"as long as I'm with you" ~ Eddie Munson

chapter 14 "battlefield"

Everyone was preparing for the upcoming battle.  This wasn't the first time for the others, but you could tell by the look on their faces that this time was different.  There was this tense feeling in the air that this time, maybe they wouldn't make it. Steve, Nancy and Robin tryed to hide it, probably for the sake of the kids. But you could see it in their eyes. But when you looked over to Eddie, it gave you at least a little bit of hope, hope that you would make it. Hope that you would kill Vecna and prove Eddie's innocence and then this nonsense would finally be over. Being him joke around with Dustin made your heart light up. You knew if you had to, if things would get that far, you'd be ready to give your life to protect him. You'd do whatever it would take. You get up from your place next to Robin and walk towards Eddie. He sees you coming and smiles at you, you smile back at him and place your hands in his neck. He grabs your waist softly and learns his forehead on yours. "Never change, Eddie Munson, promise?" You said softly.  "I promise" he replied before kissing you gently.

It's time now, everyone is prepared for the fight, everyone knows their roles and places and the plan is burned into your brains.  It's your turn to go through the gate now. "See you on the other side prices" Eddie says,  giving you a kiss on the forehead.  You climb up the "rope" Dustin and the others had tied together from bedsheets. You gasp as your body hits the mattress in the upside-down, Robin immediately giving you her hand to pull you up. After you a bag of weapons falls through the gate, then comes Eddie. You, Eddie and Dustin said goodbye tothe others,  they had to leave and find Vecna sincetheir part of the plan was waitingtill hed distractedand then beat his ass. You'll distract the bat's, only long enough for the others to get to Vecna and kill him and then you get your asses the hell out of there. That was your part of the plan. Steve reminds you not to try and play the heroes and you all agree with him. The others left to get to Vecna while you were preparing everything. Eddie and Dustin went to grab his guitar and prepare everything on the roof of his trailer. Meanwhile you were making sure the bat's couldn't get inside the trailer.
You were just done with your work when Dustin got the message over his walkie-talkie, Vacna had Max, they could now start with phase 2 of the plan. With that Eddie started playing.  He played "Master of Puppets" by Metallica. You heard him play before but something about this left you speechless.  For a moment you couldn't believe that this man up there, playing like a guitar god, actually liked you back. Dustin was counting down the seconds till you had to leave and when he reached zero, you could hear the bat's scream and as you looked up to the sky you felt a cold shiver rum down your spine. Fear was rising up inside your body and you were still starring up at the sky, now fully back and covered in bat's, when you felt someone grab your wrist,  pulling you towards the trailer.  It was Eddie. You starred running with them inside the trailer, locking all doors behind you. The bat's were attacking the trailer,  trying to get in but they couldn't.  The whole trailer was shaking and their screams were so loud it made your blod freeze. You tightened the grip around your weapon,  a baseball bat with nails through it, it looked bloody and old. Steve gave it to you, he said he used it in his fight against the monsters and gave it to you as some sort of lucky charm. He said it was supposed to protect you and right now, you really wanted to believe those words. Suddenly it got quiet, was it over? That couldn't be enough time for the others...Dustin was Yelling for the bat's to come back. Suddenly his eye catched the vent. "They can't get through that can they?" He asked Eddie. Before Eddie could even answer his question the bat's found their way inside. They were doing everything to keep them outside when Eddie slamed his "shield", a trash lid with nails through it, onto the ceiling,  covering the vent under it. It worked. "Was that the only vent?" Dustin asked Eddie with a concerned look. "Oh Shit.." he started running towards his bedroom but it was too late. The bat's were inside.  They could only slam the door shut and run to the gate. It was only a matter of seconds till the bat's would be through the door.
