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Bam! Steve jolted awake, hearing a sound outside. He quickly pick up his bat and goes down the stairs. He quietly open the door and faced the body of a child probably not older than 6 years old. Steve eyes widen as he ran beside the child quickly feelings they pulse.
The child was alive, thanks god. Steve let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. He took the child in his arm and carried them inside.
By looking at them, steve could tell the child was a girl. He let her on the couch and looked at her body for any injuries.
He found a little card inside of her pocket. "hi i'm Eleanor i have 6 years old, i have adhd and i don't have good coordination . If i'm lost please call the 345-697-265"
the number was familiar for some strange reason. Steve just slide the card inside of his pocket, he will call later. For now he patch the little scratch she had on her arms and face. After that he let her rest on the couch and goes call the number. But when he composed the number, a voice said that the number can't be called . Weird, when he was about to try again, he heard cries that came from the living room.
Eleanor was crying and mumbling something. Steve croutch down beside her and posed a hand on her shoulder bringing the child's attention. "where am i?" she mumble still crying. "you are in my house for now, you fall and you hurt yourself a little so i take care of you" he replied with a calm voice and sweet voice . "where's daddy?"
"i don't know i'm trying to call him. Do you wanna play a game while i try again? " he asked.
" i wanna play donjon and dragon" she replied calming down a little. "donjon and dragon aren't your a little bit to young to play this".
" daddy let me play with his friends all the time and it never bother anyone"
"What's your dad's name? "
"i don't know" she looked around the living room for a little bit before asking "do you have some toys or some plushies"
"what's a plushies?"
"i don't know a fluffly little stuffed animal a not real one thought. My daddy said i don't have the age to look after a animal, but i can look after a dog i know i can but he doesn't let me have one even if we live in a house- she posed to take a deep breath- sorry forgot to breathe "
" that's okay don't worry about it. " he said with a sad smile on his face
" are you okay you seem sad? " she asked with her head tilted to the left." yeah you just remind me of someone i used to know " he respond looking up at her.
She really does look like eddie and it just hurt." my daddy says that all the time " she replied, making gestures with her hands "he always said i look like my papa even if i never saw him, and it's just so strange because i don't know how do i look like him" steve's eyes widen "you have two dads?" he asked clearly confused.
He didn't heard about the existence of any gays couple at hawking. And he even doubt that there's really one. " how about you tell me more about your daddy?"
" of course i can tell you more about him. First he's the nicest person in the world and i'm not joking about it. He so kind and sweet, not only with me but with anyone, even more his friends, who he consider like his "kids", even if i consider them as my uncles and aunts. He also so good at cooking and i can go anywhere with him. We go together to the lake, to the theater, to the mall-" she was cut by steve" but the mall burned down last year thought ? "
"have you lived under a rock, the mall was rebuild two years ago. I remember it because with my dad, we got to go get ice cream and it was the best i've ever eat in my entire life" he looked at her confused "um no this place burned down, i was there when it happened"
"but it was in 1985 we're in 1992 now and it was rebuild in 1990 when i was four years old" he looked at her even more shocked " do you know were in 1986 not in 1992 if this is a stupid prank i'm not falling for it" he said looking at her for any hint of a joke.
She looked as shocked as him and he understood it was not a mistake. "okay, he said while calming down, i'm gonna get you to a friend okay and we're gonna help you" he said taking her hand. He let her on the start of the stairs " i'm gonna go really quick in my room and change i'm gonna come back"
Some time later steve came down and gesture her outside. He got her into his car. "so where are we going?" she asked. "we're going to dustin's house the kids will know what to do". Kids that seems familiar to Eleanor. Dustin where did she heard this name.
" wait dustin like the guy with curly hair and missing bones?" she said almost to herself. Steve looked at her shocked. "wait how do you know Dustin?"
"well he's daddy's friends and he's the best donjon master of the universe and you how do you know him?" she said like it was a totally normal things. "um- i know him from one of my ex's brother. They are a big friend group"
" do you also know will, Mike, luca, max and robin?"
" yeah i know them, we're going to see them right now" he replied holding the nauseous feeling he had since they left the house.
When they arrived at dustin's it was only the boy. "hey steve what are you doing - he cut himself when his eyes landed on the little girl- steve who's that?"
"that's what i'm trying to know. She said that she live in 1992 and apparently she know you from her dad."
Eleanor wasn't even trying to listen to them, she was to distracted by the ring steve wore. She saw this before for sure but, where, where did she see this ring." hey eleanor are you listening? " steve's said cutting her thoughts.
" oh sorry can you repeat this please. ". Dustin replied.
" i said we are going to help you. For now you can stay in my house i'm gonna call the others too" steve gave him a confused look. "don't worry steve, my mother is at her friends house and we're not gonna destroy everything".
Eleanor enter the house and, without any problem, found the living room and settled herself into the couch. Dustin let steve enter too, while watching the strange girl going around like it was her own house. Steve let himself flop into the couch too, trying his best to not look sick like he was really.
After some calls the others was on the road for dustin's house. "so do you wanna do something while we wait for the other?" dustin asked to Eleanor. " do you have a plushy?"
" yes of couse i do, who doesn't" dustin replied going to his room. " his futur self doesn't have plushy. He gave all of them to me" she whisper to steve with a bright smile on her face. Steve wasn't really listening, the nauseous feeling getting stronger and difficult to kept secret.
Dustin came back with a stupid dog plushy and gave it to Eleanor. " cool you take mr white sky"
" wait. How do you know the name of this one"
" you gave it to me in the futur but don't worry i take very good care of him" she replied like it was most common things in the world.
"wait steve did you hear that i ga- steve are you okay?!" at this point steve tried to not look sick but it was to late. He looked pale, with his hand trying to smooth the pain in his middle. Dustin rush beside him and tried to see where his baby- his friend were hurting.
As a respond steve got up and rush to the toilet to vomit the little things he could get down last night. Loud gagging sound could be heard, and eleanor quickly put her hands on her ears, covering the noise. While dustin ran to steve she exit the room to go hide inside of dutin's closet. A place she find confortable enough to calm her down.
While in there she found some interesting things. There, in a box, was a mediator used as a collar, a d&d book, and a couple of pictures. She already saw this collar on dustin more than one time but the photos were intriguing. She took one. On this, she could see dustin with mike, lukas and another boy, looking older and making devil horns with his hands stucking his tongue out.
When steve finished bringing up his dinner he looked at dustin giving him a little nod, letting him know that he was okay. "steve you shouldn't have come if your sick. Come on let's get you to the couch"