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SEV SAT WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL OF THE FORT AS HE TWIRLED THE YODA FIGURE BETWEEN HIS FINGERS, EL MESSING WITH THE SUPERCOMM. That was the only noise as Mike went through some of Will's drawings on the couch. Sev stared off into space, not bothered by the radio static as Mike seemed to get gradually annoyed. "Can you please stop that?" Mike asked, El turning the radio off as Sev gulped, looking down. Mike looked back to the drawings before El started messing with he radio again, Mike slapping the pile onto his lap. "Are you deaf? I thought we were all friends, you know?" Mike asked, Sev looking up to him shocked. That's what Mike really thought of him? Friends? Sev thought they weren't even acquaintances, Mike obviously thinking the opposite. "But friends tell each other the truth. And they definitely don't lie to each other. You both made me think Will was okay, and he was still out there, but he wasn't. He wasn't! Maybe you guy's thought you were helping, but you weren't." Sev put a hand on El's back, the girl starting to tear up again.

"You hurt me. Do you understand?" Mike asked, Sev letting him rant. "What you did sucks. Lucas was right about you two. All along." Mike finished, Sev shuffling towards El as the radio crackled again, El focusing on it. Sev realised what she was trying to do, blinking as his eyes went red, holding onto El's shoulders and feeding her some of his energy. "'So come on and let me know," Mike looked up quickly to the radio, seeing Sev's hands and eyes both red as he helped El contact whatever that was. "Should I stay or should I go?" Will sang, Mike rushing to the two quickly. "Should I stay or should I go now?" El held the radio towards Mike as Will sang more, Sev's energy running out quickly. "Will, is that you! It's Mike, do you copy?" Mike spoke into the radio, El holding Sev's hands in support. The radio slowly started to fade out, Mike calling Will's name as Sev let go of El's shoulders with a sharp breathe. "Was that..." Mike started, watching as Sev rubbed the blood from his nose with his sleeve, his eyes buffering back to their normal green as El nodded.

"Will."

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"WE KEEP LOSING SIGNAL, BUT YOU HEARD IT, RIGHT?" MIKE ASKED LUCAS AND DUSTIN, THE THREE SAT IN A SEMI CIRCLE AROUND THE TWINS. Sev had his hands on El's shoulders again, giving her more power but he had already done too much today and he needed rest, but Mike was too persistent. El could easily do it herself, Sev not wanting her to drain herself for these boys. "Yeah, I heard a baby." Lucas shot back, Dustin stretching in his spot. "What?" Mike asked, Sev taking deep breathes. "Mike, you obviously tapped into a baby monitor. It's probably the BlackBurns' next door." Lucas sighed, Mike shaking his head. "Uh, did that sound like a baby to you? That was Will." He harshly asked, Lucas rolling his eyes slightly. "Mike-" "Lucas, you don't understand. He spoke last night. Words!" Mike declared, Lucas looking to him tiredly. "He was singing that weird song he likes. Even they heard him!" Mike spoke, the three looking to Sev and El. The former took a break as he leant back, wiping his nose and resting his eyes.

"Well, if the weirdos heard him, then I guess-" "Are you sure you're on the right channel?" Dustin asked Mike, him looking to the twins. "I don't think it's about that. I think, somehow, they're both working together to channel him." Mike spoke, Lucas looking at his friend in disbelief as Dustin perked up. "Like Professor X." He spoke, Mike nodding. "Yeah." He agreed, Lucas scowling. "Are you actually believing this crap?" He asked, Mike turning to Lucas. "Sev was doing that thing where his eyes went red and his hands were glowing red!" He defended, Lucas shrugging him off and turning to Dustin. "I don't know, I mean... Do you remember when Will fell off of his bike and broke his finger? He sounded a lot like that." Dustin spoke, Lucas' head switching between his friends. "Did you guys not see what I saw? They pulled Will's body out of the water. He's dead!" Lucas' voice raised, his friends going silent.

"Well, maybe it's his ghost. Maybe he's haunting us."

"It's not his ghost." Mike sighed, shutting down Dustin's suggestion as Lucas turned to Mike. "How do you know that?" He asked sarcastically, Mike shrugging. "I just do!-" Then what was that in the water?" Lucas asked quickly, Mike quick to answer. "I don't know!" Mike shot back, Lucas on the brink of tears. "All I know is Will is alive. Will is alive. And he's out there somewhere." Mike raised his voice, his friends falling quiet again as Sev felt a bit better. "All we have to do is find him." Mike spoke, El trying do contact Will without Sev's aid. The radio crackled, Mike taking it off of her gently. "This isn't gonna work. We need to get them to a stronger radio." Mike informed, El tapping Sev's knee as he opened his eyes slowly, seeing his sister smiling at him lightly. "Mr Clarke's Heathkit ham Shack." Dustin grinned, Mike nodding as Sev stretched, sitting up straight.

