Dayton Maine, 2018 the lab is nonstop beeping as a man runs down the hallway and slime is sliding across the walls chasing after him and swallows him whole. Will Beyers, Lucas Sinclair, Dustin Henderson and Mike Wheeler are all pretty close friends and they go to Mikes house everyday after school to play Fortnite so they have at least 4 different TV,s turned on for about 6 hours a day after school trying to get a victory royale. Will, Lucas and Dustin have to go home by the end of the night because it’s a school night so they all get in their cars and drive home. It was very dark and foggy when Will was driving home and he could just barely see the road, for some reason the car felt like it was gliding across ice but how could that be if it was summer time? Will figured there was something wrong with his car but kept driving it. He tried calling his brother on his phone because his brother is a mechanic but as soon as he looked up from his phone there was a huge dark creature on the hood of the car and he couldn’t see the road so he toggled with his steering wheel to swerve his car to knock the creature off but he was in such shock that he pulled the steering wheel all the way to the right and drove right off the road and didn’t get seen for the rest of the night. Thornton Academy in Saco Maine is where all the boys attend school. Will, Lucas, Mike and Dustin all have a class together but that day Will didn’t show up and the boys were confused because that kid never skips school so they text him in the group message and he still doesn’t answer. A couple hours go by and the cops show up at school to question the boys and they were all pretty nervous because they had a gut feeling it was about Will, they all explained that they all left Mikes house and that was the last they saw of him and Will never said anything about not going home that night. At this point the boys were scared for their friend and had no idea where he could be. The boys were supposed to go home right after school everyday until Will comes back from being missing but instead the boys started their own search party and went wandering through the woods in the pouring rain screaming “Will, Will”and still no sign of their friends. Dustin was walking about 10ft away from the other boys and he heard something behind him, he got all shaky and turned around as fast as he could and focused his shining flashlight through these two trees and saw a figure and of course he screamed so that the others would rush over and see the same thing he’s looking at. They all knew it was a person but it definitely wasn’t Will. It was a girl because she had long brown wavy hair, the boys had almost fallen in love because she was so pretty but she had bruises all down her legs and arms and was wearing just a hospital gown so the boys figured she was a hospital escape. The boys tried getting her to say a couple of words but she couldn’t even form a sentence. She had a bunch of fear written all over her face. They snuck her into wills house and hid her under the table and tried to get her to speak as many words as she could and they only figured out her name which is Twelve . Twelve seemed like such an odd person but she was also the prettiest girl those boys have ever seen and they wondered how they have never seen her before and wondered what she was doing in the middle of the woods in the pitch dark. they had no idea where to begin with her. Mike gave her a pair of clean pants and a shirt, she obviously had no idea what privacy was because she almost stripped in front the boys until they all screamed and showed her the bathroom. Mike was freaking out because she was at his house and wasn’t sure how to keep her away from his mom because if his mom found out he was keeping a girl in his basement he would be in so much trouble but he felt bad because he didn’t know where she had come from. He couldn’t bring himself to tell anyone else about Eleven because they knew she was scared of about getting found or she’s trying to run away from an abusive family. The boys all made a pact to keep Twelve a major secret and they would switch off every night as to who gets to keep her at their house. Twelve came stumbling out of the bathroom and yelled “I know where Will is.” “Shhhh!” said Mike “My mom is upstairs and can’t know your down here.” “Is Will in a good place? Is he alright?” Asked Dustin. Twelve said “No he is not doing well and we have to help him right away with out being seen because the government will take me away from you guys.” Apparently Twelve is a girl that had been genetically modified because she has a bunch of powers so she was used for those powers by the government. Those powers included mind readings, flying, moving things with her mind, and walking on water. The boys were completely amazed by this and knew they had to keep her a secret after hearing this not even their closest friends at school can know. Waiting for that final bell to ring at school the next day seemed like a century. Dustin, Mike and Lucas couldn’t wait to get back to Mikes to see Twelve then she could bring them to their lost friend Will, whom they are dying to see. All three of them sprinted out of school once that bell rang and all carpooled to Mikes house. Twelve of