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Chapter Five: First Blood

Summary: The town of Hawkins has been turned upside down with the news that Will Byers has suddenly gone missing. Teddi Larsson and Billy Hargrove are gonna get to the bottom of things. Season one AU.

Pairing: Billy Hargrove/OFC

A/N: Sorry this is late! On top of working so much I’ve been sick. So it’s been real fun. I will apologize with more poorly written smut, some soft boy Billy and a team up with Jancy!

After what felt like forever, Teddi finally pulled into her driveway. She and Billy were silent. They were both breathing heavily. Teddi’s arms and legs felt like they would never stop shaking. “That...thing practically lives in your goddamn backyard, Teddi.” Billy finally said.

“I know.” she gasped out. If she turned around, she could see Mirkwood out of van’s back window. Teddi was gripping onto the steering wheel so tightly that her knuckles had turned white.

“...Are you okay?” Billy asked carefully.

Teddi nodded. “...You?” she looked over at him, silence falling over them once more as they watched each other. We could have died, Teddi kept thinking. Her brain kept screaming it at her. Tonight could have been the last time she had ever seen Billy. You and me till the end, she thought, eyes trained on Billy, who had stayed behind to make sure she was safe. Billy, who she loved more than she could really, fully understand.

They both moved at the same time. Teddi threw her arms around Billy’s shoulders while he grabbed her waist, pulling her out of her seat and into his lap. Their lips met in a bruising kiss. That feeling of not being able to catch her breath was back. It was like she couldn’t get close enough to him. Billy let out a low growl as Teddi rolled her hips, grinding down against him.

Their kisses were all teeth. Their hands were grabbing, clawing at each other. Billy shoved Teddi’s denim skirt up her thighs, his fingers digging into her skin tightly, like if he let go she would disappear right before his eyes. She was sure that she would have bruises the next day. She didn’t care. Her swollen lips had found a home at Billy’s neck. Billy’s eyes fell shut, his head falling back against the headrest as Teddi bit at his pulse point. She ran her tongue over it, relishing in that small, beating reminder that Billy was alive and they had survived the night.

Billy ran his hand up through Teddi’s sandy blonde hair, giving it a soft tug and pulling her from him. He kissed her deeply, his other hand just barely grazing the inside of her thigh before disappearing into the band of her cotton panties. The way the Teddi slowly moaned out his name into his ear made Billy slow his motions, enjoying the way he was teasing her. He smirked up at her before capturing her lips again.

Teddi couldn’t take it anymore. She blindly reached down, her fingers fumbling with Billy’s belt buckle. Their breathing picked up as she yanked his belt free. As Teddi unbuttoned his jeans, Billy pushed her panties to the side. They each let out a hiss as she sunk down onto him. There was no real rhythm to either of their movements. Teddi’s hips rolled and rocked desperately, Billy was gripping tightly onto her waist thrusting upwards to meet her with enough force to send a small, but wonderful sense of pain through her. Pain was good, she decided. It was a reminder that she had made it out alive.

Teddi breathed out Billy’s name as they reached the high that they had been chasing. She rested her forehead against his as their bodies stilled, running her fingers through his curls. Billy’s hands were running slowly up and down Teddi’s thighs as he reached up, kissing her one last time.

“...I’m glad you didn’t get eaten.” Teddi finally said, breaking the silence.

Billy let out a soft laugh. “Ditto.”

Teddi smiled, biting down on her lip. “We should probably get inside, huh?” they straightened out their clothes, Billy helping Teddi out of the van before they snuck across the front lawn and to the side of the house to Teddi’s bedroom window. Teddi wordlessly made her way across her room and into the bathroom. When he heard the shower turn on, Billy followed after her. Neither of them spoke as they squoze into Teddi’s tiny shower. They just wanted to wash the night off of them. And Teddi desperately wanted to sleep.

