chapter nine. baby, please.

     NIGHT SOON FELL and everyone was in position. Phoebe stood in her position in the sauna room closet. She stared at the empty wall with so many thoughts running through her head.

She was really hoping that the Mind Flayer wasn't in Billy, but so many signs pointed out that he is in possession of Billy's body. She missed him. His smile, his kindness, everything. She looked down at her ring finger and saw the silver band. The plans they had for each other, the promise.

Phoebe lowered her head and felt a tear running down her cheek, "please, come back to me, Billy." She begs.

"Hey," a voice catches her attention. She turn to see Max. "We will get him back, okay? Don't lose hope." She says as she holds her hand, tightly. Phoebe nods and flashes her a kind smile.

Just then, we hear the doors bust open. The kids and Phoebe hear Billy stomping in. Chasing after the sound that Mike created to catch Billy's attention. Billy cackles and just then, they knew they had to start the plan.

"El, Phoebe, now." The two girls quickly leave the closet and see Billy holding the dummy up in the air by its neck.

He seemed angry.

"Hey," Mike voice spoke through the recording. "Behind you." Billy turned and saw the two girls staring at him. His eyes mostly on Phoebe.

The girls flicked their heads up before Billy can come out running after them and flew him towards the marble walls. Causing the walls to break behind him and Phoebe quickly took her chance to slam the doors to the sauna.

The boys and Max quickly came out to bolted the door shut. Preventing them from being open by Billy, who was extremely pissed from being locked inside. He was banging on the door for it to be open and soon gave up when he couldn't open it.

Billy was panting and looking at everyone, but stopped when his eyes landed on Phoebe. He seemed innocent, as if he was pleading for her to let him out.

"Phoebe," he calls out for her.

That was the first time in a while that she heard him say her name. She missed it.

Phoebe turns away, "do it." She tells them.

Lucas went running towards the thermostat and turned it all the way up. For it to be boiling inside the sauna room.

"Phoebe," Billy slams in the door. Startling everyone. "Let me out of here! Let me out!" He keeps saying, staring at her through the glasses and causing it to fog up with his hard breathing.

"You kids," Billy chuckles, evil. "You think this is funny? You kids think this is some kind of sick prank, huh?" He sneers and then spits on the glass.

For the first time ever, Phoebe felt afraid of Billy and she hated it. She hated this feeling. She didn't want to see him like this.

"You little shits think this is funny?" He finished and he continued breathing heavily. "What is this? Open the door." He repeats and then slams on the door again, startling everyone once more. "Open the door! Open the goddamn door!" He continues yelling, pressing his face against the glass.

Billy then falls and everyone in the room just stood their in shocked. Not knowing what to do, but also keeping themselves firm and prepared.

Billy starts screaming and Will goes running to the thermostat.

"We're at 220." Will says as he looks at them all. He then returns to standing next to them all.

Just then, they all hear Billy crying.

"It's not my fault," he weeps. "It's not my fault." He continued saying and Phoebe found herself walks towards the door. "I promise you, it's not my fault." He pleads as Phoebe sees him holding his hands together through the glass.

"What's not your fault, Billy?" She asked him.

"I've done things, Phoebe. Really...bad things. I didn't mean to." He cries, looking at her with brokenness. She wasn't sure if she should believe it's him or the mind flayer trying to manipulate her.

She just really wish she could hug him.

"He made me do it." Billy says.

"Who made you do it?" Phoebe wondered.

"I don't know. It's like a shadow," Billy continued to cry. Tears falling down his face.

Phoebe heart broke. The mind flayer is in possession of him. Phoebe lowered her head in sadness.

"Like a giant shadow." He simplifies, "please, Phoebe. Please."

"Why did he make you do that-"

"It's not my fault, okay? Baby, please." He yells once more in sadness and stress. He lays his in the bench in there and starts crying even more. It destroyed Phoebe. She just wanted to help him and there was no way she could.

"Please, believe me, Phoebe, it's not my fault. I tried to stop him, okay? I did. Please believe me, baby. Please believe me." Billy begs and Phoebe placed her hand on the glass. Wishing she could reach him.

"Billy, it's going to be okay." She said, "it's going to be okay. We want to help you. You just have to talk to us, okay? You have to talk to us. I believe you, Billy. We'll figure it out together, okay?" Phoebe said, in hopes that Billy is listening to her. "I just need you to trust me."

"Phoebe, get away from the door." Mike calls.

Phoebe heart dropped, "what?" She asked.

"Get away from the door!" Mike yells and just then Billy came charging towards the door. destroying it with a piece of the wall that broke off and Phoebe quickly got out of the way before he couldn't stab her with it.

Billy upper half was out of the window looking at Phoebe with anger. "Let me out, you bitch! Let me out!" He yells at her. "I'll fucking gut you." He threatens.

Phoebe cries, feeling ridiculous for falling for the Mind Flayer tricks.

Billy then pull the bar that held the door shut and threw it at Phoebe. He kept banging on the door for her to let him out.

Just then, Lucas shots a rock right in the middle of his forehead. Causing him to fall back and giving Phoebe a chance to run towards the kids.

Then the lights in the room start to flicker and everyone looked around, in wonder of what is going to happen.

They all then hear Billy roaring like a monster.

That when he starts ramming himself into the door and Phoebe decided to stand in the front lines with El. Protecting the rest of the kids.

"He can't get out of there, can he?" Max questions.

Lucas shakes his head in fear, "no way. No way." He kelts repeating.

Then, the final blow came and Billy escaped. All the kids screamed in fear and Billy stood face to face with El and Phoebe.

El decided to grab one of the weights and hold him against the wall by his neck with them. She used both of her hands to hold him because he was so strong.

Billy starts to roar once more and use all of his strength to remove the weight from his neck.

El starts screaming with him, but she was too weak. He threw the weight at El which caused her to lose balance and fall to her feet. Billy rushes towards El and grabs her by her hair to lift her up. He then looks at the kids and Phoebe while he wrap his large hand around her neck and starts chocking her, immensely.

El starts chocking and gasping for air. He then lifts her in the air by her neck.

"Billy, stop!" Phoebe yells at him. She pushes past the kids and stand in front of Billy and El, "let her go!" She yells.

Billy grins and Phoebe hands formed into tight fists. She never would have thought this day to come. She couldn't bring herself to do this, but she had too.

Her sister was in danger.

Phoebe lifts her hand and broke the arm that was holding El in the air. Billy cries in pain and drops El to the floor, Mike quickly making his way to her.

Phoebe then had both of her hands raised and and decided to fly Billy through the thick brick walls and towards the outside.

Phoebe falls to the ground, not feeling weak but feeling sad. She was devastated and it hurt her to know that Mind Flayer had Billy captive. She just wanted him back.

"He's gone." Will says as he helps Phoebe from the ground.

"It's over for now." Mike says as he still held El in his arms.

Phoebe raised her eyes towards the whole in the wall to see Billy running into the woods.

We will get you back, Billy.