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"WE'RE GOING DOWN! WE'RE GOING DOWN!" STEVE YELLED AS EVERYONE SCREAMED, SEB HYPERVENTILATING. "No, shit, Harrington!" Robin yelled back , Erica and Robin screaming in terror. "Why don't these button's work?!" Dustin screamed, Seb looking to him. "Stop pressing the buttons, Dustin!" Seb yelled, Erica moving around to press the buttons. "I said stop pressing the buttons!" Seb yelled, clicking as one of his tendrils secretly slammed the control panel door shut. "What was that?!" Erica asked, Dustin trying to open the panel door. "They shut the control panel on us! We're gonna die!" Dustin yelled, Seb rubbing his bloody nose as no one saw, too busy screaming, "Oh, my God." Robin muttered to herself, her breathing not slowing down. "I love you, Scarlett!" She yelled, Seb looking to her quickly.
"You love Scarlett Buckley?! She's like fifteen!-" "She's my sister, dumbass!" Robin screamed, Seb's face dropping quickly. Scarlett was her sister- "Open the door!" Steve screamed, Dustin hitting the panel door. "I'm trying!" Dustin screamed back, the room halting. Everyone fell at the sudden impact, Seb staying quiet. "My groin." Seb heard Steve wince, cringing himself as he held his head. "It fell on my groin." Steve continued, referring to a box that fell on his groin. "Dustin!" Steve spoke, Robin sighing as Seb stood up slowly. "Get it off of me!" Steve ordered, Dustin doing as told. "Is everyone okay?" Robin asked, Seb nodding slowly. "Yeah, I'm great, now that I now that Russians can't design elevators!" Steve yelled, furious. He moved Dustin out of the way, trying to open the panel door. "I think we've clearly established that those buttons don't work." Robin spoke, Steve turning to her.
"They're buttons! They have to do something! Seb," The boy looked to meet his pointed finger. "Open it." Steve spoke, Seb looking to Robin and Erica. "Why me!" He acted as if he didn't have powers that could open it. Although he used his powers a minute ago, everyone as distracted and no one noticed. "Because, idiot-" Steve started before looking to Robin and Erica. "Because what?" Robin panted, Steve looking back to Seb. He nodded, assuring Steve that the two couldn't know. "Because you're stronger than Dustin!" Steve made up, Seb nodding. "Fine!" He played along, Dustin confused as Seb pretended to open the panel. Blinking, his eyes went red and he took a deep breathe, opening the panel door easily. "Wow, he is." Robin smiled, Seb blinking again before he turned around. "You have a nosebleed." Everyone looked to Erica, her pointing at Seb's face.
"I do?" He asked obliviously, Robin nodding. "Are you okay?" She asked like a concerned mother, Seb nodding quickly as he wiped his nose. "Yeah, fine." Steve quickly moved past Seb to the control panel, Robin sighing. "If we had a keycard, they'd do something!" Robin reminded Steve, him confused. "A what?" He asked, Robin huffing. "It's an electronic lock. Same as the loading dock door. If we don't have a keycard, it won't operate meaning-" "We're stuck in here." Dustin finished, Robin nodding. Seb cringed, how was he going to tell Hopper? Was he even going to live to tell Hopper? "Just so you nerds are aware, I'm supposed to be spending the night at Tina's," Erica started, Seb starting to take shaky deep breathes to calm himself down. "and Tina always covers for me. But if I'm not home for Uncle Jack's party tomorrow and my mom finds out you four are responsible," Seb looked to the girl quickly, Dustin looking to him and cringing.
Red swirled in his eyes, Dustin gulping. "she's gonna-" "Stop." Dustin assured, Erica flipping him off as Seb glared at her. "one by one, and slit your throat." Erica finished, Dustin looking to Seb. "No one cares about Uncle Jack or Tina!" Seb yelled, Erica looking to him quickly. Dustin just looked down. "Your Mother is never going to slit out throats because we're stuck in here!" Erica tilted her head challengingly at Seb, him leaning over the boxes to get closer to the girl's face. "Stop calling me dumb and listen for once!" Seb continued, Steve pinching the bridge of his nose as Robin flinched. "Hey," Dustin started, Erica glaring at Seb. "What if we climbed out?" Dustin spoke quietly, everyone looking to him. Seb followed Dustin up above the elevator, Steve following too. The older teen winced as he looked up, Seb doing the same. "What were you saying about climbing?" Steve asked Dustin, the three looking to see that they had dropped far down.
very far down.
