"Dustin, do you copy?"
"Yeah, I copy."
"So, Nancy's a genius. Vecna's first victim date all the back to 1959. Her shot in the dark was a bulls-eye"
"Okay, that's totally bonkers, but I can't really talk right now."
"Wait, what are you doing?"
"Breaking and entering in a school to retrieve some confidential and extremely personal files."
"Can you repeat that?"
"Just get your ass over here, stat. We'll explain everything."
Max grabbed the keys from her pocket and shoved them into the door's lock. She looked around as if someone would be here and then opened the door to Mrs. Kelley's office.
All four of us walked inside and Max flashed her flashlight towards the drawers where I assumed all of the files were stored.
"It's like a mini-watergate or something." I watched as Max went through the files and lit my flashlight towards them so she could get a clear view at them. Dustin and Steve were talking, and I had no idea what about.
"Holy shit." Max said. I looked and my eyes widened slightly. "You found it?" Dustin asked walking over to us. "Yeah, and not just Chrissy's file. Fred was seeing Ms. Kelley too." I said grabbing both files from Max's hand and showed it to both guys.
Max sat down and started looking through Chrissy's file. I was zoned out, as usual. Though luckily, I didn't have any visions. Just like any other zoning out or daydreaming.
I snapped out of it and shook my head, shining my flashlight at the papers. My eyes widened at what I saw. I placed my hand on the papers and looked at them. I couldn't be seeing this right. There's no way.
I thought maybe it was just a coincidence as I looked at it. I looked at Steve. "Lemme see Fred's file." I extended my hand at him and he handed it over. I layed it out on the table and it seemed that Max had almost the same expression on her face. Worried, scared, hopefully this wasn't what I thought it was.
"Severe Headaches"
"I felt a bad headache. Like bad bad. It only lasted a second before it drifted away."
"Nosebleeds"
"Then I felt a warm liquid pour down my nose. I brought my hand up and wiped it. My nose was bleeding. At 1 in the morning? That's weird."
"Constant Nightmares"
"I shot up from my bed panting. I looked around. It was just a dream. A nightmare."
"Past Trauma"
"I watched wide-eyes as the monster clawed this weird things into him, before finishing him off with a bigger claw right into his chest."
"Max? Jules? What is it?" Dustin asked both of us. I couldn't even answer. I couldn't be cursed by this creep. No way. I looked at Max but it looked as if...she wasn't here anymore. Her eyes were rolled to the back of her head and all you could see was white.
I looked at her concerned and shook her slightly. "Max? Max!" I called for her worried about what was going on.
Me, Steve, and Dustin kept calling for her but she wouldn't come back. She was just sitting their stifly and tensed up.
Then Dustin and Steve's calls stopped. I looked for the both of them and stood up straight. "Max?! Steve?! Dustin?!" I shouted for everyone that was just there. "Anybody?!" Usually I wouldn't have been this scared. Usually I would've thought it was just some visions due to the past trauma I've had but looking at these files made me wonder.
Were they really just visions?
I started breathing heavily nervously. No way was I about to die. I heard some ticking outside the office. I walked out the room and walked towards where I heard the sound.
1 chime...
Images of past visions started flooding my brain. Billy, the Mind Flayer...
2 chimes...
All the past times I've had these bad headaches, nosebleeds. They were all signs that I was cursed.
3 chimes...
Max was in danger, and so was I. And yet we had no clue how we could stop this thing. This curse from getting to us.
4 chimes...
All these last years fighting these monsters. None of them were like this one. Wasn't even visible. We couldn't see what exactly we were dealing with.
"Juliet..."
I slowly turned around but saw no one. I had a confused look on my face.
"It's almost time...for you...to join me..."
That same deep, raspy voice said. Could that have been Vecna? What the hell was going on?
—
Steve Harrington
Max had woken up. To me and Dustin's relief. However my sister's eyes were still rolled to the back of her head. Max looked at us before looking back at Jules who was leaning behind her, eyes just white.
"Jules?" Max asked worriedly. I had been trying to shake her out of whatever the hell this shit was but she wouldn't snap out of it.
"Jules come on wake up!" I said loudly shaking her. She barely budged. "Snap out of it!! C'mon!!" I was worried sick about this girl. Dustin, Max, and me were all trying to get her to wake up. Max had been in a state like this but then I saw Juliet's eyes roll to the back of her head.
Had she been going through everything all these files said? Why didn't she tell me?
She finally snapped out of it and she let out a gasp and looked at me and the kids next to us. I let out a sigh of relief and out of the blue she hugged it. It was rare for these moments to happen, but if she really was going through all of this, who cares? I have to be there for her.
She hugged and I placed the flashlight on the table, wrapping my arms around her. She was shaking, she was scared. Who wouldn't be. I didn't even say anything and just embraced her in my arms.
Max and Dustin watched us, concerned. But not only was Juliet going through this. It seemed that Max was too.
So now we needed to find a way to beat whatever the hell this thing is. Because if we don't, I'd lose not only my friend, but also my little sister. And I couldn't handle that.
a/n: I'm supposed to be asleep right now but I had to write this chapter. it's too good. anyways more events in the next chapter. its kinda shorter but ill make the next one longer. Bye guys 🩷
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Trauma Finds Love | Eddie Munson
FanfictionIn which Juliet Harrington encounters serious trauma during the summer of 1985. Watching the love of her life die right in front of her. Scared to love again, she closes herself off from everyone, only to find love a year later. Stranger things s4 ...