Act 19: Pretty. Good.

The three boys froze, their minds trying to process what they had just been told. Mike was the first one to react, He scooted closer to Twelve, not noticing how Eleven hardened her gaze toward him. He spoke carefully, "Lev, what do you mean by that? What's the upside down?" 

Twelve thought about how to explain what he meant but after thinking it over, Maybe it wasn't the best idea to tell them. The upside down was extremely dangerous. Especially if the Demogorgon was there. So as much as Twelve wanted to tell Mike where the upside down was, what it was, he decided not to. He didn't want to put anyone in danger. Well, more danger than they were already in. 

So he clenched his mouth shut, and scooted closer to Eleven. He hugged her, El wrapping her arms around him protectively. His voice was slightly muffled as he spoke, "Dr-Dream. I-It was D-Dream." 

He heard the trio sigh disappointingly and tightened his hold on Eleven. She whispered in his ear, "It's alright. Keep them safe. Find another way to help." Twelve just numbly nodded his head, as much as he wanted to help Will and Barbara and keep them safe, if he told the what he and Eleven knew, more people would be in danger and there was the risk that the Demogorgon could come to Hawkin's. They couldn't take that risk. 

The trio got back topic at hand, Eleven kept trying to contact Will by turning the knob but she couldn't and Lev was too tired, Seeing as he was falling asleep on Eleven's shoulder. Mike sighed, "This isn't gonna work," he sagged his shoulders a bit, leaning into the circle slightly before he turned to Lucas and Dustin, his right hand settled onto his knee as he finished his thought, "We need to get El and Lev to a stronger radio." 

Just then, Dustin lifted his head up with a smile on his face as he said, "Mr.Clark's Heathkit ham shack." Mike nodded with a smile on his face, "Yeah." He breathed. 

Lucas suddenly spoke up, irritation evident in his voice, "The Heathkit's at school. There's no way we're gonna get the weirdo's in there without anyone noticing," He pointed out. Dustin fell into thought, as did Mike. "I mean, Look at them." The trio turned their heads to look at Eleven and Twelve, who looked confused by what they meant. 

So the trio began to work, Mike, Dustin, Twelve and Eleven went upstairs while Lucas rummaged around for some clothes that Eleven and Twelve could wear. Dustin took Eleven into Nancy's room while Mike took Twelve into his room. 

Dustin quickly found Nancy's makeup box and opened it. However, He was at a lost at what to do next and could only guess. He grabbed a brush and a small circular thing that had powder in it, He had seen Nancy using it sometimes. 

At The Wheeler's house, Mike's bedroom. Time: Morning . . . . 

Mike led Twelve into his bedroom, holding onto his hand as he walked over to the bed. 

Mike said, "Sit here, I'll see if I have any clothes that might fit you." before letting go of Lev's hand and walking over to his closet. Twelve just obediently sat down on the bed, Rory in his hands as he started Humming a tune he made up in his mind. His eyes moved from Rory, who was in his hands, up to Mike, who was rummaging through his closet. 

Twelve felt like he couldn't take his eyes off of him, for some reason. His heart was beating faster too, his hands became sweaty, and his face felt hot. He wondered if he was getting sick or if it was because he was too tired. He didn't know what was going on, and it was scaring him. He felt tears form in his eyes, and his nose started stinging. Was he dying? 

When Mike turned back around, He saw the tears forming in Twelves eyes and started panicking, "What's wrong, Lev? Why are you crying?" He quickly put the clothes in his hands down and walked back over to Twelve and knelt on the ground in front of him. 

Twelve just shook his head, not feeling able to talk. He felt like he was suffocating, It was the feeling similar to when he entered the upside down the first time in Mike's room too. He wasn't sure what was going on, was he dying or was he just going to the Upside down? 

He was broken out of his thoughts when he felt someone's hands  on his cheeks, He looked up from his lap to Mike, who was very obviously concerned right now, "What's wrong, Twelve? Can you tell me?" 

But Twelve just shook his head, not fully sure on how to explain what he was feeling so he just wiped his face with his sleeves and adjusted Rory in his grip. He flashed his usual smile as he went back to normal, almost like nothing just happened. 

Mike was concerned about that but that really did have more important things to do right now, so he grabbed the clothes and let Lev get changed while he headed to his sisters room to see how the others were doing. 

When he got out, he was just in time to see the door open and Eleven, with the blonde wig and pink dress and blue jacket, walk out. 

"Wow." Dustin whispered, as Eleven walked over to a mirror, "She looks - - - -" Lucas was cut off by Mike, "Pretty." Mike then snapped out of the daze he was in when he realized that El was looking at him, "Good. You look pretty good." He nervously smiled. 

Eleven looked away from him and to the mirror she was standing in front of, "Pretty. Good." She whispered to herself with a small smile on her face. 

It was then that Twelve walked out of Mike's room, he was wearing a white button-down shirt and a light tan sweater with jeans on. He looked normal-ish too, except for his hair but they didn't have anymore wigs. 

When he saw Eleven, His face lit up. He ran over to her and carefully touched the wig, "H-Hair." She nodded her head with a smile, "L-Look's G-Good." He smiled back as he hugged her, wrapping his arms around her waist. 

It was a sweet moment, one that will be very rare soon. 

At Hawkin's lab, Underground. Time: Morning . . . . 

The hallway was dark, you wouldn't be able to see your hand if you put it in front of you. The elevator suddenly opened, letting in some light as 3 people entered the spore filled area. Two of the people were in white hazmat suits and were holding flashlights while the one in front of the two was wearing a yellow hazmat suit and had no flashlight as he walked in front. 

The flashlights helped to illuminate the area a bit better, but it didn't help take away the creepiness of the whole thing. The trio walked in silence, all you could hear was their heavy breathing and heavy footsteps as they walked through the silent corridor. 

Soon they came to a doorway and, without hesitation, stepped through it. The place they entered was the exact spot where the gate between the human world and the upside down was. The man in the yellow hazmat suit walked onto the platform where more people in white hazmat suits were waiting. 

One of the man in white hazmat suits mumbled something to another one, who then took a Carabiner (I apologize if that is wrong) and hooked it to the Yellow hazmat's suit, before making sure that it was secure and saying "Clear.' while giving a thumbs up, which the man in the yellow suit returned. 

He then turned around and looked at the people behind the glass, before saying, "You boy's hear me alright in there?" His voice was slightly muffled but otherwise clear enough to be able to understand what he was saying. 

The men behind the glass responded, "Loud and clear, shepard." 

[Sorry for not updating in a while but I've just not been very motivated to continue writing this. I just suddenly got a spout of inspiration all of sudden though. Sorry for the long wait and Enjoy! Also, I've come to the conclusion that I'll be changing love interest for El and Lev.

El will be with Mike.

And Lev will be with . . . . . ???

Can you guess who he'll end up with?]