Thirteen's POV

We went to the place where we all fought last. Mike stopped near the big car and helped me off the bike. He set me down and I laid down trying to not feel so drained. 

I wiped my nose again and turned to my side. "Thirteen, you okay?" Mike asked. "Yes..." I said propping myself up on my elbows. 

"Holy...Holy shit! Did...did you see what she did to that van?" Dustin asked. "No, Dustin, We missed it," Mike said in a different tone. 

"I-I mean that was...was..." "Awesome," Lucas said cutting Dustin off. I looked over to Lucas and stared. "It was awesome." He said out of breath.

He looked down at me and made his way towards me. He kneeled down and looked at me. I sat up crisscrossed and gave him my full attention. 

"Everything I said...about you being a traitor and liar. I was wrong." He paused for a moment a looked guilty. "I'm sorry." He said putting an arm around me. 

I hugged him and smiled while crying a bit. "I'm sorry, too," I said pulling away from the hug. He smiled at me and rubbed my shoulder. "Me, too," Mike said making us turn to him.

He held out his hand. Lucas got up and looked at it then back at Mike. He grabbed his hand and they both shook. I sighed and laid back down. I was completely drained this time. 

I had to wait a while until I was able to stand up without falling. When it got to the point. Lucas was talking about the lab. 

They all looked at me after they said, Hawkins, Lab. "Wasn't Thirteen going to tell Mr. Clark that's where she was from?" Dustin asked.

 I looked away from there gazes and looked up hearing something. I saw something in the air. "Guys..." I said. "What is it?" Mike asked. I pointed to the thing in the air. 

"Oh god! We have to hide!" Mike said getting up. They grabbed their bikes and put underneath the big car. Mike grabbed my hand and pulled me into the big car. 

"Get down!" Lucas said. I went to the back and hid under the seat. The thing got louder. "This is so mental," Dustin said. 

Chief Hoppers POV

I heard loud yelling and it wasn't Joyce or Johnathan. "I'll be back," I told Nancy and walked out of my office. I walked down to where the yelling was. I sighed.

"What the hell is going on here?" I yelled. "Cheif..." Powell spoke looking towards me. "These men our humiliating my son!" She yelled. 

"No, no, no. That is not true." Callahan said. "Yes! you are!" She yelled. "He was in some kind of fight chief," Powell said. "A psychotic child broke his arm." She yelled. 

"A little girl broke his arm." "That tone! Does anybody else here that tone!?!?!" She yelled. "I don't have time for this," I said about to leave. 

"So, what did the girl look like?" Powell asked. "She had really long black hair but it'd turn white when she did stuff and her nose would bleed like a freak!" The boy said. 

I stopped and turned around going over to him. "What'd you say?" I asked. "I said she was a freak." He said. "What about her hair?" I asked. 

"It was about down to her upper thighs and it was black until she did things..." He said. "What things can she do?" I asked.

 "Like...teleport herself and others if shes touching them and move things with her mind." He said. "Was she alone?" I asked.

 "No, she always hangs out with those losers. She might be dating one of them." He said. "Losers? What losers?" I asked. 

Thirteen's POV

My stomach growled making everyone look at me. I held my stomach and felt embarrassed. "Dustin, Do you have any food that Thirteen can have?" Mike asked.

Dustin took off his backpack and opened it. "I have a Twinkies, Ding Dongs, HoHos, and Zingers." He said setting them down in front of me. "Mike, what are Ding Dongs?" I asked. 

Dustin laughed. Mike looked over at him. "She didn't mean that you pervert," Mike said sighing. He looked over to me. "It's a chocolate treat." He said. I nodded. 

I grabbed it and unwrapped it. I touched and it felt weird. I took a bite and my eyes lit up. "Mike, Ding Dongs are really tasty," I said. Dustin laughed again and Mike slapped him. 

I looked at Dustin confused. "Why is he laughing?" I asked. "Cause he's a pervert," Lucas said. "What's a pervert?" I asked. "Him," Lucas said. "People like, Dustin?" I asked.

"No, he's just taking what you said wrong when you were totally innocent about it." Mike said. "like Ding Dongs?" I asked. "Yeah..." Mike said. His face getting red.

