My Significant Bother || Steve Harrington × Reader

The Spy

We got transport to the Lab. I got escorted to a room where I was given clean clothes to change into. I looked around the room, I had the sudden urge to throw up. They must have though about it because there was a bucket in the corner of the room. I ran to it and hurled my guts out.

I sat on the bench in the middle of the room.

After about five minutes a short man in a lab coat came in. "How are you feeling?" He asked. "Who the hell are you?" I asked. "Dr, Owens." He said with a smile.

"How are you feeling?" He asked again. "Never better." I said with a scoff. "How's Will?" I asked. As I turned towards him. "We're not sure. If you will get changed you can come see him." He said before he left.

I got changed into the blue and white scrubs they had given me. I exited the room. A man stood against the wall. "This way." He said. I hesitated before following him. I looked around the halls. I felt like a patient in a psych ward, like I've seen in movies. "Hey, kid." Hopper said. I snapped out of my thoughts. "Hey." I said as we were surrounded by two men. "How are you feeling?" He asked. I let out a shakey breath. "I'm okay." Hopper put his hand on my shoulder. I relaxed a bit.

We got to two wooden doors. One of the men knocked. A few seconds later the door opened. We walked in. Two men stood guard. "Right down the hall." One of them said.

Hopper and I walked into the last room at the end of the hall.

Owens and the rest of the gang surrounded Will who was laying in bed connected to a bunch of wires. "Do you know your name?" Owens asked him. "Will." He hesitated. "Your full name?" "William Byers." "Do you know who I am?" He asked. "A doctor." Will said after thinking for a second. "Have we met before?" Owens asked. "I don't remember." Will said.

"You don't remember me? Okay. How about, uh... How about this guy here?" Owens said as he pointed to Mike. "It's all right. Take your time." He added when Will didn't respond. "That's my friend...Mike." There was a moment of silence.

"I remember her." Will said as he looked at me. My heart sank as I tensed. "What's my name?" I asked. "I don't know...but I've seen you before." Will's voice got darker. I had fear in my eyes. "What about me, kid? You remember me?" Hopper asked. Will shook his head. "They tell me you helped save me last night." Hopper said.  "You remember that? Do you remember anything about last night?" Owens asked.

"I remember they hurt me." Will responded. "You mean the doctors?" "No. The soldiers." "The soldiers hurt you?" "They shouldn't have done that. It upset him." Will's voice remained dark. "You say 'upset him', is that him?" Owens asked as he pulled out a photo of a creature Will drew.

Will nodded.

"Okay. Okay, I wanna try something. It's gonna seem a little odd at first, but I think it's really gonna help us understand what's going on. Is that okay?" Owens said as he turned to Joyce. "Okay."

After a few minutes of waiting a man in a lab coat wheeled in a glass box lined with metal. Inside the box was part of a vine. The man lit a blow torch. "Now, Will, I want you to just let us know if you feel anything. Okay?" Owens asked.

Will nodded.

The man put the torch closer to the vine.

"Do you feel anything?" Owen asked  "Little sting." "It stings? Where?" "My chest."How about now?" Owens asked as the man in the lab coat put the torch closer. "It... it burns." Will said as the heart moniter began to beep rapidly. Will screamed in pain. "It burns!" He yelled. "Where?" "Everywhere!" Will said squirming in the bed.

Mike hid his face in my stomach. I couldn't watch either. I rubbed Mike's back as I looked down at him hearing, Will's screams. "That's enough. That's enough!" Joyce yelled. "Stop! You heard her! That's enough!" Hopper yelled.

The man switched off the torch. The heart monitor returned to normal.

Hopper, Joyce and Doctor Owens went outside while Bob, Mike and I stayed with Will. "So, y/n...How do you know Joyce?" He Bob asked me. "I'm friends with her son Jonathan." I said. "Oh, so you're that y/n." He said. I chuckled. "Probably. I've known him since we were 7." I smiled. "You don't look anything like Claudia Henderson." He said. "Yeah, I was adopted so.." I replied. He nodded  with a smile. Soon Joyce came back in.

Mike and I chatted and played some games for about an hour. "What the hell is taking so long?" Joyce asked in a nervous tone. "Hey... doctors take forever, always. Just try and relax. Just be patient." Bob comforted her. "You know, I just..." She said as she got up and ran out the room, leaving the door open. Bob ran after her.

I heard some yelling in the hall. I noticed Will zoned out. "Will. Will?" I asked as I lightly shook him. He flinched. "What's wrong? Are you hurting again?" I asked.

"I saw something." He said as he leaned towards me and Mike. "In your now-memories?" Mike asked. "The shadow monster...I think I know how to stop him." He whispered.

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We entered a board room, the table had a bunch of polaroid photos of the map Will had drawn out on the table. I stood next to Hopper as we watched Will look at the photos.

After a while, one of the doctors spoke up. "Sam, this is ludicrous." Sam? His real names Sam? Damn.

"Just give him a moment, okay?" Sam responded. Sam, Sam huh.

"We don't have time..." "Hey, jackass, why don't you do us all a favor and shut up, okay?" Hopper said. I let out a small laugh, the doctor looked at me.m, I gave him a sarcastic smile.

Will got up and made his way to the end of the table. "That's it." Will said as he pointed to a big blue circle. "That's what? What... what's there, Will?" Owens asked. "I don't know. I just know he doesn't want me to see there. I think it's important." Will said.

Owens and Hopper looked at each other. Owens told one of the doctors something. We got escorted back to Will's room.

After a moment, Hopper and Doctor Owens left. They went to go oversee the operation in which they sent a group of guys back down into the tunnels.

"I'm sorry." Will said as we all waited. "What? What do you mean, sweetie?" Joyce asked. "He made me do it." Will's voice broke. "Who? Who made you do what?" Joyce asked as she held his shoulders. "I told you. They upset him. They shouldn't have done that. They shouldn't have upset him." Will said. I listened to the words coming out of his mouth. "The spy." I said as I looked at Mike. "The spy!" We both said as he got up and ran out of the room. "Whoa, whoa!" The guards said as they held us. "We need to get through! It's a trap!" I yelled as I struggled in their grip. "It's a trap! I need to warn them." Mike yelled. "It's a trap! It's a fucking trap Goddammit!" I yelled.