We all began setting up for the plan. We taped up Joyce's shed so no light could get in. We took everything out and put a chair with bright lights surrounding it for Will to be strapped down. This way, the mind flayer won't know where he is, so he can't spy.

Then, Hopper, Joyce, Johnathan and Mike would ask questions only Will would know to try and get him back. The rest of us had to sit and wait patiently in the house. I was sat on the couch while Steve went out to his car. I didn't know what he was doing but i wasn't really focused on him.

I was just hoping they could get Will back and get the mind flayer out of him. As we were all waiting, we heard shouting coming from the shed and the lights began to flicker.

Steve ran back inside as we all sat in silence. "Do you think this will work?" Max asked. "It will... It has too" i said. I saw Steve staring at Nancy who was staring outside the window. She was visibly worried about Johnathan.

Steve looked to me as he saw me staring at him. I looked away quickly as i began biting my nails. He sat down next to me and stayed quiet. My eyes fell to the tapes in his hands.

I grabbed one off of him and it had the name "It's been a long, long time" taped to it. "What's this?" i asked. "Well, i know how much you liked your walkman and since you don't have it anymore, i thought you could borrow mine. Just for now. I want it back" he said sarcastically.

I gave him a small smile. "You listen to 40s music?" i questioned. "When i was looking through your disks in your room, i saw a lot of old music so i thought i'd give it a try... Turns out you have some good taste Hopper."

"I already knew that." He chuckled. I bit my tongue as i thought of what to say. "Thank you" i said. He gave a small smile.

As me and Steve were talking, Hopper burst through the door and grabbed a pen and paper. "What happened?" Lucas asked. "I think he's talking. Just not with words" Hopper said as he began writing something down.

I saw he was writing words in code, like what we use with El. "What is that?" Steve asked. "Morse code" we all replied causing him to feel stupid. "H-E-R-E" i said reading out the code.
"Wills still in there. He's taking to us" Hopper said. Joyce sighed in relief.

Hopper grabbed the code machine he had in his truck. We used this to communicate with El, but now we were using it to communicate with Will.

While Hopper was in the shed, he would tell us what taps Will would do on the chair. Then we would try and translate it from the house. Thankfully for everyone, Hopper and i were now pros at morse code.

"Dash, dot, dash, dot" Lucas said. I wrote it down and tried to translate. "C" i said as i began writing everything down. This went on for a while. As the final message came through, the words i had written down was now a sentence.

"C-L-O-S-E- G-A-T-E" the letters spelled out.

"Close gate. We have to close the gate" Nancy said. Suddenly, we all jumped as the phone began to ring. "Shit!" Dustin said as he took the phone off the hook and slammed it back down.

The phone began to ring again. Dustin tried to hang up the phone, but Nancy ripped it off it's hinges instead as she threw it on the ground.

"Do you think he heard that?" Max asked. "It's just a phone. It could be anywhere, right?" Steve questioned.

We all jumped again as Hopper barged inside with Will unconscious in his arms. "He knows. He knows where we are" Hopper said. As he spoke, we heard the demodogs howling from outside.

"That's not good" Dustin mumbled. "They're coming!" Johnathan shouted. Hopper grabbed two shot guns as he reloaded them. "Do you know how to use this?" Hopper asked Johnathan.

"What?" Johnathan said nervously. "Can you use this?!" Hopper exclaimed. "I can!" Nancy said. Hopper passed the gun to Nancy as we all stood next to each other facing the door.

Hopper and Nancy had their guns aimed at the window whilst Steve had his bat. I stood behind Steve as i knew if the demodogs came, i would not be able to fight in my state.

All the kids stood behind us as Johnathan stood in front of Joyce. "Where are they?!" Max exclaimed. The low grumbling came closer and closer.

It was as if everyone in the room was holding their breath. The bushes from outside began rustling. We heard one of the demodogs growl as another screeched.

We all screamed as one flew through the window. There was silence. The creature did not move. "Holy shit" i mumbled. "Is it dead?" Max asked.

Hopper cautiously walked towards it as he kicked it in the face. The creature laid lifeless on the floor. We all swiftly turned around as the door creaked.

We all got back into positions, not knowing what was behind the door. The lock slowly began opening. The door opened slowly as a figure appeared.

Everyone began lowering their weapons. My breathing stopped. Eleven came through the door with dark eyeliner and slicked back hair but i knew it was her.

She was the one who killed the dogs. Everyone in the room was dead silent in shock. I felt Mike pushed past us. "Eleven" he said. "Mike" she said as he pulled him into an embrace. "Is that?..." Max asked Lucas. He nodded.

"I never gave up on you. I called you every night for-" "353 days" Eleven said finishing his sentence. "I heard."

"Why didn't you tell me you were there?" he asked. "Because i wouldn't let her" Hopper said. Eleven gave Hoper a sad glare. "What the hell is this? Where have you been?" Hopper asked.

"Where have you been?" El asked. Hopper pulled her into a hug as he kissed her head. "You've been hiding her. You've been hiding her this whole time!" Mike said as he shoved Hopper.

"Hey! Let's talk. Alone" Hopper said dragging Mike into another room. I began limping towards her with teary eyes. "El" is all i could get out. Eleven ran towards me as i hugged her tightly.

"I'm sorry. I should have been there" i mumbled into her shoulder. "I should have been there too" she said looking at my leg. I gave her a sad smile as i refused to let her go.

After a long hug, i finally let her go to see her friends. I looked to see Steve giving me a shocked and confused look. I let out a sad but relieved laugh.

"So... You... And her... You both" Steve said with a baffled look. "My sister? Yeah" i said. He nodded slowly. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked. "Do you want to be hunted down by the government or?..." i questioned.

He scoffed as he walked away. I laughed at his reaction. My eyes drifted away from Steve and over to El who was with Joyce in the kitchen.

Everyone gathered around her as she looked at the drawing of the mind flayer. "You opened this gate before, right?" Joyce asked. "Yes" El replied.

"Do you think if we got you back there you could close it?" Joyce questioned. El gave me a worried look as she nodded.

"It's not like it was before. It's grown. A lot. And i mean, that's considering if we can get in there. The place is crawling with those dogs" Hopper said as he walked into the room.

"Demodogs" Dustin said. "I'm sorry what?" Hopper asked. "I said demodogs... Because they're demogorgon dogs... You put them together, it sounds pretty bad ass."

"How is this important?!" Hopper exclaimed. "It's not. I'm sorry." "I can do it" Eleven said. "Your not hearing me" Hopper said. "I'm hearing you. I can do it."

"Even if El can, there's still one problem. If the brain dies, the army dies. Wills apart of that army" i said. They all looked to Joyce who looked like she was thinking.

"He likes it cold" she mumbled. "What?" Hopper questioned. "That's what Will kept saying to me. He likes it cold. We keep giving it what if wants!" she said.

"If this is a virus, and Wills the host... We need to make the host uninhabitable" Nancy said. "So if he likes it cold... We need to burn it out of him" Joyce said.

"We have to do it somewhere he doesn't know this time. Somewhere far away" Mike said. "I think i know somewhere" i blurted out. "Where?" Johnathan asked. I looked to Hopper.

Hopper carried Will to the car as he gave Johnathan the directions to our cabin. He's never been there so he wouldn't know where he is.

I was on the sofa as i looked out the window to see Steve talking to Nancy. I looked away quickly. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but they didn't look happy.

I limped over to the front door to say goodbye to El. "You be safe. And if you feel yourself drifting away or if it's too much for you, then stop. You get the hell out of there, okay?" i said.

"I told you i can do it" she said. "I know, i know... I just can't loose you" i said. "You won't loose me" she said. I hugged her as tight as i could. The last thing i wanted to happen was for her to have to do this all over again.

"By the way, this new style... Totally bitchin" i said with a wink. She let out a small laugh. I finally let her go so she could say goodbye to Mike.

I turned to Hopper who was reloading his gun. "I'd tell you to stay safe but i don't think you'd listen" i said with a sad smile. He gave me a sad smile back.

"I'll be back kid. I promise. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon."

I nodded my head as he kissed my forehead. "Jesus" he mumbled as he looked at Mike and El. We saw their faces inches away from each other as they began leaning in for a kiss.

"El, come on let's go. It's time" Hopper said loudly to stop them. I tried to hold in my laugh as i limped back into the house.

As i stood in the doorway, i watched as Nancy got into the car with Johnathan and Joyce. Both of the cars drove away as Steve put a hand on my shoulder.

"What do we do now?" Mike asked. "We stay here. We wait" Steve said. "Wait? So what, we just do nothing and wait?!" i exclaimed.

"Yeah, we're here to look after all the kids" he said. "Fine, we can look after the kids and do something useful!" i said. "And what's that, Hopper? Huh?" he said with his hands on his hips. I rolled my eyes as i limped past him.

We all sat around as Steve helped Dustin shove a dead demodog into the freezer. I didn't even want to ask. Mike began pacing up and down the room.

"Mike would you stop that!" Lucas exclaimed. "You weren't in there, okay Lucas? That lab is swarming with those dogs!" Mike said.

"Demodogs!" Dustin and i exclaimed. "The chief will take care of her!" Lucas said. "Like she needs protection" Max mumbled. "Listen dude, if coach calls a play in the a game, bottom line, you execute it. All right?" Steve said.

"Okay, first of all this isn't some stupid sports game. And second, we're not even in the game, we're on the bench" Mike snapped. "Yeah so my point is... Right we're on the bench so, uh, there's nothing we can do."

"Thats not entirely true. I mean those demodogs they have hive mind. When they ran away from the bus they were called away. So if we get their attention... We could maybe draw them from the lab" i said.

All the kids looked at eachother. Steve gave me an annoyed glare as he raise his eyebrows. I slumped back in my seat realising i was feeding into the chaos.

"We could clear a path to the gate" Mike said. "Yeah, then we all die!" Steve exclaimed. "That's one point of view" Dustin said. "No, that's not a point of view man, that's a fact" Steve said.

I looked to see Mikes face light up. "I got it!" he exclaimed. "Got what, exactly?" i questioned. Mike ran into the other room and grabbed the drawing of the mind flayer. He slammed it down on the floor.

"I've got a plan." Steve out his head in his hands as he groaned. Mike walked us into another room and pointed at a drawn out picture of all the tunnels under Hawkins.

"This is where the chief dug his hole. This is where the vines are. That is the hub. You see how all the tunnels feed into here. Maybe if we set this on fire-"

"No, that's a no" Steve said. "The mind flayer would call away his army" Dustin said. "They'd all come to stop us" Lucas said. "Hey!" Steve said trying to get their attention.

"Then we'd circle back to the exit." "Guys" Steve said. "By the time they realise we're gone-" "El would be at the gate" Max said.

"Hey, hey, hey! This is not happening!" Steve exclaimed. "But-" "No, no, no, no. No buts. I promised to keep you shitheads safe, and that's exactly what i plan on doing. We're staying here, on the bench. And we're waiting for the staring team to do their job. Does everybody understand that?" Steve questioned.

"This isn't a stupid sports game!" Mike exclaimed. "I said does everybody understand that!" Steve snapped. All the kids stayed quiet. I tried my best to hold in my laugh. "I need a yes" he said.

Before anyone could talk, a car engine could be heard from outside. They all ran towards the window as i trailed behind them. "Who is that?" Mike asked.

I looked out the window and my heart stopped. I saw a red BMW begin to park. "I don't know. I've never seen that car before" Max said. They all looked to me as i stood there frozen. "What is it? Steve asked.

"It's Jake... That's Jake."