You walk through-out the woods, hollering the girls name. You had felt a weird connection to the girl; one that made you leave the others behind after they stopped looking.

Moments of walking, panic creeping, you can feel something watching you.

You hear the bushes rustling behind you as you yell her name again. Automatically, on instinct, you prepare yourself to attack. "El?" You ask into the bushes. Out steps El with about five boxes of what looks like waffles.

"Ten." She says, her eyes beginning to gloss, a deep frown engrained onto her face. She looks disappointed in herself, or sad.

"Come—let's go home." You insist and sigh.

She stands there, staring back into your eyes without words, you can tell she doesn't want to com-

"El?! Ten?" You hear Mike bellow far off into the woods, his words bouncing off the trees in the cold autumn wind.

You step closer, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "It's okay— We can get through this. We just have to help Will." You reassure her, she nods, pushing back deeper into your warmth grip.

"Alright, let's go fix—" El looks up at you, a bright smile on her face, a smile at what's to come.

Mike POV

First Person POV

"Cramp!" Dustin screams pain audible in his voice, his head peels back as you both run from Troy and his lackey; they seem to be gaining speed fast. "Keep running!" I holler back, shoes scrambling off loose rocks letting them fly out from beneath my shoes.

Me and Dustin reach the middle of the cliff, turning around, with no other option, Troy and his buddy reaching behind you quickly.

I pick up a large rock, the weight making my arms shake— or maybe that's just the nerves. Dustin picks up a long stick; brandishing it as a weapon towards Troy as his friend and him try to trap us. I lob the rock, heaving all of my body weight into it at Troy's friend but I miss by a long shot. "Nice throw numb-nuts." He mocks and smirks, stepping forward,

Dustin tries to swing the stick at Troy but he dodges it at the last second, stepping back, he grabs Dustin by his neck and holds the knife to it. Holding the silver glint up to the barely existent sun in the sky.

"Let him go!" I scream, Troy starts to push the knife into Dustin's neck, drawing deep- white lines onto his skin. He's close to cutting, not yet though.

"Where's your other boyfriend, the one who hit me at the gymnasium?" Troy asks, his eyes search the trees around for a moment, his anger intense, unchecked without Ten or Eleven around.

"I-I don't know." I stammer--Where is he, this would be a perfect time for him to show up now.

Troy notices the fear, "Stay back or I'll cut him." Troy says, pushing it deeper.

"What do you want?" I plead, begging for an answer or a way to make this end.

"I want to know how he did that?"

My heart drops, but I smile, "How did he do what? Beat your ass and make you piss your pants?" I say matter of factly. Dustin squirms under Troy's grip, digging for any way out of the deep hold.

"We have two friends with powers, one of them used them to beat your ass and then piss your pants!" Dustin says, pushing against Troy in an attempt to get him off.

"Shut up! I think I should have Toothless here an early trip to the dentist." Troy responds, bringing the knife up to Dustin's mouth, he's not kidding, he's embarassed and has nothing to lose

"Let him go!" I scream as loud as I can, hoping for El or Ten to hear.

"I'll let him go, but first. You gotta jump."

"Huh-" I begin to say— mind racing, jump? I'll -

"Hurry, I'll cut him right now!"

"Alright! Alright! Give me a second!" I say, walking towards the edge. I look down the long drop. At the bottom there's water but at this height I might as well be a rock once I fall.

I'll surely d-

"Five, Four, Three, Two," Troy counts down, bringing the knife closer, I take a deep breath and step over the edge. Releasing my emotions into the wind.

There's a feeling of weightlessness, I can feel the air running down my face. It's freezing, and dries up the tears quickly.

I close my eyes bracing for impact but it never comes, I open my eyes to watch as I begin to float back up the drop. The weightless feeling under my feet can only feel as if im flying, I fly up and around the corner. Soon after I reach the solid land of the cliff I fall down and hit the ground hard. Hurting but not dead.

Your POV

Second Person POV

Job done.

You wipe some of the blood off your nose as El follows close behind you, like a little toy solder. Troy and his friend look towards you both as though you were some type of monster. He might not be wrong.

El pushes Troy's friend backwards onto his back, the fear visible in his eyes as he falls onto his ass, Dustin looks over at you. Glee visible on his face. You twist your head to the right and both of Troy's arms snap.

You smile.

They bend at an odd angle, obviously broken.

"Fuck! He broke my-" Troy begins to say but stops to gasp for air under the pain.

"Go." El says, in her most intimidating tone of voice.

Both the boys scream as they run away. "Yeah, that's right. You better run! They're our friends and they're crazy. You come back here and they'll kill you!" Dustin hollers at them, cupping his hands around his face to make his voice go farther. You grin slightly to yourself, watching as the boys scramble down the cliff side.

You try to speak but your limbs begin to stiffen and you watch with paralysis as you begin to fall over, just before you hit the ground though, a memory resurfaces. An awful memory.

Hawkins Lab?

Dr. Brenner looks over at a clipboard in his hands as you try to escape the cuffs around your wrists. The collar around your neck seems to be making all attempts at using your power painful and unsuccessful.

"It says here, you inherited." He clicks his tongue. "Telepathy, and Matter transformation. Do you know what this means? It means you're our most prized possession Ten. Your ability to steal the powers of others without the damaging of the brain is magnificent. We're still trying to figure out why, even as we speak."

"But listen we need you to do something else for us-

Back on the Cliff

"Ten?" El asks, crouched beside you. It doesn't even look like you passed out because of exhaustion. It has to be something else.

A sharp and sudden pain rings through your ears and it feels like you have a massive headache; making it damn near impossible to stand.

Your head begins to shatter, and you begin to roll on the ground in pain, grabbing your head. The sudden overwhelming pain overtaking you.

Almost as sudden as the pain came, it leaves. There's still a tingly feeling but you begin to feel nauseous.

"Are-are you okay?" Dustin murmurs, glancing down at you, you stare emptily back. No emotion.

Soon after, he wraps you into a big hug, his grip tightening around you. Then El and lastly Mike.