tw - describes disturbing images, death
Was it the clock?
No, it was a land full of unicorns and rainbows and I got cotton candy.
Really?
No, dumbass! Of course it was the damn clock.
RUNNING UP THAT HILL seeped from Max's headphones as she and Viola walked through the house, their flashlights lighting up the dark rooms.
Suddenly Max's tap clicked off, meaning it needed to be rewinded. "Kinda wish we had a longer loop." Viola muttered as she found herself walking over to Max. "Forty-six minutes isn't bad." Max shrugged. "I think there are bugger concerns. Like, what if, by listening to this over and over, I get sick of it, and suddenly it's not my favorite song anymore?" Max asked. "Will it still work? Or will Kate Bush, like, lose her magic power or something." Viola shook her head at that assumption. "Kate Bush could never." Viola told her. Max looked at her a tiny bit shocked. "You're a Kate Bush fan?" She asked with disbelief.
"Yeah, I've been listening to her since that song came out actually." The brunette said. "Really?" Max asked, still surprised. "Yeah, I'm a huge fan. Mega-fan now that she quite literally saved your life." Max smiled more. "And even if you did loose interest, we're hot on Vecna's trail, we're gonna find him." Viola re-assured. "And then we're gonna kill him before he can even think about messing with you again. And before he gets to Savannah."
Viola's eyes caught an old piano making her smile. "Here, look." She whispered, walking over towards the piano. Max followed behind her. "Maybe I can open a door to his secret layer." She laughed, placing the flashlight ontop of the piano before hovering her fingers over the keys, trying to remember the right ones.
Once she remembered she lightly placed them down, beginning to play Beast of Burden by The Rolling Stones on the piano. Max looked at her, impressed. "Voilá." Viola said as she finished a small part of the song. "When.. how?" Max muttered. Viola shrugged. "I was learning back in California, I hoped one day if I got good enough I could impress you or
something." She admitted. "Did it work?"
Max shook her head, turning away from the girl. "You're such a dork." Max laughed. Viola nudged her side. "You like this dork." She teased. "I think I might love this dork." Max whispered, rubbing the back of her neck nervously. Viola's smile grew. "Ehh.. I think this dork might love you too." She whispered back. Max started the laugh. "I really love it when you do that." The Lockeheart girl said.
"Do what?" The red-head said confused. "When you laugh." Viola answered. "I do love you, Max."
Max froze, staying quiet as she just stared at Viola. Then her tape clicked. "All done." Max said, glancing down at her walkman. She pressed the play button before grabbing her headphones. "Work your magic, Kate." She went to put them on but paused, a lamp flickering catching her eyes. Viola saw it too. "I promise I'm gonna stop asking this, but.. you're seeing that, right?" Max asked. "Yeah." Viola whispered as they began to walked towards it.
Max slowly reached her hand out, going to touch the lamp but as soon as her finger hit it the lights stopped flickering.
Viola looked behind them, watching as another lamp flickered on. "Red, look." Viola pointed towards the lamp. The couple walked towards it. As soon as they reached it it went off. Their eyes averted to a different part of the house where a light on the ceiling began to flicker.
•••
"SAVY?" ROBIN YELLED, SHAKING her best friends limp figure. Savannah's body jolted forwards, her arms going around Robin. "Holy shit." Savannah whispered. "Fuck. Fuck."
"Please don't tell me what I think it is." Robin said as Steve looked down at her concerned. "Was it the clock?" He asked. "No, it was a land full of unicorns and rainbows and I got cotton candy." Savannah said in a sarcastic tone as she stood from the floor. "Really?" Steve asked confused. "No, dumbass! Of course it was the damn clock." She yelled with a mix of frustration and sadness. "It was the stupid clock." Her voice broke.
She fell into Robin's embrace, trying not to cry. The only person who has ever seen Savannah cry was Robin and the twins. Nancy and Steve stared at her, shocked. Savannah didn't seem like the type to cry, and she most definitely wasn't. But everything has cashed onto her at once. Her parents were here, this Vecna dude was after her, she might die, Viola and Oliver might be taken by Eve and Adam.
"Hey, guys?" Lucas' voice traveled through the room making the three older ones turn around. "I think Max and Vee found something." He told them.
Savannah wiped her eyes before looking up at Lucas. "We're coming." Nancy assured, going to walk over to the eldest Lockeheart sibling, but Savannah pushed through her and Steve trying to make her way out of the room.
Nancy furrowed her eyebrows. "What's wrong?" She asked, looking over to Robin. "Not my business to tell." She replied before following after Savannah. Nancy looked over to Steve who pretended to play dumb.
When they got downstairs they found all the kids surrounding a chandelier in the dinning room of the Creel House. "It's like the Christmas lights." Nancy whispered, watching as the light flickered. "The Christmas lights?" Robin whispered. "Yeah, when Will was in the Upside Down, the lights..." Savannah looked over to Nancy, curiously. "came to life."
"Vecna's here. In this house." Lucas told them. Savannah casted a worried look to Robin. "Just on the other side." When Lucas finished his statement the lights went dead. "I think he just left the room." Robin told them. "Did he hear us?" Max asked. "Can he see us?" Steve added onto the question. "Red, headphones." Viola lightly nudged her girlfriends side. Max quickly flipped the electronics over her head. "Wait, wait. Everyone, turn off your flashlights and spread out." Nancy instructed. Everyone instantly clicked the lights off.
