Mike's POV

I fluttered my eyes open and groaned. The alarm kept echoing into my brain. I hit it making it go off. I got up and rubbed my eyes tiredly. 

I walked to the bathroom slapping my cheeks a little so I could wake up. I grabbed the knob and turned it.

 My head hit the door and I groaned. "Occupied." I heard. I kept knocking on the door until the door opened. 

"What mike?" Nancy asked annoyed. "I need in here," I said. She rolled her eyes and shut the door in my face. I went back to my room.

I took off my shirt and threw it in the dirty hamper. I went to the closet and got a t-shirt out. I slipped it on. 

I walked to my dresser and opened my pants drawer. I grabbed the first pair I saw and closed it. I opened my Sock and underwear drawer and got both.

I saw over in the mirror my hair looked weird. I flattened it down and took off my pants with my underwear. I took off my socks and grabbed my underwear. 

I hopped on one leg while trying to get my leg in. I sat down on my bed and slipped on socks. I got my pants and put them on.

 I stood up and pulled them on all the way. I buttoned them and then made my way to the bathroom. 

The bathroom was finally free. I raced in there before another girl took it over for ten hours. I locked the door and sighed.

 I grabbed my toothbrush and toothpaste. I sat it down on the counter and went to the toilet. I unbuttoned my pant and pulled my underwear enough.

 I looked over but kept focusing not to pee anywhere. I then put it back inside my pants and flush the toilet.

 I grabbed my toothbrush and put it in my mouth. I turned on the water and started washing my hands. 

I dried my hands and continued to brush my teeth. I grabbed my comb and brushed my hair. I soon finished and made my way downstairs for breakfast.

When I got down there it was already made. I sat in my usual spot and started making my way towards the syrup. I grabbed it and poured a bit into my eggs. I licked my lips.

"That is so disgusting, Mike," Nancy said. I looked over at her. "You're disgusting," I said then going back to my meal. 

The phone rang but I paid no attention to it. I continued eating. Nancy's was gagging every time I took a bite. 

I grabbed the syrup and poured it on her plate. "What the hell, Mike!" she yelled. "Quiet!" Mom yelled. "Language," Dad said looking at her disapprovingly. "Are you kidding?" She asked.

I had a big smile on my face until mom told me Will wasn't home. She then told me he might be at school early. 

[Skip To School]

I biked next to Dustin. Lucas taking the lead. We got to the bike rack and put our bikes there using the kickstand. 

"That's weird..." I said grabbing my backpack straps. I turned my head looking for Will but didn't see him anywhere. 

"I don't see him," I said squinting my eyes trying to find him. "Mrs. Byers must be right. He probably went to school early." Lucas said following me. 

"Yeah, he's always scared Mr. Grusky is going to give him another pop quiz," Dustin said laughing a little. I smiled a little and started walking.

"Step right up, ladies and gentlemen." We heard. I knew exactly who it was. My little smile faded into a frown. I turned around and looked at troy uninterested.

"Step right up and get your tickets for the freak show." He said laughing a bit. I looked over and saw Lucas and Dustin had the same expression as me. 

"Who do you think would more money in a freak show?" He asked looking up at his basically bodyguard. He was pretty tall. I always wondered if he failed or just had a growth spurt.

Troy walked up to Lucas and made his hand go into a fist. He swung it at Lucas hitting his chest. "Midnight?" He asked stepping over a little about to hit me. I moved so it would hit my arm.

"Frogface?" he questioned while stepping over to Dustin. "Or Toothless." He asked punching him and then stepping back.

He sighed and crossed his arms. He looked over at Dustin and grinned. "I fink Toothhlass" He said mimicking Dustin's lisp. 

Dustin looked down then back up. He sighed. "I told you a million times that my teeth are coming in. It's called cleidocranial dysplasia." Dustin said getting frustrated. 

"I thold you a million thimes." He said once more, mimicking him and laughing shortly after. They pushed us and went off. I sighed. We started walking to Mr. Clark's class.

013's POV

I ran. I kept running till I tripped. I saw the opening where the trees ended. Since I have never been outside the lab, I can't teleport. 

I walking stepping on the weird floor and saw a place. I looked over. I still kept walking trying to catch my breath. I stopped once the trees stopped and had an open area. 

My stomach growled. I looked down and held my stomach. I heard a noise and looked over. A man came out of the place with a black bag of some sort. 

He put it in a big thing and started walking back in. I concentrated really hard and thought for a moment. I closed my eyes and then opened them. 

I was right at the door. I sighed and grabbed the door opening it. I walked in a kept cautious. I stepped quietly towards an opening.

 I looked over and saw tons of people sitting down and eating. I held onto my stomach and saw the man with the black bag walk out with food. 

I walked over to the doors and pushed them open. I walked in looking around. It smelled really nice

I walked over and saw a plate full of something. I walked over to it. I grabbed one and smelled it. I took a bite and my face lit up. 

