Okay, I promise I'm not that bad of a person. Please don't hate me. You guys will want to stop reading halfway through this chapter but please don't. It's important that you keep reading. I hope this chapter makes you cry but also makes you sigh in relief but then also makes you mad.Anyway, here is this crazy mess!- An Unknown Stranger.
Mike jolted into consciousness. He quickly observed and realized that he was strapped to a chair in a white room with a table at the center. Eleven was strapped to a chair on the other side.
"Mike..." her worried voice came.
He tugged on the straps that held his wrists. "Shit." He whispered.
"They are going to hurt you if I don't do what they want." She said as tears fell down her cheeks.
He looked at her intently. "Listen to me. You do not do what they say, no matter what. Understand?" He asked sternly.
She shook her head as she silently cried.
"El-"
The door opened allowing two guards and Brenner to enter. Eleven coward in her seat at the sight of him. It made Mike sick.
She leaned away and looked up at Brenner with immense fear. "Don't hurt him." She begged.
He gripped her chin.
"Don't touch her!" Mike yelled.
Brenner smirked. "That depends on you dear." He whispered to Eleven.
He sat up straight and looked to Mike. "I noticed that you two are fiancés now. Congratulations." He chuckled as he moved to face them both.
Mike spit on him with evident anger. "Go fuck yourself."
Brenner scowled and motioned for a soldier to come forward. The soldier placed a briefcase onto the table and opened it. Inside, it contained needles, liquids, knives, various tweezers, and one small pistol.
Eleven and Mike felt their skin crawl.
"Lets make this easy. Eleven you come with us and open the gate and Micheal will not be harmed." He assured.
Eleven looked to Mike who shook his head. The tears continued to run down her cheeks.
Dustin waved his hands in front of the surveillance cameras. "Hello!" He yelled.
"They can't hear you dipshit." Lucas rolled his eyes.
"You don't know that." He replied stubbornly.
"If they heard us making a plan to escape they would have approached us about it." Lucas explained.
Dustin nodded slowly.
"They are going to torture my brother." Nancy's voice cracked.
Jonathan wrapped her in his arms. "Mike's smart. I'm sure he's figuring something out." Jonathan assured.
Hopper gasped awake. Joyce held him tightly in her arms. "Hey, you're okay." She said softly.
"Where's El and Mike?" He asked as he sat up.
"They took them..." Joyce replied gently.
He quickly stood and gripped the wall dizzily.
"They knocked you out. You need to relax." Joyce said softly.
"Relax? They are doing who knows what to my daughter and future son in law!" He yelled.
"There is nothing we can do Hop..." Joyce replied.
He shook his head. "Damnit!" He yelled as he hit the wall with his fist.
Brenner scanned his weapons.
"I don't have much patience. How about I just kill him?" Brenner raised a brow and grasped a small pistol.
Eleven shook her head furiously with helpless eyes. "Please...don't." She begged.
"Then open the gate." He ordered.
"El, don't!" Mike yelled. -"If you open the gate millions will die!" He added firmly.
"I can't let him kill you..." she sobbed.
He looked to her with eyes full of love and sorrow. "Please...don't, El." He choked out.
Before she could speak a gunshot rang through the room. Her eyes widened and the scream that wanted to escape her lips came out silent.
Mike layed limp in his chair, blood dripping onto the floor.
She stared at the love of her life in horror. She then pressed her head to her knees and screamed in anguish. The lights in the compound flickered and the radios buzzed in response to her pain.
Mike stared at Eleven with shock and confusion. "What the hell did you do to her?!" He screamed at Brenner.
He looked back to Eleven helplessly. "El! El talk to me!" He yelled.
"She can't hear you or see you. I mean she can see you but not the living you." Brenner chuckled.
"What the hell did you do?" Mike's voice cracked.
Brenner motioned at a soldier to allow someone to enter. Eight stepped inside, keeping her eyes to the floor. She wiped the blood off her nose along with her tears of betrayal.
