Touch Of Death

Make it out or make it out alive?

"Ok so lovebirds have copied, Max is moving onto phase two."Erica's voice echoed

"So far so good."Robin sighed

"We're not even at the hard part yet."Steve looked at the house.

"Ok she's in, move onto phase three."Erica said after a few minutes.

Billy grabbed the walkie pressing the button, "She's in. Initiate phase three."

"Copy that. Initiating phase three."Dustin spoke through.

In the very distance, I could faintly hear 'Master of Puppets' playing.

"Ok it's working. Let's go."Nancy said when all the demobats started flying in that direction.

We walked up to the door, Steve opened it looking down, "oh shit."

"That's not good."Billy pushed past me standing next to Steve, the two awfully close.

Steve went in, hopping around almost falling.

"Shit."

Robin and Nancy went in next, me and Billy right behind them.

We got to the top of the stairs, passing each other our weapons, when the ground started shaking.

Steve grabbed onto the other two while Billy held me close.

We all stood up, but Robin looked terrified, suddenly she was brought to the floor then slammed against a wall.

"Steve! Nancy!"she screamed while we all started attacking the vines.

But Steve and Billy got slammed into the opposite wall getting tangled up in the vines.

One of the vines wrapped around mine and Nancy's legs taking us to the ground, we both tried crawling away but it didn't work.

We were all tied to the walls, our airways closing.

"Bea! Are you okay?"Billy choked out

"Does it look like I'm okay?"I gasped

After awhile, the vines started to hiss and slither away dropping all of us, Billy immediately grabbed me making sure I was okay while we all coughed.

"I don't believe in higher power, or dimensions, but that was a miracle."Robin smiled

"Then we better not waste it."I said standing up, cocking the gun.

"Phase four."Steve said

"Flambe."Billy put his hand on my waist.

We walked into the attic, and there floated Vecna in all his glory.

Robin set the bag of bottles down, we each grabbed one not taking our eyes off him.

I held mine to Robin, she lit it, I retracted my arm, throwing it at vecna as hard as I could.

It hit him sending him into flames, the veins started detaching themselves, he fell to the ground yelling loudly.

He looked up at us, Billy grabbed my hand, he stood up slowly, still in flames.

Robin lit another throwing it at him.

Nancy and I looked at each other nodding, walking towards him aiming the gun at him, firing it.

We both kept shooting him, he was getting closer to the wall.

I shot him once making him fall to his knees, he got back up yelling. We both shot him sending him flying out the window.

I pulled the gun away from my face, looking at Nancy.

We all ran downstairs and outside, just to find him gone.

Billy groaned loudly, throwing his spear down.

We all turned around when a chime went off behind us, it chimed four times.

"Four chimes."Robin said

"Max."I whispered

Suddenly the ground started shaking, Billy grabbed onto my tightly.

He wasn't saying anything, but he was definitely whimpering.

He buried his face into my neck while we all found something to hold onto.

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"Dustin! Where's Eddie and Matt?"I yelled the boy who was slowly limping towards us.

He just looked down, stopping a few inches away from me.

I stared at him waiting for an answer.

"Dustin? Where's my brother?"my voice raised, I ducked my head trying to see his face, Steve grabbed his shoulder lightly shaking it.

"Their gone."he whispered

"Gone? What do you mean their gone did they not come back with you?"I asked getting closer to him.

"Bea,"Nancy mumbled, taking a step forward.

"Eddie sacrificed himself for the town, and Matt sacrificed himself for Eddie."he mumbled

I stared at him with wide eyes, my hands began shaking.

"So where are they?"

"By Eddie's trailer. Surrounded my dead bats."

"So what? Do we need to go get them?"

"No, there's nothing to get."he shook his head, the tears finally pouring down his face.

"But-"

"Their dead! Eddie and Matt are dead okay?"he yelled, Steve engulfed him in a hug.

I stared at the ground, my whole body shaking, my vision becoming blurry.

Billy pulled me into a tight hug, holding my head close to his chest while I sobbed into his hair.

"No, no no no. They can't be, they- they can't- they can't be gone. They- they just can't be,"I sobbed, sniffling.

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"Hey kiddo,"I mumbled, approaching James who was sitting in the back of an ambulance, a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.

"Where's Matt?"he asked, staring at his dangling feet.

"Matt, ugh, he um. Matt, didn't make it."

"Make it out or make it out alive?"he asked

"Alive."

He looked up at me, his eyes getting glossy, he stared at me, his face breaking down. Then with one cry/cough everything came loose, all the tears came out. I hugged him tightly.

"Hey, you guys ok?"Billy walked over to the ambulance next to us, which had Lucas and Erica in the back.

"I guess."they mumbled

"Where's Max?"

The two looked at each other, than at Billy.

"The hospital."

"Why? Didn't our plan work?"

"Billy, she died."Erica said, making Lucas send her a look, "what? It's just the facts."