CHAPTER TEN :

Gate behind Byers house.

They, Twelve, Eleven, Will, Mike, Max, Lucas and Dustin had bought some guns. Now they gathered in the meadow to sharpen each weapon.

On Will's side, two of his sisters were seen accompanying him. Eleven and Twelve also help Will sharpen his weapon. "Ouch!" Twelve screamed when she accidentally cut her finger on the dagger a little.

Twelve immediately moistened the small wound with her saliva. Seeing her two siblings looking worried, Twelve laughed sweetly.
"Don't worry, it's just a small wound."

That statement then made El and Will seem relieved and refocus on their work.

"Who bought the dagger?" Ask Eleven.

"Me. Why?" Will's response.

Hearing Will's answer, Eleven laughed instantly. Making an astonished face appear on Will's face.

"Are you sure the small arms could kill Vecna?" El asked still with a happy laugh.

"Hehe, at least I tried."

Eleven just sighed shaking her head resignedly.

"I'm afraid of Vecna." Twelve said suddenly.
El and Will glanced at each other. "Twelve, I'm sure we can do it!"

Twelve looked up. "What if not?!"
"Then we will help." Answered Max who suddenly came.

Twelve, who was still doubtful, only took a deep breath while El smiled gratefully. "Thanks, Guys!"

Max smiled sweetly nodded. She saw her three friends who were still sitting.
"Are you done?"

"Already!"

"Okay, let's go."

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Their afternoon trip was planned to go looking for the Upside Down gate. Because of Max's music, their journey is not too quiet.

"Max." Call Twelve.

Max turned to respond.
"Yeah?"

"I like your song." Those Twelve words made Max smile crookedly. "I could play this song while you're under Vecna." Twelve nodded in agreement.

"D-Dustin! drrrtt... dus-drrttt are---there? drrtt"

The bits of sound coming from Dustin's walkie-talkie caught the attention of everyone in the van.

Mike who realized that Dustin was sleeping immediately shook Dustin's shoulders. "Dustin, wake up!"

"Dustin!"

Dustin opened his sleepy eyes. "What's wrong, Mike?" Mike just rolled his eyes and thrust the walkie talkie right in front of Dustin's face. "Steve." he said.

Dustin opened his eyes wide "Steve?" Then he immediately took his walkie-talkie from Mike's hand. "Hey Steve?"
"Steve you there? Is there a problem?! Steve!!"

"No, Henderson!!!"
"But we found something."

Dustin frowned. "Something...what?"

"The gate.."

Steve's words just made Dustin gape at all his friends, as well as Twelve who seemed to frown in surprise.

"G-gate? Where?!"

"Behind Jonathan's house."

"BEHIND MY HOUSE???"
Will screeched after realizing it. He quickly grabbed Dustin's walkie-talkie and spoke into the microphone. "Jonathan?? Jo, answer me!!"

"I've been here since earlier, Will..." Jonathan replied.

"Jo, was...anyone killed?"
"Mom is alright??!!!"

"Huh, Will. Calm down...no one got killed and Mom is fine."

That statement makes Will feel relieved, but not Eleven. "Give me the walkie-talkie."

Once the black walkie-talkie was in her hands, El started asking questions. "Jo, are you sure no one got killed?"

"Uhm...yes, of course El."
"What's wrong?"

"Don't...gates always appear after someone is killed?"
"And are there now five gates, right?"

Eleven's question made her friends realize, "Right...y-yes, you're right, El!" Lucas said.

"Yes..but there are no corpses at all." Nancy's response. "Oh, we will enter it."

Hearing Nancy's words, Mike, who was always protective, spoke to his older sister through the walkie-talkie.

"Be careful!"

"I already know!!"

Mike lowered his head sort of thinking about something. "Nance, we haven't told you the plans yet."

In the end, Mike explained to Nancy and Nancy's three other friends via walkie talkie about their plan.

First, they had concluded that losing Vecna ​​a year ago after being shot by Nancy, Vecna ​​was not lost. But he used his powers so that his living body could not be seen by Nancy, Steve and Robin at that time. Just like the power of Number 008.

Second, Max, Lucas, and Dustin's squad will meet Nancy, Steve and Robin at the Upside Down. Meanwhile Eleven, Mike, Twelve, Will and Jonathan will be waiting in the real world.

Third, after Nancy's team discovered Vecna's new hideout.
Eleven and Twelve are in action.

After driving at high speed, Twelve, Eleven, Mike and Will finally arrived at Byers' house. But apparently neither of them parents were home.

"Where's Mom and Dad?" Twelve asked looking around after entering the living room.

"Who knows."
"I think we should get everything ready now." Mike said.

El heard then responded. "Wait a moment, I'll check Max's team."

After that, they all sat down on the sofa and Eleven started to raise her walkie-talkie antenna high. She searched the channel then spoke.
"Max? Do you copy?"

The Walkie-Talkie made a loud noise, but then Max's voice came. "Copy."

Eleven smiled faintly. "Max, how's your team?"

Max, who had just arrived at the Upside Down, saw the world in amazement but fear. "Max?"

"Oh, yeah. Sorry El."
"We were in, just now. Over."

