CHAPTER ELEVEN :

Will, are you okay?

"Mike do you copy?"
"Mike. It's me Lucas! Answer me!"

Mike who had been busy playing D&D, immediately stood up and picked up the wakie-talkie that was lying on the sofa.
"Lucas? Any news??"

Lucas exhaled, then brought the walkie-talkie to his mouth. "Something's wrong..."
"He--"

"Wait! I'll get El and Twelve first." Mike cut in before Lucas finished his sentence. Mike put the walkie-talkie on the table.

"What is it?" Jonathan asked and was replied by Mike. "I don't know, he said something was wrong."
"Wait a minute, I'll call Eleven."

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The sound of loud knocking on the door several times made Eleven and Twelve look confused.

El immediately got up from her seat and opened the white door of her room followed by Twelve.

"Mike? What's wrong?" Asked El surprised when she saw Mike with a short breath.

Mike took a deep breath and held his breath. "Max's Team."

"Max's team?"

"Hurry up, come with me!" Without saying much more, Mike immediately left the two girls standing in front of the room.

Twelve and Eleven were both confused. They looked at each other for a moment then immediately ran after Mike.

The three teenagers sat on the couch. El seemed to take the wakie-talkie that was lying on the table.

"Max? Lucas? Hey, you say there's a problem??"

"Yes it is." Max answered from inside the walkie-talkie. "We've found Vecna's hideout."

Eleven pulled the walkie-talkie away from her face. She looked at her friends who sat in front of El. "Where?"

Max seemed to take a deep breath before she managed to say her sentence.

"At...at Will's house..."

Max's words made everyone look at each other with shocked faces. Twelve seemed to open hier eyes wide.

"Wait, how come?" Twelve said and could be heard by Max. "Wait, Nancy wants to talk."

Max gave her walkie-talkie to Nancy and then Nancy spoke. "I'm not sure he's here, but… I suspect him."

"Why do you suspect him?" Will asked.

"Will, El, everyone. Do you remember? That Vecna's tactic is four gates in Hawkins. But why now suddenly a fifth gate appears? And why is the fifth gate behind Will's house?"

Nancy's explanation confused everyone. "So it's only natural that I should suspect the Byers house, sorry."

"You shouldn't be suspicious, Nance." Said Will suddenly with his cold gaze facing downwards.

Nancy frowned. "Uhm...well...I guess we'll check first."

"Yeahh, guys. There's trouble here!" Dustin's voice that seemed to scream called Nancy and Max.

"What is it?" Ask Max.

"We can't open the door. Somehow the wood is so strong." Steve replied.

"Oh, give me my walkie-talkie." Get Dustin to Nancy. Dustin put his lips to the microphone. "Twelve, El? You there?"

After a while, Twelve and Eleven answered together. "Yes"

"Can you open this door with your thoughts?"

Max frowned shaking her head.
"What?! Are you crazy, Dustin? We're in a different dimension to them!!" It's sarcasm, but it's a fact.

Dustin just smiled awkwardly at the red haired girl. "Answer and don't forget to say over when you're done. Over."

"We could have done it... I mean, tried it." Answer Twelve. "Over."

"DONT!"

Will's sudden scream made everyone turn their heads, including Twelve with a frown. "Why?"

Will opened his mouth as if to speak but couldn't. He looked down with a cold gaze. "Nothing."

Twelve still looked at Will in surprise then responded to Steve who appeared to be talking into the walkie-talkie. "Hey, we'll try to break it again. Over."

"Fine. Me and Twelve will try too."
"Over and Out."

Eleven sighed and then turned to her friends. "We start now?"

Mike, Twelve, Jonathan and Will were silent for a moment then they answered. "Let's go."

The five of them finally started their part of the plan. Namely, Twelve and Eleven must search for Vecna ​​through their minds.

"But we still need something."

"Yes, plenty of salt and water to hold a body."
"Any idea?"

They all started to think, until finally Jonathan suggested. "Oh, there are two bathubs. One in Mum's room, the other in the guest room."

"Fine, I'll just use Mum's room." Eleven said.

Twelve looked confused then asked. "And...where can we get that much salt?"

Hearing that, Jonathan smiled crookedly. "Let me." Then he stood up from his seat and walked over to the key ring.

Eleven looked up. "Where are you going to get it?"

Jonathan turned around. "At Hawkins Middle School, of course."

Mike laughed at that.
"Haha, then I'll come with you!" Jonathan agrees to Mike, and eventually the two men leave Eleven, Will and Twelve.

Eleven frowned seeing Will who had been silent since earlier. "Um, Will?"

Will raised his head.
"Are you okay?" Eleven asked and only nodded by Will.

Eleven was even more surprised and feel suspicious, she glanced at Twelve with a surprised face.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Said Twelve who stood up from her seat and walked towards the back of the house.

Before she reached the bathroom at the end of the Byers house, her eyes fell on Will's open bedroom.

She tried to step foot inside to see Will's room. Understandably, innocent children and lack manners.

Twelve looked at the walls of Will's room, his furniture and his desk. She frowned when she saw that Will's study table was very messy.

The table is full of large cardboard and some colored paint on it. Twelve shook her head then walked over to the table intending to tidy it up.

She also saw what Will drew.

A bright red circle,
A huge spider and.. "What is this?" Twelve asked herself when she saw a different picture.

"Number one? What does that mean?"

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Twelve turned her head, apparently it was Eleven who entered to approach her younger sister. "Twelve, what are you doing here?"

Twelve looked up. "Sorry, I accidentally came across Will's drawings."

"Will's drawings?" Eleven said frowning. She then turned to the paper with the drawing on Will's desk.

She looked at the three of them carefully.
"Bright red circle"
"Big spider"
"Number one."

Eleven widened her eyes upon realizing her words and visions.

"Wait! Bright red circle, giant spider, number one." She said while pointing at the pictures one by one.

"What is it?" Twelve asked confused.

Eleven opened her mouth and turned her head.
"I have to tell you that One--"

"Who's One?"

Eleven raised her eyebrows.
"One..is Vecna. So, long ago One created creatures through his image."

Eleven looked at Twelve carefully. "Twelve, do you understand what I mean?"

Twelve lowered her head in thought. "No..."

Eleven was already getting frustrated.
She snorted "I mean, maybe Will--"

"What are you guys doing here, huh?!"

Twelve and El looked up at the same time as Will came into the room. Will approached Eleven and Twelve with his intimidating eyes.

Twelve and Eleven's hands were both holding the picture, Will looked surprised and immediately snatched the two papers violently.

Eleven's eyes looked at Will sadly. "Will..Please, tell me if there's a problem."

Will frowned turning his head to Eleven. "There's.No.Problem." he said emphatically

"Why are you angry?"

"I am not angry!"

El's eyes changed now, she looked into Will's eyes with a sharp gaze.
"I know there's something on you."

"What do you mean?"

Eleven seemed to lower her head with the intention of reading Will which she thought was different today.

"Hey kid, look what we got." Mike's voice made Eleven raise her head again, still with her glare on Will.

Will stared at Eleven angrily from head to toe, he immediately left his room.

Twelve who was still confused then asked. "El, what the--"

Before she could ask, Eleven left Twelve with big steps indicating that she was suspicious, annoyed, angry with Will.

❛Will, with this.
I suspect you.❜ -elv.

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