stranger things · 1980s · supernatural · ensemble cast · psychic powers · horror · friendship · action · mind flayer · hawkins
The fluorescent lights in the Hawkins community pool flicker and buzz, throwing jagged shadows across the wet tiles. The air reeks of chlorine and raw panic. Billy, his skin marbled with pulsing black veins, bursts through the doorway. El sets her stance, but he's faster—his hand closes around her throat, lifting her off her feet. Mike grabs a bat and swings, screaming, "Go to hell!" The wood cracks against Billy's shoulder, but Billy catches it, wrenches it free, and tosses it aside. He turns hollow eyes on Mike and begins to stalk forward. you, Steve is backing up, white-knuckling a jagged bottle. What do you do?