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"HMMM... YEAH, I DON'T KNOW ." ERICA FACED SEB, STEVE, DUSTIN AND ROBIN. "You don't know if you can fit?" Seb asked, Erica shaking her head. "Oh, I can fit. I just don't know if I want to." Erica sassed towards Seb, him flinching back lightly at her tone. "Are you claustrophobic?" Robin asked, Erica snickering. "I don't have phobias." She spoke, Steve shrugging. "Okay, well, what's the problem?" He asked, Erica nodding. "The problem is, I still haven't heard what's in this for Erica." Seb was so confused. "Who's Erica?" He asked, Robin sighing as Erica scoffed. "Me." She pointed to herself, Seb nodding.
The five sat in a booth, Erica pushing a sundae back to Steve. Seb didn't want to sit next to the girl at all, she seemed snappy and rude. "More fudge, please." She smiled, Seb humming awkwardly. The booth was full of milkshakes and ice creams, that being what Erica wanted. "Go on." She shooed Steve, him sighing and taking the sundae back to put more fudge on it. "More?" Seb asked, Erica huffing. "Well." Robin started, showing Erica the blueprint. "See this? This is the route you're gonna take. Then, we just wait until the last delivery goes out tonight." Robin spoke, Seb nodding to see Erica not paying attention. "Then you knock out the grate, jump down, open the door." Robin summarised, Erica looking up. "Then you find out what's in those boxes?" She added on, Seb nodding more. "Mm-hm." He spoke, Erica turning to him. "Didn't you guys say this guard is armed?" She asked Seb, him freezing a the sudden attention.
This little girl was terrifying. "Yes." Seb let out timidly, Dustin nodding. "But, he won't be there." Dustin assured, Erica shrugging. "And booby traps?" She asked, Seb confused again. "What's a booby trap?" He asked, Erica looking to him. "You're so dumb, you know?" She spoke, Robin looking to Seb as he sat still, eyes wide as he looked anywhere but to Erica. "Why would there be booby traps?" Dustin asked, diverting Erica's attention. "Lasers, spikes in the wall?" She listed, Robin confused. "What?" She asked whilst snickering, Erica looking to Dustin. "You know what this half-baked plan of yours sounds like to me? Child endangerment." She spoke, pointing to Seb. "Don't ask me what that is." She spoke, the boy staying quiet and gulping. "We'll be in radio contact with you the whole time-" "Ah Ah Ah! Child... endangerment." Erica emphasized her point, Seb sighing.
"Erica?" Dustin spoke, the girl turning to him quickly. "Hi. Uh... We think these Russians want to do harm to our country. Great harm. Don't you love your country?" He asked, Seb looking to her. "You can't spell 'America' without 'Erica'." She spoke, Seb and Dustin looking to one another. "Yeah, yeah, that's totally true." Dustin nodded, making Seb nod too as Erica slurped her milkshake. "So, don't do this for us." Dustin spoke, Seb nodding faster. "Do it for Am'Erica'." Seb spoke slowly, Erica still slurping her milkshake. "Do it for your fellow man." Robin watched awkwardly as Dustin and Seb tried to convince Erica, her still slurping. "Erica, do it for America... Erica." Seb spoke, trying to convince himself that you literally cannot spell 'America' without 'Erica'. "Ooh!" Erica looked to him, the boy smiling hopefully.
"I just got the chills." She spoke, Seb's smile widening. "Oh, yeah, from this float, not you guys." Erica spoke, Seb's smile vanishing rapidly. "Know what I love most about this country?" She asked no one in particular, not waiting for anyone to guess. "Capitalism." Erica announced, turning to Seb. "Do you know what Capitalism is?" She asked, Seb slowly shaking his head. "It means this is a free market system. Which means people get paid for their services, depending on how valuable their contributions are." Robin and Dustin kept quiet, Seb nodding slowly. "And it seems to me, my ability to fit into that little vent is very, very valuable to you all." Erica spoke, Seb nodding quicker. "It is." Dustin sighed, Erica humming. "So, you want my help? This USS butterscotch better be the first of many. And I'm talking free ice cream," Erica turned to Robin.
"For life."
