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When it's all over, when it's actually over, they hold on tight to each other.
Maybe it happens like this:
Kali whispers a different plan when she sees how much Jane has to live for. Wants to give her the true freedom she couldn't give her old gang and their other siblings who never saw beyond the white laboratory walls. Maybe she saves her, the way she used to swear she would. Maybe they save each other and run.
Maybe a monster remembers what it was like to be a boy who loved someone he couldn't have. What it was like to be a kid who dreamed, who got scared, who couldn't be saved but when reminded of his heart. Her. He leaves an opening—for he is a bridge too—so the connection is corrupted and the darkness can be locked away again.
Maybe the town finds out enough of the story to make waves. The truth presented in a palatable way when people holding different parts of the puzzle come together. A star reporter in the making, a conspiracy enthusiast, a girl with the knack for languages. It's been done before.
Maybe a genius hacker finally joins the adventure, maybe the girl with a talent for finding people, and a girl who's had a hunger for revenge (with the skills and knowledge to boot) can help this time. Russian scientists, ex-Hawkins lab employees, families still looking for answers... Potential allies, foes, and monsters still out there.
The mission isn't over yet, not for everyone. But maybe the girl born to find others can put the blindfold away and find herself. When her part is over, she comes home and she is safe.
There's a mage, a paladin, a sorcerer, a bard, a ranger, and a zoomer. When the adventure is over, they hold on and never let go even when they grow in different directions.