EPISODE EIGHT
papa.

THE GROUP were all frantically looking around for music or anything that could help nancy, as steve was screaming at her to wake up.

"steve says you need to hurry!" erica yelled as she ran in. "yeah? no shit!" dustin screamed.

"we're trying! we cant find anything!" max exclaimed, "what is all this shit?" robin yelled.

"what are you even looking for?" eddie yelled, "madonna, blondie, bowie, beatles? music! we need music!" robin exclaimed as eddie snatched the tapes out of her hand. "this is music!" he screamed.

they heard steve's relieved yells and all ran to the small gate as he was cradling nancy in his arms, they all sighed in relief and beckoned steve to come back with nancy.

"he...showed me things that haven't happened yet." nancy began hoarsely. "the most awful things...i saw a dark cloud spreading over hawkins. downtown on fire. dead soldiers."

they all listened with small frowns. "this giant creature...with a gaping mouth. and this creature wasn't alone. there were so many monsters. an army. and they were coming to hawkins. into our neighbourhoods. our homes. and then...he showed me my mom and holly...mike. and they...they were all." she shook her head as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"okay, but...he's just trying to scare you, nance." steve nodded. "right? i mean...it's not real."

"not yet." nancy whispered, sending shivers down nova's spine.

"but there was something else..he showed me gates. four gates. spreading across hawkins. and these gates, they looked like the one outside of eddie's trailer. but they didn't stop growing. and this wasn't the upside down hawkins...this was our hawkins. our home." nancy whispered.

nova looked up, "four chimes." she spoke up softly as they all turned to look at her, frowning. "what?"

"vecna's clock. it always chimes four times. four exactly." she explained, nancy looked up at her. "i heard them too."

nova shook her head, lip trembling. "he's been telling us his plan this whole time."

"four kills." lucas spoke up with wide eyes, "four gates...end of the world." he looked at nova who looked at him, and then away.

"if that's true...he's only one kill away." dustin whispered. "oh jesus christ. jesus christ." eddie exclaimed.

"try them again. again, now." steve pointed to the phone, max scoffed, but did it. she attempted to ring the byers household, but they didn't pick up.

"anything?" dustin asked, max shook her head. "no. rang a few times, then went to a busy signal."

"maybe you punched it wrong. try again." steve ordered, nova scoffed. "she didn't punch it in wrong."

"well, i don't know." steve sighed, "i think she knows how to use a phone." dustin spoke.

"i'm just saying, she could've typed it in wrong." steve continued as max tried again, but it was a busy signal.

"same shit." she complained. "how is that possible?" lucas whispered.

"joyce has this telemarketer job. always on the phone, mike won't stop whining about it." dustin spoke up.

"yeah, but this phones been busy for three days now?" nova spoke, pulling a face. "it's not joyce. somethings wrong." max agreed.

"she's right. it can't be just a coincidence. whatever's happening in lenora is connected to all of this. i'm sure of it. but vecna can't hurt them. not if he's dead. we have to go back in there, to the upside down." nancy snapped, turning to them all.

"woah, no, no, no. what?" steve yelled. "nope!" eddie shook his head.

"let's think this through" steve stood up, "what is there to think through?" nancy exclaimed.

"we barely made it out of there!" steve sighed, "yes, because we weren't prepared. but this time, we will be. we'll get weapons and protection. we'll go through the gate, find him, and kill him!"

"or he'll kill us." steve spoke, "the only reason you survived is because he wanted you to. and he's not scared of us." steve said.

"and for good reason!" robin stood up, "we were wrong about vecna. henry. one...what are we calling him?"

"vecna!"
"one."
"henry."

"right...we've learnt something new about vecna/henry/one. he's a number like eleven, only a sick, evil, male child murdering version of her with really bad skin! but my point is, he's super powerful! could turn us inside out with a snap of his fingers. it's not a fair fight!" robin rambled as they all sighed.

"so then why fight fair?" dustin asked, "you're right. he's like eleven. that gives us an upper hand. we know elevens strengths. and weaknesses."

"weaknesses?" erica scoffed, "when el remote-travels, she goes into a trance...i her the same is true of vecna." dustin explained.

"that would explain what he was doing in that attic." lucas realised, "exactly! when he attacks his next victim, i'll bet he's back in that attic, physical body defenceless."

"defenceless? what about the army of bats?" steve pointed to his neck, raising a brow. "true...we'll have to find a way past them."

"how do we do that?" eddie asked, standing up, interested. "...no idea." dustin whispered as eddie sat back down.

"but once they're gone, he doesn't stand a chance." dustin smiled, "it'll be like slaying sleeping dracula in his coffin!"

"that sounds good in theory. but there is no pattern to vecna's killings. we don't know when he's going to attack neck. and we don't know who." robins spoke as nova looked up suddenly.

"yeah, we do." she spoke up, all eyes on her once again. "i can still feel him...i'm still marked...cursed. so, i ditch every breath you take i draw his focus back to me." she began, thinking of a plan.

"nov, you can't. he'll kill you." lucas whispered, she shook her head. "i survived before. i can survive again." she nodded, determined.

lucas still didn't look convinced at all. "i just need to keep him busy long enough so that you guys can get into the attic. then you can chop his head off, stab him in the heart. blow him up with some explosive dustin cooks up...i honestly don't care how you put this asshole in his grave. just...whatever it is, whatever you do...try not to miss."

they all stared at her, and shared a worried look as they came to an agreement to go ahead with their plan.

sorry this is short but atleast it's a chapter lmaoo
sorry for no updates recently but i'm on summer holidays now so i hopefully will be updating frequently. no promises tho