Episode 2: The Escape Attempt

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Prison Camp, Russia

A year of building railways, digging holes and low food had now begun to taken a full toll on Hopper, with El, Joyce, everyone all believing him dead after helping Joyce close the Gate back in 1985, it was all too much for the man to bear as he was alone here in Russia as a prisoner sentenced to labour.

Hopper struggled to carry on hitting the nails down with his hammer when he was hit in the back by a Soviet guard's rifle

Soviet guard: tyazheleye, plennik!(Harder, prisoner!)

Hopper huffed and got to his feet, continuing the hard work like the other prisoners

after the intense struggle, the prisoners were taken back to their cells, with Hopper trying to get some sleep and writing on chalk how long he had been here, even if he had lost the track of time.

Hopper has got to the point now of giving up hope, he may well die here. He eventually manage to go to sleep but in his dreams he saw her.

Hopper: E-El?!

Eleven: *in his dream* D-ad... Daddy! *running towards him* Daddy! 

Hopper: El! *running*

Hopper ran as fast as he could to Eleven for a hug but just when he was about to embrace her, he woke up in his cell. He couldn't take this he pounded the bars in upsetting rage, screaming until getting electrocuted in the stomach by Soviet guards with tasers, as Hopper fell to the ground, he heard a voice in the cell next to him

??: *Whispering* Hey, I know you want to leave, right?

Hopper: ya think...?

??: *Looks around and then back at Hopper* I know  a way out of this place

Hopper; your joking, i ain't listening

??: please, but we have to be careful, we can't let the guards be suspicious, the name's Boris btw

Hopper: *looks at a secret chalk of El and sighs* okay, Boris...what's the plan?

Boris: I dug a hole through one of the gates, we could knock out the guards as we're taken, you know how to fight right?

Hopper: yes, I was a sheriff once.

Boris: good enough, we'll make our move soon

A few days later after planning, Hopper and Boris were ready to make their move, first they were being escorted by the guards towards the railway they were ordered to work on

Boris and Hopper nodded to eachother and punched the two guards escorting them.

Boris: *takes Hopper to the gate where he made the hole* we must hurry!

Hopper' right! *Digs through the hole behind him and runs with Boris out into the open*

Here, they must rely on their feet to get past the guns firepower and disappear into the field beyond.

Soviets: Prisoner escape! Shoot them!

The Soviets opened fire on Boris and Hopper as they were making their escape, both men swerved the bullets running as quickly as they can.

Boris: we're nearly there! We can--

A bullet from one of the guards shot Boris in the head killing him.

Hopper: God dammit no! *Is forced to carry on running otherwise he would suffer the same fate.*

Eventually, Hopper vanished into the snowy fields and the guards gave up. Trudging through the snow however was hell, Hopper begun to get lost as the blizzard grew worse and worse, he began to hallucinate once again from the exhaustion and saw Eleven ahead of him in the snow.

Eleven: Dad! *Running towards him*

Hopper: El! *Runs to her despite the harsh cold and snowy ground*

Eleven: Dad!

Hopper: *cries in joy and hugs her* You're okay, I missed you so much

but when Hopper looked down at her, she wasn't there

Hopper: El? Where are you!?

distraught he finally passes out and falls into the snow

as the camera moves we see a pack of Demogorgons approach and surround the unconscious Hopper, each had features like fins for swimming, wings for flying and some glowing with strange light.

TO BE CONTINUED

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