"What's wrong about Ding Dongs?" I asked. "It can also be a guys-" "A doorbell!" Mike yelled glaring at Dustin. 

"When you ring a doorbell it usually sounds like, ding dong." He said trying to slow his breathing down. I nodded and continued to eat. 

It went all quiet after that. I finished my food and through the other piece down. "Thank you," I said giving Dustin a small smile. 

He smiled back and then we just sat there. We then heard a static noise. "Mike, are you there?" We heard. Mike grabbed his backpack. 

"Why the hell is Nancy talking to you?" Lucas asked. "I don't know," Mike said. "Mike, this is an emergency." I heard. "Dustin almost grabbed it but yanked it back. 

"Don't answer it," Mike said. "It's your sister," Lucas said. "She could be kidnapped by the bad me and telling her to talk to me so they can find our location," Mike said. 

"Mike, this is Chief Hopper. If you're there we need you to answer." I heard. "Whys the Chief there?" Lucas asked. "Look we know you're in trouble and we know you have the girl." He said.

"How do they know about Thirteen?" Dustin asked. They looked at me. I shrugged not even knowing who Hopper was. 

"We know you need help, but the only way to do that is to pick up." He said. Mike stayed there for a good minute trying to think of what to do.

He put it close to his ear. He inhaled and pressed the button and closed his eyes for a second. "You didn't say over. Over." He said. 

[Skip To Later]

I sat down in the seat and Mike sat next to me. Dustin was pacing around. Mike sighed. "Would you stop pacing?" Mike asked. More like demanding it. 

"It's been way too long and he's not here. Maybe this is all a trap and the bad men are coming down to get us right now." Dustin said. 

 They kept yelling at each other until we all heard a car noise. We all looked at each other and got up running to the front. We realized it wasn't Hopper, just the bad men. 

Mike grabbed my arm and pulled me back. We ran to the back hiding. "Lando," Dustin said. "Do you think they saw us?" Lucas asked. "Both of you, shut up," Mike whispered harshly.

We heard the door open. I peaked my head out but Mike pulled me down. We then heard grunting noises. The door fully opened revealing a tall man with a hat.

We all stood up and stared at him. "Let's go." He said. I stayed in place out of fear. He turned but stop. "Let's go!" He yelled making us jump. Mike grabbed my hand and we ran out of the bus. 

We went little ways to a biggish car. I held Mikes hand tighter. Hopper opened the door and Mike let me get in first. Dustin got in on the other side so I was in the middle. 

We drove for a while and I yawned laying my head on Mike's shoulder. He rubbed his thumb over the back of my hand.

It was getting darker each time I looked up. I sighed and nuzzled closer to Mike. I felt his warmth. I smiled when he wrapped a hand around me.

The car then stopped and I looked up. It was now dark. We got out of the car and I stood there when people came out of Will's house. 

"Mike!" The girl yelled. She ran up and hugged him tightly. She pulled away and held him by the shoulders. "I was so worried about you." She said. 

"I was too," he said but sounded more like a question. Her gaze turned to me. I looked at her. Her face turned into confusion. Mike turned back and looked at me. 

"Is that my dress?" She asked. I looked away shyly crossing my arms. "Yeah...about that..." Mike said. I looked back over to see everyone still staring at me. 

"We couldn't let her wear my pajamas at school...so we looked through and found it and Grandmas old blonde wig," Mike said. 

"She has hair though," Nancy said. "Her hair starts turning white when she uses her superpowers," Dustin said. Mike turned to him.

"Why not tell the whole world like you are now and when you told Troy," Mike said. I looked down and held myself feeling cold. 

"Let's get inside." A woman said. I walked with all of them inside. I sat down next to mike on the floor. 

[Skip To After Explaining Everything]

"There's a gate," Dustin said. "In Hawkins Lab," Mike said. "That we found with our compasses," Dustin said. Everyone looked confused.

"The gate messes with the magnetic field because it's stronger." Dustin said. "is this gate underground?" Hopper asked. I looked over sadly. "Yes," I said. I felt all eyes on me again. 

