Nancy Wheeler˚ ⁀➷Free

vi. Bear trap shopping

Chapter 6
vi. Bear trap shopping

nancy remained awake majority of the night only managing to slip in a hour of sleep but jolting awake after a nightmare of the upside down. makani and jonathan on the other hand slept fairly well getting  around 4 hours of sleep. makani slowly opened her eyes to find nancy sitting up with a book open, "hey" whispered nancy trying not to wake up jonathan. makani propped herself up on her elbow, "couldn't sleep?" the sound of makanis morning voice gave her butterflies. not looking away from what she was doing nancy shook her head, "every time i close my eyes, i just keep seeing that...thing. wherever i was, that place i think that thing lives there it was feeding there. feeding on a deer" makani nodded to show she was listening, "that means if will and barbara-" nancy stopped not finishing the sentence.

"hey if i can survive in there for a year im sure they can survive until we rescue them right?" makani said while rubbing her hand up and down her shoulder  reassuringly sending a warm tingly feeling through nancys body, "but they are trapped in that place with that thing.." she paused looking deep into the dark skinned girls brown eyes, she sighed breaking the eye contact, "we have to find that thing again," makani had mixed feelings about what nancy had just said but knowing she most likely would try anyway she agreed, "well, i have learnt they are like predators, they are attracted to blood so if we get enough blood to lead it to somewhere else then maybe we can trap it, also it only attacks at night and hunts on its own like a bear" nancy nodded her head eagerly, "are you sure you want do it?" nancy hesitated, "yeah, at least we will know its coming"

suddenly the door knob was thrashed around, both girls grabbed each others hand looking towards the door, jonathan shot up from his bed confused by the sudden noise, "honey, are you up?" shouted a voice, "its just my mom" whispered nancy, "yeah im getting dressed" she shouted back, "I uh I made some blueberry pancakes," nancy sighed trying to slow down her heart rate, "ill be down in a second," footsteps were heard as they began receding. both girls looked down at there hands as they were held together quickly pulling away. jonathan noticed smirking at the interaction, "so your mom doesn't knock?" he joked instantly clearing the tension in air making everyone laugh.

-time skip-

the trio searched the shop for appropriate weaponry to fight the demogorgan, they stopped in front of a shelf filled with bear traps, nancy looked back at makani and jonathon who  both gave her a nod. "well i did dream about making it out of that shit hole but i didn't expect this to be the first thing i would be doing, would have preferred the mall" makani joked as they loaded the traps and weapons onto the table, jonathan chuckled at the shorter girls remark. the man at the desk stared as his mouth hung open at the various equipment on the counter, jonathan stood awkwardly as more was unloaded onto the counter. he cleared his throat, "and ill uh have three boxes of the .38s," the man went back and grabbed the boxes placing them on the counter.

 "what uh what are you kids doing with all this?" asked the man suspiciously. they all turned to each other, "uhm" said jonathan, "monster hunting" said makani giving the man a smile nudging nancy so she would back her up, "uh yeah," she said adding a tight lipped smile. "mhm" muttered the man under his breath rounding up the total. 

they left the shop with their hands filled with stuff, "monster hunting?" jonathan asked with a smile, "well he probably would have called a mental asylum if we told him we were fighting a fucking monster from another dimension" makani said returning the smile, nancy only shook her head with a smile playing back the interaction with the shop keeper, "you know last week i was shopping for a new top i thought steve might like, it took me and barb all weekend. it seemed like life or death you know? and- and now-" makani cut her off, "your shopping for bear traps with a weird ass girl you found in another dimension and..." she paused waiting for jonathan to finish, "jonathan byers the weirdo of hawkins," all three of them chuckled, "so whats the weirdest part me or the bear trap," joked makani, "you. it's definitely you" she joked back, makani burst out laughing. nancys heart warmed at the sound of her laugh. the laughs began to die down as she noticed the blue eyed girl staring at her with a warm smile, they held eye contact and began moving closer and closer, it was like a invisible force was pulling them in, they abruptly pulled away as they heard a car approaching.

"hey nance, can't wait to see your movie," shouted the boy laughing with his friend in the passenger seat, nancys heart dropped into the pit of her stomach, "what the hell was that?" asked jonathan, "i don't know," she replied, she paused deep in thought before looking towards the cinema, "what?" asked makani confused, nancy didn't reply she sprinted off towards the cinema, "hey where are you going?" shouted jonathan. they both followed behind nancy hearing her whimpers, "nancy wait!" suddenly they stopped in front of the cinema, jonathans mouth moved into a 'O' shape and makani immediately ran to nancys side as she stood before the sign absolutely distraught.

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-Artymisy