Gemma, My Gem - Stranger Things OC x OC

Chapter 16

Gemma, My Gem

Chapter 16 - The Bite

Later that night, El's sitting in between the stepsisters, telling everyone about her encounter with Billy in the void.

"He said he was building something. That is was all for me." El says.

"Building something...is he talking about the flayed?" Max asks.

"He must be." Nancy says.

"So he's building an army, just like we thought." Lucas says.

"Yeah, but he's not building this army to spread." Mike says.

"He's building it to stop Eleven." Will says.

"Last year, El closed the gate on him. I have a feeling that really pissed him off." Mike says.

"I have that feeling too." Gemma says.

"Like royally." Lucas says.

"And the Mind Flayer now knows that she's the only thing that can stop him. But if she's out of the way..." Mike trails off.

"Game over." Lucas says.

"He also said he was gonna kill all of you." El says.

"Yeah, well, that's nice." Max says, sarcastically.

Gemma lets out a shaky breath before getting up.

She goes over to the phone and dials Rudy's number but he doesn't answer.

She calls him a few more times before going back over to the couch, gnawing at her nail, worriedly.

Nancy hears something and she lets out a shaky breath as she goes over to one of the windows.

"Do you guys hear that?" Nancy asks.

The group falls silent and tries to listen for the sound Nancy heard.

"It's just the fireworks." Jonathan says.

"Billy...when he told you this, it was here, in this room?" Nancy asks, turning to face El.

El nods.

Goosebumps form on the back of Will's neck and he touches it.

"He knows we're here." Will says.

The group heads outside and they see the Mind Flayer in the distance, heading towards them.

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"Jesus, slow down!" Steve says to Dustin who's driving the cart.

"Yeah, what is this, like, the Indy 500?" Robin asks.

"It's the Indy 300." Steve says.

"No, dingus, it's 500!" Robin says.