The cell fell into silence except for the sounds of a weeping Mike as he held his head in his hands, Brenner lay before them, a small pool of blood was making its way from underneath him, staining the once pristine white floor of the lab.

The guard took the opportunity to run from the room as everyone's attention was now focused on Mike and Brenner's dead body, Hopper lowered his gun and sighed before walking over to the abandoned weapon that Mike previously used, Picking it up off of the ground before putting it into his back pocket. Although it didn't seem like they would need it.

Mike was still shaking into his hands and Eleven felt her heart break for him, she remembers when she first took a life and papa had called it incredible but she was happy that day as Papa had been proud of her and carried her back to her room instead of the closet she was tossed into when she disobeyed, she gently walked up to Mikes side and placed a hand upon his shoulder.

"Mike…" she began, her fingers gently stroked his shoulder.

"El, don't look at me, he was right, I proved him right" he sobbed avoiding her eyes although he made no move to remove her hand from his shoulder as she held it there, lightly stroking patterns upon his shoulder that made his skin tingle

"What do you mean, Mike?" Eleven asked softly, coming to bend down in front of Mike. Her face contorted with worry for him.

Mike finally took his hands away from his face and Eleven noted the tear streaks that went down his cheeks and across the stars (She still refused to call them freckles) that littered his features, she felt her reach out to him and stroked his face gently with her fingers, helping to rid his face of the streaks.

"I'm a monster, I shot him El, I killed him" Mike whimpered lowering his head to look at his feet, he was literally a mess but El had never felt more love for anyone than she did at the moment, he had killed the one man that had enslaved her to his will. He was anything but a monster, he was Mike and would always be Mike. However, Mike continued.

She lifted his head to look at her, his eyes red and bloodshot, tears still made their way uninterrupted down his cheeks, Eleven leaned forward and pressed her lips to his forehead, Mike Despite himself closed his eyes as she did so, enjoying the contact with the girl that he thought he was going to lose all over again.

Hopper watched on silently giving the two a much needed moment, his own mind was a flurry of thoughts, they both had now killed for each other, Eleven had now reached triple digits and Mike had taken his first life for her. Could the extent of their feelings really extend to love? Hopper knew from the moment Mike pulled that trigger that they were both hopelessly and dangerously in love, to the bitter end.

"I had to, I couldn't lose you again, not again" Mike whispered to the floor.

"Ssshhh" Eleven said hushing him as she held him to her, usually it was Mike that was comforting her and not the other way round but it felt natural to her as stroked the back of his head lovingly. Before she pulled back to and lifted his chin so she could look at him.

The moment their eyes met, El pressed her lips to his in something of a kiss of pure need and want, Mike kissed back just as passionately, his hand found the back of Elevens head, his fingers wrapped themselves into her forest of curls. Their lips slowly drifted apart from the other, Eleven's breath was shaky, eyes fluttered and her nose gently brushed upon his, revelling in their intimacy.

"You won't lose me, I would kill everyone if it meant you were safe" she declared, quietly and seriously, Mike watched in awe of the girl in front of him, her eyes flashed that icy blue before returning back into a deep chocolate brown.

"I love you Ele-" Mike began to say although he couldn't finish as she collided her lips with his as happy tears cascaded down her pale cheeks, her arms were snaked around his shoulders as she pulled him in deep, furiously kissing the ebony haired boy before pulling apart, gasping for air as their lungs were deprived of much needed oxygen.

Neither of them were innocent anymore for so many reasons and yet here they were, deeply, dangerously and desperately in love. For them the world only made sense when they were one, when they were together.

"C'mon Kids, I think its time we went home" Hopper said breaking them out of their gaze upon the other, they both turned their heads simultaneously to look at Hopper, they had forgotten that he was even there, usually never being this quiet. Eleven simply nodded and smiled "Home" she said before pulling Mike up off of the floor.

They slowly made their way upstairs, both Mike and Eleven were hand in hand as Hopper lead the why through the maze of corridors, only did now Mike see the destruction that Eleven had wrought. Bodies upon bodies lay everywhere, the crimson colour of blood dominated his vision. Some were torn in half, some were not even recognizable for humans anymore, their bodies mutilated beyond mere comprehension.

Mike saw a small tinge of regret pass upon her face for the suffering and death she caused but he knew she would do so all over again if it were to save him, it amazed him how someone so kind and caring as Eleven could rain down so much destruction.

Daylight burst through the lobby, the eclipse Eleven had caused was finally over giving light to the world once more, the trio made their way outside, to feel the cold air blow gently through the trees and around them, there was a time Mike didn't think he would feel the sun or the sensation of a cool gentle breeze again. Hopper holstered his firearm and turned to El.

"We need to burn this place to the ground, do you think you have enough strength left to do it?" Hopper asked as much as he didn't to. Eleven simply nodded in response before turning to towards the cold concrete structure.

She stretched forth her arms and spread her fingers, her eyes turned a dull icy blue, not as bright as before but icy blue nonetheless and fire spewed forth from the tips, the fire flowed into the building bursting through windows, it raced down hallways and corridors, engulfing everything within its path, soon the entire building was ablaze and Eleven watched as her former prison burned to the ground.

She was finally free.

(A/N) only one more chapter to go guys, 10 chapters seem to be the magic number for me don't it lol I'm thinking of working on a new story, an AU, only problem is it might be very controversial, so I will most likely post the first chapter and see how people react for continuing to write more.

As always guys review! And until next time, peace!