•Tainted Love• Stranger things

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Fourth Of July - Surfjan Stevens

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"We aren't going to make it in time, Maddie!" Dustin yelled.

"You two stay!" I yelled and I ran towards the nearest place I saw a car. There was a car right there.

I hijacked the car, minutes later, I arrived at the mall. There was fireworks blowing up inside as I got out, and ran in. The monster was there, Billy and Eleven were there on the ground. Everyone was throwing firework at it, and they blew up on the monster.

I shook my head and ran back out and to where Billy and eleven was. "Billy!" I yelled. He was on top of El, whispering something to her. He looked at me as eleven said something. I walked towards him. Something had him under control, I have to get him to snap out of it.

"Remember when you showed me our favorite song, on my birthday last year. I was sad, and you cheered me up. And when we were on the beach for my fifth birthday, when you taught me how to surf. When I finally got it, the wave, it was seven feet. We ran towards mom and begged her to stay for a few more minutes so we could practice more. Remember her face?"

"She was so pretty." Eleven whispered. "She had a hat. With a blue ribbon. A long white dress, with a blue and red flower. She had yellow sandals, covered in sand. She was really pretty."

"You were so happy. We were happy." I told him. "July 4th use to be your favorite holiday." I said to him. "Every year, we would go to the beach and watch the fireworks. We would get away from dad and it would just be us."

He stared at me as he stood up. Mike ran towards me, grabbing me, pulling me back. I screamed.
The monsters arm shot towards eleven, Billy grabbed it with his hands. Another shot out and got his stomach, I yelled out.

He screamed in pain, another. Mikes arms then wrapped around my waist, holding me back as I yelled and tried to get him away. I screamed and screamed.

Tears ran down my eyes, i finally got Mike off me and I ran past Max. I ran faster than I ever had before. I jumped in front of Billy as another arm shot out, and it hurt. More than I expected, I felt the blood, and the pain, and the screams and sobs.

I heard the gasps. And I heard Billy say my name. The monster dropped Billy, now going towards me. I only had one of his arms in my side, Billy struggled in front of me. I yelled as I watched it go through his skin. We both fell to the ground. I hated the screams that I heard in that moment. I hated how I could feel the fear and the sadness.

The monster screeched and snarled, I could hear them running from upstairs, as the monster fell to the ground. I heard Max and Mikes voice near me. I heard Billy's harsh breathing.

"Maddie! Maddie!" My sister screamed

"Maddie, no!" Mike was screaming.

"Someone help her!"  I heard everyone running towards us. I heard El sobbing and whimpering.

"Maddie?" I heard voices. Tears fell down my face, I looked up at Max, I turned my head to Billy. He was soon gone. And soon so was I. Was it all for nothing?

I sat up holding my wound, my other bloody hand gripped the floor as I crawled towards him, letting out a pained noise, "Stay awake." I cried out, I could barely breathe. "Please. For me." Max was crying next to me.

"I'm sorry, both of you." He said.

"No. Billy."

"Maddie." Max grabbed me as I shook him, begging him to open his eyes and to wake up.

"Maddie." Max said. I got to my knees and then to my feet, my hand still trying to stop the blood. I didn't know what to do. Lucas ran towards me from upstairs and ripped a apart of his shirt snd wrapped it around my wound. "Hey, you're going to be okay. Help is coming. Stay awake. Okay?"

I shook my head. I was going to die, just like my brother. Didn't I want to be just like him?

I then fell down into Lucas's arms. I looked at Max, reached to her hand as my vision slowly faded. Now I didn't have to hear the crying.

Max Pov:
She grabbed my hand, Lucas was holding her. "Come on, stay awake."

"Maddie, please. Keep your eyes open." I begged. "Please."

Everyone was around us, everyone was quiet. I tried to keep her awake.

"Someone get help! Help her!" I shouted, tears falling down my face. Her eyes closed as she whispered something. Her breathing stopped. I fell to the ground, my hand slipping away from hers. Eleven sat next to me, her arms wrapped around me as we both cried. I laid my head on her as she moved her hand in my hair as some type of comfort.

But nothing could comfort me from the lost of my sister, my best friend, the girl who was practically my other half, who comforted me through everything, who stuck with me no matter what. Even when she left California, she still wrote, we still talked, and it was like she was still there. Now she was gone, no more letters, no more gossip, no more hugs, no more laughs. I was alone.

Police and Doctors arrived, they arrived late. No help. I was angry. I was so angry. Lucas ran outside with Maddie in his arms, "help!"

"Help her!" They put her in an ambulance but she was already gone. I sat there, crying. I saw eleven, alone. I motioned her to come, she did and I hugged her, she sat down as we hugged and cried again.

Now we were all here with her. We were all grieving, sinking, slowly losing ourselves, losing each other,  all in the lonely deep dark ocean.

I didn't know what to do now. I didn't know if I should wait for my mom or stay here. What do I do with myself? They tried to put a white cover on her but I begged them not to. I screamed at them for them not to. And they didn't. 

I stared down at her, she was bloody and had smoke and burn marks. Her hair was messy and she still had almost dry tears on her face. I don't know how to cope. I need Maddie with me.

Eleven got up as Joyce walked over to us.

"You can't be dead." I whispered. "You have to wake up. You couldn't have died for nothing." I grabbed her hand again and tears fell from my face again. "We never got to watch the movie. . . you can't be. . .Maddie please. I'm here. I am with you. Just wake up. For me."

Do you think Maddie will die? Or will her story continue?