Hi! Here is another one-shot! I've been super busy with my other Stranger Things story El's First Birthday.

I thought that is story would be a little more dark, because my stories have been a little too light for my Stranger Things liking. This one is probably rated T because of language and some more adult situations. No season two spoilers. I got this idea from a review, so thank you for that! Enjoy!

ILoveStydia- I love these so much, your awesome! And I would love to see one where Mike protects El somehow, instead of her being the one to always protect him.

El walked down the street holding the drawing of Hawkins in her hands. Will had made it for her, when she was allowed out of the house. She past many little stores and cafes. El focused on the map as she walked. From the police station, she was trying to find her way to Mike's house. It was a lot of walking. She needed to learn how to ride a bike.

El groaned as she realized she had taken a wrong turn. She turned around and moved back, to turn onto the correct street. Two more streets, and she would be on Mike's block. Finally. El kept walking studying the map, until she heard a whistle.

"Well look here boys. Looks like a little girl lost her mama. Should we help her?" El turned around to come face to face with a teen twice the size of her. He had dark, long hair and smelled of smoke and beer. El gulped suddenly feeling very nervous. There were three boys behind him smirking devilishly.

"You lost little girl?" El shook her head.

"No."

"Well it looks to me like you are. You have the dumb map and everything."

"Not dumb." With that, the teen ripped the drawing from her hands and shredded in front of her face. El's eyes widened. Will had spent so long on that map for her. She loved it so much, that she was going to hang it in her room.

"Aw. Is little girl going to cry? Lost your mama. She was a ***** anyway. (I don't like typing some of these words. I'm sure you know what he said.) El was fed up with this nonsense.

"Mouth breather." El mumbled.

"What?! What was that you little-"

"Mouth. Breather." El said, cutting him off. Without a seconds hesitation, he shoved her to the ground. El thought about using her powers, but then she remembered what Hopper had said to her. "No. Powers. We don't need anyone else to know what you can do." El felt defenseless.

The boys gathered around her. Then, one of the boys grabbed her from behind and held her so tight, that it hurt. Another grabbed her nose and pinched it hard, so she couldn't breath through it. She tried to scream and kick, but it was no use. She couldn't let them see that she had powers. Otherwise, it would end up like the Troy incident. The main guy then covered her mouth. He spit in her face as he talked.

"Now you can't breath through your nose your mouth. Have fun little girl." He laughed and hit her. Hard. Right in the stomach. El tried to scream, but she couldn't breathe. She felt her lungs burn, begging for air. Tears welled up in her eyes. Thanks when she heard a familiar voice.

"Get the hell away from her!" Mike screamed as he ran down the street at full force. One of the boys got up, allowing El to breathe through nose. But with her crying, it had gotten stuffed. She still couldn't catch air.

"What are you going to do?" The leader of the group asked, spitting on the ground. Suddenly smack! In the back of the head, The larger boy was hit with a rock. From a wrist rocket. Lucas.

"Come get us you son of a- oh shit!" Dustin screamed as two of them darted after Dustin and Lucas. The third boy was kicked in the rib by El as she fell back from exhaustion, trying to catch her breath. The leader was still on Mike.

"You little- Ugh!" The teen groaned as Mike hit him in the ribs hard. With his super com.

"Want some more?!" Mike screamed aiming to hit him again. The teen's eyes widened as he bolted off in the other direction.

Mike was quickly at El's side.

"El! Oh my god! El! Are you okay?" Mike said urgently, grabbing her hands and helping her sit up. She nodded weakly. A tear ran down her cheek.

"Hey. Hey. It's okay. They're gone. Dustin and Lucas will come back any moment and we will go back to my house and check you for injuries. Okay? It's okay El. I got you." El nodded and slowly stood up with Mikes help. She looked at his super com in his hand. I was all broken up.

"Mike. Your super com. Oh no."

"What? Oh. This? It's nothing it can be replaced. You are more important. We can't replace you El. I just want to make sure you're okay." El nodded.

Slowly, the two made their way home. Lucas and Dustin were waiting when they got there.

"El. You okay?" Dustin asked, clearly still out of breath. She nodded.

"Let's get her inside and check her for injuries."

"Oh man! Mike you should have seen it! We ran all the way to Steve's house, and as soon as he saw us running for dear life, he got his awesome bad and chased them off! They cried like little babies!"

Mike chuckled and had El sit on a kitchen chair. "Okay. El. Can you tell me where it hurts?" El nodded nervously.

"I'll go get medicine and some bandages!"

"I'll come!" Dustin and Lucas raced down the hall to the bathroom.

"El? Where does it hurt?" El winced as she though of where the teen had hit her. She put a hand on her hip. Mike suddenly blushed a deep red. She didn't know why.

"Umm. I... I uh have to look at it... is that o-okay?" She nodded. Gently, Mike lifted up her shirt a little, to reveal a blueish forming bruise.

"Oh. El. That looks like it hurts. It's okay though. It will go away in a few days. Mike gently brushed his finger against the bruise. El winced.

"Oh sorry El!"

"It's okay. Mike... I'm okay." El said taking his hand gently in her own.

"I'm okay."

"But your not El!" Mike shouted suddenly outraged. El jumped a little in surprise.

"Those mouth breathers shouldn't have even talked to you, let alone touch you! And where was I? You could've gotten really seriously hurt! What if I didn't find you? What if they had decided to worse things to you? I could have lost you!" Mike shouted this, with tears welling up in his eyes.

By now, Dustin and Lucas were behind the corner watching carefully, not wanting to interfere. El jumped up and grabbed his shoulders.

"Mike! You didn't. You did not lose me. I am okay. You saved me. Mike? You hear me? You saved me." A tear ran down his cheek, as he suddenly pulled her into a tight hug. Mike whispered so that only El could hear him.

"I just can't think about what would happen if I lost you." El whispered back.

"I know. I can't lose you. I save you, and you save me."

"El. You saved me more than you know." They held each other for a while. Dustin and Lucas later on joined in on the hug. Mike got lost in his thoughts. 'You saved me more than you know.'

That's the story! Hoped it turned out okay! If you have requests, I'd loved to hear them, but there no guarantee that a will do it, because sometimes I just don't even know where to begin. I will try my best though! Will update very soon! Until next time,

-Daisy