Harrington // Stranger Things!

ONE

the young girl was crowded in an empty corner of a dark room, her head in her hands, tears streaming down her face.

hearing the sound of a key in the door startled her, she quickly snapped her head up, looking towards the door, a brief thought crossed her mind as her tears took an intermission.

she stood up quietly, moving towards the door, standing behind the entrance to the small holding cell.

the heavy door was slammed open as a man walked inside, the young brunette quickly reinforced her brief thought, knowing she had a chance of a lifetime. she had a chance to escape. 

the man turned his head to make direct eye contact with her, grabbing her right arm and dragging her from the open cell. she looked at her arm and subtly lifted her left hand, doing her best to hide the movement

the man screamed in pain, releasing her arm and grabbing his own. he looked down to notice a patch of burnt skin on the surface.

"what the hell number four!" the man screamed

she focused, starting a fire around the man who was struggling in pain. it was hard for her to watch, but this place she knew as home had caused so much damage to her life, it almost took her life. it didn't bother her to have to kill to escape. she wasn't always like this, the dark thoughts never consumed her, but she couldn't shake them this time. she needed a change, an escape; and she would stop at nothing to get it.

004 swallowed hard, turned her head after the man had burned to death. she was hearing footsteps a few hallways down. she knew she had to act innocent, or else papa would do to her what he wanted to do to 011 a year ago.

dr. brenner turned the corner quickly, finding the girl sitting on the floor, looking at the door

"what was all that ruckus?"

"could you maybe describe the ruckus?"

"four, what in god's name was that"

brenner moved towards her, uneasy about what remained behind her

"it was only me" the girl said, lightening her voice to sound more childish

the girl moved out of the way, to clearly allow brenner to walk into the holding cell, the guards disintegrated remains on the cold tile.

"so long, papa" 004 claimed, slamming the cell door shut as she turned to run down the halls of the dark and twisted laboratory

brenner turned around swiftly, looking out the cell window to see the brunette girl smirking and giving a slight wave

"you son of a bitch" Brenner's voice echoed before grabbing his radio, watching as 004 ran down the hall

"four is on the run, i repeat, four is on the run!" he yelled, kicking the door as hard as he could, yelling in frustration as he knew it wouldn't open. he had enforced these doors so his experiments couldn't escape him.

meanwhile, 004 was sprinting through the hallways, jumping the stairs, and sliding through the air-tight doors

"hey you! stop it right now!" a guard yelled

004 kept running, she wouldn't turn around, she couldn't turn around. she was minutes away from freedom, and she intended on reaching it no matter how many deaths it caused.

"i said stop!" he yelled, starting to run after her

the girl knew that by turning around and giving herself in she'd be tortured, if not killed. she had a reason to escape, she wanted to see the world and not be controlled or used in experiments that she had no benefit in. she wanted to live a life where she wasn't forced to murder innocent animals or harm people against her will.

"you can't escape us, four" another guard yelled, turning the corner to leave her trapped between two viscous men.

004 stopped and turned around causing both guards to reveal their guns

"that's what i thought" one of the guards stated, smirking at the idiotic experiment

"no, you won't hurt me or anybody else ever again!" she yelled taking a step towards the wall

"let me repeat myself, you can't stop us, four. we hold much more power above you" he said moving closer to her

"no" she started, raising her hand and placing a ring of extreme fire around the guard
"i hold more power above you" she said.

the other guard ran towards her, but 004 turned swiftly, knocking him into the hard wall of the lab. in pain, both guards radioed in more assistance, 004 was "too strong and backup was needed." seconds later, as if they'd expected the call, guards came from all directions, surrounding 004

she turned around, the guards holding their weapons and closing in on her quickly. her first instinct was to teleport out of the building, and that's just what she did. she had never attempted such teleportation, to move across many miles with just a snap of her fingers. yet, she had hope, she had reason. whether she had grown stronger or the universe was on her side, the magic worked and within seconds, she disappeared from each of the guards sight and away from the cursed lab.