Jonathan Byers hated his father.
The man didn't like him and his brother Will, he didn't even like his mom! He knew that, he saw it in his eyes every single time he thought no one was looking- The sense of slow but sure indifference, and even hatred sometimes. 'I hate him.' Were the thoughts and emotions going through his undeveloped mind as he ran through the dark woods, afraid of every noise that echoed in the night and every shadow that darted in the corner of his vision- Until, right before him, stood a clearing! He thought he had made it, he had left the forest, but when he entered the clearing he saw a single hollow oak tree within the clearing: "You." A single voice whispered to him, making him freeze in fear as he kept hearing: "Follow the butterfly if you wanna leave, the butterfly will show you the way." Jonathan wanted to ask, which butterfly, he wanted to leave as fast as possible of this scary place and go home! "Go..." That same voixe whispered, and this time Jonathan managed to catch a glimpse of a bird standing in front of him, a black raven with glowing green eyes that stared at him, before his very eyes the raven opened its wings and closed them, becoming a black butterfly with a neon-like glow of green to it.
"Butterflies always show the way, Jonathan Byers." Those were the last words he heard before the butterfly started to fly away- he wanted to question it, how would a bird become an insect? That was crazy, but his only hope was the light of the glowing butterfly that flew away. It looked like a firefly in little Jonathan's eyes... Meanwhile, 002 sighed as his naked body slumped against the moss of the hollow tree, he shifted again into a black demon owl and flew away, scattering several ravens as he flew, they just popped out of his body and his mind connected to them- His limit was 199 ravens, and 1 butterfly it seems! His mind could switch between each raven and see through heir eyes, hear through their bird ears, and move their wings if he wanted to, but besides that they were almost like a normal animal with a "mind" of their own. 'This is really weird.'
He decided- More like, Nature asked him to, but okay- to meet the other champions and gather their wisdom or something like that. It'll take time to do so because he needs to spent some time with them, there's a lot he needs to learn about this world and spending time with a champion of nature might teach him some shit! But first he'd need to do one thing that he thinks he's ready for- He knows enough to free the remaining kids on that fucking lab! His owl form flew across the sky and he 'released' some of his ravens, which promptly fell from the sky, dead meat. 'I think I'm ready... i need to save at least one of them.' And he was going to, save of them at least that is.
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Here he was, Hawkins Laboratory.
He wanted to bring it to the ground, to destroy it, but it might cause too much to the city with the only method he has to bring this lab down- Earthquakes. I mean, he can also fly up to the sky and drop down taking the form of an elephant too, but maybe that kind of damage isn't one he can control. So what he gonna do? Simple: Bloom trees inside the facility, make it into a fucking forest and take the kids out! The ones who want to leave, that is of course. The ones who want to stay have made their choice! "Well... Might as well." His hands touched the wall of the back of the main lab and he felt nature answer his call, he shifted his bones and brought out a long white staff from his spine, he felt like he was losing his balance for a moment but his body had already created another spine for hin as he held onto his in his hand. Why a staff? Because with a staff, he can do this- He slammed the staff of bone to the ground, and from the tip of the staff he saw a small green root that rush out from his staff! His staff of bone turned rotten as he channeled nature through it, making Nature a sacrifice!
His bone, for a forest, as many trees as that bone could get him.
And it seemed like he got a lot of trees- a lot! He watched in awe as nature worked alongside him, sinking roots down the wall, breaking it apart easily: "Damn." He whispered in awe, soon he heard a siren going off as roots and bark grew, trees were going from within and he had a tunnel to enter and leave the facility. "Welp, first part of the plan was easy... Now i need to find who wants to leave... Not letting 001 out though, that guy's a creep." Him whispering to himself was more common than he would want to admit, it helped with whatever was going inside his mind when he couldn't leave the lab and was tortured in the name of 'good behavior'... Bunch of pricks. 'Okay now, let's do this.' His body shifted swiftly into a small butterfly, since he needed to be stealthy he chose the black color since the lights were out- Targeting the generator of the lab was easier than he thought it'd be! 'Okay... Kids.' He disconnected from some of his ravens to open himself more and spread butterflies in the facility he was in, 50 of them, searching around for children and people he could kill.
