𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 ||𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴||

𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞

Chris looked at the girl with wide eyes. He knew she was alive when he saw her that one day at school, but he never expected her to come. And especially not to see her in her new look. She looked good though. He got snapped out of his trance by Mike walking towards Eleven and Eleven walking towards him.

"Eleven," Mike said softly.

"Mike," Eleven gasped and the two hugged each other tightly. Chris shared a look with Dustin and Lucas as they smiled softly.

"Is that..." Max started and the boys nodded.

"I never gave up on you. I called you every night. Every night for—"

"353 days," Eleven finished for Mike. "I heard."

"Why didn't you tell me you were there?" Mike asked confused. "That you were okay?"

"Because I wouldn't let her," Hopper answered and walked towards Eleven. "The hell is this? Where have you been?" He asked her.

"Where have you been?" She shot back and the two hugged.

"You've been hiding her," Mike said with shock and anger. "You've been hiding her this whole time!" He yelled as he started attacking Hopper.

"Hey! Let's talk. Alone." Hopper replied and dragged Mike away. Chris looked at Eleven and smiled.

"It's good to see you again, El," He smiled and hugged the girl tightly, soon joined by Dustin and Lucas. The old group was back together.

"We missed you," Lucas said.

"I missed you, too." Eleven replied in her soft voice.

"We talked about you pretty much every day," Dustin said as they parted. But then Eleven saw something and touched Dustin's teeth.

"Teeth." She said.

"What?" Dustin asked confused.

"You have teeth," Eleven said again.

"Oh. You like these pearls?" Dustin smiled and then purred.

"I told him to stop doing that," Chris said to Eleven who chuckled softly.

"Eleven?" Max then asked and walked towards the group. "Hey. Um, I'm Max. I've heard a lot about you," She smiled and stuck her hand. But Eleven just walked straight past her and towards Joyce.

"Hey. Hey, sweetheart," Joyce smiled as she hugged the girl.

"Can I see him?" Eleven asked, referring to Will and Joyce sighed before leading the way. After a bit, everyone stood in the kitchen as they tried to come up with a plan.

"Do you think if we got you back there, that you could close it?" Joyce asked Eleven as they looked at Will's message. Eleven thought for a bit before nodding, but Hopper sighed.

"It's not like it was before. It's grown. A lot. And, I mean, that's considering we can get in there. The place is crawling with those dogs." He said.

"Demo-dogs." Dustin corrected and Hopper looked at him.

"I'm sorry, what?" He asked.

"I said, uh, Demo-dogs. Like Demogorgon and dogs. You put them together, it sounds pretty badass—"

"How is this important right now?" Hopper interrupted Dustin who looked away.

"It's not. I'm sorry." He apologized quickly.

"I can do it," Eleven said.

"You're not hearing me," Hopper replied.

"I'm hearing you. I can do it." Eleven shot back.