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"GO!" HOPPER URGED, JOYCE STARTING THE CAR QUICKLY. The two were on their own quest of finding out what made magnets not stick to fridges anymore. It had led them to a house, Hopper finding a small lab underneath. Managing to find a guy that had been fighting Hopper earlier, the two fought again, Hopper having to run off. He had handcuffed himself to a scientist they found, him bound to give them answers. Joyce screamed as the man stood in the doorway of the home, shooting a large gun at the two as they drove away. The two men in the back ducked as he shot the back window, glass smashing. "Oh, God!" Hopper let out, terrified. "Hang on!" Joyce yelled, drifting the car quickly and speeding away. The man's gun ran out of bullets, Hopper and the scientist looking back. "Still think it was our government?" Hopper asked Joyce, the woman panting.
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"OKAY, A MAGNET? MAGNETS?" JOYCE HELD UP THE OBJECT TOWARDS THE SCIENTIST. He, himself was handcuffed to a tree, it being the morning and Hopper was trying to fix his police van. "Do you know 'Magnet'?" Joyce asked. Given the scientist was Russian, she had to explain everything as if he was an alien, given he didn't speak a word of English. "Magnit." The man spoke in Russian, Joyce nodding quickly. "Yes, magnit. Okay," The scientist nodded, "So, magnit... on my- my fridge, my icebox and they..." The scientist watched as she dropped the magnets, turning back to him. "They fell. They demagnetized, stopped working." Joyce spoke, looking at the man. "Do you understand?" Joyce assured, the man nodding. "Da." He assured back, Joyce humming. "Okay, so is that because of the machine's that you're working on?" She asked slowly to make sure he understood.
"Machina." He spoke, Joyce nodding. "Machina, machina, yes." Imitating an engine, the man nodded quickly. "Da, Da. Machina." He assured, pointing to the car. "Yes, machina-" "Vroom, vroom." The man imitated himself, Joyce shaking her head. "Oh, not- not the car. The machines at Hess Farm where- where we kidnapped you-" "Joyce, please!" The two turned to Hopper, him scowling. "You're givin' me a headache, both of you!" He yelled, Joyce looking to the man for a split second. "Just give me one moment, please." She politely spoke to the scientist, him watching as Joyce sped after Hopper. "I am making progress." Joyce started, Hopper sighing. "Progress." He repeated, Joyce nodding as if he were stupid. "Yes-" "What have you learned, huh? You learned that Smirnoff over there-" "Alexei." Joyce reminded Hopper of the scientist's name, Alexei fixing his glasses.
"Smirnoff is Russian and works for Starcourt, two things we already know." Hopper ignored Joyce's correction, the woman sighing herself. "Thought we knew. But now we know-know, because I've confirmed them." Joyce spoke, "You're welcome." She let out, Hopper pointing to the open car engine. "Yeah? Why don't you confirm whether this baby'll start, huh?" Alexei watched Hopper chuck the car keys into Joyce's hands, his head tilting. "Keep it in park, please." Hopper spoke as Joyce sat in the drivers seat.
"Yeah, duh!"
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"I FOUND HIM." EL SPOKE, THE PARTY, MINUS DUSTIN AND SEB, SAT AROUND HER. "Where is he?" Max asked, El watching Hopper walk along a wood floor. "Woods." She answered, Lucas confused. "Woods?" He asked, El humming. "He's with... Will's mom." El informed, the boy leaning forward quickly. "My- My mom?" He asked, Max nodding. "What are they doing?" She asked, El feeling blood drip down her nose. "Ill... annoy." She tried to pronounce the state, "They're going to Ill-annoy." Mike's mom knocked on the door, calling for breakfast as El was still stuck on how to pronounce Illinois. "Not now, Mom!" Mike yelled back up to his mom, turning back to El as if nothing happened. "Illinois? Illinois, like the state?" He asked as everyone watched El take her blindfold off. "The state of Illinois?" Mike continued to ask, El shrugging timidly.
"Ill-annoy."
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MAX AND EL WERE IN THE BASEMENT BATHROOM, THE GINGER CLEANING EL'S NOSE. Looking down to El's neck scar, she felt around it. "Does it still hurt?" Max asked, El looking to her. "Only when I talk." She answered, Max shrugging. "Well, it's a good thing you're not Mike, then." She remarked, El looking at her. "Blah, Blah, Blah. And you'd be in constant pain." The two chuckled, the three boys outside of the bathroom oblivious. "Something's not right. I can't get Hopper off my back all summer. Same with Seb, he wouldn't be nice to me for one full day. Now, Seb won't answer the radio and Hopper's hiking with Will's mom to Illinois?" Mike ranted to his two friends. El tried to get into Seb's head to see where he was but she couldn't find anything. "And Dustin's MIA, too? I mean, this can't be a coincidence." Mike continued, Lucas shrugging.
