Scenes with Eleven 34
TTroy
[Holding Dustin at knife point] Jump. Or Toothless here gets an early trip to the dentist!
No! N- [he stops talking as Troy holds the blade near his eyes]
TTroy
I'll cut him, right now!
Alright, just hold on! Hold on!
Mike, don't do it! I don't need my baby teeth- Mike! Mike, seriously, don't!
[Mike walks to the edge of the cliff and looks down at the water]
Mike, don't do it! Don't do it, Mike!
JJames
Troy, I don't think this is a good idea, man.
TTroy
Dentist's office opens in Five! Four! Three! Two!
[Mike steps off the cliff and falls. The three boys race to the edge and look over]
[Mike is suspended in mid-air, halfway down. As they watch, he suddenly begins rising back up]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[He floats over their heads and lands safely on the ground nearby. They hear footsteps and turn to see Eleven walking towards them with a stern look on her face. As Dustin and Mike grin, Troy brandishes his knife at her; Eleven twitches her neck, and James is thrown to the ground. A sickening crack comes from Troy's arm, causing him to scream and drop the knife.]
TTroy
'AH..! She broke my arm! My arm!
Eleven[Coldly] Go.
TTroy
Let's get outta here! Let's go!
[He and James run away and trip as they leave]
[Gleefully] YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! YOU BETTER RUN! SHE'S OUR FRIEND AND SHE'S CRAZY! YOU COME BACK HERE, AND SHE'LL KILL YOU!
Eleven
[Crying] Mike... I'm sorry.
Sorry? What are you sorry for?
Eleven
The Gate... I opened it. I'm the monster.
[Smiles] No El, you're not the monster. You saved me, do you understand? You saved me.
[He pulls her up into a hug, and Dustin puts his arms around them]
Just hold on a little longer, okay? He's gone, the Bad Man's gone. We'll be home soon, and my mom? She'll get you your own bed, and you can eat as many Eggos as you want. And... we can go to the Snow Ball.
Eleven
[Weakened] Promise?
[There is a loud shriek as the gunfire outside dies down]
[The door crashes down and the Demogorgon enters the classroom, the lights flickering]
Get the wrist rocket, get the wrist rocket, now!!
Go go go go go! Get the rocks, get the rocks, get the rocks!
[Lucas shoots a rock at the Demogorgon and hits it's head, but it only roars with rage]
Kill the bastard! Kill it now!
[Lucas fires again, to no effect; the Demogorgon advances on them as Dustin passes Lucas more ammunition]
Get, get, get- come on, kill it, bastard!
Hit him again! Keep going, keep going!
Kill him! Get, get, get... come on, go, go, go!
[Lucas hits the Demogorgon again, to no effect. As he fires a fourth rock, the Demogorgon is suddenly flung across the room by El's powers, slamming against the blackboard. El stands and walks past the shocked boys, her expression fierce]
[El uses her powers to push Mike back; she approaches the struggling Demogorgon. As she reaches it, she glances back at Lucas, Dustin and Mike]
Eleven
[Sadly] Goodbye, Mike. [She turns to the Demogorgon] No more. [Both the Demogorgon and El scream as she uses her powers to rip it apart; Lucas, Dustin and Mike cover their ears. When the lights return, El and the Demogorgon have vanished]
LDLucas and Dustin
Eleven!
[Tearful] El! El, where are you?! Eleven?! El?!
[Hopper arrives at a cabin deep in the woods. He steps over a tripwire as he approaches the door and knocks six times. Several bolts unlatch and the door opens. He walks in, notices the TV is on, and turns it off]
[Noticing a half-eaten Eggo waffle on the table] Hey, what'd we talk about?
Eleven
[From the next room] No signal.
Eleven
No signal. It's eight-one-five. You're late.
Yeah, I lost track of time. I'll signal next time, all right? [El enters the room and sits across from him] And, uh, it's eight-fifteen, it's not eight-one-five.
Eleven
Eight...fifteen.
Now, what'd we talk about? Dinner first, then dessert. Always. That's a rule, yeah?
Eleven
Yes.
[Hopper is cooking breakfast. He turns around and is startled by El wearing a bedsheet over her head]
Eleven
Ghost.
Eleven
Halloween.
Sure is. But right now, it's breakfast, okay? [He puts the food on the table] Come on, let's eat.