She sunk into bed with a low groan. Her whole body ached. The bed dipped next to her as Billy laid down beside her. The pair stared up at the little glow in the dark stars that Teddi had stuck to the ceiling. “...Do you think that’s what got Barb?” she asked, her voice sounding small. Billy didn’t answer. He didn’t need to. They both knew the answer. “I think...I think that’s what I saw that night out by Steve’s pool. I thought maybe it was Johnathan after Carol told us about the pictures but…” it had been dark enough that Teddi could have mistaken the Demogorgon for a human. Had it been watching them? Waiting to see which of them it wanted to prey on? Her stomach lurched when she imagined what it might have done to Barb.

“We have to tell the kids,” she said. “There’s no way in hell they’re going back out into the woods. I don’t care if El can move things with her mind. And we have to kill that thing, Billy. Before it can get anyone else.”

Billy didn’t disagree. He’d be dead before he let Max go anywhere near those woods. Or any of the kids. But this was bigger than the two of them. This was a monster. An actual monster. Billy thought that the only monsters they would face were their dads. But they paled in comparison to the Demogorgon. “...How?” he asked.

Teddi rolled out of bed. She flicked the light on her nightstand on and headed over to a bubblegum pink duffle bag that had been tossed by her closet. She rummaged around in it for a few seconds before she came back. Billy sat up and eyed the ratty notebook in her hands. “What am I looking at here?” he asked with a raised eyebrow.

Teddi was flipping furiously through the pages. “It’s my campaign notebook for Dungeons and Dragons. I think I can maybe find something...here!” she held the notebook up to Billy to show him. He didn’t really know what he was looking at if he was honest. He scanned Teddi’s small, curly handwriting trying to take in as much as he could. She pointed her finger a line that mentioned Will the Wise. “We don’t run into the Demogorgon often, but enough for me to know a little bit about how we can maybe stop it.” she explained.

Billy smirked over at her, amused with how excited she sounded. “You know, it’s pretty hot when you get all nerdy like this, Ted.” he teased.

Her cheeks turned a light shade of pink. “...That’s definitely the first time I’ve ever heard that,” she confessed before shaking her head and focusing on the task at hand. “The Demogorgon is a chaotic evil. It’s this demon god that has a cult following,” she began. Billy only blinked at her. Teddi waved her hand. “Forget it. Whenever we’ve encountered it in the game before, Will always casts fireball. If the spell works then it’s usually enough to defeat it.”

“...Where are we supposed to get a fireball?” Billy asked.

“We don’t need a literal fireball. When you used the hairspray and the lighter, it scared it. So it doesn’t seem to like fire. What I’m trying to say, is that if the basics from the game work against the Demogorgon in Hawkins we might actually be able to kill it.” she said with a wide grin.

Billy laid back, resting his hands behind his head as he contemplated everything Teddi was saying. He cracked a small smile. “Let’s just hope there’s no cult, right?” he joked. Teddi went silent. Her eyes went wide. Billy’s smile faded. “...Ted?”

“The power outage,” she said. “The night that Will went missing. The power in the arcade and like the whole town went out. And El said that bad men were after her...someone has to be responsible for the Demogorgon being here.”

Billy groaned. “Are you saying whoever was experimenting on the kid brought a monster here? I was kidding about the whole cult thing.”

“But you’re right! Someone had to have been behind all of this! We have to tell Hopper.” Teddi moved to get back out of bed, but Billy grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back. She let out a huff and glared over at him.

“Ted. Babe. It’s almost one in the morning. We were almost eaten by a monster from a board game. I think we need to take the rest of the night off and call Hop tomorrow,” Teddi knew he was right. She hated it when he was right. “Come on,” he patted the bed. “Get in bed. You’re stressing me out,” with a grumble Teddi laid back down next to him. Billy wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close to him before shutting the light back off. “So, what...is Will some kinda wizard or something?” he asked after a long moment of silence.

