(A/N: So, this is my first Fanfiction involving stranger things. I have been a huge fan of this series since it originally came out and the fact that the duffer brothers have done such an excellent job with the plot and the characters is the reason it has taken me this long to even give this a shot. I truly felt for the longest time that there was no feasible way to do these characters justice with writing until recently when I started reading other fanfictions on here. You guys gave me a lot of inspiration with all your wonderful stories and I would like to thank you in unknowingly breaking me out of the barrier I placed around myself and now giving me a shot at this. So, without further ado enjoy the story.)
"They know where we are," Hopper stated quickly making his way over to will. Hopper and Joyce began untying the restraints while Jonathan and Mike continued looking around, listening for the demodogs.
"Alright we need to get back inside NOW," Hopper screamed as he reached down to pick Will up in his arms and headed off towards the house being followed by the other three.
At this moment the ground began to rumble as if there was something moving under it, Mike looked back for a split second to see what was coming out of the hole in the back yard
"They are coming" Mike yelled breathlessly ahead to Hopper as he reached the door throwing it open and running inside.
Hopper quickly set Will down on the couch and grabbed a rifle and looked to Jonathan
"Can you use this"?
"I.. I Think… I.." Jonathan barely managed to get out before being interrupted by the older wheeler sibling.
"Toss It here I can use it", She said catching the rifle and making sure it was loaded. Hopper then proceeded to lock and load his own rifle and pointed it towards the window near the front of the house, breathing heavily He thought "I have no intentions of letting them die today".
He had thought back to his Sarah and how it had hurt when lost her and refused to let anything like that happen again, which then brought his mind to El.
"Shit… She is never gonna speak to me again after this," He thought
Everyone rounds up into the living room grabbing whatever weapon they can find
Lucas has his wrist rocket, Steve has his trusty bat, Mike is armed with a candle stick, and Hopper and Nancy are both carrying the rifles as they all hear a deafening screech outside. Then suddenly it had stopped with what sounded like cracking vertebrae.
Everyone looked around a little suspiciously due to the lack of noise outside until the shattering of the front window with an object crashing through jars everyone back into situation. Everyone jumps back from the creature that is now lying on the ground in the Byers living room with its head slumped over.
"Is it dead,? Dustin the first to manage to get words out asked
Hopper carefully walked over to the creature and moved its head around in a way proving that the creature was indeed dead.
"Yeah, it is dead" Hopper replied setting everyone slightly at ease until the deadbolt lock on the front door turned unlocking.
Hopper, Nancy, and Lucas immediately aimed their weapons at the door not entirely sure if they were ready for what was going to come through. Joyce stood near Will on the couch while Mike stood right next to Hopper with Steve and Jonathan flanking right behind him. Dustin was with Max right behind Lucas.
As the last lock on the door slowly came undone everyone watched tensely as the door slowly swung open to reveal the white converse shoes and the person wearing them.
As She walked in she took in the surrounding; Hopper looked like he had just seen a ghost. But she couldn't focus on any other faces because she was scanning the room for one face and one face only.
His.
Finally, her eyes met his in what felt like one of the happiest moments of her life was to see him again for him to know she was there.
Mike Could not believe his eyes; As she walked in he was in an utter state of disbelief.
"353 days" he thought to himself
He continued to stare at her, his eyes beginning to get misty as he slowly walked toward her.
She began walking toward him flashing one of her trademark smiles that are only reserved for him, for Mike… for her mike.
Mike began smiling awkwardly because of the whirlpool of emotion raging within him that he didn't dare speak until they were mere feet apart.
"Eleven"
"Mike" They simultaneously whispered before crashing into each other in a huge hug, letting all the emotions of the last 353 days out and allowing each other to feel it.
"I never gave up on you" he wiped at his eyes to rid them of the welled-up tears
"I called you everyday, everyday for-
"353 days" She finished looking deep into his eyes asking for forgiveness.
He looked at her heartbroken
"I heard" she continued considering his eyes, searching for what he was feeling
"Why didn't you talk back"? he finally choked out
"Because I wouldn't let her," Hopper piped up walking past Mike toward Eleven.
"What the hell is this, where have you been"? He questioned her
"Where have you been,"? She replied heatedly before Hopper embraced her in a hug.
While this happened, the wheels began to turn in Mikes head and everything finally made sense now… and he was furious. Beyond Furious
Mike walked up behind the Chief and put as much strength as he could muster into the shove successfully knocking Hopper off his feat luckily avoiding bringing Eleven down with him.
"You have been hiding her all this time…. You asshole." Mike yelled louder than he had intended.
As he landed on his side he shot Mike a surprised look
"Listen kid I was doing what was best for you, her and your family," Hopper stated as he got back to his feet surprised that the kid had that much power in him to knock him over. "I might have to be careful with him in the future" he thought to himself
Mike looked back to Eleven who had started tearing up due to the altercation between the man that has become like a dad to her, and the boy she has come to see as her best friend.
What she saw in mikes eyes hurt her even more then she could ever say in words, it was written all over his face…
Heartbreak.
"You listened to him all this time, you couldn't once have let me know you were ok,"? His emotions starting to get the better of him.
"Mike that's..-" Lucas and Dustin tried to speak up in her defense but go cut off by Mike glaring back at them.
"Mike.. I.. I really w..wa..wanted to but he told me it would p..put you in d..da…danger," Eleven barely got out between sobs.
Mike started getting a little red in the face not really knowing what to do here. He was still furious at Hopper and still very upset Eleven hadn't contacted him in all that time.
Suddenly the front door kicked wide open and four demodogs came running in shocking everyone since they thought that eleven had killed them all. One of them had cornered Lucas, Max, Dustin, Joyce, and Jonathan while another cornered Nancy, Hopper, Eleven, and Steve.
In this moment El was able to tap back into her powers and was able to kill the two dogs that were corning the two separate groups, but she realized too late that someone was missing.
Outside everyone could hear the faint sound of screaming,
"Help El," was all Mike could get out as he fainted from the pain of being dragged by two demodogs by the arms down into the tunnel network leading back to the lab.
El ran outside staring at the hole in the ground and began walking toward it
"Mike…Mike….MIKE!"
(A/N: To be continued, when I started writing this I didn't really think I would need more chapters but it seems as though this story isn't quite complete without another one. There will be Mileven in the end (After all I'm a huge shipper of them) don't worry guys but in the mean time I thought that I would add a bit of a twist on to the final scene in episode 8 and given the ending of season two a slightly different ending. Don't worry it will still end with the Snow ball just minor details here and there will be included. Anyways that is all for now I will try and update soon (Next couple of days) If you could please enjoy read, review I would love to know what everyone thinks and if they think there is anything I could potentially be doing better.)