Gasoline(A Stranger Things Story) OCxEleven

Chapter Nine:The Gate

Mike stepped forward, and whispered,"Eleven." She whispered,"Mike", and they hugged each other. Mike pulled away, as I walked forward,and said,"Sarah and I never gave up on you. I called you every night...Every night for-" She finished,"Three hundred and fifty three days...I heard." Mike asked,"Why didn't you tell me you were there? That you were okay?" Hopper said,"Because I wouldn't let her." He stepped forward, and side hugged El, and asked,"The hell is this? Where have you been?" El asked,"Where have you been?" Mike and I realised at the same time, as I said,"You've been hiding her." Mike said,"You've been hiding her this entire time!", and shoved Hopper. Hopper yelled,"Hey! Let's talk. Alone." He and Mike walked off, and I went to my room, as El hugged and talked to everyone...I sat down on my bed, then went to the bathroom, and got a wet towel...I went back to my room, and carefully cleaned my face and ears, and changed into a black tank top, and some black shorts...I coughed hard, and, pulling my hand away, saw black goo...I said,"You're not taking my brother...And you're not taking me, you asshole...You hardly let me sleep, I have to drink blood because of you, and you try to destroy and attack my family...But I won't let you get me again....."

I began pacing around my room, then, as I thought about...Everything...I began throwing things, and crying...Bob was dead because of me...I could have stayed with El when I first found her, but I didn't...I didn't tell Mike about El when I could have...I didn't save Barb...I couldn't save Will...My family was in danger...I finally got tired of throwing things, so I sat down on my now bare bed, and stared at the floor...A knock sounded at the door, and Mom said,"Sweetie, Eleven wants to talk to you..." She opened the door, and her eyes widened as she took in the mess, and I whispered,"Sorry, Mom..." She just nodded, let El in, and shut the door. El sat down next to me, and I kept staring at the floor..She said,"I saw Will...And...Your Mom told me what happened...Every thing..." I said,"Yeah...I'm a real monster...People get killed or hurt, and I can't save them...And this thing in my head is killing my brother...And me..." She took my hand, and said,"Sarah..." I looked at her, and said,"Yeah?" She hugged me, and I cried on her shoulder, and she just held me, until I stopped crying...I looked at her punk outfit, and said,"I like your clothes...Looks good on you..." A thought occurred to me, and I asked,"You didn't...Meet Kali, did you?" Her eyes widened, and she said,"Yes...Bad.." I nodded, and said,"That's where I was, for almost a year...I came back here on Halloween....On my birthday...I missed you, El...I saw you, when you left the school...I followed you for that whole month, until Hopper took you..." She asked,"Why didn't you talk to me?" I said,"Because I thought you were safer there, and better off without me...Without a monster..."

She said,"No...You're not...You're not a monster, Sarah...And I missed you too..." She carefully reached underneath her black shirt, and lifted out the heart necklace I had given her last year...I smiled, and she said,"I watched you...And Mike...Every night...And I'm not...Better off without you..." She slowly leaned in, and I did the same, heart racing, and we jumped back, as Mom came in, and told El,"There's something I have to show you..." We both stood, and followed Mom to the kitchen, where the words Close Gate were written on paper...El looked at the paper, slightly afraid, but looking more angry than anything...Mom asked her,"You opened this gate before, right?" El answered,"Yes." Mom asked,"Do you think if we got you back there, you could close it?" El looked at her, then stared straight ahead, and I knew she was thinking...I slowly grabbed her hand, and she looked at me, and I nodded. We all gathered around the kitchen table, and Hopper said,"It's not like it was before. It's grown. A lot. And I mean, that's considering that we can get in there. That place is crawling with those dogs." I looked up, and said,"I can get you inside." Everyone stared at me, and I sighed. I said,"He won't get me again. I'm stronger now. And if I don't pull those things from the entrance, you and El will be eaten alive. She might be able to kill them, but there's too many, even for her." Dustin said,"Demo-dogs." Hopper said,"I'm sorry, what?" Dustin said,"I, uh, said Demo-dogs. Like Demogorgon and dogs." Hopper asked,"How is this even important right now?" Dustin said,"It's not. I'm sorry." El suddenly said,"I can do it. Me and Sarah." Hopper said,"You're not hearing me." El said,"I'm hearing you, and I can do it." Mike said,"Even if El can do it, there's another problem. If the brain dies, the body dies." Max said,"I thought that was the whole point."