Authors Note: Hey guys, so sorry for not updating frequently, I've been feeling down lately and couldn't seem to write. The last few weeks I was in more of a reading mood. I also am working on another story that kinda distracted me from this one. I really should've written a longer chapter to make up for not posting but It ended up kind of short. But I hope you like it. If you're reading this, I would appreciate reviews. Thanks!
"Max!" They simultaneously yelled, rushing towards the girl on the ground.
"Max, are you okay? Can you hear me?" Lucas frantically shook Max, who wasn't even unconscious.
"It's fine, stalker. Trust me, I'm fine!" She replied, standing and wiping the mud from her jeans.
"Is that blood?" Dustin panicked, began backing away.
"No, It's just a little scrape." Max replied, trying to wipe tears from her eyes unnoticed.
Will and Mike stood starring into the empty castle Byers, they were the only two who thought to take their mind off of Max and pay attention to the potential threat. El. "Guys, she's gone." Will stammered, staring at the chief for some assistance.
"Holy shit, not again." He let out a sigh before running in the direction everyone assumed she went.
After searching for a few miles the crew began to loose hope. And Mike was beginning to grow more and more concerned, and everyone could see him sinking deep into a shell again. Will, noticing his friend's distress, walked to the back of the group to match pace with Mike.
"Hey man don't worry, I'm sure we'll find her. And when we do, we'll get it out. She saved me, now it's our turn to save her." Will gave a reassuring smile, and put a arm around Mike's shoulder.
"But...But even if we do find her, we won't be able to get it out of her."
"Why not? We can use do the same method you used on me." Will replied, looking hurt.
"Kid, the problem is she has powers. You know that, just as well as me, she could kill in an instant." The chief joined in the conversation.
"Well, then what's the point of looking when if we find her again she'll kill us all." Max said, doubt and fear in her voice.
"Wait hold up guys. We need a real plan." Dustin sighed, stopping the group.
"If the problem is not being able to contain her powers, we need something that can. something even more powerful." Lucas said, bringing insight to the situation.
"But who's more powerful than El?" Dustin questioned, trying to disprove Lucas' theory.
"There are others, they're not nessisaraly more powerful than her. However, If we found all of them, together they could stop her." Hopper said, thinking about what El had told him about her lost sister.
"There are at least ten others." Mike said, looking to Will.
"Make that eleven, others I mean. I being the twelfth." Will smiled, proud he could be of some help.
"Wait, what the hell is going on here?" Hopper said, confused by Will's previous statement.
"Will has powers, not the same as El's through." Mike bluntly replied.
"Yeah, he can like see from someone's perspective and live inside their mind and stuff." Dustin finished, his excitement growing.
"Oh my God, you're kidding me." the chief exclaimed as he paced, gripping his hair in his hands. "Wait!" There was a moment of silence, "That's perfect!" The chief snapped.
"Wait? What?" They all said, following the fast paced Chief's steps.
"I'm thinking!" He responded.
Mike rolled his eyes and waved is hands about, "Excuse me for thinking you already had the answer."
"He kid, you best shut up so we can find her." The chief stopped, turning around.
"I care about her! I don't want anything to hurt her!" Mike yelled, but it sounded more like a sob.
"You don't think I care about my own daughter?" The chief exclaimed, pointing to himself.
The whole group's mouths gaped open, "daughter?" Dustin said, breaking the silence.
The chief sighed, running his hand through his hair, "Shit...um yeah I adopted her a few months back, after we found her." The tone of the conversation dramatically changed.
"Wow."Lucas was the only one to say anything.
"Now if we want to find her, we gotta hurry." The chief began his brisk walk back to the car again. Once the reached the old car, It smelled of cigarette smoke, and was so cold you weren't able to tell the difference in temperature from the outdoors. The moment the all sat down, it felt like the car would snap in half. "Okay this is gonna sound crazy but in order to find eleven we have to find her lost sisters and brothers first. She told me she saw number 008, Kali, In prison. So we know where one is located-"
The chief was cut off, "We're gonna break her out of jail?" Lucas' voice cracked. An outburst of laughing by Max followed.
"Yes. I'm a chief, I can handle it...Then, Will, we need you to locate all the others. When we have them gathered, we'll be able to find her easily. Her powers will be no match compared to at least 11 others. If we were to try and hold he down to get the mind monster out, it would be near impossible. Now, Now...we have a real plan."