"We're not gonna be able to see if we turn off our flash... lights." Steve trailed off as he watched everyone click them off without a problem, even Savannah. "Really living up to the name Goldilocks, huh?" Savannah asked jokingly as she patted him on the back, leaving the room with Nancy and Robin. Steve rolled his eyes. "Jesus Christ."
It was quiet all throughout the house as the teens walked through it. Silently waiting for someone to catch the monster. Waiting for someone's flashlight to light up.
"I got him!" Robin yelled suddenly. Viola jumped and turned, making eye contact with Max. The two quickly hurried out of the room and towards Robin's voice. "Got him!" Savannah watched as her best-friends light brightened. "I got him." It then slowly dimmed out as everyone arrived around her. "I... I had him." She shrugged.
Then Steve's flashlight lit up. "Oh, woah." He whispered looking down at it. "Uh, I think he's moving." Steve said, beginning to walk after the light. "He's moving. He's moving." The brunette repeated. The group followed after the Harrington as he walked through the broken down house and up the stairs to the second floor. Once they got to the second floor the light instantly disappeared. "Shit. I lost him." Steve said.
"No, you didn't." Max spoke up, walking away from them and towards a door. She opened said door to reveal light leaking from inside. Viola walked after her, entering the room with the red-head so she wouldn't have to go alone. "It's an attic. Of course it's an attic." Robin said shakily. Savannah grabbed her hand. "C'mon Robby." She whispered, pulling the scared girl up the stairs with her.
"Hold up, guys. What if he's leading us into a trap?" Dustin called, no one spared him a glance. "Guys? Guys!" Still no responses. "Shit, shit, shit."
•••
EDDIE GLANCED OUT THE shed's window once more, checking if anyone was still out there. It was now night and there was no sign of Steve or Nancy or Savannah. No one was coming.
Jasper held the walkie in her hand, still trying to reach the group that had gone radio silent. "C'mon, guys. Please. Is anyone and I mean anyone fucking there?" She asked desperately, leaning against the boat houses wall. Eddie grabbed Jasper's arm. "We gotta go." He told his cousin.
She rolled her eyes. "Never fucking mind." With that the two Munson's got into the small boat in the middle of the shed. Eddie quickly removed it from being held above the water. It jolted as it landed in the small waves.
Jasper quickly grabbed an oar and gave it to Eddie who began to quickly paddle put of the boat house and onto Lovers lake. "Dustin?" Jasper whispered into the walkie once more, trying one last time. "I swear to God, Dustin. When I see you again you won't—" "Hey, freaks!" Jason yelled making the Munson's look back in sync. "Where do you think you're going?" He yelled. "Shit." Eddie whispered before turning ahead and rowing faster.
The Munson girl sighed, seeing as the oar wasn't getting them anywhere and tried to start the motor. "Eds, help!" She yelled. Eddie quickly walked over and tried to start it as well, it wasn't going. "Just come on..." He begged. "you piece of shit!"
"Come on. You gotta help us out here." Jasper begged to an inanimate object. Eddie tried to start the engine once more as Jason and Patrick entered the water. "Come on. Come on, you piece of shit!" The engine revved once more but it didn't start.
It wouldn't start.
"It's not working, Eddie!" Jasper yelled. "Nope? Okay. All right. Okay." He said, giving up and grabbing the oar once again. Jasper looked behind them seeing Jason swimming towards them. "Holy fuck, Blondie can swim hella fast." She whispered as Jason gained on them, Patrick not far behind.
Back at the Creel House the kids gathered around the one flickering light in the middle of the attic, as they got closer their flashlights began to brighten.
The group stood in a circle, huddled under the flashing light with this lights pointed up at it. "Okay, what's happening?" Steve asked, slightly scared. "You think we fucking know?" Savannah whispered, slightly annoyed. Viola looked over at Max, sharing a scared look with her. The two slowly connected their hands together before looking back up at the light.
Eddie continued to paddle wildly, but soon gave up seeing as Jason was just a couple feet away. "Hey, stay back, man! Stay back!" He yelled, throwing the oar around wildly. "Stay back!" Jasper flinched back as Eddie almost hit her with the wooded tool. "Hey, com on. Let's go. We almost have them." Jason called to a frozen Patrick. "Hey, Patrick. Patrick! Patrick!" Jason tried calling him again. That's when the frozen boy was pulled under the water by something.
"Holy crap!" Jasper yelled as herself, Eddie, and Jason looked towards the water. Jason continued to call Patrick's name with a worried tone. That was until his body rose above the water making Eddie stumble back which resulted in the boat flipping over and the two Munson's falling in the water.
The group at the Creel House watched as their lights brightened more and more until one-by-one the glass exploded and flew everywhere.
Eddie and Jasper came back up to air, watching as Patrick did the same thing as Chrissy. Each of his limbs snapped before his eyes were pulled back and he fell into the water.
Dead.
A/n
tomorrows school kms actually 😔👊
also ik its short IM SORRY im working on more
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