Together, until the end | Eddie Munson

Save him pt.2

(Flashbacks are written in italics)

'Save him...'
Dustin's voice is ringing in her head.
The girl gets up despite the pain of the fall, bites her lip and starts to run
"Eddie!" Vivien yells, looking around, accelerating her step, "Eddie! Where are you?"

There is wind.
The foggy and gray sky, the only glare is red lightning. White particles float in the air like snow.
Chilling screams fill the air echoing around. God, how much she hates this place.
Her mouth opens and closes as he desperately tries to breathe. Every moment that she remains here, Eddie pulls away.

Vivien continues to admire the ring on her finger, Eddie's ring. Why did he do that? Why did he have to put himself in this situation?

"You know I like these rings," I say taking his hand in mines
"Choose one" I can feel his look at me as I analyze his warm hands that contrast with the cold metal rings. Notice the one on his fourth finger in his left hand
"This" i point by touching the cold metal
"Here" goes to stick it on my right ring finger "Okay maybe it's too wide, let's put it here" he chuckles and puts it on my middle finger
"I really appreciate that, thank you Ed"
For a few seconds time seems to have stopped we look into the eyes almost hypnotized in each other's eyes

And there it is, an immense wave of bats, all clustered together. They're far enough away to understand what's going on, but it doesn't look good at all.
"EDDIE!" tears begin to form again in her eyes

Vivien accelerates starting to run despite the pain in her legs due to the fall. "What the fuck..."
The young woman has never been the bravest person among all, she is a badass yes, but inside she is fragile. But right now it doesn't matter, she's putting all the fear aside. She has to save Eddie, her Eddie.

Bats cover Vivien's view, Eddie's down there.
His body falls to the ground dragged by his throat by one of those creatures. In the meantime two others hold him by his arms and legs.
And he screams.

The girl continues, for what seemed like an eternity, calling his name as strong as she can.

Vivien approaches the swirling mass of bats and despite her efforts , a bat is able to bite her shoulder and screams, unable to properly tilt the spear towards it. Fortunately, she snatches it violently grabbing him by the tail, slamming him to the ground and crushing his head with her foot, rips him in half. "Son of a bitch." The warm blood starts flowing down his arm because of the strong bite.

Not even the time to take air that another wraps its tail around her neck and her mouth, pulling back her head painfully. She silently suffocates as he feels that her lungs are being squeezed and, in a moment of instinct, she bites it, sinking her teeth clutching her jaw as hard as she can. "Gross" she sighs as she tries to catch air while spitting out the blood left in her mouth.

Suddenly the wings of the beasts stop fluttering and fall to the ground. A bunch of splashes fills the air. She watches the dark sky stunned as the creatures fall from it. Lifeless. Vivien is confused, gasping for breath as her eyes lay on the ground. Revealing the boy's body.
Eddie...

"O MY GOD!" the girl's heartbreaking scream echoes in the air as Eddie lies on the ground, covered in blood. Vivien immediately run for him and rushes to her knees. She collects her hands under his head, placing it on her lap.
She doesn't know what to do.
She feels like she can't breathe anymore.
The world has completely shattered beneath her.

Tears begin to scratch her face as she brings her hands to her face to cover her mouth and try to smother the sobs
"No, no, no, no..."

"Hey..." a sigh comes out of his mouth when his beautiful eyes rest on the girl's.

His white Hellfire shirt is torn and bloodstained on both sides of his stomach. Full blood and bite marks on his face and neck, tears begin to form in his eyes.

"Why? WHY!"

"It's bad, huh"

"No, you're fine...I'm here! I'm here now..." She stutters, she doesn't know if she's trying to confront the boy or convince herself that he would survive.

"A-wait...is it blood? Are-are you hurt?" he questions weakly as his gaze falls on the girl's arm
"Eddie, fuck the blood on my arm!"

"I couldn't, I couldn't let anything happen to you. I wouldn't have forgiven myself."
The girl never looks away from him, wiping the blood that decorates his cheeks. Instinctively he gets as close as possible to him so much that a cheek gets stained with blood.

"I didn't run away this time, did I? This time...this time I was the hero. Wasn't-wasn't i?" he asks her with a spark in his eyes
"Yes.. yes you've always been a hero Eddie." she replies

"You're beautiful, you know?" he whispers and dries some tears under the girl's eyes
"Eddie..." Vivien tries her best to smile, but her eyes go to his wounds.

The Hellfire club shirt is soft against his cheek as it melts into his chest. The boy's arms grab her waist.
There it is that feeling in the young woman's body, again that heaviness in her heart.
The same one she felt for her brother Will.
The same she felt for Max when she heard about the curse.

"I think it is my year...I think it's finally my year." He chuckles weakly showing her the blood that stains his teeth and the girl kisses him on the forehead, slightly moving the bandana and closing her eyes when a tear falls on Eddie's face.
She can't lose him, she can't. "Because I'm actually gonna graduate..."

"It's your year, Eddie. You'll graduate and...and you'll live happily. Dustin's up there waiting for you. We're gonna clear your name and..." she sigh to avoid sobbing "And...and we're gonna get out of Hawkins, I'm sure you'll make a career with your band..."
'86, his year, their year. "You left me Eddie..." Her words get confused as she dissolves into tears and sobs.
"I'm sorry...for once I wanted-I wanted to do the right thing."
"Listen, Eddie, I'm gonna get you out of here. I swear to you, we have a date..." Vivien looks at him intensely in his puppy brown eyes full of tears not poured taking his face in his hands, he is frightened. They remain silent for a few moments, looking at each other. She feels lost, as if she doesn't know what to do.

These past days had destroyed him. He felt guilty about Chrissy and everything that had happened. Vivien would just like to hug him and tell him that it wasn't his fault and that everything was going to be all right. But is it really true?

"Tell Henderson to look after those little sheep for me..."
"Eddie... Eddie, please." Vivien continues shaking her head and placing a hand on his cheek stained with blood "I beg you, I...do not leave me, you can not leave me. I'm not strong enough for this."

Sometimes things just don't work out the way we want them to.

"Did you...us, the song we played before. Did you like it?" he stutters with a waiting look on his face
"Yeah, very metal, wasn't it? We killed it." Vivien struggles to show her smile. His answer seems to have impressed him because he leans back with a satisfied smile on his face, but suddenly he winces slightly when a pungent sensation crosses his torso.

"Do you trust me?" the girl asked with a serious look on his face
"Do you trust me?" she repeats and the boy nods slightly closing his eyes.
"Because I swear on my life that you will not die in this shit-hole today. Okay?"

pt.3...