Teddi smiled. She wasn’t sure if it was at his question, or the fact that he was talking about Will in the present tense. “He’s a cleric,” Billy was quiet. “It’s sort of a mix between a warrior and a wizard, I guess.” she explained as best as Billy would be able to understand.

“And what are you?”

“I’m a paladin. Me and Mike are...that’s probably why we’re always arguing.”

“...Well, what would I be?” he asked.

“Honestly?...Probably a barbarian.”

Teddi could practically hear him frowning. “I don’t think I like the implications of your tone there, Ted.”

“You shouldn’t,” she giggled and squirmed when he gently pinched her side. They fell into a comfortable silence for a bit. “...Where do you think we could go where there aren’t monsters?” she asked suddenly. “What about New Orleans?” she offered.

Billy smiled. “You wanna go to New Orleans?” he asked.

“I wanna see all the stuff from Interview with the Vampire.” she said with a shrug.

Billy laughed and rolled his eyes. “Of course this is about a book.”

Teddi smiled, looking up at him. “I like Lestat. He reminds me of you.”

Billy considered the idea. He’d imagined the two of them running off from Hawkins one day. They’d quite literally been trying to get out since they were kids. He never knew where they would go. California was usually a pretty popular choice between them. He could see them settling down there. But there was a chance they’d be happier anywhere that wasn’t Hawkins. “...Maybe we can go on a road trip,” he suggested. “Save up our money. See what’s out there and choose where we want to go.”

Teddi let out a yawn and nodded. “I like that idea....we have to take Steve this time, though,” she joked.

Billy let out a snort. “Yeah, we’ll see about that,” Teddi yawned again. He gently nudged her side. “Get some sleep, Ted.” she didn’t argue. Teddi leaned up and pressed a small kiss on Billy’s jaw before her head settled on his chest. It didn’t take long before they both drifted off to sleep.

They both dreamed of the demogorgon stalking them through the woods that night.

---

School was cancelled the next day. Will’s funeral was early that morning. Billy managed to sneak out before Teddi’s dad came downstairs to tell her that they would be going to the funeral as a family. Teddi was a little surprised her dad even knew Will’s name.

She was still exhausted from the night before. Her eyes kept begging her for just five more minutes of sleep as she got ready. Teddi hoped she wouldn’t fall asleep during the funeral. Just because she, Billy and the kids knew that Will was still alive didn’t mean she could let herself slip up like that. Especially when she imagined how angry it would make her father to embarrass him in front of half the town.

Teddi pulled on black, long sleeved skater dress for the funeral. Her mom gave her a black coat and a pair of heels to wear instead of her usual puffy jacket and boots so she’d look more presentable. The car ride to the cemetery was quiet. Teddi had a hard time remembering the last time she had ridden in the car with her parents. It definitely hadn’t been since she was little. Her mother was fidgeting with a white kerchief between her fingers. No doubt a prop for when she turned on the pretend water works later to make people think she cared about Will. Teddi had to keep herself from rolling her eyes.

Billy was there. He was standing a foot or two away from Neil, Susan and Max. He was wearing a suit, Teddi was surprised to see. Of course it looked good on him. His back was turned to the group of people that were gathering around Will’s grave. He had a cigarette pinched between his fingers. He looked as tired as Teddi was. Neil shook her father’s hand and Susan gave her mother what barely counted as a hug. Teddi wouldn’t say that her and Billy’s parents were friends. She knew that Neil didn’t like her or the fact that she was so close with Billy. But her parents were rich, and her father had an important, flashy job, so Neil sucked up when he could. Teddi knew if her parents had their way she’d probably be dating Steve.

Teddi and Max shared a small smile as Billy made his way over. “You shouldn’t be smoking here, Billy.” Neil muttered. Billy only rolled his eyes. Billy stood next to Teddi, the backs of his fingers just barely brushing against hers. Teddi hooked her middle finger with his, the cold metal of his ring a nice feeling against her skin. They stayed like that for the entire funeral. Teddi noticed the boys weren’t trying quite as hard as she was to keep acting as though Will was really gone. At one point Karen Wheeler had to tell them to be quiet. Billy rolled his eyes.

