𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀

vecna's plan

Everyone had finally calmed down after Asher had nearly died. The group had all stressed and tried to find a way to save Asher, but the only person that wasn't really affected by it was Asher himself... well, he was, but he just wasn't showing it. Nearly dying didn't scare Asher, in all honesty, he didn't really care about dying or not. The thing that bothered Asher was the fact that Vecna is his biological father. The weird wizard thing that has killed people in the most brutal ways is his biological father. The very same thing that is trying to kill the girl he loves is the person that created him. Those two things and the fact that he put up with his 'dad' for so long and he isn't even related to the guy. If Asher had knew this information years ago, he would of left that house. Vecna doing this made Asher realises that he doesn't have a family. Asher now knew, he is on his own, and that's what bothered him.

"He, um, he showed me things that haven't even happened yet" Asher starts explaining to the group as they are all standing or sitting by him, with their focus solely on Asher "It was like... a dark cloud spreading over Hawkins. Downtown on fire. Dead soldiers. And this... giant thing with a massive mouth, and it wasn't the only one. There was demogorgons, those bat things, the demo-dogs and loads of other ones as well. And they were in Hawkins, like, not the Upside Down Hawkins. This Hawkins. And then... he showed me you guys. And you guys... yeah, you were all--"

"Okay, but he's just trying to scare you, Ash" Steve says to Asher with a sigh "Right? I mean... I mean it's not real."

"Not yet but, like, what if this is his plan?" Asher asks "'Cause there was something else. So, you know the gates that are left when Vecna kills someone? Yeah, so those and another random one started spreading across Hawkins. Four gates, Steve. He needs four gates for his plan to work."

"Four chimes" Max pipes up, making everyone look at her "Vecna's clock. It always chimes four times. Four exactly."

"I heard it too" Asher tells Max with a nod.

"When did this happen? Was this when you were zoned out earlier?" Nancy asks Asher, making him nod his head "Why didn't you tell us about it?"

"Because we had other things to deal with first" Asher defensively says "And in all honesty, I thought I had longer than an hour before all of this happened."

"He's been telling us his plan this whole time" Max says to the group.

"Four kills" Lucas adds on "Four gates. End of the world."

"If that's true... he's only one kill away" Dustin mentions.

"Try them again. Try them again" Steve tells Max, who goes over to the phone to try and call the Byers' house phone again.

"How are you not all freak out over this?" Dustin asks Asher, seeing that he is acting no different to how he normally does.

"Because I'm still trying to get my head around it all" Asher says with a sigh, knowing that Dustin and him are talking about two completely different things "Max, you finally get an answer yet?"