𝙐𝙎 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝘼𝙉𝙔|| Eddie Munson

16. The Upside Down

"Are you okay though?"

I nod, "never better."

I moaned in pain and cling onto Eddie as he looked down at me and I looked up at him.

"Sorry I wasn't here sooner." He apologized.

I sat up with pain and held his face, "don't be sorry. There is nothing to be sorry about, Eddie. You did nothing wrong."

"Hey, uh, guys? Are you sure these bats don't like, umm, have rabies? It's just that rabies are, like, my number one greatest fear. And I think we should get you both to a doctor like really soon. Because once the symptoms set in, it's too late. You're already dead."

"Oh my god, I'm gonna die?" I ask on the verge of tears.

"No, babe. That's a negative." Eddie assured me.

That's when I nearly collapsed but then again Eddie was the hero for me and lifted me up.

The shrieking was back again. But instead of attacking us, they went to the gate and guarded it and shrieked at us.

"The woods! Come on." Nancy said.

So we all ran towards the woods together. That's when we got to skull rock later and hid under it as the bats flew overhead and passed us.

"Oh...okay. That was close" Robin said with a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, too close." Eddie said.

Then Steve tumbled and hit the rock and sat down with Nancy as she cared for him. I felt the same but completely collapsed and on the floor.

"Y/n?!"

Eddie dropped by me and so did Robin. Eddie ripped off a few pieces of his shirt and bandaged me up the best he could.

"So the good news is for you both, I'm pretty sure wooziness is not a symptom of rabies."

I looked at Robin, "yeah, a symptom of a large mass of blood loss and death."

"But if you start having hallucinations or muscle spasms or you start feeling aggressive like you wanna punch me or something, then you should totally let me know."

I looked at Robin, "Robin."

"Yeah?"

"I kinda totally wanna punch you right now."

She mailed, "good! Sense of humor is still here."

Eddie lifted my head up slightly into his lap as he had Robin do the rest of bandaging.

"You're doing great, Y/n." Eddie said.

I smile in pain, "thanks...I kinda needed that."

He kissed me and took over the bandaging.

"Whoa...Y/n? Did you realize this one on the back of your neck? Like bellow but kinda on your neck?" Eddie asked me.

I shook my head, "No..."

He wrapped his shirt around my neck tight and had it apply pressure. Then he slowly and gently laid me down, running to a rock and climbing up it.

"So, uh, this place is like Hawkins, but with monsters and nasty shit?" He asked us.

"Pretty much." Nancy said and huffed as she helped Steve up.

I whimpered form the pain and sucked in a deep breath sharply.

"On a scale of 1-10, how normal is it to wanna kill someone in this situation?" I asked Robin.

"Um—like a 2 or 1."

I gulped and tried getting up but couldn't.

"Watch out for the vines! It's all a hive mind." Nancy snapped to Eddie.

"It's all a what?"

"All the creepy crawlers around here, dude. They're like, one, or something. Step on a vine, you're like stepping on a bat. You're stepping on Vecna." Steve finished for Nancy.

"Shit."

I groan in pain as I tried getting up again but Eddie came to me and helped me instead.

"I'm helping you now. You're way too injured to do anything."

I roll my eyes, "sure."

"But everything from our world is still here, right? Except people? Obviously?" Robin asked us.

"As far as I understand it, yeah." Nancy replied.

"Eddie, I feel sick again." I said and puked up blood again.

"Shit! It's happening again, guys."

I wiped my mouth and stood back up.

"So, theoretically, we could go to the police station and steal guns and grenades and whatever we need to blow up those bat things that are guarding the gate." Robin suggests happily.

"I highly doubt the Hawkins PD has grenades, Robin." Steve said in monotone, "but guns, yeah, sure."

"You know combat, Y/n. Use it, not always your powers."

"Your powers are beyond your limits. Eleven can use hers to a certain extend until she must give up for energy...but that's not the case for you. You can last up to two days...it's an achievement."

I woke up from my vision again and looked around at everyone talking.

"You, Nancy Wheeler, have guns, plural, in your bedroom?" Eddie asked kinda shocked.

"Full of surprises, isn't she!" Robin shouts.

"A Russian Makarov and a revolver."

"Yeah, you almost shot me with that one." Steve whispered to Nancy but I could still hear it.

"You almost deserved it."

Then Eddie took off his jacket and threw it at Steve. He then took off his leather one and covered me up.

"For your modesty, dude." Eddie told Steve, "and for the sake of you not walking around half naked." Eddie told me.

Then an earthquake began happening, making me and Eddie tumble over. Robin dove for us and huddled with me and Eddie as Steve held onto Nancy underneath the rock. A creature was baying in the distance as it echoed through Hawkins and creatures snarled.

"Yeah, so guns seem like a pretty good idea to me." Eddie suggested and helped me up.

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