"What does it matter? Bottom line is, they're not here. It's up to us." Lucas motioned to everyone in Mike's basement. "Up to us to do what exactly?" Mike shot back, Lucas nodding. "Find Billy and stop him." Lucas deadpanned, Mike nodding quickly. "Okay, yeah, that's a really nice sentiment, but even if El could find him again, and that's a pretty big if, then what?" Mike asked, Lucas still holding his box of cereal from Karen Wheeler's 'breakfast'. "We burn the shit out of him and make sure he doesn't escape this time." Lucas spoke, Mike nodding. He was going to let Lucas list on and on until he knew himself he was wrong. "Okay, then what?" He urged, Lucas grinning. "Then, we win." He pointed, Mike shaking his head. "No, see, that's the problem. We don't. We don't win. We got the Mind Flayer out of Will before and he just came right back." Will gulped at the memory.
"We don't just have to stop Billy, we have to stop the Mind Flayer." Mike taught, Lucas shrugging. "How in the hell do we do that?" He asked, Will staying quiet. "I don't know." Mike let out, Will looking up. "Maybe El does." He suggested, Mike looking to the bathroom door. "What are they still doing in there?" He asked, Lucas standing up and moving next to him as the three boys stared at the door. "I don't know. Girls just like hanging out in bathrooms." Lucas spoke with his mouth full of cereal, holding the box towards Mike. Will stood up and moved to the other side of Mike, the boy pushing away the box of cereal. "Why?" He asked Lucas, the boy shrugging mindlessly. "I mean, I don't know." He admitted, Mike getting self conscious. "They're conspiring against me." Mike whispered to Will, him turning to his taller friend. "That's what you're concerned about now?" He asked as if Mike were stupid...
which he was.
Who would be thinking about self image when they're is a monster on the loose? "It's not my main concern. It's just a sub-concern." Mike corrected, Will fed up. "I thought it was already over." He spoke, Mike turning to him. Lucas just stood shoving cereal into his mouth. "It's not over, okay? We're just taking a break." Mike corrected again, Will rolling his eyes. "She said she 'dumped your ass'. That doesn't sound like a break." Will spat, El and Max laughing quietly. "It wasn't! You guys do realize we can still hear everything you're saying, right?" Max called, both of the girls laughing. Mike just shrugged, Will staying silent. "Conspiring. I told you, they're conspiring." He spoke, Will and Lucas going to sit back down. There was another knock at Mike's basement's door, him sighing. "Not now, Mom!" He yelled, the familiar voice of Nancy Wheeler calling down.
"Mike, open the door."
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"CODE RED, I REPEAT, CODE RED." DUSTIN CALLED INTO HIS RADUO FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME. Seb had given Dustin his radio too so they had more of a chance. "Does anyone copy. This is a code red." Dustin repeated, staring up at the distance they had dropped down from. "We are innocent children and we are trapped under Starcourt Mall. The Red Army has infiltrated Hawkins and if we are found, they will torture and kill us." Seb's eyes widened a little. They would kill them? "Hey!" Steve called up, Dustin looking at the older boy. "Gotta take it easy on that thing. Gonna drain the battery." Steve advised, Dustin not listening. "The mall just opened." He spoke, Seb looking to Dustin. The two boys were sat above the elevator, Robin and Erica in the elevator as Steve's upper half faced Seb and Dustin. "So?" He asked, Dustin huffing.
"So, someone could be in range." Dustin spoke, Steve scoffing. "What do you think, Petey the Mall Cop is gonna rappel down here and save the day?" Steve mocked, Seb confused. "Petey the Mall Cop?" He repeated, Steve nodding. "Great dude-" "All right, why are you such a cranky pants after getting to spend the night with Robin?" Dustin asked, both Steve and Seb scoffing as the former made his way up to fully be at the top of the elevator. "Shh! Jesus Christ." Steve spoke, Robin being right below them. "Will you just give up on your creepy dream already?" Steve waved off Dustin, Seb nodding. "Yeah, shut up." Seb let out, Steve motioning to Seb as an example. "I heard you guys talking last night." Dustin spoke with a smug smile, Seb letting out a sigh. "We were trying to figure out a way to open the door while you children were sleeping." Steve walked up to one of the walls.
"After eight hours, we're still exactly nowhere, which is," Seb looked at Steve as he spoke, Dustin moving out of the way for the teen. "you know, probably just a little bit of the reason why I'm feeling just a tad cranky." Seb faced Steve's left side as he spoke towards the wall. "Okay." Seb let out, covering his eyes as Steve unzipped his uniform shorts, "What are you doing?" Dustin called, Steve turning his head lightly. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm taking a leak. Seb, don't look." Steve pointed to Seb, him nodding with one hand each over each eye. "On it." The boy muttered, Dustin turning around to face the other wall. Everything was silent except for the noise that Steve made, Robin looking the wall in curiosity, later grimacing. "Can you redirect your stream, please?" Robin called up, Steve humming and moving to face another wall, Seb grimacing too.
He heard a banging noise, ignoring it before hearing Robin's voice.
"That is not water."
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