Stranger Things | s3 | y/n pov

8. The Battle of Starcourt

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You widened your eyes as El sobbed and screamed in pain.
You heard her flesh sizzling. You held onto her shoulder, trying your best to comfort her.
"What is that?" Erica asked in disgust.
"There's something in there." Mike sighed.
"No!" El cried out.
"Jeez..." Dustin gasped.

"Keep her talking. Keep her awake, okay?" Jonathan told the others as he got up and ran off.
"Hey, hey, hey. Stay awake, stay awake." Mike comforted her.
"Let's get her on this side, on this side." You tilted El's body.
"Easy, easy, easy, easy." Mike panicked.
"It's, uh..." Robin stammered. "You know, it's actually not that bad."
You look up to see Robin, trying to comfort El.

"There was a... The goalie on my soccer team, Beth Wildfire, this other girl slid into her leg, and the whole bone came out of her knee, six inches or something, it was insane.
"Robin?" Steve interrupted her.
"Yeah?" Robin panicked.
"You're not helping." Steve said.
"I'm sorry." Robin apologized as Jonathan came running over with a sizzling knife, gloves, and a wooden spoon.

"Okay. Alright, El?" Jonathan knelt down. "This is gonna hurt like hell, okay?"
"Okay." El sobbed in pain.
"I need you to stay real still." Jonathan said as he put on some gloves. "Here, you're gonna want to bite down on this, okay?"

You look as Mike passed El the wooden spoon for her to bite on.
"Holy shit, holy shit." You heard Dustin mumble as El whimpered.
You wince in disgust as Jonathan held the sharp knife, closer to her wound.
"Do it." Mike said as Jonathan hesitated.

"Okay.." Jonathan whispered.
You heard El's muffled screams as Jonathan cut open her leg.
You gag at the sight, nearly puking.
"Oh, shit." Dustin exclaimed.
You look to see Elevens face bright red as she sobbed and screamed.

You puked in your mouth as Jonathan slid his finger in her leg, Eleven screaming the bloodiest scream ever.
"Jonathan!" Nancy yelled.
"Stop talking!" Jonathan screamed as he rummaged his finger through her leg. "Dammit!"
"No! Stop it!" Eleven screamed. "Stop! Stop! I can do it."
You ran to the nearest plant, puking out plain 'ol water.

"I can do it." Eleven whimpered.
You heard her screaming in pain as she used her powers to rid whatever was in her leg.
You turn around to see her pulling the thing out.
You heard Eleven screaming so loud, the whole town could probably hear it before the glass behind Max broke in pieces. You gasp as she threw the chittering beast far away.

You notice a familiar face, crushing the beast with his foot. You look to see Ms. Byers, Hopper, and this man with a beard and tank top.

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"The Mind Flayer, it built this monster in Hawkins," Mike said. "to stop El, to kill her and pave a way into our world."
"And it almost did. That was just one tiny piece of it." Nancy sighed.
"You gotta be shittin' me." You sigh as you tighten Steve's belt on your leg.
"How big is this thing?" Hopper asked.
"It's big." Jonathan answered. "Thirty feet, at least."
"Yeah." Lucas agreed. "It sorta destroyed your cabin. Sorry."

"Okay, so, just to be clear, this... this big fleshy spider thing that hurt El, it's some kind of gigantic... weapon?" Steve asked.
"Yes." Nancy nodded.
"But instead of, like, screws and metal, the Mind Flayer made it's weapon... with melted people." Steve looked.
"Gross." You mumble.
"Yes, exactly." Nancy said.
"Yeah, okay." Steve nodded. "I— Yeah, I'm just making sure."

"Are we sure that this thing is still out there, still alive?" Ms. Byers asked.
"El beat the shit out of it, but, yeah, it's still alive." Max sighed.
"But if we close the gate again—" Will added.
"We cut the brain off from the body." Max said.
"And kill it." Lucas said. "Theoretically."

"Yoo-hoo!" The guy in a tank, known as Murray called the group. "Yoo-hoo!" He waved his arms in the air.

He placed the papers he was originally holding on a table.
"Okay, this is what Alexei called 'the hub'." Murray pointed at the paper. "Now, the hub takes us to the vault room."
"Okay, where's the gate?" Hopper asked.
"Right here. I don't know the scale on this, but I think it's fairly close to the vault room." Murray said. "Maybe 50 feet or so."