Chapter 3 Recovery

Nancy woke up to the warmth of Jonathan against her. She smiled as she turned and saw him peacefully asleep. Nancy carefully got out of bed and headed for the bathroom, feeling like she was having a dream. As she left from the bathroom, she heard someone in the kitchen. Nancy went to check and saw Will heating something up. When he noticed her he pointed to a chair. "YOU! Sit!" Will demanded. Nancy merely nodded as she took the chair.

"You guys need to stop not eating and resting. I already have one sick person to deal with." Will said placing the reheated omelet on a plate in front of Nancy. She sheepishly thanked him as she began eating, silently wondering the last time she had a meal. Benny usually makes his staff a lunch, but when she works is when he is busiest and she hates bothering him.

Will was still frying up food when Jonathan came in, he walked behind Nancy and hugged her. "I'll take you by Hopper's later. I think the little dictator over there might have something to say about our health and wellness." Jonathan said, earning Will throwing a sausage link at him. Jonathan smiled as he sat down.

"Where's mom at?" Jonathan asked. "Mr. Mevald called her in." Will answered simply. Nancy noticed Will was also looking tired. He must have had another rough night. Nancy noted that Will had been having nightmares every so often. When they sat in on them, it seemed he was dreaming of Mike and the inevitable.

Nancy was tired just thinking about her brother. She wondered often how he got to school because last time she saw him, walking down the stairs was hard on him and her dad absolutely refused to give up the living room. That was one of many fights she had with her dad. She thought it insulting that the parent wasn't trying to help the child in any way. Nancy and her mom would frequently have to help him up and down the stairs.

It made her angry thinking about how unfair things were for her brother. All the little shit wanted to do was play tabletop games and graduate high school. He was supposed to become an engineer or a teacher. But instead she wondered if today would be the day he stopped suffering.

Nancy looked at Jonathan and he nodded at her. Both got up and walked behind Will and picked him up. "Hey, what the hell?" Will demanded as the pair sat him on a chair. "Look, its nice you are trying to look out for us, but we are the adults here and god damnit we are going to look out for you, now sit down and we will cook breakfast." Nancy said.

Will sat there, pouting, as Nancy took over cooking. Jonathan began buttering bread and helping out. Jonathan looked at Will, still upset. "You okay there?" He asked. Will shook his head. "I just, feel kind of worthless." Will said. Nancy and Jonathan both looked at each other. "Why is that?" Nancy asked as she put food on the table.

"Why is that?" Nancy asked. Will looked down glumly. "I just want to fix this." Will said, he was now starting to cry. Nancy grabbed his hands and held them. "I know. Believe me its fucking torturous. I dunno if it's a blessing or a curse but you at least get to see Mike every day while I worry about getting the call about him finally dying." Nancy said. "I want you to know, I appreciate everything you do for my brother. And no matter what, I will love you just the same as I do him and Holly." Nancy said pulling the smaller boy into a hug. Jonathan joined in on the large hug as Will cried. Soon enough, everyone was calm and they began eating again.

Mike woke up with a tiny blonde girl curled against him. She was staring at him while he slept. "Hey Holly, sleep well?" Mike asked. Holly merely nodded and snuggled closer to him. "You are very warm." Mike said. Holly grinned as they laid down in the bed. "Momma told me that warmth helps people get better from sickness." She said. Mike chuckled. Holly was still trying to make Mike feel better.

A smell came into the room and both Mike and Holly got up and found both Hopper and his mom cooking. Hopper looked over and smiled at the pair. "Hey sleepy heads. Come get some grub." Hopper said while he set the table. Holly tentatively walked to the table, wary of the large and loud man. Mike just slowly walked because he was still very weak. The medication he usually takes helps with his strength but he needed food to take it right now.

"Yea, eat up. I have way too much breakfast food." Hopper said, helping Karen load up on Eggos, bacon and sausage. Mike looked at the plate of Eggos and smiled slightly. It's El's favorite food. Mike guessed she expanded to more breakfast food.

As if reading his mind, Hopper answered. "Yea, El is a huge breakfast person. Still prefers Eggos even though she has expanded to other favorites. We have breakfast burritos once a week." Hopper said sitting next to Mike. Karen took a seat next to Holly and began handing Mike some pills to take. Mike took a few bites of Eggos and then began taking his medication.

