Vine Blood (Stranger Things Fanfic)

Chapter Four - Interrogation

Vine faded away.

The door to Billy's cell burst open. 

Three tall men in white coats came up to him. 

Billy tried to defend himself. 

Managed to punch one of them in the jaw. 

But these men were skilled in handling non co-operating prisoners or test subjects. 

Before long they had Billy pressed up against the wall, handcuffed, 

They dragged him from his cell to a larger room with a two sided view mirror, a table, two silver chairs, an a woman ready to greet him, dressed in a black suit. 

The men slammed Billy into one of the chairs, put restraints on his arms and legs then left the room leaving Billy with the unknown woman. 

"Good afternoon Mr.Hargrove my name is Mrs. J. Ruperts, i am the main operator at this lab and i will be asking you some questions today is this okay?"

Looking frantically around Billy did not answer. 

An electric shock ran through him. 

Grunting, gasping in pain he looked to her stern face bewildered. 

"Good afternoon Mr. Hargrove my name is Mrs. J. Ruperts I am the main operator at this lab and i will be asking you some questions today is this okay?"

Trying to figure out where the electric shocks came from Billy lowered his eyes to the floor. 

"w-where am i?" he urged to know. 

Yelling out in agony as the electric current shocked him for a second time. Billy sniffles loudly as a tear dripped off his nose. 

"good afternoon Mr.Hargrove my name is Mrs. J. Ruperts i am the main operator at this lab and i will be asking you some questions today is this okay?"

"yes" 

"good, has this woman next to your cell spoken to you?" 

Mrs. J. Ruperts reached into her trouser pocket and took out a folded piece of paper. 

Unfolding it, she placed it onto the table and pushed it into the direction of Billy. 

It was a photo of Vine. 

"i urge you not to lie your body is being measured at this time, any lies, or refusal to cooperate then you will be met with a third electric shock do you understand?" 

"yes she's spoken to me" Billy added in quickly still struggling to recover from the last shock. 

"in your cell?" Mrs. J. Ruperts concludes

"y-yes but she wasn't really there she was like .. i couldn't touch her .. is this a test are you him i don't understand what do you want i dont understand! do you want me to bring her to you like the others .. is that it?" 

 The woman folded back up the photo as Billy is shocked again. 

"only i ask the questions here Mr. Hargroves is that clear?"

"yes" Billy coughed out his response. 

"did the woman introduce herself to you?"

"yes she said her name's Vine" 

"yes that is correct, her name is Vine and what did Vine say to you? did she show you anything at all in particular?"

Billy thought back through what Vine said and showed him. 

He told  Mrs.J. Ruperts everything. 

When he finished he watched her check the time on her watch then just gaze at him inquisitive. 

"i-is that it?" he asks  nervously 

Clenching his hands. He realized he's just asked another question. 

He screws up his eyes ready for the pain. 

The pain doesn't come. 

Untrustingly opening his eyes the pain suddenly  hits. 

By the end of it he is red faced, flustered. 

"you are to report back anything Vine says to you it is our intention to keep her here, we have let too many creatures from the upside down and scientific labs roam where they are not meant to, we thought EL could help but that was a mistake, we wont make anymore, so Vine must stay here if she has plans to leave you will tell us those plans" Raising from her chair she peers  down at him forcing an ingenuine smile "is there anything you would like to ask Mr. Hargrove?"

Looking around unsure he hesitated before speaking "Vine said she brought me back to life?"

"yes that is correct we used some of Vines blood to bring you back, the upside down are raising the dead and transforming them into monsters ,  humans who have not been in any contact with the upside down before their death have  transformed into monsters that are weaker than most but  humans that had previous contact with the upside down before their death before the four gates opened appear to be alot stronger. So we felt it would be best to have you on our side, you don't have any monster abilities that we know of at this time  but we have done some tests when you were recovering you seem to have some healing abilities"

Looking down at his chest Billy wondered how he could have healing abilities when he was bandaged in different places all over his body. 

"you are covered in bandages because we took you apart, took your organs out, and your body put itself back together" she tells him so casually " we did tests on you when we gave you Vines blood as she has altering effects i wouldn't say your invincible we had to bring you back to life more than twice but i think you would stand a good chance of surviving some inhuman conditions"

Feeling bile rise in his throat Billy swallowed it back down. 

He didn't want to vomit again.