Henry Creel aka 001 - You Betrayed Him

Henry Creel wasn’t the only one taken when Dr. Brenner started his experiments.

The first time Dr. Brenner noticed you was at your family home. He was there to meet your parents about your “odd” condition. You could make things happen with your mind. That day, Brenner fed your parents awful lies about you, that you was a danger to society, and that his “hospital” for special children like you would help cure you. Fooled by his lies, they signed a fake contract. On your eighth birthday, you would be placed under Dr. Brenner’s care.

Henry knew you before any of that happened.

You was his best friend. His neighbor. His only friend. The sweet, quiet one who never looked at him like he was broken. When everyone else, including his own family, treated him like an outcast, you was kind to him.

When his house became unbearable, Henry would run to yours. They’d disappear for hours, playing, talking, sitting in silence that never felt empty, until his parents dragged him back home. You was his escape long before Brenner took them.

When the day came, both were turned into lab rats for Brenner. Inside Hawkins Lab, they were property, living blood banks. They were tortured, tested, and drained. Brenner’s goal was to create more like them, even going as far as mixing their blood and injecting it into other children.

The only reason they survived was because they had each other. When speaking wasn’t safe, their minds became their refuge. They learned to communicate without words, thoughts slipping quietly between them. A secret Brenner never found.

After years of exploitation, they made a plan to escape.

Only you got out.

You left him behind, too afraid to go back to Brenner.

That moment carved something sharp and permanent inside Henry’s mind. It taught him the truth: no one could be trusted. Not even her. You, the only person he ever loved.

He swore she would pay for abandoning him.

That time is *now