REGRET, mike wheeler

CHAPTER 10 - THE FLAYED 2

THE FLAYED PART 2

(will's pov)

Everyone sat down and listened to what Nancy and Jonathan had to say. As I looked around, I can see Mike impatiently squirming in his seat.

"It was the same exact thing that happened to Will last year." nancy explained and everyone eyed me. Nancy was at the hospital with some women who ate fertilizer and now she thinks that she is part of the mind flayer or now called 'flayed'.

"so what time was your sauna test last night?"

"around 9:00," we all said.

"so that's it, that proves my theory," Nancy said.

"she's flayed, just like billy."

"if there are two, we have to assume there are more."

"heather." el said breathlessly.

"billy was doing something to her. she was scared. she was screaming."

"wait I'm sorry who's heather?" nancy asked

"she's a lifeguard and the pool."

"heather holloway?"

they nod yes.

"tom," both nancy and Jonathan said. They all rushed us outside and none of us knew what just happened. Everyone got in the car leaving me and Mike outside.

"really?"

"welcome to my world," I said as me and him sat in the back open trunk. "seatbelts" Nancy exclaimed as she drove off hitting all of our bicycles.

(3rd person overview)

The Scoops Ahoy group started walking down to what seemed like the endless, useless hallway. They started talking about what the chemical could be powering. y/n was exhausted, dragging her feet on the ground because they started burning from the pain. Robin spit out ideas thinking they were useless but they had bigger meanings.

As they talked about everything, Dustin pulled y/n and Steve aside. Erica and Robin kept on walking and as the trio stopped.

"y/n, don't you think it's the-," Dustin said he started to tilt his head to the side like he was signaling or hinting at her. "what?" she asked confused. "you know the-," he said and started to do a motion of him opening something. "spit it out dustin." she finally yelled. Steve shushed her and she just stared at dustin, waiting for an explanation. He flicked his lips and came closer to both Steve and y/n. "I'm talking about the gate, what if the Russians want to open the gate and let out all the creatures inside." he explained. "why would they want that?" y/n said slightly scared and all of the horrible memories of last year came flooding back into y/n's mind. "I don't know, but I think the gate and the Russians are-"

"connected," all 3 said at the same time. "but how?" y/n said once again. "I don't know but it's possibl-" robin cut of dustin.

"I'm sorry is there something you guys would like to share with the class?" robin said. Dustin didn't tell Erica and Robin about what happened in the last 2 years. "nothing, we're coming." y/n said as Erica's backpack started vibrating. "walkie" all of them said and ran up to Erica's backpack. It was the same poem when they were decoding it. Robin's translations were correct. She started going along with the recording. "it's close." robin said and all of them continued walking down the hallway to hell.

Now back to the others.

Nancy drove the squad to a house none of them have been to except max and el the day they went shopping. It was Tom Holloway's house. Everyone left the car and rang the doorbell to the house. Not once but twice. Nancy decided to let El do the job and she opened the door with her telekinesis.

Everyone walked inside, instantly feeling the cool breeze.

"why is it so cold here?" one of them said. They kept on exploring until they saw a bunch of spilled chemicals everywhere.

"you think they're guzzling this shit?" Jonothan said.

"yeah, either that or they went on a hell of a cleaning spree."

"but last year will didn't eat chemicals..did you?"

"no, this is something new."

"Mr.Clarke, 5th grade, posit, what happens when you mix chemicals together?"

"you create a new substance." both will and lucas say in union.

"what if they're making something?"

"in themselves?"

they took another look around and ended up at the dinner table or the living room. nancy looked around and found an empty wine bottle with blood smeared on it. "he was attacked." they all followed where nancy was going on and they found more blood on the carpet floor. there was another door in front of them which they feared to open but nancy did it. "they must've taken them somewhere." Jonathan called out. "what if the flaying, its taking place somewhere else? a source. if we can find the source, then maybe we can stop him."

"how do we find it?" el asked

"ms. Driscoll, if she wants to go back there so badly, why don't we just let her." Will said.

"wait, but what abou-" mike was about to say something until his sister interrupted him. "then let's go." she said and ran out the room. "what were you going to say?" el asked. he got nervous. "um nothing, its not important." he said and quickly walked out of the room.

(y/n's pov)

We walked so much that my feet could practically catch on fire. We walked for about another 30 minutes until we say a turn, and my eyes widened thinking that we made it to the end. Then all of us stared at the facility confused yet amazed at the same time. Russians talking Russian everywhere and me understanding all of them. some of them said stuff like "we need to get the weapon ready." or "do you have another cigarette?" and I was so zoned off that I didn't notice Steve putting his hand on my stomach and aggressively pulling me backward. "what was tha-" he shoved his fingers on my lips and I looked at him in disgust. I hate people touching me. even if someone bumped into me or when they accidentally brush their fingers against mine I get shivers and goosebumps all over my body. But I only like one person who can make me comfortable by touch. mike. he used to hug me all the time and it made me feel safe and calm, when we high-fived, small stuff like that makes me happy. I miss that. when steve touched me or when lucas got my shoulders I felt immediate shivers and that put me into defensive mode. I slapped steve's hand off as all 5 of us behind a big..box...thing.