"Meds got more complicated." Hopper said. Karen nodded. "Yes, he needs to take about forty pills a day. Some days its like he isn't sick at all." Karen said. Mike nodded. "I still have to be careful. But I usually feel pretty good. Chemo though, that kicks my butt." Mike said, trying to avoid cursing around Holly.

"I got a radio call from Joyce last night wondering about you." Hopper said. Mike grimaced. "Yea, I usually call the guys to let them know I'm okay after chemo." Mike said. "Yea, Joyce mentioned that. Also that your sister was worried about you." Hopper said. Karen looked up, surprised. "Nancy is still living with the Byers'?" She asked. Hopper nodded.

"I mean, I'm surprised. Dad said she moved out because she couldn't handle my sickness." Mike said. Karen shook her head. "No, Ted threw her out. The two of them argued all the time. The day Nancy was thrown out, Ted forbid her from coming near you or he would call the cops. Nancy didn't want to risk a problem with you." Karen said.

Mike was shocked. He remembered the two fighting but they did it away from him. "I thought she hated me." Mike said quietly. Karen felt horrible, she though Mike knew why Nancy left. "No, I thought she told you why she left. God I am going to give your father a piece of my mind." Karen said. "Well, won't be the worst thing. Went by your place last night, gave him a warning." Hopper said, placing food in his mouth. Karen gave him a side eyed look but didn't comment.

As they ate, Hopper noticed a station wagon parking outside the cabin and three figures coming out. "Guess your sister decided to come by anyway." Hopper said heading for the door. Hopper opened it so Jonathan and Will could enter. "Hey Chief." Will said, heading for Mike.

"Are you okay?" Will asked. Mike nodded. "Kind of a long story." Mike said. Mike looked over Will's shoulder and saw Nancy tentatively entering the cabin. Mike shakily stood up as he saw her. She looked tired, her clothes were wrinkly, but she had a nervous smile on her face. Mike returned her smile and he slowly walked toward her. The two hugged as they met halfway.

"God I missed you Mike." Nancy said. "I thought you hated me for being sick." Mike said. Nancy felt a pang of anger at her dad for telling him bullshit. "I could never be mad at you for that. Dad and I just couldn't be in the same house." Nancy said.

It was too much for Mike as he took a seat at the table. "That's why I jumped." Mike said. Everyone looked at him and then to Hopper. "When Dad took me home from chemo, he told me I was a burden on everyone and he parked by Holland Bridge. He told me I needed to do the right thing and he let me out." Mike said. Karen looked shocked but inside she was planning murder on her husband. Hopper silently wished he hit Ted harder. Jonathan saw an axe outside and was wondering if Hopper would stop him from using the axe on Mike's dad.

"Why didn't you tell me that happened Jim?" Karen said to Hopper. He merely shrugged. "He asked me not to say anything. That was for him to say." Hopper said.

"I just felt, if I was gone everything would be better for everyone." Mike said. "Oh, that is bullshit." Will said. Everyone turned and looked at him. He was angry, and not for the first time that day.

"What, you think we like the idea of one day you not being here? The entire party fucking hates that. We don't mind riding home with you to make sure you get home safe, we don't mind covering the bathroom when you throw up so you aren't embarrassed. I mean for fucks sake we are trying to make things comfortable for you because we see how it hurts. And god damnit Mike stop feeling bad about asking for help because you need it and we all want to help you. If you want proof, check the damn radio." Will said handing Mike his supercomm.

Mike grabbed it and turned it on. Several voices came through the radio. Mike recognized Dustin and Lucas, but was surprised hearing Steve trying to calm the two boys down.

"Look all I am saying is Mike usually contacts us. He never goes this long without contact." Dustin said. "Look shitheads, he is probably tired. Just give him some time to rest." Steve said. Mike pushed the button. "Hey guys." He said weakly. The three stopped before Lucas answered. "Dude, where have you been? Will about lost his mind last night." Lucas said.

"Will is here. I kind of have a long story for you guys." Mike said. "Okay, when do you wanna hang out?" Dustin asked. Mike looked to his mom, who mouthed "tomorrow" to him. "Come by tomorrow." Mike said. "Okay, Steve, want to give us a ride?" Dustin said. "Yes, Taxi Harrington is available to all shitheads." Steve said, Mike could hear him roll his eyes. Mike handed the radio back to Will.

