Mike's POV

"Who you going to call?" We all sang together. "Ghost Busters!" I heard. I turned to see Will behind us. I smiled. "Hey!" I said. "Spengler!" Lucas yelled.

Lucas and Will hugged. "Venkman!" Will said. I looked at him funny then looked at Lucas' name tag. It said "Venkman" On it.

"Whoa, whoa," I said reaching out to his name tag. "What?" He asked. "Why are you Venkman?" I asked. "Cause, I'm Venkman." He said.

"No, I'm Venkman," I said pointing to my name tag. "Why can't there be two Venkman's?" Will asked. "Because there is only one Venkman in real life. We planned this months ago." I said.

Lucas shook his head. "I'm Venkman, Dustin's Stanz, Will's Egon, and you're Winston," I said looking at them. "I never agreed to be Winston," Lucas said.

"Yes, you did!" I yelled. "I don't think he did," Will said. "No one wants to be Winston, man." He said. I rolled my eyes. "What's wrong with him?" I asked.

"He joined the team super late, he's not funny, and he's not even a scientist," Lucas said. "But he's still cool," I said. "if he's cool, then you be Winston." He said.

"What? I can't." I said. "Why not?" He asked. I tried to think of something without seeming like I'm racist. "Because..." I said not knowing what to say.

"B-b-b-b-because you're not black." He said. "Hey, I never said that!" I defended. "But you thought it." He said. "No, I didn't!" I argued.

"Then what else would there be to you not being able to be Winston?" He asked. "My mom can't take it off and resew it in time before we go tricker treating!" I yelled.

"You're just trying to cover up you're racist." He said crossing his arm. I hunched over to his level since everyone was so much shorter than me. "I'm not!" I defended again.

"Guys!" We heard making us turn our heads. We saw all the students get off the bus, but with no costumes on.

"Why is no one else wearing costumes?" Dustin asked. We didn't say anything. The bell rang and we slowly made our way to the school.

"Crap." I heard Lucas say. We opened the doors and a lot of people started looking at us. We walked down the hall like it was the walk of shame.

"When did people make these decisions?" Dustin asked. "I don't get it. They all dressed up last year." Will said.

"It's a conspiracy, I'm telling you," Dustin said. I looked over to see the group of girls staring us down and trying not to laugh. "Just be cool," I said.

"Who you gonna call? The nerds!" I heard. Will looked down bummed but tried to act cool. I still hunched over so I could be shorter.

Thirteen's POV

I grabbed a blanket and put it over my lap when I sat down on the couch. I looked at the tv emotionless. I sighed and flipped the channel.

"How does it feel? Like pouring pure silk onto my skin." A lady on the tv said. It was boring so I flipped it. The Terminator was coming on. I sighed and flipped the channel again.

We lost the remote and I was too lazy to sit up by the tv so I did it with my mind. "Well, I'm stunned. I don't know what to think." A lady said.

I sat up a little more straight getting interested. "Don't you love me?" The man said right next to her. "Of course I love you." She said smiling while putting a hand over her chest.

"It's just so sudden. I mean, it's not like you." She said looking up to him. He came closer to her cupping her cheeks. "I am this way because of you." He said.

"Me?" She asked surprised. I put my hand over my chest. "Me?" I asked. He kissed up her neck. "Of course." He said. I bit my lip. "You have made me wild and impetuous." He said.

"Impetuous," I repeated. "People are going to be aghast." She said looking up to him once more. "People are going to be aghast, Mike," I said biting my lip again.

I always liked watching this romantic stuff and pretending it's me and Mike. I smiled at this. They both started laughing and I heard something outside.

I looked behind me and heard the noise again. I got up and walked over to the window. I glanced down and grabbed the string and pulled it down so it'd go up.

I saw a squirrel outside. He was on the old bird feeder that we never used. I looked down feeling sad about what happened 343 days ago.

[Flashback]

I was walking when I heard something. It was an unfamiliar noise. I looked over and saw this new furry creature. I kneeled down close to it and reached out my hand.

It came closer and sniffed my hand. I smiled at this. I went on all fours and started digging. It pulled something out of the ground and started to crack it open.

I then heard a noise behind me scaring the furry thing and making it run away. I turned around quickly to see a man. He stepped closer and I flinched. "I won't hurt ya." He said.

He stepped closer. "What's your name?" He asked. I said nothing. "Any reason you're out here in the cold dressed like that?" He asked. I stayed silent.

