(A/N) I am so happy with the way this chapter has turned out and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did writing it, this took longer to write as I lost about a page when the word doc crashed lol
WARNING - Semi-Smut Ahead
Eleven felt something akin to exhilaration as she clung on to Mike and as they rode down the empty darkened road, it was the first time that she had rode on the back since that week in 83, she was enjoying it just as much as she did then.
She remembers the first time that she had rode on the back, when they found her on that rainy night, sopping wet, shivering and scared. Even upon that first meeting El had felt her eyes drawn to his and vice versa, Mike had felt an instant connection with the girl now on the back of his bike. Their eyes had locked and both of them felt something, something akin to déjà vu? All they knew was that for some inexplicable reason they had been drawn like a moth to the flame.
So she rode with them back to Mike's house, giving her fresh clothes, she still remembers the smell of the apple shampoo that had lingered on his clothes, her nose had caught the whiff of it when she brought it up to her face before she tried changing in front of them.
From that moment then on Mike had become the focal point of her life, she had stopped the mouth breather from hurting Mike as he charged at him, Mike had stood his ground, not backing down mostly because of the girl that was several inches from his side, giving him the courage to finally stand up to Troy. Of course she had rooted the boy in place, he was not to touch him, he was not to hurt him, then she punished him by making him wet himself in front everyone, finally giving him a taste of humiliation.
Lucas had also found out the hard way that no-one was to mess with her Mike, as they fought over her, Lucas convinced that she was up to no good and Mike loyally defending her despite the fact he knew that El had messed with the compasses, she screamed and Lucas had promptly flew back and was knocked unconscious, if it were anyone else it could have ended a lot worse. She ran because she hurt one of his friends and friends weren't supposed to hurt each other.
She spent the night in the forest and walked into a store and stole several boxes of Eggo's, not bound by the laws of humanity she swiftly walked out, telekinetically smashing the automatic doors together so hard that the glass had shattered from impact. Not a care in the world.
She ravenously tore into the stolen goods, before hearing his voice and Dustin's calling out to her, her heart had leapt into her throat. Mike! She nearly shouted until she felt the presence of anger nearby coming from two people, she could also feel the emotions of the other two people and that was fear and adrenaline, she had an inkling as to what it was and she chased the presence that she could feel.
She arrived just in time to see Mike step up to the cliff and calmly step off it.
Her mind screamed and went into overdrive NO! her mind screamed, her mind automatically sent out her telekinetic tendrils which warmly wrapped themselves around Mike, who looked around in sheer shock as he now floated in mid-air before he was hauled the face of the cliff and dropped safely to the floor, far enough from the cliff's edge, anger poured from her being as she walked to see the two mouth breathers from before who had obviously not learned their lessons, she flung one to the floor and snapped the arm of the other, she felt satisfaction as she heard the bone snap into two pieces.
"Go" she said, calm fury radiating from her, they didn't need to telling twice and scrambled away in fear, running for their lives.
Of course it went all downhill from there from being chased by the bad men to being cornered by the Demogorgan, she calmly placed herself in front of her friends and in front of Mike. She knew what she was about to do would most likely kill her, as long as he was safe, she didn't care what happened to her. She had flung him back as he attempted to stop her, he knew what she was trying to do and it scared him.
She turned to him , his arms dropped in defeat as he looked at her with tears in his eyes. He felt his heart breaking as she turned to him she uttered the words that would haunt him forever.
Goodbye Mike
She screamed in a way no human could ever replicate, her voice amplified by the raw power that was coming from her, she couldn't concentrate all of it and it ended up being channeled through her vocal chords, Mike had clamped his ears shut with his hands and painfully kept his eyes open before they were forced to close as the scream tore into their ear drums.
And then she was gone for 353 days. And Mike had felt himself die bit by bit each day. When she left she took a piece of him with her, he no longer cared about grades or getting into trouble, he was even suspended for a week when he had punched troy in the mouth after he asked where the bald freak was. Everyone had been taken by Surprise by Mike's passionate anger as Mike had lay into Troy with very ounce of pain, grief, anguish and sorrow that had been a part of Mike since she vanished.
Every punch he delivered was accompanied by a word.
Don't!
Punch
You!
Punch
Fucking!
Punch
Dare!
Punch
Talk!
Punch
About!
Punch
Her!
By this point Troy's nose and mouth was covered in blood and his nose broken in several places, it took both Dustin and Lucas to drag Mike off of Troy who had given up trying to fight back and had merely had his hands covering his face in a futile attempt to protect it. They managed to drag him out of the cafeteria into the hall as Mike's anger turned into soul crushing sobs. As Dustin, Lucas and Will had tried their best to comfort their heartbroken friend. They had looked to each other helplessly.
"I just want her back" he sobbed as his head was in his hands, covered in blood some of which was his own and some of which was Troy's, the skin on his knuckles had been cut open, blood poured out and covered his bruised knuckles.
