Chapter 5
El heard sounds and felt vibration around her. Everything was fuzzy in her head and she couldn't remember where she was. Her head pounded and she felt sick. After what felt like an hour or so, she could finally make out voices, but could not speak or move.
"El, come on wake up." That voice was Mike. He sounded worried.
"Thank god Ms. Wheeler isn't home until 9." That was Lucas.
"Mike, I'm sure she's okay. She was flung against the wall hard." That was Nancy's voice. El felt a hand on her back and she heard other people speaking, but they were too far away for her to make out what they were saying. After what felt like forever, El opened her eyes. Mike saw her immediately.
"Guys, she up!" He then looked at her to speak to her. "Are you okay? What happened?" El sat up, her head still throbbing, and explained what happened. Everyone was silent. At the end, El realized she was shaking. She then had an idea. She reached out her hand to grab an object, and it came to her. Her powers were working! Everyone looked at each other in amazement. Hopper was alive.
It was time to leave the next day, and Mike and El said a tearful goodbye. When El got home, she realized she needed a way to explain to Ginny what happened and how to help them. She finally figured out a way, and went to bed. The next morning, El found Ginny during school.
"Ginny, we need to talk." Ginny nodded, and they went to the back of the school.
"What is it," Ginny asked.
"Ginny, have you ever felt different? Like, you could do something no one else could?" Ginny looked at El hard, and then nodded.
"Please don't laugh, but sometimes I feel like I can teleport." El nodded, and then took a deep breath.
"I have powers too."
"Prove it," Ginny said. El looked around and spotted a rash can. El looked at it, and moved it with her powers. Ginny jumped, and then looked at El.
"So you do!"
"Yes, and I…. I know what happened to your parents." Ginny looked at her in shock, and El told her the story. Ginny looked like she was about to cry at the end, but just nodded. They heard the bell ring, and they parted ways.
At lunch, El sat with Ginny and Will. El told Ginny that Will knew, and they were talking. El had the same feeling, yet again, that someone was watching her. She, yet again, shrugged it off, and ate her lunch.
Ginny finally had the confidence to ask her parents if they knew. She walked into the living room, ready to ask.
"Mom, dad, I want to know the truth about my parents. I know how they died. I know who they are. Now, I need answers." Her mom and dad looked at her, and then her father glared.
"I told you not to ask." He then got up and slapped her.
"What happened that night?!" He slapped her again. "I said, what happened?!" Her father dragged her by her hand to her room. He slammed the door and locked it. She began to cry, but a strange feeling fell over her. She decided to go to bed early, thinking nothing of it.
El had the same strange feeling later that night that she had from the lunch room. This time, something told her to look for Ginny. She put on a blindfold in her room and searched for Ginny. She saw an address, 1070 Pleasant Lane, on a blue two story house. She walked inside, and it was pitch black. She tried to turn on the light, but it kept on flickering. She walked into a dining room area, and what she saw shocked her. Two bodies were on the floor, and over them was a Demogoragan. Ginny wasn't safe.
