El tilted her head, Billy's body crashing back into the sauna room wall.

"Now!" Mike yelled as El slammed the door shut, him and Will putting a broken pipe on the handle to avoid him getting out. Rocky gapped as Billy beat on the door.

"Chill out!" Rocky yelled at him.

"Open the door!" Billy stared at him.

"For the attitude, no." he said in return, Max slapped his arm in disbelief.

The action caught Billys attention, "Max."

Their eyes all turned her way, the redhead hesitated a second, "Do it."

"Max! Let me out of here!" Billy yelled as Will turned the sauna heat up. Rocky tossed an arm infront of her at the older boys outburst. El pushed the group behind her as she stood bravely first.

"You kids, you think this is funny? You kids think this is some kind of sick prank, huh?" Billy asked through the glass, spitting on it, "You little shits think this is funny? What is this? Open the door. Open the door!"

He made them all jump slightly, repeating himself over and over again to open the door. Rocky glared. "Somethings definitely not right."

Billy yelled out loudly as Will called out, "We're at 220."

Sobbing echoed from inside, "It's not my fault. It's not my fault. It's not my fault, Max. I promise you, it's not my fault."

Max slowly approached, Rocky held her back as she gave him a knowing look. He hesitated, letting her go.

"What's not your fault, Billy?" she asked, peering through the foggy window.

"I've done things, Max. Really...bad things. I didn't mean to." Billy cried from within the smaller, heated room. The group behind Max slowly approached as well with their own looks of fear and panic, "He made me do it."

"Who made you do it?" Max asked, voice small and gentle.

"I don't know, it was like a shadow." Billy spoke. Rocky kept closer to Max with the rest of the group backing as far away as they could, "Like a giant shadow. Please, Max."

"What did he make you do?" she asked him.

"It's nod my fault, okay? Max, please." Billy begged, crying and yelling at the same time, "Please believe me. It's not my fault. I tried to stop him, I did. Please believe me, Max."

Max began to cry as she put a hand to the glass, "Billy, it's gonna be okay. It's gonna be okay. We want to help you. You just have to talk to us, okay?"

"I feel him." Will mumbled, his hand coming up to the back of his neck, "He's activated."

Mike looked forward, "Max, get away from the door."

"What?" she turned back.

"Get away from the door!" Mike yelled, Billy hitting the window as glass flew everywhere. Rocky ran forward, grabbing Max's shoulders and yanking her left as they stumbled into the nearest wall.

"Let me out, you bitch! I'll fucking gut you!" Billy yelled, looking directly at Max. Rocky pushed her behind him and punched Billys face as he retreated back into the sauna. Lucas grabbed Rocky and Max, pulling them back. Billy reaching down and yanking the pipe from the handle.

"Rocky!" Mike called out.

"What do you want me to do against a flayed!" he called in return.

The lights blinked above the huddled up group. Billy let out an animal like roar from inside the sauna, making them all look back his way. El threw a arm out infront of everyone as Max shook her head, "He can't get out, can he?"

"No way." Lucas shook his head.

Billy threw his body against the door a few times before knocking it down harshly, stumbling out onto the ground. The party, and Rocky, all yelled in fear and backed up quickly. The boy stood up, facing El. Max grabbed Rocky's arm slightly as she stood behind him, the Byers boy mentally trying to sike himself up.

The weight from the bar picking up caught his attention, looking over to see El using her powers to lift it before yelling out, throwing it Billys way and knocking him backwards. Mike backed them all up close to the wall.

El breathed heavy, using her out reached hand to hold Billy against the wall with the weight. El screamed loudly as Billy pushed against it, having it move a few inches before he threw it harshly. El ducked down immediately, nearly getting hit. Before she had time to move away, Billy had a hold of her head, yanking her backwards to stare at her face.

His eyes found the party before wrapping a tight hand around El's neck. They all gasped, Billy slowly lifting El up into the air as she coughed and gasped for air.

Rocky yanked free from Max, tackling Billy as his hold on El fell. They hit the ground, the glass shards piercing both their skin. Rocky leaned up and hit Billy in the face, only when he hit him back, it wasn't human strength.

"Leave him alone, you piece of shit!" Mike yelled, hitting Billy with a metal pole.

Max pulled Rocky to his feet, looking at the shards of glass that had now made his forearms bleed. El lifted Billy off the ground before he had the chance to get near Mike. Billy yelled out as El cried, holding him up and getting higher and higher. She made a circle around the room, Max, Will, and Lucas going to the the other three so they hadn't been all separated. El and Billy screamed at the same time before her hands yanked to the side, throwing the Hargrove boy out of the side of the brick wall. Mike caught El as she stumbled back, Rocky winced as he looked at his bleeding arms. Max held his shoulders with a reassuring look.

"Woods." El spoke, behind the blind fold in Mikes basement.

"Woods?" Lucas questioned.

"He's with...Will and Rocky's mom." El confirmed slowly.

Will gave an odd look. "My- my mom?"

"Mama?" Rocky called from the bathroom.

"What are they doing?" Max asked her with an odd look.

"Ill....annoy." El spoke, earning odd looks.

"Like the ice cream!" Rocky called back, trying to remove the glass as well as he could.

"They're going to ill annoy." El said after he did.

"Mike! Breakfast!" Karen yelled from the other side of the door, hitting it.

"Not now, Mom!" Mike yelled over his shoulder before facing El again. "Illinois? Like the state?"

El pulled the blind fold off with a innocent shrug. "Ill-annoy."

Max stood up and walked into the bathroom with Rocky. "How's it going?"

He shrugged. "It's going."

Walking over, she jumped up onto the counter and took the tweezers. "I have to pick gravel out of my knees and palms all the time. Let me see."

"You know, incase you were wondering, usually I don't loose a fight." Rocky said as Max held his elbow, ease with the tweezers. "Just, i've never fought the flayed before."

Max laughed slightly. "I mean, i'd hope not."

"I think I still got him pretty good though." he winced when she pulled a piece of glass out. "I got him to stop choking El."

"Got me away from the door too." Max agreed, meeting his eye for just half a second. "Thanks for that."

"Oh, yeah." he shrugged. "It's whatever."

"Okay, time to disinfect." she hummed, dropping the tweezers.

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kylie speaks

i make all my male oc's such
mamas boys smh