freaks | steve harrington | book 1

pulling it all together - 007

"it wants to spread and take over all of the other dimensions." mike pointed out.

"we're thinking about the destruction of our world as we know it." said lucas.

steve walked away from the table. "that's great, that's really great! jesus!" he threw his hands on the back of his head.

"ok so if this thing is like a brain, it's controlling everything, and if we kill it?-" nancy asked.

"we kill everything it controls." mike finished.

i bit my lip, and steve wrapped his arm around my waist again, to calm me down. "theoretically." i blurted.

"ok so how do you kill this thing? you shoot it with fireballs or something?" hopper asked dustin.

"heh, no fireballs. we summon an undead army because you know, zombies don't have brains, and the mind flayer, it-it likes brains."

everyone was silent.

"it's just a game."

"what the hell are we doing here?!" hopper shouted.

"i thought we were waiting for your military backup?!" i shouted.

"we are!" hopper screamed.

"even if they come, how are they going to stop this?! you can't just shoot it with guns!" mike stepped in and shouted.

"we don't know that! we don't know anything!"

"we know it already killed everyone in that lab!"

"and we know that the monsters will molt again!" now lucas was in on the fight.

"and we know that in a matter of time, those tunnels will reach this town." and here comes dustin.

"they're right." a frail voice said.

we all turned around and found joyce standing in the living room, with a blanket around her shoulders.

"we have to kill it. i want to kill it." she also said.

hopper walked over to her. "me too, but how do we do that? we don't know what exactly we are dealing with." he put his hands on her shoulders.

"no, but he does." mike stepped forward and went to the sleeping will on the couch. "if anyone knows how to destroy this thing, it's will. he's connected to him. he'll know his weaknesses."

"i thought we couldn't trust him anymore? and that he's a spy for the mind flayer now-" max asked.

"yea but, he cant spy if he doesn't know where he is."

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we were setting up a blocked place in the shed. while everyone was gathering parts, steve and i were putting up a gray tarp.

he was putting it up, while i was giving him tape.

i wanted to break the silence.

"hey,"

he looked down at me.

"...what you've been doing with me, with helping the kids, it's really cool." i smiled.