broken | a byler story

chapter 7: culmination

"You guys?!" Steve said, "I DON'T THINK THAT VECNA JUST EXISTS IN HIS MINDSCAPE!"

"The hairy one is right " Vecna said, as the tentacles removed from his back, "I exist everywhere. and now, you've brought the one thing that can stop me into the belly of the beast."

"WE WON'T LET YOU TOUCH WILL!" Mike yelled

"I'll have him soon enough," Vecna said, "But I was talking about 011. She ruined my plans and sent me to this hellscape. But unknowingly, she let me work with The Elder Brain, letting me create more footsoldiers, the Demogorgon, the Demobats, the Demodogs, and The Mind Flayer."

"DemoBATS?!" Dustin asked, yelling

"Already dealt with those," Steve said,

"Yeah, real pieces of work they are" Robin said annoyed

"ENOUGH!" yelled Vecna as he raised his hand out revealing his claws to Eleven, "It's time we had a chat... in my mindscape."

"El no!" Will yelled

"Silence fool! " yelled Vecna before he closed his eyes. El's eyes started rolling back into her head, but before that, she threw something to the ground, "Mike, take it." she said before she was lifted up and her eyes rolled back into her head.

____________________________________________________________VECNA'S MINDSCAPE

"The Final Battle" Vecna snarled at El, "I've waited 15 years for this."

"And you'll have to wait longer" said El as she reached out her hand to use her telekinetic powers.

Vecna just laughed. It seemed like her powers didn't work in his mindscape.

"FOOLISH GIRL! " he laughed, "My mindscape, my rules! No Powers... except mine! "

For a moment, everything seemed lost, and then El had a thought.

"Well then we should go to MY mindscape" she said as she focused all her energy into a mindscape of her own. And a flash of white light blinded both of them.

____________________________________________________________ELEVEN'S MINDSCAPE

"First rule of MY mindscape" El said, "No powers."

"Oh, but foolish child," Vecna said, "The second you break your concentration, we'll fall back into my mindscape."

"Then I guess I can't let that happen" El said confidently

"It's easy really," Vecna said, "All I have to do, is break your concentration."

"I'd like to see you try."

"Let's see..." Vecna started, "Where should we start? Your girlfriend is dead, Your ex-boyfriend is dating your step-brother, Will, and there's all the Hawkins Lab stuff that you and I both witnessed. Pick. your. poison."

"How do you know about all of this?" El asked, 

"To kill, I don't use powers," said Vecna ominously, "I use a curse. You are defenseless in here."

The words sunk into El. She had no power, he did. He was going to kill her anyways. That was the one thing that scared her. Being powerless. And that shattered her concentration, causing both her and Vecna to fall back into his mindscape.

____________________________________________________________THE UPSIDE DOWN: CREEL HOUSE ATTIC

"There's no music here," said Steve, "How do we get her out?"