Crush Culture [M.Wheeler]

[09] FEELINGS

"We keep losing the signal, but you heard it, right?" Mike says to the others as they gather around eleven, who was channeling will.

"Yeah, I heard a baby." Lucas nods.

"What?" Mike squints his eyes, confused.

"Mike, you obviously tapped into a baby monitor. It's probably the Blackburns' next door." Lucas argues calmly.

"Uh, did that sound like a baby to you?" Mike replies. "That was Will!" He adds.

"Mike.." Lucas can't help but roll his eyes.

"Lucas, you don't understand. He spoke last night. Words! Even ask Nori, she heard him." Mike motions towards the girl beside him.

"Tiny heard him?" Lucas asks.

"Yeah, Uh, he was singing that song he loves from The Clash." She smiles, nodding. "Even El heard him." Nori adds.

"Oh, well, if the weirdo heard him, then I guess—"

"Are you sure you're on the right channel?" Dustin checks, cutting Lucas off.

"I don't think it's about that. I think, somehow, she's channeling him." Mike explains.

Lucas looks to him in confusion, while Dustin seems fascinated. "Like.. like Professor X." He points out.

"Yeah." Mike smiles.

"Are you actually believing this crap?" Lucas questions, turning to Dustin. He shrugs. "I don't know, I mean...Do you remember when Will fell off his bike and broke his finger? He sounded a lot like that." Dustin defends, proving Mike's point.

"Did you guys not see what I saw? They pulled Will's body out of the water. He's dead! Tiny, I thought you would at least be on my side." Lucas shouts.

"You can't blame me for having hope. Don't you want the possibility that will is alive, that he's okay?" She sighs, furrowing her eyebrows.

"I don't need false hope." He shakes his head.

"Well, maybe it's his ghost. Maybe he's haunting us." Dustin suggests.

"It's not his ghost." Mike denies.

"So how do you know that?" Lucas asks.

"I just do!" He states.

"Then what was in that water?" Lucas questions.

"I don't know! All I know is Will is alive. Will is alive! He's out there somewhere. All we have to do is find him." Mike says.

When El fails to continue to channel will, Mike stops her. "This isn't gonna work. We need to get El to a stronger radio."

"Mr. Clarke's Heathkit ham schack." Dustin smiles.

"Yeah." Mike nods.

"The Heathkit's at school. There is no way we're gonna get the weirdo in there without anyone noticing." Lucas reminds them.