Here's an intense and cheesy chapter! Hope you guys like it! -An Unknown Stranger.


Mike awoke to two hands tightening around his throat. He immediately grabbed the wrists of his attacker and felt the cold touch of metal. His eyes met Eleven's with pure terror and confusion as she gripped his throat as tightly as she possibly could with zero hesitation. Mike could not push words out of his enclosed throat, all he could do was use his eyes to plead with her and attempt to push her off.

"Holy shit!" Steve yelled as he ran toward them. The others quickly awoke and saw Steve fly back into a wall.

"You killed it!" Eleven cried out.

Eleven's figure began to blur in Mike's eyes as well as her words. His struggle began to soften and his arms began to fall to his side.

"Stop her!" Nancy screamed.

Hopper wrapped his arms around Eleven and pulled her away. Mike gasped for air as he suddenly felt it begin to fill his lungs once again. Nancy ran to his side and sat him up to help him get oxygen.

The others turned from Mike to Hopper when they saw him push Eleven against a wall. He then brought a gun out and pressed it to her chest. Tears ran down his eyes as he shakily held the pistol and stared into his daughters eyes.

Tears also ran down Eleven's eyes as she kept her eyes on the floor. "What the hell?!" Hopper yelled.

"He killed it...he killed it." She repeated hysterically.

"Killed what? Mike didn't kill anything!" Hopper yelled firmly.

"H...Hopper...stop." Mike held out his hand.

Hopper looked to Mike and saw the grief in his eyes as well as the others. Hopper stepped back and lowered his gun, still keeping his eyes on Eleven.

She turned to a dresser and pressed her head to it has she whispered incoherent words to herself.

"I'm fine guys, thanks for the help." Steve scowled.

"I think we all forgot you were here to be honest." Dustin informed him. Steve shook his head.

"Her powers are back...she's dangerous." Axel said firmly.

"Yeah, so is Kali but we aren't drugging her." Lucas argued.

"Kali wasn't brain washed. Eleven wants to kill us all right now." Mack added.

"So what do you suggest?" Max asked.

"If she's dead then she can't open the gate. The lab people will leave and boom, we have the town back." Axel explained.

At his comment, everyone unhinged and began to verbally fight with Axel and those that agreed with him.

In the chaos, Eleven took the opportunity to grab Hopper's gun and press it to her temple. Mike jumped out of the bed and approached her quickly, along with Hopper. They held out their hands gently. "El...don't." Hopper begged.

"I need to die..." she whispered.

Hopper looked to Mike and saw the despair within them. Knowing what was best, Hopper stepped back and allowed Mike to take control.

"Don't look at them...look at me." Mike said firmly.

Her broken eyes turned to him and remained focused on them. "I hurt you..." her voice cracked.

He felt his chest tighten at her words. "It wasn't you...you would never hurt me. Never." He said gently.

She shook her head. "I don't know who I am." She cried.

Everyone watched and held their breaths. The room was dead silent, you could feel the sympathy as well as tension in the room.

A tear rolled down Mike's cheek. "I know who you are..." he gave a watery smile.

He held out a hand gently to her. "I can help you...let me help you." He urged.

Her eyes observed his hand with immense conflict. She felt the gun shake in her palms. "I love you, El." Mike said sincerely.

She suddenly dropped the gun and walked into his arms. He wrapped them around her tightly and felt her sob on his shoulder. He couldn't help but shed tears as he held her gently with an immense amount of love. He kissed the top of her head before turning to Hopper and the others. "It's going to be okay..." he sighed.

An hour passed of nothing. Eleven and Mike were sat in the bedroom speaking quietly to one another while the others awkwardly waited.

"I'm done waiting. We need to kill this son of a bitch." Axel stated.

"We need Eleven completely on our side. Right now she's only talking to Mike. If we get to Brenner, he could use some mind trick on her to make her turn on us." Hopper explained.

"We have Kali, I say that's all we need. Screw Jane, she was obviously weak." Axel added angrily.

Before anyone could argue with him, Kali stood and pressed a hand to Axel's shoulder. She immediately saw the fear in his eyes and enjoyed it. "Do not ever call my sister weak. She is stronger than all of us, she is stronger than me. If you think otherwise than that is very unfortunate. Now shut the fuck up before I kill you myself." She said sternly. He gave a shaky nod before she stepped away. Those around smiled at the confrontation.

Everyone's eyes turned to Mike as he stepped out of the bedroom. Hopper moved to go into it but Mike stopped him. "She's only remembering me." He said softly.

"What?" Hopper furrowed his brows. He turned to Eleven and saw her sitting at the edge of the bed with her arms wrapped around her stomach.

"I'm her father, of course she remembers me." Hopper argued.

"Hopper." Mike said firmly. Hopper saw the seriousness in his eyes and relaxed.

"I'm sure she will remember everything. It just takes time." Mike added.

Hopper gave a small nod. "Will she help us?" He asked gently.

"She said that she wants to be the one to kill Brenner." Mike replied.

"So that's a yes?" Lucas raised a brow. Mike nodded.

"Alright, lets move out then." Kali said as she stood.

"El." Mike called. She stood from the bed and slowly walked into the room. She kept her eyes down or on Mike to avoid the others stares.

"She needs her cuffs taken off so that they don't activate them." Mike informed.

"We can't take them off. We don't have the tools. I can make it so they don't see them though." Kali explained. She looked to the cuffs and the others quickly noticed that they were "gone."

"We still don't have a plan." Dustin added.

"I know where they are...just follow me. When we get there, I'll distract Brenner. You guys take out the soldiers." Eleven said softly. Mike gave a small smile.

"Sounds good to me." Hopper said. The others nodded.

"I'm staying with El." Mike added.

They all understood why and didn't argue. Once the plan was made, another moment was not waisted. Mike grasped Eleven's hand as they stepped out the door.

Once they made their way into the town, they observed the many soldiers walking along it. "Just stay behind me." Eleven said firmly. They all didn't bother to argue, they followed her into the town toward the soldiers that quickly approached.

Mike watched Eleven take a quick inhale and then watched as the power went out from every street light and building. The soldiers attempted to contact Brenner and backup but failed to do so due to the interference.

The soldiers continued to approached with raised guns. "Subject Eleven!" One yelled.

She continued to walk with her eyes set on the direction of the gate. Every soldier who stood in her way was either thrown to the side or too fearful to approach.

The others continued behind her feeling a increasing amount of hope. As they walked at a quick pace toward the base, Will spoke quietly to Lucas, Dustin, and Max. "This is ironic." He stated.

They all looked to him with confusion. "How so?" Lucas asked.

"Brenner gave Kali and El their powers...now they are going to kill him with them." He smirked.

"That's called revenge my friend...but yeah I guess it's also ironic." Lucas smiled.

Eleven stopped a good distance from the Brenner's temporary base. "There it is." She sighed.

Mike held her hand and gave it a comforting squeeze. "Let's get rid of him once and for all." He said firmly. She gave a nod before taking another step forward.