"Near a large water tank?" He asked. "Yes," I said again. I looked down and fiddled with my fingers. "H-how do you know all that?" Dustin asked. 

"He's seen it," Mike said. I looked over and glanced down but looked back at Hopper. He was staring at me. "Is there any way you could...help find Will in..." Joyce said.

I looked over to her. "The Upside Down," I said. "Yeah, that." She said. I nodded. "And my friend Barbara?" Nancy asked. I looked over at her. I breathed shakily.

I nodded slowly. I have no idea who Barbara is. "Do...have picture?" I asked. She looked at me confused. "If I don't know what they look like, I can't find them," I said. 

She nodded and got up.  We all got up and they brought me to a table. Nancy came back with a picture. I looked at her face trying to get a good detail of who it was. 

Mike put the radio on static. I put my hand on the table and closed my eyes. It was dark. I thought really hard. I felt the blood trickling down my nose from thinking. 

"Whoa, her hair." I heard. "Told you." I heard. "Both of you shut it." I heard. I heard the light flickering. I opened my eyes and looked at them. I looked down and wiped my nose. 

"I'm sorry..." I said started to cry. I became scared that they were going to yell at me or punish me like, Papa did to me if I couldn't do it.

"Sorry?" Joyce asked getting up. I flinched at this. "Thirteen, You okay?" Mike asked walking over to me. "Please don't punish me for not finding them..." I said looking down. 

I was shaking in fear. "Oh, Sweetie we would never do that. It's fine." Joyce said. I wiped my tears. "I'm sorry," I said. 

She got up and walked towards me. She grabbed my hand and took me to the bathroom. She grabbed tissues and handed it to me. I wiped my tears and looked up at her. 

"I'll be outside with the others when you're ready to come out." She said sweetly. I gave her a small smile when she was walking out the door. 

I walked up to the sink and turned on the water. I cupped my hands and let the water fill it. I splashed water onto my face and wiped it.

 I looked at the Mirror behind me and saw the bathtub. I'm to drained to search but if I had the bath I could probably do it. I turned off the water and Lokked at myself for a moment. 

My hair was slowly going back to black. I wiped my nose and saw some blood on it. I sighed and walked to the door. 

I grabbed the knob and turned it. I opened it and walked out. I walked up behind them. "How do we get her charged up again?" Joyce asked. 

"You can't. It's one of those things where you have to wait." Mike told her. "How long will that take," Nancy asked. Mike shrugged. "I'm not sure." He said answering her.

I stepped closer. "The bath..." I said. Everyone turned to me. "What?" Joyce asked. "I can find them...in the bath," I said. 

"What does she mean by a bath?" Nancy asked. "The one in the lab," Hopper said. "Yes...the...s-sensory...tank thing," I said. "The Sensory Deprivation Tank," Dustin said. 

I nodded and looked away. "I think I know who to exactly call for this," Dustin said walking over to the thing on the wall. 

He picked it up and pressed things and put it up to his ear. he paced around a few times and stopped. "Mr. Clark. It's Dustin." He said. He walked over and leaned against the wall.

"Yeah, Yeah. I just have this...Uh, Science question..."

"Do you know anything about sensory deprivation tanks? Specifically how to build one?" 

"For...Fun?" 

"You always say we should never stop being curious. To open any curiosity door we find in our life."

"Why are you keeping this curiosity door locked?" 

"Okay thank you." He said sitting down at the table. "Give me a notepad and a pen." He whispered. 

I sat down next to him and looked at what he was writing. I listened very carefully to what he was saying. I looked down again and saw numbers and writing. 

I looked up at Mike and grabbed for his hand. He grabbed my hand and held it tight. I felt safer when Mike was holding onto me. 

After a little of discussing the matter of it, we all go in two cars and drove to school. Everyone had a job to do. 

Hopper and Jonathan would go get the salt. Nancy and Mike would go get these hoses. Dustin And Lucas would set up this pool thing. I would go with Joyce to the science room. 

I followed her and looked around. We walked into the science room and I sat down while she grabbed everything. 

