𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐖𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐒

twenty-seven

el continuing to scream and sob, no matter how much air flow got to her. everyone trying to think as fast as possible on how to get whatever was in el's leg out.

"keep her talking. keep her awake, okay?" jonathan said, running to a japanese restaurant.

"el, remember that day you went shopping? you had a blast, getting all brand new outfits and ice cream. you...uh...you had your first girls night." sam began rambling, el sobbing into her lap.

"you know, it's not actually that bad. there was a...the goalie on my soccer team, beth wildfire, this other girl slid into her leg, and the whole bone came out of her knee, six inches or something, it was insane." robin rambled, that also not helping either.

"robin."

"yeah?"

"you're not helping."

"here, sit her up. here right here, right here." sam said, moving eleven to rest in her lap. el clutching onto sam's hands. jonathan finally back with the group.

"okay. all right el?" jonathan said. mike coming to grab onto el's hand. "this is gonna hurt like hell, okay?" jonathan warned. "okay." el sobbed. "i need you to stay real still." jonathan stated, slipping on some gloves. "here, you're going to want to bite down on this, okay?" jonathan said, holding out a wooden spoon. mike eventually taking over, holding el in his lap, sam still sitting next to the girl.

jonathan picked up the knife he had brought with him, looking at the squirming thing in eleven's leg. "do it." mike ordered, as jonathan steadily cut through the flesh. eleven screaming in pain, blood oozing out of the puncture wound. "oh, shit." dustin exclaimed, everyone looking at her leg in disgust.

"eleven. you're gonna be okay, i'm right here. mike's here. everyone is here." sam stated, squeezing el's hand in efforts to distract what jonathan would do next. el a screaming, sobbing mess on the floor.

jonathan reaching his gloved hang in the cut he made to get the thing out. eleven screaming loud, everyone exclaiming in disgust even more. sam becoming a bit queasy, having to look away. steve making eye contact with her. "goddamn it!" jonathan exclaimed as the thing kept moving away from him. "no! stop it! stop! stop!" eleven screamed, the spoon spitting out of her mouth.

"i can do it." eleven sobbed, beginning to sit herself up. "i can do it." she said, more confident this time. sam moving over to clutch onto steve's hand. eleven holding out her hand to get the little thing out. wailing and screaming in between. "god!" she cursed.

el letting out a loud scream as she slowly pulled the thing out of her leg. it looked like a tiny piece of the mind flayer in her leg. the glass display behind them, shattering to many pieces. steve covering sam from the pieces flying at them.

everyone watching as el held the piece in the air, then launching it away from the group. the little piece screeching in pain, everyone seeing as it was crawling away, but a boot stepped on it. and stepped on it hard, its contents splattering across the white tile. there stood hopper, mrs. byers, and a man that sam had never seen before.

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

"the mind flayer, it built this monster in hawkins, to stop el, to kill her and pave a way into our world." mike began.