lost love

chapter 85

-march 25th 1986-

-reader's pov-

I stormed through the base, throwing and destroying anything in my sight with my powers. I was so angry at the fact I would be dying soon and I'd now lost control of my powers, I'd lost control of myself, he had taken over.

armed guards rushed over, pointing their guns at me. "REMAIN WHERE YOU ARE. DO NOT MOVE." they shouted but he made me jerk my neck, he made me cripple all of their bones. they grunted and groaned in excruciating pain, death was clouding their eyes. until nothing was visible in their eyes, because they had been completely gauged in.

my own tears slipped down my cheeks as he continued to ruthlessly storm around in my body. he killed everyone in sight, the poor innocent lives of people who were just trying to do their job. they were being killed by me and I couldn't do anything about it.

running footsteps grew closer from behind me, he made me spin on my heels to face brenner. he held a needle that was full of something, probably something to put me to sleep, it's what I needed. but it's not what he wanted.

brenner stopped dead in his tracks, his body froze with fear. he was currently facing the monster that he created. he had kept 001 in his lab, he had tortured 001 in his lab and 001 was about to get his revenge. he was getting his revenge through another person that brenner had created and planned to torture too.

"001.. you don't have to do this.." brenner pleaded, his desperate eyes staring into mine. but his heart sank when he saw my tearful eyes, 001 was controlling me through my mind. he couldn't see through my eyes, begging for mercy was hopeless. he needed to act now and fast.

brenner's eyes flickered up to the guard that stood on the balcony. the guard nodded down at brenner before aiming the tranquilliser at me.

"001.. if you are so powerful.." brenner said, his words full with a poisonous venom, "and if you want your revenge.. why don't you just come here yourself instead of taking advantage of others."

this enraged 001 and I could feel it, a burning fire set aflame in the back of my mind. but just before he could make me kill brenner, a sharp metallic needle pierced through my neck. I hissed in pain but I was so thankful for it, 001 could no longer be in control for now. everything suddenly went all dizzy and my knees went weak, I toppled down to the hard floor. 001 left my mind in an instant, I finally had control again but I was fading into the deep subconsciousness of sleep.

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"y/n? y/n? please wake up." a familiar voice called out into my ear.
I could feel a dry trickle of blood above my lip, it was a weird sensation. my fingers began to twitch slightly, getting used to being in control again. suddenly, I jolted up and a loud cough racked my lungs. my eyes shot open and immediately began to dart around the dirty room, I was in the room I called my own at this underground facility.

then the very next second, two clothed arms wrapped around me, engulfing me in a heartwarming hug. I gripped onto these arms, seeing as they were the only things currently bringing me comfort.

"you're awake, thank god." the same voice spoke, my blurred vision fell upon the source of where the words came from. el was sat at my side, except this time wearing her normal clothes, not the swimsuit.

"y-yeah," I sniffled, rubbing my eyes with my balled hands so I could see clearly, "what's going on?.."

"we're going to save everyone." she told me, "I just went into the void and hawkins is in danger. everyone is going to try and fight vecna. they call 001 vecna by the way."

"what?!-" I exclaimed, "they can't do that, do they even know what he's capable of!? did- did you see what he just made me do??"

"I know, y/n, I know." el softly replied, rubbing my upper arm, "that's why we need to go help them. why we need to go save them."

"but el, brenner said that I could-" I began but el cut in.

"-die. yes, I know." she finished for me, her voice cracking as she spoke those words. she didn't even dare to think about that day. she sighed a long, pained sigh as she looked deep and affectionately into my eyes, "I think- I think there's a way for you to survive."

my heart sparked at this news and I suddenly became hopeful for the first time since we arrived here.

"really? how?" I inquired, desperate to know.

"remember when they burned the shadow monster out of will?" she said and I nodded eagerly, "well, they did that because the shadow monster was physically inside of him. but for you it is different. he is in you mentally-" she tapped my head softly, "-trapped in your mind and we need to release him."

"and how do we do that?" I asked, my eyes widening in curiosity.

"by burning vecna." she replied strongly.

"by burning him mentally or physically?" I quizzed.

"physically." she said, "-like how it was with will but the other way around."

"got it.. and who is gonna burn vecna?" I asked.

"well, when I visited everyone in the void, robin, steve and nancy were planning to burn him." she said.

"YES! AHA!" I cried out, "MY SISTER, MY BEST FRIEND AND HER BEST FRIEND ARE GOING TO SAVE MY LIFE!"

el chuckled whilst covering my mouth, "we just need to get out of here first though, and brenner thinks I'm not ready yet."

"what?!" I exclaimed, hushing my voice, "what is he on?!"

"maybe weed?" el offered, oh my fucking god she has totally picked up my crappy humour.

I burst out laughing at this and fell down into her lap, "how do you know what weed is?" I asked through the giggles.

"I figured out what the plant jonathan and argyle always smoke was." she shrugged whilst holding me close, "okay, now we gotta go tell dr sloppy bitch we're leaving this hellhole."

holy shit she really has developed my humour.