Chapter 6

Ginny was hiding in her closet. She had heard screaming downstairs, and teleported downstairs to see what was happening, which took up her daily usage of it. She could barely teleport more than a few feet, so it wore her out. When she saw what happened she ran upstairs quietly, crying, and hid in her closet. She had an idea and tried with all her strength to talk to El through her mind, and prayed it had worked. After using all of her powers, she was becoming really tired. This wasn't the first time, however, that her powers made her feel like this. As her eyes slowly closed, she wondered how El knew she had powers, or how she had guessed. She soon started drifting in and out of consciousness and as doing so, she thought about how sometimes, while El wasn't around, just she and Will would talk, and how sweetly they talked to each other. She knew that both she and Will liked each other, and how much she looked forward to seeing him. Suddenly, her closet door swung open, and the thing was right in front of her. She tried to scream, but no sound came out. It bent down and scratched her head with its laws, and just as it was about to make the killing blow, it was knocked aside. She heard screaming and she saw it get flung out the window. At this point everything was woozy, not just because of her powers, but because of the wound on her face. She felt the hot blood trickling down and she could barely stand the pain. In the closet doorway, Will ran to her and so did an older looking version of him, which she could only guess was his older brother, Johnathan.

"Are you okay?" Will sounded anxious, and she slowly nodded a no, pointing to her face. Johnathan helped her up with Will too, and she saw El. El looked at her astonished, and Ginny couldn't tell if it was the face or because of the thing. In the doorway of her room, a woman with brown hair stood. Ginny could only guess this was Mrs. Byers.

"We have supplies at home to clean up your face." She then looked at El and whispered, "Don't let her see the living room."

"I already have," Ginny choked out, not from sadness but because of the pain, or maybe both, she couldn't tell.

"I'm so sorry you had to see that," Mrs. Byers said sympathetically. All of them piled into a car, and Will and El laid her down on them. At this point, Ginny could barely remain conscious. She started drifting again, and soon the tiredness over took her.

El had been right. Ginny got out in time, but her face was badly scared. The cut was deep and thankfully didn't touch her eye, but would need help to get better. Mrs. Byers kept on looking back, and soon Ginny blacked out. When she did, Mrs. Byers freaked out.

"Johnathan go faster!" Johnathan looked back, and he started speeding. When they got home, Mrs. Byers had Ginny lay on the sofa. Mrs. Byers ran to the telephone and called Sam Owens.

"Yes, two people died…. Yes it's back…. Yes the girl is injured…. No, I will take care of her in the meantime…. Okay, bye." While she was making the phone call, Johnathan had gotten bandages for Ginny's face. He wrapped up her face, and then El walked over to Mrs. Byers.

"We need everyone to get down here. It's a Friday so they should be able to come because they have Columbus day off." Mrs. Byers nodded, and El called Mike.

"Hello, Wheelers, who is this?" The voice was Mrs. Wheeler.

"Hi, it's El. Can I have Mike?" After a few seconds, Mike picked up.

"Hello?"

"Mike, it's El, get the whole party down here tomorrow, everyone. The Demogorgon attacked Ginny, and I'm afraid that if she is hurt, we have two problems: one: she can't help get Hopper out of where he is and I won't be able to train her and two: she is badly hurt. I also think it might be after me"

"Okay, I will tell Nancy and I will get the whole party. We will meet you tomorrow."

"Hurry." El then hung up the phone and hoped that tomorrow would get here sooner.