The Gate

Dylan watched as Mike ran up to the girl, the two embraced as Eleven was crying.

"Is that-?" Max asked

"Yep." Lucas and Dustin both whispered.

Dylan smiled as he watched his sister and best friend have so much happiness when together, as much as Dylan was happy he could feel his heart break...

"I never gave up on you, I called you every night.....every night for-" Mike said

"For 353 days....I heard" eleven responded

"Why didn't you tell me you were there?" Mike asked

Hopper walked forward "Because I wouldn't let her.....what the hell is this?" The man asked the girl about her new style "Where have you been?"

"Where have you been." The girl responded as she hugged the man.

mikes face dropped "you've been hiding her! This whole time!" Mike turned around and looked at Dylan. "Dylan, he's been hiding her-" Mike noticed the guilty look on Dylan's face

"You k-knew?" Mike stuttered

Mike teared up as his lip quivered, he felt so much betrayal. Dylan just looked down at his feet, a tear slipping out, he had never felt so much shame he couldn't bear to look Mike in the eye.

"Hey. Let's talk alone." Hopper said as he dragged Mike away into Wills room, Mike never took his eyes off of Dylan, he felt so hurt.

Dylan looked up as he felt a girl wrap her arms around him. He saw it was El, he hugged her back tightly as he felt a bit of Gel in her hair.

"Did you get a makeover by The Cramps?" Dylan joked referencing a rock band.

"No....what is The Camps?" Eleven asked he head slightly tilted

"Doesn't matter." Dylan smiled

Eleven then went over to Lucas and Dustin,

Dylan escaped to the kitchen where his bag was he grabbed his bottle of Advil, feeling a headache start to form. He walked back into the living room, Hopper and Mike had come back. He met eyes with Mikes puffy ones and looked away quickly, he couldn't face him.....not now.

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   Everyone was crowded around the kitchen table once again, the only two difference were, one eleven was here, and two Mike and Dylan were apart, Mike was standing next to El while Dylan was standing next to his Brother and Max.

"It's not what it's like before. It's grown" hopper signed as he explained to the group how the gate looked. "A lot. And, I mean that's considering we can get in there. The place is crawling with those dogs."

"Demo-Dogs." Dustin corrected him

"I'm sorry? What?" Hopper asked

"I said, uh, Demo-Dogs. Like demogorgon and dogs. You put them together, it sounds pretty badass—" Dustin explained

"How is this important right now?" Hoppers voice raised.

"It's not. I'm sorry." Dustin said turning around to not face Hopper.

Eleven raised her head up "I can do it." Eleven said

"Your not hearing me-" Jim said

"I'm hearing you. I can do it." El replied

"Even if El can do it there still another problem. If the brain dies the body dies." Mike spoke up

"I thought that was the whole point." Max asked " It is, but if you're really right about this... I mean, if El closes the gate and kills the mind flayer's army." Mike said

"Will's apart of that army." Lucas finished

"Closing the gate will kill him." Mike said

The group was silent, they didn't know what else to do...until Dylan remembered.....

"Heat." Dylan said, they turned to look at him 

"What?" Joyce asked "When I touched Will's hand he pulled it away. he said my hand was warm, because of my pyrokinesis my body has more heat then the average person, Will- or the mind flayer reacted badly to heat!" Dylan said waving his hands around.

"He likes it cold." Joyce said her tone low like a light bulb was exploding in her mind. She rushed over to the room Will was sleeping in. As she walked over to the open window and closed it

"He likes it cold! That's what Will kept on saying to me, we keep giving him what he wants!" Joyce yelled

"If the mind flayer is a virus and Wills the host." Nancy said

"We need to make the host uninhabitable." Jonathan said

"If we want a chance at closing this gate........" Dylan said

"We have to Burn it out of him." Joyce said darkly. "But we need to do it somewhere he doesn't know this time." Mike said

"Yea, somewhere far away." Dustin agreed

Dylan looked at Hopper both simultaneously knowing the perfect location.

