It's been a minute since I rewatched Stranger Things so this explanation isn't the best lmao

Walking up the drive way, Dustin dug around in his pockets, trying to find his keys. He'd just come back from a run, yeah, he actually did physical activity now.

"Son of a bitch, I know I didn't-Ha! Found ya." He grinned, looking at his keys. He fumbled around with them until he found the right one and walked up to the door, unlocking it. He was about to open it when he heard a loud bang coming from the trashcan. "What the hell?" He walked over to it and it rattled as he got closer. "There better not be another Dart, I swear." He went to lift the lid but it flew off on it's own and he fell backwards, barely dodging the lid. A scream caught in his throat when he saw demodog jump out of the trashcan, followed by multiple red balloons. "What the fuck!" He exclaimed, scrambling back as the demodog growled at him. He heard a car door slam and the balloons popped and the demodog ran off. There as the sound of a car door slamming and,

"Dustin!" Lucas exclaimed, running over to him. "What the hell? Was that a-"

"Demodog." Dustin interrupted. "Oh my God, oh my God." Breathing hard, he took Lucas' hand and let him pull him up. Then Max ran up to them.

"Are you okay?" She asked. He nodded and swallowed harshly.

"What the hell just happened?" Lucas asked, cautiously walking over to the trashcan. He looked inside and there was nothing.

"I-I don't know. It just jumped out at me."

"It just disappeared into thin air." Max told them.

"What the fuck." He mumbled. "There were red balloons in the trashcan." Max and Lucas looked at each other.

"Come on." Max grabbed his wrist.

"What? Where are we going?" Dustin asked. "I have to lock the door!" He whined. Lucas rolled his eyes and took the keys, running and locking the front door before joining them in the car. He sped down the road as Max filled him in as best she could.

"You know, I thought this bullshit was over after El closed the gate." He grumbled.

"This is completely different." Max said, rolling her eyes. "I don't think this clown fucker is from the Upside Down. Maybe another dimension?"

"Is there even another dimension IT could come from?" Dustin asked.

"I don't fuckin' now. Do I look like someone who knows fuck all about demons and dimensions?" Dustin glared at her.

"Alright you two, we're here. Calm the fuck down." Lucas said, getting out of the car. El was waiting for them at the door.

"Everyone's here, including Will, dad, and mom."

"Why?" Lucas asked as she shut the door behind him. She didn't reply, just led the three into the dinning room, where the losers, sans Richie, Joyce and Hopper were sitting. Richie was pacing back and forth, muttering to himself and looking out the window every chance he got. Mike stood up when the three walked in.

"Richie, stop pacing. Everyone's here." Mike told him. Richie just scowled but stopped, standing next to his brother. Everyone stared at the two, waiting for one of them to start talking.

"Will, do you want to tell them what you remember?" Hopper asked him, breaking the silence. He shrugged and nodded.

"I didn't remember much then, so I don't remember as much now. That night we were at Mike's playing D and D, a ten hour campaign. We had to leave because of our bedtimes and such, and we always rode our bikes. Our house is farthest from Mikes, out of all of us, so I was on my own. I was on Mirkwood when this huge figure appeared in the middle of the road, and I turned my bike so hard I fell, and instead of getting back on it, I just ran home. I locked all the doors in the house but it tried to get in, so I went out to the shed and loaded the shotgun out there. The light in the shed got really bright and the Demogorgon got me. It's really fuzzy after that, I just remember talking to El at some point."

''Demogorgon? Like in D and D?" Mike H asked. He nodded.

"It's just what we called it. It didn't have an actual name so..." Dustin shrugged.

"What happened next?" Ben asked.

Mike sighed, looking at Hopper and El for confirmation. He heard El's voice inside his head.

Go on and tell them everything. One of us will add in anything you miss.

"Well, I'm gonna start from the beginning. It all started in 1983, the night Will went missing..." To the Party, it reminded them of how Mike would be during D and D, getting into his story telling. "Dustin, Lucas and I went out in the woods the next night to look for him. I'll never forget that night, we were terrified twelve year olds looking for their friend. Instead of finding Will, we found El. Thought she was a boy at first, because she had a shaved head. I took her in and hid her in the basement for a week. That fort you guys saw down there, " He looked at Richie, then Eddie, "Is the same fort she stayed in. I'm not sure if you guys heard about it or actually saw it at any point, but there's a lab, Hawkins lab over near Mirkwood." They already knew all about that. "El was raised there, as an experiment. Her real name would have been Jane Ives, but she was known as subject eleven her entire life. When I brought her home, she didn't talk hardly at all, only a few words. They didn't teach her."

"Why were you raised in a lab?" Stan asked her.

"I'm telekinetic." She told them. "I can move things with my mind, see?"She turned her gaze to an empty mug on the counter and floated it over to them, setting it down in front of Bill. Wide eyed, he tried to pick it up but she kept it there.

"Holy s-shit." He muttered.

"That's so fucking cool." Richie whispered. He looked at Mike, "Why didn't you tell me she was so cool?" He whined. Mike rolled his eyes, a ghost of a smile playing at his lips.

"Didn't exactly feel the need to until now."

"Martin Brenner was the man behind it all. There were at least eleven subjects, and I only know one other, eight, who goes by Kali. He made us call him Papa and wanted to use us as weapons overseas. There were so many different tests he made me do." She explained some of the tests, including the ones that involved the bath and how it worked. "I can find people, with my mind. If I have a blindfold, an empty TV station or a radio, I can find anyone, as long as I have a picture or just know what they look like."

"I gave her a nickname, El." El gave him a smile and he continued. He gave them the same explanation about the flea as Mr. Clarke had, about the Upside Down and El, as best she could, Dustin and Lucas gave their own recollection of the week, along with Hopper and Joyce and how they went in the Upside Down and saved Will.

"Three hundred and fifty three days was how long I was gone." She said, after Mike told them about her killing the Demogorgan.

"In the Upside Down?" Eddie asked, confused. She shook her head.

"No, I was there when I woke up, but I managed to get out before the little gate way closed. I went to Mike's but the lab was still after me and there were police cars surrounding his house, so I left. I lived in the woods for a while, until Hopper, dad, found me and took me in."

"I called her every night, with my supercom."

"For three hundred and fifty three days, I heard him call out. At the beginning I didn't, but I kept count with him. I couldn't leave the cabin, at all the entire time, and I understand now why." She looked at Hopper, who gave her a tight smile.

By the time they finished telling their story, everyone butting in and adding their parts, the Losers were shocked.

"The fact that you had the idea to set tunnels on fire is badass." Richie said, clapping Mike on the back. He rolled his eyes.

"Nancy and Jonathan had a big part in it too, but I don't want them involved in this if I can help it." He said, and the others nodded in agreement.

Then, the phone rang.