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So Eleven discovered that the big car was named bus, and that kids couldn't just expect to go back and forth with them; the lady behind the desk had given them a hard time until Mike told her it was an emergency, that her biological parents were waiting for her there and she couldn't just wait for next morning.
So now they were on the bus, Eleven still in the middle of her story about how she had gone to Chicago to find her sister and everything that followed.
"She told me we had to find the bad men, because they hurt mama. I wanted...to hurt them too. And I did, but I didn't kill; I couldn't. He had kids..." her eyes teared up "so Kali did it. It was horrible to watch".
"I can only imagine, El" Mike sighed, "but you don't belong to that life, and you know it. You're...good".
"But I did hurt the man" she remembered, lip trembling.
"And you stopped" he finished for her, giving her a smile "I don't want you to have that kind of life. It would also mean we'd be apart...and I can't lose you again. But I understand you want to help this Kali...she's still your sister".
Eleven nodded, then yawned loudly.
"Sleep" he said, opening his arms as she leaned on his chest "it'll do you good".
With Mike's soothing hand caressing her cheek and his scent all around her, she drifted into the best sleep she had ever had.

She found herself again in the darkness, this time Kali was right in front of her eyes: she wasn't bleeding anymore, but she still had blood stains on her face and on her clothes; her hands were handcuffed to the side of a bed, hands trembling and blindfolded.
This time, she couldn't bring herself to speak: she just looked in her general direction, as if she could feel El's presence.
"I know you can hear me" Kali whispered, "I believe in you, Eleven. Help me".

She woke up panting once again, only this time Mike was holding her firmly, whispering in her ear to calm her down "El, I'm here with you, you were dreaming".
She still couldn't breathe, her chest going up and down and her eyes frantically looking for Mike's "It wasn't a dream. I saw her".
He nodded, lips tightly shut together, then proceeded to rub little circles on her back. As she finally caught her breath, the bus stopped and they quickly gathered their things to start their journey. Whatever it was about, Mike sensed it was going to be hard; what wasn't, with El?
He grabbed her hand, not risking to get lost in the crowd, then looked at her "I'm guessing you know where to go, right?"

"I don't care if there's no one left at the station" Hopper was practically growling "we're sending all my men out there to look for her!"
He had woken up to find the house empty, the he had ran to the Wheeler's, to the Bayers', to the Sinclair's, to the Henderson's and even to that Max's house, but she was nowhere to be seen; the oh-so-weird coincidence? The Wheeler's brat had magically disappeared, too.
He had hoped, deep in his heart, that it had just been a stupid idea of two stupid teenagers to go somewhere and have their little adventure for once, but it was as though the earth had swallowed them; not in the woods, not at the lake, not at the arcade, not anywhere.
So now a new fear was forming in the back of his mind: the lab.
Those bastards were capable of anything, but they didn't know what Chief Hopper was capable of: he'd have all their heads, he'd burn that fucking building down if they didn't give him his daughter back.
So that's when he was headed now: he started the engine and violently turned the steering wheel, directing towards Dr. Owen's house. As he got there, he slammed the door shut and banged on the door rather harshly, almost breaking into the apartment: what was that fucker doing?
"Yes?" the bastard had the face to show up in his pajamas, pretending he didn't know what the fuss was about; Hopper just shoved him to the side and started going completely crazy on him. His sofa was flipped, his carpets all threw to the side "Where are you hiding her?"
"Hopper, what..."
"Don't give me any of that shit, Owens" his voice boomed in the apartment, his fist slamming into the wall and leaving a considerably big hole on it "my daughter has disappeared and I have every reason to believe you're responsible for this!"
Before the doctor could answer, Hopper caught him from his the collar of his shirt and pushed him on the wall, his head banging loudly "Where is she?!"
"I don't know!" the man screamed, partially in pain partially scared "I swear Hopper I don't know!"
The Chief pointed an accusing finger to the doctor's chest "I'm gonna find her, Owens. And if, when I do, you're even remotely responsible, I will kill you bare-handed".

