Hellfire (Eddie Munson x OC Stranger Things Fanfiction)

Chapter 25: Broken Promises

"Hey, dipshits! Give up that easy, huh?" Dustin shouts.

"Dude, what the fuck?" I shout to Dustin.

"Shh! Is that really necessary?" Eddie whispers, shutting us both up.

A thump from above makes us look up at the ceiling.

"They're on the roof," Eddie says, eyes following the noises from above.

We turn slowly on the spot, watching for any movement. Anywhere the bats could break through.

"Shit. Shit. Shit," Dustin says, following the noises down the trailer. He stops at a vent and we raise our spears. "They can't get in through there, can they?"

The head of a bat suddenly smashes through, shrieking loudly. We all yell and run at the bat with our spears, poking and stabbing at it.

"Die! Die!" Dustin screams as the bat continues shrieking, refusing to die. "Die! Die! Die!"

"Why won't these fuckers die already?" I scream, continously stabbing at the bat despite my aching arms. I see Eddie move back in the corner of my eye and grabbing his shield.

"Eddie! I need you!" Dustin yells.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Eddie yells back before running at the vent and slamming his shield into it. "Holy shit."

"Nice."

"Good thinking Munson."

"Thanks."

Eddie gives us each a high five, celebrating our success. Which, unfortunately is short lived.

"Are there any other vents?" Dustin asks, looking at Eddie worryingly.

"Oh, shit," Eddie says, running towards his room just as the demobats burst through the vent in his floor.

Eddie pushes us both back, slamming the door shut behind him. We back up, staring at the door as the bats ram themselves into it. The door already splintering.

"That's not gonna hold!"

"Let's go! Let's go!"

I push Dustin up the rope, helping him climb faster and watching him fall to the other side. I grab the rope and look back at Eddie.

"I'm right behind you love. Now go!"

I climb the rope and fall through, landing with a painful thump.

I look back at Eddie as he grips the rope in his hands, but he hesitates, looking back at his bedroom door.

Don't you dare, Munson!

"Eddie! Eddie, don't you fucking dare!" I scream, realising what he's about to do.

He cuts the makeshift rope with his spear knife, and shifts the mattress from underneath the gate in an attempt to stop us from following. He gives us one last look before bolting out of the trailer.

"Eddie!" Dustin screams after him. "Melissa, we need to do something! We can't leave him!

"I know Dustin! I have no intention of leaving him!" I say as I frantically search for something, anything to help.

I spot a chair and grab it, placing it right against the mattress.

"Melissa?"

I run back towards Eddie's room, before turning back towards the gate. I take a deep exhale and start sprinting towards the chair, using it to leap up to grab the edge of the gate. I pull myself up and fall into the Upside Down, landing on one knee, pain shooting through it. Steve made it look easier than it is.