THE BODY
WIND RUSTLES THE piles of leaves around the lake they found the body of Will at the night before. Melanie's messy braided hair flows as strands fly out. Melanie stares at the lake, sitting quietly as she looks.
"Melanie, do you copy?" Mike's voice interrupts the silence as he tries to get through to her through her supercomms.
Melanie doesn't even pick it up, she just turns to look at it.
"I'm not gonna stop until you answer. Melanie." Mike repeats Melanie's name until she finally responds, "Go away, Mike. I'm not in the mood, alright? Over and out."
"No, not 'out'." Mike demands, "I'm not messing around, okay? This is about Will."
"What about Will? Do you mean about his funeral? Over." Melanie questions, looking down at her feet. The thought of attending a funeral for her friend hurts her more than anything has before.
"Not his funeral, screw his funeral!" Mike yells.
"What?" Melanie calls out, annoyed that he would say that about his friend.
"Just get over here stat. Please. Over and out."
Melanie lowers the antenna, grabbing her bag and her bike, but she doesn't ride. She just walks with it in her hands, wondering what's so important that Mike needs her there.
At Mike's house, he tells the group how he heard Will on the supercomm last night, and that Eleven found him on it. The party is interested in this, so they go to find out what he meant.
The group sits around Eleven as she plays with the supercomm, trying to find Will.
"We keep losing signal, but you heard it, right?" Mike asks.
"Yeah, I heard a baby." Lucas replies.
"What?"
"Mike, you obviously tapped into a baby monitor. It's probably the Blackburns' next door."
"Did that sound like a baby to you? That was Will!"
"Mike..."
"You don't understand, he spoke last night! Word! He was singing that weird song he loves. Even El heard him!"
"Oh, well, if the weirdo heard him then..."
"Are you sure you're on the right channel?" Dustin cuts in.
"I don't think it's about that." Mike tells him, "I think, somehow, she's channeling him."
"Like professor X."
"Are you actually believing this crap?" Lucas asks, annoyed, "Did you guys not see what I saw? They pulled Will's body out of the water. He's dead!"
Melanie's breath hitches again, standing up and walking to the bathroom, shutting the door behind her.
Melanie can't hear what's going on outside, as she turned the tap on to splash water on her face.
Mike knocks on the door, and tells Melanie the plan on how they're going to make Eleven look normal, then take her to the Heathkit at school so she can channel Will.
Melanie helps Eleven with her makeup, while the boys find a wig and dress for Eleven.
They wait in the hallway for El, when she walks out in a pink dress and blonde wig.
"Wow, you look-" Dustin starts, before Melanie cuts him off.
"Pretty."
El walks to the mirror and looks at herself before she whispers.
"Pretty."
THEY RIDE TO the school, and they walk in. Mike tells them to look sad if anybody sees them. When they get to the room with the Heathkit, it's locked. Mr. Clarke comes around the corner and sees them.
"The assembly's about to start."
"We know. We're just sad. We need some alone time to cry." Mike tells him, playing it cool and looking sad.
"I know this is hard," He tells them, "But we should be there for Will. Tell you what, we go to the assembly, and the Heathkit is yours for the rest of the day."
They all agree, before Mr. Clarke sees Eleven.
"I don't believe we've met. What you're name?"
"Elev-"
"Elanor. She's my cousin. She's here for Will's funeral." Mike tells him.
"Welcome to Hawkins Middle School, Elanor. Wish you were here under better circumstances.
"Thank you."
"Where exactly are you from?"
"Bad plac-"
"Sweden. She hate's it there. So cold. Subzero." Dustin tells him.
They all walk to the gymnasium, Dustin swinging the doors open which causes the whole auditorium to turn and look at them.
"Abort." Dustin mutters, turning around and trying to walk away. Lucas grabs his shoulders and pushes him into the gymnasium, everybody following him in.
"We come together to heal..." The principal speaks as they walk to the bleachers.
"We come together to grieve..."
"Will Byers' death is an unimaginable tragedy. Will was an exceptional student and a wonderful friend to all of us. It's impossible to express the hole his loss will leave in our community. I'd like to introduce you to Sandy Sloane. She's a local grief counselor from the church over in Jonesboro. "
"Look at these fakers." Mike says to Lucas.
"They probably didn't even know his name until today."
Troy starts laughing over with his friend, mocking the principal. Melanie starts bouncing her leg, and the bell rings, making every student get up and start leaving.
Mike runs after Troy. "Hey, Troy!" He calls out, causing him and James to turn and look at him.
"You think this is funny?"
"What'd you say Wheeler?"
"I saw you guys laughing over there. And I think that's a real messed up thing to do."
"Didn't you listen to the counselor, Wheeler?" Troy's friend butts in, "Grief shows itself in funny ways."
"Besides," Troy begins, "What's there to be sad about anyway? Will's in fairyland now, right? Flying around with all the other little fairies. All happy and gay."
Troy starts mimicking a fairy, before turning around and walking away. Mike walks up to him and pushes him directly to the ground.
"You're dead, Wheeler!" He yells, starting to run up to Mike, before he stops moving and is frozen in place. Pee starts leaking down Troy's leg, showing in his pants.
"Dude, Troy peed himself!" A kid watching calls out, causing everybody to start laughing.
Mike turns to look at El, who wipes a bloody nose and walks out. The principal notices everybody's laughter, and starts to walk over.
Melanie runs over and grabs Mike's hand, running out of the gym behind the others, leaving Troy by himself in a pile of his own piss.
The party goes to the Heathkit room, locking the door behind them and letting El sit down.
Mike turns all the radios on, causing frequency to fill the room. El closes her eyes, and everybody looks at her, Melanie's hand still in Mike's.
The light above them goes out, and clanging is heard on the radio. They all lean in closer.
"What is that?" Dustin asks, terrified. Mike squeezes Melanie's hand as they keep listening.
"Mom?" Wills voice comes out clearly through the radio.
"No way." Lucas says, amazed.
"Mom, please..."
"Will, it's us! Are you there?" Dustin yells into the microphone.
"Hello? Mom..."
"Why can't he hear us?" Lucas asks Eleven, her eyes still closed.
"Mom! It's coming!"
Melanie's hand covers her mouth and she closes her eyes as she listens.
"It's like home, but it's so dark...It's so dark and empty. And it's cold! Mom? Mom!"
A fuse blows on the Heathkit, and Eleven opens her eyes. Everyone jumps back at the fuse.
The light comes back on and a fire starts on the machine, causing the fire alarm to go off. Dustin grabs the fire extinguisher and blows the fire out.
Mike asks El if she's okay, and she's says nothing and looks close to dying.
"Help her up."
Lucas and Mike grab El and help her walk, exiting the building.
They get out, and Melanie sits against a fence, Mike walking over to her.
"You okay?" He asks, sitting next to her and putting his arm around her shoulder. She rests her head on his shoulder and he rests his on her head.
"This is some wild shit."
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CHAPTER FOUR LEGGO LEGGO LEGGO
aren't they cute IM SO EXCITED FOR CHAPTER EIGHT
i have so many plans for season four its insane and i've cried three times thinking about it
i didn't proof read, you know the drill.
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