henry creel, my love

chapter 9

it was 9:15 pm and me and henry were lying down for bed. he was reading a romance novel to me as i laid on his chest, my leg wrapped around him, me wearing only his hoodie with my favorite stuffed animal by my face, and the AC running. i could feel his heart beating and it was slowly helping me fall asleep. we heard a light knock on the door. eleven came in. "i'm...afraid of the bad men.." she said in a nervous voice. At we both looked at her and henry smiled, as well as i did. "come here el. you can sleep with us." i said smiling and henry nodded. she sat down in the middle of us and i wrapped my arm around her. "the bad men will never get you. they'd have to get through us kiddo." henry said smiling at el. you could tell it made her happy because she smiled then laid her head down gently on the pillow, closing her eyes. i smiled at henry as he stood up. "hey sweetheart i don't wanna disturb you ladies.. i'm gonna sleep on the couch okay?" he said and i looked at him concerned but nodded. i kissed his lips and he smiled.

3:35 am

"BOOM" i woke up and shot out of bed after hearing what sounded like thunder. eleven was gone, i was in some sort of dark place, i was in the bedroom I fell asleep in but it was different.. darker. i walked downstairs and henry was gone as well. i started panicking. "HENRY!! ELEVEN?" i started shouting. "they can't hear you.. allison." i heard in a really deep voice.

i spun around and my eyes widened as a tall fleshy creature stood infront of me. he was speaking to me? he.. or she? i don't know. "who.. who.." i stuttered and fell backwards as i tripped over some sort of fleshy vine on the ground. i screamed as the vine started wrapping itself around my legs and the creature got closer to me. i couldn't get my leg out of the vine. i started kicking, pushing and yelling but nothing helped. now the creature and i were inches away from each others face. "i want you to deliver a message to henry for me." he said. what? am i dreaming? what the hell does he want with henry? "tell him, he has 9 days." he said, his voice getting deeper before he stood up and walked away. "WAIT?! 9 DAYS TO DO WHAT?" i shouted but he was gone. in fact, i everything was gone. all the floating particles, the vines, the darkness. i was sitting on the downstairs floor in the same spot as i just was except i was back to normal. was i.. sleep walking? "sweetheart! are you alright?!" henry rushed to my side. he placed the back of his hand to my forehead. "oh my love, you're burning up." he said looking at me concerned. i tried to speak but no words came out. i was completely speechless.

5 hours later

"she should be awake by now eleven. do something!" i heard henry shouting but it was muffled. my vision slowly came back as my eyes fluttered open. i saw henry pacing back and forth infront of the couch. when he saw me his eyes lit up and he rushed to the side of the couch, grabbing my hand. "hey, you.." he said smiling. i gave him a small smile back. "you were sleepwalking.. do you remember anything?" i nodded slightly as my memory of what happened came back. "he.. he wanted me to tell you.." i stuttered and henry looked at me weird, eleven too. "he was some sort of.. creature and i was in this house but.. it looked, dead? almost.." i managed to get those words out. "he said.. 9 days?" i stuttered. "the upside down.." eleven whispered, her eyes wide. "what? you know where she was?" henry said running over to eleven. "yes." eleven said. i looked at her confused. "do you know who the guy i saw is.. he was like fleshy.. and tall and had a deep voice and there was.." i kept going on but eleven stopped me. "his name is vecna. me and the boys were talking about him." she said nodding. what? who..?

15 minutes later
we had the tv static going and eleven sat infront of it, with a black blindfold on. she said she could see vecna, or at least she just had to try. i was worried. i didn't want him anywhere near any of us ever again. we sat on the couch infront of her, silent. we were both looking at her even though she had the blindfold on. "i.. i see him." she stuttered. my eyes widened. "what's he doing?" henry asked. eleven didn't reply. "el?" i asked softly. she threw the blindfold off and was gasping for air. me and henry jumped back when she did. "are you okay.. what's going on ?!" i went up behind her and held her. tears ran down her cheek, she wouldn't tell me what she saw. she just shook her head and cried in my arms. i looked at henry. we both had the same worried look. what was vecna planning..