Word count: 1588
She runs out to the field and sees the party plus Max Mayfield trying to shake Will awake. She pushes Mike out of the way and grabs his shoulder, which were ice cold, before being flung back towards the school.
"Rose!" Lucas and Max both yell.
The Upside Down starts mixing into her vision of the real world as the two get closer.
El, what do I do!
When she doesn't respond, the girl huffs and gets back up while her entire surroundings turn into the Upside Down.
"Will!" she yells, running to the black smoke cloud replacing the spot where Will was in the real world. "Will!"
Fire
"If you say so El." she mutters, heating her body temperature to an unnatural level before lighting a flame in her hand. She walks into the storm and pushes until she finds Will.
"Will, come on bud, wake up." she says, putting her hands on his shoulders again.
His eyes open then he disappears.
"Well that's just fucking great." she mutters, the storm going away as soon as he leaves. "El! El, how do I get out!?"
She paces for a bit until, finally, her head starts pounding again and she's back in the real world. She's surrounded by the whole party except Will and Joyce, who presumably went home after everything.
"Ro, what happened?" Lucas asks.
"Why didn't that happen to me?" Mike asks.
"Did you see anything?" Dustin asks.
"Guys!" Max yells, turning to the girl after they all shut up. "Are you okay Brenner?"
Rose groans and touches the back of her head, pulling bloody fingers in front of her after feeling something warm there.
"I'll fix it when I get to Steve's, I'll be fine." she says. "Mayfield, I'm taking you home."
"Can you drive like this?" Dustin asks, helping her stand up.
"I don't think that's smart Ro." Mike says, walking up beside her quickly.
"Rose..." Lucas sighs.
"Boys." she sighs at their worry. "I've. Been. Through. Worse."
"Rose." Lucas says. "You promised me that you wouldn't leave us."
"Lucas, I'm fine, nothing is going to take me away from you that easily." she says. "Max, I'll meet you in my car."
She leaves the party to talk while walking over to her car. She opens the trunk of her car and grabs the first aid kit to stop the bleeding a bit. As she is finishing wrapping her head in bandages, Max is walking over, angerly.
"You alright Mayfield?" she asks as the red head throws her board into the back seat before sitting in the front.
The girl glares at her for a moment before her eyes soften at the bandages. Rose sighs and shuts the trunk of the car before joining her in the car.
"What are they hiding from me?" Max asks as Rose starts driving away. "Do you know?"
"Sorry kid, they signed NDAs." Rose sighs. "They physically can't tell you."
"What about you?" she asks.
"Personal reasons." she responds, looking at the redhead on her right. "But I'll see what I can answer."
YOU ARE READING
Every Rose Has Its Thorns (Harrington x OC)
FanfictionThirteen ran. She ran as fast as she could away from these... things. Even after five years in this god forsaken place, she had no name for these creatures. Creatures with no defining features other than that they have no defining features, whose...
