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Chapter Sixteen: Doc Destructo

     The boys finally noticed her when the Demogorgon seemed to cave in on itself, its skin shriveling and sinking into itself until a few holes were left in its body. It screeched out in pain so loud, the boys covered their ears when they were pierced by the sound. When about half of its body was nothing but holes, Doc let her body go limp and roll off of the table with a thud. The boys would have rushed over to her if the Demogorgon hadn't continued its way toward them, despite how much it was weakened.

     "Kill it!" Dustin screamed to Lucas, who aimed his rock to be flung once again. He let go of it, the rock smacking it in the face. It hardly budged, which only fueled their fear. As they continued to scream at him, Lucas flung another rock, showing the same result.as the first. The third and last rock launched, however, hit the Demogorgon just before it was sent flying back, its back hitting the wall harshly. The three of them stared in confusion, certain Lucas's rocks hadn't packed that much of a punch, before El walked between them. Her eyes were sunken in, skin paler than before, blood dripping from her nose as she approached the monster with an unafraid look on her face.

     "Eleven, stop!" Mike called out, quickly following her. Without looking, El stretched her arm backwards and sent Mike flying and sliding across the floor until he slammed cabinets in the back of the room. El continued to move forward, only stopping when she was right in front of the weakened creature. Its chest still heaved and its head moved about as it tried to break from El's hold. Tears falling from her eyes, she turned back to her friends, to her sister who still lay in a heap on the ground. El drew in a deep breath as her eyes returned to Mike once again.

     "Goodbye, Mike. Take care of Doc." She sadly spoke before turning back towards the squealing creature. "No more." She whispered and slowly stretched her arm out towards it. Had Doc been conscious, she would have been quivering on the ground due to the excessive use of El's powers. The scream the girl had let out paired with the screeching of the monster was too much for the boys to bear, so they covered their ears once again. El silently thanked Doc for the damage she did on the Demogorgon already. It was already weakened, but it would never stop unless she put an end to it. Her power tore the monster apart more and more until ashes began drifting from it and surrounding her. Mike watched through teary eyes as El disappeared along with the Demogorgon.

     The screaming and the screeching silenced and there was nothing in front of them but a mess of ashes falling from the air onto the floor, and a dent left in the chalkboard where the monster once was. There was another beat of silence before Mike scrambled to his feet, he and his friends rushing to the front of the classroom, desperately calling out for El. Tears blurring his vision, Mike twisted his body all around. "El, where are you?! Eleven?! El?!"

     "Mike..." Lucas gently touched his shoulder. "We gotta get Doc out of here."

     "B-But El-"

     "Come on, Mike." Lucas tried to urge him as Dustin rushed over to the Wheeler girl. Sniffling, Mike followed them and knelt down beside his sister. Dried blood stuck to her clothes, her hair, her skin. It made him realize that all four of them had been covered in blood that wasn't theirs. Shivering at that, Mike let his friends help his sister into his arms. From outside, they could hear the sound of several sirens going off.

     Karen Wheeler had practically jumped out of the car before Ted could even park, winding her way around police officers, paramedics and their respective cars as she searched for her children. "Mike? (Y/N)?" She called out. The whole scene came to a stand-still when the entrance to the school opened up. First, it was Lucas and Dustin walking out and holding open the double doors. Their mothers could be heard sobbing as they rushed for them. But Karen nearly fell to her knees as she watched a grief-stricken Mike walk through the open doors with a very bloody and very unconscious Doc in his arms. "Oh, my babies!" She cried out, sprinting to them with open arms. "Oh, my god, what happened? Is she- I-Is she-"