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THE THREE BOYS DECIDED TO GIVE THE TWINS MAKEOVERS SO GHEY COULD 'FIT' INTO SCHOOL. El walked out first, adorned in a pale pink dress and a blonde wig as Mike gawked at her for a moment. "Wow." Lucas spoke, Sev walking out afterwards stretching. "Wow." Lucas and Dustin spoke, the green jumper still on but they had given Sev some denim dungarees to go with it. Mike just gave him some of his green converse he didn't like and Dustin gave him a cap, the boy looking like a normal person who didn't have superhuman abilities. "You look ok, Sev." Dustin spoke, Sev shrugging tiredly as Mike stared at El. "She looks-" "Pretty." Mike finished, Sev stopping to look at the boy. El only smirked as Sev raised an eyebrow at them both. "Good. She looks pretty good." Mike spoke towards Sev. The boy saw Lucas squint at Mike as Dustin grinned, El nodding and walking to the mirror.

Sev only stood and stared at Mike, the two other boys smiling. Mike watched anxiously as Sev looked him up and down, Mike gulping. "Pretty," Everyone looked to El as she stared at herself in the mirror, Mike smiling lightly.

"good."

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SEV WAS SAT ON THE BACK OF DUSTIN'S BIKE AGAIN AS HE EYED MIKE. Why was he staring at his sister like that? It was creepy and gross. They all got off of the bikes and walked into the school, it being empty. "Okay, remember, if anyone sees us, look sad." Mike spoke, Sev staying close to El as he eyed Mike. The boy didn't seem to notice as he led the way, a speaker playing as Dustin showed El and Sev what crying looked like. Sev nodded and looked up again, hearing the voice. "Attention all students, there will be an assembly to honour Will Byers in the gymnasium now." The group ignored it as Mike led them to a door, failing to open it. "It's locked." Mike sighed, Lucas sighing too. "Hey, do you think you can open it? You either, Sev?" Dustin asked, Sev nodding before walking up to the door and blinking, his eyes going red-

"Boys?" A man asked, Mike covering Sev's eyes quickly. "Put the red away!" He whispered harshly. "Hey." Lucas spoke, the man looking to Sev and Mike. "Assembly's about to start." He spoke slowly, Mike nodding sadly. "We know, We're just, you know..." Mike spoke, Sev holding onto the boy's hands. "Upset." Lucas spoke up, Mike taking his hands off of Sev's eyes. The boy sighed, seeing them back to their green and nodding, Sev glaring at him. "Yeah, definitely upset." Dustin confirmed, Mike nodding. "We need some alone time." He added on, Sev turning to see the man. "To cry." Dustin spoke quickly, the man sighing. "Yeah, listen... I get it. I do. I know how hard this is, but let's just be there for Will, huh?" He proposed, the three boys nodding. "And then..." The man pulled keys out of his pocket, chucking them to Mike as he caught them swiftly.

"The Heathkit is all yours for the rest of the day." He smiled, Mike doing the same. "What do you say?" He asked with a smirk, the three boys nodding as El reached for Sev's hand. "I don't believe we've met. What're your names?" He asked, Sev speaking up. "Eleven and Sev-" "Eleanor and Sven! They're twins and they're my-" "Cousins!" Lucas added on, Dustin holding up two fingers as Sev stared at Dustin.

When was his name 'Sven'?

"Second cousins." He added on unnecessarily, Sev flinching. "They're here for Will's funeral." Mike spoke, the man nodding. "Well, welcome to Hawkins Middle, Eleanor, Sven. I wish you were both here under better circumstances." He spoke, El looking to Sven. "Uhm, thank you." He spoke slowly, El adding a small unnecessary bow. "Where are you two from exactly?" He asked, the twins looking to each other. "Bad place-"

"Sweden!" Dustin interrupted them both, Mike nodding. "I have a lot of Swedish family." He informed, Dustin speaking again. "They hate it there." He spoke for them, the twins watching this play out. "Cold!" Lucas informed, Dustin smiling. "Subzero." He grinned, the man as confused as Sev and El, them nodding none-the-less. "Shall we?" He asked slowly, Lucas nodding. "Yep!" He spoke, the man nodding to Sev. "Love the overalls, Sven." He spoke, Mike hitting the boy's shoulder as he looked up at him, nodding slowly. "Thank you." He spoke the same thing again, the man leading them to a large room where a voice got louder. "At times like these...it is important that we come together as a community." The man then opened the door, causing everyone to look their way. Dustin nodded, turning back around before Lucas grabbed his arm, dragging him in after Mike and the twins.

