Mike's POV

Thirteen sat in my bed with a blanket over her. I sat next to her. I tried making her talk to me a bit more but she stayed silent. 

"So, what happened when we found you?" I asked her. She looked over at me and glanced down. 'did you get scared and ran away?" I asked her.

 She stayed silent. She then shook her head lightly. "From your parent's?" I asked. "Papa..." She said. "Did your dad do something to you?" I asked. She stayed silent once more. 

"Michael! Your friends are here!" My mom yelled from downstairs. I looked over to her. "I'll be back. Just wait here." I said getting up and exiting the door. 

I went to the edge of the stairs. "Hey," I said as I saw them coming up the stairs. "Did it work?" Dustin whispered. "Shh!" I said.

We walked back to my room. I opened the door and walked in. They both looked at Thirteen with wide eyes. Dustin shut the door.

"Are you out of your mind?" Lucas asked. "Just listen to-" "You are out of your mind!" He yelled. "She knows about Will," I said trying to get my words out before they cut me off again. 

"What do you mean?" Dustin asked very confused by what I said. I grabbed my picture of all of us at the science fair. I held it up. 

"She saw this picture and looked scared and she knew about him somehow. I could tell she knew about him." I said. "You could tell?" Lucas said not convinced.

"Just think about it," I said looking back at her. "I mean isn't it weird we found her on Mirkwood, The same place where Will went missing?" I asked.

"That is pretty weird," Dustin said looking over to Lucas. "And she told me bad people were after her. Maybe these bad people are the same people that took Will." I said. 

"What if she knows what happened to him," I said looking back over to her then back at them. "Then why isn't she telling us?" Lucas said crossing his arms.

He then looked over at her angrily. He walked over to her, uncrossing his arms. "Do you know where she is?" He asked. She looked at him and stayed silent.

She looked calm but her eyes told a different story. Lucas then grabbed her tightly making her try to pull away but couldn't.

 He got two inches away from her face. "Do you know!" He asked yelling into her face almost making her cry from fear. 

I grabbed him and pulled him back. "Stop it! you're scaring her!" I yelled at him. "She should be scared!" He yelled back. 

He looked back at her. She was now close to the wall scared. "We need to tell your mom," Lucas said. "No, Thirteen said telling any adult could put us all in danger," I said.

Lucas looked at her strangely. "What kind of danger?" Dustin asked looking over at me. "Her name is Thirteen?" Lucas asked me. "Yes," I said in a Duh tone.

"Mike, What kind of danger?" Dustin asked raising his voice a bit. "Danger danger!" I said looking at him. I brought my hand up in a gun shape and pointed at him.

 I then moved my hand to Lucas. He slapped my hand out of his face and walked towards the door. 

"Were telling your mom!" He said opening the door. Thirteen then appeared in front of the door and slammed it with her hand. She held on to it. We all looked back at the bed then back at her. 

Her nose was bleeding a little and her roots were turning white. She moved her hand in front of the knob and locked it. "No." She said wiping her nose. 

We all looked at her for a moment. "H-how'd she get there so quick?" Dustin mumbled. She then disappeared right in front of us.

 "Where'd she go?" Lucas asked. I turned around when my bed creaked. She was there sitting on my bed. For some reason, I didn't seem scared but Lucas and Dustin did.

Her hair slowly went back to black showing no white. She sniffled and wiped her nose. "Did she..." We were all pretty speechless. We didn't know what to say. 

I stepped closer to her. She looked at me and looked pretty calm again. "Um, How'd you do that?" I asked.

 She looked down and stayed silent. I looked behind me and saw them still frozen in fear. I sighed and looked back at her. 

[Skip To Dinner At Mike's] Mike's POV

We all sat at the dinner table poking at our food. "Is there something wrong with the meatloaf?" mom asked making us look up.

"Oh no, I had two bologna sandwiches for lunch," Dustin said. "Me too," Lucas said putting on a fake smile. "It's delicious, Mommy," Nancy said looking towards mom. 

Mom smiled. "Thanks, sweetie." She said. "So, there's this assembly at the school field tonight for Will. Barb's driving." Nancy said. I looked at her funny. 

I don't think there is so she obviously lying to got makeout with Steve. I cringe and look back at my plate of meatloaf. "Why am I just hearing about this?" Mom asked cutting a piece of meatloaf.

