STRANGER THINGS S4/ "ONE MORE TIME"

Chapter 2.- "Toothless"

The last weeks of class before the holidays were passing slowly at Hawkins Middle School, since Troy had returned the atmosphere was tense, now that Troy had Mike on his side, his grades were extraordinary and he had an excellent reputation in front of the teachers so that complicated any attempt to report abuse, he had the perfect alibi…¿How could Mike Wheeler's friend, one of our best students, do something like that?

Everyone had to get used to that lifestyle and make sure not to cross with him, although that was not always possible ...

“Hi toothless, ¿What is that thing you have there? Is it a time machine to prevent the mouse from stealing your teeth? ”. Troy and his gang surrounded Dustin before entering the laboratory.

"I work in a centrifuge machine for the science fair but I don't think you understand what it means". Dustin knew it was a mistake to talk to them like that but he got carried away for the moment, hoping Mike would save him if they wanted to kill him.

"It seems someone wants to die today." Troy approached Dustin dangerously. "Do you know something, we will also participate in that fair and I need to win so I would not like you to become a hindrance, so maybe you want to give us a demonstration of your work" . Troy took Dustin from the backpack, bringing him closer to the lab door, but Mike's voice stopped him.

"Troy, stop!" Dustin's face lit up for a moment, there was his friend, he was still there, but his illusion ended when Mike approached him and with a blow he threw all his things to the ground and then kicked his project hard.

"Don´t waste time with this idiot, now there is nothing to expose, let's get out of here". Everyone laughed as they walked away, Mike looked back for a moment to find Dustin lifting his destroyed things off the ground while Lucas and Max helped him, they had seen everything, the look on their faces was of absolute disappointment, no matter what, he kept walking to the exit.

“Shit dude, are you ok?... I can't believe Mike did that ... ¿What the hell is wrong with him? ” Lucas said annoyed as he helped Dustin lift his things.

“That idiot has already taken this too far, I thought that what he did to Eleven was the worst, but, I can't believe he dared to destroy your work for months, he knows how important the science fair is for everyone”. Max had a red face, more than her hair, she used to get like this when she was furious.

Dustin, despite being the most affected, was calm. "I'm fine guys, this was just a prototype, the real project is locked up, I'm not that stupid, that's not what worries me, Mike is getting worse every time and this isn't normal, there's something weird here"

"There's nothing weird Dustin, people change, remember everything Eleven told us, everything he said, maybe he was just fed up with everything that happened, maybe he just wanted a normal and boring life, meeting new people, growing up people change and Mike changed, he already chose and apparently got tired of being a nerd and enjoys being the idiot king of the school. ” Max spat all those words in anger.

"You don't understand Max, I have known Mike for years, we have both known him for years". He said pointing to Lucas. “Mike 2 years ago jumped off a cliff for me, to save me from them, Eleven saved him but he didn't know she was there, it was a certain death and he didn't care, he is that kind of friend, that is why I feel that something is happening, this is not normal, please dude, I can´t be the only one to think this”. Dustin looked at Lucas, waiting for an answer, he sighed, it seemed he was thinking his words very well.

“Yes, I mean, of course, at the beginning I also thought that this was very strange, especially what he said to Eleven, he loved her, I was at his side in the whole process of the breakup and he was really broken, they were happy again and when this happened, of course, this appreciated me strangely, it's just that we have no evidence, we have no indication of anything”

"Wait a second". Max interrupted. “You will not be implying that Mike is under the effect of the mind-Flyer, right? I lived with Billy and recognizing those symptoms, Mike has no symptoms don't be fooled and remember that the portal closed again”

"I don't know, dude, maybe Max is right, you have to use logic and if he decides to return to being the person he was before, here we will be waiting ... for now, let's go”. Lucas and Max walked down the hall leaving Dustin focused on his thoughts, he would not give up, they hadn't been there that afternoon, they didn't see Mike's eyes when he saw that knife about to hurt his friend, they didn't see his eyes when he made the decision and that decision was …I will die for you.

Dustin would not give up.

"I'll find out what's up with you my friend"

Sorry for the translation, I hope there aren't too many mistakes, in the next chapter, we will discover what happens with Mike
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'm excited for the ideas I have for this story, thank you very much for reading

 Elizabeth 💕