Hello. Goodbye.
I OWN NOTHING.
El watched everyone pace around her from her spot in a chair sitting in the middle of Mike's basement.
''What are we going to do? What the fuck are we going to do?'' Dustin questioned after everyone had been staring at El for a solid five minutes.
''The first thing we are going to do is stay calm,'' Mike ordered.
''Hopper's rules and your curfew? He knows!'' Max realized.
''Yes,'' El nodded.
''Holy shit. The Russians are after you, literally,'' Lucas exclaimed.
''Yes,'' El nodded again.
''Has your nose stopped bleeding?'' Mike asked before taking out the twisted tissue that was crammed up her nose.
''It doesn't usually last but a minute depending on how much energy I use up,'' El responded.
''You said you didn't think you were an alien!'' Dustin accused.
''I don't think I am,'' El reiterated.
''Then what are you?'' Dustin questioned.
''A female?'' El guessed.
''A smart ass is what you are,'' Dustin muttered.
''What about your parents?'' Max questioned.
''I told you, I don't know who my father is and my mama can't take care of me,'' El reminded.
''That was true?'' Max asked.
El nodded. ''My mama needed some money so she volunteered for this experiment with hallucinogenic drugs, she didn't know she was pregnant with me. When the doctor in charge found out, he took me from the hospital when I was born and made sure that everyone thought I was stillborn. Mama didn't believe it. She went to the facility and tried to take me back but..he wouldn't let her. They hooked her up to this machine, Hopper told me it was called electroshock,'' El explained.
''Oh my god,'' Max grimaced.
''El,'' Mike's eyes softened.
''I'm alright. Hopper takes wonderful care of me, I still see mama all the time and I can feel that she knows who I am, and I met you guys. Life is great,'' El grinned.
''How did Hopper and you end up together?'' Will questioned.
El sighed at the memories that she was replaying in her head. ''One day Dr. Brenner, the man in charge of everything, wanted to take the experiments he was doing with me a step further. He wanted me to try to kill with my mind. Before we had only done things like, listening in on a conversation from another building, then from a another part of the world, crushing random objects, etc. Then, out of no where he brings me a cat.''
''A cat?'' Dustin echoed.
El nodded. ''Yes. He wanted me to kill it but I just couldn't. I cried and Dr. Brenner got angry with me. He made the guards take me to..'the room'.''
''What kind of room?'' Mike asked.
''It's a small concrete room with nothing inside and no windows. He put me there when I did something wrong. Sometimes he left me in there for days at a time. I hated it so much. I-I hurt those guards who were forcing me into the room,'' El kept her eyes down.
''When you say 'hurt'?'' Max questioned.
El nodded again. ''I killed them. Dr. Brenner was very pleased so the next day we did a different experiment and..something happened. They put me in this bath. I'm cut off from everything else and I just focus on something specific. That day I was supposed to focus on this Russian man Dr. Brenner had shown me a photo of but something went wrong. I found..something else.''
''Something else?'' Mike questioned.
''What do you mean by something else?'' Max questioned.
El was looking around when she noticed a figurine on a table in the middle of the room. She picked it up and held it out.
''That's the demogorgon. We use it to play Dungeons N' Dragons,'' Mike explained.
El thrust it out again.
''Oh my god!'' Max exclaimed.
''You found-a demogorgon?'' Dustin questioned.
''The demogorgon isn't real, idiot!'' Lucas snapped.
''Be quiet you two. El, what happened after you found..the thing?'' Mike asked.
El grimaced causing everyone else's eyes to widen in fear.
The next day, El and Mike were some of the last few people in the hallway since it was only a couple of minutes until first period started and El was having trouble getting her locker open.
''Mike, you don't have to wait for me anymore. You're going to be late for your first class,'' El reminded him after he helped her get her locker open, without powers.
''I can be late. It's fine,'' Mike shrugged.
''Mike, I promise I'm okay. You said it yourself that no one seems to be talking about what happened yesterday. Everything's going to be fine,'' El reassured. ''And besides, our first classes are in two different directions. Please, go ahead.''
''If you're sure...'' Mike hesitated for a second before leaving El alone.
'He's just so cute!'
El smiled as she watched her new favorite person leave, she turned back to her locker right as someone's hand came and slammed it closed, surprising her. It was Troy and a couple of his buddies.
''I know you're responsible for what happened to me yesterday, bitch,'' Troy snarled.
El shook her head furiously. ''I don't know what you're talking about.''
''Don't play dumb! You did it to protect those losers!'' Troy guessed.
''I really don't know what you mean,'' El tried to reason but Troy pushed her down on the floor causing her to drop everything she held in her arms.
''Oh yeah? Well I suggest you figure it out and start protecting yourself,'' Troy threatened as he started kicking her in the stomach and face as hard as he could.
El knew he was trying to bait her so she had no other choice but to take the abuse. She held her hands up to at least guard her face and let him continue to assault her. It wasn't but a moment later when someone heard the commotion and summoned a teacher who pulled Troy off and hauled him off to the principal while someone else reached down to help El as she finally passed out.
El sighed as she held an ice pack to her face in the nurse's office. Her dad was going to be furious.
''El!'' Mike exclaimed as he ran in to check on her.
El's eyes filled with tears and she rushed over and buried her face in Mike's chest. ''Mike!'' She cried.
''Let me look at you,'' Mike grabbed her cheeks and his eyes softened when he noticed to the bruise already forming on the corner of her mouth. ''That stupid son of a bitch!''
''El, are you okay?'' Max asked as she came in with the others.
''I'll be fine once I get some rest. Troy suspected it was me that caused the incident yesterday, he wanted me to use my powers so he could confirm it so I knew I couldn't fight back,'' El explained. ''Some of the people out here are worse than the people in the lab.''
Mike grimaced and held her. ''He won't get away with this, El. I'll make sure of it.''
I know it's short. Forgive me^^ Reviews people, reviews.
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