A//N: awww this is it!!! Squee! Also, i almost added the scene where Hopper leaves the eggos but i am super tired and my main priority was the reunion between the gang and Will and I figured, you guys know what happened. Enjoy!

|| 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕 ||

We finally made it to safety in one of the science classrooms. At least, it was the best we could do under the circumstances.

It would do. For now.

Dustin carried El to the back of the classroom and placed her on one of the black tables. Meanwhile, Lucas helped me sit down and I opted to for the ground, back against the cabinet so that if I passed out I would be closer to the floor.

I panted and my head bobbed up and down as I tried to fight unconsciousness.

Dustin and Lucas lingered around me, but I gestured towards El.

"She- I'll be fine. She, she's the one... you need to worry about."

I closed my eyes and let my head rest against the cabinet and I focused on the voices of my friends to stay awake.

"Just hold on a little longer, okay?" Mike said. "He's gone. The bad man's gone. We'll be home soon, and my mom... she'll get you your own bed. You can eat as many Eggos as you want."

There was a pause and I could hear El sniffling.

Mike continued. "And we can go to the Snow Ball."

There was more sniffling and I heard El whimper. "Promise?"

My eyes fluttered open and I looked to Mike who was holding El's hand. I could see a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Promise."

The lights were still flickering and they only got faster when we heard the awful sound of the Demogorgon. It was getting closer.

We stayed as silent as possible, knowing it was only right outside.

WHAM

The door slammed to the ground, ripped right off its hinges and the disgusting creature we had been running from finally stood before us.

It was a long slimy figure, a purplish grey and it let out a growl that could only be described as an echo reverberating off of tin.

"Go, go, go, go!"

I scrambled to my feet in fear, clutching the desks desks keep from falling over. Dustin and Mike began screaming at Lucas for the wrist rocket.

I tumbled over so that I was standing in front of El protectively.

Lucas scrambled inside his backpack for his wrist rocket and moved to the front.

"Get the rocks! Get the rocks! Get the rocks!" Mike shouted as him and Dustin fished through he backpack.

While his hands were still searching for the rocks, Dustin turned to shout in Mike's face, his voice squeaking. "I'm getting the rocks!"

"Give me one!" Lucas ordered!

He drew back the wrist rocket as Dustin and Mike shouted frantically and released.

It missed and the Demogorgon stomped towards us.

It roars in anger.

I grasped the table, trying to not fall over. Not sure what I would pass out from first; exhaustion or fear.

"Give me another one!"

"Kill it! Bastard!"

"Kill it! Go, go, go, go!"

"Kill it now!"

He releases and it hits. The monster is unfazed. The boys hand Lucas more ammo.

"Get, get, get... come on, kill the bastard!"

"It's not working!"

"Hit him again!"

"Kill him!"

"Keep going! Come on!"

"Get, get, get..."

It continues to stalk towards us.

It opens its mouth, or rather head by the looks of it. Lucas draws back and releases.

Just as the rock hits the Demogorgon its thrown back across the classroom and is pinned against the chalkboard.

We stare in awe and suddenly I sense movement out of the corner of my eye.

El walks confidently past us and towards the monster.

Mike runs after her. "Eleven, stop!"

Without looking, she throws her hand back and Mike is thrown to the ground and against the cabinet. He sits against it in a daze, the wind knocked out of him.

We all stare, frozen as she walks up to the beast. It writhes against the chalkboard and she calmly looks over her shoulder to us.

Tears begin to fall once more when she speaks.

"Goodbye, Mike." She looks to me and smiles sadly. "Thank you, Y/n."

My vision is blurry but I can make out El's figure as she turns back to face the monster.

"No more." She states softly.

She raises her hand and the monster begins to cry out in pain.

The noise was too much for me to bare and I quickly covered my ears, I could see the boys do the same.

She let out a scream and she was engulfed by the ashes of the Demogorgon and just like that, she was gone.

We all stood in shock and pain as we shared at the spot where she once stood.

Ashes flitted around the room and settled all around the classroom.

I knew that was it, and there was nothing more that could be done. Which is why it broke my heart all the more when Mike jumped to his feet and began looking for her.

"El? El?"

"Eleven?"

"El?"

"El, where are you? Eleven? El?"

I turned to Dustin, tears freely falling from both of us, we embraced and I cried into his shoulder at the loss of another friend.

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We all stood out in the parking lot of the school. Multitudes of police cars and ambulances were surrounding the entire building. Some of the paramedics had checked my vitals and given me a shock blanket.

Dustin and I were waiting for our mom knowing she had been notified by now.

The Sinclair's had met up with Lucas and they went home.

I leaned against the side of the ambulance as I sat in the back. It was silent between the two of us. That is until Dustin broke the tension.

"So, when the hell where you gonna tell us you have superpowers?" Dustin said weakly with a hint of fake anger.

Without moving my head, I looked up at my brother.

"Give me a break, I didn't even know. Not until we got split up and I lost my bike."

"You what?" He asked incredulously.

"I would have told you sooner Dustin but we kinda had our hands full. You know, running from the government and all?" I snapped defensively.

My stomach grumbled and I looked to my brother. "I'm sorry, I'm just really hungry. and sad. And completely exhausted." I chuckled half-heartedly.

"Y/n? Dusty? Oh, my babies! Come here!"

We looked to see Mom speed walking towards us, her arms outstretched.

"Good luck telling, Mom." Dustin whispered before she could hear, earning a quick glare from me.

Suddenly, I was engulfed in her embrace, partly squished up against Dustin since she hugged us both.

I couldn't help but embrace her. I nuzzled my head into her shoulder as she hugged us tightly, forgetting how safe I always felt in her arms.

