Hopper could feel it, there was a presence near him. Creepily, silently moving towards him, casting its dark aura around the room. He shook it off momentarily and flipped over a piece of toast he had lying on the burning pan. Again, he could feel it. He couldn't just brush it off like before, he had to face it, like the man he was. Slowly he turned around, bracing himself to see a monster among all monsters standing behind him.

"Oh, Jesus!" He yelled, startled by the sudden appearance of Eleven, who was standing there with a white sheet covering her entire body. Two eyeholes were cut out next to each other to help her see.

"Ghost." She said, looking straight at Hopper and standing completely still. "Yeah, I see that" He replied, taking his toast-filled pan and walking over to one of the counters that he placed the plates on.

"Halloween." She stated. "Sure is. But right now, it's breakfast, okay? Come on let's eat." He slid the toast onto the plates and returned the pan back to its original spot on the stove. He took his cup and made his way over to the table, picking up both plates with all of the necessary breakfast ingredients.

"They wouldn't see me." She said, turning around as he moved around her to get to the table. "Who wouldn't see you?" He asked in a monotone voice, slowly inching his way over. "The bad men."

"What are you talking about?" He placed both of the plates alongside their usual eating spot and started to sit down in his chair. Eleven walked closer to Hopper. "Trick or treat" She stuttered out, trying to find the right definition for the activity she wanted to embark on that night.

He looked at her dumbfounded. "You want to go trick or treating?"

Eleven nodded. Hopper sighed and lifted himself off of his chair. "You know the rules." He stated. Eleven tried to stutter out her words but Hopper interrupted her. "Yeah, so you know the answer"

"No, but they wouldn't see me." She explained back to him, startled by his sudden grasp of her shoulders.

"No. Hey. I don't care." He softly answered back, pushing her back as she tried to win the argument.

"But they wouldn't see me." She protested harder.

"I don't care, all right?" He said, stopping both of them in their tracks.

"You go out there, ghost or not, it's a risk. We don't take risks. All right? They're stupid and.."

"We're not stupid!" She shouted back.

He nodded. "Exactly, now you take that off, sit down and eat. Your food's getting cold." He motioned towards her seat as he made his way over back to his seat. Eleven threw off her costume and angrily sat down, crossing her arms.

They both sat their silently for a couple of seconds. Eleven looked annoyingly away from Hopper as he sighed and rubbed his face. "Look, I get it, you want to see Mike. But it's still taking a risk if you go out there. It's been a long time-"

"351 days." She stated, looking over at him with the same expression. He coughed. "Sure, 351 days since you've seen him, but I can't let you out. What if the bad men were there, but dressed up in disguise? What if they find you with Mike and take him hostage? What if they take you back to the lab and keep you there for the rest of your life, doing little experiments while your so-called-father does horrible things to you for the 'sake of humanity'" Hopper raged out, throwing his arms into the air.

"Papa is dead." Eleven said coldly, slamming her foot onto the side of the table. The whole table shook and almost half of the breakfast items went crashing down onto the ground. Hopper sighed again and looked at her.

"Look.. you can have an hour. And that's only if you find Mike in the first ten minutes and he's accompanied by his friends okay?"

Eleven eagerly nodded and stood up, putting the sheet back over her body. "Ghost!"

"Yeah, yeah. Just eat your breakfast."


"Do you have the gun?"

"Yes." Eleven answered, pointing the gun towards Hopper in signal that she had it in her hands. He quickly lowered the gun away from him and showed her how to turn the safety on and off. "Always have the safety off unless the bad men attack you okay? Maybe give it to Lucas if you need to. Just.. don't use your powers."

"Yes." Eleven nodded and opened the door, feeling the cool air sweep around her as she saw through her tiny eyeholes, multiple children and teenagers wandering around the neighborhood with the most ridiculous outfits she's ever seen. She waved goodbye to Hopper and hopped off her seat, accidentally landing on her face. She looked up and saw Hopper laughing, "Smooth." He said, driving off. Eleven brushed it off and started her search.


"Did you agree to this?"

Eleven stopped. She ran to the sound of the voice. The first thing she saw was Dustin and Lucas who were both talking to a red-haired girl and saying the word, "Tubular" which made her super confused. She looked at them and around them but couldn't find Will or Mike. She walked up towards the boys.

"Dustin, Lucas." She greeted in a monotone voice, lifting her arms up in a T-shaped form. Both of them looked at her weirdly as the girl leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Sorry, they're dimwits so they probably can't tell who you are just by your voice. You may want to take off the sheet."

"Ghost" Eleven corrected. Max nodded and stepped back so Dustin and Lucas could talk to her. They both stood back a little as Eleven lifted up the sheet over her head.

"El!" They both yelled, tackling her in a hug and almost knocking her off her feet. She grinned slightly and listened to them rambling on and on about what happened while she was gone. "Oh my god, Mike's gonna flip out when he hears El's back!" Dustin yelled, jumping up and down in celebration as his gun shook on his back, almost falling off.

