Ok, sorry for the long wait.(even though I don't think anyone read it) I have no idea how to read reviews btw so please pm me how! (Update: I figured out how.)
It had been a few weeks since the dream, but El was still haunted by it. She didn't have any other dreams, but she couldn't get it out of her head that this boy wanted daddy. It had only been two months since the snowball, but she still had to follow the "don't be stupid rules", although mike and the other boys (and sometimes max) could visit. She didn't tell them about her nightmare, mostly because she was afraid that the boy would get them too.
One day, while hopper was at work, a package came. Hopper had changed the don't be stupid rules so that she could answer her he door if she looked through the newly installed peephole. She looked through and didn't see anyone, so she opened it and found a package on the porch. She picked it up and read the label. To El. From Mike. El opened it up without a second thought, and found inside it, a package of apple cinnamon eggos. She was confused until she read the note, saying:
I found this new type of eggo and thought you might like to try it.
-Mike
El tried an eggo and it turned out to be pretty good, until she found herself unconscious on the floor minutes later. When she woke up she was in a big room, but she was in a cage in said room. "Finally." A voice she recognized said. "I was starting to get bored."
When hopper got home, he did the secret knock, as usual, but the door didn't open. He tried again. Still nothing. "Kid, I'm on time! Could you open the door?" Still nothing. It was at this point that he noticed a note, held onto the porch by a tack. Come to this address alone if you want to see your daughter again. A terrified look came across hopper's face. He immediately climbed into his car and started driving. He knew he was breaking almost every traffic law there was, but there was no way he was going to lose his little girl. It had happened to him once. He wouldn't let it happen again. He drove what was normally a two hour drive in about 45 minutes. When he got there, he just saw an empty warehouse. He leapt from his vehicle and rushed into the warehouse almost ripping the door off its hinges. When he got inside, words couldn't describe his shock.
Ten minutes earlier.
"Finally, I was starting to get bored." El recognized the voice as the boy with the eyepatch, but couldn't see him. She looked around and finally saw him, sitting behind a desk.
"Why did you bring me here?" El asked.
"My reasons are my own. I will let you know, however, that you won't be here for much longer."
El was slightly confused. "You're letting me go?"
"I suppose you could say that."
"How long?"
"Depends. Until then, do you know how to play chess?"
El didn't know about kid napping, so she didn't think she was in any real danger. "Kind of."
The boy opened a small window in her cage and slid a chessboard halfway through, so it was balanced on the square bar. He then put the pieces on it and said, "White goes first." She had no concept of strategy, so she would just move random pieces. While they played, el's curiosity got the better of her and she asked, "Why do you have a black thing on your eye? Won't that make it hard to see?"
"I don't have an eye." He stated. "It covers up the hole."
"Oh."
Within ten minutes he had her in checkmate. They started a new game, and around this point hopper burst in through the door.
"KID!" he screamed. He then proceeded to pull out his gun and aimed it at the boy. "Let her go!" He said.
"Patience, Mr. Hopper. All good things to those who wait."
"I came here to get my girl back, and I'm not leaving until I do!"
"Then I'm afraid you'll not be leaving." A new voice said from the doorway. Hopper was terrified. He had heard that voice before. He turned around and saw the one thing that could have made the police chief wet his pants. Brenner.
Ok, so this was a pretty short chapter too, but I'll try to update more often!
