November 6, 2023: Mornings on Demand tv show
Voice over:
In 2016 the world of television was blessed with the amazing show Stranger Things.
In 2022 the world would be shocked when Nancy and Jonathan Byers, both of whom were fictional until this point, came out and released a book called "The Hawkins 16" chronicling their fight against the evil Vecna.
Some still don't believe their story while others want to know how the Duffer Brothers knew so much and why they changed their story.
Host of Mornings on Demand:
We are here today with the author of the best-selling novel, The Hawkins 16, Nancy Byers. Her husband Jonathan Byers provided the photographs and all sixteen of the members pitched in to write it.
We also have the creators and actors from the hit show Stranger Things that seems based on the book.
Today we see if we can prove the sixteen actually exist and if so how the Duffers knew and why they changed their story so drastically, especially with some of the sixteen.
So if we could have Dustin, Max, Lucas, Jane, Mike, Will, Jonathan, Steve, Nancy, Billy, Barb, Eddie, Robin, Chrissy, Argyle and Heather join us on stage, and also Matt and Ross Duffer along with Gaten, Sadie, Caleb, Millie, Finn, Noah, Charlie, Joe, Natalia, Dacre, Shannon, Joseph, Maya, Grace, Eduado, and Francesca come to the stage.
Nancy and Jonathan came out first and sat next to the host.
Slowly the others trickled out with the host explaining every person's personal life.
Jonathan and Nancy have been traveling the world letting people know the truth. They have an adopted daughter starting Hawkins Middle named Carrie.
Steve and Chrissy along with Billy and Heather all came out together.
They made headlines recently by deciding to raise their kids as a poly family. Between them, they have four boys aged 11.
Chrissy and Heather happened to go into labor the same day and both had male twins which prompted the discussion that it was the fate they all stayed together.
Aiden, Levi, Conner, and Issac are all excited to start middle school this year, the teachers in Hawkins, not so much.
Next Was Dustin and Jane, Lucas and Max, Mike and Will all came out in one big group. They each held the hand of their partner.
Will and Mike just made news by adopting their second child, a two-year-old named Olivia. Their first child, Conner turned eleven this week.
Jane and Dustin have decided to wait on kids while Lucas and Max have an eleven-year-old daughter named Zoe.
Barb, Eddie, Robin, and Argyle came out last.
Barb and Robin are focusing on advancing their careers before having kids and Eddie and Argyle are traveling together with Eddie's band.
As the host finished the last part the cast and crew of Stranger Things headed out altogether.
The host had become silent during this making Nancy a little nervous.
Nancy looked over at Jonathan and whispered "what's going on now"?
Jonathan shrugged his shoulders and tried not to act as nervous as he was.
Suddenly the room went dark and when the lights came back on only the actors remained on the stage looking scared and bewildered. The Duffers looked like they were reliving a nightmare.
The host tried to calm everyone down but couldn't hide his own fear and guilt.
He had set this up. Worked with Vecna to get all his enemies in one place.
Vecna had promised him the sweet taste of power. He promised once he would be an important part of proving to the world that he was real.
Breathing in and out several times he watched the lights on the cameras click on and off while production assistants and the security team ran around trying to figure out what happened.
Then came the laughter. It was full of malice. Then he was there. Vecna himself and with him the sixteen that disappeared in chains.
Nancy gave the host a look of utter disgust and said "you fucking sold us out you asshole".
The host looked pale and suddenly was grabbed by two officers and handcuffed.
"Vecna help me," the host cried. Vecna raised his hand and suddenly the host was floating in the air, his bones cracking and his eyes fading to the back of his skull and then he dropped while Vecna laughed maliciously.
"I guess this proves your story is the real deal Nancy. You thought you best me but I just went into hiding to heal, to come back and exactmy revenge on all of you.
This world and everyone belongs to me now," Vecna said and tugged the chains connecting the sixteen to him.
They gasped for air as the chains tightened.
"Now if everyone would just calm down, Ms. Byers will be reading the story she wrote. My niece is such a wonderful writer isn't she" Vecna said and pulled Nancy's chain so she was in a sitting position.
"What's he mean Nancy," Mike asked nervously. "I don't know Mike but let's play the game for a while. Our kids are like us, they will figure it out. Plus our parents are there as well" Nancy replied as she picked up the book dropped at her feet.
She began to read:
The Hawkins 16; A story of survival
Written by: Nancy Byers
Photographs by: Jonathan Byers
This book is dedicated to all the amazing people in Hawkins who never gave up and to the fifteen people who stood with me to defeat the evil known as Vecna.
Taking a deep breath Nancy looked at Vecna who motioned her to continue.
Then she looked at the Duffers who looked pale.
"How did you know?" Nancy growled.
Both brothers looked at the floor. "We were born in Hawkins and grew up during it all" Matt said making Nancy even more livid since now she knew they knew the real story.
Feeling the chain connected to her tight she looked down at the floor, gathered her senses, and continued.