"I'm sorry guys." Mike said simply. Karen got up and stood next to her son. "I can't even begin to understand how you are feeling. But please, just let us help you out. We all love you. And damnit I will take care of you till the end." Karen said. She then looked at Nancy. "You are moving back young lady. Your father isn't in charge of who lives there anymore." Karen said. Nancy nodded. "I'm ready to come back." She said. Nancy looked at Jonathan who nodded. "I'll still keep saving for that house." He said to her.

Karen and Mike looked at them confused. "We have been working a shit load of hours to afford a house. We were going to take Mike and Holly. No offense Mom, but those two didn't need to be near Dad anymore." Nancy explained. Karen shrugged. "Your not wrong. If I would have known that, I would have helped." She said.

"Does this mean Mikey and Nancy are coming home?" Holly asked. Karen nodded. "Well yes, I am going to need help and as much as good as you do, I need someone who has a license." Karen said. "Well, if you need extra help. I can always help out." Hopper said. After they finished eating, they all began saying their goodbyes and left Hopper's cabin.

Nancy rode with Jonathan and Will while Mike rode with his mother and Holly, the drive was a silent one, but Holly seemed to be excited to have her older sister coming home.

Max woke up to a knock on the door. She looked at the time and saw it was almost ten in the morning. She hated waking up before noon. She decided to tell whoever to fuck off when she looked out the peephole to find Lucas outside.

Opening the door, Max noticed he looked exhausted. "Hey, what's wrong?" Max asked. Rather than answer, Lucas just pulled her into a hug. "I had a rough night." Lucas said. Max gave him a sympathetic look and brought him inside. The apartment was pretty spacious, being a fairly large two bedroom. Billy made decent money at the auto shop so he could afford to let Max stay over for months on end. "Might need to be quiet, El is still asleep and Billy doesn't like being awake until noon." Max said sitting on the couch with Lucas.

"Yea, I'm sorry I came so early but last night me and the guys had a hard time getting a hold of Mike." Lucas said. Max grabbed his hand and let him continue. "He usually calls us on the radio after his chemo but he didn't this time. My grandma once died while having her cancer treatments and I guess I thought the worst had happened." Lucas said. "Dad had to stop me from heading out in the storm. It was just a rough night. Dustin was up all night calling the hospital. I think they are tired of hearing from us." Lucas said.

Max held her boyfriend as he spoke. "Why didn't you tell us what was going on with him?" She asked. Lucas grimaced. "He swore us to silence. Mike hates it when people pity him. I personally thought it was a stupid idea but his illness, his rules." Lucas said. "A few times it got frustrating. He gets moodier than normal with some of his medications, his chemo leaves him wiped the fuck out, and his dad tends to put him down a lot." Lucas said.

"Yea, El went to give Mike his hat last night and Ted was there being a jerk." Max said. She then had to ask something uncomfortable. "Is he getting better?" Max asked. Lucas shook his head. "He won't make it to graduation. Might make it to senior year." Lucas said. Max took in a breath. "God, and you were just keeping that to yourself?" Max asked. Lucas shrugged. "I had the others. We all could talk about it together. But damn did things not get frustrating. I didn't know Mike needed weed for his pain." Lucas said.

Unknown to them, El was in the hallway, hearing everything they said. She kept her fist in her mouth to keep her cries from alerting them. "Well, we are meeting him at his place tomorrow. I wanna know if you and El wanna come?" Lucas asked. El wanted to yell yes she would but she didn't want to be caught eavesdropping. "Yea, I'll talk it over with El. Just hope Eric doesn't cause us any trouble." Max said. Lucas nodded and the two cuddled on the couch. El silently moved into Max's room and cried.

Max entered a few minutes later. "How much did you hear?" She asked. El looked up, shocked. "I saw your shadow in the hallway." Max explained. "I heard a lot. And yes, we are going to Mike's tomorrow. Well, I am. You can come if you want." El said. Max took a seat on the bed next to El.

"Look, things with us all ended rather shittily, but I do miss those giant dorks." Max said. El nodded, she hated hanging with perky and popular girls that Eric hung out with. "Besides, maybe you and Mike can maybe not have things so weird?" Max asked. El nodded. "Well, lets get some food, I'm to wired to sleep." Max said and brought El to the kitchen.

Karen pulled into the driveway, She noticed Ted's car was in the driveway. She took in a sharp breath, this was going to get ugly. Jonathan parked behind Karen and they helped Mike get out of the vehicle. Karen walked up to the door and opened it. She walked into the living room and found Ted, sitting in his chair, watching TV.