Mike realized what had happened and fought against his restraints. "You traitor!" He yelled angrily.
"Now, Micheal. She was just saving herself." Brenner cautioned.
"That is the definition of a traitor." Mike seethed.
"Take her away, give her what she earned." Brenner ordered one of his men.
She was quickly escorted away.
"Take Micheal back to the other's." He added.
"No! Tell her I'm alive!" Mike pleaded.
The soldiers unstrapped him and gripped his arms firmly. They began to drag his fighting form out of the room. "Tell her I'm alive!" He screamed.
His strained pleading voice continued down the hall. "Tell her! Tell her I'm alive!" He screamed.
Brenner took Mike's seat. Eleven lifted her head from her knees with a look of utter brokenness and despair.
Her eyes were empty and her cheeks were reddened with a rash from her constant tears. Her lips and hands trembled and her skin grew pale.
"Are you ready to listen? If you do not. Your father will be the next to die." Brenner warned.
She gave a small nod.
"Very good, let's get to work." He smiled.
Hopper, Joyce, Nancy, and the others heard Mike's screams come closer. When the cell doors opened they saw two soldiers grabbing a frantic Mike as he screamed, "tell her!" Repeatedly.
Kali walked behind them as she was escorted to a cell farther down the hallway.
When one of the soldiers gripping Mike lost his hold for a second, Mike ripped his arm away and ran at Kali.
He pushed her to the ground and placed his hands around her neck.
"Mike, no!" Hopper yelled through the chaos. The other joined in telling Mike to stop.
"It's your fault!" Mike screamed as he looked at her with pained bloodshot eyes.
He felt himself get ripped off of Kali and pulled away. Kali was quickly pulled up and taken away.
As soon as he was firmly held by two soldiers again, another soldier brought his fist to Mike's face.
He felt a warmth run down from his lip to his chin and his world blurred a moment.
While, he was dazed the soldiers threw him back into his cell.
Hopper and Nancy quickly kneeled to his side. Hopper sat him up and leaned him again the bed. He gently tapped his face, "Tell me what happened." He said sternly. Mike stared blanking at the wall in front of him. Hopper snapped his fingers in front of Mike's face.
"Where's my daughter! What happened?!" Hopper yelled.
Mike looked to Hopper and broke down into tears. Nancy pulled her brother into an embrace and held his trembling form.
Hopper assumed the worse. "Is she?" His voice cracked.
Mike shook his head. "Not yet." He cried.
Hopper relaxed slightly. "Then what happened?" He asked again.
"She thinks I'm dead." He sniffed.
"She thinks your what?" Hopper raised a brow. Everyone listen with uncertainty on their faces.
"She thinks I'm dead. That bitch made her see me die. She saw me die in front of her." Mike explained angrily.
"But your not dead-"
"She doesn't know that. You didn't..." he shook his head unable to keep himself composed.
"I didn't what?" Hopper urged.
"You didn't see the look on her face. She's going to open the gate and she doesn't care if it kills her. A matter of fact, she is probably hoping it kills her." Mike explained brokenly.
Hopper ran a hand through his hair while the others were speechless.
"He did it...he broke her." Mike looked down at his hands.
Eleven walked into a plain white walled room. The only existing thing in the room was a two-way glass. Inside, Scientist, Doctors, and soldiers stood and watched.
"You know what to do." Brenner encourages as he stood beside Eleven.
She gently nodded.
"You'll let my family go?" She asked hollowly.
Brenner nodded. "Yes, I promise." He lied.
"Let them take..." tears threatened to fall and she quickly closed off again. "Let them take Mike..." she said sternly.
Brenner nodded. "I'll make sure he has a beautiful funeral with his family." He agreed.
She raised her hand and closed her eyes. Brenner quickly exited, closed the door, and watched with the others.
"Turn her power prohibitor off." He ordered.
They watched in awe as she once again, opened the gate.