A Light in the Dark| Steve Harrington x FEM!OC

The Flea and the Acrobat

After the twins and Nancy realized that what their mother saw was real, they decided to make a plan. After Wills funeral they were going to go hunt for whatever they saw in the photo, in the woods.

The twins dropped off Nancy at her house and headed home. The twins arrived home very late. It was nearly morning. But when they arrived they noticed another car parked out front.

"Who's that," Jonathan asked referring to the other car.

"I don't know...It can't be the chief. Right?" Jade said back.

"No I don't think so," Jonathan said turning off the ignition.

The twins stepped out of the car and walked through the door. And to their dismay it was their "father". Their mother was sat at the couch with their father.

"Hey, you two," Lonnie said sitting up on the couch.

"What's going on?" Jonathan pressed.

"Your dads, uh,gonna stay here tonight. On the couch," Joyce said stammering over her words.

"Yeah, I'm here as long as you both need me, okay," Lonnie said.

"No thanks, we'll pass," Jade said bluntly.

Lonnie scoffed. "How you two holding up?"

Jonathan ignored his question and walked over to the wall. A piece of tarp covered a small portion of the wall. Jade shortly followed behind Jonathan. They lifted the tarp and saw a hole that went straight through the wall, revealing the outside. The twins shared a look at each other and turned around to face their mother.

"What happened," Jonathan asked looking at his mother.

"Don't worry about that," Lonnie said angering Jade.

"He wasn't asking you," Jade shot back.

Jonathan ignored Lonnie."Mom...that thing you saw before, did it come back?"

"Jade...Jonathan,that's enough," Lonnie continued. Jade have him a harsh glare.

"Can we talk? Alone," Jonathan asked motioning to Jade, and Lonnie. Lonnie scoffed and stood up from the couch. Jonathan led Jade and Lonnie into his room and closed the door.
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"You need to leave. Right now," Jade said to Lonnie as soon as Jonathan had shut the door.

"Look, I know you're both upset.We all are,"Lonnie said trying to show pity to the twins.

"You don't know anything. You can't just leave and decide to show up whenever you want," Jade said annoyed with Lonnie.

Lonnie rolled his eyes."Okay enough, you both need to listen to me. Your mother is sick. Really sick."

"Yeah. Well, you being here, you're just making things worse, like always," Jonathan said angrily.

"Worse?"

"Yeah,"Jonathan pressed.

"She took down that wall with an axe. She said that Will was inside and that he's talking to her."

"Yeah. Maybe he was." Jade said shrugging her shoulders.

"This isn't some kind of joke. Your mom was half frozen to death when I got here. Trembling, scared out of her mind. And you two come in here and you start feeding into her hallucinations or whatever the hell you want to call it."

The twins stayed silent. Half of what Lonnie said was true. This isn't good nor healthy for their mother. They were going to have to figure this out on their own.