Loss - Lucas Sinclair

The Pollywog (Part 3)

Nikki was halfway done cleaning the first mess she made when she made another mess by tripping over her own feet, sending all of the broken glass she swept up all over the floor once again.

"No!" Nikki complained. "Seriously?"

She felt some anger and annoyance rise in her but caught sight of a light blue haze starting to form on the hands. She immediately tried to calm herself by taking deep breath, getting the blue to fade out before starting to clean up the mess again.

***

"This is the reason I was late for class," Dustin smiled as he set down his ghost trap that held Dart.

"Pretty neat," Mr. Clarke looked it over impressed with the trap. "These doors function?"

"Well, yeah, obviously," Dustin said in a 'duh' tone. "But it's not about the trap. It's what's inside. Now, this very well may change your perception of the world."

"Consider my interest piqued," Mr. Clarke smiled, wanting to know more.

"All right, first, let's just clarify that this is my discovery, not yours."

Lucas rolled his eyes before snapping at him. "Dustin, Jesus! Just show him!"

"I'm just trying to clarify-"

"Dustin!" Max cut him off trying to tell him just to get on with it.

"Okay, fine."

Just as Dustin was about to open the trap doors, the doors to the classroom burst open with Mike running in with Will following closely behind.

"Stop!" Mike yelled running up to the desk and snatching the trap. "I'm sorry, Mr. Clarke. It was just a stupid prank."

"What are you doing?" Dustin asked Mike slightly irritated with the boy.

"I told him to stop," Mike said with the look of horror in his eyes as he turned to his friends. "We need to go. Right now. Right now!"

They followed him as he ran out the door, leaving a confused Mr. Clarke behind.

***

"Hello?" Max's muffled voice came through the door of the A.V. Room, along with her pounding her fists on the door. "Hello? Guys, come on. Can I come in yet?"

"No!" Mike yelled at the door before turning back to the group.

Normally, Lucas would disagree with how rude Mike is to Max, but this time he had to agree with him if what Mike was saying was true. Max did not need to be messed up with this part of their lives.

"I don't understand," Lucas said looking between Mike and the ghost trap.

"What don't you understand?" Mike asked.

"Will saw something that looked like Dart last year?" Lucas wanted to make sure he got all of the details right.

"Kind of, but there was no tail," Will explained quietly.

"But then he heard it yesterday," Mike continued for him. "The exact same sound."

"Why didn't you tell us before?" Dustin spoke up after looking away for his ghost trap.

Will shrugged. "I wasn't sure."

"A coincidence."

"Or not." Mike thought out loud. "What if when Will was stuck in the Upside Down, he somehow acquired True Sight?"

Lucas scrunched up his eyebrows. "True Sight?"

"It gives you the power to see into the ethereal plane," Dustin explained.