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"What in the hell?"

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"What in the hell?"

Ophelia was surprised to say the least when she got home and saw the place completely destroyed.

Of course, her first thought was to worry about Hopper- until she found him standing outside smoking a cigarette.

"What the hell did you do in there?"

"I- sorry. I just- it's a long story."

"Okay? So tell me it. We have time."

Hopper looked around cautiously before nodding and motioning for her to come closer.

Even outside he didn't feel safe.

"I went to the morgue yesterday."

"The morgue? Why?"

"Something just felt off," Hopper mumbled, "I mean all this fuss and the state taking control and coincidentally being the one to find everything we've found so far, I knew they were hiding something. I just didn't..."

"What did you see in there?"

"I... fuck... okay... Will's body?"

"Yeah?"

"It was a fake."

"What?"

"It looked so lifelike but I don't know what it was made out of because the insides- it was just filled with like... with cotton."

If Ophelia wasn't sure that Will was alive before, she was sure as hell positive now.

"So you think Will is alive?"

"Yes. And I- I did some investigating- spoke to the state trooper so I can try to put the pieces together."

"And did you? What'd the guy say?"

"He was spurting a bunch of lies. I caught him in a few. I also saw someone watching us."

"Watching you?" Ophelia frowned, "Did you follow them? Get a good look at who it was?"

"No. I couldn't- the car drove away before I had the chance. Anyways, I decided to go to Hawkins labs to try to get more answers and I saw this child's room so naturally I thought Will was being held there-"

"But you didn't see him, right?"

"No," he sighed, "I kept going though and ended up somewhere weird with this shit all over the air and then this even weirder opening that just looked like guts and felt really nasty-"

"Wait. How are you here if you made it to wherever you went? Surely, you were caught at some point."

"Oh, I was caught almost immediately. Which is why I was so surprised to have ended up here but then- then I realized-"

"Have you been drinking?"

"What?"

"You just... you seem a bit erratic."

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