brutal ━ mike wheeler

six. the darkest secret

SIX━━━━
THE DARKEST SECRET

stranger things;
season 2 ep 3

ADRIAN KNEW THAT HE had to get out of there. He knew that it was only a matter of time before his dad figured out how to get his door open. He pushed himself off of his floor and ran over to his closet, stuffing a change of clothes into a backpack as well as some other necessary things before he swung it over his shoulders and made sure that his shoes were laced up. He let out a sharp breath and climbed onto his bed, unlocking his window. He carefully set one foot on the roof below it and looked back at the door that lead out into the hallway, a sinking feeling in his stomach.

He shook his head and pulled the rest of his body out of the house, carefully and quietly shutting the window behind him. He slowly walked down the roof and peered over the edge, making sure that his dad hadn't come outside to watch for him. He sighed in relief when he saw no signs of him and quickly jumped down, lifting his bike off the ground. However, it seemed like his dad had heard the impact of him falling to the ground as he burst through the door within a matter of seconds, seething.

Adrian didn't waste a second. He pushed down on the ground to give himself a head start before he started pedaling like his life depended on it. He heard the angry shouts of his dad before a frustrated sigh and the door slamming, both of which were probably not a good thing. He swallowed thickly and pushed those thoughts back, keeping his gaze in front of him. He didn't even know where he was going, but he just knew that he had to get away from there, or else he might've been too bruised to go to school the next day.

His eyebrows were pushed together when he saw two middle-aged men pointing at him with whispers. "That's him, the one Leo is lookin' for, ain't he?" Adrian's eyes widened at those words and he cursed, swerving onto the closest road, ducking behind a fence in hopes that they would just pass him. He wasn't that lucky, though. While he was looking forward, someone grabbed ahold of him by his upper arms from behind, lifting him off of the ground. "Yep, this is the one."

"Let me go!" Adrian squirmed, trying to kick him away from him. Adrian had never felt as weak as he had at that moment. He didn't want to go back. He couldn't. He felt a tear threaten to spill from his eye as he grit his teeth, an overwhelming feeling washing over his body. "Alright, come on, boy. Your old man's been lookin' for ya." The man behind him didn't let go and the two other men who had seen him came to get a better look.

"Well, I'll be. I didn't think Leo's son had actually run away." He chuckled and knelt down as if mocking Adrian. He seethed and glared at him with a frustrated frown on his face. He turned around to face the man that was holding him. "Let me go." He said with a cold voice, feeling something warm start to drip from his nose.

"The hell?" The one that stood a little bit away said, pointing at the blood that had started to fall from his nose. This took the two others off guard long enough for them to see the ominous red aura that had started to form around his hands, as well as the black that covered his entire eye, not just the pupil. "What the hell is this?" The one holding him asked with a nervous chuckle.

"Let me go!" Adrian shouted. With that, he finally let him go. . . but not purposefully. His hands were pried off of Adrian with an invisible force and the two other men started choking on something. . . but nothing was there. Well, for them there was nothing there, for Adrian, he saw three people aiding him with his escape. The man who had been holding him looked at his pals fearfully before one of the people Adrian was seeing wrapped a hand around his neck and squeezed harshly.