Chapter 5 Season 3: The Flayed

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El is blindfolded and is watching dad in the Void to find out where he is – the other kids sit around her.

"I found him." El pipes up.

"Where is he?" I asked.

"Woods." El answered. There was TV static hissing around us.

"Woods?" Lucas asked.

"He's with... Will's mom." El pointed out.

"My- My mom?" Will asked.

"What are they doing?" Max asked.

"Ill... annoy. They're going to Ill-annoy." El answered. There was a knocking on door.

"Mike Alex! Breakfast!" Karen yells.

"Not now, Mom! Illinois? Illinois, like the state? The state of Illinois?" Mike asked. Eleven takes off her blindfold and looks confused she shrugs.

"No the Country yes the state." I answered.

"[stammers] Ill-annoy." El tries. I was with the boys in the basement.

"Something's not right. We can't get Hopper off our backs all summer, now all of a sudden, he's hiking with Will's mom to Illinois? And Dustin's MIA, too? I mean, this can't be a coincidence." Mike tries.

"What does it matter? The bottom line is, they're not here. It's up to us." Lucas points out.

"Up to us to do what exactly?" Mike asked.

"Find Billy and stop him." I answered in a duh tone.

"Okay, yeah, that's a really nice sentiment, but even if you and El could find him again, and that's a pretty big if, then what?" Mike asked.

"We burn the shit out of him and make sure he doesn't escape this time." Lucas points out.

"Okay, then what?" Mike asked.

"Then we win." Lucas answered.

"No, see, that's the problem. We don't. We don't win. We got the Mind Flayer out of Will before and he just came right back. We don't just have to stop Billy, we have to stop the Mind Flayer." Mike says.

"How in the hell do we do that?" Lucas asked.

"I don't know." Mike answered.

"Maybe the girls do." Will suggested. The boys look towards the bathroom. I was just sat there.

"Girl right here that can help." I pointed out.

"What are they still doing in there?" Mike asked. Lucas eats a handful of cocoa puffs. I put my hand in the box and take some.

"I don't know. Girls just like hanging out in bathrooms." Lucas answered. He offers some to Mike who quite rudely rejects them.

"Why?" Mike asked.

"I mean, I don't know and I'm a girl." I answer.

"They're conspiring against me." Mike carried on.

"That's what you're concerned about now?" Will asked.

"It's not my main concern. It's just a sub-concern." Mike answered.

"I thought it was already over." Will stated.

"It's not over, okay? We're just taking a break." Mike answered.

"(looks at Mike) She literally said dump your ass doesn't sound like a brake to me." I stated.

"She said she dumped your ass. That doesn't sound like a break." Will agreed. Max yells from the bathroom)

"It wasn't! You guys do realize we can still hear everything you're saying, right?" Max asked. El and Max both laugh I just take the box of coco puffs from Lucas and starts eating them.

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