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Wanda wiped away the fresh and dry tears from her face as she walked deeper into the forest, away from everyone.

"Ванда, Ванда подожди!" Pietro called after his sister as he tried to keep up with her. He tried not to use his powers, not wanting to get too tired. (Wanda, Wanda wait!)

Wanda just ignored him and continued to walked, trying to forget what had just happened. "Ванда, давай, давай вернемся. Пусть Одиннадцать объяснится." Pietro grabbed Wanda by her arm but the red head just pushed him back. (Wanda come on, let's go back. Let Eleven explain herself.)

"уходи, Петра" Wanda simply ignored him and continued on her journey through the woods. Frustrated, Pietro zoomed in front of her, stopping Wanda from walking any further. (Go away Pietro)

"Ванда, ты не можешь просто уйти. ты даже не позволил Одиннадцати объяснить, почему она испортила устройства." Pietro grabbed Wanda's hand again but this time it was more harsh. (Wanda you can't just walk away. you didn't even let Eleven explain why she messed with the devices.)

"Я сказал, УЙДИТЕ!" Wanda lashed out, her emotions took over her abilities and a energy blast was shot at her brother. Pietro was shot back into a tree. He fell to the floor with a groan. (I said, GO AWAY!)

Wanda stared in horror as her brother whimpered in pain. "P-Pietro" Wanda tried to step over to her brother but Pietro just whimpered in fear. Wanda looked towards her hands that were surrounded by a scarlet energy.

She stared in fear, scared of her own self and her powers. She slowly backed away from Pietro and ran for the hills.

She had hurt her brother and it was all her fault. She ran as far away so she couldn't her anyone else.

Maybe it was better if had gone back to the lab.

It had gotten dark and Wanda decided to rest against a huge tree. She hadn't even bothered to wash away the tears from her cheeks.

She sighed as she thought on what to do. Would she go find Pietro? Would she go back and forgive Eleven. She didn't know, but for now, she was on her own.

As Wanda tried to drift off to sleep, a red glow could be seen in her peripheral vision. Her face scrunched up at the sight. She stood up and looked to her right to see a huge tree with a glowing opening at the base of the trunk.

She walked towards it and crouched down. Her hand went towards it without even thinking. She quickly recoiled her hand after feeling the slimy feeling. With hesitance, Wanda used her powers to get rid of the substance covering the opening.

She furrowed her eyebrows before finally deciding to put her hands through. All she felt was cold air and leaves at the bottom. She looked behind the tree to see if her arm was there but there was nothing.

Fuck it she thought before going through the tight space. What she was met with was beyond her understanding. It was like a replica of the world she had just left. But it was dark, not night dark though. This was a kind of dark she couldn't explain.

White flakes floated around the place. Vines covered the ground, trees and giant rocks. All of a sudden she heard a roar behind her.

She turned around to be met with the monster that had plagued her dreams. The monster that was terrorizing Will. She gasped and quickly ran away as it chased her through the woods.

She jumped over fallen trees and vines as she neared what looked like the street. Once she landed in the middle of the street, the monster seemed to have disappeared.

A feeling in Wanda's stomach grew. She slowly turned around and looked up at the sky. Red filled the sky, thunder roared lighting it up. But there was something else up there.

Every time thundered roared, a figure appeared out of the dark. It's head was shaped like a seed. hundreds of legs protruded out of its body.

It's body in general looked like it was made of a shadow, a mist? Wanda didn't know. All she knew was that it was absolutely terrifying.

The figure started to go near her. For some reason she didn't run. She didn't stare in fear. She stared in curiosity.

Once the figure was in front of her, it slowly dropped what Wanda thought it was it's head. She slowly rose her hand, red energy danced around her delicate fingers as she made contact with its head.

Suddenly, something swarmed her vision. Chaos surrounded her, it was all she could see. Chaos, strife and pain was all she could feel.

She cried in pain as she quickly took back her arm. Now she was staring at the figure in fear.

One of its arm started to drift off into the woods. She furrowed her eyebrows at the action. She decided to follow it and see where it lead too.

She arrived at a tree to see the same portal from before. The figure had lead her to a way out of the decayed dimension. She nodded her head at it before crawling through the portal.

