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"What exactly were you all doing at the lake? Chief Powell asks, or whatever his name is. "Uh... Dustin began. "It's comp-" "We were... We were just going for a walk, Max interrupts. I nodded. "A walk? The officer says. "At 9:00 PM?"

"To the lake, Dustin replies nervously. Lying to them was the best option right now, even if it felt not so good. "We were gonna... take a little swim, Little night swim." "Dusty... Mrs. Henderson speaks worriedly. "Someone was just murdered there."

"Yeah, we... we didn't realize that until we got there, Dustin lied. I kept quiet for good purposes, he seemed to be doing fine on his own. "That's why we didn't swim, Lucas pipes in. Mrs. Wheeler asks, "And Nancy, was she with you at this night swim?"

"No, Both Me and Max say but Dustin blurts, "Yes. Uh...We're not sure. She was there, then she left. It's all a little confusing." "-That's when you guys came, Lucas lies. "Right. Then they dared me to say what I said, Max says.

"Oh, yeah."

"About the killer."

Me being quiet, they were eyeing me suspiciously, Mrs. Wheeler looked worried, i understood.  "You're lucky you didn't get shot, Ted says.  "Have you had any contact with Eddie? Powell asks. Of course, knew he would ask that.

"That psycho... freak killer? Dustin replies. "God, no, Nope. Absolutely not." 

"No, We haven't heard from him." 

"We barely know the guy."

"Who?"

Erica pipes in."Oh, that's a bunch of bull." "Erica! Her parents exclaim. "I mean, you realize they're lying, Erica adds. "The whole couch is on fire."

"Erica."

"Just the facts."

"Are you lying to these policemen, Dusty? Mrs. Henderson asks. Dustin replies, "No." Mr. Sinclair replies, "Lying to cops is a crime, son." "I'm not lying! Lucas insists. "The fire is consuming us, Erica said. 

"Threaten them with a little jail time, Maybe that'll loosen their lips, Ted suggests. I roll my eyes, I never liked Mike's Dad, but i doubt anyone liked him. "Okay... Dustin begins. 

"You wanna send our kids to jail?"

"We need to take this seriously."

"He didn't mean it like that!"

They continued bickering, kind of funny seeing. Powell then yelled, "Shut up!"  His yelling luckily stops the adults from bickering. "We're gonna try a more civilized approach, Powell says. "One at a time."

I softly groan. He points to Me."You first." "Wait, what? Why me? Max asks. "Follow Me, Powell tells her. "I'm not even in Hellfire, She defends. But gets up anyway. I sighed. this would be a while. 

I dismiss myself to the restroom, it might help me calm down if i wash my face or something. Entering the restroom, I close the door, starting to wash my face with water. Well, I kind of just was splashing my face several times. 

Then something changed. Oh my god, When would Vecna give up? If he was trying to kill me, he better get it over and done with. Seriously tiring. 

"(y/n)..."

It was his Vecna voice, so not his human form. Oh perfect, just perfect. In the middle of police questioning us, just wonderful timing. I turn. I knew i where i was. Still in the wheelers house, but more terrifying. 

There, in front of me. Vecna. In his creepy form, not the beautiful, angelic form. Where could I even go? I rush info Mikes room unintentionally. I smile, looking in his room. It definitely changed.

 "Poor (Y/N)... Vecna said mockingly. "He'll never love you back." I scoffed. "You're late to the party, I've moved on from him!" Now, it stung only a very tiny bit. But it was nice enough we were friends. 

But why didn't his room change if i knew it did? It still seemed to be stuck in 1983. Confused, I kept looking. Vecna disappeared but He'd be back. I knew he would. Yet still stuck here. Some people were yelling in my mind, telling me to wake up. But this time, i worn out my favorite song, no positive memory to help me.

Not one i could think of on the top of my head. Suddenly, I hit the wall. See, he was back. I was trapped. Shit. This time, I felt less terrified since he was in 001 form once more. "Don't be afraid, He smiled."I'm not going to hurt you, 010."

I knew i was shaking when he celled me by the number on my wrist. "What...are you going to do? I ask nervously. He chuckles, before I know it, I'm back to reality. My friends were surrounding me. 

 "Oh thank fucking god, Dustin sighs of relief. Max hugs me."This keeps happening, more to you than me. Why?" "I'm not sure, I reply. "Come on, Dustin tells me."We figured out some stuff. There's bikes."

"Is that it?"

"No. We just have to sneak off."

We managed to get on the bikes, Erica with us too. She would be very useful. I heard the police yell, seeing the parents from behind the bike. I smile, before we raced off. 

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Honestly, I didn't know why he let me go. He must be planning something. For now, I'll never know. Jesus, Hawkins has the worst police department, i swear. We continued biking. I still didn't know what was going on, or what the plan was. Not yet, at least. 

Of course, I was getting tired of biking. Even though we didn't bike for too long so far. Once we got there, We got off the bikes. I sighed, entering Eddie's empty trailer with everyone else. "I wonder where his Uncle is? I blurt. Dustin shrugs. 

"Holy shit."

We look up, seeing the new gate. There was one here! Where Chrissy died! My eyes widened. Then, We heard movement. Quickly, it broke or something, opening the gate. Dustin laughed."Hi there."

"Hi."

"Hi."

Dustin continues laughing. I her Robin say, "Holy shit, this is trippy." Dustin exclaims, "Bada-bada-boom!" We were in celebration mode. However, My deepest thoughts were being read every second, his voice still, somehow in my mind.

I couldn't get him out. Still so much stronger. Even more than before. Possibly extremely more powerful.