𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒆, 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐

Come to the dark side, we have Chrissy

*Mikes POV*

"Guys she's been in there for almost an hour," I said getting more nervous by the minute.

"You know it takes time Mike," Nancy stated.

Yea I knew, but this was different, this was Eddie, my friend. He shouldn't have anything to hide so why was it taking so long to get information that should be easily accessible?

Suddenly El moved around in the water and grunted. I grabbed her hand and whispered that it was okay, that she was okay. But then she started thrashing around violently causing the water to splash.

"Guys! Something's wrong!" I yelled causing everyone to circle El and me.

"Wake her up!" Steve shouted.

"I tried, she's not responding," I said with worry lacing my words.

Suddenly she sat straight up gasping for air and flinging the goggles off, throwing them across the food court.

"El, hey, it's okay, calm down, we're right here," I said trying to reassure her that she was safe.

"You were right, something's happening to Eddie, and it's not just his transformation," El said with a panicked expression.

"What do you mean?" Nancy asked.

"I mean he blocked me from seeing into his thoughts, I saw what he was doing, but he wouldn't let me in his dream." She answered.

"Wait, dream? Was he floating in a bedroom?" Steve asked.

"Yes. How did you know?" El replied.

"That's because it was at my house last night." He said, shock and horror dawning on his face.

*Steve's POV*

I knew something was wrong when he rolled into a ball and wouldn't look at me after his nightmare. What happened to communication and all that bonding time we had? He told me about his other dream, so why not this one?

"We'll just have to ask him about it when he wakes up, how long does that stuff last?" I asked.

"Uh, I'm not sure, I just gave him a random dose," Robin said with a deer in headlights look.

"What! You could have killed him," Nancy shrieked.

I sighed, "So did we learn anything new about his current problem?" I asked looking over at Eleven.

She nodded and explained the whole transformation process in detail. When she finished everyone, especially Dustin, Robin, and Nancy, looked like they had seen a ghost.

"You're telling me he was alive the whole time, and we just left him there!?" I shouted pacing around the abandoned mall with my hands on my hips trying to wrap my head around it.

"It's not your fault, you couldn't have known, he wasn't breathing and his pulse was irregular," El said.

That didn't make it any better and I watched Dustin collapse to the floor. Kneeling beside him I heard him whisper, "I told his uncle he was dead, I watched him die, he was dead." I wrapped my arms around him and gave him words of encouragement, trying to get him to see it wasn't on him, on any of us.

This was Vecnas fault and he had to pay.

*Eddies POV*

I felt and saw nothing but darkness after they drugged me. After a while, a tingling sensation washed over me and the sound of a clock chiming rang in my ears. Immediately after the sound faded, Chrissy appeared in front of me looking as she did before Vecna cursed her. She smiled her perfect smile and waved at me.