Escape ~ S.Harrington

74} The Last Chime

Ugh, my head.

Jenna opened her eyes to see Eleven being held up by vines while Vecna was raising his claw over Max's face, ready to claim her as his last sacrifice.
No.

But yes, Jenna.
Get out of my head.
I am a part of you now. Just as you are a part of me.
No, no, no, no.

Jenna used all of the strength she had left to sit up right and battle with the contradicting forces in her mind. Mike was giving El a pep talk to help her power through and all Jenna had was Vecna and his disgusting voice infiltrating her mind like his vines all over the Upside Down.
Don't. Give. Up.

Jenna stood up and used everything she had to shock the vines off of El's wrists, ankles, and neck.
"Go," Jenna nodded, weakly.
Jenna watched as El flung Vecna away from Max, triggering her out of the headspace. She opened her eyes to see Vecna floating by the vines in front of her, wriggling in pain.
"You can't control me," Jenna started crying as she yelled at Vecna who was still stuck in his mind, but she knew he could hear her, "We both know what would be the nail in the coffin for you right now, and I have the upper hand, Henry. I can end you."

Jenna was so focused she didn't even realize that Steve, Alice, Robin, and Nancy were standing right behind her. She reached up to the now much bigger spot the Vecna had placed on the back of her neck. She closed her eyes, grabbed ahold of it, and started to pull and electrocute it at the same time. Little did she know, though, because her and Vecna were now connected, she felt double the pain: her own as well as his. She screamed, but didn't stop. Tears ran down her face, but she didn't stop. She didn't want everyone else to die because she wasn't brave enough for this. Eleven had done this before, so why couldn't she?

Steve couldn't take seeing her in that much pain and ran up to her, just in time before she collapsed to the ground.
"You've got this, Jen," He pulled her close to him, "I believe in you. I love you. You're so powerful and brave. I know you can do this."
With those words as a final motivator, she retched the vine free, flung it across the room, and toasted it into oblivion. Vecna visibly shuttered from her action, though still remained in his dream world.
"Light the fucker up," Jenna croaked out.
Robin took a lighter near the end of a Molotov Alice was holding and lit it up.
"Flambé, bitch," Alice smirked as she chucked it at Vecna, immediately catching him on fire as well as his vine, resulting in him dropping to the floor and him being sent out of the dream scape.

Jenna didn't realize how much pain this would cause her as well. Every part of her body felt like it was being covered in flames, just like how Will felt a few years prior when he was connected to the Mind Flayer. She sobbed into Steve's shoulder while he just held her, trying his best to comfort her. Jenna looked back to find Vecna stomping forward and staring right at her. She powered through the pain and tried her best to stand up, facing him. Robin threw another Molotov cocktail at him, sending him backwards and made Jenna feel even more uncomfortable. Nancy then took her turn. She faced Vecna head on and started shooting him with everything she had. Nancy got Vecna right up to the boarded up window, but ran out of bullets. Jenna held a shaky arm out and pushed Nancy behind her.
Bye, "One".

Jenna put her arms out in front of her and screamed her lungs out as she gave one last blow to Vecna. She shot lightning out of her fingertips right into his chest and sent him flying backwards through the boarded up window, falling to his demise on the pavement below. Jenna fell to the ground, her body overwhelmed with pain as her adrenaline rush wore off. Steve ran over and pulled her into his arms once more.
"Can you carry me down?" She said, just above a whisper.
He nodded and picked her up, carrying her down the stairs behind the others to make sure Vecna was dead. But Jenna knew he wasn't dead, she could still feel him. She didn't know how, but he was still there.
I don't understand.