𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 || Byler

"Chapter One; The Beginning of the End"

They all looked into the ash that was Hawkins. The gates to the upside down had been opened again and collided making one huge gateway from Hawkins to the upside down. This fact was putting everyone on edge, especially Will. He wouldn't tell anyone this but he was scared. Scared about his connection to the upside down and scared he might lose everyone he cared about. Mike looked over at the smaller boy beside him and noticed the nervous look on his face."Hey it's gonna be ok, this time we'll end things for good." Mike reassured Will, which gave him a weak nod back.

"Can you still feel 001?" Eleven asked running up from where she had been standing.

"Ya and it's freaking me out. He feels weaker, but still strong enough to put up a fight." Will told her while fighting back tears. Nobody seemed noticed except Mike.

"You won't be a spy this time, right?" Johnathan asked while holding Nancy's hand and sprinting towards them.

"I- I- I- I don't kn- know." Will stuttered obviously terrified at the thought. Mike grabbed onto his hand and looked him in the eye.

"It's ok, we won't let anything happen." Mike told Will even though they both knew his words were empty. Even though Will was seconds away from breaking down out of fear, butterflies still erupted in his stomach at the touch of Mike's hand.

Will suddenly felt a pain shoot up in his head and he fell to the ground in pain.

"I know you can hear me, Will." Vecna's voice ringed in Wills ear in a low, eerie voice. "What do you want!?" Will yelled crying out. The others had knelt down beside him in concern.

"What's wrong? Are you hurting again?" Mike asked.

"It's... vecna!" Will screamed out in pain while curled up in a ball, hands to his head.

"What's going on Will? Tell us what to do baby!" Joyce called out to him.

"They can't help you now. We both know the connection we have together and there is no breaking it." Vecna's bone chilling voice echoed through Will's head. "Now let's get you where I can show you what I need you to see." Vecna continued. Before Will knew it, everything had gone black.

"What happened!? Is he alright?" Mike screamed scared.

"Will!? Can you hear me Will!?" Joyce cried.

Hopper grabbed his wrist and put a hand in front of his face.

"He's alive, just knocked out." He called out, making Joyce sigh out of relief.

"Should we get him to a hospital? What do we do!?" Johnathan cried.

"No." Eleven started.

"It has to do with Vecna, maybe the connection he has with the upside down. Doctors won't help him." Eleven told them.

"Let's get him away from the gate. Someone help me carry him to the cabin."

With that, Johnathan grabbed Will's legs and hopper grabbed his shoulders and they began to walk towards the cabin. Everyone else ran beside them, making sure everything went smoothly. Mike opens the front door and they laid Will down on the bed.

Wills pov

One second my ears were ringing uncontrollably with Vecna's voice and the next second, I was stuck in my own mind with him.

"I need to show you something." Vecna started as the area around them started to change.

"With the connection to the upside down you gained another ability. With our connection specifically you picked up the power Eleven and I have in common, just less practiced. If you join me we can work together and become powerful. They don't care about you anyways, they always neglect your feelings."

In front of him he saw flashbacks to every time he would be neglected or put to the side.

"Join me and we can make them pay. Join me and you will be accepted and appreciated." Vecna continued with convincing words.

"I will never join you! You're forgetting all the good times I've had with my friends like when Eleven would paint my nails since she didn't have max or-" I was cut off by Vecna's voice again.

"Exactly. Max wasn't there. You were the second choice like you always are. At the roller rink you stood by while Mike and Eleven made you a third wheel and then Mike blamed it on you." Vecna's voice started echoing in my head again.

"No! You're wrong! My friends care about me and I care about them. Mike apologized and made up for it! They care and I care about them. Now GET OUT OF MY HEAD." I screamed before I shot awake again.