the other side with other scientists watching.

One of the doctors came into the white room walking up to the boy and sticking something onto his temple, causing his eyebrows to furrow but his heart starts beating rapidly in his chest as the man places a cage on the table.

Twelve squints his eyes looking into the cage, coming face to face with a cat, not just any cat, a black baby kitten, and his eyes widened, blinking away tears that formed in his blue eyes.

"We're going to work on your mind today, Twelve." Dr. Brenner's voice echoed loudly through the speakers in the room as the doctor left the room silently, leaving Twelve alone with the kitten, Papa smirks knowing this will be Twelve's weakness, knowing the boys favorite color was black, and he had an undying love for animals especially small ones.

Twelve swallowed hard, his eyes welling with tears as he realizes what his Papa wanted him to do. And if he doesn't do it he'll be punished. Twelve hated when he was punished.

"Now, Number Twelve." Papa's voice rings out.

There was a moment of silence before Twelve closed his eyes, focusing on Eleven's powers, how it felt to move stuff with his mind, how it felt to have a smart mind.

He opened his eyes and they flashed white for a brief second before turning to their natural bright blue.

Dr. Brenner watched through the window with a smirk as Twelve closed his eyes, his brows furrowing before the kitten starts screeching in pain as it feels pressure on its body.

Twelve flinched, feeling something splatter onto his face, cautiously opening his eyes, letting a tear slip down his cheek, lifting his hand up to his cheek swiping his hand against the wet splatter, looking down at his fingers and seeing the red substance, causing his stomach to churn as he let out a sob. 

"Good job, Number Twelve."

Twelve snapped out of his thoughts when he heard someone shout his and El's names. He turned, seeing Mike, Dustin, and Lucas walking up to them with their bikes by their sides.

"You okay?" Mike asked, stopping in front of the two, taking in El's distant expression and Levi's teary eyes that Twelve wiped quickly as Dustin and Mike looked at him in concern and Lucas looked at him with what could be considered sympathy.

Eleven and Twelve share a look before turning to the group nodding.

Mike patted his seat looking at El, "Hop on we only have a few hours."

Twelve looked confused when Mike said this, where was he going to go?

Dustin caught his look and chuckled, "Come on, Levi, you could ride with me."

Twelve stared at the boy, before hesitantly walking towards him. Dustin glanced at the stuffed animals in the boy's hands, thinking that Levi would have to hang on so Dustin came up with an idea.

"Can I see them?" Dustin asked the boy softly, gesturing towards the plushies.

Twelve glared at him slightly, turning so Ben and Klaus were out of his sight.

"Hey, it's okay. I'm just gonna put them in here okay? Just so you could hang on so you don't fall off." Dustin stated, taking his backpack off and unzipping it.

Twelve looked down at Ben and Klaus, before gazing towards the bag.

"Breathe?" Twelve tilted his head, ignoring the faint 'oh, my god, hurry up' that came from Lucas.

Dustin furrowed his brows, thinking how could someone be so... innocent? Especially a kid his age.

Dustin sighed, getting over his shock. "How about we put them like this?..." Dustin trailed off, slowly taking the plushies out of the boy's grasp and putting them in his bag, zipping it up but leaving the two stuffed animals' heads peeking out.

"That good?"

Twelve stared at the plushie heads peaking out with narrowed eyes, before turning to Dustin nodding with a smile then slowly getting on the back of Dustin's bike, holding onto Dustin's jacket and they all rode off.

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Twelve was now walking in the woods, El and Mike walking ahead, and Dustin and Lucas behind with Levi in the middle checking on Ben and Klaus once and a while.

Twelve didn't know where Eleven was leading them, the girl only shows him certain things when they connect which saddens the boy slightly but he just shrugs it off as the girl trying to protect him.

So he was walking blindly, glancing at Lucas to make sure that he wasn't getting annoyed at Levi, and glancing towards Dustin to make sure his plushies were okay.

Levi never let anyone touch his plushies unless it was El or Five, Three of Four. The people he trusted, so when Twelve willingly gave his stuffed animals to Dustin that's a big step and the boy was scared to trust someone. He was scared if he trusted someone else and got close to them they would leave him or he'd have to leave them. One of his worst fears is being alone.

They had been walking for a while now and it was now dark, that kinda scared Levi but he was used to the dark, ever since Papa locked him in a dark room only being able to use the little fire from Fours powers.

He looked towards Dustin who grins, catching his stare. Levi's heart fluttered causing him to look down at his chest in confusion, but his head snaps up as Lucas quietly snickers from his side, he looked up at Lucas in confusion, but Lucas shook his head smirking in amusement.

Twelve furrowed his brows as they all come to a stop in front of a house where from what Mike's saying is where WIll lives. The boy looked at El just as confused as the other boys.

Dustin and Lucas drop their bikes on the ground covered with leaves causing Twelve to jump slightly.

"What are we doing here?" Lucas asked, impatiently.

"She said he's hiding here," Mike stated, turning to glance at the boy.

"Um..." Lucas looked around, rolling his eyes. "No!"

"I swear, if we walked all the way out here for nothing--" Dustin was cut off by Lucas.

"That's exactly what we did. I told you she didn't know what the hell she was talking about! And it looks like Levi fell for the same thing we did by the look on his face!"

Mike rolled his eyes turning to look at Eleven. "Why did you bring us here?" he questioned, but El just looked at him with wide eyes, stuttering.

"Mike, don't waste your time with her," Lucas grumbled, glaring at the girl.

"What do you wanna do?" Mike shouted, looking at his friends in frustration.

"Call the cops, like we should have done yesterday."

Those words made Levi's stomach churn if they told someone he would have to go back to the lab, the place where his friends died, that thought caused him to whimper.

"Hey, guys?" Dustin called out, causing Levi to look at him in concern, but the others ignore him until he shouted, "Guys!"

They all go silent but their eyes widened as they hear sirens, they look towards the road, seeing a few police cars and paramedics ride down the road fastly.

"Will..."

Dustin, Lucas, and Mike hurriedly pick up their bikes while El and Levi quickly get on the back of Mike's and Dustin's and they all follow where the sirens are going.

While they were speeding Twelve couldn't help but have a sinking feeling in his stomach, causing him to close his eyes briefly.

They all stopped when the cars stopped at the bottom of the quarry, they all get off the bikes, and ran up hiding behind a fire truck, peeking around the side.

They all watch with glossy eyes as a body was picked up out of the water. Twelve sighed, taking in the boy's soaked figure, he could see it was Will, he knew it was the boy from the picture and that made his heart hurt. 

"It's not Will. It can't be." Mike shook his head still looking at the body, hoping his mind was just playing tricks and that he didn't lose one of his best friends.

"It's Will. It's really Will." Lucas mumbled, letting a tear slip his eye.

Twelve looked at the boys sadly, his own eyes welling with tears. He wanted to comfort them, but he didn't know-how. He knew what it was like to lose friends he would never wish upon anyone the pain you feel when you lose a friend.

Your best friend.

"Mike..." Eleven said softly, reaching out to touch the boy's shoulder, but Mike slaps it away harshly, the loud sound causing Twelve to flinch.

"Mike? Mike, what?!" Mike shouted, glaring at the girl causing El to gasp. "You were supposed to help us find him alive. You said he was alive! Why did you lie to us? What's wrong with you? What is wrong with

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