Experiment 000: Billy Hargrove X Reader

Chapter Twenty Four

  "El?" You call out, searching around the darkness.

  "Zee! Help me!" She calls back.

  You run in the direction of her voice, but don't see her. "El!"

  "Zee!" Hopper's voice rings through the darkness.

  "Hop?"

  Voices keep calling out to you, asking you to help them, but you can't seem to find them. Where are they coming from? Why are they shouting? One voice in particular catches your attention.

  "Princess," his voice is calm, "Princess, I'm right here."

  You turn around, a smiling Billy standing there. He opens his arms as your run into them, holding him tight.

  "What's going on, Billy? I'm so fucking scared." You sob into his chest.

  "You'll figure it out, you're smart," he pauses, holding you at arms length, "I love y—"

"Do you copy?" Lucas' voice causes you to jolt awake, "This is a code red." You rub the sleep from your eyes, turning your body to the walkie talkie on the ground. "Max, do you copy? This. Is. A. Code. Red."

  Max picks up the walkie, "Shut. Up." She orders before pressing the antenna down and turning it off.

  That seemed kind of important... You sit up, grabbing the Walkie Talkie and rush out of the bedroom and into the bathroom. You turn it on and pull the antenna up.

  "Lucas?" You question, taking a seat on the side of the tub.

  "Zee? Is that you? Why are you at Max's?" He asks.

  You scoff, about to unload hellfire on the boy for not only waking you up, but doing it for a stupid reason. Before you click the button, another voice comes through.

  "Zee, it's Mike," he says, "This is important. Our very lives could be at stake."

  "What's going on, kid?" You ask, a tingle rushing down your spine.

  "Just come over to my house. Bring Max and El. We'll explain everything."

  "We're on our way." You state before standing up and hurrying out of the bathroom, praying that you don't see Billy.

  You burst through Max's door, using your powers to pull the blankets off. "Get up, we have something important to deal with."

  The girls grumble, "What? Why?" Max asks.

  "The boys need us and it's damn important." You state, getting your things together.

  "Yeah, well, we don't need them." El says.

  You give her your best bitch face, pausing what you're doing. "Swallow your pride, El. This is a matter of life and death."

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  "I didn't think it was anything at first," Will begins as you all sit around in a circle, "I mean, I think I just didn't want to believe it. The first time I felt it was at Day of the Dead."

  "The power went out that night, too." Mike butts in.

  "Something felt off that night," you say, thinking about the night again.

  "And then I felt it again at the field near the Nelson farm the next day. Then again yesterday outside Castle Byers." Will continues.

  "What does it feel like?" Max asks.