I grabbed it and stuffed my face eating it as quickly as I could while also trying to savor the flavor. 

"Hey!" I heard. I looked up and stopped eating. I swallowed hard and grabbed the food ducking down. I closed my eyes and opened them and was outside of the place. I didn't want to teleport.

I'm always afraid if I teleport, I will appear in front of the bad men. I sighed and thought for a moment.

 I got distracted when I heard the door open. I looked over and saw the man. "Come here!" He yelled running after me.

 I started running fast. Sadly he caught me making me drop the food to the ground. I felt something trickling down my nose. He turned me around and looked at me. 

I looked at him, fear in my eyes. "What the hell?" He said. I started breathing heavy afraid of what he was going to do to me. 

Mike's POV

The bell rang for class to be over. Everyone rushed out like it was the last day on earth. I put my stuff up in my bag not paying attention to what Mr. Clark was saying. 

I only wanted to know one thing right now. I smiled and got up and went to Mr. Clark's desk and moved up and down on my heels trying to contain my excitement. 

Mr. Clark looked at us and smiled. "is it here?" I asked jumping like a little kid on sugar. Dustin and Lucas did the same. 

Mr. Clark's smile faded away. "Sorry boys...I hate to be the bearer of bad news but..." He avoided eye contact. our jittery selves started turning to disappointment.

 "It came." He said getting a smile for tricking us and because it finally came. We all looked at each other and ran to the AV Club Room.

I opened the door and my eyes lit up even more. I walked over and sat down messing with the panels.

I put the blue headphones on and looked at in amazement. "ain't she a beaut?" Mr. Clark asked. "It's amazing," I said. 

"I bet you can talk to new york on this thing," Dustin said flipping the panels to the right spot. "Think bigger." Mr. Clark said. I looked back at him smiling. "California?" Lucas asked.

"Bigger." He said. My mouth hung open from too much amazement. "Like Australia," I asked. Mr. Clark shook his head. "Whoa..." I said to myself. 

"When will sees this, he's going to blow his shit!" Lucas said. "Lucas!" Mr. Clark said trying to be responsible. He is our teacher after all. "Sorry." He said feeling bad. 

Lucas put it at the right setting and i leaned up. I inhaled a big breath. "Hello, this is Mike Wheeler, president of Hawkins Middle AV Club," I said in an Australian accent. 

Dustin took the headphones off me taking me by surprise. He put them on and leaned closer to the microphone.

"What are you doing?" I asked giggling like a little school girl when they see there crush. He looked at me and smiled then back at the microphone. 

 "Hello, This is Dustin, and this is the secretary of Hawkins Middle School AV Club. Do you eat kangaroos for breakfast?" He asked which made us all laugh.

Lucas grabbed the headphones off of Dustin's head. A knock interrupted us making us all look at the door. "Sorry to interrupt but I need to borrow these three boys for a moment." He said.

We all looked at him frozen. We were scared we did something bad. I tried remembering what I did today or any other day.

 We all unfroze and got up. We walked with the principal and the chief of police. After what felt like an eternity we got there. 

We sat down on the couch and looked over to Chief Hopper. He sat down and looked at us for a moment. 

 "So, I need to ask you three a couple of questions." He started out, grabbing a cigarette only for the principal to tell him to put it away.

"Joyce Byers called this morning and told me her son Will Byers is missing. Do you know him?" He asked. We gave him a shock expression. "Do you know him?" He asked louder. 

"Yes," I said nodding my head. "We heard you guys seen him last." He said laying back in his chair. "Can you tell me what happened when you saw him last?" He asked. 

We all spoke up at the same time. Hopper looked at us weirdly and then kept his angry expression on.

"Whoa! Whoa!" He said rubbing his temple. "One at a time. Now you. what about this Mirkwood thing?" He asked pointing to me.

 "Mirkwood isn't a real name, but the street is," I said. "The name is from the Lord Of The Rings," Lucas mumbled. "The Hobbit." Dustin corrected him. I rolled my eyes.

"It doesn't matter," Lucas said started to fight. They both bickered until Hopper stopped them. "So, where is this Mirk wood?" He asked getting more frustrated. 

"It's where Cornwallis and Kerely meet," I said. He sighed and looked over the other policeman. "I'm pretty sure I know where that is." He said. "We can show you," I said.

"I said I know." He said sighing really loud getting annoyed. "But we can help," I said. "No, You are not helping. You are going to go home once school is over." He said. 

I bit back an argument and nodded. "Do I make myself clear?" He asked. We didn't answer. We wanted to find Will. He stood up and stepped closer to us. I gulped and looked up at him.

"Do I make myself clear?" He asked giving us a death stare. "Yes." we all said no0dding our heads. We got dismissed. We went out into the hallway. We all looked at each other. 

I gave them a look. They gave me the look. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I whispered. They shook their heads. 

"Tonight...we find Will."