Nevermind // Stranger Things fan fiction

Mind Flayer

Harper's POV

"Wallis?!" I called out once more before realizing the window was broken. Did someone kidnap him? Did he sneak out or run away? Thoughts raced through my head as I reached for the phone and dialed Libby's number.

"Hello..?" Her quiet and tired voice crept through the phone.

"Libby, Wallis has been kidnapped- and I don't know what to do and I'm freaking out right now-!" I frantically spoke then sat on the floor so I wouldn't fall over. "Please Libby help me find my brother!"

"Okay, okay. Calm down. We'll go looking for him in the morning. If someone is out there kidnapping people, then we don't want to go looking in the dark or by ourselves. Call the police and they'll know what to do, okay?" I nodded and took deep breaths.

"Yeah... yeah, I'll see you in the morning. Bye." I slammed the phone back to the wall and stood back up, shaking. I leaned over the kitchen counter and felt my heart pound through my chest. "...Hopper.." A thought came to my mind before I grabbed my jacket and ran out the door.

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When I arrived at the police station, I ran inside and yelled at the top of my lungs. "Someone please help me!" Hopper raced over to me and asked me what's wrong. "My brother-! He's missing! I think he's been kidnapped!"

I've known Hopper for almost my entire life. He's been watching over my dad in jail for years. We aren't super close but he's like the dad I never had. Always taught me shit my father never even mentioned. Ever since he adopted that girl, El, we haven't seen him around as much.

"Wallis is missing? Do you know who took him or where he could've gone?" I shook my head slowly as I began to cry. Hopper embraces me in his arms and whispered. "It's gonna be okay, you hear me? Don't you worry. We're gonna find your brother..." He gave me a bear hug then looked down at me.

"...I don't know who took him... but I know it wasn't human. I sound crazy..." Hopper gave me a blank stare then pulled away from the hug.

"You don't sound crazy... you sound like Joyce Byers." He grabbed his hat from the coat rack beside us and flips it on his head. "I know where to start looking for Wallis. Get in my car and I'll take you there." He ordered me then left the police station.

"Okay." My voice trailed off for a second then I did what he said. Hopper and I got inside our cars then I followed him down the road to some broken down hospital. We parked outside the blocked up gate then get out of our cars. "What are we doing here? You really think Wallis would come to this place?"

Hopper grabbed a gun from under the seat of his truck. "Maybe. I know it doesn't make sense right now but I'll explain it later." He handed me the gun and grabbed his other one from his police belt. "If you see anything weird, shoot at it. You know how to use one of these?" He gestures to the hand gun.

I nodded my head and grasped the weapon in my hand. "Fits like a glove." I said. Hopper gave me a small smile and walked up to the locked gate. "How are we even gonna get inside?" I asked him before he aimed his gun at the lock and shot it right off. "Okay then..." I mumbled.

Hopper ran the side of his arm into the metal gate and it burst open. "Let's go." He waved his arm and I followed him to the building

"What is this place..?" We stepped through the broken glass doors and into the fowl smelling area. "Is it a Hospital or something?" I whispered.

"Sorta. This is Hawkins Lab, Where they do all the science experiments and shit. I think there's something in here that's taking people."

"What could possibly live in this dump?" I asked as I pointed my gun in different directions around me.

"A monster." Hopper started "Listen, there's a lot of weird crap going on in Hawkins. You remember when that Byers kid that went missing then came back to life after claimed dead? Joyce told me that there was some nonhuman thing going around and kidnapping people. Kinda like you told me what took Wallis."

I messaged my forehead and tried to process all what he just told me. "Wait, I don't understand. Why would that thing take my brother specifically?"

After clearing the first floor, we continued up the stairs. "I don't know, kid. It's not like I'm friends with it. Don't look to much into it, okay?" He said, scanning the room.

My ears turn hot from anger. "Are you insane??! You come in here acting all chill when my brother is missing and then tell me to not ask questions!! Really?" I yell and hear it echo back at me.

Hoppers eyes widen. "Could you stop yelling? I'd really appreciate if those monsters didn't come kill us because of you..!" He whispered at me.

"Sorry.." I said sarcastically and tried to catch up with Hopper. "Do you think he's... dead..?" Hopper hesitated but then answered.

"No. The worst thing that could happen is if he got... flayed." He slammed the side of his shoulder into a door and It fled open.

"What does that mean?"

"Brainwashed. By the monster." Hopper stated, his face almost emotionless. "Well, looks like it's not here. We should leave then search in the morning. You look like you need some sleep." He turned around and raised his eyebrows.

I tried not to giggle, but a small smile appeared on my face. "And you look like you need a cigarette." We both started laughing then we left the Lab. "Hey, Hop..?"

Hopper took his beige hat off then glanced at me. "Yeah?" He opened his car door then stopped.

"Thanks... for doing this." I said then he gave me a sympathetic smirk.

"Anytime, kiddo. But if I have to eat cold KFC chicken when I get home, you're going on my Hitlist." He slammed his car door and I got back inside then he drove towards my house.

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When I opened the door to my home, I heard something move. "...Hello..?" I grabbed an umbrella from behind the door and I traveled towards the sound.

"Harper?" I heard Wallis call out from his room.

"Wallie..?"