I focused enough on the log that the furry thing was on. In the corner of my eye, I could see it floating. His face turned to shocked and I made the log hit him in the face.

I ran over quickly to his unconscious body and grabbed his jacket. I slipped it on feeling much warmer by now. I grabbed his hat to and started running to a new area I was familiar with.

[Flashback Over]

I looked down and grabbed the string pulling it down. I went back to my seat and laid down instead. I watched the tv with the lady and the man.

Mike's POV

"I swear everyone dressed up," Dustin said. "Everyone did, but now they think it's dumb," Lucas said shaking his head.

"Guys..." Dustin said. We both looked at him and saw he was looking back. We looked back and saw that a car was speeding towards us.

We all freaked out and started peddling fast. "Go!" Lucas said. We all turned into the ditch making Lucas and Dustin fall over. "Are you okay?" I asked them.

The groaned in a response. Dustin got up and looked at me. "Why didn't you fall over?" He asked.

I shrugged not knowing why. "Good balance?" I said but ended up sounding like a question. "Was that?" Lucas asked. "Mad Max?" Dustin asked breathlessly.

I rolled my eyes. "Why do they want to hang out with her anyway?" I asked myself. "Because she's awesome," Dustin said. "I said that out loud?" I asked. They both nodded.

[Skip To Tricker Treating]

"Tricker treat!" We all said with bright smiles on our faces. She chuckled a bit. "Oh! How cute! The little exterminators!" She yelled a bit too happy. We all looked at each other.

Our smiles faded. We all grabbed one or two pieces of 3 Musketeers while Dustin grabbed a whole handful. We walked away from her house.

Lucas sighed. "If I get another 3 Musketeers, I'm going to kill myself," Lucas said annoyed with everyone giving them out.

"What's wrong with 3 Musketeers?" Dustin asked. "What do you mean? They're just nougat." Lucas said. "Nobody wants them," I said.

"Yeah, as Lucas said, It's just nougat," Will said. "It's not just nougat," Dustin said. We all chuckled a bit. "It's in my top three." He said.

I looked at him funny. "Your top three?" Lucas asked. "Oh, god. Give me a break." I said. "Yeah, I can eat a whole bowl of nougat straight up." He said. We all cringed.

"Ew, dude," Lucas said. A person then appeared with a Michael Myers mask and wearing all black. they growled. We all jumped back scared. Lucas screamed really loud.

The person in the mask then started laughing. We looked at each other wondering who it was. They pulled up the mask revealing Max. I looked over feeling bummed.

"Holy shit! You should've seen the look on your faces." She said chuckling. "And you? Who screams like that? You scream like a little girl." She said walking away.

She stopped a turned around. "Hey, You guys coming? Oh! I heard we should hit up Loch Nora." She said all excited. I glared at Dustin and Lucas. I just know they invited her.

"That's where the rich people are right?" She asked starting to walk again. Lucas and Dustin looked at each other and smiled widely. I scoffed and saw Will start walking.

I sighed and slowly started catching up to them. I caught up to Will while Lucas and Dustin were up ahead with Max. I looked down upset while Will filmed everything.

Thirteen's POV

I was now watching The Frankenstein. I sighed and looked over when I heard a beeping noise. I looked over the tv to see big supercom box. It beeped more. I got up and went over to it.

I looked over to the clock and realized it was now 7:13. I looked down. "He broke his promise," I mumbled. I looked at the board. "L...A...T...E...late," I said sighing.

"You're a little late to tell me that!" I yelled turning it off and going to my room slamming the door. I then stopped and turned around.

I opened my door and focused on the Tv. I made it move into my bedroom. I then slammed the door again feeling upset. I sat down and continued The Frankenstein.

Mike's POV

"Tricker treat." Everyone said with happy bright faces while my face was bummed. I didn't want to be here anymore. I grabbed my candy and walked next to Will.

I was now pretty bored and wished I could just leave now. I looked down sighing a whole bunch. I then saw Will's camera facing me. I turned to him. "Did you agree to this?" I asked.

"To what?" Will asked putting the camera down to his side. "To her joining our party," I said. "It's just for tonight," Will said.

"You could've checked with me first," I said. "They were excited about seeing her so I guess I thought you'd be okay with it." He said. I rolled my eyes then looked down.

I picked up my pace. "She's ruining the best night of the year," I said walking forward leaving Will behind a bit.

