𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 ||𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴||

𝐕. 𝐃𝐢𝐠 𝐃𝐮𝐠

Chris looked around Will's room with wide eyes before he carefully sat down next to the sweating boy. Who began explaining his feelings.

"It's like... It's like I feel what the shadow monster's feeling. See what he's seeing."

"Like in the Upside Down?" Mike asked and Will nodded.

"Some of him is there. But some of him is here, too." He explained.

"What do you mean?" Chris asked carefully.

"Here, like, in this house?" Mike added.

"In this house and... in me," Will silently cried as Mike sat down on Will's other side while Chris softly grabbed his hand for support. "It's like... It's like he's reaching into Hawkins more and more. And the more the spreads, the more connected to him I feel."

"And the more you see these now-memories," Mike said for him.

"At first I just felt it in the back of my head. I didn't even really know it was there. It's like when you have a dream and you can't remember it unless you think really hard. It was like that." Will explained as Chris chewed on the inside of his cheek while the outside was turning into an ugly blue-purple colour.

"Is it still like that?" He asked Will.

"No, now it's like... Now I remember. I remember all the time." Will softly cried again.

"Maybe... Maybe that's good." Mike spoke up.

"Good?" Will asked confused.

"Yeah, just think about it, Will," Chris agreed. "You're like a spy now. A superspy. Spying on the shadow monster." He smiled softly.

"If you know what he's seeing and feeling... maybe that's how we can stop him," Mike added. "Maybe all of this is happening for a reason."

"You guys really think so?" Will asked and Chris nodded.

"Yeah. Yeah, we really do." Mike answered, but Will then looked at his drawing of the shadow monster with a shaking leg.

"What if he figures out we're spying on him?" He asked. "What if he spies back?"

"He won't," Chris stated.

"How do you know?" Will asked with shaking hand and Chris placed his on top of it.

"We won't let him."

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The next morning Chris and Mike got awakened by Will gasping loudly and sitting up in his head.

"Will, what's wrong?" Chris asked as he and Mike sat up from the ground. Will looked at the two with horror in his eyes as he began explaining what he saw. They quickly went to Joyce who was sitting in the middle of the living room.

"Mom?" Will asked. "Mom?" He asked again when he got no reply. "Mom?" He asked and touched her shoulder.

"Yeah?" She asked with a light gasp.

"I saw him," Will said.

"You saw who, baby?" Joyce asked confused.

"Hopper. I think he's in trouble. I think he's going to die."

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Chris, Mike and Joyce all watched as Will drew everything out with crayons and eventually stopped.