Eleven
They wouldn't see me.
Who wouldn't see you? [Sits down]
Eleven
The Bad Men.
What are you talking about?
Eleven
Trick or Treat.
You want to go trick-or-treating? [El nods; after a pause Hopper shakes his head and stands up] You know the rules.
Eleven
Yes, I...
Yeah, so you know the answer.
Eleven
No, but they wouldn't see me.
Eleven
But, they...
[Puts his hands on her shoulders] I don't care, alright? You go out there, ghost or not, it's a risk. We don't take risks, alright? They're stupid. And?
Eleven
[Angrily] We're not stupid.
Exactly. Now you take that off and sit down and eat. [Sits down] Your food's getting cold.
[El does so, looking irritated]
Alright, look: how 'bout... I get off early tonight, I buy us a bunch of candy, we sit around and get fat, and we watch a scary movie together. How's that for compromise?
Eleven
"Co-compromise?"
C-O-M-promise. Compromise? How 'bout that's your word for the day, yeah? It's something that's kinda in-between, something like... half-way happy.
Eleven
By... five-one-five?
[Nods] Five-fifteen, yeah. Sure.
Eleven
Promise?
Eleven
[Shrugs, nods] Half-way happy.
[El uses a blindfold and the TV static to enter the mental dimension of the Upside Down and listen to Mike as he tries to contact her on the two-way radio]
It's Day 353. I had a bad day today. I dunno, I... guess I wish you were here. I mean, we all do. If you're out there, just... please, gimme a sign.
[El crouches in front of him in the Upside Down. For a moment, Mike appears to meet her eyes]
Eleven
Mike?
[El reaches out to try to touch his face, but after a moment Mike irritably shuts off the radio and walks away. In the real world, El pulls off the blindfold and cries silently]
[In a flashback, as Hopper and El set up the defenses around the cabin]
Okay. This is called a tripwire. It's like an alarm. You, uh, set it up like this... and then, anybody gets close, it's gonna make a loud noise like, uh, gunfire. Bang. [Pause] Those bad men aren't gonna find you, alright? Not way the hell out here. But we'll take some precautions. There's gonna be a couple ground rules. Rule number one: always keep the curtains drawn.
[In the present, El opens the curtains]
Rule number two: only open the door, if you hear my secret knock. [Demonstrates]
[In the present, El unbolts the door with her powers]
And rule number three: Don't ever go out alone... especially not in the daylight.
[In the present, El steps out onto the sunlit porch]
That's it. Three rules. I call 'em the, uh... "Don't be stupid" rules. 'Cause we're not stupid, alright?
[In the present, El walks away from the cabin]
Eleven
[As she steps over the tripwire] Not stupid.
"Friends don't lie". Isn't that your little bullshit saying? Hey, hey, hey! Don't walk away from ME! Where'd you go on your little field trip, huh? Where? You go see Mike?
Eleven
[Sadly] He didn't see me.
Yeah, well that mother and her daughter did, and they called the cops. Now, did anyone else see you? Anyone, at all? Come on, I need you to think!
Eleven
Nobody saw me!
You put us in danger. You realize that, right?
Eleven
[Angrily] You promised... I'd go! And I never leave! Nothing ever happens!
Yeah, nothing happens and you stay SAFE! [Furiously bangs his right hand on the dressers]
Eleven
[Furiously] You LIE!
I don't lie, I protect! And I feed, and I teach! And all I ask of you, is that you follow three simple rules! Three rules! And you know what? pPauses temporarily before screaming furiously] You CAN'T EVEN DO THAT! [El then bangs her hands on the dresser, and pause]] You're grounded! You know what that means? It means no Eggos... [he angrily throws a pack of Eggos waffles out of the freezer] ...and no TV for a week!
[Hopper tries to move the TV, but El angrily holds it in place with her powers]
Alright, knock it off, let go. [El shakes her head, and he tries to move it again] Okay, two weeks. [He tries again] Let go! [El angrily shakes her head] A month!
Eleven
No!
[Sarcastically] Well, congratulations. You just graduated from no TV for a month, to no TV at all!
[He angrily rips the power cord in two]
Eleven
[Horrified and furious] NO! No, no... no! [She tries to fix it to no avail]
You have got to understand that there are consequences to your actions.
Eleven
[Furious] YOU are like Papa!
