Loss - Lucas Sinclair

The Mind Flayer (Part 3)

Lucas dumped out the trash as Dustin sat across from him in the Byers' front lawn.

After Mike came up with a plan to talk to Will without having the mind flayer spy on them, everyone got a job they needed to do. Hopper was in charge of cleaning out the shed while Nancy and Steve covered the place to make it unrecognizable. Dustin and Lucas were in charge of getting more things to make it unrecognizable. And Mike and Max were in charge of getting all the things they need to help Will while Jonathan and Joyce grabbed some more cloths to cover up the shed.

"Let's see what we got," Lucas started to search the garbage for the second time this week. He turned on the flashlight as they started making two piles: stuff they need and stuff they don't.

"Hey," Dustin broke the silence between them. "I'm sorry about Dart and all. I guess I just thought that has was my friend. I was wrong. I broke the rule of law, so if you want your girlfriend to take over my spot in the party, I understand."

"She's not my girlfriend," Lucas sighed. "I don't even like her like that."

"I know you two were talking on the bus, Lucas."

"Yeah," Lucas shrugged, "she was talking about her family and I was talking about Nikki."

"Nikki?"

"Yeah, I don't like her like that."

"Then why did you tell her about everything?"

"Dude," Lucas shook his head, "I was trying to help you. I know you like her and I was not only trying to make it up to her but to help you get off her bad side. How many times do I have to explain this?"

A small silence fell over them as they finished looking through the garbage. "Thanks," Dustin finally said.

"No problem," Lucas grabbed the things they needed as they headed into the shed to drop their things off. They helped tape things up and made sure that Will wouldn't know where he was.

Finally, it was ready and Jonathan brought Will in as Lucas, Dustin, Max, Steve and Nancy stepped out.

Dustin paced nervously as Nancy watched the window and Steve practiced some swings with the bat. Max and Lucas sat in the hallway, watching everyone do their things.

"If he finds out where we are..." Max looked at Lucas normally, "he send those dogs after us?"

Lucas tried to remain calm even though there was a big "what if" floating in the air. "He won't find out."

"Yeah, but, if he does.."

"Judgement Day."

The lights started to flicker making everyone look out towards the shed. Eventually, the lights stopped and everyone returned to what they were doing.

"Why do I get the feeling that something terrible is about to happen?" Max asked as she sat back down on the floor.

"I don't know," Lucas said, starting to get the feeling too, "but it can't be good."

Minutes passed by with nothing out of the ordinary until Hopper stormed into the house with everyone except Will behind him.

"What happened?" Dustin asked as everyone gather around the table to watch Hopper write something on a piece of paper.

"I think he's talking," Hopper explained as he wrote down dashes and circles, "just not with words."

"What is that?" Steve scrunched his eyebrows in confusion as Hopper started to translate it.

"Morse code," the kids replied in unison.

"H-E-R-E," Hopper spelled out the word.

"Here," the kids the in unison again.