Mike's POV
The head lights on Max's brothers car finally dimmed down. I dropped my hands from my face slowly.
"What the hell" Steve said
"Did she do it? Is it over?" Lucas wondered
"We should go check, make sure everything went right" I suggested. We rushed to the car.
"Hold on" Steve stopped us "this time I'm driving"
We got in the car, max sat in the front, Dustin and Lucas sat next to me in the back.
"Where did they go again?" Steve asked
"The lab" Dustin answered
Steve started the car and drove off. This drive was much smoother than the one on the way.
The ride was quiet until max spoke up. "What if el failed? What if those dogs got them?"
"Demodogs!" Dustin corrected
"Then we're walking into a death trap" Steve hesitated and started to slow down
"No, we have to keep going, if she's in trouble then we need to help her" I protested
"But I promised I'd keep you all safe and going there would mean a definite unsafe thing if they didn't kill it. I'm turning around" Steve argued
"No! El is one of us, if she's actually dead this time none of us will be able to forgive ourself knowing that maybe we could of done something" that shut everyone up.
Steve groaned "fine" then he sped up.
Finally we reached the lab, as soon as Steve stopped the car I got out. I stopped when I got to the path, it was silent. I started to head towards the door, there was movement from inside, I stopped, I could hear that the others were just behind me. The door opened and two people came out, I took a relieving breath out, she did it. Hopper came out followed by eleven. She stopped when she saw me, her face was covered in streaks of blood but her smile still stood out the most. We rushed into each others arms and hugged. "Your ok" I said over her shoulder
"I promised didnt I?" She said over mine
"Come on kid let's go check on Joyce" hopper said "you should probably go take them home" he then said to Steve
"Yeah alright" Steve answered
"Wait, what about billy, he's still at will's house" max said
"Who?" Hopper asked
"My brother attacked us but we knocked him out"
"Ok change of plans, Harrington, you take el to where Joyce is and I'll drop them off and take care of the brother" hopper said
"Wait, I'm going with el" I told him
"Fine, the rest of you come with me" hopper turned to Lucas, Dustin and max. Before they left hopper talked to Steve about where to go
"Cya mike, Bye el" Dustin waved
"Cya" I said and el waved as they drove past
"Alright dipshit and girl, let's go" eleven and I got into the back of the car and Steve drove off. The ride was quiet, el held my hand and leaned her head on my shoulder, almost falling asleep. After stopping a beast from another dimension shell probably sleep for days. I rested my head on hers and closed my eyes
"If you fall asleep i ain't waking you" Steve said.
"Just get Nancy to do it" I responded with my eyes still closed. I hadn't had a good sleep since Halloween.
Steve's POV
'Shit they fell asleep' I thought. From the way that the chief told me I should be there any minute now. I looked closer and could see lights, once I got near Mrs Byers car, I parked and looked behind me. 'I didn't know wheeler would be the the guy to get the girl'. I got out of the car and knocked on the door.
The door unlocked then opened, Nancy was standing there.
"Oh my god" she held a hand up to my face "what happened are you ok?"
"Oh yeah, forgot about that. Um, billy came over and tried to hurt the shits so..."
She took her hand away from my face. "Damn good babysitter" she teased
"Oh, your brother is in the car, asleep with the girl. He said for you to wake him up" I told her
"Of course he did, you go inside I'll get them" Nancy walked past me. I went inside.
Mike's POV
My eyes opened, I was still in the car leaning my head on el's and holding her hand.
"Mike" said a harsh whisper "mike" then again
I looked to my right and saw Nancy standing out the door of the car. "Come on, will's inside" I was still half asleep so I only registered half of what Nancy said. "Do I need to unbuckle you? Maybe carry you inside?" She said
"No just give me a minute, jeez"
"I'll be inside" she walked away
"El, El wake up, we're here" her eyes opened, she lifted her head off my shoulder
"It would of been nice to keep sleeping" she said
I chuckled "Yeah, except Will is inside and he's awake I think"
"Let's go then"
We got out of Billy's car and went inside. On the bed, sitting up were Mrs Byers, Jonathan and will. Nancy was cleaning up Steve's bloody face in the kitchen.
"Will!" I went over to him "how are you feeling?"
"Fine I guess" he answered. El came up next to me "will, this is eleven" I introduced
"Thank you" he said to her, she smiled back.
Max's POV
We had picked up billy from the Byers house, dropped off Dustin, then Lucas. The chief was now driving up the road I live on. I looked to billy in the back, still knocked out. We parked outside my house. "All right kid I'll get him and you go to your parents" he said.
