Kate Hopper thought she'd finally had everything taken from her.
With her father gone and her sister all the way across the country, she truly didn't have anything left. Since her father's death eight months before, she'd broken up with her boyfrien...
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IT HADN'T BEEN long after nightfall before the ceiling fixtures in the house began to light up, blinking almost as they stood in front of one on the downstairs level.
Kate, Nancy, Robin, Dustin, Lucas, Max, and Steve all stood around the chandelier, watching it carefully.
"It's like those damn Christmas lights," Kate said, more specifically to Nancy even though she didn't turn her head toward her.
"The Christmas lights?" Robin asked softly, whispering to her.
"Yeah, when Will was in the Upside Down, the lights... came to life," Nancy said, explaining things more thoroughly as Kate investigated them. She was trying to figure out if they were blinking something in Morse code, similarly to that one time that Will had spoken to them through Morse code whenever he was possessed by the Mind Flayer. Of course, nothing came of it.
"Vecna's here. In this house," Lucas said, turning to the rest of the group. "Just on the other side."
When the chandelier light finally stopped pulsing, seemingly shutting off, tension seemed to fill the air.
"I think he just left the room," Robin said as a matter of factly.
Max looked around the room, almost as if she were looking for him. "Did he hear us?"
Steve turned to her. "Can he see us?"
"Headphones," Lucas whispered to Max, and Max quickly put her headphones over her ears, getting ready to listen to "Running Up That Hill" for the thousandth time today.