Dustin took charge and wrapped his friend in a typical Dustin style hug.
"We know, Mike, We know" Dustin said as he attempted to get his friend to stop.
"I miss her so much, I can't take it anymore" Mike said quietly as the sobs finally came to a stop.
That was on day 211.
Needless to say Troy and James had avoided the gang from that point on, giving them a wide berth whenever they did happen to cross paths, Troy had his head down when this happened. He was scared. Scared by what he brought out in Mike.
Of course Eleven had seen this form the void, she could feel the anguish that radiated from Mike, it resulted in an argument between her and Hopper. She could feel his pain as she shared it as well, being kept from him was something akin to being suffocated.
She had cried that night harder than she ever had before, Hopper sat helplessly on the sofa hearing her cry. Unsure of what to do before walking into her room and hugging her to his chest, he kissed the top of it in order to calm her down, through her sobs she only said one thing.
He Needs Me.
Hopper silently agreed, but he had also made a promise, to protect her like he couldn't with Sarah and by god was he going to keep that Promise. Eventually she calmed down and fell asleep due to emotional exhaustion. Her face was tinted red from all the crying as Hopper carefully tucked her in and placed her teddy bear into her arms which in her sleep she brought to her chest and hugged tightly to her.
Hopper had to stop himself from Laughing when she told him she named it Mike. Part of him realized why she had named it after him. He wished to God that he didn't have to keep them apart like this, it was killing them both.
El was brought back to reality as she heard Mikes soft voice in front of her.
"El, you okay?" Mike asked as he pedalled.
"I'm Okay, Mike" she responded with a small smile. Her hands tightened slightly around his waist, Mike felt his neck heat up, trying to concentrate on the road in front of him, he slowed their speed not wanting to risk them crashing.
Sometimes Mike and Eleven didn't need to speak to each other, Eleven wasn't a girl of many words but they didn't need words to convey what they wanted to say, sometimes it was just a touch on the arm of a gesture or simply looking into each others eyes was enough.
Mike slowed to a stop in the clearing where Hoppers Police Car sat, Mike put the kickstand in Place and walked her through the dense forest, the sun was setting so they could clearly see ahead of them, Eleven froze in place has her blood ran cold and Mike felt her grasp his hand at the sight that lay before them.
Men in suits were walking all over the cabin, El swallowed nervously as she saw hopper sat at the table with an ice pack on his head, how did they know where she was? Did hopper finally decide that he had enough? Through the window Hopper spotted El and Mike outside and their eyes locked, El was trying to fight back tears.
Hopper glanced round to make sure no-on was looking before looking dead square at Mike with a small look on his face, Mike did not need telepathy to understand what Hopper was communicating.
Look after Her.
Then his eyes turned to El's and he mouthed a single word to her.
Run.
Then he smiled sadly at her, conveying that he was not angry with her.
Both teens started to slowly back up away from the cabin, never taking their eyes off the men that were traipsing around the cabin, her cabin. It was starting to get dark now, the sky was a deep golden orange with splashes of red and pink across the clouds.
Suddenly there was a small bang, like a gunshot, El immediately looked down to her feet and she wanted to smack herself in the head, she had just stepped on the tripwire, Mike looked at her fearfully as they turned tail and ran.
"Hey!" one of them shouted, withdrawing a M1911 handgun.
"Get them, kill the boy if you must!" a man with silver hair shouted as he came rushing out of the cabin, he watched from the porch as the men started to give chase to the two teens, a small smile was etched upon his face as a single thought came to mind "She has grown" one could say it was a smile of pride.
El and Mike grasped each others hand as they whipped by tree after tree. Mike lead the way but only barely as El easily kept pace with the long-legged boy. The bad men were behind them closing in fast, being more in shape than the two. Several held tranquillizer guns.
Lucky for El she had been experimenting with ways to use and channel her powers, with her free hand she clicked her fingers and a tree fell from where it stood, snapped by the roots and it fell in the path of the bad men, it bought them a second or two worth of distance as they had to jump or climb over the fallen tree, the clearing where Mike bike stood lay ahead.
She clicked her fingers again and a larger tree fell, crushing one unfortunate man beneath it, they couldn't climb over this one so they had to run around it, Mike kicked the kick stand and climbed on, El mounted less than a second later, Mike began to pedal hard but El focused and soon enough they were zooming down the road, her powers giving them a much needed speed boost.
In desperation they fired their guns at the two who were fast becoming a blip to their eyes, luckily for the two they were far out of range by the time they had managed to fire.
The only sound now was Mikes heavy breathing and the sound of the bike chain and wheels, Blood finally began to leak out of El's nose but only a small amount had a managed to escape before she wiped it with a tissue that she kept on her for such an occasion.
Mike slowed to a stop to catch his breath as his legs also felt like jelly from pedalling so hard, they had come to rest at the border of Cartersville.
Mike was the first to speak.
"We can't go back to Hawkins, it's the first place they'll look for us" Mike said turning to look at El. She silently nodded her agreement.