"Good. Where are you going to find him hiding first? Over."

"Uhm...don't know. But Robin asked us to look for it around Creel's old house."

"All right, Over and Out." Eleven then pressed the antenna into the walkie-talkie.

"They're already in. But where is Jonathan?" Will said.

The three just shrugged.

KNOCK KNOCK

"Will?" Call someone from behind the door.

Will glanced at the door, then looked at his three friends again. Will already felt that it must be his older brother, so he immediately stood up and opened that brown door.

After the door opened, Jonathan who was alone entered the Byers house and sat down with the others.

Jonathan saw the awkwardness of the three teenagers in front of him. "Okay... What do we do now?"

"We just have to wait information from Max." Answer Twelve.

Then the atmosphere became silent for a moment, Twelve sat at the far end of the couch with Will sitting next to her. While El and Mike sat together on another sofa, and Jonathan sank into his solitude.

"I am really bored."
"Can we play D&D?" Will said after an hour of silence.

Mike, who became his age-old friend, looked up in astonishment. "D&D?" Will nodded.
"Hm..alright, let's go."

Will smiled through his teeth then turned to Jonathan. "Jo, do you want to come?"

"Huh? Where?"

"Play D&D"

Jonathan paused. "Okay, I'm in." Will smiled broadly after getting friends to play D&D he immediately stood up to go to his room and take the 80's game.

A few minutes later, Will returned with a large D&D box in his hand. He put them down and arranged them on the living room table.

Seeing Will, Jonathan and Mike came over to him and sat down on the carpet and started to organize their D&D.

"Done! Let's play." Enthusiastic Will.

Their game looks fun.
The game they have always played since they were 11. After years of being swept by the darkness of the world, this game seems suitable for increasing happiness.

Eleven snorted boredly at the sight of the boys playing D&D after an hour. "Are you guys not done yet?"

"Not yet." Mike answered quickly.

"Huh, when?"

"Be patient, maybe....6 more hours?"

Eleven glared, but then she just shook her head resignedly watching the boys return to playing.

El then got up from her seat and approached Twelve who seemed to be fiddling with Will's X-MEN Action Figure which was on the table beside her.

"Hi, Twelve."

"Ooh, hi!" Twelve answered kindly then immediately put the Action Figure back in its place. "El, aren't you bored?"

El raised her eyebrows. "I was just about to ask the same thing."

Twelve smiled crookedly then leaned her shoulder on the couch. An idea suddenly popped into El's mind. "Oh, Twelve! I have a game too."

Twelve frowned and adjusted her sitting position. "Game?"

Eleven nodded proudly. "It's not only men who can play the game, right?"
Twelve nodded in agreement. "What are we playing?"

Eleven smiled enthusiastically. "Using our power!"

Twelve smiled broadly. "Looks fun! Come on!!"

The two girls finally got up from the couch and left the boys in the living room.

Eleven invites Twelve to go to her room at the Byers house.

Well... The fact is Jim Hopper and Joyce Byers are not married yet. So Eleven has two rooms and can live wherever she wants now.

El put down a piece of paper with several names written on it, in the middle of which was a used Coca Cola glass bottle.

"I tell you how. So, spin this bottle of Coca Cola. Then we have to see what the name indicated on the bottle does."
"This was me and Max's game two years ago."

"You know how, Twelve?"

Twelve looked up. "Already."

"Okay, let's rock paper scissors to decide." El said smiling.

They hold hands and lift it. "Rock paper scissors, shoot!"

The result is Eleven of stones and Twelve of scissors. "Yay! Me first."

El placed her palm on the glass bottle and turned it around. Gotcha! The bottle bore the name 'Holly Wheeler´

"Holly Wheeler?" Twelve asked confused.

"This is Mike's little sister." Eleven replied while closing her eyes tightly with a cloth patterned with the American flag.

"She's cute, I'll see what this girl does!" She said enthusiastically.

El took a deep breath and immediately focused on her thoughts.

Waiting for what Eleven will get, Twelve decides to keep quiet. She looked around the furniture in El's room.

The room is bright white, with a few patches of pink. The ornaments were so cute that Twelve wanted to stay at Byers' house and sleep in that room.

However, one sight made Twelve's eyes stick. Above her was a room light that flickered quickly several times. Making Twelve even more confused. Suddenly, she felt the hairs on her neck stand up. Twelve's body felt cold, she held the back of her neck. “Twelve…” A faint voice appeared.

"I found her!" Twelve immediately turned her head when she heard Eleven's words. Twelve frowned again looking at the room lights which were no longer blinking.

"She's playing. God, this kid is so cute." El then removed the blindfold and called out to Twelve.

"Twelve, what did you see?"

"Uh...That lamp..."

El frowned. "Lights? Something wrong?"

Twelve slightly lowered her gaze.
"I-I dont know..."
"Uh, forget it. Oh yeah, it's my turn now, right?"

"Yeah..." Eleven's response was still with a confused face looking at Twelve.

Twelve tried to ignore it all. Forgetting what happened earlier, and immediately play according to El.

Flashing lights, cold atmosphere
and faint sounds. What's all that?

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