Everyone was gathered at the Wheeler's house: the Byers, the Sinclairs, the Hendersons and Max, to show their support to the family. Ted, being the asshole everyone knew he was, told his wife to let him know when the kid got back and went to his business trip.
"This sucks" Dustin grumbled, plopping down on the sofa of the basement.
"I wonder where they could be..." Max shook her head, visibly shook.
"We have to do something" Lucas said, fists clenching at his sides while he stood up "we can't just sit around".
"No, no, no" Steve entered the room, brows knit together "no one leaves this house without the permission of their parents, no one goes searching for Mike and Eleven, it's too dangerous".
Dustin was mimicking the older one, and immediately stopped as he glared at him.
"Guys" Nancy sighed "I know it's hard to 'just sit around', Mike's my brother, but we don't even know where to start from. It's too risky, and you know it too well. You have to be patient, Hopper will find them".
The room fell silent, until Will stood up and excused himself, said he needed some fresh air; Steve was about to follow after him, but Dustin told him to give him a little space to himself.
"It's hard for him" Jonathan explained, entering the room "he always reminds me the way Mike always believed him, especially last year. He wants to help, but he can't, and that's destroying him".
Max, eyes full of tears, buried her face in Lucas' shoulder, and he wrapped his arms around her. As Will came back, everyone huddled up together, hoping that their friends were okay.

"You sure it's here?" Mike asked, looking at the old building in front of them "looks abandoned to me".
"I'm sure" Eleven said, "she was here last time, she was here in the dream".
"Okay" Mike nodded, "but...shouldn't we have a plan or something?"
"No" she answered, turning her head to the side and extending her right hand, a crowbar flying to her.
She handed it to him, looking at him straight in the eyes; she stood on her tiptoes, put her hands firmly on his chest and kissed him hard "Let's go".
"Okay" he nodded, breathlessly, and they entered the building.
Oddly enough, it looked empty: no fire, no jackets laying around, only bottles scattered everywhere.
"Mick?!" Eleven screamed, calling the first name she remembered, a feeling of panic making its way into her chest: what if the lab had gotten Kali? Could she confront them all again?
Mike just followed her, keeping his eyes open for any danger; at the minimum sound, he'd jump over to El trying to shield her from every potential aggressor. She thought it was a cute gesture, but realistically she knew she'd be the one to shield Mike.
As they reached Kali's room, the one she usually slept in when she had visited her, they found her tied to the side of the bed just as Eleven had seen her in her dream.
"Kali!" Eleven screamed, throwing herself on the floor, trying her best to untie her: she couldn't, but her sister smiled weakly at her, then her eyes widened at something behind her shoulders "Ele..ven, behind you".
Just as she turned around, Mike was hit in the head by something metallic, falling harshly to the ground "No!"
She hovered him, hugging him closely "Mike? Mike!"
"How touching" a familiar voice made her jump, and she saw Axel putting a hand on his chest dramatically.
"Axel!" she said, panicking "Help me...Kali..."
He only looked at her, eyes cold, then whispered "Now".
She was hit on the head and fell into blackness.

In the meanwhile, Joyce was trying to comfort Mrs Wheelers, who was wondering how it could've happened; to be honest, Nancy wanted to snap at her and tell her it was because she was a shitty, absent mom, but she was just too devastated to do that.
Her mother had no idea: what if Mike was, somehow, in the Upside Down?
Had Eleven followed him to save him? Or was it the other way around? It was all questions and confusion in her head.
"Sadly, Nancy" Jonathan shrugged "there's no way we can tell. When Will was there, we found him thanks to Eleven; so I'd be relieved to know they're together".
"What if they're not?" when she voiced that thought, the boy couldn't think of anything reassuring to tell her, so they just sat in silence.
"Chief" Steve stood up as soon as Hopper came into the house, looking like hell: he had dark bags under his eyes, his skin was a yellowish color and it looked like he was about to have a breakdown.
"What?" he grumbled, slumping on a chair "Do you have any alcohol in here?"
"I-" Steve's answer was cut off by Nancy, who glared at the boy.
"I don't think that's a good idea" she sighed, sitting next to him and putting a hand on his "I know this is hard. And Jonathan and Joyce do too. But you can't let yourself give up like that; maybe they went on a honey-trip".
The Chief furrowed his brow, looking lost in thought for a moment, then he said "They'd better not be. I'll have your brother's head if so".
Nancy just smiled the best smile she could in that moment and then sighed, "So, is there a way we can help?"
"Figured you'd want something to do and to keep the brats occupied with. How are they doing?"
"Bad. Max's cried for what seemed like forever, and Will...well. He's not speaking with anyone" Steve shook his head, "Lucas tried to escape once or twice and Dustin just didn't make any cocky remark on the situation".
"You sure know the kids, huh" Hopper raised a brow and then proceeded to take out an Hawkins map circling some areas "These parts of the city and surroundings haven't been checked. Do that. Steve, you keep an eye on your pupils, tell them to try and reach them by their walkie talkies: they've brought them along".
Even though Steve wasn't particularly happy with his babysitter role, he agreed to it, not wanting to cause any more troubles to the Chief; he sure looked like he was going to explode soon.
"I hope Mike and Eleven have a good reason for their disappearance, or Hopper is gonna go nuts on them" he whispered to the other two, that shook their heads while gathering their things.
"Nanc" he called before she could leave, throwing her a walkie talkie "this is Dustin's. If anything happens...just call us".