[Hurt and furious] Really? I'm like that psychotic son of a bitch? Well, all right. You wanna go back in the lab? One phone call, I can make that happen.
Eleven
I hate you!
Yeah, well I'm not so crazy about you, either. You know why? 'Cause you're a brat. You know what that word means? How 'bout that be your word for the day, huh? Brat, why don't we look it up? B-R-A-T. Brat.
[He tosses the dictionary to her, but she angrily slams it into him with her powers in retaliation for the insults and threats]
Hey! What the hell is wrong with you? [El uses her powers to ram the couch into his leg] Ahhh! Hey, HEY!
[El uses her powers to knock over a bookcase, then storms into her room and slams the door shut]
Hey! Hey! [Furiously bangs on the door] Open this door! Open this damn door!
[Inside, a terrified El sits against the wall, crying]
[Furiously bangs on the door again] You wanna go out in the world?! You better grow up! GROW THE HELL UP!
[El screams, and her powers shatter all the windows, startling Hopper, and she starts sobbing]
[Becky takes Eleven upstairs and shows her the nursery Terry made for her originally; Eleven picks up a teddy bear from the crib]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Whispers] Pretty.
BIBecky Ives
I can get you a real bed and you can stay here with me, if you want. How's that sound? [Eleven nods] I want to help you, but to do that, I need you to talk to me, okay? Doesn't have to be now, doesn't have to be today. But when you're ready. Okay?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Turns around] ... Okay.
[One of the hall lights starts to flicker, catching Eleven's attention]
BIBecky Ives
[Noticing] Oh, yeah, that. That happens sometimes. [They come into the hall] Old house, bad wiring. [Another light flickers] Or if you ask my crazy Aunt Shirley, it's... [she notices Eleven following the lights] haunted.
[A series of lights flicker as Eleven comes down the stairs, followed by Becky. Eleven looks around the kitchen until she sees a lamp flickering]
BIBecky Ives
Sweetie, really, it's just the wiring.
JIJane Ives/Eleven]
No. [She turns and heads into the living room, where a lamp is flickering right next to Terry] It's Mama. [She kneels next to her and wipes blood from Terry's nose]
TITerry Ives
Sunflower. Rainbow. Three to the right. Four to the left.
BIBecky Ives
[Following Eleven] I... I don't understand.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
She knows I'm here.
[The TV channel suddenly begins changing rapidly until there is nothing but static]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
She wants to talk.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
I'm looking for my sister.
Aww, Shirley Temple lost her sister; so sad.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
I saw her. Here. [Reaches into her bag]
FFunshine
Uh-uh! Hand outta pocket. Slow.
[El holds out the photo]
[He grabs it, then stares at El in shock]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
"Kali?"
How'd you find us? Who else knows you're here?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
No one.
So what, then? Poof? You just show up like magic, with that picture?
MMick
Stay calm, she's just a kid.
A kid who could get us all killed! [Draws a switchblade] If I have to ask again, Shirley, you're gonna start losing things, startin' with those pretty little locks of yours, yeah?
MMick
Come on, Axe, put down the knife!
JIJane Ives/Eleven
I saw her.
[Grabs El's arm and raises the knife] That's not an answer!
[He sees dozens of spiders crawling up his arm, though no one else can]
Jesus, Jesus Christ! Get off! Shit, Shit!
[He drops the knife and swats at himself, as El and the others stare at him]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
You're a terrible dancer, Axel.
[She walks down the stairs and approaches them]
I told you, stay outta my head!
KPKali Prasad/Eight
So we're threatening little girls now, are we?
[She hands the picture to Kali]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Where did you get this?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Takes it back] Mama.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Your mother gave this to you?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
In her... dream circle.
[Scoffs] "Dream circle". I think she's a schizo or something.
MMick
Says she's looking for her sister.
Yeah, like I said, schizo.
[He tries to pick up his knife, but El summons it with her powers]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Handing Kali the knife] I saw you. In the rainbow room.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
What is your name?
[Kali rolls up El's sleeve, revealing her tattoo reading 011. El rolls up Kali's sleeve, revealing a tattoo reading 008]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Sister.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Sister.
[They embrace]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
And this... memory your mother shared, that is your only memory of me?