I looked down and played with my hair. I liked it when Mike played with my hair. It felt nice. I smiled a the thought.

 I don't exactly know what I'm feeling, but I know I don't feel this way with anybody else. It feels different when I'm around him. I wonder if he feels this way too.

I looked up and saw Joyce coming over with stuff in her hands. I'm not sure what they were. She grabbed one object and tore it. 

"What's that?" I asked her. "This is duct tape. I'm going to put it over the goggles so It's just like in your bath." She said putting it over it like she said she was. I nodded and watched her.

Mike's POV

Nancy grabbed all the stuff then handed me a hose. She carried the other two in a wheel barrel. We started heading back. It was silent halfway to the building.

"What did she eat?" Nancy suddenly asked. I looked over. "What?" I asked confused. "Thirteen." She said. "Oh. Candy, leftovers, and Eggos. She really likes Eggos." I said smiling. 

"I knew you were acting weird. I just...thought it was about Will." She said. "I knew you were acting pretty weird, too. I just thought you were sneaking off with Steve." I said honestly.

"Hey..." She said setting the wheel barrel down. I looked back at her.  "No more secrets, okay?" She said. I nodded. "From now on we should just tell her the truth." She said.

"Okay, do you like Johnathan now?" I asked. "What? No. It's...It's not like that." She said. I nodded looked away. "Do you like Thirteen?" She asked. 

My heart was racing and I felt my at peace when she said her name. "What? Ew. No. Gross." I said lying straight through my teeth. 

I looked at her disgusted but on the inside, I was grinning like an idiot. I walked away and started walking faster. 

Thirteen's POV

She finished making it and looked over to me. "You are such a brave little girl." She said. I looked away but glanced back at her a couple of times. 

"I will be there the whole time with you. If you tell me it's too scary we can quit, okay?" She told me. I nodded. "Yes," I said. 

She looked at me and held my hands. I glanced down and smiled a bit. "Ready?" She asked. I wasn't ready. I wasn't ready at all. I inhaled sharply and looked into her eyes. "Ready," I said.

She got up and let go of my hand. I got up to and followed her out. I grabbed her arm feeling a  bit scared. I looked up at her and she smiled at me. 

"So, do you need to wear anything special for this bath?" She asked. "I'm going to be floating. I don't need weights." I said. She nodded. "I can wear this," I said. 

I put a strand of hair behind my ear. "do you know how to make...princess Leia's hair like Mike can?" I asked. "I never tried. I only have boys." She said. "How do you do it," I asked.

"You start out with a braid and then you-" "Braid?" I asked cutting her off. She smiled. "It's simple. I'll show you when we get in the gym." She said. I smiled.

We got in the gym and they were still working on it. I sat down next to Joyce. "Can you show me now?" I asked. She smiled. She grabbed my hair and put it in three parts.

She messed with it and braided it till the end. I touched it and smiled. "Pretty," I said. She smiled at me and then someone called for me. I looked over. "We're ready," Dustin said. 

Joyce got up and held her hand out. I took it and let her drag me over there. We got next to the pool. I took off my jacket and set it down. I unlaced my shoelaces and kicked them off. 

I raised my foot up and took off one sock at a time. I saw the thing on my wrist and tried to get it off. I couldn't. I turned to Mike. He undid it and took it off putting it on his wrist. 

Joyce handed me the goggles. I slipped them on then sighed weirdly. Two people grabbed my hand. I walked forward. "Okay now step over," Joyce said. I did and touched the warm water.

It made the rest of my body cold. I shivered and walked forward more. They both let got go of me and I stopped. I crouched down then sat in the water. 

My breath was picking up. I've only done this twice. I leaned back and tried to relax enough so it'd work. I was now floating. 

I put my hand up and I heard the light's flickering. I slowly brought my hand down and tried controlling my breathing. I closed my eyes and then opened them.

I was in the dark void. The ground was water and I saw things differently. I wasn't in someone's mind. I was in the in-between of it all. 

I started walking slowly. Worry taking over each time I took a step. I looked over slightly. I saw something. I was looking for Barbara first. "Barb?" I called out.