Dustin grabbed the rope and climbed through the gate. Now it was your turn. When you were on the other side Eddie grabed the rope, but he didn't climb up. He stared at the door, then he looked at you. "I'm sorry y/n...I love you..." he led go of the rope. "What Eddie no!" You started climbing up the rope but he cut it and tou fell back on the mattress.  "Eddie I'm not joking get your ass back here!!" "Eddie!!!! Eddie I swear to god I'm gonna kill you!" You screamed crying but he ran outside of the trailer.  You didn't even think twice,  infant, you couldn't think at all. You just grabbed a wardrobe that was standing on the wall, threw it over with all your strength and climbed onto it. Dustin helped you with the last few inches to reach the gate and you pulled yourself threw it, hitting the ground on the other side so hard it took away your breath for a second.  But you didn't have time to feel pain, you needed to get to Eddie. With heavy breaths you managed to get back onto your feet. You yelled at Dustin to stay where he is and ran outside the trailer.  In the distance you could see Eddie fighting against what looked like hundreds of bats. Still holding your grip tight around the baseball bat you started running. You saw Eddie fall to the ground,  the bat's attacking him, biting chunks of flesh out of him. You screamed as loud as you could trying to get their attention,  trying to get them to attack you not him. It didn't work. When you finally reached him you started fighting the bat's,  hitting them as hard as you could, pulling them away from him. Tears were rolling down your face, you couldn't loose him. You could barely stand anymore but suddenly the bat's just dropped to the ground.  For a second you were confused but you didn't have the time to question it. Instead you fell onto your knees next to Eddie, who was laying on the ground,  bleeding.  Tears rolling all over your cheeks. But you couldn't believe your ears when he started saying goodbye, was ge being serious right now? He couldn't leave! You couldn't loose him, not like that! "Oh shut up Eddie I will not let you die! You fucking idiot I told you not to leave! I'm getting your dumb ass out of here!" With your last strength you grabbed his arms and pulled them over your shoulders, gasping  when you realised how heavy he was. You ignored how he was being you to let him lay back down saying that it hurt, even though it broke your heart.
You carried him back to the gate, almost breaking down under his weight.  When you finally got inside the trailer you start yelling out for Dustin. When he saw you two through the gate he was shocked but immediately started to push away the wardrobe and put the mattress back in place. You leaned Eddie against the wall carefully.  Then you pushed over the same wardrobe you had already pushed over on the other side. With all the strength you had left you pulled Eddie back up, climbed on the wardrobe that was laying on the ground and somehow managed to get Eddie through the gate before pulling yourself through it. Dustin held Eddie in his arms, crying,  just like you were. Eddie was barely breathing.  You and Dustin lifted him back up, you could barely stand by now. You carried Eddi3 to Steve's car, layed him down on the backseat and went to the driver's seat.  Dustin sat in the back with Eddie. You started the engine and started driving like a maniac towards the Hospital.  Suddenly the earth started shaking. You almost crashed the car into a street light but managed to stop the car. You knew exactly what that meant,  He had Max. When the earth stopped shaking you started to drive again.  You could hear Dustin crying in the backseat when his Walkie-talkie went on. It was Erica. First you couldn't understand what she was saying but when you did, your heart seemed to stop. Max was fighting for her life and Jason was dead. Suddenly the contact broke off. You were still driving way faster than you should,  racing for Eddie's life while tears were rolling down you cheeks uncontrollably. Suddenly you had an Idea. "We're blaming it on Jason.." you said, more to yourself than to Dustin.  "What?!" Dustin said confused. "Think about it, he's dead anyways so it won't hurt him. He was jealous when Chrissy wasn't at the party, he found out she went with Eddie, he went crazy, killed her, Eddie ran away in shock. Maybe Fred found something at the trailerpark so he killed him too and then he killed Patrick because maybe he found out. He's the perfect one to blame, the jealous boyfriend because we have no fucking prove for Vecna even existing and without another suspect Eddie is screwed. " you hit the break as hard as you can, you were at the hospital.  You jumped out of the car already screaming for help. You slamed the car door open and pulled Eddie out, still screaming for help. With your last strength you carry him to the entrance where two nurses were rushing towards you. They stoped for a second when they saw Eddie. You yelled at them "don't just stand there and look he needs help he's dying,  he didn't do it he didn't hurt anyone it was Jason that fucking psycho so pl3as just help him!!" You were crying uncontrollably but it worked, the Nurses took Eddie from you. You fell to the ground and everything around you went black.