Kas Out of Hell

Chapter two

The four of you stood there in shock, Robina jaw was dropped opens, Steve's brows were firmly pulled together and Dustin had a look of sadness on his face that you had never quite seen before.

You all backed up even further, the ground giving way more and more.. the sink hole expanding at an alarming rate.

The sound of something zipping through the air caught all our attention, looking around in confusion for the source of the sound. "Look!" Dustin stutters, pointing towards the centre of the void,

You watch along with your friends as Eddie shoots out of the sink hole at lightning speed, coming to an abrupt stop mid air and just... floating there.

"Eddie," you whisper in fear, having a feeling you know what's coming next. You're about to see his bones break one by one, his eyes get sucked into his skull.. you're about to watch him die.

It's silent among all of you as you watch in horror, no amount of screams can get Eddie's attention or out of the trance he's in.

Eddie's arms are open wide, his head hanging down - like he's forming a cross with his body.

All the four of you can do is watch.. wait. There's no possible way to get to him, not with out you all dying too.

Slowly, you began to hear a faint sound.. one you could only compare to flesh being torn and shredded apart. It slowly got louder and louder, then beginning to echo through out Hawkins as Eddie's head shot up, eyes open and letting out a blood curdling scream.

The lightning in the clouds above providing a source of light to Eddie's body, hearing him scream and the faint sounds of bones breaking.. yet nothing was visibly breaking that you could see.

You didn't feel alive in this moment, it didn't feel real.. watching your fiancé die a slow painful death, not being able to stop it.. just.. watching.

As the thunder rumbles and black smoke seeps out of the sink hole, the four of you let out a scream of horrors yourself.

Seeing extremely long, thin bones with sharp edges protrude out of Eddie's back. "HELP ME!" He screams, feeling every ounce of pain being inflicted upon him.

They almost look like...

The lightning strikes, the bones expanding behind him still attached to him and seeing thin, fragile skin connected between each and every bone.

"Jesus Christ!" You scream in terror, falling backwards on your ass from what you were witnessing "Those are fucking wings!"

They flap up and down slowly as Eddie groans in pain, his body wincing and as he looked at the four of you to help, his amber brown eyes flooded with black and red, his mouth opening wide as long, sharp fangs broke through his canine teeth.

The tears in his shirt that showed his many scars from the demobats in the upside down, those scars were now fading away until they were completely gone.

Eddie reaches behind his back into nothingness, in one swift moment he draws a sword.. where did that come from?

It looked Victorian almost, glowing an ice blue and flickering with any and all sounds of Hawkins caving away. Daggers shoot instead of quillons on the cross guard, the grip handle long and having the head of a bat attached to it.

A twisted smile curls up on his face, this was not Eddie anymore.. that much you were sure of.

What the fuck was going on?

None of you could make any sound, you were all too scared and trying to anticipate what was next.

You all jump back in sync as much like Eddie, Max shoots up out of the sink hole.. hovering beside Eddie up in the sky.

Every time the thunder rumbled or lightning struck, it was almost like little flashes appearing before your eyes of Max taking on Vecnas being.

You'd see Henry, then he'd turn into Vecna and then into Max. Almost like she was glitching or a hologram.

"All hail lord Vecna," the disgruntled, deep voice seeped out of Max's lips, but it wasn't Max. The vines that were slowly emerging from the upside down into your Hawkins twist with every breath Vecna takes.

"And Kas.." an inhumanly long finger points to Eddie "The destroyer!" The voice booms so loud that the surrounding buildings in Hawkins begin to crumble. Sending chills down your spine and the hairs on your arms standing up.

"I think now would be a good time to run," Steve whispers shakily in shock,

"Tell Eleven.." the voice is raspy and drawn out "We are waiting," God you hate that voice, hate it, hate it.

"Yeah uh will do, we are just gonna.." Dustin motions behind him but just as fast as Eddie and Max.. or Kas and Vecna shot out of the sink hole, they disappeared right back into it.

"Okay, now run!" Robin screams, Steve helping you up and holding your waste to keep you up and running as the four of you feel like your whole bodies are numb from what you just witnessed.

"WHY DOES HE HAVE WINGS?" You scream out, realization hitting you as the four of you reach the entry point you had used to enter Hawkins "His eyes.." you're trembling as you speak "The fangs.." you see little flashes in your mind,

"The sword was pretty cool," Steve huffs, out of breath as you glare at him - your hand hitting the back side of his head "Sorry!" He shouts, realizing it's probably the worst time for any amount of humour.

"How the hell are we going to fight that? Those.. things?" Robin asks, hands on her knees as she breathes heavily "Usually I have some idea but guys.. I don't know this time." Dustin leans up against a tree to catch his breath.

"Let's get to the car, regroup." Steve nods "What! We can't just leave them.." you start to turn back towards the sink hole as Steve grabs onto you "They're gone! That's not Max or Eddie anymore!" He yells in fear. Terrified you're going to do something stupid that puts your life at risk as well.

You can't help but cry, more so.. violently sob. Two people you cared about beyond words... gone. Just like that. "I'm sorry," Steve whispers quietly, knowing everyone is on edge and he snapped a little.

"Okay, let's go. Let's figure this out." You nod to Steve's earlier statement of returning to the car.

You look back before heading further through the woods, a deep red glow taking over Hawkins now.

Were you in Hawkins or the upside down? There didn't seem to be much difference between the two anymore.