Chapter 3- Your Safe

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I'll be quite!...

He loved her. And she loved him. And NOTHING could EVER change that.

One Month Later

Mike's House

"MICHAEL, WAKE UP!," yelled Karen Wheeler annoyed that her son was still in bed at 11:30 am.

"YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR YOUR TRIP TO THE PARK WITH THE BOYS!"

"AND EL!," Mike screamed back to his mother, still trying to wake up.

It was the middle of February, it was a relatively warm day so Mike was going to spend the middle of the day with the party at the park. Mike thought to himself, 'It's to early in the morning for this.' He rolled over in his bed and saw his alarm clock, remembering his mother yelling at him that it was 11:30 am. He sprang out of bed and ran to his closet to through some clothes on. He grabbed his bag and his Supercom and ran out the door. He go on his bike and made his way to the Byers' residence to meet up with Will.

"Come in Will, come in Will, can you hear me, over?," Mike yelled into his Supercom, pedaling as fast as he could towards Will's house. He pushed the Morse code button on the side of his Supercom to apologise for being late. He pushed the button on the Walkie Dot-Dash-Dot-Dot Dot-Dash Dash Dot(L-A-T-E). He cursed to himself, mad that he didn't hear his alarm, making him pedal even faster as he could.

"Yeah we hear ya loud and clear, over," Lucas said into the receiver. "Where have you been?" "I slept through my alarm," Mike said, out of breath. "Well hurry up, El's on her way and I'm already at the Byers' with everyone else." "I know, I'm on my way, just pulled onto Mirkwood now," Mike yelled, very aggravated.

"There you are!," exclaimed Dustin. "Yeah I know, save it," Mike said out of breath and annoyed. "Is El here yet?" "Here she comes now!," Will said, pointing towards the end of his driveway. "El!," everyone screamed as she hopped out of Hoppers (ikr) Blazer. Mike jogged towards El and before she could even close the door to the Blazer, she was in his arms. "I've missed you," he said with a slight frown on his face. "It's been a week." "I know," said El, hugging him a little too hard. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek and they all got on their bikes. "Be careful you kids, El, don't use your powers unless it's an emergency!," Hopper told the party. "We will Chief!," exclaimed Dustin as they all hopped on their bikes and made their way to the park. Eleven was, of course, riding on the back of Mikes bike. Max on the back of Lucas'. And Dustin and Will rode their own. They stayed a couple feet behind the two couples as they felt a little awkward being the only two without dates.

"Hey Dustin, did you bring the snacks?," Will asked, he hadn't eaten all morning.

"Yeah, you want something Will?"

"Yeah can you pass a choc-," Will was cut off by what seemed to be an invisible force stopping everyone in their tracks.

"Whats the deal El?," Mike asked his Girlfriend in concern.

"I-I felt something," she said timidly

"Oh you felt something, big whoop," Lucas said annoyingly.

"Chill out Lucas," yelled Mike, getting annoyed with Lucas.

"What did you feel El?," asked Dustin, genuinely concerned.

El could feel something. Something...not right. It was if the air felt...spicy, like a desert.

"What is it El?," everyone kept asking, but El actually didn't know. It began to scare the party, and they decided to just keep moving. Soon, the party had reached the park and started setting up the picnic they had planned. But El could still since something wasn't right. Mike came over to her as he noticed she had been staring into the woods a couple yards away from the party.

"El?"

"Yes?"

"Are you not comfortable being here?," he asked kindly.

El didn't want to let the party down be wanting to go home. But she also didn't want to put them in danger either. If she stayed, she would run the risk of the party being in danger. If she wanted to leave, the party would be bummed, but she would feel better about them being safe. She decided to stay at the park, as to not want to upset anyone. The boys were playing tag out in an open field while El and Max stayed at the picnic area. El decided to tell Max about the whole situation.

"Max?"

"Yes El?"

"I don't think it's safe here"

"Really," she said with concern.

"I feel something, something, strange, like we're being...watched.," she said in a shy manor.

Max was concerned for multiple reasons. What could be watching them? Was it the Demogorgon? The Demo-dogs? The Mind Flayer? All these thoughts, racing through here head at once. She stood up and called all the boys back over to the picnic area. She told them about what El said and they all decided it was time to head back.

On the way back. The party had noticed that they became lost. Lucas, the excellent navigator that he was, was trying to help them find their way back to Will's house. Nothing immediately bad was happening, until something did happen.

All of the sudden, Will fell off his bike. The party ran to his side to make sure he was okay. They turned him over, as he was face down, and saw him convulsing and his eyes rolled into the back of his head. 'He was having another episode,' the party thought. El had ran to him, trying to figure out what was wrong. She looked deep into his mind and could tell that the Mind Flayer had not completely left his body. His body convulsed more rapidly as Eleven tried to help. Then she saw it. It was there. Running through his body. Through his blood stream, his veins, his arteries...his mind. She grabbed it with her mind and started to extract it from him slowly. Will began to come in and out of consciousness. She had fully pulled the Mid Flayer from his body and it scurried away into a portal that opened in the side of a huge rock a couple of yards away. Will woke up not remembering anything that happened during his panic attack.

"Will are you okay!," they party yelled as they helped him up off the forest floor.

"Yeah I think so," he said, his voice had turned raspy and he sounded sick and tired.

"Lets get you home," said Mike helping hime to his bike.

El started to walk towards the portal. As soon as the got close to it. Vines started filling in the hole. El was terrified. Didn't she close the gate? Why was this portal here. She went back to the others and they rode back to Will's house.

"Oh my god Will!," Joyce screamed as she noticed Dustin carrying him up here front porch.

"He had a panic attack," said Lucas, sounding worried.

"Apparently there was still some of the Mind Flayer inside him, but El got it out."

"Oh my god, El, sweetie, thank you so much. my poor boy," she said, crying into her sons shoulder.

Will fell asleep in his bed. Joyce had called Hopper over and he checked on will. After the issue had blown over (for now), Hopper took El home. Before she got into the Chief's Blazer, she quickly hugged her Boyfriend, pecked him on the cheek, and said her goodbyes to the rest of the party. Hopper had realized that Will will never be the same and it tore him up inside. El was tired. After using her mind to save Will (once again), she went home and feel into a deep slumber. She woke the next day to the smell of Eggos and Bacon. She decided to visit Will in the void that morning to check on him.

"Will?"

He was laying in his bed, sound asleep. But El could swear she saw a shadow looming over him. She sighed and took off the blindfold.

He will never be the same. But he was at least safe. For now.