She groaned as her feet left the trunk and stood up. She brushed away all the leaves and twigs that stuck to her before she turned around to see the portal close.

She shook her head before turning back around. She found a a big tree at flew to the top. She decided she would sleep there for the night and see what would happen tomorrow.

"I just... I can't believe they didn't come back." After all three subjects had left the junkyard yesterday, they hadn't returned. Lucas was mad at them and refused to talk them. It was just Mike and Dustin now.

"They've gotta be close" Dustin suggested. "El said it wasn't safe." Mike remembered what El had told them a bit after Vee and Tee left.

"She just messed up the compasses because she wanted to protect us. She didn't betray us" Mike said while he paced back and forth. "Mike calm down."

"I shouldn't have yelled at her. I shouldn't have done that. We should've went after the twins." Mike continued.

"Mike, this isn't your fault." Dustin said.

"Yeah it's Lucas'"

"It wasn't his fault either" Mike paused. "It wasn't his fault?" Mike asked. "No" Dustin simply said.

"So you're saying he wasn't way out of line?" Mike said sarcastically. "Totally but so we're you!" Dustin answered.

"What?"!

"And so was Eleven"

"Oh give me a break!"

"No Mike, you me a break! All four of you were being a bunch of little assholes! Me and Tee were the only reasonable ones." Dustin yelled as he got in Mike's face.

"But the bottom line is... you pushed first. And you know the rule, you draw first blood..." Dustin told him. "No! No way! I'm not shaking his hand." Mike violently shook his head at him.

"You're shaking his hand!"

"No I'm not"

"This isn't a discussion. This is the rule of law. Obey or be banished from the party. Do you wanna be banished?" Dustin threatened him. Mike shook his head lightly. "No"

"Good" Dustin grabbed his coat from the couch and started to put it on. "Where are we going?" Mike asked, oblivious. "Where do you think. We're going to get Lucas. And then we're going to find Eleven and the twins." Dustin explained and threw Mike's backpack at him.

"What are you doing up there" Vee woke up to the voice of a boy. She groaned as she rubbed at her eyes as she stood up from the tree she was in.

Vee looked down to see Lucas with his bike beside him. A comm was taped on his bike handle with a compass on it.

Vee just rolled her eyes before using her powers to float down and land in front of him. "I sleep in tree" she simply said. It was Lucas's time to roll his eyes. " I know that but why?" He asked.

Vee just shrugged as they stood in silence. "Well I'm going to find the portal. And it seems like you want to find it as much as I do, wanna come with?" The only words that Vee understood was 'find portal' and 'come with' so she just silently nodded and walked beside him as they followed the compass.

The two preteens climbed up a hill and were met with a long fence. Vee stopped and stared in horror and fear. Lucas noticed and turned around. "Twelve, what are you doing come on." Vee completely ignored him and started to hyperventilate. It felt like every breath she took, the more air she lost.

Memories of the lab came back, and once again she was consumed in blackness.

"Papa! Papa!" Wanda yelled as two men pulled her across the hallway. Her feet dragged across the cold tile floors of the lab.

She tried to use her powers to throw the men away from her. She succeeded with the one on her right, but the other caught he off guard.

A taser was met with her skin. Electricity went through her body as the man tased her. She fell to the floor with a yell and another shock went through her.

More and more shocks went through her body as she shouted in pain. For sure a couple of burns were going to appear on her body. (And unknowingly a lichtenberg scar would cover her stomach the more they used electrocution as a punishment.)

A massive amount of energy bursted out of her limp body. It threw the men that surrounded her away from her body. Dr. Brenner who was a few feet away was knocked over his feet. He stared at Wanda's unconscious body in fear.

That was the day that Dr. Brenner's view of the red head had changed.

"TWELVE" Lucas shook the girls shoulders as she finally felt her real surroundings. Her breath returned to her as her panic attack melted away.

Hey eyes looked frantic as she looked around her. "It's ok Twelve, you were just having a panic attack" Lucas explained. Her face scrunched up in confusion. "какой?" (What?)