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When I came to, all my senses picked up on things before my eyes could open. I could feel the gentle flow of oxygen into my nose and the beeping of a familiar sounding machine.

I vaguely remember my mom and another man, the chief I think, finding me.

My eyes fluttered open and I saw my mom and Jonathan sitting at my bedside.

Mom was quick to notice I woke up and she lit up immediately. Jonathan followed suit.

"Hey." She said softly. "Hi, sweetheart."

"Hey,"

Mom began running her fingers through my hair, something she'd always to do to comfort me when I'm sick.

I smiled when I saw them, glad to be with them again.

"Where... where am I?"

Mom and Jonathan shared a relieved look and Jonathan grabbed my hand.

"You're home. You're home now. You're safe." Jonathan said a smile on his face as he began to cry.

"Jonathan." I said happily, knowing he was really here.

"Yeah, it's me, buddy." He sighed. "We missed you. We really missed you."

I noticed his other hand and the splotchy bandages around his palm and I frowned.

"Are you okay?"

He smiled and gestured to his hand.

"What, this? It's just a cut. It's nothing." He shakes his head, a disbelieving looking smile on his face. "You're worried about my hand?"

They both started to cry again, but they were chuckling softly.

I looked back at my mom, who was smiling through tears as she continued to run her hand through my hair. I smiled tiredly up at her.

"Oh, hey, uh..." I looked to Jonathan when he spoke, grabbing something from off the floor. "We, uh... we brought you some stuff..."

I noticed it was a box of my things from home.

"so you don't get bored in here, so..." He reached into the box and pulled out a cassette tape. "Uh, I made you a new mixtape. There's some stuff on there I think you really might like."

I smiled fondly at my family, silently thanking them for all they had done.

"Oh, and uh," Jonathan looked at Mom and they shared a look before he reached in the box again and pulled out a very familiar duck.

"Y/n insisted that we bring you this. He wanted you to have it while you're in here. To keep you company when he can't, is what he said." He chuckled fondly and I blushed, reaching for the duck I had won for him all those years ago.

"I-is he here?"

Mom rubbed my arm and smiled down at me.

"Yeah, baby, he's here. So is everybody else, everybody has missed you so much."

"When can I see them?"

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"Byers!"

All my friends burst through the door at once and ran to the side of my bed.

Mike was first to get there and he leaned down to hug me which I gladly accepted. Lucas did the same.

"Be careful. Be careful with him." Mom cautioned.

"Move!"

I see a pair of hands rip Lucas and Mike off of me only to see Dustin who quickly dives in for a hug.

I gladly pat his back when he leans down to hug me.

I try my best to follow along when they all start talking at once.

"You won't believe what happened when you were gone, man." Lucas started.

"It was mental." Dustin exclaimed.

It was then that I saw over his shoulder. It was Y/n and he seemed to be in shock, but he still followed behind the guys and stood quietly, listening to them ramble.

I blushed when we made eye contact and he smiled warmly at me. He was acting different.

"You had a funeral." Lucas continued, which quickly grabbed my attention.

"Jennifer Hays was crying."

"And Troy peed himself."

"What?" I laughed.

"Yeah, right after Y/n told him off in front of the whole school, too! It was awesome." Dustin exclaimed.

Y/n laughed at the comment and looked at his feet and it only made my heart beat slightly faster. I only hoped the heart monitor didn't give me away.

I started laughing at the thought of Troy peeing himself in front of the whole school and the laughter quickly turned into coughing.

My coughing made everyone fall silent, and then Mike nudged me.

"You okay?"

I nodded and looked at him. "It got me. The Demogorgon."

"We know. It's okay. It's dead." I looked at Mike when he said this. "We made a new friend. She stopped it. She saved us. But she's gone now."

Mike seemed to get sad when he talked about her. Then Dustin spoke up.

"Her name's Eleven."

"Like the number?" I asked.

"Well, we call her El for short," Lucas added.

"She's basically a wizard."

Suddenly Lucas got quiet and whispered so that only we could hear.

"She has superpowers."

"More like a Yoda." Mike added.

"Speaking of superpowers, Y/n-" Dustin was cut off by Y/n elbowing him harshly and I frowned in confusion.

"She flipped a van with her mind, and these agents were trying to shoot us-"

I listened in awe as I caught bits and pieces of what they were saying. The boys were all talking over each other.

"Yeah, it flipped over us-"

"Them she squeezed the brains out of their heads-"

"And blood was pouring out of their faces."

"Ew!" I couldn't help but laugh at how excited Dustin was about that part.

"Agents started grabbing us and stuff-"

"And then they were knocked back because Y/n- Ow!"

"Not yet!" He mumbled to Dustin. "Not here."

"And then Demogorgon shot out of the wall - it was insane!"

"Hey, boys," Mom called out.

They all quieted down.

"I hate to do this, but it's pretty late. And Will needs his rest. But I promise you guys can come to visit tomorrow, straight after school if you want to." She smiled.

They all frowned and each of them leaned down to hug me again and they said their goodbyes.

Mom walked them out of the door, asking if any of them needed a ride.

Y/n was the only one who lingered.

He shyly turned to face me and I smiled at him, and he gladly reciprocated.

Not knowing what else to say, my nerves getting the best of me I spoke up. "Thank you for the duck,"

He smiled warmly once more. "Of course. It's always been a sense of comfort for me. Figured you need it more than I do."

I smile at him, not wanting this moment to end despite the awkward pauses. It was worth it.

He was worth it.

"I'm really glad you're back, Will."

I couldn't believe what happened next.

He leaned down, and I assumed he was going to give me hug as the others did, but then I felt a pair of soft lips on my cheek and he pulled back, looking almost as flustered as I was.

He started to back away and he was almost out of the room when he looked back at me and smiled. Looking at his feet shyly, he turned he was gone.