Stranger Things

Season 4 : Episode 1

Everyone woke up, one by one. They were no longer in the dark, peculiar, creepy forest. They were now in the loving and welcoming household of the Wheelers. They were all laid down next to each other. Jane was the first to awake. Will being the last. Everyone was silent in the warm basement, they couldn't interpret of what just happened. Silence for what felt like hours, which was only minutes.

"What the hell just happened?" Dustin managed to mumble.

"I don't know.." Mike whispered.

"Five." Jane said bluntly, "She's back."

"Who's this number, 'Five'?" Max asked.

"I don't know. I feel like I need to know her." she said, slowly, word by word.

Mike stood up and started to walk in circles. Jane still sat on the floor.

"How are we going to find her again..?" Mike questioned.

Max stood up and walked to the couch to sit down. She crossed her legs, "What if.. Actually, no."

"What?" Mike stared at her.

"What if we bring her... to us? I mean, I know this isn't one of those Scooby-Doo episodes, but.. I mean, it could work.."

"I mean, I guess." Mike said.

"This is crazy. I am not going through this again." Lucas brought his tone up.

"Five.." Will stared at the ground, focused into his thoughts, "It sounds so familiar."

"Darn it! I dropped my cheese balls in the forest.." Dustin said frustrated.

Lucas glared at Dustin. "Sorry, sorry" Dustin put his hands up in defense.

"Five!" Will yelled, "and Six! That's who they were. I remember them, they were in some dream I had once.."

"Yeah right, no way." Lucas said.

"I'm not joking, Lucas. They were twins. They were experimented at a different lab. I'm not exactly sure where though.."

"Five and Six." Jane mumbled. Everyone kept discussing what they could do and the commotion wouldn't stop.

"Shut up!" Mike yelled. Everyone looked at Mike, "We need to go back to the woods."

The commotion started up once again.

"We have to! Five, or whatever, may know about the Upside Down. She can help us. It's all still here. It's after not just Will this time. It could be after us. Or everyone. We need to help. We need to figure this out."

"Fine.." Lucas sighed.

"Let's go."

Everyone ran up the stairs and grabbed their walk talkies and coats. They all ran outside and climbed onto their bikes or skateboard. Eleven crawled onto Mikes bike and they all rode into the road, heading back to the same forest they found Eleven. The same one where Will disappeared. So much happens there. She HAS to be there.

Everyone rode in silence, too focused on their breathing. They were going faster than they usually would. The road was now only lightened by the streetlights. They were riding back to where they all saw 05.

They reached the forest and everyone jumped off their bike/skateboard, except Mike. He stood up and helped Jane off.

Lucas took his flashlight out and shined the light into the dark forest, then Dustin did the same.

"Okay, so what we're looking for is a person with the number 5 on her wrist. This is kinda crazy, it could be just some homeless dude waiting for us. He could like, kidnap us!" Dustin cried out.

"That's the most stupid thing I've heard all my life." Lucas rolled his eyes.

"I'm glad I took that position." Dustin puffed his chest out and grinned.

"Shut up guys, you're probably scaring them away.." Max whisper-yelled.

Mike held Janes hand and walked through the forest, taking his flashlight out and shining it in the forest, "Follow me."

They followed him into the darker side of the forest.

5 minutes into the walk.

10 minutes into the walk.

15.

20.

24.

They were all listening for any other noises except for their footsteps.

"Why don't we split up? That'd be so much easier.." Lucas mumbled.

"Are you serious? Have you even watched a horror movie before? They ALL end up getting killed! My schedule has nothing about DYING TODAY" Dustin shouted, louder than expected.

"Shut up, will you!" Mike glared at the two boys, "We need this."

"Did you hear that?" Will stared out behind everyone. Everyone went silent. There was footsteps. Then another pair of footsteps were heard in front of them. They were circling around them.

"That doesn't sound.. uh.. normal." Dustin whispered.

Lucas shined his flashlight out in the direction the noises were coming from. Two yellow, glaring eyes stared right at them, "That is not human.."

"Shit, shit, shit. Those are wolves!" Dustin jumped, "Are you shitting me?!"

Janes eyes widened and she put her hand out in front of her. "I'll.. keep.. us.. safe."

The wolves jumped at them, everyone closed their eyes, even Jane. Yet, nothing came at them. After a couple of second of realization, everyone opened their eyes to the wolves whimpering on the floor. They were pressured down on the floor, then were let go suddenly and they ran off. They all looked at Jane, she shook her head saying, "It.. wasn't me.."

Then, something walked towards them. A child, around their age. Everyone shined their light on them. "Jesus Christ, no need for that.." The person covered their eyes.

"What the hell?" Dustin said, confused as everyone else was.

"Uh, well. That wasn't the introduction I thought I would hear, I was kinda hoping for a, 'Wow! That was so cool' or even a 'Who are you?' Possibly a 'Gosh-diddly-darn, hi! Are you the person we're looking for?'"

"Why would you assume we're looking for a person? We could be looking for anything." Mike glared at her.

"I overheard your conversations inside the house."

"You were INSIDE the house the whole time?!" Lucas shouted.

"No, no, no. I was here. I was.. what's that word..?"

"Eavesdropping?" Will questioned.

"I mean, I guess so. I could kinda hear that far.. Well, let's, uh, forget that," she mumbled. Then she took off the mask that covered the lower half of her face and grinned, "I'm 05, I mean I'd prefer you to call by my name, Adrienne." Her nose had some freckles, yet they were kinda hidden from her tan skin. You could kind of see her brown hair stick out of her hoodie. Her eyes were green, yet they were dull and bright at the same time.

She walked towards them while talking. She was right in front of them and stuck her hand out. Jane stuck her hand out and shook it. "You're 11, aren't you?" Adrienne asked.

"Yeah.." Jane stared at her and smiled.

"I've heard so much about you."