"A panic attack. Its when you're in full panic mode and everything is coming at you all at once." Lucas explained. Vee nodded and stood up with Lucas's help.

"Do you know this place?" He asked. Vee nodded slowly as she stared at the building. Lucas looked at the building and then at Vee, repeating that action until he gasped.

"Wait is this the place you, El and Tee grew up in? Where the bad men are?" Lucas asked. Once again, Vee nodded.

"Shit"

"Eleven, El! Vee!" Mike called out for the two girls. "Vee, Twelve! Thirteen!" Dustin followed his actions. They continued to call out for the three test subjects until they heard a branch snap.

"Hey stop do you hear that?" Mike stopped in his tracks.

"What?" Dustin asked. "El, Vee, Tee!?" Mike called out. Mike turned to see Troy and his friend coming up a hill, looking angry as ever.

"Hey, there Frogface, Toothless." Troy pulled out a switchblade.

"Shit! Run, Mike" the two boys dropped their bikes and ran for the hills.

"You're dead Wheeler."

"All right, just hold on! Hold on!" Mike shouted at them. The boys had caught him and Dustin. Troy threatened to cut out Dustin's currently growing teeth if Mike didn't jump into the quarry below them.

"Mike don't do it. I don't need my baby teeth, Mike!" The boy just ignored him and continued to walk to the edge of the cliff. "Mike, seriously, don't!"

Mike stared down into the water. A few pebbles fell from his feet and into the water below. "Seriously, don't do it man! Seriously don't" Dustin tried to call after Mike but he didn't listen.

"Troy, I don't think this is a good idea man." Troy's friend said nervously but Troy ignored him and turned back to Mike. "Mike don't!"

"Dentist's office opens in five... four... three... two..."
"Mike!"

"One!" And with that, Mike took a leap and fell down the cliff with a scream. Not hearing a splash, the three boys quickly ran to the edge and looked over. There stood... wait no. "Holy shit" There FLOATED Mike. It looked like he was stranded in midair.

Mike gasped as he stared at the water, it wasn't coming any closer like he excepted it to. Slowly he began to rise, a bunch of 'whoa's leaving his chapped lips as he floated above the others.

He fell to the floor with a grunt and they all stared at him in awe. He looked to his left to see El and Tee. Blood ran down El's nose as she and Tee glared.

Troy and his goon walked forward, silently challenging them but they were no match. Tee quickly dashed towards Troy and pushed him to the ground, hovering over him with a menacing stare.

Troy was about to stab Tee but before he could, El's head tilted and Troy's arm snapped, the bones cracking.

"She broke my arm! My arm!" Troy yelled out. "Go" the two chorused. The boys obeyed and quickly ran for the hills.

"Yeah that's right, you better run, they're our friends and they're crazy! You come back here and she'll kill you! You hear me? He'll kill you, you sons of bitches! They'll kill you, you hear me?" Dustin yelled and threatened as the two kept running in fear.

El fell and Tee dashed and caught her before she could hit the ground. Tee cradled her as Mike and Dustin ran towards them. "El! Tee!" Mike slightly shouted. "Mike... I'm sorry." El whimpered.

"Sorry? What are you sorry for?" Mike shook his head in confusion. "The gate... I opened it. I'm the monster." El cried out.

"No, no El. You're not the monster. You saved me. Do you understand, you saved me." They all stood in silence before Mike pulled El I'm a hug. Tee joined in from behind and Dustin on the side.

They hugged as Tee realized that he had found a family to care for. He only had Vee but now he had others and he was happy.

As Lucas and Vee took a turn, the compass started to freak out. They quickly backtracked and stared into the fence.

As Lucas struggled to climb up a tree, Vee gracefully flew up into it. "Seriously?" Lucas deadpanned and Vee chuckled. She wiggled her fingers and Lucas was now slowly floating to where Vee was situated.

"Cool" Lucas smirked as Vee smiled back. He quickly took out his binoculars and observed the building. He watched while military vans and Hawkins Power and Light vans drove around the outside of the building.

Lucas removed the binoculars and turned towards Vee who was also staring at him. They stared at each other with a knowing glint.

"Fuck"

Can you guys tell that I don't know who Troy's goon is, cause I don't.

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