Kas Out of Hell

The End

How he looked when you saw him again for the first time at the hospital.

The cuts. The broken bones. The bruises. The chunks missing out of him that were pieced back together. The pain. His pain.

All the years of your life together flashing in slow motion. Vecna had always been watching. Waiting.

"Henry!" A familiar voice calls out as Vecnas claws unhinge from your face, dropping to your knees as your vision is slowly restored.

You bury your face in your hands, the pain radiating down your neck and blood dripping violently from the marks Vecna had made in your skin.

You have to get up, you tell yourself.
You can deal with the pain later.

Moving your hands away from your face, you can see clearly enough to make out who the voice came from "El," you breathe out in relief. Thank god.

You rise to your feet as she uses all the power in her to raise Vecna in the air, his body floating along side Wills as Els nose begins to bleed

"Take it!" She yells to you as Vecnas own fingers are now forced to open, the sword dropping to the ground below. 

You grasp the handle in your hand for dear life - refusing to let it go again.
"I should have killed you all those years ago," El screams in anger at Vecna,

"I guess this is it then," he manages out weakly "This is it," El confirms harshly as she brings her hand down which sends Vecna flying into the ground,

Twisting her head to look at you, El yells out "Now!" She nods, blood gushing from her nose and your own face slowly being taken over by your own blood.

You raise the sword with out hesitation, without thought and with all the urgency in the world as you plunge it deep into Vecnas chest, if he has a heart - it sure is fucked now.

It was much easier to stab Vecna, even if he was currently wearing Max because you knew Max would come back.. in what capacity.. that you weren't sure of.

Would she remember? Would her mind be okay? At least she will be alive, soon.

"That's for my friends," you scream in his face as you pull the sword out of him and strike again and again and again "That's for Eddie," you growl.

"Y/N," El calls out in worry "He's dead," she says in horror of your continuous stabs into a very dead - defeated Vecna.

You stumble backwards as you look at the sword in your hand, soaked in the blood of the monster.

"Holy shit," you breathe out "We did it,"
A humbling sense of release washes over you, if it wasn't for El.. you would likely be dead right now.

But you did it - she did it.. it's over.

You kneel down to Vecna - to Max.
"You'll be back, I promise." You gently caress her face.

"What about Will?" You're surprisingly out of breath from the few strikes of the sword into Vecnas charred flesh, eyes on Will as El carefully brings him down to ground level.

"With Vecna gone, he's powerless." She looks over at you momentarily "He can't open gates or get back to the upside down once we go back. He only had those abilities by feeding off Vecna."

You give a faint nod, body so tired and achy that you can barely move your head -

"So he lives?" You question in hopes as Eleven smiles at you "He lives." She confirms. "And I - I'll never open a gate again." She states confidently as you manage a weak laugh "I sure as hell hope not." You say.

You join Elevens side as she holds Will in her arms "Will he.. recover?" You ask quietly as you look down at him, he's alive but.. he doesn't look it.

"I don't know." She admits in honesty as you walk back over to Max's side, kneeling down beside her as a tear rolls down your cheek.

Poor Max. She didn't deserve any of this.

"Max will be fine.. like Eddie was when I used the sword. I just don't know when she will wake up." You say in a whisper,

El flashes you the smallest of smiles "Come on. Let's get these two back to our world." She begins to stand up, doing her best to support Wills wait as you do the same with Max.

It's much easier when someone is at least semi conscious - to help them walk. This was quite literally dead weight.

Giving one last look to the world that caused you and your friends so much pain, you say "I'll be glad to never see this place ever again."

You raise the sword as it glows an ocean blue, the last and final gate opening before your eyes.

Eleven and you share a nod as you both stand side by side, supporting your friends weight and walking through the gate. Good riddance.

You're weak now, that is abundantly clear as you drop to your knees once you enter back into your own world -
the normal Hawkins.

You set max down beside you carefully in fear of dropping her, letting the sword fall from your grasp.. it's powerless here, it's just a regular old sword now.

"Y/N?" El looks back in worry as she sees you hunched over, soon hearing the screams of your friends come into ear shot as they find the four of you.

They made it. They were safe.
Sending them back worked.

"Y/N? Y/N!" Eddie yells out, hearing his feet skid across the ground as he drops down along side you, your mouth filling with a wretched metallic taste.

"We did it," you breathe out with a grin, weakly bringing your head up to look at Eddie as he kneels in front of you.

"Holy fuck," he breathes out in horror as he gets a glimpse of your face. "I'll be fine," your laugh is strained, stopped by a violent cough.

You're weak. You know this.

"Okay I'm uh kinda tired of hearing you say that because you're not fine," his lips tremble as you look deep into his soft brown eyes.

You're not fine. You know this.

It takes everything in you to wrap your arms around him, quite possibly all the strength you have left.

The sword had to draw its power from somewhere and it took everything it had.. from you.

"I love you, so.. so much." You smile faintly, tears mixed with blood rolling down your face "No, don't do this - you're not going to die, Y/N." Eddie shakes his head furiously.

"Say it," you nearly beg, eyes glossed over with tears as Eddie trembles, his bottom lip quivering and his own eyes becoming glossy. 

He sniffles loudly as he wraps his arms around you, pulling you in close towards his chest "I love you, Y/N." he cries.

"I love you, I love you, I love you." Eddie repeats through gut wrenching sobs.

you get a glimpse of Steve's equally distraught face as he looks down at you in Eddie's arms. You flash him the smallest of smiles.

"I love you," you look back at Eddie, your body slowly succumbing to the lack of strength left in you. "I love you," your voice is far away now, your eyelids heavy as your breathing starts to slow.

I love you.

It's the last thing you hear from Eddie as the bittersweet, eternal darkness of death washes over you.

I love you.