"I can't believe we are doing this," Nancy said, nerves getting the better of her as she walked towards the guard and took the keys from his pocket whilst trying her best to be very quiet to not wake him from his slumber.
"In all fairness, this was your idea but if this does happen to be somewhat successful I still want part of the credit," Robin said, watching the stairs to make sure no one else entered whilst they went through with their plan of action.
The guard shifted onto his side, causing Nancy to pause and freeze on the spot for a moment. One bad move and the entire operation would prove itself unsuccessful. However, soon the guard just went back to his sleeping state. Nancy let out a sigh of relief and then handed the keys to the door to Robin, before taking another set of keys towards the cell that Nellie was in.
Everything ran smoothly from then on, they got Nellie out of the cell, Robin unlocked the door to the basement floor that they were on and then they all headed out. They then made their way through the halls, trying their best to act calm and keep Nellie hidden. It was difficult considering that people were everywhere but they tried to just stay in the shadows and go along with everyone else. Well, that was until the professor from a few hours before appeared and spotted them.
"Hey! Stop right there!" he shouted after them. "Is she everything you hoped she'd be!? I just had a really interesting conversation with Professor Brantley and I've alerted the police!"
Nancy's eyes widened at the sight of him and turned to the two others. Robin had a similar expression to Nancy however Nellie was pretty calm despite the scene that had unfolded in front of them. Everyone except for her, looked very very panicked, then again she'd been used to this whole escape thing before when in Hawkins Lab so it somewhat made sense to why she was so used to the situation.
"Just keep walking... then when they get faster quicken your pace," Nellie whispered, her eyes falling upon the two who nodded in response.
"But I'm warning you right now I have really bad coordination-" Robin began. "Like it took me six months longer to walk than all the other babies"
Nancy pulled a face and then sighed, "just follow my lead-"
Robin looked surprised by the sudden change as Nancy pulled her and Nellie with her, " no- my god!" she shouted out.
"HEY!" The guards yelled angrily, chasing after them. "STOP RIGHT THERE! THEY ARE TAKING THE PSYCHOTIC GIRL WITH THEM! STOP THEM!"
Robin ran behind Nancy and Nellie, her shoes flying off and almost hitting Nancy, however, she didn't stop and just continued running. They all jumped over the brick wall, watching as the other patients in the hospital shouted after them or laughed. Nellie knew most of them from days in the day room which only a few privileged people that had 'psychotic problems' got to go to in order to help their mental stability but she wasn't mental, she wasn't at all, she never had been.
Once they reached the car, they jumped inside. Nancy got into the driver's seat with Robin beside her and Nellie got into the back. She'd never really seen a car as fancy as this one, as the cars when she was a small child and free in the world, had been a lot different. Then again she hadn't seen a car in over a decade. Locking the doors, a guard reached the window and started to knock on it over and over again, yelling many things like 'Stop right there, get out of the car!' And 'Give the psycho back!' But no one listened, in fact, they soon sped full speed down the road and past the guard who had no chance at catching them now.
"Holy shit, Holy shit, Holy shit-" Robin repeated over and over again as she watched the back window. All she could see were the guards everywhere who were trying their best to follow them but failing miserably at it.
Nellie looked back in amazement. That escape had been the best one she'd faced yet and wow she had tried many times. She stuck her middle finger up at the guard and grinned before her eyes then focused back on Robin. "You really are a weird runner."
Just then the sound of the walkie-talkie on the seat beside Nellie could be heard. At first, it started off as a muffled load of jumbled-up words but soon it became clear that the person on the other side was Dustin. A very panicked Dustin.
"CODE RED. WHERE ARE YOU!? THIS IS A CODE RED!" He shouted, his voice full of concern and worry for what seemed unknown to the two in the front of the car.
Robin grabbed the walkie-talkie fast and held it to her ear whilst flicking the on switch, "Dustin! It's Robin we copy!"
Dustin let out a quick sigh of relief before he got straight to the point of why he seemed so urgent to get a response, "Holy shit finally! Please please tell me you guys got her! Please tell me she has a way and you've figured it out!"
They both turned their heads towards the girl in the back who looked at them seeming to be aware of the situation at hand. "Music! They need Music to get her back... all you need to do is hope she runs. It somehow works. Any music. like her favourite song!" She informed them on what to do.
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Arriving back at the house, Nancy ran inside and looked at the others. Most were sleeping apart from Steve who was sitting awake as if waiting for her and Robin to come back. When seeing them he sprung from his seat and walked over, his expression softening as his brows no longer were furrowed and his lips went wider.
"I thought something had happened to you both!" He blurted out, looking at them both and shaking his head. However he then saw another face and his expression seemed to falter again, accept this time he just looked confused.
Nellie looked him up and down and then smiled, "Nellie Brown, you must be the babysitter?"
Robin and Nancy both laughed and then patted him on the shoulder, "I promise we didn't tell her that." Nancy said and then looked over to Max who luckily was now fast asleep after almost being caught under Vecna's curse. It was true she'd found it hard getting rest recently but with the lack of sleep that she'd had the past few days it proved itself easy after the events that had happened in only a single day.
"How is she?" She asked.
Steve pulled a face at Nellie who just shrugged and took a seat in one of the chairs beside her, before turning back towards Nancy. "She's.. as good as she can be really. We got her out and that's the main thing but for now, we've decided she'll keep the headphones on when she can. This Vecna shouldn't get her then."
She sighed in relief and then sat on the sofa, "have we heard from Munson recently?"
He laughed a little, "well not exactly.. but we're hoping not to for now. Then again I bet he's expecting his food delivery soon. We can't keep him locked in there forever even if he did try and attack me."
Robin raised her brow, "I think you'd find you almost attacked him with the ore first." she commented, nudging him slightly.
Nellie just listened having no idea what they were talking about. Who was Munson? She shook her head. "If he's a person I'm sure he'll survive another few days. I've been locked away almost my entire life and I'm still here. I think he'll be fine."
"Whose this girl again?" Steve asked, still having some judgmental expression on his face by the things that were coming out of this new person's mouth,
"I told you. Nellie Brown. Or 002 depending where you know me from.." she told him again, seeming annoyed by the way she was being spoken about.
Nancy glared at Steve slightly as Robin spoke "she's going to help us. She knew Vecna or Peter Ballard or 001 or.."
"Yeah yeah, we get it." He said and then nodded, "fair enough but how do we trust her? If she knew this guy then what's the odds she's helping him hm?."
Nellie sighed, "Steve is it? I've heard many things about him over the years Steve and when I knew him he was a very odd soul... and I mean odd. I didn't think much of it back then but now I realise why and although I had my similarities.. we're nothing alike, not how he said anyway." She explained. "I would never partake in such things as he has.. the things you've heard about my family, it was a mistake, it wasn't supposed to happen not like his situation had. He wanted his family dead... I didn't. I'd do anything to get them back and whereas I can't them, I can make sure to help you keep your families and friends alive. I'm not dangerous... I'm not psychotic. I'm human. I just have special abilities like your friend Eleven... if you can trust her then you can trust me. I'd arguably say I'm a lot stronger but I don't know this Eleven so I suppose for now I'll have to do."
Steve saw no use in arguing with that. Her point was pretty valid and she was right they didn't have Eleven so she would have to do and If she was anything like Eleven or stronger as she had claimed to be, then she'd definitely be enough. Not only that but she also knew Vecna and so if she knew all about him then she and her power could possibly be one of his many weaknesses. Little did they know, that a weakness was exactly what she was.