21- The Thoughts of Jim Hopper and Joyce Byers

Summary: Joyce and Hopper's thoughts when in the tunnels.

Requested by: Section8grl

Joyce was trying not to panic.

She didn't know where Hopper was, and Will was acting stranger than ever.

He had drawn a picture that turned out to be a map of Hawkins.

He pointed to where Hopper supposably was.

Now, here they were in the car trying to find Hopper.

They were near the pumpkin patch when Will screamed at her to turn.

Joyce was confused, but when her son screamed a second time, she veered off the road.

She stopped in the middle of the patch, and in the dusky light, she saw a patch of... vines?

Joyce got out, grabbed shovels, and ran over to the patch.

She started hitting the vines, praying that Hopper was down there.

Everything was hazy.

He just wanted to find out what the crap was happening.

Instead, he was probably worrying El and he was in pain.

Just great.

He could see outlines of the vines and tunnels.

He didn't know how long he had been out, but he was covered in vines, preventing him to escape.

If only he could...

Nope, everything was dizzy again.

And in three, two, one.

It all went black.

Once Joyce landed on the uneven ground, she started to run.

She heard Bob trying to keep up.

She should probably slow down, but she didn't care, she had to find Hop.

Joyce started calling Hopper's name.

Looking up, down, right, and left, she didn't see anything.

Until she did.

Looking down she saw a clump of vines, which wasn't unusual, until she saw a brim of a hat.

"Hopper!" she cried out, kneeling down, starting to claw at the vines.

"Hopper!"

"Hopper!"

What? That sounded like Joyce.

"Hopper!"

It was Joyce.

He tried to talk, move, do anything to let her know he was alive.

Hopper felt clawing.

He wanted to help, but he couldn't

All he could do in this situation was listen.

And he heard Joyce calling his name, and the scratch of her pulling and clawing the vines.

Until his eyes shot open.

"Hop!"

The vines loosened and Joyce hugged him.

He hugged back and noticed Bob standing there.

He gave him a little head nod.

Bob returned it.

Joyce helped him up.

Men were storming in.

They started blasting the tunnels with fire.

The trio could hear screaming up above.

It was Will.

Oh gosh.

What now?

They climbed up the tunnels and wondered.

Could stranger things even happen?

AN: I hope you liked it Section8grl! Requests are open!