A Slither of Death

Reunion

"Who the fuck are you." Ellie growled at Billy who was trying to use his magic but something was stopping him.

"M- I, My name's Billy. I think, I'm your brother?" He was dropped to the ground with a groan. "Ok ow! You don't need to do that, you know!" He yelled up at her who was glaring with silver glowing eyes. A testament of how angry she was right now.

"How dare you claim to be my brother." Ellie snarled down at him, her palms were ignited with pure magic. To which Billy glanced as nervously.

"Wait wait!" Billy held up his hands, praying that somehow his powers will work right now. Ellie took a sharp step back when she felt the onslaught of power covering Billy. It... it was familiar. Something she felt years ago.

The only thing attuned to this feeling was her own powers and her mother's. And of course... Ellie stared hard at the boy she had gotten close to over the week. Was their bond so strong that even if they didn't know each other they would be alike to siblings? It couldn't be that far of a stretch. Heck Wanda often said she could always feel her own twin, felt when he died too and that a piece of her heart went with him when he protected her grandpa Clint. 

Perhaps no matter how many bodies they inhabited, they would always find each other. Ellie liked to think it was true when she first became Eliana, but the thought became distant and a dream as the years went by and she couldn't find her brothers. But now...

"You really are Billy." Ellie leaped into his arms to hug him tight, him hugging her back just as tight. A sense of fulfillment filling his body when he finally realized that he had a part of his soul with him. Now, all they needed was Tommy.

"Are you okay? Where have you been all this time?" Ellie started spewing questions at him, making him laugh.

"I thought I was supposed to be the older one." He teased and she playfully slapped him.

"Let me have this." A silent pause as they took each other in "Are you gonna answer my questions?"

"Oh! Right, yes. I'm good, I promise. I have a good family and even a boyfriend. We lived in Eastview before I found Agatha and we came here."

Ellie frowned at his tale.

"Y-you were in Eastview this whole time?"

It hit Billy like a ton of bricks. His sister was in Eastview at the same time he was. This whole time, they were in the same town, maybe a few blocks away from each other.

"Uh, what about you? How have you been these past few years?"

"I've been good, learning and living with Rio. She's taught me a lot and I'm happy now. Well, I would be better if you didn't, you know..." Billy looked down at the reminder of what he did, making Ellie mumble an 'sorry.' 

Truthfully she wasn't that sorry. He should feel guilty about shoving the rest of the coven in the mud, sending them who knows where.

Groaning from afar snapped their attention away from one another. Upon seeing Agatha pulling herself from the mud, Billy ran, not wanting to face her and leaving his new found sister alone. "Billy-!" Ellie sighed but didn't go after him, thinking some time alone would do them both some good.