Same Blood, Different Feelings ~OC x Will Byers~

Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up

Oscar gasped awake as Henry was tossed out a window by El.

Max, Kali and El ran up to him quickly. "Okay first," Max hugged him tightly. "And second," Then she smacked him in the head.

"Ow!" Oscar snapped, rubbing his head. "What the hell?"

"It's her! It's the monster!" Mary cried.

Max looked at them with wide eyes. "No! I'm not the monster. I can prove it!"

~

Henry stumbled back through the window to see El. He sneered and grabbed her with his powers. 

"You take children...because you think...they have weak minds." El choked out. "But they're smarter than you think."

"And you?" Henry hummed. "Are you smart? You forget...I have inside help."

Just then, Kali gasped as she was stabbed in the shoulder by a kitchen knife, breaking her illusion.

Oscar stood behind where she sat, holding the knife. El looked over at him in shock, mouth falling agape.

"Sorry, Eight." Oscar smirked, yanking the knife out. Kali stumbled off the chair, clutching her shoulder. His smirk faded into a more serious gaze. "But I have a job to do." He looked at Henry. "They've run for the cave."

Henry smiled as El looked horrified.

"Mike said..." El whispered shakily. "You were on our side..."

Oscar hummed, and tossed the knife away with a shrug. "Looks like Mike was wrong."

Henry entered El's mind, making her cry out. He learned all about their plan before letting her drop to the floor.

"Go get the children." Henry commanded Oscar. "Do not let them escape."

Oscar nodded firmly. "On it."

"Oscar..." El choked out from the floor pleadingly.

He looked down at her for a moment, before turning and bolting out of the Creel house.

~

Oscar found Derek first, in the woods. He was too slow to keep up with the others. He also noticed Max was gone. He wondered if it had something to do with the aggressive noise he heard not too long ago. She must've left Henry's mind.

"You...you're supposed to be a good guy!" Derek cried, stumbling back and trying to catch his breath, utterly exhausted from running.

Oscar chuckled. "Sorry kiddo, but if you don't want to be caught...I suggest you keep running."

Derek paled as Oscar stepped closer, and somehow he found the strength to keep running. Oscar broke into a run, coming after him.

He ran into the cave but Oscar followed. The children shrieked and kept going the way Max had told them to go before. 

They ended up going down a kind of mineshaft, where a memory awaited them. Oscar paused his running when he saw it, and the children used that chance to keep going.

It was a young Henry, utterly terrified. Oscar could feel his fear all around him.

The young Henry was beating a man to death with a rock. He had no choice, the man was going to shoot him.

He watched as the young Henry opened the briefcase, and was consumed by the power from the Mind Flayer.

Oscar gasped loudly. He felt the pain of it. The fear. The agony. The power. He collapsed to his knees, shaking.

Tears filled his eyes, and he clutched his hands to his chest, trembling. "...I get it now..." He whispered, knowing Henry could hear him, could feel his pain too.