Gasoline(A Stranger Things Story) OCxEleven

Chapter Four:Will The Wise

The darkness wrapped around me, and the Shadow Monster said,"Sarah...Mine..." I watched black veins run through my arms, and pain radiated through my entire body...I watched the darkness finish entering Will, and then, I opened my eyes, finding myself on the field next to Will, Mom in front of us...I was shaking so hard my teeth chattered, and Mike wrapped his jacket around me...Their voices sounded like they were coming from far away, as ringing sounded in my ears...I faintly wondered what the Shadow Monster had done to Will and me....Mom carefully walked me and Will to the car, and when we got home, we all three sat down at the kitchen table...Mom asked,"What happened?" Will said,"I can't remember." Mom asked me,"Sarah?" I said,"I-I don't know..." She said,"I need you to try." Will said,"I...I was on the field...Sarah was there...And...And then it all just went blank...And then you were there..." I nodded...Mom said,"I need you to tell me the truth..." Will said,"I am.." Mom sighed, and walked over, grabbed a piece of paper with a drawing on, and set it down in front of Will..She said,"I saw this shape on the tape from Halloween Night. It's the same as the one in your drawing. These episodes you're having...I think Dr. Owens is wrong...I think they're real...But I can't help you or Sarah if I don't know what's going on..So you have to talk to me...Please...No more secrets, okay?" Will nodded, and I nodded...Mom said,"Okay."

Mom asked,"Did-Did you see this thing again...On the field?" She pointed at the drawing. Will said,"Yes..." I said,"I did, too..." Mom asked,"What...What is it?" Trembling, Will answered,"I don't know"...I stayed silent...Will whispered,"It's more of...A feeling." Mom asked,"Like that one you had that night at the arcade?" Will nodded, and, in a shaky voice, answered,"Yes.." I closed my eyes, remembering the way it had felt...The Shadow Monster holding me captive...Not being able to move, or anything...And the pain...Mom asked,"What does it want?" Will whispered,"I don't know...It came for me, and..And for Sarah..." He began crying,"And I tried. I tried to make it go away...But it got me, Mom..." I whispered,"It got me too, Will..." Mom asked,"Well, what does that mean?", tears in her eyes...Will whispered,"I felt it...Everywhere..." I remembered the shadows going into his mouth, nose, and ears, and shuddered...He cried,"Everywhere....I-I still feel it...I just want this to be over..." Mom wrapped him in a hug, as Will sobbed...I slowly raised my arms, and looked at them, breathing fast...There was no sign of the darkness from earlier...But I could feel something...Darkness...Moving through me, through my very blood...Mom told Will, "It's okay. It's okay." She pulled back, and made him look at her...She said,"Listen to me. I will never ever let anything bad happen to you ever again.Whatever's going on in you, we're gonna fix it. I will fix it.I promise. I'm here." I looked at her, and at Will, and whispered,"This is my fault...All of this is my fault...Last year, I was here when he got taken, and now...Now, this happened...When I was there...I should have stopped it..." I felt tears stream down my face, and Mom said,"Oh, sweetie, come here...None of this is your fault...You hear me? None of it..." She wrapped me and Will in a hug, and, as I cried into her shoulder, she said,"I will keep you both safe...I promise...I will fix this..." Later that night, Will asked Mom to sleep with him in his room, and I padded off to my own room...I laid down, and pulled up the covers, shivering, but it didn't help the cold fear inside of me...The fear that told me something was wrong with me and Will...And that Mom wouldn't be able to fix it...No one would...I closed my eyes, and drifted off to sleep, visions of black shadows running through tunnels, and the monster filling my head...

The next morning, I shot up, breathing hard and covered in sweat, the image of me killing Mike and my friends from my nightmare still haunting me..I stood up, and felt queasy, almost falling...I realised it had been two days, and Kali would be angry that I wasn't back yet...But I couldn't go anywhere now...Will needed me..I walked out into the kitchen, where Will and Mom sat, and Mom looked at me, concerned, and said,"Hey, sweetheart...You don't look so good...How are you feeling?" I sat down at the table, and laid my face against the cool wood of the surface, muttering,"Like hell..." Mom said,"Well, I'm going to run Will a bath to help him warm up...But first, let's check your temperature..." She made me stick the thermometer under my tongue, and her eyes widened, as she took it and checked it....I asked,"What?" She looked at me, then the thermometer, and frowned...She said,"Your temperature is even colder than Will's was...Maybe the thermometer is broken..." I said,"Maybe..." She got up to go run Will's bath, and he looked at me...I said,"I didn't sleep so good last night...How about you?" Will said,"I slept fine.." I said,"I'm not...I'm not going to school today...." Mom came into the room, and said,"That's okay...Both of you can stay home...Your bath's ready, Will." Will went to his room, and came out wrapped in a towel, his skin shining with sweat...I followed him to the bathroom, and, as he approached the tub, and I saw the warm water, my hands started sweating, and my heart started racing....Will stared at the warm water with wide eyes, trembling, and I was shaking too...For some reason, I was beyond terrified of that water...And I knew Will was too..