My Significant Bother || Steve Harrington × Reader

Battle of Starcourt pt.2

We stayed silent as out hearts were pounding.

Mike poked his head out, "It's turned away. If we go up the stairs now, we'll make it." He whispered. "No way, not with El's leg." Max said quietly. "We have to try." Mike said. "There's another way...Through the Gap." I whispered. Mike peaked again. "Now." He said, we all rushed into the gap. When we entered El tripped and tipped something over. We ran behind a shoe rack.

Max clutched my arm. We heard a squishing noise before hearing the creature growl.

"Behind the counter, now." I whispered. We crawled behind the counter. We heard the squishing noise again. This time I saw a tentacle like thing with teeth, rounding the corner. I held in my breath, Max squeezed my arm as I closed my eyes. I gasped softly when we heard a balloon pop, the tentacle retracted and I took a deep breath In.

"Go, go, go!" I said, grabbing Max's hand. We ran into the back hallways that connected all the shops. El tripped, Mike helped her up, we continued to run until we reached the exit that led to the drop off zone. "Come on!" I yelled hurrying the kids out the building. I helped Mike hold El as we ran to the gate that blocked off the drop off. Max opened the gate. We struggled to hold El as we made it out the gate.

I looked up to see a beaten up Billy get out of his burning car. "Holy shit, abort! Abort!" I yelled. Max took over holding El for me. "Go, go go!" I yelled. They ran ahead while I watched Billy. I slowly made my way back behind the gate. Billy started walking towards me. "You should really get that checked out." I said referring to his bloody face. I hit the button to close the gate and ran as fast as I could to catch up to the others.

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"Come on." I said out of breath as we ran back into the halls. We ran into a locker room. "Shit." I yelled hitting my hand on a locker. "Billy. Billy, you don't have to do this." Max said standing out in the hall. "Billy. Your name's Billy, Billy Hargrove. You live on 4819 Cherry Lane. Billy, please, I'm Max, I'm your..." Billy hit her, causing her to fall to the ground. "Max!" I yelled.

I pushed El behind me. She clung to my shirt. Mike tried to punch Billy but failed miserably and ended up knocked out on the floor. Billy pulled me and El apart. El tried to use her powers but Billy knocked her out too.

When I tried to defend myself Billy slammed me into a locker and choked me, lifting my feet off the ground. "We finally meet. Five." He said in a menacing voice. I was gasping for air. "It's been so long...too long..." He said. "Who the fuck is , Five?" I said struggling for air.

He dropped me. I gasped for air as I held my throat. Seconds later he kicked me in the stomach. I hunched over sideways on the ground, groaning in pain. Billy lifted my head so that I was facing him, he tilted his head to look at me properly. "You will die at the hands of the person who saved you." He whispered. He smirked before hitting my head onto the ground. I blacked out.

I went in and out of consciousness, I was being dragged on the floor by Billy, El was hanging over his shoulder. My head was pounding, my vision was blurred, I was weak.

Please, end it. I thought to myself.

I stopped moving. "Don't be afraid." Billy whispered in my ear. I opened my eyes, his face inches away from mine. El layed on the ground a few feet away.  "It'll be over soon. Just try and stay...very still." He said. I looked over to my right, the Mind Flayer stood in the middle of the mall. It was huge.

This is how I die, I'm going to be eaten by a human flesh monster. I gotta stop getting into these 'this is how I die' situations 

The creature roared, a tentacle with teeth came towards me. I froze and flinched when a big spark hit the creatures head.