Thank you guys for getting so hyped from the last chapter! Don't forget to review and let me know what you think! (also I don't really know how child services worked in the 80's so I'm just guessing here)
Mike was riding back to the high school with Jane holding onto him so tightly he could barely breathe. The pair made it back right before lunch, so they waited outside the building until they would hear the bell. Mike hadn't asked questions when Jane had opened her eyes, which were drowning in tears, her nose bleeding. He simply held her in his arms while she cried. Even now, they were sitting outside with their backs against the brick building, Jane hadn't said a word of what had happened between her and her sister.
"It's okay," Mike said, grabbing Jane's hand reassuringly. "You can tell me whenever you want to, alright?"
Jane nodded in response. When she had began talking to her sister, Kali had agreed to help her with the Mindflayer. But Kali also wanted a favor from Jane. Kali wanted Jane to find Dr. Brenner. And to kill him.
Lucas was at the lunch table with Max, Dustin and Will. They had all decided that Jane and Mike had skipped, which was very unlike them. No one had seen either of them all day, but Dustin kept making jokes that they had run off to make out. Will laughed nervously, sure that this had something to do with Jane's plan. He just hoped whatever it was had worked.
"Well, speak of the devil," Max said, as the party turned to see Mike and Jane coming to the table, hand in hand.
"Where were you guys?" Lucas asked.
"I already told you, they were making out!" Dustin joked. Will elbowed him, gesturing to Jane, who everyone could tell had been crying. Her eyes were puffy and red, while Mike just held a pained expression as they sat down.
"You guys hungry?" Will asked, trying to break the tension.
"No, Jane said, leaning onto Mike's shoulder.
"Me neither," Mike agreed. After feeling out the vibe that those two were not going to share about their little field trip today, Max started a new conversation.
"Me and Billy ratted on Neil last night." Max gave a little smile as Lucas grabbed her hand under the table.
"How'd that go?" Lucas questioned.
"Well, we're going to that guy's office when I'm out of school to make a statement, and hopefully it'll be strong enough to press charges," Max explained, with a shrug.
"I hope it works. That son of a bitch deserves it," Lucas said coldly.
Jane was half listening to the lunch table conversation, but the other half of her was in her own head, scared out of her mind worrying about finding Papa and what she would do once she found him.
Once the lunch bell had rung, Mike and Jane walked together to their lockers and were on their way to art class. Art was in the far end of the building, which was fairly secluded besides the main hallway that led there. That's where Carter Tims was standing, waiting for them.
"Hey freak!" Carter called, drawing their attention. He saw Jane's sad looking face and said, "Did Frog-face break up with you so soon? Did he figure out how much of a freak you are?" Carter continued, holding up his bandaged hand from when she had broken his fingers.
"Go away, we're not in the mood," Mike told him.
"What? Trouble in paradise or something?" Carter said, moving very close to Mike. Jane did not like that.
"Go. Away," Jane's quiet voice demanded, causing Carter to draw his attention to her. Carter took a step closer to her and Mike tried to push her behind him, be she would not be moved. "Do you remember what happened the last time you didn't listen to me?" Jane asked Carter cryptically. They saw Carter's face flash to fear very quickly before it reverted back to his normal cocky expression.
"Yeah, freak I do! You somehow smashed my hand up with some weird karate or something! You don't scare me!"
Carter suddenly found himself walking backwards. He wasn't moving his feet though, it was like they were being controlled. "Wha- what are you doing? How are you doing this?" Carter looked terrified.
"I said go away. Next time… listen." Jane said, lifting her head back up from it's tilted position.
Mike's eyes were wide in a mixture of admiration and fear, something he felt a lot around Jane. She was extraordinary. They walked off to art class, leaving one very freaked out jock in the hallway, who ran out of the school like a bat out of hell.
Hopper was sitting in his office, going over some cases when Flo walked in, silently throwing a notepad his way before walking out. The notes read:
'Call from the high school, Jane skipped first through third period'
'Call from Mrs. Tims, Carter says your daughter is a witch'
Hopper looked at those two messages and pinched the bridge of his nose. I'm gonna kill that girl.
Billy was in the high school parking lot smoking a cigarette when Max rode up on her skateboard after school. She got in silently and they rode to Mr. Richard's office. Neither of them spoke to the other, each feeling equally weird about this whole situation. When they reached the office, there was a secretary, who Billy flirted with the whole time, until Mr. Richards came out and showed them to his private office.
"Okay, Bill. Start at the beginning here. What are all the incident's that demonstrate your father's abuse? Take as much time as you need," Ed said, pulling out a pen and paper to write them all out. Billy glanced and Max who was in the chair next to him.
"I can't do it with her in the room," Billy decided. Ed looked at Max, who stood.
"Fine. I guess I'll be outside," Max said, sitting in the lobby with the secretary. Max wondered why Billy didn't want her to be there. I guess he might be embarrassed or something. Or he doesn't want Max to know about his weaknesses. After almost forty minutes, Billy and Ed came out of the office.
"Well, good news kids! I'm going to take this down to the station and you'll have yourself a case," Ed explained.
"Thank you," Max said as she and Billy left the building. Billy still wasn't meeting her gaze. They drove home silently and never said a word to each other the rest of the day.
Hopper stopped by the store to see Joyce.
"I'm going to kill her! It's only the second week of school and she's already misbehaving! I can't believe her! I made myself clear that she could not use her abilities at school, and she disobeys me!" Hopper ranted.
"She's just a kid, Hop. I know it's frustrating, but being mad won't help either of you," Joyce chimed in calmly.
"I know, but it's so… so frustrating!" Joyce laughed at him.
"It's called being a parent. Get used to it," she told him.
Jane was in the Wheeler's basement again today, but with Will and Mike there too. They were doing their homework in silence until Will finally spoke up.
"So what actually happened today? Was it part of you plan Jane?" Will asked.
"Yes," she finally spoke up. Mike gave Will a look saying, I don't know what happened either.
"How did it go?" Will asked, trying to keep his questions light.
"Sister will help me," Jane explained, not meeting their eyes.
"Jane met a sister from the lab. Number 008," Mike explained to a very confused Will. The youngest Byers tried to wipe the very shocked expression off of his face.
"Oh... Can she help you kill it?" Will pressed.
"Yes, it's a deal."
"What kind of deal?" Mike wondered. He knew whatever it was had made her cry for over twenty minutes.
"She needs me to do something for her. She wants me to kill Papa." Mike and Will's jaws about dropped to the floor.
"Dr. Brenner? I thought he was dead," Mike finally said.
"No. Alive. And I'm going to find him."