ℕ𝕆𝕀𝕊𝔼

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• 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 •

Everyone followed Joyce into Will's room when she abruptly stood up from the table. They saw his unconscious body still in a hospital gown as he laid on his bed.

"He likes it cold." She mumbled as everyone felt a cool breeze from the open window.

"What?"

"It's what Will kept saying to me. He likes it cold." She repeats as she shuts the windows. "We keep giving it what it wants."

"If this is a virus, and Will's the host, then..." Nancy trails off.

"Then we need to make the host uninhabitable." Jonathan finished.

Wow. Finishing each other's sentences? Aw! Couple of the year! Sorry, not a good time.

"So if he likes it cold..."

"We need to burn it out of him," Joyce concludes.

"We have to do it somewhere he doesn't know this time," Mike reminds.

Dustin agrees, "Yeah, somewhere far away."

Apparently, Hopper has some place in the woods and that's where he's telling Jonathan to go as he brings Will's body and puts him in the back seat of their car. Bea was pacing all around the living room. She needs to find a way to convince Joyce to let her go.

"Joyce!" She calls as she chases the woman out the of house.

She turned around with a fake assured smile, "Hunny, go back inside where it's safe."

"No. I don't mean to disrespect you, Mrs. Byers, but I'm going whether you like it or not." Beatrice stands her ground. She is not going to give up without a fight. Not when it comes to Will. Not anymore.

Joyce sighs as she thinks about it, "Okay. You can come. But, hurry." The girl smiles brightly that she got through to her.

Beatrice quickly says goodbye to everyone and hugs them all. She sits in the back with Joyce and unconscious Will as Jon backs out of the driveway with Nancy in the passenger seat. Bea stared out the back window as she slowly waved to her friends.

The ride wasn't too long, which everyone was grateful for. They pulled up to a cabin in the woods. It's not like every horror movie and/or book starts out this way or anything...

"It's actually kinda nice." Nancy comments on the interior of the cabin once they walked in.

It really is nice. Except the wooden planks over the windows, and the glass shards scattered across the floor. But, we won't talk about that.

After looking around, Joyce confirms, "We'll do it here."

The Byers moved a cot around to have it next to the fireplace and placed Will down on it. They also tied him up so when he's awake, he can't go anywhere. Nancy stocked up on wood to burn, while Bea helped rearrange heaters to face her best friend.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Bea questions.

"This thing has had Will long enough." Jonathan answers.