the year of el | mileven

ch. 26 | promise?

"Promise?.." she barely managed to utter.

El's heart rate slowed down and her breathing grew shallow. She was losing feeling in her body as it became numb. Her eyes were too heavy and she hadn't the energy to keep them open.

"P-Promise" Mike's voice trembled as he lift her head up with his arm

The boys sprinted over as fast as they could

Lucas mouth went dry "Is she...?"

"We have to get her to a doctor stat! She need's a doctor!" Mike yelled out

Lucas and Dustin picked El up carefully and helped Mike take her out of the room

A familiar voice rang out "There you are!" Hopper's face fell as he immediately caught sight of the girl "El? EL!" he sprinted towards them, grabbing her up gently

Mike's voice cracked "She needs help"

Hopper carried El as he ran down the hall "You boys find a doctor! I'm gonna get her to a room!"

"We have this, go be with her" Dustin mentioned sincerely, patting Mike on the shoulder.

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A group of cops peered around the lab room, looking over everything as they began to put a new case together.

"Hey Powell! Over here!" Callahan called, motioning him to come over "Do you think he's okay?" he asked, scratching his head

Powell put two fingers against the professors neck "Yep, he's still kickin" He then gently slapped him on the face "Wakey wakey"

Lowe shot up "Where am I?" He then grimaced holding his head "ugh, I feel like I got hit by a truck"

Callahan helped the professor up to his feet "It's not where you are, but where you're gonna be" he replied snapping handcuffs onto his wrists

Lowe quickly darted his head around the lab "Jones? Jones!? Tell them I had nothing to do with this!"

Officer Powell shook his head "Geez looks like he's lost it, let's get him out of here"

Callahan began to escort Lowe out of the room

"I have a right to an attorney! This is an outrage!"

"Yeah, Yeah, Shut up"

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Mike sat right next to her bed and steadily watched the heart monitor while he held onto her freezing hand

Max, Will, and Joyce had finally joined them and now all of them sat cramped in the little room together hoping and praying that El would pull through.

"Doc, how's she lookin?" Hopper stated, breaking Mike's attention away from the monitor

The doctor looked down, not wanting to make eye contact "Not so good, but we're currently doing the best we can to stabilize her heart rate and get her blood flow properly circulating"

"Do you think she can hear us?" Lucas asked unexpectedly

The doctor nodded "I'll let you guys have some time with her, I have to get more medication anyways" he said, walking away