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8| Hawkins 2.0
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𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ʇɥǝ 𝙣𝙙𝙨ı𝙙ǝ 𝙙𝙤ʍ𝙣

-"WILL?!" STELLA WHISPERS IN shock again.

Will eyes flutter open, and they light up when they land on his best friend. He tries to say something, but a faint moan escapes his lips instead. Stella is quick to get to his side, and she grabs his cold hand to make sure that he's really there.

"We thought you were- oh, it doesn't matter! You're alive!" She says in pure joy.

-"Y-yeah. T-this place is w-weird." Will stutters while looking up and around Castle Byers.

-"Well....."

-"Shhh!" A sudden burst of energy goes through Will as he jolts up and covers Stella's mouth with his cold hand.

Fear can be seen in his eyes while Stella's go wide in shock. Will shakes his head as if to say "don't you dare make a sound". Stella is confused until she hears a growl come from outside. Confusion turns into panic as she holds her breath. The creature circles the fort, both tweens teeth chatter in fright. It stops and starts sniffing a wall. On the other side are a fear stricken Stella and Will. A sound in the distance, a similar growl to the monster near them, is heard. The monster looks up, then quickly leaps away.

Will removes his hand from his friends mouth and mumbles an apology. Stella stays still, as she tries to put the puzzle pieces together.

-"WHAT WAS THAT?!" She hisses in panic.

Will sits up and shakes his head. He pats a spot on the makeshift bed for her to sit. The girl moves to the assigned spot and looks at Will in worry.

-"I don't know. What I do know, is that it's attracted to blood. I saw another creature type thing that had blood all over it. That thing came out of no where and started eating it," Will pauses.

"How did you get here?" He turns towards the girl sitting beside him with a curious expression.

-"I was out looking for you. Then this thing on the road came. I ran and ran, then was lifted in the air, I don't remember the details." Stella answers to their best of her ability.

-"That sounds like my story." Will says slowly.

He tries to stand to his feet, but fails and falls back down on to the makeshift bed. Stella reaches out just in time to help. She grabs her backpack, unzips it, and grabs her apple. She pulls her pocket knife out of her pocket and cuts off a small piece of the fruit for Will to eat.

-"Here," She hands him the food.

"I'd give you more, but I don't know how long we'll be here for. I've lost all sense of time. It was Tuesday when I got taken. I don't even know how time works here or if it even works at all!" She sits back down on the edge of the bed and brings her knees to her chest.

Will nibbles on the apple slice, savoring every taste of it. He looks over at Stella and see her scared, and he knew exactly how she felt.

-"What else is in your backpack?".............

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝙃𝙖𝙬𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

-"WAIT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR SISTER IS MISSING?"

Chief Hopper looks over to the teen, leaning against the door frame to his left.

-"I mean what I said." Steve says while walking over to the Chiefs desk.

-"This better not be some wacky joke Harrington. Joyce Byers was in here two days ago saying that her son was missing too."

A bad feeling settled in Steve's stomach. He gulped down the fear that was slowly creeping up in his throat.

-"You said Joyce Byers? As in...."

-"Yes, as in Byers. Her son Will went missing on Monday. Haven't you heard?" Hopper eyes the boy in front of him up and down.

Steve runs his hands through his hair. He takes a deep breath before coming to the conclusion that, maybe he was just overreacting.

-"Ok, I'm sorry for wasting your time. I did hear about Joyce's son being lost, but I think I should be heading out now. Thanks for your time." Steve turns on his heel to walk away.

-"Wait a minute," Hopper calls out.

Steve spins around slowly. Hopper gestured for him to come back into his office. Steve does as told, and takes a seat in the chair provided.

"What's your sisters name?" Hopper asks while lighting a cigarette.

-"Uh, Stella. Stella Louise Harrington." Steve leans forward in his seat.

-"Date of birth?" Hopper continues.

Steve racks his brain. When was her birthday?

-"Look that doesn't matter. She's twelve. Turned twelve this year, in February, 12th."

Hopper looks up from his paper work, letting out a puff of air after doing so. He looks back down and writes 1971 next to the missing girls date of birth.

-"Where are your parents?" Hopper asks while filling out more paperwork.

-"They're not here." Steve says quietly while starring at the floor.

-"Well they do know what's going on, right?" Hopper leans forward in his seat.

-"Not exactly...... but I can explain!" Steve puts his hands up in assurance.

Hopper sits back in his seat, he takes a draw of his cigarette and then places it back in between his teeth. He eyes the Harrington boy for a second time.

-"What's the issue?"...................

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ʇɥǝ 𝙣𝙙𝙨ı𝙙ǝ 𝙙𝙤ʍ𝙣

WILL SQUEEZED HIS EYES shut when another growl was heard from afar. Stella places a hand on his shoulder to assure him that they would be alright.

He squints his eyes open when the noise stops and looks around the fort. He shakes his head before standing up and pacing the floor.

-"It doesn't make sense," he mumbles under his breath.

-"What doesn't make sense?" Stella questions. She tilts her head to the right and slightly squints her eyes.

-"This place. It's like Hawkins, but then again, it's not."

-"I thought that this what the world would look like if people didn't recycle." Stella confesses without embarrassment.

-"I don't know, but there's something about this place that bothers me. Notice how we have no idea how we got here? I mean I know it was that monster, but we can't go back to it and except it to take us home. What if we're trapped Stella?!" Will says worriedly as he sends her look of pure fear.

-"Hey it's gonna be ok! We got here somehow, there's gotta be a way out!" Stella tries to calm him.

She stands from her seat on the makeshift bed and walks over to him. She places her hands on his shoulder and looks into his eyes. She was a little taller than he was and if they weren't stuck in a parallel universe she wouldn't tried to make him laugh about the fact that he was shorter than her.

"Will, I promise we'll find a way out ok. I read a whole book on survival this past summer and we've already completed the first step! And that's to find shelter. And there're so many people back at home that are looking for you. You have no idea! Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and I broke the rules about leaving our houses at night just to look for you! In the rain! So don't give up, I'm sure we'll find a way out."

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The two sat in silence, each one in thought. They we're trying to distract themselves from the situation at hand. Stella's speech had made an affect on the way that Will saw the situation, and it was a good affect.

"I don't even know what to think about anymore." Stella confesses after hanging her head down.

-"I was trying to think of what we could call this place," Will stands from his seat on the floor.

"It's gotta be something with Hawkins in it, like, Hawkins 2.0? I don't know that sounds too nerdy." Will scratches the back of his neck in thought.

-"Well what are we considered?" Stella questions him.

-"What?"

-"What are we considered?" She repeats herself.

-"Nerds......." He answers slowly.

-"Then what's wrong with Hawkins 2.0?" She asks.

-"Nothing, there's nothing. That's it, Hawkins 2.0 it is."

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