freaks | steve harrington | book 1

the russian base - 014

all of us were screaming.

i felt like i was going to throw up.

"SHIT! SHITTTTT!" dustin kept screaming. he was pushing the buttons to try and make it stop.

"WE'RE GOING DOWN! WE'RE GOING DOWN!" steve shouted.

"YEA NO SHIT HARRINGTON!" i yelled back.

"WHY ISN'T THIS STOPPINGGGG?!" dustin wouldn't stop screaming, and while he was doing it, his voice kept cracking.

"just press the button!" erica shouted.

"I'VE BEEN TRYING!"

"JUST PRESS IT! JUST PRESS IT! JUST PRESS IT!" steve ran to dustin, and tried to push the buttons too.

"WOAH!"

the elevator finally stopped hard, and we all fell down.

i fell on top of steve.

"ow, my groin!" he grunted.

i stood up. "i'm sorry!" i helped steve up.

"is everyone ok?" robin asked, holding her head.

"YEA, I'M GREAT NOW THAT I KNOW RUSSIANS CAN'T DESIGN ELEVATORS!" steve shouted. he shoved dustin out of the way to get to the buttons. he started rapidly pressing them.

"i think we clearly established that those buttons don't work." i snapped.

"they are BUTTONS! they have TO DO SOMETHING!"

"yea if we had a keycard!" robin pointed out.

"what?!" steve turned to us ferociously.

"it's an electronic lock. the same as the loading dock door. if we don't have a keycard, it won't operate, meaning..." i started.

"we're stuck in here." dustin finished.

"just so you nerds know, i'm supposed to be spending the night at tina's, and tina always covers for me, but if I'm not home for uncle jack's party tomorrow, and my mom finds out you four are responsible, she's gonna hunt you down! one by one, and slit your throat!" erica was angry.

steve jumped down her throat though. "I DON'T CARE ABOUT TINA, OR UNCLE JACK'S PARTY! your mom is not going to be able to find us, if we're dead in a russian elevator!"

"hey, what if we climbed out?" i pointed to the small exit door at the top of the elevator.

steve and i climbed out, and looked up. "what were you saying about climbing?" steve huffed.

it was a long way up, there was no way in hell we were going to climb that.

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last night, steve and i were awake.

robin, erica, and dustin fell asleep.

we were talking about how to get out.

it still bothered me that he said i wasn't his type, but another part of me kind of knew he wasn't going to like me back.

dustin and steve were on top of the elevator, while me, robin, and erica were trying to fix the buttons.

i could hear everything steve and dustin were saying.

"code red. code red! does anybody copy? this is a code red! do you copy? we are children and we are trapped in starcourt mall. the red army has infiltrated hawkins, and if we are found, they will torture us, and kill us!" dustin was speaking into his walkie talkie.