Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister

Mama? It's me. Jane.

I'm home.

No.

Breathe.

Sunflower.

- -Rainbow.

-Four-fifty. Three to the right... -Breathe.

Four to the left. Sunflower.

-Four-fifty. Rainbow. -Breathe.

-Three to the right. Four to the left. -Breathe.

Four-fifty. Sunflower. Rainbow.

Breathe. Sunflower. Rainbow.

Three to the right. Four to the left.

- -Okay. You okay?

And it just kept repeating?

Repeat?

Like a circle? Just showing you the same image over and over?

She kept showing the girl in the room.

The rainbow room?

What did the girl look like?

-Different. -Different than you?

I think this is why Mama wanted to talk.

To show you the girl?

I think she wants me to find her.

When Terry was looking for you,

she kept these files of other missing kids.

Kids she thought were like you.

Maybe that girl is in here somewhere.

Here.

Does anyone look familiar?

Is that her?

-Did you find her? -

No.

Hello?

Becky! Becky, I found her.

I just-- I didn't know who else to call.

He gave me this number, and he came here looking for her.

I thought maybe he could help me.

Yeah, Jim Hopper, he came here with some woman named Joyce Byers?

Well, that's a little hard to explain. Uh...

There's another girl, and she's missing, and I think she's in trouble.

I just-- I didn't know who to call.

Thank you, thank you. And you are?

-Florence... -

I'm gonna have to call you back.

Jane? Jane?

Jane?

Jane!

Jane!

Jane!

Four-fifty... Breathe. Sunflower...

Watch it, kid.

Mouth breather.

They're dead.

They're all dead!

They're all dead!

They're all dead!

You should do stand-up, Axe. There's a spot a few blocks away.

Hello?

Well, well...

What do we have here?

What is she wearing?

What are those, overalls?

There aren't any cows to milk here, kid.

Go on back to the farm now.

I'm looking for my sister.

Aw... Shirley Temple lost her sister. So sad.

I saw her. Here.

Uh-uh. Hand out of pocket. Slow.

Give me that shit.

-Is that Kali? -Kali?

How did you find us?

-Who else knows you're here? -No one.

So, what then? Poof! You just show up like magic with that picture?

Stay calm. She's just a kid.

A kid who could get us all killed.

If I have to ask again, Shirley, you'll start losing things.

Starting with those pretty little locks of yours. Yeah?

Come on, Axe. Put down the knife.

How did you find us?

-I saw her. - Axe!

That's not an answer.

Jesus. Jesus Christ!

Get off! Shit! Shit!

You're a terrible dancer, Axel.

I told you, stay out of my head.

So, we're threatening little girls now, are we?

-She knows about you. -She had this.

Where did you get this?

Mama.

Your mother gave this to you?

In her dream circle.

Dream circle. I think she's a schizo or something.

-Says she's looking for her sister. -Yeah. Like I said, schizo.

Jesus!

I saw you.

In the rainbow room.

What is your name?

Jane.

Sister.

Sister.

And this memory your mother shared...

that is your only memory of me?

Yes.

And how long have you been with this policeman?

Three hundred and twenty-seven days.

And this policeman, he thinks

he can work out some sort of deal with these men to set you free?

Yes.

-He says soon. -He's naïve then.

We'll always be monsters to them. Do you understand?

Let me guess. Your policeman, he also stops you from using your gifts?

What you can do is incredible.

It makes you very special, Jane.

Wait.

-Do you have a gift? -Different.

I can make people see, or not see, whatever I choose.

Is that why you made the man with the crazy hair dance?

-Axel is not so fond of spiders, so... -You made him see spiders?

But it doesn't have to be scary.

This butterfly, it isn't real.

I've just convinced your mind it is.

Think of it as a kind of magic.

Are you real?

Yes, I'm real.

What's wrong?

Nothing is wrong.

I just feel... whole... now.

Like... a piece of me was missing,

and now it's not.

Does that make sense?

Yes.

I think your mother sent you here for a reason.

I think she somehow knew that we belong together.

I think this is your home.

Home.

Yes. Home.

This is car 13, responding to a 245 at 31 Ashbury.

...suspect under surveillance.

- - Shit.

How's your white hick sister? You tuck her in real tight?

Yeah, what about a lullaby? Did you sing her one?

She found me with only this.

What's that mean?

It means she can find people without moving.

With nothing but an image.

You telling me Shirley's a human radar detector or some shit?

Or some shit, yes.

Come on. No way.

We'll find out soon enough.

I want to do one. Tomorrow.

-You serious, Kal? -We're way too hot right now.

Paranoid.

Realistic. You don't kill their men and expect them to look the other way.

If they find us, they will unleash hell.

So we give in to fear?

She's in pain. She needs this.

We go out tomorrow.

Swear to God, Shirley Temple's gonna get us all killed.

It's me.

I know that I've been gone too long, and, uh...

I just want you to know that it's not because of you.

And it's not because of our fight.

Something came up,

and, uh, I'll explain everything soon.

I just, um...

I want you to know that I'm not-- I'm not mad at you. I...

I'm just sorry.

It's okay. It's only me.

Bad dream?

What time is it?

It's late.

You slept well. Come.

It's time you meet my friends. Properly this time.

We need more money, Kal. I can't keep eating this garbage.

-This is Axel. -The spider hater?

Yes, the spider hater.

This is Dottie, our newest.

Like you, she just left home.

- You mean the loony bin. - Mick, our eyes, our protector.

This is Funshine, our warrior.

Don't let his size frighten you. Fun's a teddy bear.

Nice to meet you, Miss Jane.

If you're looking for a number, you won't find one.

They're not like us.

No, not in that way. But like us, they're outcasts.

Outcasts?

-Freaks. -Speak for yourself.

Society left them behind, hurt them, discarded them.

We were dead, all of us.

Kali saved us. Here. And here.

Don't get all mushy on us now, Fun.