Stranger Things Chapter 9

A/N: Hello Eveyone! I hope you're enjoying this as much as I am. Last line of the last chapter was my favorite so far in the series. I was more than slightly proud about it Lol. Anywho, on with the story. Love you all to pieces.-MoonlitShadow

Gally, Winston, Clint and Jeff were standing outside the door to the Med Jack wing of the Homestead when both Newt and Addie arrived.

Gally and Winston went to her without hesitation and both wrapped a possessive arm around her, one over her shoulder and the other around her waist.

Gally's hand sat low on her hip as he rubbed the small area of skin that was exposed from the lifting of her shirt making her shiver with absolute pleasure. She loved the way he made her feel and Winston too for that matter.

Both were different kinds of lovers and she was relishing in the attention of both older boys.

She gave them a quick smile before listening in to Newt, Jeff and Clint who were discussing Faust and Tom's progress.

"It seems that the greenie put himself into some type of coma. Like the ones we arrive in when we get here.

He's came to a couple of times but never for very long and never is very coherent enough to make any sense.

Faust has come to about twice in the past two days and both times he was mumbling again about something triggering whatever he thinks is the end.

We were wondering if it was okay to have Addie come in and try to draw them both out of themselves so we can really see how far they've come mentally."

Clint suggested as Newt looked over at Gally and Winston almost as if asking a silent permission.

Gally and Winston looked at each other before looking down and meeting her green eyes that assessed them carefully for their reactions.

"What do you think, love? Do you want to give talking to your brother and Tom another go?"

Gally asked gently as he and Winston waited along with the others for her answer.

Either way both Gally and Winston knew they would stay with her despite whatever protest Clint and Jeff would make.

They were just as much hers as she was theirs and they would do whatever it took to make sure she was safe, comfortable and happy.

And that meant watching over her when she confronted her brother and the strange greenie boy by herself.

They all watched as she gave a nod of agreement and then a small but cautious smile up at her boys.

"Okay. I'll do it. But if Faust comes at me again I think I'm gonna have to leave."

She said quietly as all of them nodded in understanding.

The last time her and her brother had been in the same room together, he had almost taken his own sister's life by the rage of going through the Changing.

Gally, Winston and the others were keen on making sure that nothing like that ever happened again to either her or her brother.

Gally and Winston exchanged a look before making their way over to Newt who lent an ear to the two concerned boys.

"Addie is our number one priority. I don't care what happens as long as we keep her safe. If anything starts to go off, we're cutting our losses and getting the hell outta dodge."

Winston said into Newt's ear as he nodded along with the boy's words.

"That seems reasonable enough. I'm sure that we'll have things more under control this time though. Like Clint said, Faust has only been awake twice in the entire two days since we last saw him."

He said as he gave both boys a reassuring smile.

Gally and Winston didn't look so sure but it was now or never as Clint gestured them to follow him as he entered the room that held both sickly boys.

As Addie made her way into the room, her eyes first locked on her brother who looked much better than the last time she saw him and then on Tom who's sleeping figure rolled and rocked amongst the soft covers of his bed in a fit of restless dreams.

She looked over at Clint and nodded towards Tom with a look of concern. Clint shook his head.

"There's no telling what type of drug he gave himself. As far as we can tell it's making him either hallucinate or dream about things that we obviously don't know about. I wish I did know though. Poor kid looks like he's in so much pain whether it be mentally or physically at this point."

"So, which should we bloody try and wake first?"

Newt quipped from the back of the group making all of them roll their eyes at his rather cheery disposition despite the circumstances.

"Oh I don't know. Maybe the one who didn't try to frickin kill her."

Gally drawled making Winston and Clint crack a smile as Addie shot him a look of disapproval making him immediately give her an apologetic look of his own.

"I'll go check on my brother first. Then I'll go see what's happening with Tom."

Addie said as Winston and Gally followed behind her over to where her brother lay eerily still in the small bed.

Carefully, she knelt beside him and gently took his hand in her own as she ran her fingers soothingly over his knuckles.

"Faust. Are you here with me?"

She asked quietly not really expecting much in terms of an answer.

She was satisfied just by the way he squeezed her hand gently in response but it startled them all when he groggily answered and turned his head slightly to look at her with his deep purple eyes.

"I'm here, shadow. I'm sorry I've been gone so long."

He said weakly making her eyes water at his nickname that he had given her when she was a small child.

