My love- Byler

Twenty four- A fight for life

THE GRISWOLD FAMILY
Within minutes, the Mindflayer had Nancy in its grasp, throwing Nancy against the wall. Jonathan desperately tried to open the door while Mike held Will watching as he looked around worriedly.

"W-We're gonna be ok...I promise you..." Mike said, kissing Will as Jonathan managed to break down the door. The creature stood above Nancy as it roared in her face. It turned back and saw El, about to use her powers.

"Jesus!" Mike said as El began to defeat the creature, slamming it against the wall.

"What the f-" Max began before the creature roared again. Eleven yelled, throwing the creature against the other wall. The creature was then thrown against the ceiling then the floor, shrieking in pain.

After what seemed like forever, El threw the creature through the window, before everyone ran out after it.

"Nancy! Are you okay? Are you okay?" Jonathan asked as he lifted her off the ground. They followed the gang outside, seeing Will hugging Mike in fear as his head nuzzled into Mike's neck.

The group made their way back to Hopper's cabin, being the safest place for the group.

They had been talking and arguing, but it was time for El to do what she did best, find people with her powers. After what seemed like forever and a lot of pain, El ripped off her blindfold, now more frightened than she was before. She continued panting before seeing that no-one else was in the room, confusing her.

"Mike? Will? Max? Nancy? Jonathan? Lucas? Mike?!" El said, showing all of their names, but Mike's twice because she trusted him.

"He can't hear you..." Billy spoke, making himself seen.

"You shouldn't have looked for me. Because now I see you. Now we can all see you. You let us in and now...you are going to have to let us stay. Don't you see? All this time, we've been building it-" Billy spoke, inching towards El.

Eleven started to sob, trying not to cry as Billy made his way towards her.

"-we've been building it...for you. All that work, all that pain...all of it...or you and now it's time. Time to end it. And we are going to end you. And when you are gone, we are going to end your friend's and then we are going to end...everyone." Billy spoke, trying to reach Eleven.

"Get away!" El screamed as she used her powers to throw Billy away from her like she did at the pool.

She ripped off her blindfold, falling into the arms of Max, Will held her hand, worried for his friend. El pulled away, looking deep into Max's eyes as tears streamed down her face.

SCOOPS TROOP (STEVE AND ROBIN)
Steve endured a punch to the stomach as three men in soldier outfits surrounded him.

"That one stung." He said, panting slightly.

"Who do you work for?" The lead Russian spoke in his accent.

For the millionth time, I work at Scoops Ahoy! Scoops Ahoy." Steve said, now shouting at the Russian man.

One of the soldiers punched Steve again, blood now coming out of his mouth.

"What the hell?! Look at my outfit! Look at my outfit! You think I just wear this?!" Steve asked, gesturing to his uniform.

"How did you get in?" The man asked, further frighting Steve.

After gasping for air, Steve spoke. "I already told you. I told you before. My delivery didn't come, and my friends and I, we thought that it was left at the loading dock, so we went in the room, and then it turned into an elevator, and then...and then we dropped and then, next thing we know, I open my eyes, and we're in this...wonderful facility. But I swear to God, nobody knows about us, nobody saw us. You could just let us go, all right? And I'm not gonna tell anybody about this, okay? Shit happens, life goes on..." Steve said, continuing to ramble on about Ice-cream.

"Who do you work for?" The man repeated again, still pressing for answers.

"Oh, come on. No, no! No, seriously!" Steve yelled before being knocked out.

Steve was taken to a less than ideal medical room, passed out, before being joined by Robin who was strapped down to a chair just behind the passed out teen.

"Get your hands off me! Hey...Steve? Steve? Steve?" Robin attempts to escape while trying to wake Steve up. "Steve? What did you do to him? What did you do?" She asked, scared. "Steve, wake up. Steve?" Robin attempts to wake up steve again. "Bastards. Let us outta here! Bastards! Let us out! Let us out!" Robin yelled at the door.

After a while, the Russian man and his co-workers returned.

"Let's try this again, yes?" The Russian spoke.

"Who do you work for?" He asked.

"Scoops. Scoops Ahoy." Steve admitted for the last time.

"How did you find us?" The Russian asked, now angrier.

"Totally by accident." Steve lied.

"Больше лжи. More lies." The Russian scoffed.

The doctor walked over to Steve and grabbed his hand, putting the pliers near his hand.

"Whoa, whoa, hey, hey. Wait! No! Wait! Wait! Whoa!" Steve pleaded.

"There was a code! We heard a code!" Robin stopped anything bag from happening.

"Code. What code?" The Russian asked.

"The week is long. The silver cat feeds when blue meets yellow in the west" Blah, blah, blah. You broadcast that stupid spy shit all over town, and we picked it up on our Cerebro, and we cracked it in a day. A day! You think you're so smart, but a couple of kids who scoop ice cream for a living cracked your code in a day, and now, people know you're here." Robin began the explanation in an accent to sound cool.

"Who knows we are here? Маленькая сучка. Little bitch." The Russian man said angrily.

"Uh, well, Dustin knows..." Steve said, accidentally putting Dustin in danger.

"Dustin Henderson. It is your small, curly-haired friend?" The Russian asked.

"Oh, curly-haired. Great hair. Small. Kind of like a 'fro. Yeah." Steve said, slightly smiling.

"Where is he?" The Russian asked, concerned.

"He's long gone, you big asshole. And he's probably calling Hopper, and Hopper's calling the US cavalry. They're gonna come in here, commando-style, guns a-blazing, and kick your sorry asses back to Russia. You're gonna be two pieces of toast." Steve said, over-explaining.

"Is that so?" The Russian asked. All of a sudden the alarm went off, making the Russian nervous.

"Hey! Henderson! That's crazy, I was just talking about you." Steve said, happy to see his friend.

"Oh, my god!" Robin said, shocked.

Dustin freed the two drugged up teenagers, getting ready.

"Get ready to run..." Dustin said as Erica opened the door.

EAGLE'S NEST
"Hopper! Oh, my gosh! How funny to see you here!" Karen said as Murray, Alexei and I ran up to her.

"Where are the kids?" Hopper asked, concerned.

"I...I haven't seen them. I don't think they're here yet." Karen said, now seeming worried.

"No, where are they?" Hopper asked, confused.

"Oh, my gosh, I can hardly keep track these days. Uh, they were at, uh...Dustin's, then Lucas's, then Max's-" Karen thought about everything.

"-Max..." Hopper said, even more confused.

"You know how it is. Summer!" Karen smiled.