Chapter 9

Mike sat at the table with his head in his hands. A few moments before he had punched another wall only to be brought to the table by the suited men.

"Now I can understand what you are thinking, but you are wrong," the man said. He had sunglasses on even though they were inside the house at night. "We are not part of the government program that created Eleven. We had no influence with creating what you refer to as the 'Upside Down.' They were an independent program that had never heard of us. And yes we have been watching you."

The man removed his sunglasses for the first time. He had dark hair and a stone cold face. The only thing not bland about him was his bright blue eyes.

"Now you obviously know that this is classified information and I am wasting time telling you. But understand general obligations I must remind you that everything here is confidential."

"Yea we know now what happened to my girlfriend," mike said with a frustrated tone.

Ignoring Mike, the man continued speaking.

"We have been watching all of you for quiet sometime. We know everything there is to know, every last detail. We see everything. So if you are to step out of line and give anyone any type of classified knowledge, we will know so don't even bother. An example can include when Lucas told Maxine. We were watching then too but the situation was not extreme enough to become involved and risk revealing ourselves."

Hopper stopped him there. "What do you mean it was not extreme enough? We had entered an alter universe."

"Yes I understand that," the man continued. "We deal with issues even worse. There are secrets that have not been and will never be discovered. We are a top secret government agency known as Target 37. We are highly classified and only 11 presidents have known of our existence. The situation at hand is obviously important explaining why we have come in contact with you."

The man got up and poured himself a glass of water and opened the cabinets looking for snacks. For a man so deeply rooted in the hidden crevices of the government, he sure was causal. He walked back to the table, eating a Twinkie.

"There are multiple dimensions. And when I say multiple I mean the number is far too big to classify. It's a multiple of infinity times infinity an infinite amount of times. Now I know that many people tend to believe that alternate universes have alter egos or aliens or monsters. This is not the case." The man stopped to wipe the cream from his face. "The other dimensions have the same exact people with the same exact personalities. They are, however, slightly varied. Universe 1 can have a crack on the sidewalk with a piece of grass precisely 1.6 inches tall. Universe 2 can have that same crack with a inch of grass that is 1.7 inches tall. Universe 3 can have a crack that is cracked in an alternate pattern but the grass is 1.6 inches. Universe 4 can have both of those factors vary even further meaning that the grass is now 1.3 inches and the crack is a difference shape than the first 3 universes. Now that was just one example. In one universe you could say the word hey. In another universe you can greet someone with what's up. And in the next you say hello. You can even say hey .02 seconds longer than you did in the previous universe. All universes are the same but different. We monitor these universes and keep in contact with the other Target 31s. The information disclosed with them is obviously classified. Up until now we have been aware of Eleven, as well as other unique humans that walk this earth. Yes, there are more.

Hopper interrupted. "Wait wait wait. Go back. If the other dimensions are all the same then what is the upside down. It's the complete opposite."

"Well, there are expectations. There are around 1520 alternative dimensions that we know of. Majority are harmless and are dimensions that may just consist of an endless supply of water or just blackness. There are 25 known areas that can oppose a possible threat. What you refer to as "the upside down" is ranked number 25 on our list. It is the least harmless, but can still impact our world. We can easily destroy the "demigorgins" but we don't because we are unaware of what may happen if we destroy the life source. We believe it is most likely nothing, but we would rather not take the chance. We have also been warned by God not to do so.

"What?" Mike said.

"Yes God is real. He is the first dimension. I have actually met Him. Lovely man." The man smile and kissed his hand and raised it up to God. His voice became soft and peaceful and he had removed his sunglasses. "He's not actually above us, it's habit. Anyways. We classify him as primary danger because he can destroy us at any moment. He is also our commander. So the tear that Eleven had made was a minor one. So small that it is equivalent to the size of a pebble compared to New York City. There are so many layers on the dimension that we could seal it up if a chance of our dimension was to be compromised. We knew that the problem would fix itself."

"Stop. Just tell me where Eleven is." Mike slammed the table.