Teddi was a little surprised that Hopper wasn’t there. This definitely wasn’t the sort of thing he would miss. She was even more surprised to see that Johnathan and Will’s father Lonnie had actually showed up. Just when she thought things couldn’t get any stranger.

Joyce looked like she was on another planet completely. Teddi’s heart ached for her. She couldn’t imagine what she must have been going through these past few days. It was taking almost all of her energy not to run over to her and telling her all about El, the Demogorgon and Mike’s theory that the body sitting in the coffin in front of them wasn’t actually Will.

Once the funeral was over and everyone started to head to the reception that was being held in the church, Billy nudged Teddi. He nodded his head to something. “Check that out,” Teddi followed his gaze. Johnathan Byers and Nancy Wheeler were huddled together. They were looking at some piece of paper, but Teddi couldn’t make out what it was. “Those two look awful cozy, don’t they?” he smirked.

Teddi rolled her eyes. “It’s nothing. Like Nancy would mess around behind Steve’s back with Johnathan freakin’ Byers,” she had to admit though, it was odd. Especially considering the fact that Johnathan had just been caught taking those creepy pictures of them at Steve’s party. Teddi took Billy’s hand in hers and pulled him along towards the church. “Forget them. Let’s get inside. At least we can get some food out of this bullshit.”

Max, Dustin, Lucas and Mike were inside and crowded around their science teacher, who was talking to them about something animatedly. Teddi rolled her eyes when she saw her father, Neil, Lonnie and Ted Wheeler crowded together. “Birds of a feather…” Teddi muttered. Billy smirked as they made their way over to the snacks. She popped a Nilla Wafer in her mouth and frowned. “Aw, man. These are store brand.”

“That’s what I said,” Teddi jumped at the sound of Dustin’s voice behind her. The four preteens were lined up, looking expectantly at Billy and Teddi. “We need a ride.” Dustin explained.

“Need a ride where?” Billy asked.

“Back to my house. We’ll explain when we get there. We have news about…” Mike looked around and leaned in a little closer. “You know who.” he whispered.

“Oh, so do we! Big news.” Teddi said.

Billy shot a glance over at where Neil was standing before nodding his head, motioning for them to follow him. None of the adults would care if they left. They’d probably already forgotten any of them were there. So they piled into the Camaro, the four kids squeezing into the back seat and headed to the Wheeler’s house.

El was in the basement, still dressed in her pink dress and wig. She smiled when she saw Teddi come down the stairs. Teddi plopped down on the couch next to her. “Alright, so who wants to share their news first?” she asked.

Mike didn’t hesitate. “We know where Will is.” he announced.

Lucas rolled his eyes. “Mike, don’t get their hopes up. It’s not that simple. We know where he is, but we don’t know how to get to him.” he corrected.

Teddi raised an eyebrow. “...Meaning?”

“Upside Down.” El said next to her.

“The hell is Upside Down?” Billy asked, a cigarette pinched between his lips as he lit it.

“You can’t smoke in here,” Mike said sternly. Billy only looked at him. Mike rolled his eyes. “The Upside Down is a different dimension. It’s like the Vale of Shadows. It’s like here, but opposite. Something opened a gate and the Demogorgon got through and took Will. We have to find where the gate is, and how to open it.”

“What about her?” Billy asked, nodding at El. “It was her Demogorgon cult that brought the damn thing here,” the kids all stared up at him. “...What? I know some shit too.”

Teddi shook her head. “Nooo way. You guys aren’t going to find the gate. We will find the gate,” she motioned between Billy and herself. “We saw that thing last night out in Mirkwood. You guys aren’t going anywhere near it.”

“You saw it?” Max asked, a little too excited considering how traumatizing it had been for them. “What did it look like? What’s it doing out there? Was there any sign of Will?” she asked.

