El looked between the three of them, first Mike, then hopper and then she glared up at Brenner who's gun was pressed to the side of Mike's forehead, she couldn't risk using her powers, if she killed Brenner his Gun may go off in reflex and simply disarming him might cause the gun to go off as well, she bit her lip in contemplation and worry, what was she to do?
The tendrils flowed and swirled around her, patiently waiting to be unleashed however she reeled them in, before facing Brenner with her trademark glare and stare. She had no other choice, it was either this or risk losing them both forever. This was something that she simply could not allow.
El cast her gaze down to the floor, resigned to her fate and Mikes good eye widened as realized at what she was about to do.
"Yes" She whispered her gazed still downcast at the floor.
"El, No!" Mike shouted straining and trying to pull away from Brenner, he felt like his world was burning around him, Brenner kept a firm hold on the angry boy, he took the gun away from Mikes head and beckoned her to him, slowly she lifted her foot off the ground to walk towards him.
"That's a good girl, we are going accomplish so much together" he said, what made it just as worse was the fact that he genuinely smiled, like he actually believed in what they were doing was going to be for the greater good, Mike's good eye sliently pleaded with her not too as it glistened.
"El" he whispered looking at her, she looked back to this amazing boy, she knew in that moment she would suffer torments and tortures likes of which the world had never seen for him, she would destroy the world if only to keep him safe, her two brown orbs met his.
"Mike" she said faintly, struggling to not burst into tears, she had played right into Brenner's hand and they were about to be separated, possibly forever, it had to be said in case she never got a chance to do so again.
"I…I..I" she stuttered before looking ashamedly at the floor, unable to from the simple words that she finally was able to understand, what they did together under the thrall of it, the contentment, the passion and the beauty.
Love was Beautiful and Destructive.
The Beauty of Annihilation.
Her face rose up once more from its gaze upon the tiled floor of the lab and looked at Mike, who gazed back at her with what she could only describe as pain.
"I Love You, Mike" She said, Mikes composure broke at the words as a single solitary tear left his eye and made its way down his reddened cheek. "I have always loved you" her gaze left him, unable to look at the broken look that was etched upon him, Even Dr Brenner was surprised by the declaration, his grip upon Mike loosened slightly.
"Eleven…" Mike uttered utterly broken. His thoughts went back to that night, the night where everything had been so clear for the both of them. Mike knew he felt something pull him to her that night that he found her alone in the woods, raining splattering upon them all, he didn't listen to the voice that said she's the one, he just simply didn't listen and here they were, about to be torn from the other.
He couldn't do it again, he couldn't lose her again not after everything, not after that night. He would rather die then be without her, he knew this to very core of his being. So what he did next took everyone by surprise, but no-one was more surprised than Mike.
He spun round and grabbed Brenner's arm that was holding the pistol to his forehead and managed to wrestle it away from his head although it went off no more than a millisecond later. Brenner struggled with the impassioned teen for possession of the firearm.
"Mike!" El shouted rooted to the spot as she watched him wrestle for the control of the gun. Mike did the only thing he could and sank his teeth down in Brenner's hand who howled in pain as blood began to flow from the wound and the handgun clattered to the floor which Mike scrambled for being faster than the ageing Brenner, he scrambled back up to his feet, gun in hand and panting heavily, his broken ribs getting worse due to the effort.
Out of the corner of his eye he notice the other guard had his gun trained on him and Mike cursed under his breath, he forgot about that other guard as he had been too distracted by El's declaration of Love.
"Drop it" He ordered, Mike could of turned and fired but if he made the sudden movement to do so the guard would shoot him before he would even be able to aim, his options as well as time were running out and running out fast.
"I said drop it" the guard ordered once more "I wont ask a third time" he warned and Mike made to lower the gun, his ploy unsuccessful, Hopper chose that moment to suddenly stand head butt the guard with the back of his head, who stumbled back clutching at his nose as blood spewed forth.
Eleven took the opportunity to hold the guard in place with her powers, the gun pressed into his side where it could do no more harm, with the other arm she telekinetically undid the bonds on hoppers hands, he took the gag out of his mouth and pried the gun from the guards hand and raised it pointing at the guard who could do nothing as he was rooted in place.
Internally, Brenner was seething at this turn of events, he had all the cards and now it had been turned against him.
Brenner looked to Mike who glared back at Brenner with a hatred that should not be on a fourteen year olds face, Brenner however still had one more card to play and he was going to play it.
"So what happens now then Gentlemen?" Brenner asked the smile still plastered upon his face turning to face each of the two Males in the room.
"Eleven won't kill me, she can't, because I'm her papa, she may have been able to kill all my associates but she has never been able to hurt me, isn't that right, Eleven?" he asked looking to her, she simply just glared back in response.
"Chief Hopper, if you shoot me, you will betray every principle that you stand for, badge or no badge, you can't shoot an unarmed man in cold blood and if you did you would be no better than me" Brenner said gazing pointedly at Hopper before he turned to Michael Wheeler.
"Michael, the boy of pure heart, oh yes my spies watched you for those 353 days, oh yes we knew about your little calls to Eleven every night, they profiled you, examined you and your friends, you won't shoot me, because what sort of monster will that make you in her eyes?" he chuckled, evidently pleased with the seeds of doubt he had now placed in Mikes head. The gun shook in his hand whether from rage or loss of composure Brenner could not tell.
He slowly walked towards Mike, grasping upon that weakness.
"She will destroy you Mike, that was all she was designed to do, to kill, to destroy, if you don't believe me look at what she did to those men upstairs, they were only doing what they were told, they had families, children, mothers, fathers and she slaughtered them without a second thought"
Mike would not believe it, he knew Eleven, he knew that she was just a girl who wanted to belong expect she had the power to destroy whole nations, it was the girl who he fell in love with, he knew that whenever he looked into the future all he could see was Eleven.
Brenner could see the doubt in his eyes, it was time to deliver that finishing blow.
"She is not capable of Love, only capable of destruction and even if this love, look at what love has caused her to do, eventually like of an out of control fire, it will consume you all" Brenner finished.
A gunshot rang out and Brenner looked down to his chest at the bullet that had Pierced his heart before looking towards the shooter with a smile that was graced upon his bloodied lips.
"Love, it only has the power to destroy " and with those final words Martin Brenner collapsed to floor and breathed no more.
Mike Wheeler felt the gun slip from his grasp and it clattered to the floor.
He fell to his Knees and let out a scream of pure anguish.
Michael Wheeler, the boy of Pure heart, was pure no more.
(A/N) Poor Mike, I never give the guy a break, haha, someone needs to take these characters from me, I cause them nothing but hurt lol for those who have read Compendium I am currently brainstorming ideas for more chapters.
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