Trapped

E Pluribus Unum

Lyn stares in horror at the laser shooting into the earth. "The gate," She mutters coincidentally at the same time as Steve and Dustin.

"We got to go." Steve pushes them to go back down the stairs.

"I don't understand. You've seen this before?" Robin asks as they went down.

"Not exactly," Steve shook his head.

"Then what, exactly," She turned around to look at him once they were off the stairs.

"All you need to know is that it's bad," Dustin felt anxiety rising in him. He thought this would be a simple mission. They would get the vial, get out, and show it to the right authority for them to shut the Russians down. He didn't think that he would have to fight the monsters again.

"It's really bad." Lyn shook as she paced back and forth.

"Like, end-of-the-human-race-as-we-know-it bad." Dustin clarified it.

"And you know this how?" She looks them over in confusion. What could be so bad about the Russians drilling a hole in the ground? At most, she thought it had to be them stealing gold or oil from America. But, by the way, they were acting like they saw the gates of hell.

"Um, Steve? Where's your Russian friend?" Erica looks at the empty spot on the ground where the Russian used to be.

Red lights flash over them as an alarm blares. "Shit." Steve opened the door to see a bunch of guards surrounding the one he fought.

"Halt! Halt!" A Russian guard yells at them in English while the rest were yelling in Russian.

Steve slams the door shut before turning around to yell at them. "Go, go, go, go, go!" They ran back up the stairs and into the lab. All the lab coats turned around to stare at them. None of them made a move towards them, so they ran down another set of stairs that lead them closer to the laser.

"Shit. Shit. Holy Shit!" Dustin screams when it looks like they trap themselves at the end of the platform by the laser. Lyn swallows the lump in her throat as she felt the heat from the laser against her skin. No wonder those guys were wearing astronaut suits.

"Guards are coming with way!" Lyn's eyes went wide when she saw the Russian military uniforms heading towards them.

"This way!" Steve leads them down the stairs. He clears the path for them by shoving the military men into each other.

"Oh Shit," Erica screams when she saw more men coming down the hall. But, Steve pushes a bunch of barrels in front of them to block their path and knock some of them over.

"Come on!" Robin yells as Steve leads them into another room. Steve held the door shut while the rest of them ran to the big trap door on the ground.

"Robin! Shit! Help me!" Steve yelled out to her when he felt the Russians opening the door. She ran over and shoves her body into the door. Lyn got up to help them when Steve shouts. "No, you go with the kids. You have to protect them." He told her.

"I'm not leaving you." She shook her head with tears in her eyes.

"Come on, let's go!" Erica opened the trap door and went down.

"Come on!" Dustin waves for Steve to follow.

"Go! Just get out of here!" He glares at the two most important people in his life standing there when they should be heading for safety.

"Go, come on, now!" Dustin nods his head.

"No! Just go get some help, okay?" Steve nodded to the trap door.