“Slow your roll, Mad Max,” Billy said cooly. “We don’t know what it was doing out there. We were too busy trying to keep it from eating us. Teddi’s right. You guys are keeping your asses parked in this basement while we handle it.”

“El could totally stop it!” Dustin argued. “You should have seen what she did to Troy Walsh at school yesterday.” he laughed. Teddi couldn’t help but smile at Eleven’s proud look.

Billy held up his hand. “No discussions. Got it?” he asked, looking at each of them. “I said, got it?” he repeated when no one answered.

“Yeah, Billy. We got it.” Max rolled her eyes. Teddi didn’t miss the fact that Max was the only one to speak up. She knew the kids would try to sneak out later that night to look for the gate. Which just meant she and Billy would need to find it before they did.

It was clear that Billy didn’t believe them either. He shot each of them one last glare before letting out a tired sigh and running a hand over his face. “C’mon, Teddi. I’ll take you home.”

Teddi got up from her spot on the couch, turning to face the party when she reached Billy’s side. “Seriously, guys. Don’t go out there alone, okay? That thing...it’s not something any of you want to mess with. Believe me.” her eyes met with El’s, and Teddi saw understanding there. Fear. Had El seen the Demogorgon too?

The kids remained silent. Teddi realized that there would be no convincing them. They would do whatever they needed to do to get Will home safe. And Teddi couldn’t blame them. She was doing the same thing herself. She just hoped that she and Billy found the gate and the Demogorgon before anyone else did.

---

After Billy dropped Teddi off back at her place, Steve came over. He caught her when she was on her porch, unlocking her door. “Teddi! Can we talk for a sec?” he asked as he jogged towards her.

“Steve, hey,” she smiled thinly at him. “...Is everything okay?”

“I was gonna ask you the same thing,” he said with a small laugh. “I feel like you and Billy are ignoring me or something. Is this about what happened with Byers at school the other day? Because-”

Teddi held up her hand. “Wait, what? What happened with Johnathan?”

Steve shifted from foot to foot uncomfortably. He rubbed the back of his neck and looked down at his shoes. “Tommy and Carol told me he was taking pictures of us at my place. So we waited out by his car to ask about it...I kinda smashed his camera.” he admitted.

“Steve.”

“I know,” he groaned, throwing his head back. “I feel like a dick. But I couldn’t let him get away with it, Teddi. And Tommy got me all riled up about it...I turn into such an asshole around that guy.” he did. So did Billy. Even Teddi had her moments.

“I think maybe the three of us need to take a little break from Tommy and Carol.” Teddi said, scrunching her nose.

Steve nodded. “Definitely...so you guys aren’t mad at me or anything? Freezing me out?” Teddi realized it probably looked that way. Especially after Billy had practically chased Steve away from her van the other day at school. But they were just trying to keep Steve from getting involved. He didn’t need to know about all of the weird shit in Hawkins.

“We’re not freezing you out, Steve. I promise,” she reassured him. “Me and Billy have just had a lot going on. Lots of…” she tried to think of the simplest way to say it.

Steve grinned. “Lots of couple stuff?” he finished for her.

Teddi let out a soft laugh and nodded. “Couple stuff.”

Steve leaned against her front door. “Took you guys long enough. Just don’t forget about me, okay?” he said with a teasing smile.

“I could never forget you, Harrington.”

“True. I am pretty unforgettable. Anyways, I should get going. I’m supposed to pick Nancy up to go to the movies. Hey, the four of us should go out sometime. Like a double date.” Teddi thought back to seeing Nancy all huddled together with Johnathan Byers. She thought it was better not to say anything to Steve about it.

“Definitely,” she nodded. “Maybe this weekend?” that was if she and Billy didn’t get eaten by a monster at least.

“Sounds good. See ya, Ted.” he waved, jogging back down the driveway and heading back to his house. Teddi hurried inside. Her parents were still out. Most likely still at the funeral trying to make people think they cared. She hurried down the entryway hall, past the kitchen and to her father’s study. He had a big filing cabinet that sat behind his desk that he never bothered to lock.

