S O F T C O R E // Steve Harrington X Reader // Stranger Things

25. The Battle of Starcourt

I looked at the this thing wriggling in her leg. El was screaming and sobbing, I would be as well if I was in her position. "What is that?" Erica said and I wanted to know as well.

"There's something in there." Mike said and I looked at him.

"We need to get it out before it dies something to El." I said to them and it looked like it was getting bigger.

"No!" El shouted in pain.

"Jesus Christ!" Dustin got out and hopefully we'd have more backup soon.

"Keep her talking. Keep her awake, okay?" Johnathan said before he got up and ran.

"Jesus Christ." Dustin said and I knew what Jonathan was doing. Finding a knife.

"Hey, hey, hey. Stay awake, stay awake. Let's get her on this side, on this side." Mike said and we started turning her. Hopefully we could get this thing out soon.

"Easy, easy, easy, easy." Steve said as he helped to turn her over.

"It's, uh...you know, it's not actually that bad. There was a...the goalie on my soccer team, Beth Wildfire, this other girl slid into her leg, and the bone came out of her knee. Six inches or something, it was insane." Robin said and this wasn't really helping the situation. We needed to focus on El.

"Robin." Steve and I said to her.

"Yeah?" She asked us both.

"You're not helping." Steve said and I heard footsteps approach us.

"I'm sorry." She said and Johnathan slid back into his place again.

"Okay. All right, El? This is gonna hurt like hell, okay?" He asked her and I held my hand out.

"Hold this." I said to her and she took. This was going to hurt a lot but she need3d someone. Other than Mike.

"Okay." She said sobbingly.

"Need you to stay real still. Here, you're gonna want to bite down on this, okay?" Jonathan said and that's when Mike took the spoon. It was going to help.

"Jesus Christ." Dustin said and this was going to be fine. "Holy shit. Holy shit." Dustin said as Jonathan got the knife into place.

"Do it." Mike said to him and I was glad it was Jonathan doing it and not me.

"Okay." Jonathan said and that's when he cut. El was screaming and squeezing my hand.

"Oh, shit." Dustin said and that's when Johnathan stuck his hand in El's leg. I was hoping she'd pass out. She wouldn't.

"Johnathan!" Nancy shouted at him. I couldn't even watch.

"Stop talking!" Johnathan shouted and El screamed even more. "Goddamn it!" He shouted and I wanted this to be over.

"No! Stop it! Stop! Stop!" El screamed at him and he stopped. "I can do it. I can do it." She said as she sat up. Letting go of my hand. She then started to use her powers to get the thing out. "God!" She shouted as she kept going. She then started to scream. That's when the glass of the store behind us shattered. A small creature then came out of here leg and threw it as far as she could. Something squashed it. That's when I saw them. Dad, Hopper, Joyce and Murray. Finally. Mike started to explain stuff.

"The Mind Flayer, it built this monster in Hawkins, to stop El, to kill her and pave a way into our world." Mike said as he was saying what they went through.

"And it almost did. There was just one tiny piece of it." Nancy said to them and I was hoping it wasn't on its way here. I was still getting over the Russians.