"Mike?" Eleven asks, looking around the area again trying to find him. "Yeah, Mike. He came with us, he just went off with Will somewhere. We should go find them." Lucas suggested, motioning to Max that they were leaving. Max nodded and headed off with Lucas. Dustin and Eleven went ahead of them as Dustin started digging into his candy. He pulled out a 3 Musketeers bar and started unwrapping it. Eleven looked at.

"You want some? It's pretty good." Dustin broke half of the candy bar and handed it to Eleven. She cautiously took it and started nibbling on the edge while Dustin almost ate all of it in one bite. After she finished, she turned to Dustin.

"Good." She concluded, smiling faintly at him while he smiled back widely. "I know right. Hey Lucas! Did you hear that? El likes nougat!" He yelled towards Lucas, turning around to gloat in his face. Lucas rolled his eyes.

"Will! Will what's wrong?"

Everyone turned around and started sprinting towards the voice, Eleven being the one that fell behind for a second and had to make it up by running twice as fast.

"Holy crap!" Dustin yelled, making his way down the steps and towards Will, who was shakingly sitting against a wall, knees huddled up on his chest as Mike sat by his side.

"Is he okay?" Lucas asked, standing aside with everyone else as Mike huddled down more to help Will, grabbing his shoulder and wrapping it around his. Eleven stood at the back, standing on her tiptoes to try to see what was going on. "I don't know." Mike replied, shaking Will softly. "I'm gonna get you home, okay. I'm gonna get you home. Hold on." He comforted him.

He picked him up as Dustin came over and tried to grab him too. "I got him." Mike snapped, bringing Will to his feet as he let him adjust. "Mike." Dustin called out, watching as Mike slowly limped his way over to the exit of the nearby house."Keep trick-or-treating. I'm bored anyways."

"Mike!" Dustin called out again, no answer. "Mike!" Max and Lucas said together, no answer.

"M-Mike!" Eleven yelled, jumping up as far as she could as the group dispersed so she could see and be heard. Mike answered, but didn't turn around. "We have to get Will home now. Come on guys."

He continued walking, not looking back and not talking for the rest of the way.


They ended up going towards Mike's house since he knew they wouldn't be home so soon since it was the perfect opportunity to be at a movie theater when it wasn't so crowded. Will was taken to Mike's room and situated onto his bed. Will was conscious, just shaken up. They voted on Dustin and Lucas to look after him. Mike additionally voted Max to stay with Will too, since he obviously didn't want to be around her. Eleven waited downstairs, awkwardly sitting on the couch as everyone got comfortable.

Eleven didn't expect Mike to talk to her, not after the cold greeting he had given her at the time. She really didn't want to face him if he didn't want to see her. She would've just rathered staying at home with Hopper if it meant avoiding this situation. Then she heard footsteps coming downstairs.

"El, are you down here?" The voice asked softly, reaching the bottom of the stairs before she could answer. It was Mike. Of course it was Mike.

"Yes." She answered, shifting herself to the end of the couch as Mike sat down and smiled at her. Eleven looked away, trying to avoid his gaze. Her gaze shifted somewhere else, something more familiar. At the very back of the room was a little fort made out an old table and a huge pile of blankets and pillows. She smiled faintly at all the times she had slept there.

"You remember the blanket fort?" He asked, happily making his way over there as he sat down and took out his walkie-talkie.

"I used this to contact you every single night. I prayed it made it to you but.. I wasn't sure it would." He told her, running around the room to explain how every object she touched reminded him of her everyday. When he was finished, he sat back down and was already enjoyed again by his reminiscing.

"I can speak now." She said, chuckling softly. He smiled and scooted closer to her.

"Man, I wish you showed up before Halloween started so you could dress up as the Dana Barrett to my Venkman" He said, making Eleven tilt her head in confusion.

"I-It's a reference to Ghost Bu- you know what, it just means I missed you. Alot" He chuckled again and slowly put his hand on hers. She flinched a little but warmed up to the idea. She smiled and realized that her hair was in her face. She blushed a little and realized she had never had this problem before. And she was still wearing her overalls.

"You look beautiful as always." He commented.

She grinned wider. "Smooth."


Sorry I had most of these chapters Mileven related. Some of the suggestions I started involved Eleven as the main character, so my initial thought is she had to have some relation to Mike too because of her main quest to see him. Other things beside Mileven are coming!

Also I was kinda on a time limit soooo sorry it wasn't as good. I'm editing these past few chapters when I have the chance!

Also also I had to look up if Venkman had any romantic interests, and the name that came up was Dana Barrett so.. references? I guess?

This was suggested by nubbynubbster!

Suggestions I still have to do: Draconic King, MonkeyQueen88 YT, Mileven, pearlydewdrop, and candy95!

Even though I am somewhat swamped with suggestions, you can ALWAYS suggest more. Come at me!

Edit: OMG I FOUND IT! Thank you all for leaving such positive notes about my little deletion. You guys are the best ^ ^. I'll try to update as soon as possible for my next story!