California Dreamin' | Eddie Munson

Nineteen

"All done." Dr Brenner said, as he put down the tattooing gun, wiping it. "Not so bad, was it? See? There's nothing to be afraid of. Is there Lila?"

"Why don't you take a seat?" A distorted voice spoke to the teenage girl, causing her to run away in reaction. Lila found herself in the hallway, it looked like a murder field, blood painted the walls and floors, bodies blocked paths.

"Lila, just stay with me, stay with please, okay? Guys, whatever you are doing, hurry up!" Steve shouts, still trying to wake his sister. "Come on Lila, come back!"

"Steve says you need to hurry up!" Erica shouts as she ran towards Eddie's room.

"Yeah? No shit!" Dustin shouted.

"We're trying, we can't find anything." Max says, as she goes through piles of stuff.

"Seriously what is all this shit?" Robin shouts.

"What are we even looking for!?" Eddie shouts.

"Madonna, Blondie, Bowie, Beatles? Music! We need music! Eddie!"

"This is music!" Eddie shouts as he scrambles through the piles of tapes. "Fuck." He cursed under his breath.

"Eddie, what's her song?" Nancy say's towards a frantic Eddie Munson.

"What?" Eddie says.

"What's her song? What's her favourite song of all time?" Nancy says.

"It's California Dreamin! How'd you forget? Lila Harrington is never not talking about that song. It's everything to her, it's her song." Eddie says reminiscing on all the times she mentioned the song.

"What?" Dustin asks.

"The Mammas & The Pappas?" Max said. "Eddie, do you have a copy?"

"Yes! It's somewhere in here." Eddie says, starting to search for the tape already.

"Find it now!" Nancy says.

While everyone upstairs was looking for an answer, Lila Harrington was frantically running down Hawkins Labs hallways. The teenage girl was scared, terrified for her life as she ran and ran, before coming to a halt when she came across a barricaded door.

"No!" Lila exhaled as she came to a stop.

Lila tried to pull the wooden planks off, but they wouldn't break away. "Son of a...bitch." She said as one finally pulled away. "God!"

"Lila." Vecna said.

"No." She cried as the sudden voice caused Lila to turn around, where she was met with Vecna gradually making his way towards her." What are you doing? It's not time for you to leave."

Gasping, Lila turned back around and continued to pull the planks apart, breaking them off. "Now that you've seen where I've been...I would like to very much show you where I'm going-"

The minute the last plank was off, Lila pushed through the door running into a room, the same room she'd started in. "Fuck." She cursed.

"Why don't you take a seat, Lila." The distorted voice said.

"No!" Lila cried out just as the lights went.

Lila Harrington found herself strapped to a chair with Vecna's vines binding her from escaping. "No." The girl cried out, feeling them tighten around her every time she tried to wiggle herself out. Vecna stood in the corner, a growl escaping, breathing heavily as he came closer to the frightened girl. "Please." Lila cried out, as he came up real close. "P-pl-"