He made sure to give them the poison-dart frog's poison, those butterflies were the ones who he'd use to kill as many scientists as he could- And he did! Guards and scientists alike that were touched by his butteflies would freeze in a few seconds after they were exposed and the batrachotoxin entered their veins really easily, spreading through their bodies. There were no antidotes known to man kind back he was alive still, and even though he is resistant to such alkaloid, he will hurt a lot before he goes back to normal, but he feels like he'll grow immune to it if he exposes himself to them.
However, the scientists and guards wouldn't, so they dropped paralyzed on the floor, they would die a painful death once their organs start to fail them. 'Should probably try to make an antidote for this kind of thing too, never know when a Chinera can immitate this kind of fighting that i can.' He also thinks he should do many other things, but for now he'll leave a few ravens in Hawkins and get them to watch the city, so if anything Supernatural happens he can just go there and solve it. That's the last wish of the Treant Guardian that gave him the 'seed' to connect to nature, earning him the title of Champion of Many Shapes. 'One thing at a time. Focus.' He found the kids, they were on the damned rainbow room, being "protected" by guards as some scientists were ready to sedate them and take them out of the facility- he counted only 6 of them, but they weren't in timely order: There wasn't a 002 (Since it was him), there wasn't an 8 and there wasn't a 7, there was a 9, 3, 1, 5, 6 and 11...? What? Where are the rest of them? Where's 10, and 4, and 7 and 8? He couldn't find them in time, he had to first save these kids here.
His butterlies came fluttering, thanks to the communication the guards had they knew not to touch it, so they started shooting the butterflies! Easy, right? Well, 002 didn't care about the butterflies as he simply dropped from one of them in his human form, hands forward as a black glass-like barrier appeared before the guards: "Bye." he said as barriers appeared behind the guards too and they closed on each other, smashing their bodies into one fine red goo- In the middle of this chaos, as more guards started shooting, he saw 001 moving and pick up a... knife? Yeah, he picked up a broken shard of a knife and put it to his throat, 002 thought he was going to kill himself, until he saw the man pull out of his skin with bloody fingers a red pill.
Soteria.
'Oh fuc-' An invisible force pushed every single one of them back into the wall, it was strong and fast, and unseen- In all of his time in this hell he never saw 001 use his powers. 'Now i see why!' It was a powerful Telekinesis ability, so powerful in fact that 002 could feel his bones breaking as the man forced his body to move, he knew he couldn't get inside his head because his mind was protected by a shield, but his body was -ironically- the weakest part of him: "Ah... Thank you very, very much... Two." Two lashed out, his black glass-like barrier shot out towards the man, who stopped the barrier with a single thought, so Two decided to go all out! His connection with nature was strong after all he was its champion! Plants grew from below him, pulling his ankle and arms down, tying the guy up: "I don't like you." Two said as a barrier surrounded One, keeping him and his power sealed inside-
A gunshot echoed, and Two fell to the ground as a bullet went through his brain, the barrier shattered as he lost focus on it in that single moment the gunshot hit him: "Well, that makes two of us!" One grinned as guns floated around him, the began to shoot at everything and everyone, guards, scientists, nurses, and mostly two who moved out of his way to keep a barrier on the kids to at least save one of them. "Madman... Unnatural." It clicked then and there- Why he didn't like One, he felt too Unnatural, out of this world (derogatory) Unnatural! His connection to nature only helped him understand what he was: A Trespasser. "Trespasser!" He didn't know why, but he felt from deep within this urge to tear the man to shreds, tear him until he couldn't breathe anymore.
Rage, rage, rage, rage- the NEED to get rid of this guy! His fists clenched and he snapped, he felt the same rage, but not coming from him, from somewhere else. He slammed his hands to the ground and a blinding green light rushed through his body, brightly shinning on the entire facility, lighting up the sky as he felt... Not angry anymore. Where was One? He had no idea, all he knew was that the plants had whitered, and that everything was falling apart. He felt like he was out of his body when it changed without his wanting into a bird, and he flew out of there.
He didn't know what he'd done.
"I still don't know what i did... And you promised to tell me what the fuck that was...
Mom."
-Author notes-
Like I said, this fic will have a lot of weird shit and situations, because i know it's confusing, but you will all see.