He had a map of Hawkins in one of the drawers. Her father had maps of almost everything in town. Teddi never really thought much of it. It was just part of his job. Whatever that even was. But now wasn’t really the time to think of things like that. Right now she had to try and figure out where the gate to the Upside Down was.

“Theodora! Are you home?” Teddi jumped at the sound of her father’s voice. She quickly rolled the map up, shutting the filing cabinet drawer shut and poking her head out of the office’s door. Her parents were by the front door. Her father was helping her mom take her coat off before hanging it up. “What are you doing in my office?” thankfully he seemed more confused than upset.

“Sorry, um I have to head to work soon so Billy gave me a ride home. I didn’t wanna drag you away from everyone...can I borrow this?” she held up the map.

Greg raised an eyebrow, fixing a stern look in her direction. “What do you need that for?”

“...School project.” Teddi lied.

He rolled his eyes. “As long as you take good care of it. I want it back in one piece. And don’t you go back into my office without my permission.” he ordered.

“Yes, sir. Thank you!” she hurried past her parents and downstairs to her bed room. She quickly changed for work before calling Billy.

“Yeah?” he answered, already sounding bored with the conversation.

“Billy, it’s me. I need you to meet me at the arcade. It’s super important.”

“Is it actually important or are you dragging me down there to show me you changed all the Dragon’s Lair high score names to swear words again-”

“It’s actually important,” she huffed. “It’s about...you know. Just come to the arcade, okay? I’m on my way there now.” she didn’t give him a chance to argue. She slammed the phone back down into its cradle and was off.

The arcade wasn’t very busy. It was a pretty quiet afternoon in Hawkins. It was almost like the whole town was in grieving for Will. Teddi had her dad’s map laid out on the prize counter. She was using tokens to mark out the things she wanted to show Billy to avoid marking the map and facing her father’s wrath.

Billy sauntered in about twenty minutes after her shift started. He had swapped out his suit for jeans, a Motley Crue shirt and his leather jacket. Teddi figured he was late because he was trying to decide what to wear. “Alright, Larsson. What’s the big deal?” he leaned against the counter casually.

Teddi tapped down at the map. “I think I’ve narrowed down where the gate is,” she said excitedly. She set her finger in the center of a small triangle she had created with three tokens. “This is where they started looking for Will with the search party, and this is Steve and Will’s house. So I don’t think that the Demogorgon goes very far whenever it’s out. I’m thinking the gate must be somewhere in this part of the woods. It’s not exact, but at least we’ve narrowed it down.”

Billy looked over his shoulder. “Should we be talking about this here?”

Teddi rolled her eyes. “The Coulson twins are the only ones in here. Keith is next door. It’s fine. I’m thinking we should go back tonight. We can be better prepared this time. I mean, we know it doesn’t like fire.”

Billy let out a soft groan. “I don’t know about this, Ted...we barely made it out last time.” he argued. And he was right. This was stupid and dangerous. But it had to be done. She had to protect her friends.

“If we don’t do it then the kids are gonna go looking for it. We’re lucky that Will survived. We might not be that lucky again.”

Billy was quiet for a long time. He was weighing his options. There weren’t really very many for him to consider. “...Fine. We’ll go. I can go to the liquor store and pick some bottles up with my fake ID.”

Teddi frowned. “The hell are you gonna do with those? Get the Demogorgon drunk?” she asked.

Billy rolled his eyes. “Funny. I’m gonna make some molotov cocktails.” he crossed his arms.

“Who are you? Rambo?” she laughed.

“Well do you have a better idea?” she didn’t. Being destructive is what Billy did best. It was probably better to let him take charge in this case. “That’s what I thought. I’ll come back later after your shift and pick you up. I wanna get this shit over with so everything can go back to normal.” but Teddi was pretty sure that wasn’t possible. Someone had faked Will’s death, conjured up a monster in Hawkins and experimented on a little girl. Things were anything but normal now.