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"ALL RIGHT, NERDS." ERUCA SPOKE INTO THE RADIO, SEB LOOKING TO IT QUICKLY. "I'm there." She announced, the four on the roof yet again as they waited for Erica to get where she needed. "Do you see anything?" Robin asked, Seb watching as Dustin looked through the binoculars... again. He was hogging them. "Yeah, I see those boring boxes you're so excited about." Erica watched a bunch of boxes, not pleased. "Any guards?" Robin asked, Steve looking to the radio. "Negative." Erica answered, Seb raising a hand. "Is there any 'booby traps'?" He asked, Robin smiling as Erica sighed. "If I could see them, they'd be pretty shit traps, wouldn't they?" Erica spat, Seb letting his hand drop awkwardly. "Thank you for that." Robin spoke, Erica using both feet to kick the grate down.
"I'm in." Erica spoke, Steve wincing. "Oh, God." He let out, the four watching the door open. Erica walked out, homemade helmet on as she put her hands on her hips. "Free ice cream," She reminded,
"For life."
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STEVE USED A KNIFE TO OPEN ONE OF THE BOXES, EVERYONE SURROUNDING IT. There was a metal box inside, Seb tilting his head. Steve grabbed the handle and twisted it, air hissing afterwards. Taking the lid off, everyone leaned forward to see four other handles, smaller ones. "That's definitely not Chinese food." Steve muttered, reaching for one before looking at everyone else. "Uh, maybe you guys should, you know, stand back." Steve advised, Seb looking to him. Robin and Erica did as told, Seb and Dustin staying put. "No." Dustin let out, Steve sighing. "Just step back, okay?" Steve started to push the two back, Dustin objecting. "No! No!" Dustin spoke, Seb staying silent. "If you die, I die." Dustin spoke, Seb scoffing. "Just open it." He pushed forward, grabbing one of the four handles and twisting it. "No!" Steve and Dustin objected, Seb ignoring them and pulling out a large tube of green liquid.
It didn't seem to do any harm, Steve leaning closer. "What the hell?" He asked, Robin stunned as Seb stared at the liquid. It had bubbles and moved. It looked gross. "What is that?" Robin asked, Seb looking around quickly once the room rumbled. "Was that just me, or did the room move?" Dustin asked, Seb still holding up the tube as he stared at the floor. "Booby traps." Erica whispered, a mechanical whirring sounding as Seb looked to Steve. The two made eye contact before Robin grabbed for the tube. "You know what, let's just grab that and go." Robin spoke, taking the liquid off of Seb as Dustin went to the control panel. He pressed 'Door open', Steve closing the box back up. "Which one do I press, Erica?" Dustin started to grow stressed, Seb looking to them. "Just press the damn button, nerd." Erica spat, Robin putting the liquid in her backpack.
"Which one? I'm pressing the button, okay?" Dustin spoke quickly, Nick moving over to him. "Press 'Open door!'" Erica let out, Dustin huffing. "I'm pressing 'Open door'" Dustin let out, Seb moving his hand and pressing it himself. Seeing it didn't work, he pressed it again. "Why is it not working-" "Out of the way, let her do it." Robin spoke, Steve ignoring her and moving behind Seb and Dustin. "Open the door." He spoke, Dustin turning to him. "I'm trying." He seethed, Steve pressing the button. "Would you just let me do it?" Steve spoke, stopping Seb from pressing the button for the fifth time. "Just open the door!-" Another sound of whirring sounded, everyone going silent. The door slammed shut, Seb's eyes widening. Everything was silent before the lights turned off and the room started to move, Erica screaming.
"We're moving!" Seb yelled, holding onto one of the pillars as Steve stared at the wall.
They were moving down.
"Oh, shit."
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THE PARTY STARED AS BILLY RAN AWAY FROM THE SAUNA, EL'S BREATHING HEAVY. Mike's plan was to shut Billy in the hot sauna and make the Mind Flayer react, Billy getting into a fight with El which ended up with him thrown through the brick wall. He rushed away to Heather. "The girl. Was it her?" Heather asked, Billy sat in front of her. "Yeah. It was her. She knows now. She knows about me." Billy spoke, stopping Heather when she was about to clean his face. "She could've killed me. I need to find her brother." Billy spoke, Heather letting him speak. "He's more powerful than her. If she almost killed me, he can kill me." Billy assured, Heather nodding. "Yes. He can kill you. But not us." Heather assured,
The two looking to see a whole army of flayed people,
hundreds.
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