Poison {Mike + El} | #Wattys2016

05

El's POV-

I woke up on a bed, it was clean and actually bright. I sat up confused. Was I out? Did they save me?

"Mike?" I asked weakly, getting up. I wobbled slightly and pulled myself out of the bed. I walked over to the door and heard talking.

"She needs to know twelve! If she doesn't, she won't trust us! A girl whispered, I put my ear to the door to listen closer.

"She won't trust us anyways, look at this place! It's kind of suspicious considering we're in the upside down!" The other said, she was a girl too. I looked around confused and turned to the window, which was indeed dark and the flakes still fell like before. But how?

"Oh look, she's up." A girl said, I turned to see a girl with long pretty blonde hair. The girl smiled at me warmly.

"Who are you?" I asked, stepping back a bit.

"Don't be afraid, I am the one who brought you here, saved you." She spoke, sitting down some food. I tilted my head. There sat eggo's and I quickly ran over to it.

"I thought you would like those. We all do." She spoke. I looked at her confused again. "Oh! I'm Thirteen, you can call me Teen. I was in the faculty, like you." She spoke.

"How did you know..." I asked. It was making no sense and it honestly scared me.

"Because of the number... I have one on my arm too. And the shaved head... I had one two, if I hadn't have found twelve I wouldn't have the hair I have now. My power is force fields, I can also create tears but THAT drains me." She rambled.

"Why are you here?" I asked, she looked, down, her face fell slightly.

"We were being experimented on by the faculty, but when the gate opened, they threw the experiments they thought were useless in... It was me, twelve and one. One can create anything out of nothing. Well... Could." She started to ramble again. "Did they throw you in too?"

I shook my head slowly, remembering Mike again. It was hard not to remember him. He was...amazing.

"Well... How did you get here?" She asked. I stayed silent and it got uncomfortable fast.

"Are you gonna invite me in or not?" Another said, I jumped slightly as I saw another girl. She was darker then the other, and she had curly brown hair, she looked older too, how was she after me if she was older?

"This is twelve. She gives this place light and food... She can kind of grow food and destroy corrosion. She's the reason why the air inside this protection circle is so... Breathable."

"Not... Tired?" I asked, how can they use their powers and not be tired?

"Well... She is kind of the source of energy. It gives her a lot of strength. For me, well I only get tired if something touches the barrier." Teen said. I looked out the window again.

"Mike." I whispered. I know that wasn't the first thing I should think about when I'm seeing all this but... I couldn't stop thinking about him and the others. I wanted to see them.

"Who?" Twelve asked, looking at me funny as I turned around to look at them again.

"Friend." I muttered.

"What's a friend?" Teen asked, looking at me confused. Oh right they probably didn't know either.

"It's when you would do anything for someone." I stated. I smiled slightly and looked at them fully.

Twelve turned to Teen and smiled. "Hello friend." She said, shaking her hand. Teen smiled back.

This can't be so bad...

Mike's POV-

I had finally stopped crying after forever and had fallen asleep, when I woke up, I was laying on the couch of Will's house. I saw Dustyn fast asleep on the lone chair and I sat up, rubbing my eyes as I heard commotion in the kitchen. I saw Nancy standing by the phone and she sounded upset.

"Yeah well screw you Steve!" She snapped, slamming it down. I looked at her and she saw I was up. She whiped away a tear and sat down beside me.

"You ok?" I asked, she looked at me and sighed.

"Y-yeah.. Perfectly fine, are you?" She asked. I nodded slightly. Just then Joyce walked in, holding three plates of waffles. (Idk how) she handed one to Nancy and one to me, she walked off to go wake up Dustyn. I looked down.

"Eggo's?" I asked, Nancy looked at me strangely.

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?" Nancy asked, taking a bite of hers.

"They were El's favorite." I mumbled.

"Ah! Well, remember. She's a strong girl. She'll be fine. In the mean time. You need to build up your strength for the plan." Nancy spoke. I looked at her confused

"Plan?"