Highway To Hell •Steve•Billy•

VOL. 1 Chapter Four: Dear Billy

"It was here. Right here" Max is so convinced in what she saw but of course, it's not here anymore

"A grandfather clock?" Nancy questions, whom arrived just in time with Robin

"It was so real. And then, when I got closer, suddenly I just - I woke up" Max sounds like she's about to cry out of frustration

"It was like she was in a trance or something. Exactly what Eddie said happened to Chrissy" Dustin tells the two girls who joined us

Max turns around to finally face us after looking at the white wall decorated with vertical, thick orange and green stripes "That's not even the bad part"

Max moves from her spot as we're all quick to follow her. She takes us back into Mrs Kelley's office and drops Fred and Chrissy's files onto the desk for Robin and Nancy to look at

"Fred and Chrissy, they both came to Miss Kelley for help. They both were having headaches, bad headaches that wouldn't go away and then - then the nightmares. Trouble sleeping" Max begins to take shaky breaths. Steve and I notice this as it peaks our interest "They'd wake up in a cold sweat. Then they started seeing things. Bad things. From their pasts. These visions, they just they kept on getting worse and worse, until eventually everything ended"

"Vecna's curse"

"Chrissy's headache started a week ago. Fred's, six days ago. I've been having them for five days" Steve's body shifts besides me to an uneasiness as I cross my arms across my body, bring one hand up to my lips and shift my weight over to Steve "I don't know how long I have. All I know is that, for Fred and Chrissy, they both died less than 24 hours after their first vision and I just saw that goddamn clock, so"
Max takes a second to breathe "Looks like I'm gonna die tomorrow"

I go to protest before a loud noise catches all our attention out in the school hall

Steve looks to me then the others "Stay here"

We all watch as Steve slowly moves toward the door, quickly grabbing a lamp in the process. Steve walks out into the now eerie hallway. The others moves from their spots and head toward the door to follow Steve, intrigued by the sound, I trail last but stick close to the group.
Another sound makes us stop in our tracks.

We then start to hear heavy foot steps that sound like something is sprinting towards us. The running gets louder and closer as everyone tenses up and Steve lifts the lamp ready to swing.
As soon as the sprinting rounds the corner, everyone shines their flash lights in the direction and Steve goes to swing the lamp only to be confronted with a terrified, screaming Lucas. Which then makes all of us scream and jump back a mile.

"It's me!" Lucas hold his hands up as he cry's for Steve to not do anything

"Lucas?" Nancy questions as she moves closer to get a better look

"It's me"

"Jesus, what's wrong with you, Sinclair?" Steve relaxes but yells at the boy as he throws his hands up

"I'm sorry" Lucas puts his hands on his hips as he tries to catch his breath

"I could've taken you out with this lamp!"

"Sorry, guys. Sorry" Steve throws the lamp to the ground "I was - I was biking for eight miles. Give me one second" It's only now that we realise how puffed out Lucas is. Lucas looks back at us "Shit. We've got a code red"

"What?"

"Dustin" Lucas walks past Steve and over to Dustin "I've been with Jason, Patrick, and Andy, and they've gone totally off the rails. They're trying to capture Eddie, and they think you know where he is. You're in terrible danger"