"I thought you knew." She said innocently. "I told both of you guys that no ones going out until Will's found." Mom said sternly. 

"I know, I know but it'd be pretty weird if I wasn't there." She said. Mom looked like she was in thought. "I mean everyone's going." She said.

 Mom sighs in defeat. "Fine...just be back by ten," she said. Nancy smiled. "Why don't you take the boys with you." She said pointing to us. We looked over quickly. "No!" I yelled.

Dustin and Lucas did the same. Nancy looked at us pissed. "Don't you think you should be there? For Will?" Mom asked looking confused. 

I took a sip from my glass trying to stall the question longer. I looked up and saw Thirteen coming down the stairs. I chocked a bit making milk go everywhere. 

Mom started turning around like everyone else but Dustin slammed his fists against the table. Everyone got scared and looked over at him. "Sorry...Spasm." He said sinking down in his chair. 

I looked down at my lap and saw milk all over it. I got my handkerchief and tried wiping it all off as best as I could. 

We all got up and excused ourselves from dinner. I sneaked my way to the kitchen to get food for Thirteen. I got her some meatloaf we didn't eat. 

I went downstairs with the guys. "Thirteen?" I called out. I looked over at the fort and saw her sitting with my supercom again playing with it.

 "Hey, It's just us," I said sitting down in front of her. "You want some meatloaf?" I asked pushing the plate towards her. "Meatloaf?" She asked confused. 

"It's this food that comes from a cow?" I said not really thinking where it came from. She just stared at it. 

She looked up at Dustin and Lucas. "Don't worry. They won't tell anyone about you." I said reassuring her. 

"We would have never upset you if we knew you had superpowers," Dustin told her. I turned quickly and smack the side of his leg hard. He bent over touching the spot I hit.

He groaned a little. "He didn't mean that," I said glaring at Dustin but put on a sweet smile for her. 

"What he meant was that they were scared...earlier," I said inching a little closer to her. "We just want to find our friend, Will," Lucas said. She gave him a confused look. 

"What is friend?" She asked looking up at him. "A friend is someone you do anything for," I said. "Yeah, you lend them your stuff and-"

 "You never break a promise ever with them," I said cutting Dustin off. "Especially when there's spit," Lucas said. Her face was understanding but turned back to confusion.

"Spit?" She asked. "Yeah, Spit. Like this a spit bond." Lucas said. I heard him spit then two hands smacked together. I cringed again cause I'm not really into that.

"Friends are important. You can tell them things that you keep from there parent's." I said. She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and looked up at Lucas again.

"Friends..." She said nodding her head a bit. "Do you get it now?" I asked her. "Yes." She said taking a piece of meatloaf and eating it.

Thirteen's POV

I finished eating and Mike took my plate. I smiled a little and got up. They started talking amongst themselves. I closed my eyes and thought about Will again. 

I heard heavy breathing. I opened my eyes to see that terrible place. He's not dead. I heard a screech and his hand went over his face to prevent his breathing from getting too loud.

"Thirteen?" Mike asked. I stopped and looked over at him. "Superpowers," Dustin said. I wiped my nose and got up. 

I had to think of how to show them where Will could be. "Mike," I said. "Yeah?" He asked. I raised up my hand and touch his head. He looked at me. "What are you doing?" He asked.

I saw his memories. "Will, What will you do?" Mike asked. "Uh..." Will said looking down. I saw what they were doing and saw the piece he chose with. 

I put my hand away from him and wiped my nose again. "Her hair is almost all white," Dustin said. 

I teleported to the table. I grabbed the piece he chose. "Will..." I said looking at the piece. "She knows," Dustin said. They all came over the table watching me. (that sounded pretty dirty.)

I set his piece down. Mike sat down next to me. "Did you see him on Mirkwood?" I asked. I looked at him. I sighed and grabbed Mikes piece and the others.

I put the other meaningless piece on the floor and looked at Mike. I grabbed his piece. "You," I said to Mike. "Yeah." He said. I set their pieces down on the board. "You are here," I said. 

I then slid there pieces on the table. I grabbed the board and flipped it upside down. I grabbed Will's piece and placed it on the board. "I don't get it," Mike said.

"Hiding," I said not looking at them. "He's hiding?" Mike said. I nodded my head. "From the bad men?" He asked.

