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I watched as people started to walk down the hall with this old man, he had white hair and wrinkles so I guess he's very old

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I watched as people started to walk down the hall with this old man, he had white hair and wrinkles so I guess he's very old. He looked like a VIP.

"Step away from the child."

"No. You want her? You have to go through us." Mike said.

"That's right!" Dustin shouted

"Eat shit!" Lucas yelled.

People from behind grabbed them. Before I could move, Someone grabbed me and the old man ran to eleven.

After a few second the lights flickered, and I knew. The Demogorgon.

"Blood." Mike and I said.

"Blood!" We yelled. The wall started to crumble and the demogorgon came out. The men let us go and started to shoot. Dustin picked eleven up and we ran.

"This classroom!" I said and we went inside of it and I locked the door.

I started to push desk in front of the door

"Come on! Help me!" I yelled as they did. That wouldn't hold it though.

We all hid, they whispered about whatever. I couldn't listen, my mind was filled with the thought of 5 out of 100. The lights were flickering as I heard Mike whispering to Eleven.

Then the gunshots got closer to us, they then stopped. And it was quiet, for a few seconds. the demogorgon then jumped on the door and the door and desks came flying. He stomped inside the room, howling. I took out my gun.

"Why do you have that!"  I heard one of them yell. I stole it from my dad a while ago.
                       

I remember my dad yelling after the loud shot erupted in the air. And my brother trying not to cry.

I ran closer to them, my bare feet hitting the ground.

"Madeline, go to bed." My father said.

"What's wrong with Harry?" I asked. Harry was a wild animal, he was nice to me and Billy. He never attacked or anything. Harry was on the ground.

"Go to bed." My father said. I looked at Billy, who looked guilty and sad.

"What's wrong with Harry, Billy?" I asked later.

"I'm sorry, Maddie. He made me." My brother cried. "I didn't want to."

"What did he make you do?"

"He was teaching me how to shoot. And he made me-" Billy stopped talking. He couldn't say it. "Dad said it would make me more of a man. Make me able to protect."

That next day, when dad was at work. I stole a gun and Billy and I practiced shooting at cans of beer.
                       
I started to shoot at it as the boys tried to get the wrist rocket. I was scared, but my dad always said show no emotion. So I didn't.

It walked closer to us, but nothing worked. My gun suddenly had no more bullets. Damn it.

I looked at the others as it approached us, and when I turned back, the Demogorgon had flew back, eleven was standing up and walked towards it.

"Eleven stop!" Mike yelled as he went forward but eleven made him fly back.

She stopped in front of the demogorgon,
"Goodbye, Mike."

I stared at her, tears filled my eyes, i was shocked, confused, scared, worried,  I just couldn't move.

"Goodbye, Maddie."

She turned back to the demogorgon, that was against the wall. She put her hand out,
"No more."

It started to howl and we put our hands over our ears. I heard her scream, I watched as the Demogorgon exploded and she disappeared.

"Eleven!" I yelled as I ran to where she had disappeared. Nothing, no one. She was gone.

"El! El!" Mike yelled.

"El!" Dustin and Lucas joined. I fell to my knees, a tear fell down my eyes as I closed my eyes. I lost Will. I lost my grandma. I lost Eleven. All with the blink of an eye.

"Maddie. Maddie, come on."

"No. No." Tears were falling down. Lucas grabbed me and pulled me up.

People stormed inside the school, I heard ambulances and cops. We were taken outside and into an ambulance where they checked us out. Mike and I were holding hands, dry tears on my face. I said nothing, I felt nothing. I didn't know where Dustin or Lucas was. All I saw was bright lights, my breath was quickening, my eyesight felt blinding, and I waited for my eyesight to clear.

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