I DON'T OWN STRANGER THINGS
Area 51, Nevada.
(Barb's POV)
The next day, Barb was thinking about the conversation that she'd had with Eleven. She was very shy. A girl of few words, one might say. However, she still came across as a kind and caring person. Eleven had told Barb about all the things that had happened in Hawkins while she was away. She was glad to hear that Nancy was all right. Despite everything that had happened with Nancy and Steve Harrington, she was still Barb's best friend in all the world. Barb was also surprised to hear that Eleven was in a relationship with Nancy's little brother. Nancy had never talked about him much, except to point out how much of a massive nerd he was; as were his friends. The conversation got darker though when Eleven began to talk about how she had been stolen from her mother's womb and raised in Hawkins National Laboratory. Barb had actually cried as Eleven told her how cruel Dr. Martin Brenner or Papa, as Eleven called him, had been.
"He really locked you in that room by yourself?" Barb asked in disbelief. Eleven nodded. Barbara Holland did not want to believe in the possibility of such things, but her time at Groom Lake had convinced her that anything was possible. However, Barb was truly crushed when Eleven told her about her capture. She couldn't believe that Cameron Reaves had led her into a trap. Barb no longer knew whether she could trust the theoretical physicist or not. It seemed at first to be sheer coincidence that as she was wrestling with these thoughts, the doctor himself entered her cell.
"Dr. Reaves." Barb said in surprise. "I wasn't expecting you." Reaves sighed.
"I apologize for the intrusion." he said. "I wasn't expecting to be calling on you in...this manner."
This manner?" Barb asked in confusion. Cameron sighed as he sat down next to Barbara. He felt as if he wanted to throw up. He tried to say something, anything to put the poor girl at ease; alas, he broke down and started to cry. Barb was shocked as she tried to comfort him with a gentle touch.
"Dr. Reaves, are you OK?" She asked as he shook his head. "Please don't cry."
"I am a piece of shit." Dr. Reaves stuttered. "I'm an awful person." Barb took his hand and squeezed it.
"Come on, you've always been a nice guy, whatever you did, it couldn't be that bad." She said, hoping that she was right.
"It is not something I have done Barb, it's something I have been ordered to do." He replied. Barb looked at him with pity in her eyes.
"Well, what have you been ordered to do?" Barb asked fearfully as he looked into her eyes.
"I have been ordered to kill you." Reaves stated. "Agent Seibert has decided that you are of no use to project VOID; seeing as Jane has powers and you don't...he says that I have to euthanize you immediately."
"But you aren't going to, right?" Barb asked, nearing tears. "Right?" Cameron sat still for a moment before looking at Barb with determination.
"No, if Tyrone wants to be a cold blooded killer, that's his business. He won't make it mine." He stated as he rushed out of the cell, only to return moments later with a small case. He opened it to reveal two syringes. One red and one green.
"What are those?" Barb asked.
"Now the red syringe contains a chemical called Succinylcholine." Dr. Reaves explained. "It'll reduce your heartbeat to an undetectable crawl, and the green syringe is the antidote. I'll inject you with the Succinylcholine to get Dr. Hofstadter to think you're dead, then I'll inject you with the antidote and use project VOID to send you back to Hawkins. The only trick is that I have 90 minutes to get you the antidote or the Succinylcholine will kill you." Barb rolled up her sleeve so Reaves could inject her.
"Dr. Reaves..."
"Yes Barb..."
"Thank you." She said as he smiled.
"You're not back in Hawkins yet." Cameron replied as he injected her with the Succinylcholine
(Dr. Reaves POV)
"Sheldon!" Dr. Cameron Reaves called out as Dr. Sheldon Hofstadter rushed over to Barbara Holland's cell. "What's going on Cameron?" He asked as he walked inside the cell and saw what he believed was the corpse of Barbara Holland.
"It's done." Dr. Reaves informed Dr. Hofstadter as he checked for a pulse. When he could find none, he turned to his colleague.
"I'll inform MJ-12 that miss Holland has been disposed of." Hofstadter replied. "I trust you can get her to the incinerator." Reaves nodded as his superior left. Once he and Barb were alone, he injected her with the antidote. It would take five minutes for her to come around, so he had time to get VOID ready. He loaded Barb into a stretcher and took her out to the main lab.
"Ready project VOID, we're sending a corpse back to AU0136." Cameron ordered.
"Did Dr. Hofstadter sign off on this?" One scientist asked.
"Majestic 12 signed off on this. Do you want Agent Seibert to come down her and tell you himself?" Dr. Reaves asked as everyone shut up and got to work, because no one wanted him there unless he absolutely had to be there. As the machine was readied, Reaves put Barb's body into the portal. "All right, hit it." The machine hummed to life as the supposed corpse was instantly transported to Hawkins. Cameron smiled as Barb disappeared. He had disobeyed Majestic 12 and had triumphed. He was not out of the woods yet through. He still had to figure out a way to save Jane, and Seibert wasn't going to let go of her that easily.
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