Open Wound | Billy Hargrove| Book 2

twenty one

Song of the chapter: Billie Eilish ~ when the party's over

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July 3rd 1985 ~ Starcourt Mall

'It got Billy' Eleven's words ran through her mind as she stood frozen as she envisioned the monster controlling the man she loved.

"I need to go." She told her friends.

"What?" Dustin said not understanding.

"I have to go." She said one more time before she was gone.

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July 3rd 1985 ~ Mike Wheeler's basement

Seven stumbled as she walked up the steps of the basement's door. Her energy was depleting rapidly as she used her power to get here.

She knocked on the door and waited a few seconds, before it was opened by Max Mayfield who looked at her friend in worry.

"Sev, are you okay?" She asked as she looked at the girl's pale skin that was stained with blood under her nose.

"Where is he?" She asked weakly as she moved forward almost falling, causing the red haired girl to help her inside.

When they got inside they were met with the other kids, and they stared in awe as they admired to the tact suit she wore, it hugged her body and the weapons that were placed in various places made her look more badass.

"Seven?" Eleven said in worry as she looked at her sister.

"Explain." Seven's voice was stern as she wanted to know everything.

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"I need to find him." Eleven looked at her sister in worry as she spoke. She could tell that the older girl was drained and she needed to rest before she pushed herself any further.

"You need to rest." Eleven said sternly. "We'll find him, and we'll save him." Eleven continued as she grabbed her sister's hand and squeezed it reassuringly. The blonde knew that her sister was right.

"I'll rest for tonight, but tomorrow we're going to find him."

Everyone agreed with her, and decided to rest for the night and find the curly haired boy tomorrow.

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July 4th 1985 ~ Hopper's cabin

"She's going to be mad." Eleven said as she looked at her sister who lied on the couch sleeping.

It was around five in the afternoon and the blonde had been asleep for almost 24 hours, as the crew embarked on their own mission.

Nancy Wheeler and Johnathan Byers had showed up to the basement and explained how Mrs. Driscoll was one of 'the flayed'. They had went back to the hospital and saw the mind flayer in his true form, exhausted they came back to the cabin and were currently waiting for the blonde to wake up.

Seven could hear voices talking in hushed whispers around her as she awoke from her slumber.

"El?" She looked around and saw that they were at their home, and she didn't miss the sight of Nancy and Johnathan.

"What happened?" She asked now aware of how much more energized she felt.

She watched as the people in the room looked at each other with knowing glances.

Eleven placed her hand on her sister's and showed her the events of the past eight hours.

"What do we do now?" Her voice had a slight edge to it and Mike answered softly.

"We need to find Billy."

She looked at the boy and then Eleven and said with determination.

"We'll find him."

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Billy Hargrove sat on his bed unmoving, as if he was a statue that was unable to move, but on the inside was a different story. He was punching and thrashing against the clutches of the puppeteer that pulled his strings tighter around the boy's heart.

The memory of him at the beach with Rose was playing in his mind now. He was happy, so happy, but the memory was tainted by the raging red storm of the monster inside of him.

Seven and Eleven, sat side by side with blindfolds over their eyes as they searched for Billy Hargrove. A pile of bloodied Kleenexes were on both sides of the girls, as they searched with the remainder of the party looking at them in worry.

"Billy?" Seven called out as she walked in the darkness of the void, she had found him.

He was sitting in his bed staring directly at her, she felt her insides churn as she looked at his blue eyes that appeared to be doll like.

"Seven." Eleven said as she watched her sister walk closer to the boy. She watched in worry as she saw how close she was getting to him, but she was no longer there, she was on a beach now that had dark cloud and that burned red.

She looked behind her when she heard laughter. It was Billy and Seven, they were so happy she thought as she saw Seven rise from under the water as Billy laughed.

After a long silence she watched in awe as they exchanged words of love to each other, but the memory changed to something cruel.

It was Billy being beaten by his father and she felt tears trail down her cheeks as the memories changed, but they were more of the same.

The memories stopped as she heard screaming.

Seven reached her hand forward to her boyfriend but he grabbed it to her surprise. She stared wide eyed with shock and for a moment she saw him, he was still in there.

She let out a cry when she was pulled down.

"Billy!" She screamed and she saw his tears, but that didn't stop him from putting his hands around her neck.

"No!" Eleven yelled causing the monster to turn it's attention to her, letting the blonde go. Seven backed away as she gasped for air and her sister hugged her from behind.

"Why are you doing this?" Seven asked.

"We're doing this for you." They watched as the puppeteer moved its puppet, but the man under was crying and they cried as he continued.

"All of it is for you."

"We're going to destroy everyone, and then we're going to end you."

They felt sorrow and fear as they watched the tears of Billy Hargrove seep through the cracks of the monster.

They took off their blindfolds and hugged each other as they cried. Rose felt her heart break as one of her petals fell.

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