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Will Byers knew he was doomed from the very start, he knew he was the one who was chosen for this, it had always been something that's been there ever since.. He was always there. lurking.. stalking.. wanting him from the very start and it was only coming back to Will's mind like a ticking clock waiting.. waiting... waiting...
November 12, 1983
"S-Should I stay or Should I go now...? Should I stay or Should I go now..? If I go there there will be trouble.. if I stay it will be double.. So come on and let me know.... Should I stay or Should I go..?" A young Will shaking in Castle Byers started singing his song to protect him as a Demogorgon suddenly appeared startling him, he darted awake looking back. The Demogorgon lurking in the shadows circled around Castle Byers waiting for his victim as the Demogorgon would then strike at Castle Byers opening it's gaping mouth at him screeching at him as Will was startled as he took out his shotgun and shot him in the mouth.
The Demogorgon was furious, angry.. why did he do that..? why did he think that would work? it would just anger him even more. The Demogorgon shrieked in pain as Will darted out of Castle Byers, running.. and running.. and running and running until he found a tree, he would climb up that tree in fear hoping that being up there would save him from being torn to pieces by the Demogorgon, He looked down in fear scared.. worried.. afraid as the Demogorgon spotted him and started climbing up the tree too, He had to do something.. as he looked at another branch as he jumped onto the other branch, the Demogorgon reaching it's arm trying to grab him as he leaped onto the branch as it broke and then he started falling.. he fell.. and fell.. and fell.. as he got stuck on the branch of the tree.. slipping out of his backpack falling down.
He was on the floor maybe unconscious because he had fallen as the Demogorgon snatched him away dragging him.. far and far away into the Library of Hawkins as he then dragged him into what was eventually where Vecna had stood. The Demogorgon threw him to the floor as the Demogorgon backed away then bowing to Vecna who had started walking towards Will, the vines started to grab Will as he was being pulled up to the wall.
"At Long Last... We can Begin..." Vecna said as he looked at an unconscious Will stuck on the wall as he looked up at one of the tendril as he slowly made the tendril move slowly and slowly towards Will's mouth and then he forcefully shoved the tendril into Will's mouth as it started to pump into his mouth as he woke up losing his breathe, He couldn't speak.. nothing.. he was so.. scared... so terrified..
"You and I... We are going to do such beautiful things together William... Such Beautiful Things.." Vecna continued to say to him as he put his hand on his cheek
Will barely remembers much or at least he will eventually remember these things.. it was just a matter of time once he had came back to Hawkins after living in California for a couple months.
March 1986
Mike, El, Will, Nancy, Jonathan, Hopper, and Joyce looked at the dark, stormy sky of the upside-down world crawling into their world.
"I knew I shouldn't have left..." Mike said sighing
"I thought I could stop it from happening." El said looking at the dead flower
“This is what he told me...” Nancy said looking at the sky
“What do you mean?” Jonathan asked
“I'll tell you later; now is just not the right time.” Nancy Replied
Will was suddenly isolating himself from the others. It seemed as if something was up with him. He faints, alerting the others to come over to him. He faints because he feels like he’s being watched, watched by someone he’s never seen.
He awakens in an upside-down view of what he saw after fainting. He starts hearing things, hearing people call him, as if it had to be, but could the mind flayer be back? Could Vecna be playing tricks with him?
“Will.” He heard his name being called out as he called back out,
“Who are you? Why am I here? I don’t want to be here. Leave me alone.” He cried out, all of a sudden he heard another voice calling out to him
“Will!” It was Mike, staring at him, concerned for him.
“Woah dude, chill out, You just passed out, We wanted to see if you're okay.” Mike looked at him, and Will looked like he just saw a ghost.
“Huh? Oh, uh thanks for caring about me.” Will said
“Caring about you? But why would we not care about you?” Mike said
“ Look, I don’t know.. I-I just don’t feel that great at all,” Will said, brushing off the dirt and grass off of him
“Yeah man, We saw you faint, we just wanted to know if you’re okay, do you want to go back to the cabin?” Jonathan said walking up to Mike and Will
“ Yeah, that seems like a good idea.” Will said sighing as they all start walking back home to the partially destroyed cabin, Will started walking into El’s room slamming the door shut, He wanted to stay away from the gang for some reason, something just didn’t feel that right about him that left Mike and the others to be concerned about him
“ Is he okay?” Mike asked Ms.Byers,
“I’m not sure.. I think you should probably leave him alone. I think after that fall on the hill, He probably needs some alone time.. But I really think you and El should watch over him in case something goes wrong. We’ll go back to the others.” Joyce replied as she went up to El and gave her a small kiss on the cheek, smiling at her, knowing that she would care for her stepbrother Will. She trusts her a bunch, and Hopper also came over to El and gave her a big, loving hug, saying how much he misses her, especially after being trapped in Russia, which served him well, and wishing her luck in caring for Will. He gave Mike a sidelong glance and nodded.
“ If you need me, call me. We don’t want anything bad to happen to Will and to you, you guys have to stay safe, there’s no way you can walk out, our world is a mess, and we don’t understand why, it’s not safe out there, okay?” Hopper said to both,
“But-” El said as Hopper gave her a little pat on the head,
“It’s okay, kid; I get it, you have your powers back.. But we don’t want the government to get you again; you have to be safe, and we’ll be safe, I promise.” Hopper said
Will had locked himself in El’s old room. He didn't know why, but ringing in his head seemed to be taunting him and worrying him too much about the past. “They don’t care about you; they only care about themselves, Will, You have to let them be. They don’t care about your trauma, but hey, I care about you... Join us..” A strange voice was inside of Will’s head.
