𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 ; ᵂᶦˡˡ ᴮʸᵉʳˢ

vi ; The Spy

Will was still screaming as they rushed him inside the lab, he had an oxygen mask on, tossing and turning on the stretcher as he cried. Joyce was frantically trying to reassure him he was going to be okay as Hopper, Mike, and Ethan ran behind, Bob following as he just parked the car outside.

The lab people led Hopper somewhere else, being in those tunnels so long could apparently make him very disgusting, there was clumps of slime on his clothes and he gave a last glance toward Will before following the people in white hazmat suits into another room. Mike and Ethan ran into the room Will was put in as they went over vitals, he was still screaming, his temperature at 106F, he was as pale as a ghost.

"Will, where does it hurt?" The nurse asked

"All over" Will groans as they cut his blue sweatshirt off his chest, covered in sweat

"Where does it hurt the most, Will?" The doctor asks

"Everywhere! Everywhere!" He screams

The nurses and doctors put stuff into his body as Joyce sobs into Bob's arms, Ethan and Mike stand flat against the wall behind them, terrified. Whatever was in the needle knocked Will out, leaving the doctors to be able to put more wires and tubes in the kid.

"I-I shouldn't be here, Mike. I have to go" Ethan whispers frantically

Mike puts his hands on Ethan's shoulders, glancing at Will. "We are not letting them take you, whatever it takes, you aren't going anywhere" He reassures, leading Ethan out to the hall for them to both calm down.

By the next morning, Mike and Ethan sat sleeping in the hall, covered in blankets thanks to Joyce. Will was calmly asleep, Bob and Joyce had been up all night worrying for Will, Hopper the same. Joyce went to the hall to wake Mike and Ethan up, as they were gonna run tests on Will and they needed the two boys. It was around 8am, the sun burning bright into the room as Mike and Ethan walked in.

Shortly after, the doctors joined them as Will woke up, including Owens. He looked to Ethan, giving him a small smile.

"Long time no see"

Ethan didn't verbally respond, a small, unhappy expression covered his face for a response.

Will didn't recognize Bob when he woke up, he thought the man was a doctor. He probably didn't have a connection with Bob, neither would anyone else with their mom's boyfriend. Why would he forget about Bob within eight hours confused Joyce, Mike, and Ethan, knowing the truth about Will's disappearance.

The doctors set Will upright, putting some wires on his head and connecting him to another machine. Hopper stood next to Joyce and Bob next to the door, while Owens tried freshing Wills mind up. It look him a minute to remember Mike and Ethan, but he did, his friends. He didn't remember Hopper, or helping save him the past night.

He barely remembered anything from the past night, when Owens asked, all Will responded with was "I remember they hurt me"

Joyce looked away, as Owens asked if it was the doctors that hurt him.

"No." Will shook his head, "The soldiers"

"The soldiers hurt you?" Owens asked

"They shouldn't have done that" Will responded

Ethan looks to Owens, rudely interrupting, "Last night, what did they do in the tunnels?"

Owens turned to Ethan, responding with "They tried burning it"

"It upset him" Will mutters

Owens shows Will a picture of the shadowy figure he kept seeing, confirming "him" was the shadow monster from his episodes.