42- The Death of Mike Wheeler Part 3
Summary: So, here's another death of Mike Wheeler. In this one Mike gets targeted by Vecna and things don't end well.
Requested by: Tokio
El couldn't believe that this was happening. It was supposed to be easy. Just go in and find out what Vecna was up to.
But they weren't prepared.
El had suddenly gotten thrown backwards into a pillar and Vecna stalked out of his hiding place.
"Boo." he growled.
Mike felt panic rise into his chest as he ran toward El, hoping to free her.
He felt a vine whirl around his ankle, taking hold of it. Mike was pulled backwards, landing on his face and getting pulled across the lair.
Mike was pressed against a different pillar across from El.
"Mike."
Vecna placed himself in front of the shaking boy.
"Screw you," Mike gasped out from the tightening vine around his neck.
Vecna just stared at Mike before he turned.
"This is why you lose El." Vecna told her. "You get too close to people."
"No," El protested. "That is why you lose."
Vecna smirked. "What makes you think I'm going to lose?"
And with that Vecna turned back towards Mike, who was looking at El with a mixture of panic and reassurance in his eyes.
Vecna extended his long fingers above Mike's face.
Mike gulped.
This wasn't good.
Max knew this wasn't a good idea.
She'd barely had gotten out of Vecna's clutched unharmed, now Mike and El were going back in to probably get harmed.
Just great.
They were back in the Creel House, 2 months later, trying to see what Vecna had planned.
El and Mike decided to go in alone, leaving Max, Robin, Eddie, Johnathan, Lucas in the attic and Steve, Nancy, Will, Dustin, and Erica on watch duty outside.
Hopper and Joyce were out of town.
The couple was sitting in the middle of the attic and El used her powers to slip into Vecna's mind.
The others were standing around them, making sure nothing was going to go wrong.
It was going fine at first, until Mike suddenly rose in the air.
"What's happening?" Robin shouted. "This wasn't a part of the plan!"
"Max! Go get the others!" Eddie screamed at her.
Max nodded and hurried down the steps while hearing.
"Where's the Walkman?"
"It's right here!"
"Wait, why is it broken?"
Max briefly stopped at the last step.
The Walkman was broken?
She knew the others didn't break it which meant...
Vecna.
Max scrambled of the house, running out to the front porch.
She saw the lookout group in and around the playhouse.
"What's wrong?" Steve yelled.
"It's Mike!" Max cried out. "Come on!"
Max didn't wait for a response, just ran back inside.
When she heard footsteps behind her, Max led them up the attic stairs.
When she reached the middle stair, Max heard screaming and shouting
Oh gosh, what now?
Mike was in big trouble.
He tried to think of happy memories and stuff, but it was too late.
Vecna was going to kill him.
El started crying, straining and pulling against her bonds.
She wanted to throw up.
When Vecna locked his gangly fingers on Mike's face, El's scream was blood curdling.
"MIKE!"
El pushed herself off the pillar and flung her hand out, hurling Vecna across the lair.
El kept pushing and pushing him into the ground, until Vecna was gone. Not dead. Gone.
El turned and saw Mike laying on the ground.
"Mike!" El ran to her boyfriend.
Mike's arms and legs were contorted into an unnatural position and blood was running from his eyes.
El carefully moved Mike's head into her lap.
"Oh, Mike." El whispered.
Mike gave a sad smile.
"El."
"What?"
"You know what."
"No, no, no." El said. "You're not going to die."
"I am though."
El let out a sob.
"It's going to be okay, El. Listen, I left some letters in my first DND binder for everyone. Got the idea off of Max. Get them to everyone, kay?"
El didn't know what to say, so she just nodded.
"Good."
"Mike, you can't die." El begged.
Mike said nothing, dazed eyes scanning her face.
"Pretty." he murmured.
El smiled in between her tears.
"I love you, El."
"I love you too."
Mike closed his eyes and then, he was gone.
"No!" El sobbed.
El closed her eyes and everything started to shift.
Everyone watched in horror as Mike's leg snapped right after his arm did.
Nancy started screaming while Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max went pale and started crying.
El's breathing started to pick up pace, making it sound like she was crying as well.
Suddenly, Mike started to fall.
"Mike!" Nancy shouted, her and Steve catching him before he hit the ground.
El's eyes shot open, and she started sobbing. Max went up behind her and started hugging her.
Nancy started shaking Mike, only stopping when she realized her brother's skin was cold.
"I couldn't save him." El whispered. "I'm sorry."
Eddie held Dustin and Lucas as both boys cried for their friends while Robin did the same with Will. Erica joined the hug with Max and El.
Steve put a hand on Nancy's shoulder as she held Mike's body.
Nobody knew how long they stood there.
AN: Hope you liked it, Tokio! Requests are open everyone!