CW: Death, kidnapping
Calling reinforcements would've been smart but seeing as Max is with her Grandma, Dustin's at camp, Will and Joyce are at the doctor's, and the teens are touring colleges, we didn't have a choice. Hence the plan for me to distract The Mind Flayer with fireworks while El grabs Mike. We can defeat it once we have a full party.
"I'm here and I'm alone. Where's Mike?" El screamed.
"I thought, friends, didn't lie." Its voice boomed. El tensed. "Oh, you haven't figured it out. I was inside Mike. I know everything. Ever since that speck of me landed in his cut at Starcourt, I've been growing. Feeding. Why else would he be so pale and slim?" My heart sunk. No, Mike's just a tall white boy, not a monster's protein bar. "How lucky to land in someone so close to you… Speaking of, he really should be here."
Brimborn's metal doors flung open to reveal Mike bound with vines to a cement column amongst steel pipes.
"You too Mr. Sinclair." The Mind Flayer said as vines slithered towards El and me.
I ran from hiding into the warehouse and shut the door. El called my name but I closed the padlock. He's not getting her.
The vine jumped at me but I ducked, rolled away and threw a firecracker at it. I sprinted to Mike and pulled at his vine constraints but they wouldn't budge.
"Lucas, you need to leave."
"No, I'm not leaving you. I just need to find something to cut you loose." I turned to look for something sharp as a vine crawled towards Mike.
"Mike!" I screamed as I jumped in front of it.
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