𝗮𝗯𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘅 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿

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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑

'𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴'

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YOU STARE AT DUSTIN AND LUCAS THEY BOTH ENTER THE ROOM.

mike had told you their names earlier.

you give them both a closed-eye smile.

dustin leans over to lucas, "look! she's changed heights again! she's short again!" he whisper shouts.

"are you out of your mind?"

you look over at lucas.

"just listen to me"

"you are out of your mind!"

"they know about will!"

"what do you mean they know about will?" dustin questions.

mike grabs the picture eleven had pointed to, "they pointed at him, at his picture. they knew he was missing. i could tell"

"you could tell?"

"just think about it. you really think it was a coincidence that we found them on mirkwood, the same place where will disappeared?"

"that is weird" dustin says.

"and she said bad people were after them. i think maybe these bad people are the same ones that took will. i think they know what happened to him"

"then why doesn't she tell us?" lucas asks, crossing his arms.

they all look at eleven, walking over.

"do you know where will is?" lucas asks, no response.

he grabs her shoulders roughly, "do you know where will is?!"

you frown, glaring at him.

"stop it, you're scaring her!"

"she should be scared. if you know where he is, tell us! this is nuts. we have to take them to your mum"

"no! eleven said telling any adult would put us in danger"

"what kind of danger?"

"her name is eleven? what about the other one"

"el, for short. and twelve, [nickname] for short" mike smiles.

"mike, what kind of danger?" dustin asks loudly.

"danger danger"

he points a finger gun at dustin's head, then at lucas's head.

lucas smacks his hand away, "no, no, no! we're going back to plan a. we're telling your mum"