"Where the hell have you been?" Ted demanded. Karen saw his face was covered in bruises. "I found Mike. No thanks to you." She said. She stood in the doorway, knowing Ted could hear others entering the house. "Things are changing around here. Nancy is moving back in. I need help with Mike and Holly and since you are not willing to step up, I am overriding you about kicking her out." Karen said. Ted just sat there, grimacing.

"Jim found Mike. Do you wanna know where he found him?" Karen asked. Ted shook his head. "You told him to jump. Hopper happened to save him. How dare you try and act like it was no big deal that you wanted your son to die." Karen snarled. "Yea, I bet Hopper treated you good last night." Ted said. "I can't believe you. All you an think about is made up infidelities, meanwhile you ignore the fat your son almost died." Karen said. "Well he should have been better about it." Ted said. "Mike has always been a useless disappointment and if he was gone nobody would miss him."

Karen's eyes blazed with fury. "HOW DARE YOU!" Karen snarled. "I carried him for nine months, all while raising Nancy and cooking and cleaning with no fucking help from you. I had to be there for him when you would ignore every attempt he made to impress you. I went to every science fair him and his friends entered and stood by when they won because they are brilliant. But you could care less because they don't play sports or do anything your fat lazy ass didn't do when you were in school. So no, my son is not a disappointment, his father is. And I am very glad he didn't end up at all like you!" Karen said, tears in her eyes and shaking with rage.

Ted just sat in his chair. "You done being emotional? Cause I haven't eaten in a while." Ted said. Nancy walked into the living room at the right moment, because she saw her mother prepare to murder her father. "Hey, mom. Come into the kitchen with me." Nancy said, pulling her angry mother away from Ted.

Stepping in, Karen started breaking down. "I can't believe he hates his own son." Karen said. Nany sat with her at the kitchen table. "I don't know if I can put up with that much longer." She said. Nancy nodded and grabbed her mother's hand. "Let's get out of here Mom. I need to run some errands. Will and Jonathan will stay with Mike and Holly." Nancy said. Karen nodded as they walked out, leaving Ted wondering who was going to make him food.

Mike sat upstairs, he heard the entire argument. He felt better knowing that his mom cared as much as she did. He went back in his room where Holly was setting up Mike's medications with Will's help. "Dr. Frasier said he needs to keep them in a correct order." Holly said. Will nodded as he set up the pills. "Hey, you okay there buddy?" Jonathan asked. Mike nodded. "Yea, I think I actually am." Mike said.

Footsteps came from downstairs to Mike's room and Ted barged inside. "Your mother just left. I hope your happy." Ted said. Mike laughed. "You do know, we can hear downstairs right? If she left it was because of you." Mike said. Ted made a step towards his son, only for Jonathan to get in front of him. "Back off boy. This is family business." Ted said. Jonathan just stood in front of him.

"You know, I used to think you were just a lazy sack of crap. But you are just a mean and cruel old man." Jonathan said. "I should have known Nancy would be just as pathetic as you when she started dating you. A bunch of poor, unmotivated, white trash, leeches." Ted said. Jonathan laughed. "Yea, my dad calls us worse. Try again." Jonathan said. "And if my family was so unmotivated, why am I working two jobs to buy a house so I could take Mike and Holly away from you? This family that you squandered? They deserve a hell of a lot better than you." Jonathan said. He began walking, forcing Ted out of the room. "Now, why don't you park your lazy ass downstairs and fuck off." He said slamming the door in his face.

Jonathan turned and saw Mike was grateful he got rid of him. "Yea, I dunno if I could have kicked his ass." Mike said. Everyone in the room laughed. "Let's play some Mario." Mike suggested, turning on the tv and turning his Nintendo on.

Nancy and Karen headed to Benny's, so she could explain her new home situation. He was standing by the counter, talking to a trucker friend of his. He waved to the Wheeler women as they approached the counter. "So Nancy, fancy seeing you here." Benny said. Nany gave him a sad look. "I gotta apologize Benny. Mom wants me back home so I can help with my brother. I kind of kept it on the down low, but he is really sick." Nancy said. Benny nodded. "Yea, I figured as much. Sometimes him and those geeks would come in. Kid never looked healthy." Benny said wiping his hands with his apron. "Well, I understand family comes first. So you ever wanna come back, I'll be willing to let you." Benny said shaking Nancy's hand. Nancy smiled at the man and the Wheeler's left and headed for the Post.