"Will was an exceptional student and a wonderful friend to all of us." The man at the stand spoke, Sev sat in between El and Lucas. Dustin as on the other side of Lucas and Mike on the other side of El. "It's impossible to express the hole his loss will leave in our community. I'd like to introduce you to Sandy Sloane. She's a local grief counselor from the church over in Jonesboro." Sev sat quite bored, Mike looking back as El followed his sight. Wanting to know what grabbed his sister's attention, Sev looked too, seeing two random boys laughing quietly. "Who is interested in this? This is so stupid." The boys laughed, Sev glaring at them. Will 'died' and they don't care? How rude could they be?- "Mouth breathers." El whispered, Sev looking at his sister confused as Mike smiled lightly.

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AFTER THE ASSEMBLY FINISHED, SEV FOLLOWED EL,THE GIRL FOLLOWING MIKE. "Hey! Hey!" Mike called, the boy finally turning around to face Sev, El and Mike. "You...you think this is funny?" Mike spoke, his voice trembling a bit more than it did when he was calling him. "What'd you say, Wheeler?" He asked, Sev glaring at him as a crowd formed. "I saw you guys laughing over there," Mike stammered, Sev nodding. "And I think that's a real messed up thing to do." He continued, the boy smirking. "Didn't you listen to the counselor, Wheeler?" The boy beside him asked. "Grief shows itself in funny ways." He spat, Sev's face scrunching up. "Besides, what's there to be sad about, anyway?" The first boy asked sarcastically, almost everyone watching the five now. "Will's in fairyland now, right? Flying around with all of the other little fairies. All happy and gay!"

Sev watched as the two then started to walk away, before Mike pushed one of them to the floor. Everyone exclaimed, the boy getting up with a glare on his face. "You're dead, Wheeler!" He spat, Mike looking a lot less nervous. "Dead!-" Troy stopped suddenly, Sev looking to El quickly. She looked to him and nodded, Sev smiling and clicking his fingers quietly as Troy looked down. "Dude, Troy peed himself!" A kid exclaimed, everyone starting to laugh as Troy panted, embarrassed. Mike only turned to Sev and El, smiling as El wiped the blood from her nose with a grin as she walked away. Mike then looked to Sev, the boy pointing to El as he wiped his nose quickly.

"Hey, what's going on here?"

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"COME ON." MILE URGED THE GROUP INTO THE ROOM AFTER UNLOCKING THE DOOR. "Now what?" Dustin asked as Sev sat El down, kneeling next to her. "
Sev will help her find him." Mike spoke, messing with the radio. "Right?" He asked, Sev and El both nodding. Sev put his hands on El's shoulders again, blinking as his eyes went red, his hands glowing too. "Cool..." Dustin trailed off, El squeezing her eyes shut. Sev heard random words like balloon and enchantment as he aided El, Mike smiling. "They're doing it. They're finding him!" He told his friends, Dustin smiling more. "This is crazy." He commented, Lucas shrugging. "Calm down, she just closed her eyes and his hands are glowing-" Lucas was interrupted when the light busted, Sev and El staying still as Sev's hands lit up the room.

"Holy..." Dustin trailed off before the radio clanged, the three looking at it quickly. "What is that?" Dustin asked as the clanging intensified, Sev getting tired quickly. "Mom?" The three boys looked to each other quickly, startled. "No way." Lucas spoke, amazed. "Mom..." "Will!" The boys heard Joyce byers, Will's mother. "Will! It's us! Are you there?" The three boys asked quickly, only hearing Will cry and beg for Joyce. "Why can't he hear us!" Lucas asked Mike, the boy shrugging. "I don't know!" He shot back, Sev's hands flashing red. "Guys..." Dustin trailed off, the three boys looking to Sev's hands. "What..." Lucas trailed off, Will still whimpering. "It's like home, but it's so dark... It's so dark and empty. And it's cold!" Will cried, Joyce telling him to run before Sev's hands stopped glowing, El waking up when the radio sparked. The fire alarm went off as the light came back on, a thud sounding.

"Sev?" Lucas asked, El sitting still as Dustin crouched next to Sev unconscious figure. "Is he dead?" Mike asked quickly as he pulled El up. "No." Dustin shouted back after feeling Sev's pulse, blood dripping form both of his nostrils. "Oh God..." Lucas spoke, both him and Dustin picking Sev up by an arm each. "Okay, put them on one each." Mike spoke, placing El onto a metal table with wheels as Lucas and Dustin placed Sev onto the other one.

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