Authors Note:
I am just starting out finally tackling my fear behind writing and actually doing it, Feedback is welcome and i will update this story as often as possible
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Hawkins Lab, Hawkins Indiana - 1983
Day 206
Barb
Barb's purple fingers, shaking body and banging headache confirmed the number one fact in her mind, she had been in the upside-down entirely too long
Though, despite this fact, and her constant pleas, he wouldn't let her out Not Yet. She herself could agree that the four walled cell with the cold steel door and the hole in the floor in replace of a toilet, combined with the concrete slab and sorry excuse for a blanket was no desirable home to be asking to go back to
Nonetheless, Barb couldn't take it in tr wretched environment any longer
"Dr. Brenner! Let me out PLEASE!" Barb cried out frantically "I'm going to die in here!" She screamed but to no response
Then she Heard It, the silk warm voice that seemed to come from all sides of the space. She could never pin exactly where it was coming from, T'was as if the ominous voice if Dr. Brenner was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere, All at once
"Barb dear," Brenner called, followed by a menacingly laugh. "Remember what we practiced remember what I told you," Brenner was losing patience
'Jan— Eleven, was never this tough To deal with' He thought silently to himself
"Remember what we practiced, remember what I told you," Barb was beginning to lose hope she Stood up and began pacing, avoiding the heaping piles of demogorgon demodog feces. The demogorgon blood made The Atmosphere reek of stale rust and decay. The blood, as it laid uselessly everywhere, began to manifest itself into pools, lagoons, and streams as it burned crevaces into the surface of the Upside-down.
"Remember what we practice—. Barb suddenly remembered
Dr. Brenner, the mastermind behind this experiment saw the power abd realization manifest inside Of her
Barb, chose a random spot on the ground and sat cross legged, as she fell into a deep concentration probing her brain for the gift, that Dr. Brenner had informed her of. Calling it, a baiting tactic of sorts, leaving energy behind that other children cultured to use their gifts could use as a landmark to follow when in danger.
HMPH! Was the only audible sound Barb could muster as she tingled and viciously grabbed a tight grip onto her newfound Power, Her only ticket out.
Dr. Brenner watched as her power was manifesting, watching the phenomenon through a screen, his tears of joy and pride did not cease as Barb opened the dimensional portal
Barb, eyes glued shut saw nothing but felt warm lighy engulfing her making her feel welcome in her semi-ethereal experience, and though she wasnt walking, she felt herself moving forward, but she did not question no part of the experience, I want my bed, as miserable as it sounded, was all she was thinking about
And as soon as it started, it was over and Barb was back in her chair gasping for breath with numerous machines, fluids, and beeps connected to her and surrounding her
Dr. Brenner, Looked at her arm in astonishment as the moment he was waiting for was unfolding in his face
Barb, Caught the Attention of Dr. Brenner, and also watched her inner wrist as the number '12' was forming, then
AHHHHHHH— Barb let out a menacing Shreik, as the numbers on her wrist started branding themselves into her skin burning with excruciating pain
Dr. Brenner looked up and into her eyes
"YOU'RE NUMBER 12!"