•♡Should I stay or should I go?♡• Byler

Six

             Nancy rushed to the car. "Jonathan, come on! Follow me we have to find Mike before he does something stupid!" Jonathan came running, grabbing the car keys.

            Jonathan stopped the car, looking at Mike, who was crawling towards the front of the road. 

        "El... no. Don't... leave... me.. please..." Mike choked on his tears, feeling as if his world crumbled. He wanted to die. He wanted to go with El. It was the worst, because he remembered something. 

        Flashback:

      "Mike!" El yelled. It was a few minutes before Will and the others arrived. El was always there first.

      As Mike kissed El's soft lips, he felt her rattle a box.

      "What is it?" Mike asked, looking curiously.

         "Its a box fully of beads. I thought perhaps... maybe we could make friendship bracelets! You and I could make them, and give them to the group the next day?" El grinned, and  Mike looked at her, sad.

         "Im sorry El, but those kind of things are too girly... Maybe you and Max could make them together instead?" Mike hated disappointing her.

      And now he would do anything to be able to make friendship bracelets with her, even if they ended up being silly. He wouldnt care. He just wanted her.

    He pulled his hair, screaming in agony. He was so stupid, he should have protected her. He was such a coward. He hated himself for it. 

     Nancy came and hugged him. "Its ok, Mike. Im here." She hugged him tighter, and he sobbed, burying his face on her grey scarf. 

      "I lost her, Nancy. I lost El." He cried, nonstop, feeling like if the whole world was ending.

    El saw Mike disappear from the rearview mirror. She hated to see him like that, but there was nothing she could do. If she tried killing him, he could survive. After all, the guy had survived a demogorgon. And even if he did die, nothing would stop his agents from torturing her. His job would be given to someone else.

     "As long as I'm here, no one can hurt you." She remembered Mike telling her that when she had her mini panic attacks. They needed each other. They were two twin flames, who would burn out without each other.

      She held her shoulders, feeling the last person she had. Herself. I love you Mike, I love you so much.

     "We're here." Papa said as a doctor opened the door for them both.

      El inspected the lab, all the memories coming back to her. The experiments, the torture, the closet.

       "What is it? The project." El said in an almost whisper-like voice. She was terrified, and felt horrible.

      Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain as she saw something pierce her skin. An injection. She's had many of those before, and never really cared about what they injected her. But it was different, it had, white powder in it.

      "What is this? What is this!" El demanded, lifting Dr. Brenner up in the air.

       Guards came rushing to stop El, but Papa gestured them away. "Sweetie, calm down. It was just some particles from the upside down. You'll need them for your journey, in order to survive."  

     El put him down slowly. "What do you mean, 'journey'?" She backed up, suddenly feeling a sting on her hand, where the needle had went through.

       "Find Henry, and tell him Papa says hi." It was the last thing El heard before she fainted.

       Will was on the ground, unconscious. Melissa screamed for Steve to come over, while checking his pulse. He was alive. 

       Steve, Robin, Max. Lucas, and Dustin all came running. Dustin gasped. "What happened here?" Both Dustin and Lucas said at the same time.

        As Steve carried Will to go to the hospital, Melissa remembered the way he saw Jane... no... El, was it? It still took her time to process everything, but it was clear that Will couldn't bear to see her getting hurt. Maybe thats why he fainted. But something told her that wasn't it. 

       As they drove to the hospital, Lucas and Dustin looked at each other.

       "Could it be...?"  Dustin looked at Lucas, who shrugged. 

        "I dont know, his neck-thing is weird. But whatever it is, its serious." Lucas was worried for Will. Even though he tried to act tough, he would always care for his friends.

        "Too bad Mike isnt here by Will." Dustin said, rolling his eyes, while everyone looked at him.

            Melissa looked down. "You cant judge him. He just lost his girlfriend, and it seems like he wont recover for long. Be considerate, Dustin." 

            Max looked at Melissa before replying. "Welcome to the gang. Trust me, it gets weirder from here on now." Max laughed, trying to clear the atmosphere, when in fact, she was in shock. She had been close to death. She had lost her bestfriend, her sister.

         The ride was quiet, until they got to the hospital. Robin brought Will in, while Steve was left to babysit. Again.

       Just then, Melissa screamed. In pain. Everyone inspected her, before seeing her leg, which was bleeding. The blood was black.

       "What in the actual fuck is that?!" Steve screamed, as he saw the goo-like blood ooze from her leg.

          "I meant to tell you all earlier! But with Will like that, it wasn't important." Melissa cared for Will. It was a clear fact.

        "Yes, I get it, but how the heck did you walk like that!?" Dustin's eyes were wide.

        "I think it makes her cool." Max said, looking at her leg. "It makes a nice scar. But you should get that checked."

       "No!" Melissa's eyes widened. If there was anything embarrassing about her, it was that she was terrified of doctors. She covered her head in her arms, closing herself off from the world, for a second.

         "Guys, I think its better if I treat it." Steve ripped his sleeve from his shirt and tied it around her leg.  Melissa would survive, they all knew it. But as waiting for Will took forever, they worried he might not.

    Welp guys that's Chapter Six. It might feel rushed but I kinda ran out of ideas.😭 I'm still writing the book tho