"ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ᴊᴜsᴛ ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴅʀᴏᴡɴ"
𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗯
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𝗠𝗔𝗫 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 talking to the cops for awhile now which left the party to stand in the kitchen and wait. Dustin was in the bathroom trying to get ahold of the older teens. Dustin came out of the corner, almost running into Holly.
"Anything?" Lucas asked.
"Nothing." Dustin responded as Baby let out a groan. Jack out his hand on her back to comfort her.
"You don't think they went through..." Jack trailed off.
"Through watergate?" Dustin finished. "Without us? Without a plan? Without weapons? They wouldn't be that stupid."
"Don't overestimate them, Dusty." Eileen responded.
"They must just be laying low 'cause the law got us." Dustin nodded.
"The law?" Erica spoke up. Baby raised her eyebrows. "What is this, Gunsmoke? The Stupid and the Ugly? Should I round up the posse? Saddle the horses?"
"Erica." Lucas scolded as Baby tried to hide her laugh. "Please, just go away."
"Here's the deal." Erica responded. "Either you tell me what's happening or I tell Dustin, Baby, and Jack what I found under your bed."
Everyone's eyes went towards Lucas.
"Please, no." Lucas begged.
"Spill your guts, cowpuncher." Erica leaned forward.
"What'd she find?" Dustin asked.
"Dude, was it a magazine?" Jack stepped forward.
"Ew, gross Lucas." Baby scrunched her face up in disgust.
"No! Nothing." Lucas defended himself.
"Is it gross?" Dustin asked Erica who nodded.
"Scale of one to ten." Jack said.
"Ten being the highest." Baby added.
"A hundred." Erica said as Jack and Baby both looked at each other in disgust.
"A hundred?" Dustin repeated.
"The serial killer is a dark wizard from the upside down." Lucas began. "And we've been looking for him, but he's in the upside down which we can't reach. At least we thought we couldn't, until we found a gate at Lovers Lake. That was the reason why we were there, but these stupid cops grabbed us. And if you tell anyone about this, that's including mom and dad and Tina...especially Tina. I... will smother you in your sleep. Do you understand?"
"Hmm..." Erica responded.
"Erica?" Lucas scooted forward. "Do...you...copy?"
"The smothering my my sleep part, but not much else." She shrugged. "Why would they open up a gate at Lovers Lake?"
"What?"
"The commies." Erica responded.
"The commies didn't do this."
"Then who did?" She asked.
"Nobody." Lucas responded to his sister.
"So it just opened up for fun?" Erica responded.
"Erica, you have no idea what you're talking about." The brother said.
"No, she doesn't, yet she raises an essential question." Dustin nodded. "How did watergate open up?"
Baby shrugged.
"Only two gates have opened, so far as we know. One by El, one by the commies. But it's not the commies or El this time, so it..." Dustin trailed off. "Holy shit. Wait, wait, wait, wait."
"Wait, wait, wait, what?" Jack asked changing his position.
"There's one thing we've never understood. Which is why Vecna's killing people." Dustin walked around. "What's his motive? Killing teens? It always just seemed to random. To prosaic."
"Prosaic?" Baby repeated in confusion furrowing her eyebrows.
"On top of that, how does the mind flayer figure into all this? Maybe this is it. This is the answer." Dustin continued.
"What is the answer?" Lucas asked.
"Sure you just want water?" Karen walked in with an officer. "We have Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper."
"Coke works. Thank you." He responded.
Dustin gestured towards the others as they walked away for some more privacy.
"Okay, just hear me out." Dustin whispered as everyone stood closely together. "How did El open the Mothergate?"
"She contacted the Demogorgon." Jack and Lucas both said.
"With psychic contact. Just like..." Dustin trailed off.
"Vecna when he casts his spells." Jack whispered.
"Exactly. So, what if, with each kill, he's not simply killing them, he's making a powerful psychic connection with his victims? A connection powerful enough to rip a hole in the fabric of time and space." Dustin explained.
"He's opening more gates." Jack responded.
"Bingo."
"Wait, what?" Baby said in confusion.
"Copy, we're still at the Wheeler house." Another cop spoke.
Everyone followed Dustin into the other room. "Why would he be opening gates?"