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"Take Denfield, then you'll see a large oak tree. You're gonna swing a right. That road is gonna dead-end. Then it's about a five minute walk......Dylan knows so just listen to him." Hopper stated as he rushed outside with Jonathan and Joyce, Will slung over his shoulder wrapped in a blanket.

"Oak tree, swing right......okay um and it's channel ten, right?" Jonathan asked as he closed the car door securing Will in the back seat.

"Yea channel ten." Hopper answered, when he grabbed the boys shoulder "when you get that thing out of him, tell me."

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Dylan walked out of the house with his backpack, that had his super comm and other things he needed.

He walked over to see Mike and Eleven lean in to kiss, before hopper called El. Dylan stopped the girl before she could leave.

"Stay safe, alright. You're strong.....and you can do this." Dylan comforted her, as Eleven wiped her tears hugging the boy tightly before running over to hopper.

Dylan was about to run over to Jonathan's car before Mike stopped him grabbing his hand.

"Wait you're leaving?" Mike asked his voiced full of concern.

Dylan looked at Mike, letting go of his hand "Yes, I need to be with Will, who knows what the mind flayer might do, and think about what would happen if he finds out where he is."

"This is the place El was hidden right? It's a safe spot no one can find it-" Mike said

"I found it." Dylan bluntly answered, he looked to see Mike, tears falling down his face his eyes puffy and red.

"Mike......I'm sorry, I shouldn't have kept her a secret I just wanted you guys to be safe and-" Mike cut him off as he wrapped his arms around the boys neck, embracing him.

"Shut up.....god please think about yourself for once, just, be safe....please." Mike confessed as he pulled apart from Dylan.

Dylan nodded as he looked at Mike with those same eyes, as always. He then walked away getting into Jonathan's car.

He sat in the back with Joyce as the mother held her son tightly, Jonathan drove away as Nancy buckled her seat belt.

The car ride was silent, unless Jonathan asked Dylan a question about where to go. Dylan was nervous himself, what would happen? Will the mind flayer find out where he is? Will they succeed?

Or will they fail?

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HOPPERS CABIN

Jonathan parked his car, on the dirt road by the cabin. Dylan jumped out quickly grabbing his bag and a few supplies.

They all walked into the cabin setting down the heaters they brought and Jonathan laying down Will on the couch.

"It's actually kinda nice." Nancy said as she looked around.

Joyce ignored her walking over to the fireplace as she crouched down, feeling the wood"We'll do it here."

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Dylan grabbed the squeaky bed and placed it by the fireplace, clearing out the couches and drawers with the help of Nancy and Jonathan.

Joyce put more wood in the fireplace and plugged in all the heaters, setting them up.

"How hot can you make this room, Dylan?" Joyce asked

"I don't know if I can make the room hot per say, I can only heat objects in general." Dylan's answered truthfully

"Can you use your powers to get that thing out of him?" Joyce asked pointing at Will.

"I don't want to hurt him, it's not worth trying....... I can heat up the bed?" Dylan said

"Yea....that should work." Joyce waved her hands around to the heaters "this should work."

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They tied Will to the bed, as Joyce moved the heaters closer to Will.

The group of four surrounded Will looking at the unconscious boy.

"You sure this is a good idea?" Jonathan asked

"This thing has had Will long enough......let's kill the son of a bitch." Joyce said her voice shaken with anger.

Nancy grabbed the match lighting it and throwing into the fireplace as the wood quickly burned and lit up into a bright flame.

Dylan and Jonathan went around turning the heaters on to a high level.

Time passed as the group sat around waiting for the boy to wake up, Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy had stripped down to their thinnest layer of clothing, sweat dripping down their backs

Dylan still had his clothes, he had a sweater on replacing the flannel that was ripped earlier, making this situation even more unbearable.

"Dylan, do you have something underneath your sweater?" Nancy had asked as she saw the boy in discomfort.

"My wife beater." Dylan answered

Nancy knew about the boys scars, but she wanted him to not feel like he was completely melting, she had on a very thin shirt and she was uncomfy.