"Ok" I hopped out of the truck, went to the door and knocked. There was an answer, it was my Mom. "Oh my god max!" She hugged me "where have you been?"
"I'm fine, I just went to the arcade" I lied
She then saw the chiefs car and him bringing out billy "what happened to him?!" She went over to him. "Neil!" She called for my step dad
He came out. "What the hell happened?" He asked the chief. "I was walking home, and he found me right before some junkies attacked us and he was knocked out then the chief found us" I told them.
"Where's his car?" My step dad asked
"The guys drove off with it, I'll find it though" hopper answered
"Thank you" mom said. He gave billy to Neil, got in his car and drove off.
We went inside, I went to my room and my mom followed "So billy protected you?"
"Yes, mom" I told her.
As much as I hated my brother I didn't want him to face the wrath of my step dad. Even he didn't deserve that. I put my pjs on and got in my bed. It had been a long day and finally I could sleep.
Eleven's POV
I had gone to have a shower, so I could get the makeup and blood off my face. Mike, will, Joyce, Jonathan, Nancy and Steve were still sitting on the lounge and bed. Mike had officially introduced me to Will, will seemed grateful for what I had done for him but the truth is, if I never opened the gate then will never would have been taken by the demogorgan in the first place. It was all my fault.
I got out of the shower, put jeans and a flannel top on then went back out. My hair was still wet so it looked darker and longer than it really was. I saw that Steve had left and the Byers and Nancy were ready to leave.
"Hey hunny, do you want us to stay here until hopper comes back?" Mrs Byers offered
"No, that's ok" I told her.
"Are you sure?" She asked again. I nodded "Alright, Nancy, mike we'll take you home"
"Sounds good Mrs Byers" Nancy smiled
"Uh, I'll stay here, for a while" mike interrupted
Mrs Byers nodded then headed out the door with Jonathan and Nancy in tail. "Bye mike, Bye eleven" will gave a small wave. We waved back.
I looked around, everything had been moved everywhere. "So why did you come back looking like a punk?" Mike wondered
"I went to see my sister" I told him
"You have a sister?"
"She's not my real sister though. And she kills the bad men"
"Kills them?" He repeated, I nodded "and they dressed you up like that" I nodded again
"I also found my mother"
"Really? Is she here in Hawkins?"
"No, I don't think so" this time he nodded.
"Do you need help moving everything back?" He asked
"Yes, please"
We started with the bed, we half picked it up and and dragged it back to my room. Then we packed away the heaters and piled them outside, next to the steps. Mike picked up a bed side table, that had been used to stand a heater near the bed and placed it down near the lounge.
"Do you know how to fix the tv?" I pointed to it
He took a look, plugged a cord back in, placed the thing with antennas on the top and turned it on. He brushed his hands of. I smiled. We sat down on the lounge.
Lights appeared out the windows and a car pulled up.
"Hopper must be back" mike said
A car door shut and the front door opened.
"I see everyone left already" he said. Then he saw mike. "Oh, mike's still here. Are you staying the night?"
"Um, yeah I guess" mike shrugged
"So is this going to be...a thing now?" Hopper asked me
"No, It's just one night. We haven't seen each other in almost 400 days-" mike started
"Just this once" I interrupted
"Okay, you can sleep on the lounge kid" hopper told mike.
"I'm going to go to bed. It's been a long day" he admitted. He went into his small room and closed the door.
"You pick up that end, I'll pick up the other" I whispered to mike and pointed to the ends of the lounge. It was a thin lounge so it would defiantly fit through the door to my room. He got the idea and nodded. We got up and picked up the ends of the couch and steered it into my room. We put it down next to my bed. I went back to the lounge room, grabbed a pile of blankets from a cabinet and went back into my room. I closed the door and gave him 2 blankets. The other two I put on my bed.
He sat down on the couch and I sat on the bed directly across from him.
"So, tell me what happened when you were here" mike said.
I told him all that had happened from the upside down to the big city. He also told me what had happened while I was gone. At some point he drifted off into sleep curled up on the lounge with both blankets on top. I also was curled up in blankets laying in my bed.
'Maybe one day, I should go back to aunt Becky and apologise, I'm sure hopper would drive me there' I thought. I felt bad about taking her money, but if the bad men found her with me they'd kill both her and mama. 'She'll understand won't she?'
My eyes started to become heavy and it was hard to keep them open. So I decided to just let them close and guide me into sleep.