The New Raven

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POV | Max

I find Eleven pacing back and forth outside her cabin. Her curls were too slow to keep up with her speed and were bouncing at the back of her head as she walked.

"Eleven." I say. She turns to me and asks, "Where is she?" I hold her by her shoulders and she flinches to my touch. I try to ignore it and push her down to make her sit on the stairs.

She sits and faces towards me. I tell her the entire story of the man at Kylie's house. Eleven looks shell shocked and starts to cry. Wow, she must be really close with Kylie. I couldn't look at her crying anymore. So, I  tried to be friend and pulled her into a hug. At first, she seemed so cold in my embrace but gradually grew warm. She cried on my shoulder.

"Thank you Max." She said. I gave her a smile in return. She got up and started pacing again saying something under her breath. I couldn't hear her but it was something like, "They took her. They took her."

"Eleven what happened?" I asked. She turned towards me and screamed, "THEY TOOK HER MAX!" They?

"Who's they?" I asked. She looked back at me and said, "The bad men."

The bad men? Who's that?

I gave her a confused expression. "Max, can you take me to Mike's house?" She asked me.

"Are you allowed to get out of here?" I asked. She thought for a while and said, "Let's go."

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POV | Eleven

We were walking through the woods, side by side. Max held her skateboard in one hand and Steve's nailed bat in the other, just in case someone attacks us. Steve gave me that bat for Christmas. He was so sweet and like an older brother.

"So..Max." I say trying to create a conversation. "Why do you hate me?" She asks. Her question takes me off guard.

"I don't hate you." I say. She looks at me like I'm joking. "Please Eleven, you wouldn't be here with me if it weren't for Kylie." She stated as a matter of factly.

"Max, it's just that when you moved in here a lot happened and I saw you with Mike at school. I got jealous because I really liked him and he made a promise. I thought he liked you and I felt hurt. After that, it just keeps going on in my mind. So, I'm sorry if I was bad to you." I say to her in one breath.

She looks at me starts laughing hysterically. I give her a confused expression and say, "Why are you laughing?"

"Mike didn't like me Eleven. Nor did I like him. He kind of hated me." She said. "Yeah, he told me about that later on." I say back.

Max rode her skateboard and I walked with her for about 40 minutes. When we reached Mike's house, I took in a deep breath.

Max was going to knock on the door but stopped her hand. She turned towards me and asked me to knock. I slowly knock on the door. "Coming!" I hear Nancy scream from inside.

She opens the door and looks at us. I couldn't read her expression. "Mike. There is someone here for you." She said while turning back. We heard no response from Mike and the Nancy screamed, "Mike!"

"Coming!!" He screamed back. Wow, they are loud. "Wait inside." She says while closing the door.

"Nancy what is it?" Mike asks Nancy and turns towards me. "El!" He says while hugging me and spinning me around in the air.

"Hey.." I say back. "What happened? Are you okay? I can't believe Hopper let you leave. I'm so happy!" He says smiling.

"Well, she kind of ran away. So, yeah." Max says to Mike. "Oh. What's up?" He asks both of us.

"I should go. See you guys later!" Max says walking out the door. "So you and Max are alright now?" He asks me.

I shrug. I'm not sure if we are, but I hope that she still doesn't think hate her.

"Can we go to your basement?" I ask him. He nods and leads me downstairs. I look around the basement and nothing has changed excluding the new couch and television. I spot my fort at the corner and walk over to it. I sit inside and pull Mike in.

He chuckles and sits beside me. "El what's wrong?" He says while touching my cheek. I tell him the entire story about Kylie and he listens patiently.

"So, the bad men are back. I thought they closed down the lab. How are you sure they are the ones from the lab? And why would they want Kylie?" He asked with the curiosity growing in his voice each second.

"The way Max described the man, he reminded me of the bad men and sometimes these men, kidnapped children to use them as test subjects." I lied. I just lied to Mike.

El, friends don't lie.

"Why am I finding it hard to believe you?" He says. I just stare at him and softly smile. "Well, if she is the one who got kidnapped where is her mother? And all of their stuff? Or are you telling me that she got kidnapped too and coincidentally they had a break in with the intruder taking all of their furniture?" He asks while raising and eyebrow. 

His questions were scaring me. I promised Kylie I won't tell anyone about her powers, but I found it very hard to lie to Mike. He could read me. It was very difficult.

I try not to look into his eyes but, he just gets more suspicious.

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POV | Michael

El's not telling me something and it's getting on my nerves. She tells me everything. For God's sake she lied to me through her teeth. She keeps saying "Friends don't lie." and ultimately we have to tell her the truth. But, she doesn't follow her own rules. I don't want to pick a fight with her because I love her. Whatever it is she will tell me later. I'm sure of it. I just need to keep calm.

"Mike. I'm sorry. I promise to tell you later on. I just can't right now. I promised someone something." She says with a small voice, hugging me. I sigh and lean into her hug.

"El, don't you have to go home? Isn't Hopper going to be mad?" I ask her. She looks at me as she was trying to come out with an answer and soon enough my mom screamed from the top floor, "Mike! Hopper's on the phone!" Oh shoot.

"Coming!" I say back. "El? Do you want to take this?" I ask her. She nods and walks upstairs. I fiddle around with Rory while waiting for El.

After around ten minutes she finally comes back and asks me, "Mike, can you drop me home on the back of your bike?" She asks me.

I look at my watch and it's around 5:20. I think I'll be fine. I nod my head.

We make our way outside and I see El with an uncomfortable smile. "El, something wrong?"

Her cheeks taint a light pink and she asks "Mike can I use your restroom?" I smile at her flushed face. She got embarrassed for so little. "Sure I'll wait here." I say. She goes into the basement through the back door.

I just stand there staring at the sky and suddenly I hear someone say "Sorry Mike." And everything goes black.

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