"You'll feel a lot better if you take it off." Jonathan added

"We promise." Nancy said

Dylan hesitated, glancing at the two teens before taking off the thick sweater, feeling slightly better as his skin was free.

Nancy looked to see the scars trailing down the young boys body, fueling her anger for the lab. She hid it smiling at the boy "Feels a whole lot better right?"

"Yea a little." Dylan respond smiling a little.

They then turned to hear the gasp at Will waking up. The boy was breathing heavily as he tugged at the ropes holding him down."What happening?"

"It's hurts...It hurts! It's hurts! It's hurts!" Will screamed "Let me go! Let me go! Let me go!"

As Will was screaming, Joyce cranked up the heat.

"Mom!" Jonathan pleaded as he teared up looking at his distressed brother

"No!" Joyce yelled as she ran around"Dylan! Use your powers!"

Dylan looked at Will before seeing Jonathan look away, Dylan focused on heating up the bed, enough for the mind flayer to feel it but not enough to burn Wills skin.

Dylan could feel the blood trailing down his nose as he heard Will screaming.

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Dylan stopped using his powers, as he wiped the blood that had managed to fall down to his wife beater.

Joyce had cranked the heat up higher not listening to anyone. "It's not working. It's not working! Mom, are you listening to me?" Jonathan yelled

"Just wait." Joyce yelled

"How much longer!" Jonathan asked

"Just look at him!" Jonathan yelled

"Just wait!" Joyce replied

"It's killing him!" Jonathan argued

Dylan watched as this went down seeing Will paled and screaming , he noticed, almost like black vines popping out of his skin.

"Jonathan! Look at his neck!" Dylan yelled as he pointed out what he saw

They all paused looking at the boy who had stopped screaming, now he looked even more shocked and paralyzed, like how someone looks before they throw up.

They saw the black veins trail across his body reaching to his face, his pupils grew black, Will tugged and choked when he then pulled the rope apart that was attached to his right hand

Joyce grabbed the boy attempting to push him down when Will quickly grabbed the women's neck, choking her.

Dylan ran over to stop him before hesitating

"Dylan!" Jonathan looked at the boy

"I don't want to hurt him!" Dylan yelled back

"He's killing her!" Nancy screamed

Dylan looked at the women who was trying to pull away, from the boy, gasping for air

Dylan knew he had to take that risk

The Mind flayer let go of Joyce feeling the burning sensation down Wills arm, that moved quickly to Wills whole body.

Dylan had his hand stretched out pointed towards the boy as blood flooded down both of his nostrils. He could see the creature in pain and coming out of Wills body so he continued.

He started to see wills actually skin start to burn at the forearm, he could almost feel the mind flayer and he pulled as hard as he could with his telekinesis and heat. Jerking his hands towards the door.

He saw as a black smoke left Wills mouth, as the black veins that were once there disappeared. He looked to see the smoke rush out of the house breaking down the door and windows.

Dylan slightly collapsed on his knees as his energy drained he felt a pair of arms catch him, and hug him tightly. It was Nancy, she hugged the boy as he rested his sweaty head on her chest.

"It's okay, you did it." Nancy whispered a she comforted him.

Jonathan ran around unplugging the heaters and putting out the fire, Dylan could feel the cold air from outside, and took in deep breaths calming his body as he felt his fingertips burn and his hands shaking.

"Will! Baby!" Joyce cried out as she untied the ropes and shook the boy.

Joyce and Jonathan begged the boy to wake up as Dylan looked at him, standing upright with Nancy. Thanking her.

Joyce gasped as Will opens his eyes, pulling him into a tight hug. As Will cried.

Dylan remembered Hopper and Eleven as he ran over to his bag, going on channel 10

"Hopper! This is Dylan! Do you copy! Chief! Do you copy!" Dylan yelled

*yeah, I copy.* hopper answered

"Close the gate." Dylan replied, has his breath was heavy, hoping this would work._______________________________

Dylan sat with the group, as he leaned against Nancy. He couldn't say anything, he just fiddled with his hands and bit his lip. Worried about his friends and family.

He just hoped he didn't lose anyone.