Three Worlds Collide

Chapter Fifteen

[Warning: Depictions of Violence, Depictions of Death, Character Death, Angst]

March 26-27, 1986

~Eddie and Steve's POV~

It was as if she stopped moving and talking, Eddie feels fear take hold of him when he turns his attention to see the same milky eyes and expression upon his beloved's face that Chrissy had before she was killed by Vecna. Steve begins to shake her by the shoulders, "Y/n, Y/n, wake up.", his voice conveys the same fear Eddie is feeling. They can hear shouting coming from the other side of the pulsating fissure above them, the kids and Y/n's cousin are terrified as to what may happen to Y/n. "Please wake up.", Eddie's voice cracks with an untold amount of emotion, he doesn't want to go through this again, he doesn't want to lose one of his loves. Tears threaten to spill over as the two young men try their hardest to wake Y/n despite their fears of losing her. She means too much to them for them to lose her now, they were speaking of their futures together not too long ago, and the prospect of losing part of that future now looms over their heads.

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~Y/n's POV~

The images that swirl through my mind drive my fear up tenfold as I hear Vecna go on and on about himself and what he has planned for Hawkins. I cry as I watch visions of my friends and family lay before me dead, the image of Eddie and Steve laying there lifeless before my eyes fills me with a dread and sadness that I cannot even begin to explain. "S...Steve, Eds.", I whimper out in my fear and anguish. I hear his laughter fill my ears before my vision clears. I come back to see and feel Eddie and Steve fussing over me, I collapse in the pair's arms as sobs wrack my entire body. "We got you ladybug.", the sound of Steve's voice makes me cry harder and I bury my face into his neck, my hold on Eddie's hands tightens.

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I rub my hands together anxiously, fresh tears fill my eyes as I try to find the words to say, I look up to meet everyone's sad and concerned eyes while wiping my eyes. "He um....showed me what he is going to do to Hawkins.", I try to say in an even tone. I bite my lower lip softly, I then take a shaky breath, "Everyone...everyone was dead, I saw it all.", my bottom lip trembles and a tear falls down my cheek as my gaze meets Steve and Eddie's worried fear-filled gazes, "You were all dead, gone and I couldn't do anything about it.", I let a soft sob escape my mouth. Eddie runs his hand through his hair nervously, Steve places his head into his hands after I fall silent, "He told me Max's sacrifice is what he needs to bring himself to our world, all four gates will become one giant one for him and his monsters. An army of them.", I explain after a few moments of silence.

One of the younger kids try to argue with me about what I have seen, I shake my head, "No, no, this wasn't the Upside Down Hawkins, this was our Hawkins. Here, our home.", I tell them. "Four chimes.", Max finally speaks up from where she is standing, we all agree it is Vecna's clock. "Four kills, four gates, end of the world.", she states after she comments that Vecna had been telling us his plan all along. Dustin moves quickly, moving his hands erratically as he shouts for us to try calling Mike and Eleven in California. Max groans frustrated after a few moments, "Nothing, rang a few times, then it went busy.", she explains. The others begin to bicker, claiming maybe she put the number in wrong to which Max barks back that she didn't.