Mike's POV

I watched her closely as her expression changed. "Barbara?" She said out loud. Nancy gasped and I stood in shock. 

Thirteen's POV

I walked closer and closer to whatever was there. I heard slithering. I looked up slowly and saw Barbara dead. A thing was coming out of her mouth. My eyes widened and I looked away. 

Mike's POV

She squirmed a bit and almost dunked her head in the water. She whimpered and the lights completely shut off. We all looked up. 

"What's going on?" Nancy asked looking over to me. I was confused just like her. "I don't know," I said looking down at her. Nancy looked down to. 

"Is Barb okay? Is she okay?" Nancy asked. Thirteen was squirming a bit. She started panting. "Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead." She whimpered out. 

Thirteen's POV

"Dead!" I screamed out covering my head. I ran away from Barbara's dead body. "Dead!" I whined hoping they heard me. 

Mike's POV

She was now almost splashing. "Dead." She said. Joyce grabbed her trying to comfort her. "Dead!" She screamed out loudly. "It's okay," Joyce said.

Thirteen's POV

I heard Joyce's voice echoing slowly. I stopped screaming. I closed my eyes again. I thought about Will.

Mike's POV

She slowly stopped squirming and relaxed after hearing Joyce. She slowly tilted her head back. Her mouth went agape.

Thirteen's POV 

I opened my eyes and saw Castle Byers in front of me. I walked slowly towards it. "Castle Byers," I said. 

Mike's POV

She turned a little. "Castle Byers." She mumbled out. Joyce gasped and looked at Johnathan. He looked at her.

Thirteen's POV

I opened up the cloth door and walked in. I saw him lying there. He looked completely miserable. He was slimy and cold. I walked next to him and sat down beside him. 

I touched his face with my hand. He was freezing. "Warm..." He said. "Will," I said moving my thumb over his cheek. 

Mike's POV

We waited. "Warm..." Was heard from the radio. "Will?" She said looking confused. Joyce gasped. "You tell him...tell him I'm coming." She said. 

Thirteen's POV 

I moved my hand to his hand. I gripped it tightly. He moved a little. "Your mom...She's coming for you." I said. He opened his eyes a little. "H-hurry." He said. 

Mike's POV

"Hurry." Was heard on the radio. Everyone looked at the radio then at each other. "You tell him to stay where he is," Joyce said. 

Thirteen's POV

"Just hold on a little longer...okay?" I asked Will. He didn't say anything. "Will? Will!" I yelled out. I looked up and saw everything starting to disappear. My breathing became rapid. 

I looked down and saw him slowly disappearing. I moved my hands around. "Will?" I called out. Nothing. "Will!" I yelled. I moved and held my knees to my face crying. 

Mike's POV 

There was now whimpering and crying on the radio. Thirteen started squirming again. Joyce was about to grab her but she raised up gasping. We all jumped not expecting her to do that.

"Oh!" Joyce said surprised. Thirteen took the goggles off and her eyes were red. Thirteen was now whimpering. 

Joyce pulled her into and hug. Thirteen was now full on sobbing. She turned around and nuzzled into her neck making the sobbing muffled. 

"I got you," Joyce said. Thirteen wiped her nose. "You did so well," Joyce said holding her tightly. "Are you okay?" Joyce asked. She didn't respond. 

She stopped crying and stood up. She stepped out of the pool and shivered like a little chihuahua. She hugged herself desperately trying to get warm. 

Lucas grabbed the towels and I grabbed her hand. I pulled her over to the bleachers. Dustin and Lucas followed. 

We wrapped her in a towel. I grabbed the other one and dried her hair. "Better?" I asked. "B-better." She said shivering. I smiled a little and sat next to her. 

She slowly put her head on my shoulder. I sat there. Lucas and Dustin helped out a bit. She inched closer to me and grabbed my arm. 

"Sorry, we don't have anything for you to wear," I said. "I-it's f-f-f-fine." She said hugging my arm more. 

I looked at her. Her face was red. I don't know if it's from the cold or embarrassment. Her hair was not as wet as it was and she was hugging me tightly trying to find warmth.

I know now I'm very much in love with her...