Trapped

Dear Billy

Robin and Nancy ran into the school. They meet Lyn, Steve, Dustin, and Max in the hallway. "What happened?" Robin asked out of breath.

"Max is connected to Vecna too. He gave her a vision and she is leading us to it." Dustin explained while they followed the redhead.

"She saw a Grandfather's clock. I have heard one in my visions." Lyn rubs her arms, having chills from the thought that someone saw every part of herself that she tried to hide.

Max leads them to a dead end and flashes her light on the wall. "It was here. Right here."

"A grandfather clock?" Nancy asked.

"It was so real?" She stares at the wall. "And then, when I got closer, suddenly I just... I woke up."

"It was just like Lyn on the road. She was in a trance or something. Exactly what Eddie said happened to Chrissy." Dustin feared that his friend and sister were next on Vecna's list.

"That's not even the bad part." Max turns around to walk to the guidance counselor's office.

"Max, don't just leave us on a cliffhanger," Dustin whines as they follow her.

She opens the folder to flip through the pages. "Fred and Chrissy, they went to Miss Kelley for help. They were both having headaches, bad headaches that wouldn't go away." Robin pulled the papers closer so she could read them. "Then, the nightmares... trouble sleeping. They'd wake up in cold sweats. Then they started seeing things, bad things from their past. These visions just kept getting worse and worse until eventually, everything ended."

"Vecna's curse." Robin looks up at her.

"Chrissy's headache started a week ago. Fred's six days ago. I've been having them for five days." Max tears up.

"How many days has it been for you?" Nancy asked Lyn.

"It's been four days," Steve answered for her when she didn't. She was staring at the folder, seeing the patterns so clearly.

"I don't know how long I have. All I know is that Fred and Chrissy, they both died less than 24 hours after their first vision. And I just saw that goddamn clock, so... looks like I'm going to die tomorrow." She had so much she wanted to make right before then.

"If yesterday counted as a vision, then that would mean I'm dying today." Lyn let out a bitter laugh. The sound of a door opening put them on edge. "Shit, what if it's those assholes? What if they saw your car and came to find me?" She didn't need to deal with stupid jocks.

"Stay, I'll look." Steve grabs a tall floor lamp before heading out.

"He will use any tall thing as a weapon." Lyn follows him out with everyone.

They let out a scream when someone ran around the corner. "It's me. It's me." Lucas put up his hands, not wanting Steve to hit him.

"Lucas?" Lyn let out a breath of relief.

"Yes, it's me." He pants.

"What is wrong with you, Sinclair?" Steve yelled.

"I'm sorry." He didn't mean to scare them.

"I could've taken you out with this lamp." He shook it.

"I'm sorry, guys. I was biking for eight miles. Give me a second...shit." He put up his pointer finger. "I got a code red."

"Shit, you got one. We have one." Lyn felt like she couldn't catch a break.

"I've been with Jason, Patrick, and Andy. They have gone off the rails. They're trying to catch Eddie and they think Lyn knows where he is." He turned to her. "You're in terrible danger."