"Good. I'm glad you're back now. Listen, Tom came up in the box. He's here with us, just across the room. Clint said you were talking about something to do with a trigger for the ending."

She murmured as he regarded her carefully.

He studied her expression and features before he nodded and sighed heavily before pulling back and shakily pushing himself up into a sitting position.

"Tom is the ending. He triggered the end. The maze trials are over now and the main compounds been destroyed. I don't know by who. All Resa would tell me was that it was the end and that we had to make do with what we had until they had more information for us."

He explained as he rubbed his eyes tiredly before giving her a small half smile.

Addie carefully stood and sat on the edge of the bed with a confused expression.

"Resa's alive? In my dreams she was being shot at. Both her and Tom had to make a run for it. Tom injected himself with some type of swipe so he'd go into a coma. He said something about protecting the cure."

Faust's reassuring smile faltered as he studied his sister's concerned expression.

Shaking his head lightly he ran a hand through his black and blue hair before settling on his sister's green eyes.

"I know the compound was attacked and that Resa came to me in something that looked like a dream telling me that they had to shut down the maze trials to keep all of us here in the maze safe.

She said that she would let us know when new information came in about what we're going to do now. She didn't say anything except she sent Tom down as the ending so we would find out what had happened.

She didn't want to create a big panic amongst the Glader's so she thought she'd reach us this way instead. I have no idea whether she was speaking to me before or after the compound was attacked.

But from the looks of it, it looks like it may have been after She was pretty roughed up but she looked like she was alright. I have no idea where the survivors of the compound are located.

All I know is that we're on our own for now."

Faust said as an eerie silence filled the room.

Everyone looked between Faust and Addie trying to come to terms with all that they had just learned.

Addie was quiet for a moment before she nodded slowly and gave Faust's hand one more squeeze before getting up and wrapping her arms tightly around her brother's thin frame.

Faust jumped slightly at the contact but then relished in the feeling of his sister's warmth and arms wrapped snuggly around him for what felt like the first time in a long time.

"At least you're safe now. And so is Resa and Tom. And as far as we know all of us here are safe. If the compound was attacked, I don't think the intruders managed to reach any part of the labs underneath it that control the trials. Hopefully it stays that way until the survivors of the compound return."

She mused as Faust nodded into her shoulder while stroking his hands weakly through her long red hair.

"Alright well, that's all bloody well and good but what are we going to do about old Tommy boy over there who looks like he's high out of his mind?"

Newt asked as he looked between the siblings with his arms crossed tightly over his chest.

Both Gally and Winston stood behind him and Clint and Jeff stood off to the side waiting for their cue to enter.

Addie nodded to Clint, who came forward with Jeff as soon as she released her arms from around her brother who smiled an exhausted smile at the two boys.

"I'm not sure what we should do about Tom quite yet to be honest."

Addie murmured as she made no move to approach the other bed where her best friend was tossing and turning in his restless sleep.

"I don't think we can do anything right now."

Gally said as he wrapped his arms lightly around her waist from behind making her smile and lean back into his hard chest.

"Well, then let's wait and see. That's the best plan we have for now."

Clint said as they all nodded in agreement.

As soon as Clint and Jeff were done assessing Faust, everyone said goodbye to the exhausted boy and he went back to resting and recovering for the rest of the day.

By the time they were done in the Med Jack wing, it was getting close to dinner and both Gally and Winston had a lot on their minds.

"You go catch up with Newt, love. We'll just be right behind you."

Gally said as he gave her a reassuring smile.

Addie nodded and ran up ahead to strike up a conversation with Newt who gingerly wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

Gally and Winston fell into step beside one another and were silent for a moment before they both divulged their concerns to one another.

"It hasn't been that long since Addie's joined us but I feel like we should be taking things to the next step sooner rather than later. With everything that we've just found out about everyone being in danger, I feel like we need to solidify our relationship now more than ever."

Winston said quietly as Gally nodded in agreement.

Both boy's eyes lifted to where Addie and Newt were laughing and walking together. Neither had a clue about what they could do to go to the said, next step with their younger lover but were both eager to keep things moving ahead steadily.

"I think we should probably talk to Newt and Faust about this. If we're going to do anything, we need to approach them first." Gally said as Winston nodded in agreement.

"That sounds like a good idea. I have no idea what we're going to do, but we need to do something to signify our union before things go to hell in a hand basket with everything that's going to be going down."

And once again, both boys watched as the younger girl with the bright red hair and forest green eyes laughed and made her place amongst them and found what little hope remained within her loving embrace.