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EPISODE NINE the piggyback.
SHE WOKE up to herself being carried somewhere, she knew it was vecna, however she was too tired and slightly weak to move.
he dropped her on the floor against the window, using his powers to have the vines lift her up into the air, her body was limp and she could barely open her eyes.
"papa is dead!" eleven called out, vecna turned to her with a dark look. "i know what he did to you. you were different. like me. and he hurt you. he made you...into this. he is the monster, henry. not you."
"you're right. you and i, we are different. and papa did hurt me. but he was no monster. he was just a man. an ordinary, mediocre man. that is why he sought greatness in others. in you. and me. hmm?" he reached up to wipe a tear from eleven cheek.
"but in the end...he could not control us. he could not shape us. he could not change us! do you not see, eleven? he did not make me into this. you did." he spoke and eleven widened her eyes.
"at first, i believed you had sent me to my death. to purgatory. but i was wrong. i was somewhere new. i became an explorer. an explorer of a realm unspoiled by mankind. i saw so many things...and one day, i found the most extraordinary thing of all. something that would change everything." he began to explained as eleven watched with wide eyes, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"i saw a means to realise my potential. to transcend my human form. to become the predator i was always born to be."
"it was you. always you." eleven whispered in realisation. "all i needed was someone to open the door. and you did that for me. without even realising it. didn't you? and when you did realise, you chose to resist. so i sought a means to open my own doors. i sought...your power. so, don't you see? once again, you have freed me."
"no." eleven whispered, "you don't have to do this. you can still stop this! please let her go." she begged, he tilted his head.
"it is over, eleven. your friends have lost." eleven let out a sob at his words, and nova blinked slowly, before her eyes closed again.
"there is nothing...nothing you can do to stop this now. hawkins will burn and fall. and remake it into something...beautiful. there was a time when i had hoped to have you by my side. but now, i just want you to watch." he spoke before walking away.
he made his way towards nova, who was blinking slowly, staring at her feet as she sensed him coming toward her. she whimpered slightly as she faced him, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"please don't." she whispered, small sobs escaping her lips as he hushed her, "don't be afraid. try and stay very still."
"no," she struggled, gasping for air as tears blurred her vision, "it will all be over soon."
