The Body
Catherine and Nancy were watching Jonathan develop the photos so they could see the creature that Jonathan had photographed more clearly. The red light of the room was giving Cat a headache and she yearned for a cigarette.
"And you're..." Nancy trailed off, trying to understand what exactly Jonathan was doing.
"Brightening. Enlarging." Jonathan told her.
"Hmm." Nancy hummed in response. "Did your mom say anything else? Like, um, where it might have gone to, or..."
Jonathan shook his head, not looking up from what he was doing. "No, just that it came out of the wall." There was a small 'ding' from the machine as Jonathan sighed, gently placing the picture into what Catherine assumed was water, but couldn't really tell due to the light.
"How long does this take?" Nancy asked.
"Not long." Jonathan told her.
Cat watched the two from where she was leaning against the wall. The room was beginning to feel way to small and she yearned to leave so she could have a quick smoke.
"Have you been... doing this awhile?"
"What?"
"Photography?"
Jonathan shrugged. "Yeah. I guess I'd rather observe people than, you know..."
"Talk to them." Nancy finished his sentence, smiling at the boy.
"I know. It's weird."
"No!" Nancy denied.
"No," Jonathan stammered. "It is. It's just, sometimes... people don't really say what they're really thinking." He explained. "But you capture the right moment... it says more."
Catherine smiled at the sight of her two friends, pushing away the anxiety of being in such a small room.
"What was I saying?" Nancy asked him.
"What?"
"When you took my picture."
Jonathan looked away from her. "I shouldn't have taken that. I'm, uh..." He looked back at Nancy. "I'm sorry. It's just-"
Nancy cut him off, looking at the photo. "That's it." Catherine stepped forward, now standing next to the pair. "That's what I saw."
"That... that is definitely not human." Cat stated as she analysed the creature in the photo.
Jonathan gasped. "My mom... I thought she was crazy 'cause she said... that's not Will's body. That he's alive."
"And if he's alive-"
"Then Barbara-." Both Catherine and Jonathan said at the same time as the three teenagers shared the same hopeful looks.
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A/N:
I'm so sorry this chapter is short as heck. The way I split up the episode didn't work out how I planned and honestly, I'm too tired to sort it out. To make up for it I hope to publish another chapter when I publish this one.
Edited: 5/4/2020
Edit 2: 08/07/2021