"To take over the world." Lucas answered.
"Who do we know that what's to take over the world?"
"The mind flayer."
"So if the demogorgon was just his foot soldier, Vecna's his five-star general." Dustin explained as Baby nodded understanding what he was saying.
"A five-star general with the power to open gates."
"Holy shit." Lucas cursed.
"Oh my god." Jack said in disbelief.
"Holy shit. That was incomprehensible. You lost me at Mothergate. Please be kind. Rewind." Erica said as Baby let out a smile.
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After some time of explaining to Erica, they all sat on the table as Dustin paced around still talking.
"So our working theory is that Vecna makes remote contact from his attic. We don't know why. We assume he can do it from anywhere." Dustin sat down next to Erica. "Are you even listening to me?"
"Yeah, I'm listening. It's just..." She stood up. "You said you followed Vecna through lights, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Because I think he's here." Erica said.
Eileen's eyes traveled towards the light that was flickering. Quickly she put her headphones on and played music. Everyone stood around the light as it blinked.
Dustin stepped forwards whispering some words to himself.
"Hey, uh, remember when I said they wouldn't be stupid enough to go through watergate?" Dustin asked as Baby took her headphones off when she saw Dustin talking.
"Yeah?" Jack said.
"I overestimated them." Dustin admitted.
"I told you."
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Lucas walked over and unplugged Hollys Litebrite.
"Hey!" Holly yelled as Dustin grabbed the Litebrite from her.
"I'm sorry!" Lucas responded as Jack walked over grabbing the little lights.
Erica then walked over handing Holly a pack of Skittles.
"A pack of Baby's Skittles for your understanding." Erica gave her the Skittles.
"And a fresh cold Dr.Pepper." She gave the little girl a bottle and then quickly ran upstairs.
Quickly they set everything up putting the little lights in the litebrite
"Okay that's it go." Dustin said as Lucas fell tot he floor plugging it in.
It lit up.
"Okay, you guys seeing this?" Dustin yelled to the older teens on the other side.
The litebrite got brighter meaning they could see it on the other side.
"Holy shit!" Erica said as Dustin hugged her and Baby and Jack shared a high-five.
"We're not moving it, but we're gonna unplug it. Stand by." Dustin yelled. "Yank it." He ordered Lucas who unplugged it.
"Okay, try it now."
They watched as the litebrite lit up and wrote letters.
"H" They all said then appeared an i.
"Hi!" Dustin said.
"Hello!" Baby said in amazement.
"Hey."
"That worked!" Dustin yelled back.
The litebrite then wrote other letters.
"S...T...U..." They all read out loud.
"Stupid?" Dustin asked.
"Well that's not very nice." Baby frowned.
"...C...K." They continued. "Stuck."
"They're stuck in the upside down." Jack explained.
"Uhh, you can't get back through watergate?" Dustin yelled.
Then appeared a G.
"G...U...A...R.."
"Guar?"
"Is that even a word?" Jack asked as Eileen shook her head no.
"Guarded." Dustin finished.
"It's guarded." Baby nodded.
"Okay. Uh, watergates guarded." Dustin agreed.
"We think we have a theory that can help with that can help with that." Dustin yelled. "We think watergate isn't the only gate. That there's a gate at every murder site."
Then appeared a question mark.
Dustin sighed in defeat. "Okay. Seriously? How many times do I have to be right on the money before you guys just trust me."
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Dustin went downstairs to grab Max and explain to them what happened and what they were about to do next. They were going to go to Eddie's trailer.
Quickly they left the room and climbed down the roof. Jack kept a hand on Babu to support her. They then grabbed the bikes and escaped the house.
"Careful." Lucas whispered as they rode their bikes down the driveway.
"Hey! Excuse me! No, get back here!" Callahan yelled from the bedroom.
Erica walked up to one of the cars and stabbed the tire. "I guess it's just a minor misdemeanor."
"No!" Callahan yelled as the mom's and dads ran outside.
"Dusty! Baby!" Claudia yelled as they all biked away and down the street.
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author speaks!!!
two updates in a day bc i'm guilty abt not updating as much.
i'm so tired so gn guys 🫶🏻