Chapter 3 season 1: Holly, Jolly

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"We just tell our parents we have AV Club after school. That'll give us at least a few hours for Operation Mirkwood." Mike explained.

"My dad would easily believe that for sure." I answered.

"You seriously think that the weirdo knows where Will is?" Lucas asked.

"Just trust us on this, okay?" I asked.

"Okay." Lucas answered. He write me a note asking if I will be his girlfriend. I smiled at him and nodded.

"Did you get the supplies?" I asked.

"Yeah. Binoculars... from 'Nam. Army knife... also from 'Nam. Hammer, camouflage bandana... and the wrist rocket." He answered.

"You're gonna take out the Demogorgon with a slingshot?" Dustin asked.

"First of all, it's a wrist rocket. And second of all, the Demogorgon's not real. It's made up. But if there is something out there, I'm gonna shoot it in the eye... and blind it." Lucas answered.

"(sighs) Dustin, what did you get?" I asked.

"Well, alrighty. So, we've got... Nutty Bars, Bazooka, Pez, Smarties, Pringles, Nilla Wafers, apple, banana, and trail mix." Dustin answered.

"Seriously?" Lucas asked.

"We need energy for our travels. For stamina. And besides, why do we even need weapons anyway? We have her. And Alex." Dustin answered.

"She shut one door! And Tee pulled me back to you guys." Lucas answered.

"With their mind! Are you kidding me? That's insane! Imagine all the other cool stuff she could do. Like... I bet... that she could make this fly! Hey. Hey. Okay, concentrate. Okay?" Dustin asked. Dustin grabs a Millennium Falcon and drops it. I stopped time and moved the Millennium Falcon to the table and then put everything back to normal.

"She's not a dog! You didn't do this to me when you first met me." I piped up.

"Boys Alex! Time for school!" Karen yelled. I wasn't attending school again today because I threw up last night. The boys quickly pack away.

"Just stay down here. Don't make any noise, and don't leave. If you get hungry, eat Dustin's snacks, okay?" Mike asked.

"Michael!" Karen yelled.

"Coming! You know those power lines?" Mike asked.

"Power lines?" El asked.

"Yeah. The ones behind my house?" Mike asked

"Yes." El answered.

"Meet us there, after school." Mike explained

"After school?" El asked.

"Yeah, Ah." Mike answered. Mike puts his watch on Eleven's wrist.

"When the numbers read three-one-five, meet us there." I explained.

"Three-one-five."" El copied.

"Three-one-five." I explained. Mike runs upstairs to go to school.

"Three-one-five. Three-one-five. Three-one-five." El repeats. Me and El walked to the place we were meeting the boys. The cat meows from beside us. The cat starts growling for some reason. Eleven thinks back to when she was in the lab and Brenner had her try to kill a cat I grabbed her hand slightly and held it. I knew what she was thinking.

"El! (panting) You okay?" Mike asked she gripped my hand tightly. She nods.

"Hop on. We only have a few hours." Mike said I forgot my bike at dads. I just sighed and got on the back of Lucas's since he wanted me to. Eleven gets on the bike and the kids bike away.

""Why did they hurt you?" El asked.

"What? Oh, that. Uh... I just fell at recess." Mike lied.

"Mike..." El threatened. 

"Yeah?" Mike asked.

"Friends tell the truth." I said looking over at him. Mike sighs.

"I was tripped by this mouth breather, Troy, okay?" Mike asked. I gripped my arms around Lucas tightly I could tell he was smiling. 

"Mouth breather?" El asked.

"Yeah, you know... a dumb person. A knucklehead." Mike explained.

"Knucklehead?" El asked. 

"I don't know why I just didn't tell you. Everyone at school knows. I just didn't want you to think I was such a wastoid, you know?" Mike asked.

"Mike..." El tried.

"Yeah?" Mike asked her.

"I understand." She answered.

"Oh. Okay, cool. Cool." Mike tried.

"Here." El said I looked at her confused. 

"Yeah, this is where Will lives." Mike answered.

"Hiding." El carried on. I knew what she was talking about.

"In the upside down." I answered El nodding. The boys looked at me confused.

"No, no, this is where he lives. He's missing from here. Understand?" Mike answered.

"What are we doing here?" Lucas asked.

"She said he's hiding here. And Tess said somethings about the upside down." Mike answered.

"Um... no!" Lucas answered.

"I swear, if we walked all the way out here for nothing-"  Dustin tried.

"That's exactly what we did. I told you she didn't know what the hell she was talking about!" Lucas exclaimed I jus kicked his shin to shut him up.

"Why did you bring us here?" Mike asked.

"He's hiding here Mike but not in our world I promise." I tried to explain.

"Mike, don't waste your time with her." Lucas added.

"What do you want to do then?" Mike asked.

"Call the cops, like we should have done yesterday." Lucas suggested.

"We are not calling the cops!" I exclaimed.

"Hey, guys?" Dustin asked I walked up to him and saw what he saw. I dropped to the floor already letting the tears fall.

"What other choice do we have?" Lucas asked.

"Guys!" Dustin said but I was already running over there. I could sirens approaching.

"Will..." I heard Mike yell. They follow the sirens on their bikes

"(gets out the car) Oh, Jesus. Oh, God. Please tell me it's not the kid. Not the kid. It can't be the kid." I could barely make out with my dad was saying. The kids arrive on their bikes.

"Fuck sake. It can't be Will. Dad (runs up to Hopper) tell me it isn't Will." I asked you could tell I was hurting. 

"It's not Will. It can't be." Mike said as I walked back to the boys. They haven't seen me like this before so they didn't know what to do.

"It's Will. It's really Will." Lucas carried on.

"Mike..." El tried.

""Mike"? "Mike," what? You were supposed to help us find him alive. You said he was alive! Why did you lie to us? What's wrong with you? What is wrong with you?" Mike asked.

"Mike..." El tried again.

"What?" Mike asked looking at her. 

"Mike, come on. Don't do this, man. Mike..." Me and Lucas tried. He came up to me and hugged me hoping to calm my emotions down.

"Mike, where are you going? Mike!" Dustin yelled.

"Mike!" I exclaimed to him. Mike bikes away.

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