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Mike quickly rambles to Ethan about what happened while he was exploring his brainscape. The once contained Demogorgons had escaped, and the spy inside Will was using him to locate their whereabouts. Ethan then explains he was inside his own head, having basically met his birth mother and learned that Jaeden and Hallow were actually his siblings, and they were triplets. He didn't know whether to actually trust it or not, which made him start to spiral a bit. Mike tries to convince him that it was probably, maybe, real. This baffles Mike either way. How could he go so long unaware he was a triplet? How'd he just randomly dissociate and figure this all out?
Meanwhile, Owens, Hopper, Bob, and Joyce had to figure a way out of the building, since the lockdown automatically locked all the exit doors. That may be a health and safety hazard, but when you're containing monsters such as these, it's probably a good idea. Still, someone had to go down to reset the breakers in the basement. The power would come back on after the reset, then they'd have to use some confusing computer language to open the doors, run up three sets of stairs, and catch up with the rest of the group. All while demogorgons are hunting them down.
Hopper was almost at the door before Bob stopped him, proving he wouldn't be able to use the computer whatsoever, and he was the only one that could. He'd have to override the security codes with a manual input, which Hopper couldn't do because he didn't know the computer language BASIC. Mike and Ethan both knew what BASIC was, but they wouldn't even be able to get back up without getting killed, they weren't the quietest or quickest bunch. Mike could have a good chance, but no way in Hell were they sacrificing a thirteen year old for escape. Owens couldn't do it either, at risk of being hunted down at any moment. That left Bob to have to go down to the basement and save their asses.
"I got this," Bob whispers, moving to the door.
"No... Bob," Joyce walks to Bob, pulling him in for a hug as he reassures her he'll be okay.
"It's gonna be okay." he smiles, "Remember, Bob Newby, superhero."
Joyce chuckles lightly as he and Hopper leave the room, going to grab a gun and walkie talkies from the dead security guards before the plan is set into full motion.
Ethan and Mike stand next to the slumped over Will, who was placed in a chair like the ones the boys were sitting in down the hall. After a minute or so, Hopper came back with a whole ass rifle, as he leaned it against the door, he quietly knocked. Owens and Bob walked through the steps of resetting the breakers and unlocking the front doors carefully over the walkie talkies while Mike and Ethan had no choice but to just watch the many security camera screens intently. Bob creeps down the stairs with a handgun, Demogorgons on all fours prowling the area. Something's different about these ones, they're not as mature as the one from last year. They're not fully grown, not yet.
The doors were successfully opened, so Bob started to quickly make his way back up the stairs. While the adults lured away some interdimensional monsters lurking around, Mike and Ethan both mentally prepared themselves to see many, many dead bodies ahead of them outside. Not only the bodies, but the blood too. It's smeared on the walls, pooled on the floor, it's bad. There's so much blood.
