It Couldn't Get Any Stranger

"To the LABORATORY!"

The next day you get up early.

Partly because you are nervous.

Partly because you are happy you actually have friends.

Even though you were close to 011, 008 and the other kids in the lab, they never really accepted you like the party did.

To the lab family you were boring.

To the party, you were cool.

It made you happy on the inside, the kind of thing that makes you get up every day, something worth living for.. and dying for.

Even though you were pretty sure Mike had something against you, it didn't matter though, he was probably just missing El.

You walk into Max's room, she was lying fast asleep.

It made sense though since it was actually 6:30am.

"Wake up!" You yell.

"Y/n, go back to sleep it's 6 o clock in the morning seriously?"

"Yeah, but we are breaking into the lab! It needs PrEpOrAtIoN"

She puts the pillow over her head and groans.

"10 minutes y/n, 10 minutes"

After 5 minutes you woke her up and in 10 minutes you were on her bike pedalling over to the lab.

"Max"

"Yes y/n"

"You nervous?"

"Not really.. you?"

"Yeah I guess, it's like going back to your old h-"

"Home, it's alright y/n, the 'bad men' aren't there"

"Bad men?"

"Yeah that's what El called them"

You bike in silence for the rest of the journey til you see Dustin, he came a different route to Lucas and Mike since they were next-door-neighbours.

"Hey guys," Dustin speeds up so he can bike along-side us.

"Hi" you say.

"How you feeling? It must be tough going back home.." Dustin replies but eventually trailing off because he didn't want to offend you. Again.

"I'm alright, just a bit nervous ya know." You say but then you loose concentration and fall off the back of Max'a bike.

You roll across the road, feeling the rough gravel across your face.

Max and Dustin immediately stop, they looked worried.

So did you when you saw the massive cut on your leg. It must've got caught in the bikes mechanism.

"Y/n!!!" Max and Dustin say almost simultaneously.

"Hey," you say weakly, "it's alright, I'm fine, superpowers remember" you smile.

Then you return your gaze to the cut and will it to heal, it always helps when you think of plants growing, so you imagined little plants growing across your cut like stitches.

Yes!

It was growing back! That was sick! You smile at your leg which now looked fresh and as if nothing happened bar a patch of untanned skin where the cut was.

Max and Dustin look in awe. You just smile and get up.

You walk over to the bike.

"Come on slow coaches! We're gonna be late!" You smirk as you lift Max's bike up and wait for them to walk over.

Once you all are back on the bikes, Dustin says

"To the LABORATORY!"

"Dustin, that's just weird, don't say that again." Max says whilst smiling, she was joking.

"Fine" Dustin says, he shares the same smile as Max.

Then you all pedal off across the road and towards the LABORATORY.