Jones held his hands up in surrender "What? Are you really gonna shoot me?"
"Who knows.. Maybe we'll just beat you senseless" Mike icily retorted, keeping the pistol pointed
The doctor slowly backed away, quickly glancing behind him "Maybe we can come to some kind of arrangement instead?"
Dustin glanced at Mike "We should just tie him up man and let the cops handle his ass"
"Yeah" Lucas agreed "Let's tie him up and get you and El outta here.. No offense man but you look awful. You definitely need medical help or somethin."
The doctor had backed further away, his back now against one of the covered tanks
"Stop moving!" Mike demanded, holding the trigger
"Sorry.. I just" Jones hastily hit a button on the side of the tank "needed to do this!"
The tank's cover fell as it began to open up
Jones darted away
The boys stood there in shock, their eyes bulging while the lights began to flicker on and off rapidly
A high pitched shrill flooded the room as the monster's sharp claws tore away at the side of the tank
"FUCK!" Dustin yelled out
Mike handed him the gun "I'm gonna go get El! You guys try to hold off the demogorgon as long as you can!"
"Hold him off?" Dustin gulped, as he shakily held the gun in his hands
"Give it to me!" Lucas shouted "I'll take him out!"
"No, I got this!" Dustin replied, holding up the gun steadily
The monster made its way outside of the tank, his attention quickly being grabbed by Jones who was fleeing towards the door.
The doctor let out a un-human like scream as the young monster grabbed him and started to devour him
"Matter of fact, you can have it!" Dustin pushed the gun towards Lucas
Mike had made his way to the girl who was still strapped to the chair with her eyes closed
"EL!" He shouted as he began to break off her restraints "I need you to come back now!"
.
El had been sitting in the slime covered abyss waiting for her next orders.
She had already spied on Russian troops and reported their plans to the professor.
She didn't like being an accomplice to this at all. It just wasn't right. She wondered how much more they'd make her do for them before she was freed. What if she had to go back to Hawkins Lab and do this again daily? She couldn't, not again. She wasn't strong enough.
"El" a low but gentle voice pierced through, disturbing her thoughts
This voice. She'd recognize this voice anywhere. It was Mike.
Eleven looked up into the bleak sky. Was she imagining this? Maybe her thoughts of comfort were beginning to take over her reality.
"Come back"
She had heard him again much clearer now.
Suddenly it hit her, that this was real.
A car door slammed shut and heavy steps pounded against the concrete
"Where are they?" Hopper harshly bellowed.
Joyce had called him fifteen minutes ago, telling him everything and he immediately dropped what he was doing to make it there as fast as he could.
"They're in there" Max pointed at the building "Lucas and Dustin went back to see if they could find Mike and El but they're not back yet."
Hopper's eyebrows furrowed "What the hell are you kids doing here in the first place?"
"We wanted to help Will"
"They saved me Chief, please don't be angry at them" Will said, quickly coming to Max's defense
"And you knew nothing about this Joyce?" Hopper shot indignantly, glancing over at the dark haired woman
Joyce waved both of her hands "Nothing. Nothing at all."
The chief turned his attention to the frail boy "Will do you know where this lab with the monsters is by chance?"
"It's on the lowest level of the ICU at the very end of the hall sir."
Hopper took out his walkie talkie "I'm ordering a sudden evacuation of Hawkin's immediate care unit, also... bring back up"
He put his walkie talkie in his belt and put on his hat before turning to the others "I'm going in to find them. Stay here in case they return."
They all watched as Hopper marched into the front double doors.
Her eyes shot open as she struggled to catch her breath.
She could feel the dried blood crackling in her ears and nose.
"You're back! I'm so glad you're back, We have to leave! We're all in danger!"
She frowned, reaching her hand out to stroke his face gently "You're hurt.."
"I'm fine El." he replied, moving his head "One of the demogorgons got out, so we have to go now okay?" He said, pulling her up from the chair
El didn't know what she had woken up to but it honestly looked like a war zone.
She glanced around the destroyed lab room trying to piece together answers for herself about the events that had previously unfolded.
Sweat began to drip down Lucas's face as he gripped the gun tightly in his hands.
He winced while he squeezed the trigger
BANG
The creature let out a harsh cry
"Dude! That was kickass!" Dustin cheered
Lucas smiled confidently, shooting the monster two more consecutive times
"Guys! I got El!" Mike hollered, running towards them holding her hand "Let's get the hell outta here!"
El looked at the demogorgon and she could see where the bullets left marks in its torso.
The monster staggeredly approached them, clawing absently into the air
"Oh shit!" Mike yelled, once he caught sight of how close it was getting to them
Lucas pulled the trigger once more but this time nothing happened
"Shoot it!" Dustin and Mike yelled out simultaneously
"I'm trying!" Lucas then looked down and shook the weapon "There's no more ammo!"
They all gave each other panicked looks, mutually deciding to make a run for it
The demogorgon let out a ravenous shriek as he followed them closely behind
Dustin reached the door first, then soon followed Mike and Eleven
Lucas ran towards his friends who were motioning him to hurry
The monster stuck out its long talon jabbing it into Luca's backpack and pulling him backwards right before he could reach the door.
"AHHHH"
"LUCAS!" They cried out
"Stay!" El demanded to the boys, as she walked towards the beast
The monster held onto to Lucas tightly. He squirmed as he struggled to break from its grip.
She immediately stood before it and glowered "Let him go!" she shouted
The monster's hand snapped open forcefully, dropping Lucas.
Lucas then got up and sprinted to the door where his friends were.
El sharply flinched her head
The monster squealed loudly as its arm was cleanly ripped from its body and thrown to the other side of the room
She felt weak and quickly bent over, supporting herself by placing her hands upon her knees.
She then breathed in and exhaled out, feeling her heart beating uncontrollably in her chest.
She was drained.
She had been using her powers all day to connect to the upside down and it was literally draining the life out of her.
"El!" Mike yelled out
Dustin and Lucas put out their arms to block him before he tried to leave
"There's nothing you can do" Lucas said, giving his friend a sympathetic look
Dustin patted Mike on the back reassuringly "Just give her a minute, she's got this"
She stood up once more, clenching her fists desperately trying to hold onto to any energy she had left
The monster passed by her swinging its only arm crashing it right into the hazel eyed girl
She fell roughly, collapsing onto the cold lab floor
Without hesitation, Mike broke free from the boys blockade and ran towards her
"ELEVEN!"
But for some reason it was like he couldn't get there quick enough, almost as if he were running endlessly in slow motion.
"I'm here El, I'm right here!"
She turned her tired eyes towards him "Mike.."
He crouched beside her grabbing her cold hand "It's okay, you're safe now."
"Stay.. away.." she croaked raspily
The monster let out another blood-curdling screech as it caught sight of the boy
Mike's attention darted between the demogorgon and Eleven
He picked up her up in his arms, "No, I'm not leaving you this time" he softly uttered, carrying her as he fled towards the door
If you want to get the most of out of this scene, I'd advise you to go back and review chapter one, you'll thank me for it later. (: