Wren POV

The next morning

Mike, Dustin, Lucas and I discuss "Operation Mirkwood", a plan to find Will and save him from the supposed Demogorgon as the boys call the monster. Apparently it's a DND term. Lucas has brought his father's army supplies from Vietnam and a Wrist Rocket slingshot, and Dustin has brought food. Pizza again. Dustin and Lucas argue over the validity of El's powers, and Dustin tries to get her to make Mike's Millennium Falcon toy float with no success. Before leaving for school, Mike tells El to us by a set of nearby power lines at 3:15. Not understanding the concept of telling time, El is given Mike's watch to help.

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At Hawkins High, Nancy notices people are staring at her in the hall, but Steve insists he did not tell anyone. About what I don't know and I think I don't WANT to know. She notices Barb is missing from class. I don't tell her about last night because I'm still distraught and confused myself about what the hell actually happened.

At lunch, Nancy asks Steve if he saw Barb leave, which he did not. She and Jonathan lock eyes briefly but I shrug it off.

Nancy and I call Barb's mother and find out that Barb is still not home. Me and Nancy start walking and see Steve, Nicole, Tommy, and Carol confronting Jonathan. As Nancy and I arrive, Carol shows us pictures Jonathan took of her before Steve tears them up and breaks Jonathan's camera. I notice Nancy noticing a picture of Barb and I on the ground and hastily grabbing the torn-up pieces before leaving.

I see Steve looking at her sadly.

"You've just about lost her now Harrington", I scoff.

"Stop calling me by my last name BUCKLEY", Steve stomps off in a rage.

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I leave Nancy and meet the boys. The boys and I arrive to the power lines, and El rides double on Mike's bike away. In the woods, she notices Mike's chin, and tells him that "friends don't lie" when he tries to pass it off. He explains his bullies, Troy and James, not wanting El to think he is a loser, but she insists that she understands.

El leads the boys and I to the Byers house, explaining that Will is hiding in the area. Enraged, Lucas and Mike argue until Dustin notices several police cars speeding by.

The boys, El, and I follow the police to Sattler Quarry, where we watch in horror as Will's body is pulled out of the water. Enraged that El claimed he was alive, Mike shouts at her before biking off.

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