Chapter Twenty-One | The Fanstatic Five Troop
"Oh, man, now this..." Steve opened the door to the parking at Starcourt Motel. We had exited the Starcourt Mall and walked to the parking looked and there parked was the garage was a sweet nice looking 1984 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. "This is what I'm talking about!"
"Toddfather?" Robin asked as we inched closer to the Cadillac, the licences plate name was literally called toddfather.
"Oh, screw Todd!" Steve exclaimed. "Steve's her daddy now." I cringed at the word 'daddy'.
"Did you guy talk about yourself in the third person?" Robin questions as Steve jumped into the car. Robin climbed in the front, meanwhile us kids in the back.
"Did he just call himself daddy?" I retort.
"All right, where are we going?" Steve asked Dustin and I.
"Weathertop," Dustin replied.
"Weather-what?" Steve asked as he tried to turn on the vehicle.
"Just drive," I demanded.
"Okay!" Steve muttered loudly. "Jesus!" Steve then rolled out of the parking lot and gone we were.
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After a while, Steve got cranky at how far the distance was. Even though we were almost there. "Jesus, how far is this place, guys!?"
"Relax, we're almost there," Dustin reassured.
"Suzie must be pretty special, huh?" Robin asked. "I mean if you built this thing and lugged it all the way to the middle of nowhere just to talk to her?"
"I mean, nobody's scientifically perfect - sorry, Aspen - but Suzie's about as close to being perfect as any human can possibly be," Dustin said and I shoot him a playful glare.
"Jeez, my ego." I placed a hand on my heart.
"She sounds made-up to me," Erica adds in. Erica turns to me. "She sounds made-up to you?" Yes, she does, but I won't admit it out loud to hurt Dustin's feelings.
No one's more perfect than me.
Just kidding, almost everyone is.
"Why are you hesitating, redhead?" Dustin narrowed his eyes at me when he realised I wasn't speaking.
"I'm... I'm... I'm not!" I stutter out. "I'm not! I think she sounds real. You know, totally, absolutely real."
"Left." Dustin suddenly said, forgetting about our argument. "Turn left."
"There's not a road here." Steve pointed out.
"Turn left now!" Dustin and I both yelled out at Steve. Steve then took a sharp left and drives through a gate.
"Woah, redhead and Henderson; where are we going!?" Steve yelled quickly as we drive up the hill.
"Up!" Dustin and I replied. We continued to drive up and there was a little step hill part.
"Oh, Jesus!"
"We're not gonna make it!" Robin yelled at us.
"Yes, we are," Steve replied with so much determination. "Come on, baby. Come on, baby!"
The car then gets stuck in the mud which really downs the mood. He tries to keep going forward, but the car was officially stuck.
"Guess the Toddfather has its limitations," Robin tells us. Steve then turns off the engine and we all got our things before walking up to Cerebro.
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"Bald Eagle, do you copy?" Dustin asked on the walkie talkie once we had gotten to Cerebro. I'm hoping they'd made it down there, without getting caught. "Bald Eagle, I repeat, this is Scoops Troop, do you copy?"
Don't judge Scoop Troops, okay? I made it up and everyone agreed that we were team Scoop Troops. Erica made up Bald Eagle which I 100% agreed on, Murray, not so much.
"Yes, I copy," Murarry speaks in the walkie talkie.
We all chuckled with relief. "Call sign?" Dustin asked.
Murray scoffed. "Bald Eagle."
"Please repeat," Dustin said making my smile grow even bigger.
"Bald Eagle." He repeats. "This is Bald Eagle!" Bald Eagle's getting frustrated with us. I wanted to push it, but I wasn't the one with the walkie talkie.
"Copy that," Dustin speaks. "Good to hear your voice, Bald Eagle. What's your 20?"
"We reached the vent. I'll contact you when I need you." Balde Eagle tells us. "Until then, silences."
I scrunched my nose up. "Well, that's boring. I might as well go back to others then."
"But we're the fantastic five," Robin tells us. I raised an eyebrow. "Me, you, Steve, Erica, and Dustin; the fantastic five. Come on, I've been waiting to say it all day."
"How long have you thought of it?" I questioned her, a slow smile rising on my face. I'm warming up to it.
"To be honest? Since we were trapped in that elevator." Robin shrugged. "I haven't found the right place to use it. Now I can finally let people know."