---

Teddi would have been lying if she said she wasn’t scared to go back out into the woods. She and Billy were a little more prepared this time around. She had a backpack full of monster slaying gear and Billy was still insistent on his molotov cocktails. But they were still no match for the Demogorgon, she knew it.

“So what’s the plan?” Billy asked as they made their way further into the woods. They each had a flashlight this time around. They were also much more alert.

Teddi shrugged. “We burn it. I don’t really have a plan B.” she confessed.

“Oh, great…” Billy muttered. He was trying his hardest to hide how afraid he was. If he was afraid he knew it would put Teddi on edge. And he hadn’t missed the way that the beam of light from her flashlight kept shaking the further they ventured into Mirkwood.

Billy hadn’t heard anything, but Teddi let out a small gasp and jumped. She started to shine her flashlight every which way. “Did you hear that?” she asked, her eyes wide.

“No...what did it sound like?”

Teddi had stopped walking. She spun in a circle, trying to find who or what had made the sound she had heard. “It sounded like voices…” she frowned. “Who the hell could be out here this late?” she asked no one in particular. She walked off without Billy.

“Jesus, Teddi, wait up!” he hissed, jogging to catch up with her. She was no longer looking for the monster. Teddi moved further into the woods. “I didn’t hear anything. Maybe you’re just freaking yourself ou-” something hard collided with Billy, knocking him to the ground.

“Sorry! Sorry...Billy? What the hell are you doing out here?” it was Johnathan Byers. Teddi whipped around to face the two boys. Johnathan held his hand out to Billy, who smacked it away. He got back on his feet and brushed the dirt and leaves from his pants.

“Johnathan!” Teddi spat. “You can’t be out here! It’s not safe!”

“What are you doing anyways? Taking more pervy pictures?” Billy sneered.

Johnathan looked frazzled. And not because of Billy. His breathing was uneven like he had been running. “What? That’s not- look, I don’t have time for this. I’m looking for Nancy-”

“Wheeler?” Teddi asked, her eyebrows raised.

“What gives, Byers? You think if you keep stalking her she’ll dump Steve for your weird ass? And why the fuck do you have a gun?”

“Billy.” Teddi scolded him.

Johnathan held his hands up. “Nancy is about to get eaten by a monster! I have to find her!”

That shut Billy up. Billy and Teddi both went into action. Flashing their flashlights all around for any sign Nancy. If Teddi listened closely enough she thought maybe she could hear her calling for Johnathan. Her voice sounded strange, though. Like she was underwater almost.

She didn’t waste any time. Teddi ran off in the direction she thought Nancy’s voice was coming from. Johnathan and Billy were calling after her but she didn’t stop. Nancy’s voice was getting closer and closer the further she ran.

Eventually she stopped at a tree that looked like it was covered in some sort of web-like slime. The tree almost looked alive. There was a red, glowing light that pulsed inside of it almost like a heartbeat. Teddi could only assume that this was the gate. It had to be. And Nancy had gone through it. Teddi thought back to her first run in with the Demogorgon. She couldn’t let Nancy face that thing alone.

So Teddi crawled through the membrane. She winced at the slimy feeling of it against her skin. It was cold on the other side. Much colder than in Mirkwood. It was snowing. No, it wasn’t snow. Teddi couldn’t really make out what was falling down around her.

Wherever she was, it looked like Mirkwood. But it was different. It felt like she was stuck in some sort of dream. Everything seemed slower, colder, darker. There was thunder booming above her. Like a storm was approaching. The sky was a bright red shade that contrasted dramatically against the blue hue that surrounded her.

Teddi swallowed thickly, slowly turning in a circle and looking for any sign that Nancy was nearby. But there was no Nancy. And thankfully no Demogorgon. Now Teddi found herself alone and trapped in the Upside Down.

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