KPKali Prasad/Eleven
And how long have you been with this... Policeman?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Three hundred and twenty-seven days.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
And this policeman, he thinks he can work out some sort of deal with these men to set you free?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Yes. He says soon.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
He's naive, then. We will always be monsters to them, do you understand? [El nods sadly] Now let me guess: your policeman, he also stops you from using your gifts? [El nods] What you can do... is incredible. It makes you very special, Jane.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Wait. Do you have a gift?
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Different. I can make people see, or not see, whatever I choose.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Is that why you made the man with the crazy hair dance?
KPKali Prasad/Eight
;Laughs] Axel is not so fond of spiders, so...
JIJane Ives/Eleven
You made him see spiders?
KPKali Prasad/Eight
[Nods] But it doesn't have to be scary.
[She opens her hand and conjures an illusion of a butterfly that changes colors]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
This butterfly, it isn't real. I've just convinced your mind it is. Think of it as a kind of... magic.
[She closes her hand around the butterfly, then opens her fingers to show it has vanished]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Are you real?
KPKali Prasad/Eight
[Smiles] Yes, I'm real.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Everyone you see here was in some way responsible for what happened to us.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
... You hurt the Bad Men?
DDottie
(sarcastically) No, we just... give 'em a pat on the back.
[Montage of Kali's gang killing a former member of Hawkins Labs]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
They're criminals. We simply make them pay for their crimes.
Damn, Shirley, what's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost.
DDottie
We can't all be fighters, I guess.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
I'm a fighter. I've killed.
[Flashback of El killing the federal agents who tried to capture her]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
And these men you killed, did they... deserve it?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
They hurt me.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
And they still want to hurt you. To hurt us. We're just making the first move. Come.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
I was once just like you, you know that? But that's why I'm hard on you, because I see in you my past mistakes.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Sharply] They were kids.
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Does that excuse that man's sins? Were we not also children? (El looks away) I remember the day I came to the rainbow room, and you were... gone. So, when my gifts were strong enough, I used them to escape, and I ran. I ran away as far as I could. And it was there, far away, that I... I found a place to hide. A family. A home. Just like you and your policeman. But... they couldn't help me. So, eventually, I lost them, too. So, I decided to play the part; to stop hiding. To use my gifts against those who hurt us. You're now faced with the same choice, Jane: go back into hiding and hope they don't find you, or fight, and face them again.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Face who?
KPKali Prasad/Eight
The man who calls himself our father.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Shakes her head] Papa is... dead.
That man tonight disagreed.
[El spins around and sees an illusion of Brenner that Kali is projecting into her mind]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[Stands up] You're not real.
MBMartin Brenner (illusion)
All this time, and you haven't looked for me? Why? Because you thought I was dead? Or because you were afraid of what you might find?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
[In tears] Go away.
MBMartin Brenner (illusion)
You have to confront your pain. You have a wound, Eleven, a terrible wound. And it's festering. Do you remember what that means? Festering? It means... a rot. And it will grow. Spread.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Get out of my head.
MBMartin Brenner (illusion)
And eventually, it will kill you.
JIJane Ives/Eleven
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!
[The illusion vanishes, Kali kneels in front of a sobbing El]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
This isn't a prison, Jane. You're always free to return to your policeman. Or stay, and avenge your mother. Let us heal our wounds. Together.
[Kali's gang are about to flee after the cops raid their hideout]
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Jane, get in.
[El recalls her visions of Mike and Hopper in trouble]
JIJane Ives/Eleven
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but I have to go back. My friends... my friends are in danger.
This isn't time for a talk! We gotta go right now!
KPKali Prasad/Eight
Your mother sent you here for a reason, remember? We belong together. There's nothing for you back there; they cannot save you, Jane!
JIJane Ives/Eleven
No...But I can save them.
[They embrace tearfully]
[Lucas and Dustin nod, both staring at Eleven]
I never gave up on you. I called you every night. Every night, for...
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Three hundred and fifty-three days. [Mike looks shocked] I heard.
Why didn't you tell me you were there? That you were okay?
Because I wouldn't let her. [To Eleven] The hell is this? Where you been?
JIJane Ives/Eleven
Where've you been?
[Eleven and Hopper embrace]
[Realizes, angrily] You've been hiding her. You've been hiding her this whole time! [Angrily shoves Hopper behind his back]
[Angrily grabs Mike] Hey!!
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