"You sure you want to leave this job? I just need help in the evenings." Karen asked. Nancy nodded. "I might not need to quit, just adjust my hours." Nancy said. Karen nodded as they entered the building. Nancy headed for Tom's office.

Tom was sitting in his office, going over articles for the Sunday release. Nancy stepped inside, gently knocking on the door. "Nancy, glad you are here today." Tom said, not looking up. "Yea, listen, my little brother is…" Before she could finish, Tom cut her off. "I heard. I kind of expected you to show up." Tom said. Nancy was confused. "News travels fast. Roark has a son at Hawkins High and he saw when Kline's dipshit son pulled off your brother's hat and things just kind of snowballed from there. I am surprised you never came to me sooner." Tom said. Nancy shrugged. "Mike wanted us to keep it secret. I figured it could come out eventually." Nancy said.

"I understand. So, are you here to quit?" Tom asked. Nany shook her head. "I need to be home to help in the evening. So, I was wondering if I could just be part time?" Nancy asked. Tom nodded. "I will, but it hurts to do so. Your damn good at research. But if my daughter was in the same situation, I would want the same to happen." Tom said. "Thanks Tom." Nany said. Tom smiled at her. "If you need to, we are here to help out." Tom said shaking her hand.

The Wheelers left the Post and headed home after that.

Hopper walked into Mevald's and found Joyce working the cash register. It was fairly busy with customers. Hopper remembered a few years prior, when she was dating Bob Newby. Hopper liked the guy, he was good for Joyce. He sadly left Joyce to deal with a family issue and never came back. Hopper erroneously tried to move in on her and the subsequent issues afterwards caused him and Joyce to not speak much. Hopper's anger got the better of him, and he didn't handle a few problems maturely. Mike's arrogance being one of them. Hopper could have just talked to him, get him to stop disrespecting him, but he picked the "lie to my daughter" route. It was an all around bad idea for everyone involved.

Hopper grabbed a few items like shaving cream for himself, and a few things for El. When Hopper grabbed a box of tampons for El, he noticed one man snorting with laughter. Hopper just glared at the man and he scurried away. "Someone obviously doesn't have daughters." Hopper said to himself. As he headed for the line, he saw it was getting less crowded, probably an afternoon rush. Hopper soon found himself the only one in line as he walked up to the register. "Hey Hop, haven't seen you in here in a while." Joyce said. Hopper smiled. "Yea, usually I just make El do all this but she is staying with Max and hell I need some stuff as well." Hopper said.

"How is she doing? I rarely see her unless she is with that…boy." Joyce said. She wasn't a huge fan of Larry's son, a mutual feeling for anyone who dealt with him. "She found out about Mike. She was upset to say the least. And since it was Eric who attacked him, well, can't say I'm sad to see him go." Hopper said. Joyce nodded. "I hope you're not mad I didn't say anything about Mike." Joyce said. Hopper shook his head. "No, things were messed up so I understand why you didn't want to tell me." Hopper said.

"Well, I am glad you found Mike yesterday. Will was worried out of his mind. Nancy, jeez she tried to head to your cabin last night to see him but she was so tired she didn't know how to use a key." Joyce said. Hopper shook his head. "Well, things should improve. Nancy came by this morning, and Karen told her to move back. I also said I would help out when I could." Hopper said. Joyce nodded. "It's good that you helped them out. They kind of deserve a break." Joyce said.

"Well, I got a few things to do. Glad to talk to you." Hopper said. Joyce smiled. "Yea, don't be a stranger." Joyce said as Hopper walked out.

Dustin sat at Weathertop, working on Cerebro, his long range battery powered radio. Steve was with him, helping him get the antenna in the proper place. "Ya know, I just don't get it. You and Suzie break up because long distance is hard for both of you, yet you still keep this thing running." Steve said. Dustin rolled his eyes. "I built the damn thing, I want to make it work." Dustin said. Steve laughed. "So, you feeling any better after last night?" Steve asked. Dustin kept messing with several switches. "Not really. Just always weird when we don't hear from him. Although im not ready for the day we don't." Dustin said.

"Hey, enough of that. You don't need to worry about that now." Steve said, chastising Dustin. He just nodded. "It's just, getting harder ya know?" Dustin said. Steve sat down next to his friend. "I get ya Dustin. But what he needs more than anything, is support. Not people already planning his funeral." Steve said.

