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Mike and Will are really tired after climbing up the Squawk tower. Well, more like the Upside Down Squawk Tower. Will is a bit worried about Mike, seeing as this is his first time in the upside down. What if his dumb ass tries to eat something and then it poisons him? (Yes this is foreshadowing a future chapter)
They stopped at the third level from the ground. There's five in total, so falling from this height would be... well, Will doesn't want to think of what would happen if he fell.
Mike's breathing hard. This climb is probably harder than he anticipated, since he's fucking terrible at assessing shit. But Will doesn't say that out loud, since Mike is carrying a water bottle and Will really wants some water.
Mike takes a swig from his bottle and hands offers it to Will. Will accepts gracefully, noticing that he isn't scared to share a bottle even though the AIDS pandemic is happening. He's grateful for that, and wants to open his mouth to mention that.
They talk (im sorry guys I forgot the dialogue here, bear with me)
Will moves into a monologue of how grateful he is to have Mike, skirting around saying any words that directly address the topic. Will still isn't sure how comfortable he is directly addressing the topic, and he isn't sure how comfortable Mike is either. Mike smiles widely at Will's touching words anyway, glad nothing has changed between them.
"But, what matters is that you're still here, and you think we can still be friends." Will concludes, making sure to use his sweet bunny smile.
Mike's smile falters at the last word. "Friends? No way."
Will's grin drops as well. He didn't expect him to say that, and thought him and Mike were in a safe space to talk about what happened back in the Rightside Up Squawk. He'd thought Mike was fine being friends with him, and that decade long friendship would be higher in Mike's priorities than judging Will for his sexuality. He knows that Mike comes from a very traditional family, but he had hope Mike wouldn't be homophobic. At least not to him.
But then, Will gets a flutter in his chest. What if he's about to... confess something? What if he can't be friends with Will because he wants to be boyf-
"... Best friends," Mike says with a grin, reaching out to take his water bottle back.
But Will doesn't make a move to give the bottle back. In fact, he only grips it harder. What was the purpose of that sentence? Why did he pause so long between "No way" and "Best friends"? What was the reason other than to get a reaction out of him, to piss him off?
And Mike's been so pissy this entire volume. When was the last time he showed any emotion at all? When Will revealed he has powers? He didn't react to his sister getting kidnapped, to his parents getting mauled and hospitalised, to his girlfriend coming back from a crawl safe and well, to Max coming back from the dead... but he reacted when Will had fucking powers? What is even wrong with him. He's just a stupid fucking teenage boy who likes the fact that he knows people with superpowers, huh? That has to be it. There can't be any other logical explanation.
Mike furrows his brows. "Will?" He says, hand still outstretched.
Shallow fucking teenage boy.
"Will, can I have some water-"
Will doesn't hesitate. He throws the bottle at Mike's big ass head, denting the bottle because Mike's head is so thick, it bends metal. As Mike recoiled, crying out in pain, Will closed his eyes, and used his Vecna powers to make Mike float up in the air, and catapulted him off the tower.
"AAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH" Mike screamed as his tiny puny idiotic body zipped through the air, arms flailing like he's trying to catch the air and propell himself. "ELLLLLLL! ELLLLLL!" (Read that in the voice Mike used in Jane's actual death scene)
Jane suddenly appeared out of nowhere from behind Will. "My name is Jane, you weird little fucking dipshit! And I'm not your bloody pet! Address me by my real name!"
"JAAAAAAAAAANE!!!!!" He screamed, getting closer to the ground.
Jane, satisfied at that, used her powers to lift him up into the air, until he was level with the wondertwins, but still dangling in the air.
"OH MY GOD! Thank you Eleve- I mean, Jane!" Mike says pathetically.
"What are you doing?" Will asks Jane. "He queerbaited millions of young closeted teenagers who saw themselves in him!"
"I know," Jane says with a smirk. "His gay ass couldn't even tell that he was gay, and he kept fucking up our relationship because of it. He even baited the milevens into thinking we could have a healthy relationship by saying 'I love you', then barely looked at me this whole season. He couldn't even kiss me once! And he called us 'friends' when we haven't even broken up. Who does that? Nobody fucking does that?"
Will makes a confused face. "So...?"
"So," Jane continues, eyes glistening with pride and mischief. "Let's end this twink together."
Will grins maliciously at that. He uses his telekinetic abilities to hold one of Mike's arms and Jane holds the other with her powers. Mike yells in pain as he's suspended 50 feet off the ground, held by his arms, his body weight dragging him down.
"On three?" Jane asks, smiling wide.
Will nods. "One..."
"Two..."
"Three!" They both yell at the same time as they pull his arms in opposite directions, ripping his body in two.
"Holy shit!" Will calls as the rest of the group climbs down to the level Jane and Will are on.
"Do you think he's gonna make it?" Dustin asks.
"Prolly not." Lucas replies.
Will's face suddenly looks alarmed. "Wait, Jane, do you think we're going to be arrested for murder?"
"Just trust me, you'll be fine." Steve says, pulling out his guitar. "And when I'm back in Chicago I feel it..."
Jonathan sighs at his antics. "Well, I've seen Stranger Things."
Nancy, who was noticably not with the group, comes back down from up the tower, holding Vecna's severed head. "You guys were slow, so I just kinda just went up there and shot him and ripped his head off. The kids are climbing down right now. What did I miss?"
"A win for the wonder twins." Will says proudly. "That's what you missed."
As they all floated down magically, Kali made the sky of the upside down look like a rainbow, and made Steve look like he was in his Scoops ahoy outfit.
"You take the man out of the city, not the city out the man- SING IT!" Steve sang, as Billy floated out of the sky.
"You take the man out of the-" They all sang together, but paused when they saw Billy.
"Billy?" Jonathan shouted. "I thought you died! What happened?"
"I gave him Vecna's soul, as long as he promises to redeem himself." Jane said.
"Vecna's soul?" Billy exclaims. "So it mine, El?"
"Of course!!!" She makes a heart with her hands, looking straight into the camera.
"And when I'm back in Chicago I feel it..." They all chorus softly as the scene fades into black.