Max and El walked towards Billy and Max's house. El had told Max what she had seen in the void and that she was suspicious of her step-brother, but she didn't tell her about Delilah, she didn't want her to overreact and yell. She KNEW Max and Delilah were close and she didn't want to ruin that. But for the sake of the two girls' safety and the other girls she saw in the void, she decided to tell her.

"It's gonna start pouring soon. We should be at the mall or like, watching a movie or something" Max complained

"you don't believe me?" El asked as she turned to Max

"I believe you saw some super weird stuff, totally. But you said Mike had sensed you in there before, right?" Max asked as they arrived to her house

"So maybe it was just like that. Maybe Billy and the girl, which, by the way you haven't told me who it was or how she remotely looks like, maybe they just... sensed you somehow." Max concluded

"But the screams"

"Yeah, I know, but here's the thing. When Billy is alone with a girl, they make, like really crazy sounds noises." Max said in disgust

"They scream?" El said in confusion

"Yeah, but like... happy screams." Max said slowly, trying not to cure opt the innocent girl

"Happy screams? What is happy screams" Eleven asked

"It's like... I'm just gonna lend you my moms Cosmo" Max said. Before they entered Max's house, El stopped the red head

"Hey Max, I'm gonna tell you something, but you can't freak out" El said nervously

"What is it" Max furrowed her eyebrows

"The girl I saw... in the void. It was Delilah" Max frowned at Eleven, but wanting to believe her

"What?!"

"I said to not freak out" El mumbled

"I'm sorry, it's just... are SURE that it was Delilah." Max asked, El slowly nodded

"Shit"

Max and Eleven walked into Billy's room, looking around to see that it was a complete mess

"Why do I get the feeling we're gonna find all kinds of wrong in here?" Max said, she walked towards Billy's drawer and opened it to reveal a bunch of Magazines with half naked women

"Ugh, gag me with spoon" Max said in disgust as she closed his drawer

They walked into the bathroom to see the tub full of cold water with ice bags floating on the surface

"Max?" El called over the girl

"Ice, it's just ice. Probably for his muscles or something. He works out like a maniac." Max said as she picked up and stared at the empty bag

Eleven turned her head and stared the cabinet. One of the handles was covered in blood. El opened it and took out a bucket that had a life guard Fanny pack inside and a whistle

"El what is it" Max asked, El turned around and showed Max the whistle.

It was covered in blood

Robin flipped through her notebook as she listened to the message over and over again. A faint ringing was heard, someone repeatedly pressing the bell

"Excuse me, Ahoy" Erica Sinclair called. Robin sighed as she slid off her headphones

"I'd like to try the peanut butter chocolate swirl, please" Erica asked with her friends behind her.

"No, no more samples today." Robin said

"Why not"

"Because you're abusing our company policy" Robin sighed, already tire of the girl

"Where's the sailor man" Erica asked annoyed as she looked around

"Sorry, he can't help you. He's busy" Robin answered and turned around

"Busy with what" Robin turned around and smirked

"SpyCraft"

Steve, Alex and Dustin stood behind a bush, Steve held binoculars to his eyes looking for anyone suspicious

"See anything" Dustin and Alex said in unison, also looking around for suspicious people

"Uh, I guess I don't totally know what I'm looking for" Steve admitted as he continued to look around

"Evil Russians" Alex said boredly, he hasn't seen Delilah in two days and he's worried that something bad happened to her

"Yeah, exactly, I don't know what an evil Russian looks like" Steve said

"Tall blond, not smiling" Dustin explained

"Mm-hmm"

"Also, look for earpieces, camo, duffel bags, that sorta thing" Dustin listed

Steve searched until his eyes landed on a girl and a boy

"Oh you've gotta be kidding me." Steve said in disgust

"What" Alex and Dustin asked

"Anna Jacobi's talking with that meathead Mark Lewinsky." Steve yelled

"If you're not gonna focus, just give us the binoculars" Alex said annoyed

"Aw Jesus Christ, whatever happened to standards, I mean Lewinsky never even came off the bench" Steve complained

"Dude you are the worst spy in history, you know that" Dustin said as he grabbed the binoculars from Steve. They both wrestled for it until Steve gave up and gave them to the boy

"Besides, I don't why you're looking at girls, you have the perfect one in front of you" Dustin said as he looked for anything suspicious

"Seriously, if you say Robin again-" Dteve said annoyed but was cut off from the two boys

"Robin, Robin"

"No, don't, no"

"Robin, Robin, Robin, Robin" they kept chanting Robin till Steve yelled out no

"No, man she's not my type. She's not even in the ballpark of what my type is, all right" Steve explained while Alex gave him a weird look

"What's you type again? Not awesome" Alex said. Steve gave him a sarcastic smirk

"Thank you"

"Hmm"

"For your information, she's still in school, and she's weird. She's a weirdo, and she's hyper. I don't like that she's hyper" Alex stared as Steve named all the "flaws" he saw in. Personally, Alex liked Robin, he liked to insult other people with her in Spanish and have them look at them confused not knowing what they're saying.

"And she did drama, that's a bad look, and she in band, no" Steve said as he shook his head in disbelief and disgust

"Now that you're out of high school, which means you're technically an adult, don't you think it's time to move on from primitive constructs such as popularity" Dustin suggest as Alex sighed from Borden

I wonder what Delilah is doing, I hope she's ok Alex thought as Steve and Dustin argued in the background

Delilah sat in her room, on top of her bed and stared at the wall as she slowly lost her mind. Memories flowed through her mind like a river, a vast and fast river.

