Chapter Thirteen

Mike, Bob, and I were in the lab with Will, who was sleeping peacefully, without feeling any pain at the moment.

Mike and I share a blanket, the blanket going over both of our shoulders, I could feel myself drifting but I forced myself awake.

Joyce was in a meeting with those... lab people, explaining what happened and stuff. Eventually, I just had to shut my eyes and lean on Mike's shoulder, who didn't seem to care as he stared at Will.

My eyes flutter shut, letting me fall asleep.

I don't know how long it's been, but all I heard was; "Is there a doctor? We need a doctor!" My eyes fly open quickly, in a panic.

What's wrong?! My eyes went over to Will, who was awake! Thank God!

Bob had come back in. "Sweetie, how are you feeling? You okay?" Joyce asked her son gently.

"Okay, they're in their way," Bob informed us. I relaxed into my chair again, then noticed that Mike had woken up, too. Bob smiled at Will. "Hey."

"Who is that?" Will looked at Bob, confusion on his face.

"What?" Joyce whispered.

Bob chuckled nervously. "Huh, it's me, big guy. It's Bob."

Bob went to touch his hand but Will flinched back. "Are you a... doctor?"

"No, no." Bob shakes his head. "It's just me. Just... just Bob." Mike and I give each other a look. What's wrong with Will?

Why is he acting so strange?

Dr. Owens and a few of his team had come in, he had Will wired, (obviously not inside him, but a few wires attached to his forehead), and checked his eyes with his light.

"Do you know your name?" Dr. Owens asked Will.

"Will." Will answered.

"Your full name?"

"William Byers." I smiled a little. At least he remembers that. Mike, Joyce, Bob, Hopper, and I were all standing around his bed.

"Do you know... do you know who I am?" Dr. Owens questioned.

"A doctor." Will stutters.

"Have we met before?" Dr. Owens continues.

"I don't remember," Will answers honestly.

"You don't remember me?" Dr. Owens cocks his head. "Okay. How about, uh... how about this guy here?" He points at Mike. Mike waved at Will who stares at him. "Do you know who that is?" Will didn't answer. "It's all right. Take your time."

"That's my friend." Will answered slowly. "Mike." His eyes met mine. "And she's also my friend. Stacey."

Mike and I gave each other a small smile. "What about me, kid? You remember me?" Hopper asked with a smile. Will shakes his head. "They told me you helped saved me last night. You remember that?"

Will shakes his head again. "Do you remember anything about last night? About what happened?" Dr. Owens then asked.

"I remember they hurt me." Will answered.

"You mean the doctors?" Dr. Owens questioned further.

Will shakes his head. "No. The soldiers."

"The soldiers hurt you?" Dr. Owens repeated.

"They shouldn't have done that." Will informs us. "It upset him."

"You say, "they upset him". Is that him?" Dr. Owens shows a picture of Will's drawing, of the shadow monster. Will looked at Dr. Owens and nods his head. "Okay," he takes the picture back. "Okay, I wanna try something. It's gonna seem a little odd at first, but I think it's really gonna help us understand what's going on." He turned to Will. "Is that okay?"

"Okay." Will nods his head.

Dr. Owens someone to and come back with a trolly, that held a box on top of it. I took a sneak peak what's inside, it was something long black and slimey.

I shudder mentally.

"Now, Will, I want you to know if you feeling anything. Okay?" Dr. Owens requests. I watched as a doctor turns on a torch blower. The doctor holds the torch blower over the slimy object. Dr. Owens looked at Will. "You feel anything?"

"Little sting." Will stammers.

"It stings?" Dr. Owens questioned. "Where?"

"My chest." Will grunts, holding onto his chest.

"Okay, son..." Dr. Owens murmured.

"Sweetie..." Joyce leant forward, rubbing his leg. The doctor puts the torch blower closer to the squirmy slime creature, it lets out a loud shriek.

Will groaned a little.

"How about now?" Dr. Owens asked.

"It... it burns." Will choked out. "Ah!" The doctor had put the torch blower closer. "It burns."

"Where?" Dr. Owens quickly asked.

Will groaned. "Everywhere."

"That's enough." Joyce quickly said. "That's enough!"

Will lets out a scream of pain, I watched as the glass box cracked and the creature shrieks. "Stop! You heard her! That's enough!" Hopper demands. "That's it! We're done."

The doctor pulled back the torch blower. "Okay," Dr. Owens gently said. Hopper, Joyce and I were pulled out into the corridor. "Our best guess right now is it's some kind of virus which is causing this neurological disorder. Now, when... when a typical virus attaches itself to its hosts... it duplicates, right? It spreads, essentially hijacking the host."

"A virus is alive." Dr. Owens continued. "It has intelligence. That's not... that's not unusual. What is so unusual here, this virus... the infected hosts seem to be communicating. It has some sort of hive intelligence, and it's connecting all the hosts. The good news is a virus can be cured. We... we're gonna continue to run some tests. We're gonna see what we find."

"What happens when he can't remember anything?" Joyce shakily asks. "When there's nothing else there? What happens when my boy is gone?"

-

"What the hell is taking so long?" Joyce muttered to Bob as we all wait around.

"Hey... doctors take forever, always." Bob reminded her. "Just try and relax. Just be patient."

Joyce exhales heavily. "You know, I just..." With that, she walked out. I listen to Joyce argue with guards, Bob was trying to hold her back.

"Will." Mike then whispered. I looked over at him, he looked completely out of it. "Will? Will?" He gasped and sat up a little, looking over at Mike and I. "What's wrong? Are you hurting again?"

He shudders a little. "Uh... I saw something."

"In your now-memories?" I asked gently.

Will nodded and he leant closer to us. "The shadow monster." He lowered his voice. "I think I know how to stop him."

-

We had put Will at a long table, where all the pictures that the men had taken in Joyce's house with the pictures of tunnels what Will had drawn. Mike was sitting beside Will.

We all stand behind him.

"Sam, this is ludicrous." A doctor speaks beside me.

"Just give him a moment, okay?" Dr. Owens tells him.

"We don't have time-"

"Hey, jackass, why don't you give us all a favor and shut up, okay?" Hopper snapped.

That made him shut up. Will had stood up in his chair and moved across the table to see where all the other pictures were connected. He stands at one of the end of the table.

He points to a specific spot. "That's it."

"That's what? What... what's there, Will?" Dr. Owens asked him gently.

"I don't know." Will answered. "I just know he doesn't want me to see there. I think it's important. Just like that, everyone had disappeared to do their work, Will was lying back in bed. Hopper had left with them. After a few while, Will lets out a tiny; "I'm sorry."

"What? What do you mean, sweetie?" Joyce asked softly.

Will shudders and looked over to his Mum. "He made me do it."

"Who?" Joyce frowns a little. "Who made you do it what?"

"I told you." Will shakily lets out. "They upset him. They shouldn't have done that. They shouldn't have upset him."

Mike had this look on his face, like he knew what Will was talking about. "The spy," Mike spoke up. "The spy!"

Mike got up from his seat and I sat up too. "Mike!" I yelled, running after the boy, not wanting him to do anything stupid.

Mike tried to move past the guards, but they grabbed him. "I need to get through! It's a trap!" Mike yelled out. Bob had came in and grabbed ahold of Mike, pulling him back. "It's a trap! I need to warn them. It's a trap!"

I sighed heavily and walked back into WIll's room, to see if he's got anything more to say. "You should go now." I heard Will say. "They're almost here."

A/N

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