When Mike woke up, his head felt like it was gonna explode. Looking around, his vision blurry, he noticed he was in a small, grey room, with no windows. Only a door with a small opening in the middle. He blinked a couple times, his vision clearing. He was almost as long as the bed he was on, he's feet just about hanging off it. He was still in his pajamas, but his jacket and shoes were no where to be found.
"What the hell?" He mumbled to himself. It was silent, and he couldn't stand it. He laid in the same position for what felt like hours, not knowing what to do. That is, until he heard voices at the door. He shot up, backing as far away from the door as possible, into the corner. He brought his legs up to his chest as the door opened and two men walked in. His breathing quickened, his eyes widening. "W-Who are you?"
"None of your concern." Taylor said gruffly, crossing his arms.
"We want to ask you a couple of questions, kid. And we want you to answer them correctly." Brandon said, menacingly. With sudden confidence, Mike said,
"And if I don't?"
"Then you'll be wishing you were never born."
"We want to help find him." Will said finally. Everyone in the room had been silent for the last fifteen minutes.
"You can't stop us this time." Dustin said, confident.
"And we won't." Hopper said. "But if I tell you not to do something or go somewhere, you better not." The three boys nodded. "As of right now, Callahan and Powell are typing up a missing child report and there will be a meeting at town square later tonight and we'll be gathering a search party. We're going to start searching immediately, and you can come with us, only if you promise to stay with an adult at all times, got it?" They nodded once again, and he turned to El, who nodded immediately. "Good. I'm just as scared as you all are," He said, looking at everyone in the room, "I know I give Mike a hard time but you can't help but love the kid." Just then, Steve and Jonathan burst into the house.
"What the hell?" Bryan exclaimed.
'What are you two doing here?" Joyce asked, looking at Jonathan specifically.
"We had early dismissal today." He replied. "Steve picked me up."
"What the hell is going on? And where's Little Wheeler?" Steve asked, noticing he was nowhere to be found. Fresh tears began falling down Karen's face at the mention of him, and Nancy hugged her tightly. Hopper sighed and said,
"He's missi-"
"He's been taken." El interrupted. Hopper looked at her. Her eyes were red and swollen. "It's the truth." He sighed and nodded.
"He was taken sometime between four and five this morning." Hopper said.
"And how do you know this?" Steve demanded. Hopper stood and pulled both teens out the front door.
"Look, you can't just bust up in someones house like that, Harrington." Hopper started, "One, it's disrespectful, and two-" Steve didn't let him finish.
"What are you going to do about Mike?" Jonathan nudged him, silently telling him to shut up.
"Look, shut up and I'll tell you." With a glare, Steve closed his mouth and let Hopper explain everything to them.
"Why exactly are we going to search the woods when we know he was taken? Literally kidnapped. I doubt he'd be out in the woods." Jonathan asked, this time being the irritated one.
"Look, I'm tired of you two and your attitudes, now tone it the hell down or leave, got it?" They rolled their eyes and nodded. "Mike's a smart kid, he could have escaped, they could have just dumped him somewhere in the woods and he got lost, there's a possibility of anything and everything."
"Do you think he was taken to the upside down?" Jonathan asked.
"No, the gate's closed, and El would know if it was reopened." Hopper replied.
"What about the government? Or the lab?" Steve asked. "Do you think it could have been them?"
"I won't rule it out, but the labs been closed for a year, so I highly doubt it. But, I will make a few calls and see what I can do about getting in there."
7 PM
"Mike!"
"Michael!"
"Wheeler!"
There were over 50 people out walking in the woods, yelling Mike's name. They'd already explored the woods around Mike's house, Dustin's, even the Byers house. Now, they were searching the woods around the quarry, thankful that there was no sign of him in the quarry itself.
"What if we never find him?" Nancy asked, fearfully. Jonathan, who she'd been walking with, stopped and pulled her into a hug.
"We'll find him, Nancy, or he'll find us. Like Hopper said, he's a smart kid."
"I know he is, but... Who knows what they could be doing to him? They could be torturing him, for no reason!" He sighed, rubbing her back.
"Let's just focus on the positives, alright?" She nodded into his shoulder. "Hey," She looked at him and he wiped the tears from her cheeks, "Will was found, wasn't he?"
"Yeah but..."
"I know, and he's okay now. Mike will be fine."
What they didn't know, was that Nancy's thought were very similar to what was actually happening to Mike.