"Where can we go?" she asked quietly.
Mike dug into his pocket and found only $12, he sighed in exasperation.
"Do you have any money on you?" he asked, she dug round into her pocket and brought out several crumpled up bills.
"Hopper told me to keep this on me in case" she explained simply, she held out the bills to him, he gently took them from her hand and counted them, it was enough.
"Okay I have an idea" Mike said as they pedalled down the road into Cartersville
They came up to a dingy looking motel and Mike's face wrinkled in disgust in its ramshackle appearance but it would do for now. Mike and EL climbed off the bike.
"Wait here" Mike said, he turned and went across the road into the trees, a few moments passed and Mike came back out, minus a bike.
"I hid the bike in a bush, I just hope no-one takes it, I love that bike" he added sadly to himself.
El gave a small smile, together they entered the office to rent a room, their was a guy sat chewing gum and looked bored to be there. Mike went up to the counter as El looked around her curiously.
"Excuse Me?" Mike said clearing his throat to get the man's attention. He turned to face him with a disinterested expression
"Yeah, what do you want?"
Mike frowned at the man's tone"
"How much for a room for the night"
"$40 per night, $60 for two nights"
Suddenly he became more awake as he looked at the two at the counter like he was seeing them for the first time.
"Wait, aren't you a little young to be sleeping in motels" he asked
"Can we have a room please" Mike said firmly
The Man chuckled to himself, hell he didn't care, he hated this job.
"two singles or a double?" he asked with a smirk, amused at how Mike's cheeks turned red.
"Double" El said suddenly out of nowhere
Mike turned to see El starring the man hard in the face. It did nothing to ease Mike's blush that was so red now that he felt like he was going to combust, the clerk's eyebrows raised in surprise. Mike handed over the 40 dollars trying to avoid the clerks face as he handed them the keys to room six.
"Have a good night" the man added teasingly as they hastened to leave. The blush on Mikes face was threatening to become a neon sign.
Mike unlocked the door and turned the light on to see a lone double bed. Mike closed the door softly and let a sigh of relief that he didn't know he was holding in. He set the keys down on the cabinet as he wandered in to see the room, it was cleaner then he had expected. He looked into the bathroom to see a shower along with some soaps and towels.
"Hey El, did you want to take the first shower?" he called out from the bathroom as he examined some of the soaps, several seconds had passed and he received no response. He called out again.
"El?" he said stepping back into the main room, only to find El starring at him with her big round brown eyes, the look she was giving him Mike could only describe as Hunger? Before he could even comprehend that thought Eleven dove towards him, crashing her lips upon his. This was different to their usual kisses.
There was hunger, longing, passion that was put into the kiss as El pinned him to the wall, as Mike had found himself pushed backwards with El's initial dive. Mike's instincts took over as he cupped the back of El's head, his fingers caressing her brown curls, as their kiss went deeper, more desperate, their unspoken feelings finally culminating in this.
They barely stopped for breath as Eleven dragged Mike towards the bed, her intentions becoming clear, were they too young for what was about to happen? They eventually paused for breath.
"El we don't have to do th-" Mike said before El cut him off placing a soft finger upon his lips.
"I want to" she whispered "I only want you Mike" She whispered in such a way that it sent chills down Mikes spine, he swallowed nervously, his mouth going drier than the Sahara desert.
"Are you sure?" he asked, always being the considerate one, always caring, always loving and understanding.
She merely nodded in response before capturing his lips with hers once more. Her fingers ran through is ebony hair, marvelling at how soft it felt, the stars on his face obscured by the blush upon his face.
Soon enough their clothes lay in a messy pile upon the floor, what followed was a night of unrivalled passion, everything that they had been through and experienced together became an emotional catharsis in this. A night where everything finally clicked into place for Eleven and Mike.
Never had something felt so right or so good for either of them, they became one together, it set off chain reaction in both of them, their souls had basked in their union, a night that neither of them would ever forget till their dying day.
A night where the unspoken words between them became so very clear. They finally had a word for what they felt for each other, terrifying as much as it was electrifying.
Love.
Deep and Desperate.
Powerful and Potent.
Passionate and Painful.
As they slowed and tired, Eleven fell asleep in Mike's arms as Mike held her to him, scared that she would vanish once more and considering what they just shared it would truly destroy him because if she died, his heart would shatter and he too would die due to a broken heart and soul.
Eventually Mike closed his eyes and he began to drift off to the world of dreams, only difference was his dream had come true, the tips of his fingers gently stroking El's bare shoulder.
Mike and Eleven.
Their love was the purest of all.
(A/N) that is the first time I ever wrote anything close to Smut I hoped I made it tasteful and not cringe worthy lol they needed the emotional catharsis and to be honest that was the part I enjoyed writing the most but I didn't want to make it explicit, speaking of which this will most likely be the only time that they do the deed. As I want it to be special to them. An unforgettable night, how'd I do? Lol
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