-This nighT-

+Chapter 011+

italic + underline = loud yelling.
Bold+italic=whisper yelling.
italic = emphasized word

Suddenly the front door whips open and Dustin storms in.
"Hey, what's wro-" Before I can finish the sentence he hugs me tight. He presses his head into my chest to muffle his cries but I can still feel his tears. I rub his back and try to calm him down so he can tell me what happened.
"Here, come over here." I say as I lead him to the couch. We both sit down and he doesn't look at me. "Can you tell me what's wrong?"
"Will's dead."
"W-what..?"
"He's gone! He's dead!"
"Oh..." I say, trying not to cry myself, I bring my crying brother into a hug once more.

My mom gets home at around 12 in the morning. She works late hours at her job, I probably should've taken that into consideration when I was freaking out. I stayed up to tell her what happened. She told me that I should stay home and take care of Dustin since she has to be at work at 8 a.m anyway.

*time skip*
^Henderson House^
"Hey, N/n?" Dustin says as he walks into my room. I didn't sleep at all throughout the night.
"Hi, Dusty."
"Can we go to Mikes house?"
" 'We'?"
"Yeah, he needs you to come with."
"Okay, um, sure." We get out our bikes and start riding our bikes to his house. It's maybe a 10 minute ride but we kinda sped a little, not that there's any law saying how fast we can go, we just went faster than we normally would. We arrive to his house and go to the basement, Nancy must have gone to school today. I'm not really focused on what the boys are saying, I'm more focused on Eleven, her shaved hair and her 'boys' clothes.

"He spoke last night, words!" Mike says, this catches my attention. "Even El heard him!"

"Oh, well, if the weirdo heard him then I guess-"
"Are you sure you're in the right channel?"
"I don't think it's about that, I think somehow she's channeling him..." Mike says as he looks at me.
"Like...like Professor X..."
"Yeah." Lucas and I share a look, I'm not going to disrupt the conversation.

"Are you actually believing this crap?"
"I don't know, I mean, Do you remember when he fell of his bike and broke his finger? He sounded a lot like that."
"Did you guys not see what I saw? They pulled Will's body out of the water! He's dead!"
"Maybe it's his ghost?"
"It's not his ghost."
"How do you know that?"
"I just do!"

"Then what was in the water?!"
"I don't know! All I know is Will is alive. Will is alive! He's out there somewhere, all we have to do is find him!"
We all share uneasy looks, even me who didn't participate in the conversation at all, but I finally say something.
"If this is gonna work, I think we need to get El to a stronger radio."
"Mr. Clarke's HealthKit Ham Shack."
"Yeah!"
"The HealthKit is at school, we're not gonna get your sister and the weirdo in there without anyone noticing. "I mean, look at them. Your sister looks older and the weirdo is, well..."

*small time skip*
^Nancy's room^
Mike and I do El's make up while the other boys are picking out outfits. They find a pink dress and a blonde wig. I give her the stuff to change into and wait outside with the other boys. She went in looking beautiful, and came out looking elegant. But Mike is the only one to vocalize it. When we get to the school we try to go to the AV room but the door is locked.
"Hey, do you think you can open it?"
"Boys?" Mr. Clarke suddenly appears, "Assembly's about to start..."
"We know, we're just, you know..."
"Upset!" Lucas says with a smile but the quickly preforms a downcast look.
"Yeah, definitely upset."
"We just need some alone time."
"Yeah, listen...I get it. I do. I know how hard this is but let's just be there for Will, huh? And then, The HeathKit is all yours. Also what is Y/n doing here?"
"Oh!"
"Uhh..."
"I'm bringin' them home, on our bikes, like a guide..?"

"Oh, and uh, I don't believe we've met...what's your name?"
"Eleve-"
"Eleanor!" Mike jumps before she can finish.
"She's my uh-"
"Cousin!" I state
"Second cousin!"Dustin has to add.
"She's here for Will's funeral." Mike sighs.
"Ah, well, welcome to Hawkins Middle, Eleanor. I wish you were her under better circumstances."
"Thank you." She mutters.

"Uh, where are you from exactly?"
"Bad place-"
"Sweden!" Dustin enthusiastically says.
"I have a lot of Swedish family."
"She hates it there."
"Cold!" Lucas says adding on shiver. The boys keep going on and on adding more things to describe 'Eleanor's dislike for Sweden. "Shall we?" Mr. Clarke leads us to the auditorium.

Dustin slams the door open and as we walk in and everyone looks. I stand by the door as the boys, and El, find a seat.
"Abort!" Dustin says and tries to turn back but Lucas grabs ahold of him and turns him around. The principal continues his speech. At the end the bell rings and I see Mike approach another student. From what I see it looks like they're in a fight. I start walking up slowly, not wanting to intervene in a kid battle unless I have to. I see the other kid walk away but by now many other middle schoolers have formed a circle around so I can't see that well. Suddenly I hear a thunk. Praying it's not one of my boys I finally find a little peak-a-boo spot for me to see through. Thank God it wasn't. 
"You're dead, Wheeler! Dead!" I'm about to hop through the circle, but the boy is stopped by something; or someone. I look over to Eleven to see her not blinking. It's her. Suddenly the boy starts peeing himself, everyone erupts in laughter. Eleven wipes her nose and walks off.

We then go to the AV room and sit eleven down to use the radio. She closes her eyes and begins. Suddenly the lights go off and we all jump, except her. All we hear is a ton of clanging... then we hear someone say "Mom" we call for Will but he can't hear us.
"It's like home! But it's so dark and it's empty! And it's so cold! Mom? Mom!" His voice cracks. I start to tear up, no one should have to do this, especially not a little kid, especially Will. The radio catches fire and the lights turn back on. Dustin grabs the extinguisher and puts it out. El faints. We put her on a cart and roll her out.
*time skip*
^Mikes House^