Chapter Sixteen : Elevator

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Eddie and Thirteen get in the car.

"So, that went well, didn't it?" Eddie asks.

"It went really well Eddie." Thirteen says. "Thanks you so much. I wouldn't of done that without you."

"Hey, I make the ideas but you go through with them, you should be appreciating yourself too." Eddie says.

Thirteen's smile then drops and she looks out the window.

"Thee, you okay?" Eddie asks.

Thirteen doesn't respond. She just looks out the window.

"Thee, please talk to me." Eddie says.

A few minutes later, Eddie parks outside his place and he picks Thee up from her seat and carries her inside to the couch.

"Sweetheart, please talk to me." Eddie says.

Thirteen breaks down in tears and sits on the floor. Eddie gets on the ground with you and pulls you into a tight hug.

"It's alright it's alright, Shhhhh I'm here. Right here, I've got you." Eddie says. Thirteen starts sobbing harder.

"It's ok, let it all out princess." Eddie says. "I'm not leaving."

Thirteen cries in Eddie's arms for a while. About an hour later, she stops crying.

"You wanna talk now?" Eddie asks. There is no response.

Eddie looks at Thirteens eyes and they are closed. She must've fell asleep.

Eddie smiles and lays her in her bed. He tucks her in and walks to the door.

"Eddie, please don't leave." Thirteen says. "I don't want to be alone."

"Ok sweetheart. I'll stay right here." Eddie says. He crawls in bed next to Thirteen.

A few minutes later, they are both sound asleep.

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The next morning, Eddie wakes up before Thee and he lays next to her, waiting for her to wake up.

Thirteen wakes up a few minutes later.

"Rise and shine princess." Eddie says. He smiles.

Thirteen smiles back. "Thanks for staying Eddie."

"No problem. But I need some answers." Eddie says. "Please."

Thirteen sighs. "I just, I needed to let some things out. I started thinking about Hopper and El and then I drifted to the Upside Down."

"Thee, telling Hopper and El will be just as simple as Steve." Eddie says.

"No it won't." Thirteen says. "Hopper is like a father to me. He is the Dad that I never had. It just goes really deep."

"Well, you know where the cabin is." Eddie says. "We can drive there right now."

"I just wanna wait a few days. I still need to process everything with Steve." Thirteen says.

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"So, what have you figured out with the Russians?" Thirteen asks Steve in the back of Scoops Ahoy.

"We need someone to go through the vent so they can unlock a door." Steve says.

"How about her?" Thirteen asks. She points at Erica, getting samples.

A few minutes later, Erice is going through the vent and Steve, Dustin, Robin, and Thirteen are waiting outside a metal door.

Erice opens the door and the others go inside.

Steve opens a cardboard box and there is a can of a bright greed liquid substance.

"I don't think that's Chinese food." Thirteen says.

"What the hell?" Steve says.

"What is that?" Robin asks.

The whole room shakes.

"We should just grab that and go." Robin says.

Dustin pushes the open door button but it doesn't work.

Everyone starts yelling at each other and Thirteen tries to ignore it. Steve know about your past.

"Guys stop!" Steve yells.

Then to room starts falling like a broken elevator.

Thirteen holds onto Steve and Steve does the same to Thirteen.

"What the hell is happening?!" Thirteen yells.

"I don't know!" Steve says.

Robin and Dustin starts screaming and Steve puts his hands over Thirteens ears.

"Oh shit." Steve says to himself.

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