In case you don't live forever

Chapter 2: Mirkwood

Peter's Pov:

The four of us walked up to Mr. Clarke after class. "So did it come?" Mike asked. "Sorry boys. I hate to be the bearer of bad news" Mr. Clarke replied and our smiles started to turn upside down "But.. It came" Mr. Clarke continued and smiles returned to our faces. Mr. Clarke lead us to the AV room. Mike burst open the door and we ran inside. "The Heathkit ham shack. Ain't she a beaut." Mr. Clarke told us. "I bet you could talk to New York on this thing" Dustin said. "Think bigger" Mr. Clarke replied. "California?" Lucas asked. "Bigger". "Toronto?" I pulled up another chair to the table it was on. "Even bigger" Mr. Clarke put his hands on his hips. "Australia?" Mike looked up at Mr. Clarke as he nodded his head. "When Will sees this he's totally going to blow his shit" Lucas continued to look at the device. "Lucas!" Mr. Clarke raised his voice at him for swearing. Lucas quickly apologized. Mike put the headphones on and spoke into the microphone "Hello this is Mike Wheeler. President of Hawkins middle AV club" He said in a terrible Australian accent. Dustin took the headphones from his head "Hello this is Dustin and this is the treasurer and Secretary of the Hawkins middle AV club. Do you eat kangaroos for breakfast?" He spoke in the microphone with an Australian accent. Lucas took the headphones but before he could speak the principal walked in. "Sorry to interrupt but may I borrow Michael, Peter, Lucas and Dustin.

We followed the principal to his office. He sat us down on the couch while the police men sat in two chairs in front of us. The bigger one, Hopper and he was the chief of police asked us about Will. The four of us all started talking over each other until Hopper stopped us. He pointed to me and asked "Peter. You said he takes what?". "Mirkwood" I replied. He turned to the other police man named Callahan and asked if he had ever heard of Mirkwood. Callahan said it sounded made up to him. "No, Its from Lord of the Rings" Lucas explained. "Well the Hobbit" Dustin looked over at Lucas before he spoke again looking at Dustin "It doesn't matter." "He asked" Dustin told Lucas. "He asked" Lucas mocked Dustin. The two of them started to fight a little while Mike and I sat in between them rolling are eyes a little. They fought until Hopper spoke "Hey what did I just say. One at a damn time. You" He looked over at Mike. "Mirkwood. Its a real road its just the name that's made up". Mike told Hopper "Its where Cornwallis and Kerley meet" I added. "Yeah, I think I know it" Hopper mumbled sitting back in his chair. "We can show you" Mike spoke up. "I said I know it" Hopper talked back. "We can help look" I told him. He looked me dead in the eyes "No, after school, you go straight home. All of you" He eyed the rest of the boys. "This means no biking around looking for your friend, no investigating, no nonsense. This isn't some Lord of the Rings book" He continued. "The hobbit" Dustin explained. "Do I make myself clear? I make myself clear?" Hoppers tone scared me a little. We nodded a little before being lead out of the principal's office.

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On my bike ride home I rode alone. I was just so worried about Will. The same thoughts came to me as of earlier. Will was my best friend and I didn't want anything bad to happen to him. When I got home I put my bike outside the garage and walked towards the door. I walked in the door of my house to see both my dad sitting on the couch in the living room. I put my bag beside the door and walk into the living room. "Hey dad and pops" I forced a smile. "Hi Sweetie. How was school?" My dad Chris asked as he got up to hug me. "It was okay I guess" I shrugged as I hugged back. "Joyce called us today. She said Wills missing" My other dad Harry came and joined the hug. "I know" I said trying to hold back tears from the fact my best friend was missing. They both unwrapped their arms from me and gave a gentle smile as I walked upstairs to my room. When I got in and sat on my bed I burst into tears. It felt like my world had been broken. A puzzle piece missing from the puzzle that made me. Will. He was my best friend. Knowing that he was missing tore me apart. I cried for a while until I heard a knock on the door. I got up and opened it, leaving the stream of tears on my face. I looked and saw my brother, Steve standing there with a plate with a slice of pizza on it "I brought you dinner" He smiled softly as me. "Thanks" I whispered as he handed me the plate. "Hey Pete, It will be okay. I promise. They will find Will and he will come back safe" He tried to cheer me up and I just nodded a little. He eventually left and I went back to crying on my bed. I looked over at my desk with Wills drawing scattered across it and it made me even more heart broken. I cried until I heard someone speaking to me through my supercom. I picked it up off my floor and heard Lucas "Peter. Meet me at my house in 5. Over" I spoke into it "Why? Over" My voice cracked. "Just come please. Over and out" Lucas spoke again. I wiped some tears off my face and ran downstairs still holding my supercom. I saw that both my dad were gone and I grabbed my bag before walking out of the house. I hopped on my bike and rode to Lucas's house.

The four of us rode down Mirkwood with Mike leading. Mike suddenly comes to a stop "Why are we stopping?" Lucas asked. Mike didn't answer he just looked into the woods. I looked where he was looking and got off my bike leaving it to fall to the ground. Suddenly lightning lit up the sky and a few drops of rain fell. "Oh man, did you guys feel that?" Dustin asked. He held out his palm as water drops hit it "Maybe we should go back" Dustin seemed like he didn't want to look for Will. "No splitting up or anything stupid like that, but stay on channel six. Just in case" Mike handed in supercom to Dustin and started walking into the woods going under the caution tape with Lucas and I following. There was another crash of thunder and Dustin screamed "Hey, guys, wait up! WAIT UP!"

Thunder continued to crash as we walked through the woods. We were all soaked now. Our flashlights lit up the forest as we looked for Will. "Will? Will??" Mike yelled "Byers?!" Was yelled by Lucas. "I've got your x-men 134!" Dustin yelled. "You really think Will is going to come running out of the woods just because you brought his comic book?" I looked over at Dustin shining the flashlight in his eyes. He didn't answer. He just continued walking. "Guys, I really think we should turn back.." Dustin sounded scared. "Seriously, Dustin, if you want to be a baby, just go home already" Lucas spoke. Dustin looked at Lucas "I'm just being realistic, Lucas." "No you are being a sissy" Lucas continued to walk not making eye contact with Dustin. "You ever think Will went missing because, you know, he ran into someone bad? And now we're going to the place where he was last seen, and we don't even have weapons or anything" Dustin was soon interrupted by Mike "Dustin shut up.." "I'm just sayin', does that seem smart to you?.." Dustin was interrupted by Mike again "Shut up!"

"You guys hear that?" Mike continued. We slowly moved our flashlights around only to hear footsteps behind us. We turn around to see a person with a shaved head, wearing a huge yellow shirt.

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