KAS The Bloody Handed

Can He Be Saved?

Your POV

You could hear a strange creaking noise, like the Warehouse was warning you that something was coming. You all stood up; El had her hand out in front of her, ready for a fight.
The door the furthest away from you creaked open... and ever so casually Eddie strolled in. You noticed his eyes first... they weren't hard to miss... they were like a demons eyes; pitch black and full of hatred. You could feel the anger and hate emanating off him.
You all brace yourselves.
"I could snap every single one of you in half before you even have a second to think" he proudly said, his words echoing across the room, "I'll give you one chance to run".
You all stayed rooted to the spot, united as one, ready to fight to the death.. if that's what it came to.
In true villain style, Eddie decided to tell you his plan.
"I'm going to kill El first, ya know.. the powerful one. Then I'm going to hunt each and every one of you down... one by one. You won't see it coming. You will wish for a quick, painless death.. but you will not receive it. I will make torture look like a walk in the par-" he was suddenly cut off. El had him suspended up in the air before he could finish.
You watch in fear as Eddie let out a disturbing laugh.
"You won't be able to hold me long Eleven... I learned a few things about myself recently" he smirked directly at her. You could see his hand twitching as he was trying to break free. You watched nervously as he managed to bring his hand up in front of him. He blasted what felt like a forceful gust of wind towards you and sent you all flying backwards. Multiple thuds, followed by a chorus of grunts and groans is all you could make out. You felt dizzy and disorientated.
"How are you doing this?" Seethed El, struggling to keep her hold on Eddie.
"You see, you're not the only one with gifts love," he grinned, "apparently, we are quite similar you and I".
"You're nothing like me! You are using Vecnas power, a cheap imitation" El yelled back.
"Eddie please! You don't have to do this, it's US, your friends!" Yelled Dustin. His words fell upon deaf ears. You realised that this was it. You were going to die, at the hands of your undead boyfriend. Did you care? No... not really. You would rather be dead than live without him anyway. A calm spread through your body as acceptance took over. You looked over at Eddie and said what you thought would be your last words - "I love you Eddie, goodbye".

Eddie glanced in your direction and must have been distracted for a second. El managed to blast him across the room, then back again. She lifted him high up in the air and threw him down with such force that you're sure you heard bones crunch. He seemed out of sorts.Within a split second she had some kind of funky necklace locked around his neck.
"Quickly guys! Help me tie him up!" She screamed at everyone.
Steve, Mike and Robin jumped up and started rushing around Eddie with the Nylon rope. Eddie had come to his senses and was trying to (bite?) them. Makes sense. Vampire. El placed her hands on either side of his head and started sending memories to him.
"What are you doing?!" He screamed. It was like he'd forgotten she'd done this before. It seemed to cause him pain. He started screaming.
"EL STOP!" you shout, heart hammering in your chest "YOU'RE HURTING HIM!"
El didn't stop. You knew she was using a lot of power as she was bleeding not only from her nose, but her eyes too. Eddie slumped over. You rushed over to him and feel for a pulse.. then feel instantly stupid as he's undead.
"He's just knocked out.. for now," El whispered as she fell to the floor, clearly exhausted, "but that power... it felt... different".
You all banded together and sat close to Eddie. It was decided that once El had recovered enough, she was going to send thoughts and memories to him whilst he was unconscious in the hopes that when he came to, he would be the Eddie he was before returning to the Upside Down. She was also going to try and dive into his memories to see what happened in the three days he was gone. Anything, to try and help you bring him back.

Eddie's POV

Eddie was sat at Lovers Lake with Y/N. They were tracing the clouds with their fingers, making out silly shapes and laughing... living so carefree. Eddie looked over at Y/N... she looked so beautiful. How did he get so lucky? She has such a kind soul, so full of love and happiness. Y/N caught him looking and playfully threw a grape at him. It hit Eddie straight in the eye, but he laughed all the same. Rubbing his eye to get rid of the pain, he noticed a blurry figure about fifteen feet away from Y/N. Eleven? She wasn't supposed to be here... she had moved away. Eddie hadn't even met her yet but knew who she was... strange.
"Eleven? What are you doing here?" He asked, a heavy feeling weighing on his chest. He glanced back over at Y/N, but she had disappeared. Oh no. This was a dream. How can he be dreaming? That's something new...
"You need to come with me Eddie, we have something you need to do" El said so calmly.
El wasn't sure how Eddie was able to respond to her in his memories.. but nothing much shocked her these days.
El took Eddie's hand, much to his surprise and led him towards the Lake.
"We going swimming?" He asked amused.
El didn't say a word.. they just carried on walking into the Lake. When they got to chest height, El stopped.
"Do you trust me?" She questioned. Eddie wasn't sure what to say. He felt like he knew her, and could trust her... but this whole scenario was weird. He felt like his whole world was about to be turned upside down and he wasn't sure if he wanted that. More than anything, he wanted to go back to the lakes edge, lay down with Y/N and pretend like the rest of the world didn't exist. He knew that's not how dreams work and was sure he didn't really have control over what happened, so he simply nodded.
"We need to go under" El stated. With that, Eddie held onto both of El's hands and they thrust themselves underneath the water. If it wasn't for them holding hands, Eddie would've freaked out. He remembered the last time he was in this water... going somewhere he didn't want to go. Where was it? He wasn't sure... he just felt terrified. Was he supposed to be feeling scared? Something at the back of his mind told him that he was stronger than this... much stronger than he thought. With that in mind, he encouraged himself to be brave and just take on whatever lie ahead... no matter how scary, upsetting or awful.
When he opened his eyes he was in the Upside Down... standing directly in front of Vecna. He looked to his left and saw El standing confidently beside him. Well this was odd... surely Vecna would've killed us both by now?
"I need some true understanding of myself, my task, and my travels" he heard a familiar voice say. He glanced down, and what he saw completely befuddled him. He was looking at himself. Confusion spread throughout his body as he shot El a questioning look. She looked back at him with clarity.. "we need to understand what's happened to you... so we can help you" she whispered.
Eddie turned back towards hisself and watched. He watched as Vecna belittled him, telling him that he was pathetic. That he had failed. More confusion as Eddie wondered what he'd failed... and why he was even talking to this monster... didn't Vecna ki-kill him? Oh shit. It suddenly clicked. This wasn't a dream, this was his memories. Memories he'd forgotten, being brought to the surface... to save him? What did he need saving from?
He looked at El again, and she gestured for him to sit down on the floor next to her.
"Best get comfortable, this isn't going to be pleasant... for either of us" she uttered unenthusiastically.