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"OKAY! CAN WE ALL JUST STAY CALM! FOR A SECOND!" steve exclaimed. "THERE IS NO STAYING CALM! THE MIND FLAYER IS AFTER MADISON." miles argued. "s-steve t-this thing, we can't stop it." haley stuttered. "y-yeah but you've stopped it before didn't you?" steve asked. "yeah, we did thanks to maddie." alex sighed. "she's not some machine! we've been over this!" miles exclaimed. "the mind flayer is after ME! not you." madison exclaimed causing all eyes to turn towards her. "until we come up with another plan, just stay calm and figure out where this things coming from. cause obviously it has a new hiding spot." madison sighed. "for now just shut up and stay calm." madison spat before limping back to the couch.
"madison, like i said before..y-you don't need to do this." miles said softly leaning towards her. "i'm not asking for your permission." madison spat as she rolled up her jeans. "then what are you asking for?" miles said back. "i'm asking you to trust me. i've done this before. a-and this time i'm ready." madison said as she wiped the blood off of her nose.
"h-how do you know that?" miles sighed, still not convinced of what she was trying to say. "i-i just do. okay?! you wouldn't understand." madison said softly. "listen you lil shitheads, i'm in charge." steve said as he talked to the four teens in the kitchen. "oh my god! big boy steve 'the hair' harrington is finally putting on his big boy pants! what a hero!" sydney spat as she rolled her eyes causing haley, will and alex to let out a small chuckle. "shut up crawford. you're lucky i'm not calling your parents." steve spat. "you really think my parents give a shit?" sydney spat.
"newsflash harrington! i'm not rich and live in two-story house with my nuclear family and a stupid neighbor named Karen!" sydney exclaimed. "my dad hung himself so yeah, shut up harrington." sydney spat, leaving everyone in shock before she ran off into another room. "i'll go talk to her." haley said chasing after her.
"asshole." alex said slapping the back of his head. "ow! i didn't know okay?!" steve exclaimed swatting his hands away. "yeah well everyone knew. everyone in her life thinks she's a fuck up. except, haley." alex said softly.
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"hey." haley said softly as she entered the room as she saw sydney sitting on the edge of the bed. "sorry, i zoomed out earlier." sydney said. "sydney, did something happened to you when you were stuck in the lab?" haley asked worriedly, looking into her eyes with concern. "n-no nothing like that." sydney said quickly. "i guess I've been feeling a little bit different lately." sydney said softly looking into haley's eyes. "i guess we all have been feeling differently lately, about what has happened last time." haley mentioned causing sydney to nod. "yeah, i guess so." sydney said giving haley a small smile.
the only person that could comfort sydney was haley. no matter what the situation was, haley was ready to be there for her. without thinking sydney grabbed haley's face, pulling her in for a kiss leaving haley in shock. sydney quickly pulled away covering her mouth. "i-i shouldn't have done that. shit. I-i'm sorry!" sydney panicked before haley grabbed her face kissing her back.
"we're in this together. okay?" haley smiled as she cupped sydney's face. "yeah, I-i know." sydney nodded. "it's just shit is going on at home and i never really had anyone to talk about it." sydney said. "m-my dad, he killed himself." sydney said softly trying not to remember the terrible memories. "m-me and my brother found him hanging in the basement. and everyone in my life thinks that i'm a fuck up! on top of that, we're gonna fucking die!" sydney exclaimed causing haley to pull her into a hug.
"shhh..." haley hushed her. "i'm right here. i'm not leaving you." haley said softly. "promise?" sydney said so sadly. "i promise." haley smiled causing sydney to softly touch her hand as they were in the moment. will bursted through the door causing them to turn. "uh, we need you guys in the living room." will said nervously.
"we'll be there in a minute." haley said causing him to nod leaving them alone. "we should go." haley muttered, causing sydney to nod. "yeah, let's go." sydney said. haley stood up handing out her hand letting her know to hold it. sydney smiled taking her hand as she led them outside. the two interrupted the group causing them all to turn. "sorry, we didn't mean to interrupt." sydney said. "no it's cool, we're just coming up with a new plan." miles said as he sat beside madison. sydney nodded as her and haley took a seat.
"so, what you were saying about this lab.." alex mentioned. "oh! right. this lab used to be a mental health hospital. like pennhurst but more closer and undercover and private." sydney elaborated. "i did my research at the library and it said that this woman, jane ives died from a mysterious stroke and went insane." sydney said as she took out the papers and pictures from her bag. "t-that's not a crazy woman. that's my mother." madison said scarcely.
"you didn't say you had a mom." steve said dumbfounded. "i had a mom. she died when i was a baby." madison said. "she went to this place because she was sick. saying that this place was the only place that could help her." madison explained. "they said that, she began to learn stuff she wasn't supposed to. so they fucked up her brain, and made her go insane. then the next day, she died." sydney explained. "and i was with my dad." madison muttered. "i didn't really know much about her. all i knew was that she died when i was little." madison said. "and then we killed your dad." haley added. "wait, what?" steve paused.
"oh right, you weren't here for that." haley chuckled.
