[𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘: 𝗗𝗜𝗚 𝗗𝗨𝗚]

HOURS PASSED BY AND THE TEENS and adults were still in the car, driving to the location hopper was apparently stuck at.

"there's nothing. there's nothing here." mike commented as he shook his head. "are . . . are we close?" joyce asked her boyfriend, driving.

"we're in the vicinity." bob said. "what's that mean, the vicinity?" the woman asked. "it's means we're close. i don't know. it's not precise." bob told his girlfriend.

"but we did all that work," sage cut in. "don't tell me we did all that work for fu — freaking nothing, man!"

"i told her, the scale ratio is not exactly one-to-one. we needed to take —"

"turn right!" will demanded. "what?" joyce asked, turning to look at her son for a moment.

sage turns to look at will.

"i saw him."

"where?"

"not here. in my now-memories." will said. "in your what?" bob questioned him.

"turn right!" will and sage tells the adults in sync.

the car turns, and crashes into a sign as everyone in the vehicle screams before joyce presses down on the breaks.

everyone takes breaths. "superspy," mike whispered out of breath.

"what's jim doing here? joyce?" bob asked his girlfriend, getting even more confused. "boys, sage, i need you to stay here." the byers woman ordered the teens.

"no. mom, mom, mom, it's not safe." will tries stopping his mom as she gets out of the car. "that's why i need you to stay here! stay here!"joyce said. "boring," sage mumbled.

joyce shuts her car door shut. "hopper!" she begins shouting, walking down the hole that was dug up. "hey, be careful," bob told her.

"just going down the hole,"

joyce looks down and sees some "vines" moving around in the middle of the whole.

"vines," she whispers to herself. "give me that," the byers woman tells her boyfriend. "the shovel?" bob asks. "yes, give me the shovel."

bob grabs the shovel then hands it to joyce, allowing her to grab it, and stab the vines.

joyce gasps at the small amount of blood that came from the vines, and stabs them repeatedly until the hole was vine free. she throws the shovel down and looks at her boyfriend.

"i need you to help me get down there."

"joyce, what are you talking about?"

"bob! now!"

joyce takes bobs hands, feels herself get lowered down into the hole, jumps down, and lands on both of her feet.

"hopper!" joyce immediately yells, looking around. "hopper! hopper!"

bob jumps down in the hole and lands on both of his feet. "joyce, what is going on? where are we?" the man asks. "bob, are you okay?" joyce asks her boyfriend, grabbing him.

"tunnels. is this will's map?" bob questions. "hopper!" joyce shouts, ignoring his question. "are we in will's map?" bob repeated. "hopper! hopper!" joyce yelled again and walks off.

"we're in will's map," bob murmurs to himself, shocked as he follows her. hopper!" joyce yells.

"we're actually inside of will's map."

"hopper!"

"how did he know all this? do the twins always speak at the same time?"

joyce stops walking to see two tunnels that go in different directions. the byers woman walks to the left one and calls for her boyfriend.

"over here!"

joyce picks up a cigarette off the tunnel floors and flashes the light onto it, showing it to her boyfriend.

"it's — it's his," joyce stammers and sighs in relief. "he's gotta be this way."

the byers woman then walks off, "come on,"

bob turns to look back from where he came from then follows after his girlfriend.

"hopper!"

sage, mike, and will walk out of the vehicle and walk towards the big hole, staring down at it.

"do you see anything? i mean, in your now-memories." mike asks. will shakes his head.

tires screeching was suddenly heard causing the teens to turn around, seeing the familiar vans. sage grips mike's hand, beginning to worry if the hawkins lab ever found out about her abilities.

the twins both look at will before looking at each other as the van lights shine on them.

"hopper!" joyce shouts from inside the tunnel, still walking. "hopper!" she repeated. "what?" joyce whispered to herself when she found a hat.

the byers woman looks around until finding hopper's arm.

"oh! it's his arm!" joyce gasped then rushed over to his arm, bob following.

the adults reach over and begin to yank the vines off of the chief.

"it's choking him!" bob stated and pulled harder on the vine. "knife," hopper choked out. "knife?" joyce asked then looked around for the knife.

"it's over there." bob said, pointing his flashlight at the knife. "okay."

the byers woman cuts the creature off of the man almost instantly.

"hands!"

she then cut the vine creatures off of his hand, handing him the knife so he could do the rest.

"cut it,"

hopper then begins to cut up the creatures as bob and joyce try their best to help.

"bastard!" hopper shouts then gets the vines on his legs. joyce and bob quickly help them chief up from the tunnel floors.

"oh, my god. hopper, are you okay?" joyce asked, panting heavily. "joyce," hopper whispered. "are you okay? are you okay?" the woman repeated.

"hey, bob,"

"hey, jim,"

the creatures screech and slither towards joyce's feet.

"oh, god!"

bob suddenly screams seeing people covered up.

"go! go! go! clear the area!"

the adults didn't hesitate to run off, hopper coming back for his hat. "move, now!"

hopper runs off.

outside of the tunnel more masked men and woman walk to the hole. inside, a fire hits the vine creatures causing them to shriek in pain.

outside, will suddenly grunts and falls to the floor causing the twins to bent down, grabbing him.

"will? will, are you okay?" mike and sage ask the teen boy. "will, what's wrong?"

will flips over and starts to seizure up. the twins stand up, gripping each other's hands. sage slaps a hand over her mouth and immediately starts sobbing at the sight of will, terrified.

more people masked people walk over to the situation, lighting their flashlights onto will.

sage turns to face her brother and hugs him tightly, sobbing into his shoulder.

"mike, what's happening to will?" sage sobbed, gripping onto mike's jacket. "i don't know, sage, i don't know!" mike responded, holding his sister.

joyce, hopper, and bob come up from the hole just to see the situation that was going on.

"will! will!" joyce shouts as she rushes towards her son. "no, my boy, will!"

"someone get a god damn ambulance!" hopper demanded to the masked people from hawkins lab. the people separated their ways to do the exactly what the chief ordered. "will! baby, please!" joyce continued to call for her son.

   THE TWINS AND ADULTS FOLLOW the doctors through the hallway where will was being carried through on a bed. sage clings into her brother, tears still streaming down her face at the sight and condition will was currently in.

they quickly make it to the room and move will on the hospital bed.

"vitals?" the doctor asks. "heart rate 220. temperature's 106." a nurse replies.

"will, where does it hurt?" the woman asks, grabbing his face. "all over," will answer while groaning in pain.

"he says he feels like he's burning. check for burns." owens says.

they cut off will's shirt as he continues to scream in agony.

"i don't see anything," the er doctor says. "where does it hurt the most, will?" the woman asks.

"everywhere! everywhere!"

a needle is suddenly injected into will's arm.

sage lets out a deep breath before hugging her twin again, sobbing into his shoulder.

AUTHORS NOTE //

a short chapter! we're kinda, not really, almost done with season two !!

also, THANK YOU FOR 1K READS

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