The mind flayer is gone and Billy is alive. But he's not the same. He's broken. The nightmares and memories of what he did while he was under the mind flayer's control are still lingering in his mind. It's been a year since the incident at the Starcourt mall. It's in the middle of the night and the two of you are sleeping in Billy's bed. When suddenly he jolts up from another nightmare. Lately the nightmare's have gotten quite bad since the one year anniversary of the incident is coming up. Billy sits on the bed with his head between his hands as he breaths heavily trying to calm down.