"Rodger that, Bald Eagle," Dustin said after Robin's and I short conversation. He looked over at Robin. "Fantastic five?"
"Don't put me in with you group of nerds," Erica protested.
"Hey! I'm not a nerd! I thought we already discussed the valid reasons why I'm not a nerd." Steve argued back.
"Right, you don't know what promethium is," I recall with a small smirk.
"Oh, but Erica, that's where you're wrong." Dustin smiled evilly. "We've already discussed this; you are a nerd, end of discussion."
"So it's official?" Robin asked. "We're the nerdy fantastic five?"
"Okay, let's just keep to fantastic five, skip the nerd part, okay?" Steve narrowed his eyes at us. He knew we were trying to get on his nerves.
"Guys?" Balde Eagle comes in. "Silences!"
Dustin's eyes widen when he realised his finger was on the button that could make him hear us. "Right. This is fantastic five troops, going radio silent, 10-10, over."
Dustin lets go of the walkie talkie. I smiled. "Yes! That's what we were missing. We are the fantastic five troop."
"Okay, that's a lot better." Steve agreed.
"Fantastic five troop," Robin smiled. "That shines a light on it."
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"Fantastic five troop, this is... hm, Bald Eagle," Murray speaks over the radio. "I've reached another junction."
I stare at the sky, or, the moon. It was beautiful. I decided to let others do the job. I've had no sleep, yet I don't feel tired at all.
I haven't gone far, in fact, I'm right next to Robin, my head in her lap as I looked up. Steve was wondering around while Erica, Dustin, Robin, and I lay around the walkie talkies. Well, I laid around.
"This is what?" Dustin asked.
"The fourth junction," Erica replied.
"All right so if memory serves, this is right after My Little Pony thesis," I smirked, letting out a tiny chuckle at Dustin's recall.
"Nerd," I muttered and Erica sent me a harsh glare.
"We went left, so he has to go right." Erica added.
"Right," Dustin agreed with Erica. "Fly right, Bald Eagle. Fly right."
"Rodger that, flying right." Bald Eagle speaks.
"What's the My Little Pony thesis?" Robin looked down at me.
"Don't get them started." Erica groaned.
"Get them started? Just tell me..."
I smirked. "Well, if you insisted-"
"Hey, guys?" Steve suddenly asked and I sit up a bit. We all then stand up and walked over to where Steve was. The lights were flickering from Starcourt Mall, my heart dropped.
Something was wrong and my sister was trapped inside.
They all rushed over to the walkie talkie and I stayed glued to the ground, looking at Starcourt Mall. My heart racing and thinking of all the possible things that could happen to Max.
"Griswold Family, this is fantastic five troops!" Dustin yelled to the other team. "Do you copy? Over! Griswold Family, I repeat, this is the fantastic five troop, do you copy?"
My heart almost stopped when I heard a loud screeching sounds on the walkie talkie. It was the Mind Flayer.
"Griswold Family, do you copy?" Dustin tried again. "Do you copy?!"
Another loud roaring was heard on the radio making me flinch. I let out a sob. Poor Max. I have to go and save her.
I walked over to the walkie talkie and grabbed it out of Dustin's hand. "Griswold Family, this is the fantastic five troop, please confirm your safety?! Griswold Family, this is the fantastic five troop! Please confirm your safety! Max! Maxine, please confirm your safety!"
Robin carefully wrapped an arm around me, pulling me in for a small hug. We stopped trying to get in contact and we all concluded that there was most definitely, 100% something wrong and they could be all dead for all we know.
Steve then got up a starting sprinting down the hill. "Where are you going!?" Erica demanded.
"To get them the hell outta there!" Steve yelled.
I pulled out of Robin's embrace. "I'm coming with you!"
"No, stay here, contact the others!" I disobeyed Steve's orders and ran after him.
"Shit!" I heard Robin say after me. I looked behind me and she had left with me.
"Wait, Robin! Aspen!" Dustin shouts our names. Robin turned back around. "Stay in touch." He hands us the other walkie talkie and Robin catches it easily.
Together, Robin and I run down the hill to get to 1984 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. We made it just in time as Steve started the car.
"Aspen!" Steve hissed. "Go back up there!"
"No, my sister is down in that shithole and I'm not waiting around. I'm going in there and I'm bringing her back." I jumped into the car and slammed the door hard. "I'm bringing her back alive."
A/N
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