Will's POV

I stopped and looked at him. I sighed and started to walk forward. I walked closer to the corner. I wrapped my pillowcase better and looked over.

"Watch it, Zombie Boy!" A boy said making me flinch. I gasped and took a few steps back. "Tricker treat, freak!" Another boy said. I moved back bit more.

"Boo!" Another boy said. I took to many steps back and tripped over the curb making me fall and hit the ground. I was now back in the Upside Down.

My eyes widened at this and I looked around. I got up quickly and looked around in panic. "Mike?" I yelled. it echoed back to me. I walked a few steps.

"Mike!" I yelled louder. Every noise that was heard, echoed into my ears just like before. I then heard noises like the sound from a Demogorgon but more squeaky.

My breath quickened more. I then looked up and saw this huge shadow like thing in the sky. My eyes widened and I stepped back a bit.

I opened my mouth in surprise and fear. It came closer and I ran far away. I ran down many steps and hid behind a wall.

I closed my eyes and brought my knees to my chest hugging them close. I started crying a bit when I heard it right next to me.

"Will!" I heard. I felt an arm touch me. I gasped and smacked at it then realized it was Mike. "Will, what's wrong?" He asked. I looked around wondering where it was.

"I-I couldn't find you. Are you hurt?" He asked. I felt my lip quiver. I tried to stop crying. I put my hand over my eyes wiping them. "I'm going to get you home," Mike said helping me up.

I looked up and around trying to see the shadow thing. Everyone tried to help me, but Mike smacked their hands away.

Mike's POV

"Mike?" Dustin said. "Just keep tricker or treating. I'm bored anyways." I said helping Will up the stairs. I put my hand around him and held onto me. "You okay?" I asked. Nothing.

[Skip To At Mike's House]

"It's like I'm stuck..." Will said. "Like in the Upside Down?" I asked. "No...You know how on a view master it can get stuck on two slides at once?" He asked.

I nodded. "Yeah," I said. "Well, one side is our world and the other is the Upside Down." He said. I visibly gulped. "And I heard this noise coming from everywhere." He said looking down.

His eyes widened. "I then saw something." He said. "The Demogorgon?" I asked. "No. It was like a huge shadow in the sky." He said looking up. "But it was alive." He said.

"Is this all real? or like the doctor said and it's only in your head?" I asked. "I don't know, but please don't tell anyone about this." He said looking over to me.

"They wouldn't understand." He said. I looked down. Thirteen filled my mind. I remembered all the times she understood something no matter how complicated it was.

"Thirteen would," I said looking down. "She would?" He asked. I looked over a bit. "Yeah," I said smiling a bit.

"She always did," I said. It went into a comfortable silence. "Sometimes I feel like I still see her," I said smiling a bit. "Like she's still here, but she never is," I said sniffling a bit.

"I don't know. I sometimes feel like I'm going crazy." I said. "Me, too," He said. "Hey, If we ever go crazy. We'll go crazy together." I said.

"Yeah, crazy together." He said. We chuckled softly. We sat there crying a little in silence again. I looked down thinking about Thirteen again.

Thirteen's POV

I flipped through al 48 channels and nothing good was on. I got up and grabbed my towels and walked to the bathroom. I pulled the curtains and undressed quickly before Mike walked off.

I bit my lip and stepped a foot into the tub. I then remembered I'm naked so I grabbed my towel and wrapped it around me. I stepped in and relaxed thinking about Mike.

I closed my eyes. "Thirteen?" I heard. I opened my eyes to see that I was in the void. I looked over and saw Mike in the fort. I walked over to him slowly.

"I had a really bad day today and I just wish you could be here." He said. I kneeled down the sat on my legs looking up at him.

"I miss you so much, Thirteen. If you're here please give me a sign." He said. "Mike..." I said. He looked down looking into my eyes. "Thirteen?" He asked. "I miss you, too," I said softly.

His eyes widened. "Thirteen? Is that you?" He asked. I wanted to say more, but couldn't. His hopeful eyes turned to sad. I raised up a little and was close to cupping his cheek.

He turned off his super com and got up. I moved and grabbed his arm and he disappeared. "Mike...Please don't go..." I whimpered out. I opened my eyes and raised out of the bathtub.

I got out and put a dry towel around me. I wiped my nose and ran to my room. I fell onto my bed crying. I then heard the usual knocks that hopper made.

I made the Tv's volume get louder. I sobbed out quietly. "Will you please open the door! I'm going to freeze to death!" He yelled where I could barely hear him.

