Dead. Monster. All the words she'd been called. In Illinois life is hard. People are mean. People are smart and secretive. They know to much. They keep to themselves in different ways. After Will Byers and Eleven moved, it was hard. El's powers weren't working. Mike, Lucas, Max, and Dustin are falling apart without them. And Will he's fighting something within him again. But this time it seems to always have been within him. Then there is this girl, the quiet kid. And Will always gets an odd feeling from her. But he likes it.