Black Beauty- Steve HarringtonxOC

Chapter 5

Filly wishes she had eaten all three of those eggs. Sure she may have gotten sick, but she may have been just fine. When she asks where they've gone, Dustin orders them not to tell her.

"I am going... over there," she tells them, standing from the bleachers. The three are huddled around El, rubbing the towel to dry her and to warm her up. El has everything she needs and she doesn't need Filly.

Filly needs to do something. She has always been frail, but she can be an asset, too. She can help.

Jonathan is walking out the door to follow the two adults that leave. Filly goes as close to the blue double doors as she can, trying to listen. She can't hear a thing through the thick wood, so instead she watches.

She watches Joyce hug her son. Hopper stands by the open door of his truck. She watches their teeth move apart. They are speaking. Joyce pushes off of Jonathan, rushing to the other side of the chief's car. The hulking metal thing pulls back, driving away with its skeletal passengers aboard

He shifts from one foot to the other, weight pressing down on his ankles. She sees him turn around and reenter the building.

The teen boy walks closer to the girl in the hallway. He slides down the wall to sit next to Nancy.

"We have to go back to the station," she states.

"What?"

"Your mom and Hopper are just walking in there like bait. That thing is still in there. And we can't just sit here and let it get them, too. We can't."

"You still wanna try it out?"

"I want to finish what we started. I want to kill it." Their skeletons only stand after Nancy's last utterance, making for the outer doors. Filly lets go of the sight, deciding that in front of her is her opportunity. Her chance to help. She slips through the doors, one final glance at the little group that brought her out of her shell. She can help them by not being here, by fighting this monster.

"Wait!" she cries, letting the doors swing shut. The two taller teens turn back to her. Jonathan replies to her with a touch of nervousness.

"Filly? What's up?"

"I-I can help. I can see for you. I can watch out for you. Let me come."

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It hadn't taken much convincing on her part. Filly is grateful for that.

The car is not like any she remembers. She only remembers a few, none as dingy or dented as Jonathan's, but she sits herself in the backseat without complaint.

The car rumbles when it starts, clunking off the lot before it gets smoother on the paved road. Nancy is the first to speak. "We're going to the police station. The boys, earlier they said you have, like, x-ray vision. Is that true?"

"Yes. I can see through many things when I look." Filly doesn't see why they would lie about such a thing.

The car clunks again when Jonathan hits a pothole. "Really?" he says, turning back for just a second to take her in. "I don't know." It is one thing to hear about the two girl's powers and another thing entirely to truly believe it.

"I used them just now. You followed Joyce and Hopper outside. Hopper went to the truck." At this moment, Jonathans eyes widen. Unless she was out there with them, she couldn't have know that. "Joyce hugged you, then went with him." Filly doesn't understand the trepidation. She simpy wants to aid the two teens. Jonathan and Nancy glance at each other, but quickly break the stare.

Nancy shifts in her seat, looking back at Filly. "Let's get back on track. We're going to the station, right? We have to sneak in. Can you watch our backs? See where the people in the station are so we can sneak by?"