"𝗪𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲. 𝗔 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁. 𝗜'𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀" - 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 ; 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 (𝗳𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗯 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲)
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘-𝐒𝐈𝐗
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦
"YOU OPENED THIS GATE BEFORE, RIGHT?"
joyce asks eleven, you waddle over to the two and peek at the piece of paper reading 'open gate'
"yes" eleven whispers.
"do you think if-if we got you back there, that you could close it?"
eleven looks to joycd before looking forward again, breathing heavily.
the others gather around the table and hopper begins to explain what happened.
"It's not like it was before. it's grown. a lot. and, i mean, that's considering we can get in there. the place is crawling with those dogs?"
you tilt your head, hugging tanjiro closer,
puppy?
"demo-dogs" dustin corrects, you huff a little in defeat, pouting, guessing maybe they aren't actual dogs.
hopper sighs, "i'm sorry, what?"
"i said, uh, demo-dogs. like demogorgon and dogs. like, you pet 'em together, it sounds pretty badass-"
"how is this important right now?" hopper questions.
"it's not. i'm sorry" dustin looks back to the table, you waddle over and hug his leg in an attempt of cheering him up, also shoving tanjiro in his arms. he smiles.
"i can do it" eleven says, you hum worriedly.
"you're not hearing me" hopper shakes his head.
"I'm hearing you. i can do it" eleven nods.
"even if el can, there's still another problem. if the brain dies, the body dies"
"i thought that was the whole point" max questions, confused.
"it is, but if we're really right about this.. i mean, if el closes the gate and kills the mind flayer's army.."
your eyes widen in realisation, "will" you say softly, everyone turns to you.
mike nods, "closing the gate will kill him"
you furrow your eyebrows, running your tongue over your teeth anxiously.
you all head over to will's room, you watch him with soft eyes as he lays asleep in bed.
joyce's eyes turn to the open window, "he likes it cold"
you all turn to her.
"what?" hopper questions.
"it's what will kept saying to me" joyce nods, "he likes it cold"
she walks over, pulling the window shut, you could sense an immediate change in will's body, as if he could just sense what was happening.
"we keep giving it what it wants"
"if this is a virus, and will's the host, then.." nancy starts.
"then we need to make the host uninhabitable" jonathan finishes.
"so if he likes it cold.."
"we need to burn it out of him"
your eyes go wide, shining a bit.
you pop up, smacking your hand on your chest, "me! burn!"
everyone turns to you, mike's eyes go wide, "that's right! [nickname]'s powers include flames! she can burn it out of him"
you put your hands on your hips and nod.
everyone nods.
"we have to do it somewhere he doesn't know this time" mike says.
"yeah, somewhere far away" dustin nods in agreement.
hopper wraps will up in the doona and carries him over his shoulder, you, jonathan, joyce, will, nancy and hopper all step out of the house.
"take denfield, then you'll see a large oak tree. you're gonna swing a right. that road is gonna dead-end. and it's about a five minute walk from there"
you and eleven both hug each other tightly, "don't die" you whisper, eleven nods and kisses your forehead gently.
you look up in her eyes for a second before walking over to the car.
you hop in the backseat first, hopper putting will in, his head on your lap.
"okay. denfield to oak tree. swing a right. that's it. and it's channel ten, right?"
he shuts the door.
you run your fingers through will's hair, looking at him with soft eyes.
you scooch over a bit so joyce can ft in next to you, his head on her lap and his legs on yours.
jonathan quickly reverses back, quickly making his way t the directions hopper gave.
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date posted ; 22/08/22
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