The pair began walking down after Dustin finished working on the radio. Steve handed Dustin the keys to his car, letting him drive for practice. The pair drove over to the quarry and found Troy and James throwing rocks down to the water. Dustin was still wary of the pair, they were bullies for him for many years.

"Sweet ride Henderson." James said as they noticed the car. "Just learning to drive." Dustin said. "So what did you two want?" Steve said. He also had a low opinion of the two boys after a story where they held a knife to Dustin. "I was kind of wondering how Mike was doing." Troy said. "That was kinda dicey at school." James added. Dustin nodded. "Well, nothing is happening to Eric for his bullshit. Not even a suspension." Dustin said. He was outside the office when Mr. Garcia was talking to Mayor Kline about the incident. "But, I guess Mike is okay, somehow he is at Chief Hopper's place. But we are all meeting at Mike's basement tomorrow." Dustin said. Troy nodded. "Mind if I tag along? I know we all aren't friends but, I worry about the lanky bastard." Troy said. Dustin just shrugged. "Hopefully we have room. Mr. Wheeler takes a lot of room with his Lay-z-boy." Dustin said.

"Ain't that the truth." Steve said. He had a few bad run ins with Ted Wheeler while he dated Nancy. He wanted him to mentor Mike into getting away from his "stupid hobbies" and embrace sports.

Three more people came in through the woods, Dustin recognized them as Eric's friends. All four got in a defensive position but the lead one, a large boy named Rooster held his hands up. "Easy. We come in peace." He said. "Easy for you to say, you guys helped Kline attack my friend." Dustin said.

"We realized we fucked up. We didn't know he was sick." Rooster said. Steve snorted. "So, if he wasn't sick, its totally okay to beat up weaker kids?" He asked. Rooster winced. "Yea, that's what I thought. You fuckers need to be better than that bully. Once you guys leave school, you think Eric Kline will carry you all to greatness? His selfish ass will forget all about you once he reaches college football. And if there is a kind and decent God, he will make sure he peaks now and becomes a used car salesman in Indianapolis" Steve said.

"We get it, we fucked up. We came here to tell you nobody is coming after you guys. Kline isn't going to mess with any of you further. You have my word." Rooster said. "Yea, we better." Dustin said and the football players departed.

Nancy and Karen returned home a few hours later, having picked up groceries and found Ted still pouting in the living room. Karen began cooking lunch as Nancy went to check on Mike. To her not huge surprise, Mike and the others were playing video games. Mike was coaching Holly in Super Mario, while Jonathan and Will watched. "Hey dorks, I am here to grace you all with my presence." Nancy said, doing a mock angel pose. Both Holly and Mike stuck their tongues at her while Jonathan got up to greet her.

"Stay for lunch. It's the least I can do for you helping out." Nancy said. Jonathan smiled at her. "Yea, we will." He said. Nancy then moved to her brother. "You need anything?" She asked. He shook his head. "Got water, meds, an annoying little sister. I'm set." Mike said. Holly lightly shoved him while laughing. "Well, don't play to much, it will rot your brain." Nancy said. Both Mike and Will then did zombie impressions while moaning 'brains', earning a laugh from everyone.

After lunch, Will and Jonathan went home, with Nancy going with them to get some of her stuff. Karen helped Mike down to the basement and sat with him. "I hope things improve now." Karen said. Mike agreed. "Yea, I'm beginning to feel a bit of hope now."

AN: I'll just write a few pages, not that long of a chapter, should be short. I don't think I ever wrote this much in a single chapter. So anyway, hope you all are doing great. Next week I won't be writing as much because I have spent a year working 70 hour weeks and I need a few days out of town. So hopefully I can recharge my batteries.

Story updates, I finally gave Hardware a proper ending, with a sequel bait zinger that I couldn't stop myself. I am not writing a sequel for Hardware, but if I did, that would be how it begins. Baal is going on hiatus. I like the concept I wrote, but it doesn't appear to be catching on with anyone, so I'll just put it on ice for a bit. I watched that Venom trailer and I got a little inspired. Soon, I will writ ethe Steve Harrington as Venom story I have bene threatening to write since I discussed it in the comments section of Godzilla. That's all for the updates, ya'll feedback is appreciated. And hopefully I don't make people cry to much later.