Delilah swung on the swings at the school playground. Her twin brother was sick that day and she had know one to chase around.
She sulked until she heard a boys voice

"Hi, are you lonely, you look lonely" Delilah looked up to see a boy, he was slightly taller than her and he had black raven hair. Delilah nodded and than the boy decided to sit next to her

"I'm also lonely, my friends are sick and I'm sad." The boy muttered as he pouted and looked at the ground as he swung. Then he gasped

"We could be lonely buddies, so whenever we're are lonely, we could be lonely together" Delilah smiled at the boy and nodded

Oh how she loved him

Delilah climbed down from the bunk bed after another horrific nightmare. She walked into her kitchen and filled a glass with water

She drank as her breathing slowed down to a normal pace. Delilah sighed as she wiped away a salty tear from her pale cheek. This nightmare felt more real then the others and she didn't know why.

She was frustrated, why was this happening to her, what did she do. All the other party members experienced the same stuff as her, why was she the only one getting these nightmares.

All of a sudden, Delilah's world flickered, it was like her nightmares, but this time it was definitely real and it was in her home.

Delilah lightly put down her glass of water as lightning strikes were heard. Why was their lighting, there wasn't any rain before.

She slowly opened the door as it made a loud creak like it always did. Delilah stared at the red sky as a spider figure flashed every time lighting stroke and brought light.

Delilah stared as her breath quickened again. It was like the figure was speaking to her, telling her what it wants, and it was terrifying.

Delilah held the door open so Will and Mike could go through. She was about to follow them back into the arcade until her world flickered, exactly like last night.

She slowly looked up, terrified of what she would see. Her gaze met the figure's. Delilah gulped as the two had a staring contest

A feeling churned in her stomach, it was eating her alive. The figure stared and stared, like it was trying figure her out.

Delilah was stuck to the ground until she heard her brother yell her name. She was back in the real world. She looked back at the sky to see the spider figure gone. She sighed and went back inside the arcade.

Delilah took out her bike from the school's bike rack, smiling cause of her encounter with Max. She hopped onto her bike until something she has been dreading to happen, well... happened.

Her world flickered once more. All too familiar with her other similar events, she looked up. And there it was, the same figure that has been haunting her all week

But it was way more menacing, instead of telling her what it wants, it was demanding, demanding her to give what he wants, what he's always wanted.

And she was terrified

Tears started to form in her eyes as a headache grew in Delilah's head. It was yelling at her, like an abusive parent, and she hated it

The girl felt like she was going to faint until a certain raven haired boy called her name.

Delilah ran across the field, trying to get to Will. She ran as she was slowly losing her breath. She guessed she was running to fast cause the next thing she knew she had tripped and fell. A sharp pain flew into her hand and head until she fell unconscious

While Delilah was unconscious, The Mind Flayer got to do what it's been waiting for. While taking over Will, he sent a part of him over to Delilah

It was like he was made of dust and shadows, kind of like a wisp. A piece of him slowly entered Delilah's big gash on her palm, slowly taking over her like he was doing with Will.

Delilah started to stir awake as the pain in her forehead and palm slowly came back, waking her up even more

Delilah felt like she couldn't breathe. She lied in bed with her boyfriend Alex Ramirez and she was having a panic attack, how perfect. Alex felt Delilah's chest as she was up against him

"Babe, are you ok" Alex asked as he stared at the freckled-cheek girl. Delilah rose from the bed as tears fell from her face like rain drops. She started to hyperventilate as she fell the ground.

"BABE" Alex yelled as he jumped from the bed to in front of his girlfriend

"Babe, Delilah look at me ok. Breathe for me ok. In and out" Delilah and Alex stared at each other as Delilah's breathing started to slow down

Delilah burst into tears as she let herself fall against Alex. The boy held her tight as he kissed her forehead

"It's ok, it's ok. You're fine, nothing is gonna hurt you." Alex sighed as his girlfriend passed out from exhaustion

"Are you sure we should be doing this" Delilah said as she stared into the wide mirror beside Alex. Two bowls full of hair dye, black and white stood in front of the pair.

"Ya trust me, it gonna be fun" Alex smiled.
5 hours later, the couple stood in a very dirty and stained bathroom. They stared in the mirror, Delilah with her pitch black a hair and Alex with his white hair.

All of a sudden, Alex's mom, Fiona Ramirez walked into the bathroom and stopped as she stared at her son's and girlfriend's

"Hey mamà" Alex whispered, scared at what would come out of her mouth

"¿Qué diablos le hiciste a tu cabello? estás loco Alex. incluso trajiste a tu dulce novia inocente en esto. Será mejor que limpies esto o aterrizarás" Fiona yelled before she stormed out of the bathroom. Delilah stared wide-eyed as Alex slowly turned towards her

"Um she said-" Alex began before Delilah cut him off

"I know what she said, and I'm quite terrified" Delilah said before her and Alex burst into laughter

Y'all I finally updated this book. I hope you liked the memories part cause it was definitely my favourite to write

Also this chapter is dedicated to one-braincell-gurl cause she literally my number on fan and I love her so much

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