Caught In The Loop | Steve Harrington X Reader

~7~ Speak To Max

"Only if he attacks." Mike says protectively.

"Just open it already!" Lucas orders.

Dustin looks to the table and grabs something. He presses the button and the creature pops out.

"Oh my god!" Max gasps.

"Holy shit!" Lucas backs up a little.

"Stay behind me. All five of you." I order.

"NO! I'll attack it too!"

"Mike-"

"You can't come to our group all of a sudden and demand what we do!" Mike scoffs.

The creature crawls around on the table. I look toward Will. He seems...very. Uncomfortable. It shrieks.

Me and Mike stare with wide eyes as we continue to hold up our weapons in defense. We watch in disgust as two legs evolve from the side.

"Oh, shit!"

"EW!!"

I raise the lamp in my hand as does Mike.

"NO!!" Dustin exclaims.

We both miss and the creature falls off the table.  The door suddenly opens again and it runs out. 

"NO!"

"Where'd it go?"

Dustin tumbles onto Max and Lucas falls to the side. Me and Mike run out suddenly and I quickly shake his shoulder.

"I'm sorry for intruding. I didn't think it was this bad. But let me help find it because I have the same goal in mind as you do. I've lost a friend in the Upside Down as well who isn't Barbara."

Mike gives me a weird look. "It's a long story. But it's why I left Hawkins. I wanna help then I'll tell you everything I know."

"Why did you attack him?" Dustin looks at both of us.

"Come on!"

Mike grabs my wrist and pulls me forward. He quickly let's go once he sees the marks on my arm. "Jesus you've been hurt."

"You don't wanna know." I say shaking my head.

"Don't hurt him! Don't you hurt him!" Dustin shouts at the both of us.

"Why the hell does he wanna protect this thing!?" I ask.

"I don't know and I think it's stupid since this creature came from the Upside Down! I think we should kill it!" Mike protests.

"That's a bit violent but I don't completely disagree." I huff.

We turn down the corner as the others split off in different directions. Mike and I walk down the white hall silently, looking around left right and centre.

"What kind of person did you lose?" Mike asks me.

"Huh?" 

"Were they normal like Will or super like Eleven?"

I shake my head. "Mike, I can't answer that."

"They were super weren't they?" He asks.

I look behind me, then front, nobody will care. "They were gonna be."

His eyes widen for a moment before he faces forward again. "Oh..."

He lifts his walkie-talkie up and "East is clear, no sign of Dart."

We quickly run up the stairs and I huff. "Where'd you go, you little bastard?"

We walk past the corridor and straight ahead. I swear I see a figure turn to us down the hall but I ignore it.