Season One (Stranger Things Fanfic)

Chapter Three: Holly Jolly

You and the guys were out on the grass at the courtyard of the school as you looked for rocks on the ground for the wrist rocket.

"So, do you think Eleven was born with her powers, like the X-Men, or do you think she acquired them, like... like Green Lantern?" Dustin asked.

"She's not a superhero, she's a weirdo" Lucas said.

"Hey, she's not a weirdo, she has freaking powers, how does that make her weird" you said defending El.

"My point exactly" Lucas told you.

"Why does that matter? The X-Men are weirdos" Mike said.

"If you love her so much, why don't you marry her?" Lucas said. You rolled your eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Mike asked annoyed.

"C'mon Mike, you look at her all, like... Hi, El! El! El! I love you so much! Would you marry me?" Lucas said in a girly voice and kneeling on the ground. You laughed.

"Shut up, Lucas" Mike said.

"Yeah, shut up, Lucas"

Troy and James walked up to you guys. You rolled your eyes and sighed.

"What are you losers doing back here?" Troy asked.

"Probably looking for their missing friend" James laughed.

"That's not funny, it's serious" you said defensively.

"I hate to break it to you Psycho, but he's not in danger, he's dead. That's what my dad says. He said he was probably killed by some other queer" Troy said.

You started to walk up to them fast, about to beat them down to hell, but Lucas grabbed you by the arm and pulled you back.

"What're you gonna do Psycho, hit me?" Troy teased.

"Without hesitation" you yelled back.

"Come on, just ignore them" Mike told you.

He started to walk away but Troy tripped him and Mike fell flat face on a rock, getting hit on his chin. He groaned in pain.

"Watch where you're going, Frogface" Troy said.

"I swear to God Lucas, lemme go, I'm not gonna kill him, only give him a good shiner c'mon!" you muttered to Lucas as you tried to get out of his grasp but he didn't let go. He knew you were a fighter. You were protective around Mike, he was your first best friend ever and you never wanted to see him hurt.

Once Troy and James walked away, Lucas let you go and you all walked up to Mike.

"You all right?" you asked him. 

"Yeah" he had a scratch on his chin from the rock and he was bleeding. He turned to you and gave you a small reassuring smile.

"Hey, how 'bout this one?" Dustin said picking up a rock.

"Yeah, this is it" Mike said smiling.

"Oh, yeah" you said handing it to Lucas.

"Yeah, this is the monster killer!"

(Time skip to after school)

You, Dustin, Lucas and Mike met up with El after school and you were all walking on the trail in the woods, hoping to find Will. You walked in the back of the trail with Lucas and Dustin and Mike and El walked in front of you guys. You looked up and saw Mike and El deep in conversation.

"It's weird isn't it? Mike and El? It's like they have a thing for each other" you said.

"Yeah, I don't know if we can trust her" Lucas said.

"Why not?"

"She has powers, what if she turns them against us? Or what if she's lying, what if she doesn't know where Will is and she's just using us?" Lucas said.

"I don't know man, she seemed pretty scared when we first met her" Dustin said.

"Exactly, she won't even tell us where she's from, how can we trust her?"

You shrugged, "She seems to know where Will is, if we don't find him, we're gonna find him ourselves"

(Time skip to night)

Your feet were aching as you walked your bikes. It was dark out and you didn't even know where you were walking to. You came out from the woods and El stopped outside of Will's house.

"Here" she said.

"Yeah, this is where Will lives" Mike said.

"Hiding"

"No, no, this is where he lives" Mike tried to explain.

Lucas threw down his bike. "What are we doing here?"

"She said he's hiding here" Mike said.

"Um... no!"

"I swear, if we walked all the way out here for nothing -" you started to say.

"That's exactly what we did. I told you she didn't know what the hell she was talking about!" Lucas shouted.

"Why did you bring us here?" Mike asked her but she didn't answer.

"Mike, don't waste your time with her" Lucas said.

"What do you want to do then?"

"Call the cops, like we should have done yesterday" Lucas explained.

"We are not calling the cops!" Mike said.

"Hey, guys?" Dustin said.

You turned and saw the flashing light and heard the sirens from the road.

"What other choice do we have?" Lucas continued to argue.

"Guys!" you yelled.

You all turned and saw the multiple police cars and an ambulance.

"Will..."

You all rode your bikes fast on the road following the police cars. You pedaled as fast as you could trying to keep up. You all turned out to follow the police to the quarry. You all dropped your bikes behind a fire truck and watched from behind.

You saw paramedics in the water taking out a limp body. It looked a whole lot like Will. Your heart stopped as you watched. 

"It's not Will .. it can't be" you shook your head.

You saw them take the kid out and place him on a raft. It was him, it was the friend that you've known your whole life.

"It's Will. It's really Will" Lucas said.

The tears threatened to spill. There he was, dead. His dead body was being taken out of the freaking quarry. That was your friend, gone but right in front of you. You all backed away from the truck in disbelief.

"Mike..." El started to say, she reached out to him but Mike slapped her hand away.

"Mike? Mike what? You were supposed to help us find him alive. You said he was alive! Why did you lie to us? What's wrong with you? What is wrong with you?" he yelled at her.

He was mad, you all were but you just didn't even feel like you could be mad, you just saw your dead friend being pulled out of the water. Mike grabbed his bike and started to walk out of the scene.

"Mike, come on man" you said in a quaking voice.

"Mike..." Lucas started to say.

"Mike, where are you going? Mike!" Dustin yelled but he didn't turn back.

You ran your hands through your hair as the tears came out. You closed your eyes as you threw your head back. Lucas came up to you and hugged you, so did Dustin. What were you all supposed to do now?