Diksha Sundriyal
In Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things,’ the town of Hawkins is terrorized by a monster named Vecna, who harbors nefarious plans to destroy the world as we know it. In the series finale, the residents of the town band together to stop him once and for all, with the battle taking place in another world that is connected to Hawkins through the Upside Down. While Vecna was introduced in the fourth season, it turns out that he has been responsible for all the chaos and havoc wreaked upon Hawkins since the disappearance of Will Byers. He has proved himself to be an adversary that cannot be defeated in a single stroke, and it takes all the power and resources at the disposal of the town residents to destroy him, once and for all. SPOILERS AHEAD.
Operation Beanstalk Sets the Battle Plan of Attacking Vecna on Different Fronts
For a monster as powerful as Vecna, it is clear that one person cannot end him, no matter how powerful they are. Eleven has faced him before, barely surviving the battle, thanks to the help of her friends. So, it is decided that the group will split up into teams to attack him on different fronts. The front is led by Eleven, joined by Kali and Max. Because Holly and the kids are the key to Vecna’s plan of merging the other world with theirs, they must free the children. For this, they have to help the children escape from the prison of his mind. So, Eleven decides to go into the sensory deprivation chamber to use her powers to enter Vecna’s mind. Kali is there to fight alongside her, while Max will be their map into Henry’s mind.
As the worlds start to merge, the clock starts ticking much faster than expected. Thanks to Max, they find Henry’s house, and Eleven engages him in battle, distracting him so that Max has time to get the kids out of there. Because the kids have been manipulated into believing that Max is the monster, it is important to show them that Henry has been fooling them. Thanks to Kali’s illusion, they become invisible, leading Henry to drop his guard and show his true form as he forces his way into Eleven’s mind to figure out her plan of defeating him. With Kali and Eleven ganging up against him, he flees to the real world to find and stop them. In the meantime, Max gets the children on the way to the caves.
From Eleven’s mind, Vecna knows that she is in the sensory deprivation chamber in the Hawkins Lab of the Upside Down, where Hopper is standing guard. The monster bores its way into the cop’s mind, showing him the death of his daughter, Sara, and then tricking him into believing that he has shot at Eleven. A distraught Hopper breaks the chamber, breaking Eleven’s entry into Vecna’s mind, which Hopper realizes too late. Since Eleven is not in control anymore, Kali and Max are also pulled out of the world. However, Holly is not ready to give up, and she leads all the children into the caves, where she knows they will be safe. This is under the assumption that Vecna will never enter the cave, but the problem is that he is too desperate to stay out now.
Eleven, Nancy and Will Lead the Charge to Defeat Vecna
When Eleven helps the kids escape, Vecna’s process of merging the Abyss with Hawkins is halted. This gives Nancy and the rest of the group the window to enter the Abyss, which is close enough for them to enter from the top of the tower. The group includes Jonathan, Steve, Dustin, Lucas, Mike, Joyce, and Will. Soon, they find the cave where Vecna has been hiding, but it turns out the structure is not a cave at all. Vecna and the kids are inside the Mind Flayer, which activates when it realizes that the group has arrived to harm it. Meanwhile, Eleven is out of the chamber, and after being attacked by Dr. Kay’s soldiers, Kali dies. This makes Eleven even more adamant about killing the monster. She makes her way into the Abyss and arrives just in time to save the group from being stomped to death by the Mind Flayer.
Knowing that Vecna is inside the Mind Flayer, Eleven creates an opening and enters the heart of the monster. To help her, the group decides to corner the monster and attack it, because the hive mind will make sure that when the monster is hurt, Vecna will be weakened. At the same time, Will is also in the vicinity of the Hive Mind now, which means he can access Vecna’s mind. The last time he attempted it, he failed to defeat the monster because his own fears and insecurities were used against him to weaken him. Now, Will has no such thing holding him back, so he takes over. This leaves Vecna fighting the battle on three fronts. He is fighting Eleven face-to-face. He has Will burrowing into his mind to weaken him mentally. And at the same time, the rest of the group is attacking the Mind Flayer to weaken him physically.
At one point, Will discovers how Henry got his powers in the cave and how he has been under the influence of the Mind Flayer all along. He tries to bring Henry out of that spell, but it turns out that there is no going back now. Henry and the Mind Flayer are the same, and to kill one, they will have to kill both of them. In the end, the collective efforts of the team weaken Vecna enough for Eleven to impale him on the thing growing inside the Mind Flayer. He is drained of his energy and power, which also shuts down the Mind Flayer, allowing the others to enter the scene and free the kids. When Joyce walks in with Will, she sees the thing responsible for all the pain and loss they have suffered over the years. To avenge all her loved ones, she hacks at Vecna’s neck, decapitating him and ending him for good.
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