{DISCONTINUED FOR NOW} hidden ~ m.w.

two; powers

i walked for what felt like hours. my head was starting to get cold. i ran my hand along my buzz cut.

i miss my long flow-like hair.

i made it to a road where a lot of cars were. there was a sign. it read "welcome to hawkins" .

this must be the city the lab was in.

i never knew the name of the lab. or what city or state we lived in. i kept on walking until i saw a store.

it read "7-Eleven". i walked inside the store. it only had a few people in there. when they saw me, they stared.

probably because i had no shoes on or maybe because my head was shaved. i looked at all the snacks on the shelves and realized how hungry i was.

the snacks read a number.

what does $1.99 mean...? i thought to myself.

i saw people were just picking up stuff and bringing them to a man at a counter.

i picked up a hostess cupcake.

mine and kali's favorite.

i brought it to the guy at the counter. he stared at me weirdly. "i want this" i told him. "okay, that'll be $1.99" he took it from me and put it under a scanner.

"what does that mean?" i asked him. "you need to pay for it, y'know, with money" he said like i knew that.

"what's money?" i asked. a lady behind me came up and took the cupcake out of my hand.

"sweetie, stop playing your dang tricks" she said. i tried to reach for the cupcake. she pulled it away.

she reached into a bag and took out green paper and handed it to the man. "every time we go somewhere, you wanna act dumb, now take your snack and let's go home" she told me.

i looked at her like she was crazy. she rolled her eyes, waved to the man behind the counter, and grabbed my arm, dragging me out of the store.

i was scared but let her drag me. we went to a car and she opened it and put me in the seat.

it started moving and i grabbed onto the door, scared. the lady looked at me. "i'm so sorry, hun, you looked so hungry, I couldn't let you sit there" she told me.

i looked at her. "i'm mrs. richardson" she told me. "what's your name?" she asked. i was scared to tell her any information about me, in case she might be working with the lab.

i kept quiet and kept looking at her. "can you hear me?" she asked. i nodded. "what's your name?" she asked again.

"t-twelve..." i said slowly. "no, not how old you are, what's your name?" she asked a little louder. "twelve...my name is twelve" i told her softly.

"that's your name? twelve?" she asked. i nodded once again. "papa calls me twelve" i added.

"who's papa?" she raised her eyebrows. "dad" i looked down. "that's your dad?" she asked. "yes" i told her. "where do you live? i can bring you back-" i cut her off. "NO" i cried.

"you don't want to go back home?" she asked. i shook my head. "please" i begged. "don't bring me back there, just save my sisters."

"you have sisters?" she questioned. i nodded. "eight and eleven" i said. "why are you all named numbers?" she asked.

"papa does not like to use our real names...he calls us numbers for the experiments" i say softly. "so you're telling me...your dad calls you and your sisters numbers and does experiments on you?" she questioned.