A/N: Erm… Hi everyone! This is my first fanfic so, uh…. I'll probably be doing a lot of things wrong like the author's note… So uh anyway I guess… we go on with the show.
Disclaimer: I do not own Stranger Things. If I did, it would not be the masterpiece it is today.
Prologue:
1983
"Experiment 014. Subject seems to have powers of elemental kind, opposed to most subjects who have psychic capabilities. 014 is very uncooperative. In every test so far, force is involved. 014 haven't… killed anyone yet, whether deliberately or accidentally. We shall conduct another test within the hour. The child has potential."
Fourteen woke up in a dark room. Confusion, fear, and shock rush into his mind. He remembers what those men did to him. Strapping him onto a chair and electrocuting him. Fourteen began to sob. He wanted to escape. He wants to see his family. "M-mom… D-d-dad… please…"
Just then the door suddenly opened and then two men in security uniform appeared. One man moved towards Fourteen while holding a syringe. Fourteen saw this and backed away. "No,no,no,no,no,NO!" he screams. Fourteen's hands began to glow red hot. The man tried to subdue him but Fourteen punched him in the stomach. His fist melted through skin, also melting the man's intestines. The man coughed up a lot of blood and fell dead. The other man watched in horror and tried to run but Fourteen burnt him up, instantly turning the man into ash. Fourteen calmed down and wiped the blood off his nose. He took a moment to survey where he is. It looks like he's in a hallway. He knows the other bad men are coming so he hurried up and followed the path. After a few moments of sneaking down the hall, he passed by a room. A glance to the door and he knew who occupied the room. '011….' he thought to himself. And then he realized this was the child those men seemingly took an interest of.
This was the child whose screams Fourteen hears every night.
With renewed vigor, Fourteen hurries into the door at the end of the hall. Just when he opened it, alarms blared and lights flickered over the hall but he doesn't hear any rapid footsteps coming. Curious as to what is going on, you find a directory and follow the path towards the elevator. When Fourteen reached it, it seemed like it was already in use from the lower floors. Readying for another fight, he superheated his hands and readied a ball made of fire. But when it opened, it wasn't what he expected.
A mangled body of a scientist greeted him.
Fourteen's face became a healthy shade of green but he swallowed the bile that built up in his throat. "Wh-what could've done this?" he asked to himself. Suddenly, he felt like he was being watched. He realized he wasn't alone.
Turning back on his tail, he ran to the stairs and made his way up the next floor. After reaching it, he peeked through the door and saw nobody at all. 'Must have gone downstairs…' he thought. So, very carefully, he treaded through the hallways, finding an exit. He found the front door but five guards stood by it. He can drop two, maybe three of those guards but the remaining would probably shoot him so he can't just fight through. As he thought on what to do, he remembers a test those men ran on him, about making him use two elements at once. The test was somewhat successful and he could use two elements at once but it left Fourteen drained. 'I've gone this far, might as well try it.' He thought. So, he forced his eyes closed and began to focus on making his left hand ice cold, and his right red hot. After a few moments, he began to feel cold on his left hand and opened his eyes. And to his amazement, left hand is made of ice while the other is of fire. Knowing what to do, he stood back a few feet away into the hall from the guards and made a wall of ice. After forming it, he let forth a stream of fire from his right hand to the ice wall, making fog in the process.
One of the guards began to feel the cold. "Is it just me, or did it get cold all of a sudden?" "I feel it too" said one of the other guards. "Same here, keep your guards up." Just then, they saw the fog from the hallway making its way to them. "What the hell?" The fog began to fill the whole room and the guards are consumed by the fog.
Wiping the blood off his nose, Fourteen then proceeded to make his way to the exit. Using the fog to his advantage and sticking to the sides and not making any noise, he eventually reached the door and opened it quietly. Stepping out into the cold night, he moved to a dark spot and breathed in fresh air. "I'm… outside…" he said, voice dangerously cracking. A stray tear fell down his face but he wiped off. He's not out of the bad place yet. Taking a deep breath, and blowing it out, he stepped into the night and sneaked into the forest. The journey through the forest was uneventful until he reached a fence. Making his left hand grow ice cold, he froze a section of the fence, and removed it. He went through the hole in the fence. After crossing to the other side, he stood and looked behind him. The forest was pitch black save for some lights here and there. "I-I escaped!" he said breathlessly. He looked back again but this time, with a look of determination. "I will not let any other children experience what I've gone through… Especially if they're like Eleven…" he whispered to himself. And he began to walk away from the lab. He vowed to himself that day, that he will do everything in his power to prevent them from kidnapping other children.
Fourteen may now have freedom, but he cannot help but think about what he saw in that elevator. And whether he was truly free, or if he still has strings attached to him.
A/N: For a prologue, this is lengthy as fuck. Reviews will be appreciated! And I'm sorry if I'm doing things wrong because this is my very first fanfic. Have a good day to you all!