 I nodded my head no. "From who?" He asked. I grabbed the piece with the two heads. I set it down next to him. They all looked at each other. "The Demogorgon..." Dustin said.

[Skip To Morning] Thirteen's POV

I messed with Mike's supercom. I ignored what they were saying trying to focus on it. I played with it turning the knob to the left and right over and over again.

"Her!" I heard I didn't look up but I started listening. "She teleported like three times," Lucas said.

 "How is that not awesome to you?" Dustin said. "I bet she could do pretty amazing stuff. like." Dustin said.

 I heard footsteps coming towards me. "You know I bet she could catch this when I drop this and be back on the couch with it in her hands," Dustin said. 

He stepped near me. "Hey. Hey" He said making me look over to him. "Concentrate." He said dropping whatever that was in his hand. It fell to the floor and I just watched him move.

"Okay, let's try again." He said dropping it. It fell to the floor again. Before he picked it up, Mike ran up and grabbed it. "She's not a dog." He said. 

"Boy's!" Mike's mom called. Dusting and Lucas grabbed stuff and left. Mike came towards me and sat on the floor in front of me. 

"Okay, just stay down here and don't leave. If you get hungry eat Dustin's snacks, alright?" He said. Before I could say something, Mikes mom yelled for him.

"Coming!" Mike yelled really loud. He turned to me and made me look down at his freckled face. "You know those powerlines behind my house?" He asked. I nodded my head.

"Meet us there after school." He said. I looked at him weirdly. "After...school?" I asked. "Yeah, at 3:15." He said. I looked at him wondering what that meant.

"Here." He said taking something off his wrists. He held out his hand and I put my hand there. He smiled and put what was on his wrist on to mine.

 "When that reads three-one-five you go outside and meet us there." He said looking up at me making sure I understood. "Three...One...Five..." I said. He smiled again and let go of my hand.

"Bye, Thirteen." He said. I watched him leave. Once I couldn't see him anymore, I looked over at the supercom.

I grabbed it and played with it more. After a while, I looked at the thing Mike gave me. It read one-zero-five-seven. I sighed and teleported to the table. I looked through the food.

I grabbed something called pringles and opened it. After I ate almost everything I looked at the thing around my wrist again. It read one-two-five-nine.

It then turned one-zero-zero. I sighed and looked for what to do. I walked upstairs and looked around walked towards the front was and made my way upstairs. 

I saw the only door that was closed. I opened it and saw a big room with random colors everywhere. I walked in and looked around. I saw more pictures of Mike's older sister.

This must be her room. She looked so happy in these pictures. I couldn't help but feel sad that she was happy all her life. 

I thought my life with Papa was great and he showed his love. I'm very wrong. Mike shows me more love then Papa ever could. I let a small tear run down my face.

Mike's POV

I picked up a rock and went over to Dustin. "Is this good?" I asked. He nodded his head. "Nah, It's too big for the slingshot." Dusting said. I threw it over my head and continued searching.

"Do you think Thirteen got her powers? Like the X-Men? Or acquired them like green lantern?" Dustin asked getting excited to know. "She's no superhero. She's just a weirdo." Lucas said.

"Why does that matter?" I asked giving him an assaulted look for her. "If you love her so much, why don't you marry her," Lucas said smiling.

 "What are you talking about?" I asked not getting what he's trying to say. "Are you serious?" He said unamused. "What?" I said raising my hands just to put them down. 

"You look at her all, like..." He paused for a moment and got all shy. "Hi, Thirteen! I love you so much! Will you be around me every second of the day! I really-"

 "Shut up, Lucas," I said cutting him off. "How can you not see yourself liking her? You act differently around her like you have a crush on her." He said. I cringed. "Ewww no," I said.

"Yeah, Eww. No girl would ever like frog face." I heard from the side of me. I turned to see Troy. "What are you fags doing here anyway?" He asked. 

"Probably looking for there dead friend." He said laughing. "That's not funny," Dustin said. "Like I said he's dead so why bother looking." He said. I turned to Dustin. "Ignore them," I said.

I started walking. Troy put out his foot at the last minute and made me fall hard to the ground. My chin hit something hard. I groaned holding my chin. I felt a pair of arms hold me up. 

"Later losers," Troy said leaving. "You okay?" Lucas asked. "Yeah," I said. Dustin picked up a rock and gave it to Lucas. "I think we found our one," Dustin said. We all smiled. 