“Who are you?” He told the little voice in his head that was mocking him.
“You wouldn’t want to know.. Do you?” He is bothered by the voice. He heard a knock on the door.
“Hey dude, It’s me, Mike, I just wanted to ask you if you're okay.. If you need anything, your mother and hop have put me and El in charge of you to make sure you're okay. Remember, we care about you, we really do, please just let me in” Mike said knocking on the door
“Mike, I think you should leave him be.” El said tugging on him
“I don’t know.. I’m worried about him, you know? He’s never been upset this much with me.. I don’t know if I did something wrong..” Mike said sighing
“ Mike, I understand, but you have to leave him be. He'll talk to you when he feels like it, I think I should talk to him anyways.” El said
“ But he needs me.. I need him, I just feel like I've been such a horrible friend these days.. I just wish I could apologize to him, but it’s just.. hard, I don’t know..” Mike said scratching his head, Will overhearing their conversation giving a huge sigh, He unlocked the door and opened it
“Guys, I’m okay.. I promise I’m okay, just leave me alone okay.. “ Will said looking at both of them
“ Woah dude, it’s fine, I’m sorry if we were bothering you at all, I just heard you talking in the room, I was just wondering if you were okay.” Mike said replying to Will
“I’m alright.. I guess.. I don’t know..” Will said looking down
“Come on man, you have to tell us, we’re here for you.” Mike said putting his hand on Will’s shoulder as Will grabbed his hand up
“No..YOU’RE NOT HERE FOR ME. Y-You all treat me like.. I’m going to break.. Like I can’t handle things on my own, well that’s fine.. I guess I can handle things on my own.” Will said, shoving Mike’s hand off him
“But-” Mike tried to say something but Will cut him off
“But what? What do you want me to do with my life.. Do you want me to just.. Die?” WIll said looking at him
“No.. No I don’t.. Will, what did you get this from? I don’t want you to die. I just want you to be okay.. Look, if it’s about Vecna, you have to tell us okay?” Mike replied to him
“ I’m not obligated to talk about it if I don’t want to talk about it.. Like I said, you guys treat me like I shouldn’t be around, like maybe, just maybe I should just stay in the upside down to rot without any food, without any water, You guys make me feel like my life isn’t worth it anymore.. You guys don’t even spend time with me anymore… We used to have fun, we used to play DnD, together and now I feel like.. No one wants to play with me.. No one wants to be my friend.. No ONE WANTS TO BE FRIENDS WITH A FREAK! A zombie boy, a Loser. I just don’t get it. I don’t understand, just..leave, don’t get yourselves hurt for once..” Will said sighing, He was tearing up as it really just stopped Mike from talking
“Okay well.. If that’s really how you feel.. We’ll let you be.” Mike said as he walked off sitting down on the couch
Will slammed the door shut, He didn’t know what was going on with him, why he was so aggressive all of a sudden and then he felt it again on the back of his neck, he rubbed his neck, It was almost near..
“William.. Are you really going to let Mike treat you like that..? He’s not really a true friend.. Maybe I can help you..” Will heard that voice in his head again as he put his hands on his head
“Leave me alone.. I don’t want you to be bothering me, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!” Will said as he shouted
“Why would I leave you alone? You belong here with us. Maybe we can give you a chance unlike Mike.. He always tends to make you feel like you’re shit, and you’re letting him treat you more like that? He is not to be trusted, and You can trust me.” The Voice replied
Will sighed “Trust..? TRUST? How am I supposed to Trust someone I don’t know.. You’re just a figure in my head.. At least I think so.” He rubbed his head
“You’ll meet me one day, Just not today.. “ The voice in his head spoke to him still
“ But what if I don’t want to meet you? You’re ruining my life.” Will replied
“ Ruining your life? Oh Will.. Do you really think I could be ruining your life? Again.. You don’t know me but you will meet me eventually.. You should probably get some rest anyways, Maybe not in El’s room.” The voice spoke back to him
“How do you know El?” Will asked the voice in his head
“Oh it’s a long story.. A very long story that I won’t tell you.. Until you’re ready to meet me, but take your time, if you really don’t want to meet me right now then that’s okay.. I don’t want to interfere with your life if you're just not ready for it.” The voice replied
“Oh but.. I am ready..” Will said
“You don’t sound ready.. I’ll give you some days.. Just get some rest okay?” The voice assured him that he should get some rest, although his old home has been sold, he has to stay in Hopper’s cabin for now. He thinks to himself and opens the door, Mike laying on the couch looked up at him
“Oh, you finally joined us.” Mike said to him
“ Yeah. I just need somewhere to sleep, I don’t think I can sleep in El’s room.” Will replied
“Oh right.. Uh.. El, do you know where Will could sleep?” Mike asked El
`` I don’t see why sleeping in my room seems fine for him.. Or he can just sleep in hopper’s room, if he wants, I’ll see if I can ask Nancy tomorrow if she can take us to your house. '' El replied
“But Hopper said it isn’t safe for us out there.. There’s monsters out there.. And the upside down is festering and crawling into our world.” Mike said, sighing.
Will walked over to the window looking at the sky.. Red.. Dark.. Scary.. He gave a little smile.. Something really has been up with Will and Mike and El is just trying to figure out about this.