The summer I llǝɟ for her || 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝

21. 𝑬 𝑷𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒔 𝑼𝒏𝒖𝒎

Chapter 21~ E Pluribus Unum.

𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝟒𝙩𝙝

"Arwen we gotta go!" Will burst through the door suddenly pulling her out of her thoughts, "it's Nancy and Jonathon, the mindflayer is here." Her eyes widened and she ran out with him back through reception and down the hall where the rest of the group were stood panicking, the lights were flickering all around the hospital.
"Holt shit!" Arwen shouted, they ran across to the elevator, pushing the button multiple times but it wasn't working.
"Stairs." Mike said then ran.
El and Arwen used their powers to push the door open, all their eyes widening as they saw the mindflayer above Nancy.

"Jesus."

"What the fuck!" It came charging towards the group, Arwen quickly took lead and pushed it across the room then up to the ceiling, El took over and pushed it down before Arwen used both of her arms to throw it out the window.
"Go!" They ran out of the hospital to where the mindflayer was thrown but it was now nowhere to be seen.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

"It can't be good for her to be in there this long." Mike paced around El's living room as she was in her room trying to find any of the flayed.

"Mike you need to relax." Max said, Arwen looked over at her awkwardly. They hadn't spoken since their argument at the hospital and it was killing her, especially under the circumstances.

"What if she gets brain damage or something?"

"Oh shit-" Lucas looked at the group, "is that like a real thing?"

"No. It's not he made it up." Max rolled her eyes then glared at Mike, "Mike doesn't know what the hell he's talking about."

"And you do?" Arwen mumbled under her breath but clearly not quiet enough because she was now being stared at.

"Sorry what was that?" Max tilted her head, practically shooting daggers at Arwen, she sat up in her seat and directly looked at Max.

"I said. And you do? I didn't know you had powers Max? But then again I guess you do know everything about everyone."

"What is happening?" Lucas looked between the girls then up at Mike who shrugged his shoulders.

"Maybe I do know everything about everyone else but you know it's pretty hard to know things about a fucking liar, never know wether they're telling the truth or if it's just another lie."

"Stop acting as if there wasn't a reason for it!"

"Guys!" Mike shouted, "now is not the time for these stupid arguments okay? We've got bigger things to be worrying about like oh, you know the end of the world."

"What's going on?" El walked back into the living room, everyone quickly shut up.

"Nothing just, family discussion." Lucas grinned.

"Oh." She looked at everyone, "I found him."

"Found...who?" Nancy asked.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

El was sat in front of the television again with the blindfold on, she let out a few quiet gasps before pulling it off, she walked over to the sink after explaining what he was doing and got a glass of water.

"And that's not normal right?" Nancy asked Max.

"Billy staying in his room on the forth of July? No, that's not normal."

"He wants us to find him." Will said.

Nancy walked around with her arms crossed, thinking, "yeah- that's what I'm afraid of. If we go to Billy then, the rest of the flayed know where we are."

"It's a trap, I agree." Mike interjected, "we'll be ambushed."

"We won't be surprised, we'll know that they're coming and we will kick their flayed butts."

"You mean Arwen and El will kick their butts." Max stated, Arwen looked away at hearing Max mention her name.

"Can you not like get into Billy's dreams?" Lucas faced Arwen.

"What would be the point in that exactly? What if he's having like a dirty dream or something? I don't wanna see that shit!"

"I don't know, you could see if his dreams are his own or being controlled." He said, Arwen furrowed her eyebrows thinking about it.

"That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard Lucas." Mike interrupted.

"I mean- it's not completely stupid but it would be a waste of time right now and he's not even asleep." Arwen said, "but if this happens again I'll be sure to use this suggestion." She smirked.

"Okay can we put this conversation aside." Nancy said, "killing the flayed won't be enough, we have to find the source."

"Billy knows it." El walked out of the kitchen, "Billys been there, to the source."

"Yeah but-" Mike started.

"It's a trap, I know. We can't go to Billy but I think there's another way, a way for me to see where he's been." She explained, turning the tv on again.

"El, I know you think you have to do this but you don't." Mike crouched down causing Max to roll her eyes, "it's just, you've only done this once before and your mom, she loved you and wanted you to know what happened and Billy's mind is- is sick, diseased. The mindflayers in him." El turned to face with with tears threatening to spill from her eyes.

"He can't hurt me, not in there."

"We don't know that." She took hold on his hand and moved closer, "Mike, I need you to trust me." He looked over at Max who raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah just, be careful."

The group sat around watching El closely until she started gasping for air again, "somethings wrong!" Mike said, "El, are you okay? Are you okay?" She took a deep breath.

"I'm okay."

"What's going on?" He asked.

"I'm- on a beach."

"Okay I may be dense but the last I checked, there weren't any beaches in Hawkins." Lucas said.

"Yeah no shit." Arwen replied.

"Do you always use sarcasm as a defence mechanism?" Lucas asked receiving a glare from her.

"What else do you see?" Max interrupted Arwen and Lucas.

"A woman, she's- pretty I-I think she's looking at me, there's a boy. It's Billy."

Max looked at Arwen, she was the only one Max had told everything about California to, "it's California, it's a memory."

"I think I see it." El started, "the source." The group waited for about ten minutes until she spoke again, "I think I found it."

"Where El? Where are you?" Max asked with urgency.

"Brimborn Steelworks." She replied, Jonathon ran over to the counter catching the attention of the group, he grabbed the phone book and bought it back over, flipping through the pages with Nancy.

"Steelworks, Steelworks, here Steelwork uhh found it, 6522 Cherry Oak Drive."

"That's close." Nancy said.

"El." Mike shouted, "El, we found it get out of there, get out!" He repeated but she didn't take off the blindfold, her breath got heavier and heavier as the group watched, worrying.
Suddenly she pulled the blindfold off, screaming and fell into Mike's arms in a panic.