As Eleven opened her eyes, she felt her hands tied up and a seriously bad pounding on the back of her head.
Axel was sitting on a chair in front of them, his feet propped up on the table, a beer in his hands. As his eyes met hers, he smiled wickedly and clapped his hands together "Look who's finally awake. You finally decided to make company to your beloved Mike".
Eleven's eyes frantically looked for her boyfriend, until she found him laying a few feet away, tied too. There was blood on his bottom lip, signaling that they must've had some kind of fight.
"What does this mean?" she exclaimed, "And why the hell are we all tied?"
"You developed a pretty potty mouth, now didn't you" he said, and the girl really felt like wiping that smile off of his face "now Eleven, when you left, lots of things happened, but the most important is: you made Kali all soft, she started questioning if we were actually criminals, if we should stop".
He stood up, pacing around the room "Got us nearly arrested! Can you believe that? So, we decided things needed to change. But then...you came. You weren't part of our plan".
"That's right" Mick spoke up, and Eleven found her sitting on the floor a few feet from Axel "we don't know how she alerted you, but now...we'll have to take care of you and your boyfriend too".
"Let him go" Eleven growled, trying to break free from the knot tied around her wrists "he didn't do anything".
"That's why it's so fun!" Axel exclaimed, "and don't waste your energies in trying to undo that knot, you won't be able to use your powers on us".
Eleven didn't really understand, until it all clicked: Kali was tied up and blindfolded so she couldn't use her powers; they didn't know she didn't need her hands to use them.
As Axel neared her, Mike shouted "Get away from her, freak".
"How 'd you call me?" he asked, eyes full of madness "Freak? Imma show you what's a freak, kid!"
Hearing the screaming, the rest of the gang came into the room to find Axel over Mike, towering over him in a threatening way.
Using all the concentration she could possibly gather, Eleven untied Kali and Mike's knot; the boy looked at her in surprise, but he was wise enough to keep his hands behind him.
He was snatched up from his shoulders and his head hit the wall behind him, and as Axel was handed a crowbar, Eleven could only see red: no one was going to hurt Mike right in front of her eyes.
She untied her own hands and, even though she felt a little dizzy, she narrowed her eyes and a baseball bat in the corner of the room hit Axel behind his head, making him fall to the ground. With a quick movement, she grabbed Mike's hand and pulled him behind her, then screamed "Get the walkie, contact on of the others!"
Mike did as she said, frantically looking for the damn thing in the bag.
Eleven swiped her hand to the right and the chair hit Mick right in the legs, a loud cracking noise filling the room followed by screaming; a chair wasn't gonna do it for Funshine, who was marching towards her, and she just closed her eyes and screamed: his arm twisted in a sickening way, and a glass collided to his face.
Dottie was missing, but with a loud thud Mike made her fall to the ground: she was behind Eleven's back, trying to get to her without her knowing.
"Grab the bags" she ordered, getting the bat and the crowbar "let's go".
She helped an unconscious Kali to her feet, dragging her out of the room. As soon as she was seated on a couch, Mike got in contact with Lucas.
"Mike? Mike!" the boy heard his friend scream and a series of voices trying to talk.
"Lucas, get the Chief" he screamed the address and hoped they had gotten it right before closing the communication "I've got some stuff to do. We're in trouble, hurry".
The boy then proceeded to barricade the door of the room those psychopaths were locked in, and he and Eleven collapsed on the floor near Kali.
"El-even" she breathed out, smiling softly "thank you".
"Sleep, Kali" she said, smiling back at her "we can talk later".

Hopper had taken his car as soon as he had received the call, sirens ringing and speeding down the road as fast as he could; nothing was going to keep him from his daughter, even though the first thing he felt like doing was killing Mike Wheeler. Escaping with his daughter, pft.
As he neared Chicago he slowed down, and he soon found the address he had been given; the place looked like garbage, and from inside came loud noises.
He found Mike, Eleven and a girl with dark skin in a large room, while a door was being held in place from Eleven herself, blood dripping from her nose "Dad, take Kali into the car. Don't tell the cops. Call the police, there are criminals in there".
"Well hold on there, lady" the man narrowed his eyes, glaring at Mike when the boy tried to talk, but Eleven looked him with pleading eyes and the man couldn't do much if not comply to what she was asking, reading in those eyes pure helplessness and distress.
"Shit" the Chief grumbled, "you're gonna give me a heart attack, sooner or later".