I got up and grabbed the button up I had on. I slipped it on and unlocked the door. I collapsed on my bed and hugged my pillow crying.

"Hey, kid. Open up, will ya?" Hopper said standing next to my closed door. I put my face in the pillow muffling my cries.

"I got stuck somewhere...and I lost track of time." He said. I stayed there not wanting to open the door. I was sad about Mike and man at Hopper for breaking his promise.

"I'm also sorry." He said a bit louder. "Thirteen? Can you please open the door?" He asked. Silent treatment always works.

"Thirteen?" He asked. I got up and went to go grab some panties. I heard his footsteps leave my door. "Alright." He yelled loud enough for me to hear.

I walked up to the door and slid down it holding my mouth shut so I wouldn't let out a loud sob. "I'm just going to be out here all by myself eating this candy." He said.

I closed my eyes. "I'm gonna get fat and possibly have a heart attack and die out here." He said trying to guilt trip me like he always does.

I got up and wiped my tears away. I flipped the channels until it got to that static sound. I sat down in front of it and leaned back. I closed my eyes.

I thought of Will. "Yeah, I'm fine." I heard. I opened my eyes and saw him looking at Joyce. "Are you sure? I expected to see more candy or did you eat it all with Mike?" She asked him.

"We went home early since it wasn't all fun and just ate the candy," Will said. Joyce smiled. "I'm glad you had fun." She said reaching out and touching his cheek.

She kissed his forehead and left the room. Will then put his hand over his mouth and ran to the bathroom. He started gagging a bit. He coughed and then threw up a weird slug thing.

He looked up at the mirror breathing heavy. "Not again." He mumbled. The bathroom then changed and he was now in the Upside Down.

He looked around paranoid and then it went back to normal. He turned on the water and sighed.

I stopped what I was doing and wiped my nose. I wiped my eyes with new tears. I didn't know what to do. He was still having those weird things going on.

[Skip To The Next Morning]

"Tim to wake up." I heard. I fluttered my eyes open and looked at the ceiling. "Rise and shine, Kiddo." I heard. I looked to my left to see Hopper by the doorway.

I turned to my right and held the covers over my head. "So, you're still mad? I see. Well, Uh, I guess I'm going to have to enjoy this triple-decker Eggo extravaganza on my own." He said.

My eyes lit up and I slowly got up. I walked to the table and sat down across from him. "So, You're going to talk now? What made you come out?" He asked cutting the Eggos in half.

"You had me at Eggos," I said grabbing my fork. He smiled at me. I grabbed a piece and took all the fruits and candy off of it.

"Mmm! Mmm!" Hopper said licking the whip creamed butter knife. "Good, right?" He asked. I stayed silent. "You know, the good thing about this is that its only 8,000 calories." He said.

I looked up at him in confusion. "What?" I asked. "Nevermind." He said. I looked down and ate again. I picked off more chocolate chips and put them on Hoppers side.

"So you visited him again?" Hopper asked making me look up. I got all sad and embarrassed. I looked away from his gaze. "He said he needs me," I said.

"You want me to go check on him?" He asked. I nodded my head. "That's alright...He's not in danger." I said.

"I know you miss him. It's just too dangerous. You're the last thing he needs right now." He said. I looked up feeling sad about this.

"You're going to see him. Soon. And not just in that mind of yours. You're going to see him in real life." He said leaning closer.

"I feel like I'm making progress with these people." He said giving me a smile. My head went down and I saw wet tears falling down on the table.

"Why are you lying?" I asked sniffling a bit. "What?" He asked. "You say soon on day twenty one. You say soon on day 102. You now say soon on day 306. When is soon?" I asked looking up.

"What is this? you're counting the days now like you're some kind of prisoner?" He asked. "When is soon?" I asked ignoring his question.

"Soon is when...it's not dangerous anymore." He said fixing his uniform. "When is that suppose to be?" I asked. "I...don't know." He said.

"On day 400?" I asked. "I don't know." "On day 700?" I asked. "I said I don't know!" He yelled. "On day 800? 900?" I yelled slamming my fist on the table.

"I don't know!" He yelled back. "I need to see him! Tell me!" I screamed out. I made the plate move and go right into his face making all the whip cream go everywhere on him.

"Shit!" He said getting up. I stood up and glared at him. "Don't tell me things that won't ever happen, you Liar!" I yelled teleporting to my room and making the door slam shut.

"Mother fucker!"