[Skip To 3:12 Outside] Thirteen's POV

I paced around looking at the thing on my watch. I looked when I heard something. I looked behind me and saw this hairy thing. It moved closer to me and rubbed up against my leg. 

I stayed still. It made that weird noise again. I sat down next to it and reached my hand out. It licked my hands and rubbed against it. I put my hand on its hair and trailed it down.

"What are you?" I asked. It got on my lap and curled up into a ball. My breath hitched. I stroked its soft hair and it started making a noise. "Pretty," I said smiling a bit. 

I looked over and saw a flying thing come down. The thing in my lap sneaked over and jumped on it. It bit into and killed it. My breathing got worse.

It made me think of when I killed people and how terrible I felt. I was angry at first but got sad and scarred.

[Flashback]

I couldn't do what they asked no matter how hard I tried. I looked up at Papa. He looked at me disapprovingly. 

Two of the guys grabbed me. They held me dragging me. I screamed and kicked not wanting to go to the room. "No!" I screamed. Papa came out of the room watching me go. 

They turned to corner and I saw the door I'm completely familiar with. I screamed loudly for them to stop. 

They stopped and opened it. They got out the needle and was about inject me. I screamed kicking more.

 I teleported with them and tried running. I pulled really hard and made them run into the wall somehow. 

One of the men fell down. The other man brought out his. I teleported behind him and grabbed his head twisting it.

 It snapped. The guy was close to getting up. I grabbed him and teleported to the door and made him fall.

 I grabbed the door slamming it over his head. I did it five times before I stopped. He twitched for a moment then stopped. 

I felt incredibly weak. My hair was completely white. I fell over crying and from being too weak to stand. Papa came down the and saw us. He grabbed me by my head gently. 

"Extraordinary." He said before picking me up. I felt too drained to protest. I just stared into his cold dead eyes. "Let's get you cleaned up." He said walking with me in his hands.

[Flashback Over]

I wiped the tears from my eyes and saw the hairy back in my lap with the dead flying thing next to me. I sniffled a little and stroked the hair on this thing. 

"Thirteen?" I heard. I turned my head a little to see Mike and the others. "You okay?" He asked. I wiped my eyes again and put on a fake smile. "Yes," I said. "Okay, Well, hop on." He said. 

He patted his seat and I stood up with the hairy thing. "Mike?" I asked. They all turned to me. "Yeah?" He asked looking down. "What's this hairy thing I said holding it out.

It made that noise again. "It's a cat." He said. "A cat?" I asked. "Yup. Now put him down and let's go." He said.

 "Mike?" I asked again. "Hmm?" He said. "What the flying thing the cat killed?" I asked. "A bird..." He said. I sat the cat down and stroked it's hair once more before getting on Mike's bike.

He got on and I put my hands on his shoulder gripping his jacket. He started moving. I looked back at the cat just sitting and staring at me. I sighed and nuzzled my face into mikes back. 

[Skip To In The Woods]

We were around all the trees. We were off the moving things and now walking. "Mike?" I asked looking over at him. "Yes?" He asked looking over at me. "What's this called?" I asked.

"A bike." He said. I nodded. "Bike," I said repeating it. I kept seeing his memory of those two boys hurting him. "Why do they hurt you?" I asked. He looked over. "What?" He asked confused.

I lifted my hand to where his chin was. He looked down then touched the spot on his chin. "Oh...that..." He said. My gaze stayed on him. "I just fell, That's all." He said lying to me.

"Mike..." I said feeling hurt. "Yeah?" He asked. "Why are you lying?" I asked. "What?" He asked. I put my hand over his. "Please don't lie to me," I said. His cheeks got red. 

"I-I'm sorry...I shouldn't have done that. I was just tripped by this mouthbreather troy." He said. "Mouthbreather? I asked confused. "Yeah, Like a dumb person." He said. I nodded.

I gripped his hand tighter. "I don't know why I didn't tell you, The whole school knows about. I just didn't want you to think I was such a wastoid." He said.

 "What's a wast-" I stopped not know how to say it. "Wastoid? It's a loser, basically." He said. "You're not," I said. 

"I think you're..." I paused trying to find a good word. "Cute," I said looking forward and smiling. My hand remained over his. 

"C-cute?"