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"Billy knows it. Billys been there. To the source." El spoke as she drug Rocky into the living room with her.
"Yeah, but-" Mike began.
"It's a trap. I know." El cut him off with a nod of her head. "We can't go to Billy, but I think there's another way. A way for me to see where he's been."
The static was turned on the tv again as El sat before it. Max moved over for Rocky to sit with her, watching Mike crouch before the Hopper girl . "El, I know you think you have to do this, but you don't. It's just, you've only done this before once. And your mom, she loved you, and wanted you to know what happened. And Billys mind is-is sick, diseased. The mind flayer is in him."
Max's arm rubbed against Rocky's slightly. "He can't hurt me. Not in there."
"We don't know that." Mike shook his head.
El turned to him fully now. "Mike. I need you to trust me."
Mike hesitated as he looked at Max, who gave him a stupid look. He faced El again. "Yeah. Just...be carful."
"Here, chick." Rocky handed El the blindfold before leaning back with Max again.
Moments passed and El was completely silent, which was weird and unusual. Rocky waited for her in worry, his leg bouncing tremendously, the noise definitely close to causing a distraction. Max placed her hand into his knee to keep him calm, his leg bouncing coming to a small end. El began to panic as she took raged, beep breaths of fear.
"Somethings wrong." Mike spoke up with wide eyes.
"El." Rocky spoke up as he leaned forward, ignoring Mikes protest, grabbing her shoulder. "You're still here, it's okay."
A second passed and he saw the tear fall from under her blindfold. "I'm okay."
"What do you see?" Max asked as Rocky leaned back to join her again.
"I'm.. on a beach." El answered.
Lucas gave an odd look. "Okay, I may be dense, but the last time I checked, there weren't any beaches in Hawkins."
"What else do you see?" Max asked her.
"A woman." El said after a second. "She's...pretty. I- I think she's looking at me. There's... a boy. It's Billy."
Max frowned "It's California. It's a memory."
Rocky took her prior advice and placed his hand on her knee for support.
"I think I see it." El said honestly. "The source."
Rocky and Max leaned forward on sync.
"I think I found it. The source." El said against after a few minutes.
"Where, El? Where are you?" Max jumped in in questioning.
"Brimborn." El read "Steelworks."
"Moms phone book." Rocky looked to Jonathan as he took off to grab it, returning quickly. Him and Nancy began to flip the pages. "Here, steel. Uh, found it. 6522 Cherry Oak Drive."
"That's close." Nancy nodded her head.
"El, El, we found it. Get out of there." Mike called quickly.
Rocky felt cold when she didn't move.
"Eleven." he leaned down and shook her shoulder. "El!"
They all started to panic before El yanked the blind fold off, yelling out and crying as Mike quickly wrapped her into his arms.
"He said he was building something." El told the group as they sat together on the couch, Rocky gave her a glass of water as he stood behind Max. "That it was all for me."
"Building something?" Max asked before looking over toward Nancy. "Is he talking about the flayed?"
"He must be." the oldest Wheeler said honestly.
"So, he's building an army, just like we thought." Lucas nodded as he paced slightly.
"He's building it to spread." Mike nodded alongside his words.
"To stop Eleven." Will finished the confirmation.
"More like to kill her." Rocky corrected as Max reached back and wacked him in the arm.
"Last year, El closed the gate on him. I have a feeling that really pissed him off." Mike nodded his head, dark eyes darting around the room.
"Like, royally." Lucas added alongside his words.
"And the Mind Flayer now knows that she's the only thing that can stop him. But if she's out of the way-"Mike began, being cut off.
"Game over." Lucas confirmed.
"He also said that he was gonna kill all of you." El added.
"Thats nice." Max spoke as she looked forward again.
"We could..." Rocky trailed off. "Light it on fire?"
"Light it on fire?" Mike looked his way in disbelief.
Rocky pursed his lips. "Drown it, maybe?"
Nancy's body gave a shutter, leaning off the wall and walking near the window. "Do you guys hear that?"
They all went silent to listen to what she's been talking about before Jonathan spoke up. "It's just the fireworks."
"Billy." Nancy spoke as she spun around to El. "When he told you this, it was here, in this room?"
El nodded her head.
"He knows." Rocky spoke in a panic as he circled the couch.
"He knows?" Max turned back to them, grabbing Rocky's hand as he yanked her off the coach. The loud noise over filling the cabin as they each looked up alarmed. Rocky grabbed the broken curtain rode that Hopper clearly was yet to fix.
"He knows we're here." Will confirmed for them, his hand placed on the back of his neck. Rocky lead the group, walking down the steps of the cabin, the group all looked at the rustling trees, the Mind Flayer before them screeched loudly their way.
"Oh, shit." Rockys eyes doubled in side. "Back inside, Peanut Gallery. Back inside!"
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