(A few hours later)
[Arlo's P.O.V]
It was dark at the moment, considering it was night time. I had been let go a few hours earlier and after hearing about all these people disappearing, I decided I could take a look around maybe neutralize a monster or two if I saw them.
That was until I heard the sounds of multiple heavy duty vehicules driving by in quick succession, which led me to investigate.
Seeing what type of truck they were, I applauded myself internally for making the right call of investigating considering the multiple militaryish looking vehicules that no doubt carried multiple soldiers, each armed to the teeth.
I tasked myself with following them to their destination, due to wanting to know what exactly Brenner was so desperatly after that he wouldn't bother to call me and tell me what he was doing.
I activated my barrier, conjuring a platform of my very own signature golden yellow color right under me which would be used to stalk the vehicles and elevated it in the air so that they couldn't track it through their side-view mirrors.
Looking ahead, I noticed Hawkins Middle School's Building in front of us, confusing me; what would Hawkins lab wants with a middle school. Especially in the middle of the night.
The vehicle's quickly stopped before a swarm of agents, Men in Black Suits and the Dr Martin Brenner himself flooded the premises, I could hear a bunch of yelling, with orders being given out left and right.
On the side of the road, I saw the little kid that was at the funeral. What is he doing here in the middle of the night, is he what Brenner is after?
The boy ran back inside from where he came with a shocked expression on his face indicating he knew something was going on. I lowered my self to the ground before dissipating the disc under me
At that same moment a plethora of personnel came rushing inside the second building where the boy had just gone back into. They didn't seem to notice me and continued their search which was good because I didn't want them to see me either for the time being.
It was a few minutes later that I stumbled upon a rather deranging scene. Dr Brenner was holding a little boy or was its little girl's head within his hands whilst men were holding the group of boys that I had seen the funeral.
"What's this doc, is this why you told me that you couldn't tell me anything?" I inquired calmly.
"Arlo?!" the man yelped, quickly standing on his feet, surprised to see me. "What are you doing here?" he stammered.
I was not amused in the slightest. "I asked you from the very beginning to be transparent with me, to tell me what you're doing, to not make me do horrible stuff! " I yelled angrily whilst walking towards him, one step at a time.
"I did what I had to do!" he looked up at me defiantly.
I chuckled, "What you had to do, huh? I guess I can see that. All these men around us died for nothing, although they're probably not much better than you. Are you proud of yourself, Doc?"
"They knew the risk when they signed up for the job, besides they did not die for nothing. We have what we came for." he justified himself until I stopped him.
"Eleven?! That's the girl? You named people after numbers too?!" I wasn't a perfect person, I had done wrongs before in the past. But this here... This was scummy behaviour of the highest level. "Why the hell are you doing this? Enlighten me! What did she do to deserve it!" I looked around at the dead bodies, noticing how they will bleeding from the eyes and how the perpetrator of these deaths was but a little girl, before realizing.
"So... She has powers too huh. Is that why? What's funny is that I just realized; if I wasn't a strong as I am right now, you would have done the same to me. But I guess it's a good thing that I'm not weak."
Suddenly the lights started flickering, and I stared at them, confused as to why they could be malfunctioning all of a sudden.
"Blood..." The most pale out the kids uttered.
"What?" the black one on the right responded.
"Blood," he repeated as if he was in a daze.
"What are you talking about kid?" I interrogated him.
*Crack**Crack**Crumble*
Hearing the noise, I turned my head to look at the wall and activated my ability before slamming my fist into it making the entire thing crumble to dust, revealing a gravely wounded demogorgon attempting to break through.
"The demogorgon," The kid with weird teeth said.
The "poor" thing didn't even stand a chance as grabbed it's head with one hand and squeezed it into nothingness, spiling blood, teeth, squashed flesh, and other such bodily fluids, killing it in the process. (A/N: I wonder where the brain is at though)
I then ripped apart a piece of cloth from one of the dead agents to wipe my hands clean of the gore that sullied them.
"Now Brenner, you're going to let the kids go at once without a fuss, or I will kill you and your men, understood?"
He didn't respond but still did as I told by ordering the men around him to stand down.
I continued "Next, you will give me my papers and then you will leave this town and never show your face here in Hawkins again. You know where the house is, so get to it."
After hearing my words, the man stared at me in utter dissapointement, before leaving to complete the very tasks I had given him, or so I thought.
As everyone left, I approached the kids before asking " everything all right?"
"Yeah, thanks to you," the black boy responded, grateful for my help.
"Good, you should head back home, you shouldn't even be out at a time like this." I advised.
"What about Eleven," Mike questioned. " She doesn't have any parents or home to go to, " Dustin finished for him.