A/N: Here I am! I'm back!
So yeah, in this chapter, the kids will try to communicate with El. Also, Hopper will try to make amends with the kids in future chapters. Trust me, it will not be easy for him.
Also, Joyce will be making an appearance! Yay!
Lets do this!
Mike had a full proof plan to communicate with Eleven. It would involve Will in this plan. Also, he'd use the supercom.
"Okay, so Will, you were able to communicate with Joyce by talking to her through the phone right?" Mike asked.
"Yeah. I wasn't able to say much though since I was scared," Will said.
Mike nodded. "Okay. So what you need to do is disappear again and bring your supercom. Give it to Eleven and tell her what channel I'm on. She'll take it from there," Mike told Will.
"But I can't control when I go to the Upside Down! It only happens when I feel nauseous," Will reminded Mike.
"Then we just wait," Mike said.
They sat in the fort for a few minutes. There was a bucket next to Will so he could cough up the slug in there. Mike was starting to get impatient.
Suddenly, Will started coughing. As he grabbed his supercom, he coughed up the slug into the bucket.
"Here we go!" Mike said.
Then Will vanished.
...
Will was in the Upside Down version of Mike's basement. He looked around a little. Then he saw Eleven sitting in the fort. She looked up at him. She looked weaker than the last time he saw her. Her hair wasn't shaved anymore, it was more of a pixie cut, and her clothes were torn and dirty.
"Will?" She gasped.
"Yes it's me again," Will said. She smiled weakly.
"Okay, I have to make this fast. Use this supercom to communicate with Mike. He knows you're alive and he needs to know it," Will said.
El looked surprised. "Mike?" She asked. Will smiled.
"Yes, Mike. I guess you guys were close?" he asked. El nodded. Then she took the supercom and started fiddling with it.
"Mike is channel four. You know what a four looks like?" Will said. El nodded and pointed at the four on the supercom.
"Good. I have to go now, good luck!" Will said as he started fading away.
As Will disappeared, El started to try to communicate with Mike. She went into channel four and spoke to him.
She hoped that it would work. She missed him. El hoped that it was him leaving the Eggos in the woods. At least from what Will said, Mike was looking for her. She started speaking into the radio.
"Mike?"
...
Mike was still sitting in the fort. He was thinking about El. He was thinking about another memory.
...
"You hurt me, do you understand?! What you did sucks!" Mike yelled at El. The boys and El had just found Will's "body" at the quarry. Mike thought that El lied to him about Will being alive.
"Lucas was right about you. All along," Mike said. Then he continued to look at drawings that Will made. El continued to fiddle with the supercom. Then a voice came out of the radio.
"So come on and let me know, should I stay or should I go?" A voice sang. Mike looked up at El. Her nose was bleeding and she was holding up the supercom.
Will continued to sing as Mike went over to the fort. El gave him the supercom and Mike tried to talk to Will.
"Will! It's Mike! Do you copy? Over," Mike said. "Will?" But there was only static at the other side.
Mike lowered the supercom. "Was that...?" He asked.
El smiled. "Will," she said quietly.
...
Mike hoped that this time, he could actually talk to El. Then Will appeared right next to him. He looked up at him like he was asking a question. Will was smiling and nodding. Then some noise came from Mike's supercom.
"Mike?" A small voice said. Mike's eyes widened as he grabbed the supercom. Could it be?!
"El?! Is that you?!" Mike shouted.
"Yes," El said. Mike smiled and tears came into his eyes.
"El! Are you in the Upside Down?" Mike asked.
"Yes," El responded.
"I'm going to find you! I'll be there to get you out! I promise!" Mike said.
"N-Not safe," El whimpered. Suddenly, there was a hiss in the radio. Will and Mike's eyes widened when they heard it.
"I-I don't give a damn about that El! I'm going to the gate to find you! I promise!" Mike shouted. But there was only static at the other side.
"El?! EL?!" Mike said, tears streaming down his face. But there was no response. Mike curled up into a ball and started crying. He kept on repeating El's name over and over. Will didn't know what to do to help him. Then the two boys heard footsteps coming down the stairs. It was Joyce Byers!
"Will, honey? Time to go," Joyce said. Then she saw Mike crying and Will comforting him.
"What happened?" She asked.
"We communicated with El, but it was short and Mike is scared for her," Will explained. He left out the slug and the fading to the Upside Down parts.
"Eleven is alive?" Joyce asked, shocked. She also thought El was dead.
"Yes," Will said. Mike finally noticed that Jpyce was there.
"Joyce! When you came back with Will, was the gate still there?" Mike asked.
Joyce tried to remember. "I think so," she said. Then Mike grabbed his compass. He noticed that it wasn't pointing at true north.
"A strong, magnetic field..." Mike whispered. He looked up at Will and Joyce.
"It's still open!"
A/N: The gate is open! Bum bum BUM!
You finally get an appearance from El! Yay!
So next chapter, the whole gang will group together to infiltrate the lab. Unfortunately, it will not be easy.
I hope you enjoyed! Please review!