course was waiting there when they opened the basement door “I’d rather be wandering around the woods then be stuck in this house all day again” said Twelve as soon as they opened the door. “Ready to go find your friend?” “YES YES YES!!” said all three boys at the same time while jumping up and down with such excitement. They had made sure their phones were at 100% before they left and made sure Twelve doesn’t leave one of their sides because she’s the only one without a phone in this situation. They taught her some etiquette skills and Mike gave her some of his sisters clothes so she at least looks normal since they will be somewhat out in the open. They got into Dustin’s 1978 rusty BMW and hoped it wouldn’t break down in the middle of the road because where they were going was far to go find Will because Twelve knew exactly where he was and he was about two hours away by this Labratory in Augusta Maine. It kept getting darker and darker into the drive there, “EW! What is that on the trees” said Lucas. They all looked up and saw slime hanging from the trees, sliding down the tree trunks it was a very gooey substance. Nothing of this was new to Twelve she had to explain that Will is trapped in all that slime from the monster everywhere he goes, he leaves a slime trail and captures any item he comes across which is why the tree tops were all burnt and leafless. That description made them all scared as to where Will was and how he’s being treated. Twelve knew exactly where he was and how he was being treated though because she had this physocit mind reading thing in her mind where she could see Will if she thinks hard enough. She did this in front of the boys before she entered the lab with them just to be sure she knew he was in there where the monster lives. “Oh my god!” Said Mike “What is happening to her nose!!??” As there is black goo coming out of it, it was the nastiest thing ever to them because it was no bloody nose it was legit black goo. Twelve then snapped out of her mindset and said “He’s in there guys, he’s really scared we need to get in there fast but quite.” As soon as she got done speaking they heard rummaging behind them. All their breathing got really heavy as they all turned around slowly to look and there it is in the tree a huge slimy gooey black character. “AHHHHH” said everyone but Twelve she just stood there staring aimlessly at the creature “I’ve seen him before” she whispers to the boys “it wants us to feed off his fear, so don’t act scared” they all slowly look down and bolted towards the door. The door was bolted shut but thanks to Twelve she was able to open it with her mind. All 4 teens walked in very calmly and silent until Dustin slipped on that gooey stuff because it was all over the ground and his phone fell out of his pocket and got sucked up into the goo, thats the creatures way of stealing items. Lucas at this point was begging to leave because bad stuff is already starting to happen and Lucas has asthma so these kind of things didn’t mix well with him and his breathing problems. Twelve was not letting Lucas out of her sight because she felt the need to protect these boys since she was the only one who knew what was going on. As they walked down these long narrow hallways, they could hear screaming way way down the hall and creaking of every board they step on. Mike was the one who walked by room 4 and he could’ve sworn he saw Will “Look guys I see Will!” They all gathered around the window of the door just to see Will sitting tied up to a chair in the corner looking mindless. Twelve again opened the door with her mind and they all ran over to Will, he was so pale almost ghost like with his eyes shut while there are dark circles around his eye lids. Dustin shook him until he woke up, when Will woke up he was very confused as to where he was but he knew exactly who they all were when he woke up other than Twelve. “where...where am I?” asked Will while wiggling in the ropes he was tied into almost like freaking out. Mike had to grab him and hold him still and said “Will we will explain when we get you out, but right now it is not safe to stay here for any longer.” Will’s hair was full of goo it was so gross, it was almost like the creature shoved him into his mouth but didn’t chew him up instead just spit him out whole. Twelve untied Will with her mind and picked all the boys up at once and flew out of the hole in the ceiling. As soon as they got out the creature was standing right on the roof and flung around once it heard them all come up. It started running towards Will to get him but Twelve pushed herself in front of Will and knocked the creature off the roof with her mind and flew them all to the car. The creature was standing beside the car with its sharp long snaggle teeth hanging out of its mouth ready to bite down on one of them but then Twelve saved the day again by throwing a huge stone at him which knocked the creature right out and they were all able to get in the car and drive away as fast as they could. Will was still kind of knocked out from what happened but once he is home safe he will be back to normal in no time.
5 years later
Dustin goes missing and the whole town of Dayton Maine has slime dripping down the trees......the creature is back....