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"I'm fine, I assure them. "What did Lucas tell you?" "Meet him at the school, Dustin told me."Some bad shit is happening. Jason has gone haywire." I kind of concluded that, but apparently Chrissy, his girlfriend, died from Vecna. So, I understood where his intentions were, But going this crazy?

Luckily, Eddie was with us, and after getting to know him a little more, He was actually a great guy. I knew some people in Hawkins, after escaping, considered DnD satanic, but it really wasn't. 

So we were going to the school, I guess. School was not fun, but I should be graduating right now. This year, I might be. Now living an somewhat of an ordinary life. Of course, Vecna had to come in and ruin that.

"Dustin do you copy?" 

Dustin replies, "I copy, so Nancy's a genius. Vecna's first victims date back to 1959. Her shot in the dark was a bullseye." "Okay, That's totally bonkers, Lucas responded. "But I cant really talk right now. "What are you doing? Dustin asked.

"Breaking and Entering school."

I zoned out again, unsure of what to do, i felt numb. I thought of when I escaped, I was around 11, i was lucky to escape then. It was shortly after 001 killed everyone besides me and 011, He was like a brother to me. 

That would be the last time i saw him. As soon after he told me and El his backstory and got sent to the Upside down, I ran. I promised to come back for El, who refused to go. And I did. I helped her escape not so long after.

I came back to reality, and apparently, Fred was also seeing Ms. Kelly. It made me think, Did she have some sort of connection? This was no coincidence. Both of Vecna's victims visited her. If she is working with Vecna, why? or is she innocent?

Max slams the door then looks around. "It was here, She spoke. "Right here." "A grandfather clock? I say, confusedly. "It was so real, Max piped in."And then, when i got closer... suddenly I just..."

"Max come on!"

"Max? Steve said. "I woke up, Max adds. "It was like she was in a trance or something, Dustin spoke. "Exactly what Eddie said happened to Chrissy." "That's not even the bad part, Max replied. "Fred and Chrissy, they both went to Miss Kelly for Help. Uh, they both were having headaches, bad headaches, that wouldn't go away and then... the nightmares."

Nightmares...

"Trouble sleeping, They'd wake up in a cold sweat, then they started seeing things... Bad things... from their pasts... These visions, they just... they kept on getting worse and worse, until eventually... everything ended."

"Vecna's curse, I murmured. Somehow, everyone heard me though. 

"Chrissy's headache started a week ago."

"Fred's, six days ago."

"I've been having them for five days now, Max spoke. "I don't know how long I have, All I know is that, for Fred and Chrissy, they both died less than 24 hours after their first vision, and I just saw that goddamn clock so...looks like i'm going to die tomorrow."

I couldn't let her die. No, Vecna had to have had some sort of weakness. He no longer was 001, But this thing... Yet still human. So of course, there must be something. His weakness in the lab was that pill in him. But he got it out. 

So, what would it be now?

I couldn't stand him, I used to admire him, look up to him. But despite a part of me missing him, I couldn't. I needed to hate him. He killed people, not something you should miss about someone.

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Steve grumbled, "Okay, to be honest, Uh you guys understand any of this?" "Its pretty straightforward, Steve, I reply. "But honestly, it does sound insane." "What's confusing to you? Dustin asked.

"So far, everyone Vecna has cursed has died, except for this old Victor Creel dude Nancy found." "He's the only known survivor, I explained. "If anyone knows how to beat this curse, it's him."

"That's assuming he was cursed, which we don't even know." 

"How can Vecna have existed in the 50s? It doesn't make sense, Nancy spoke. "Far as we know, Eleven didn't create the upside down, Dustin explained. "She opened a gate. The upside down has probably existed for thousands of years, Millions. I wouldn't be surprised if it predated the dinosaurs."

"Dinosaurs, What are we... Lucas said. "Okay. But if a gate didn't exist in the 50s, How did Vecna get through?" "I can give you an answer, I pipe in."Originally, He wasn't in the upside down. He told me this in the lab but the point is, Vecna had powers, like Eleven and I, but more powerful, killing his family. But blamed Victor Creel."

"Okay, still in shock, but how did he even get to the upside down in the first place?"

"The thing is, some things like the demogorgon or Mind Flayer, I began. "Are created in the upside down, right? But in order for humans to even get there, You'd have to be sent there, or go in the gate yourself. He was sent there by El in the lab. For good Reasons, too."

"El opened a gate before? Nancy asked. I nodded. "It was closed, and she almost lost, but yes." My headache ached, I prayed for a good night sleep tonight. But, I decided not to worry them with that. There were other things to worry about anyways. 

They looked shocked, almost surprised. "So Vecna must have some weakness, Dustin spoke. "He is human. We all have some weakness, right?" Everyone nodded. But something told me I was doomed.

Vecna's curse, seemed insurvivable. But if he could get defeated by 6-year old El, We could finish him off once and for all, right? I just needed to stop not trusting myself first.

"(y/n)..."

His voice echoed in my mind, only it was his calm voice, not Vecna's. He still managed to get in my mind somehow. I ignored it, not wanting to get unnecessary attention. 

I just needed to be brave.