HAVEN - stranger things.

xxi. TRAUMA.

xxi. wendy's demise!

the car ride to the creel house was tense and silent, everyone in their heads about the plan of action. wendy had already replaced the batteries in the walkman, she wanted no accidents to happen. if she said that she wasn't nervous, she would be lying.

wendy was in charge of erica, lucas, and max. she thought that they had a pretty good chance of surviving, but she couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen from her gut. any traces of optimism that she had in her body left the second that the mobile home stopped in front of the creel house.

erica was the first to step down, then lucas, max followed behind, each of them had lanterns in their hands. wendy began to step down, but felt a hand pull her back. turning around and having her lantern clatter, wendy was greeted by her boyfriend.

"come back to me, carmichael." steve stared down at his girlfriend. he was scared shitless about wendy's fate, but he knew that he had to trust her.
"always. i always will." wendy nodded.

steve didn't want to let her go, he pulled her into a hug. wendy wrapped an arm around his body, she felt like something was different about this time that steve embraced her.
"i love you." he whispered in her ear.

wendy pulled out of the embrace, staring steve in his eyes.
"i love you too. everything is going to be okay." she offered him a smile.

wendy stepped down the stairs on the rv, closing the door behind her. she sighed as they drove off, feeling her heart sink in her chest. she knew that she had to stay brave for erica, lucas, and max. wendy's nike clad feet walked up the concrete steps as she stood behind max mayfield and in between erica and lucas.

the group silently approached the house, wendy feeling her heart rate increase with every step that they took.

it was then that she knew—her life was about to change completely.

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

the blue glow from the lantern illuminated wendy's face as she stepped throughout the house, attempting to find vecna. the voice of freddie mercury sang to her through the headphones of the walkman. somehow, 'somebody to love' was not enough to distract her from the thought that a failed attempt to kill max would result in her death.

the floorboards creaked gently below her, verse two was starting. wendy knew that she would die for max mayfield, yet the thought of dying without saying goodbye to her family was bone-chilling to her. her parents nor susie would know about the truth behind her death. wendy sighed, trying to rid her mind of the thoughts.

she jumped as she felt a tap on her shoulder, it was erica and lucas. erica held a sign that said 'found vecna'. nodding, wendy followed behind the siblings as they all went to retrieve max.

the four walked towards the room where erica had found vecna. the lantern buzzed loudly, glowing brightly in the darkened room. erica scribbled on the notepad, turning it to lucas and wendy.

'phase one?'

lucas looked towards wendy, who nodded. lucas agreed and nodded along with wendy, both of them giving erica the green light. erica rushed out of the house, off to signal the other group that they could continue with the plan.