sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs - sᴄᴏᴏᴘ ᴛʀᴏᴏᴘ (ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɴᴏ. 1)

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɴᴏ. sɪxᴛᴇᴇɴ

"Will!" Mike shouted with a huge grin across his face. "Will, we need your help." He said.

"With what?" Asked Will on the other end.

Mike stared at the walkie talkie for a moment and pursed his lips, trying to think of a way to explain to Will exactly what was going on.

Dustin shot a look at Steve. His eyes screamed: 'let me have it!'

"Yo," Steve snapped his fingers at Mike. He gestured the walkie to Dustin, which after a few moments, Mike reluctantly handed over.

"Will! Hi! Yeah, so, last year, do you remember the Russians?" Asked Dustin.

Steve winced, now realizing that giving Dustin access to the walkie talkie was a bad idea.

"Not really," Will slowly replied. "Why?"

"Okay, well, you should probably try to remember because they're back, and they're trying to open the gate, you probably remember the gate because you basically got sucked into it, and I believe that they're trying to bring the demogorgon back, and of course you remember that thing because it almost killed you, but-"

"Woah, wait." Will cut off Dustin's blabbing. "These Russians are trying to bring back The Upside Down?" He recapped in a much, much, shorter form.

"Pretty much, yes." Dustin nodded.

The walkie talkie suddenly shut off. And everyone was in the same uncomfortable silence.

Again.

"And, you scared him away." Max frowned. "Good job."

"I did not!" Dustin repented. "He's probably just getting someone."

"And who would that be?"

"Hello?" A voice asked from the walkie. It was a female voice. She had a soft, light, quiet one. A very innocent one, too.

Eleven.

"El!" Mike yelled, clearly surprised to hear from her.

"Mike?" She asked, also sounding surprised.

"Yeah! Hey!" He giggled in a soft tone.

"We're not turning this into some nerdy bullshit date." Erica snatched the walkie out of Mike's hands.

"What was that for?" Mike scowled.

"It was for the sake of all of us!" Erica snapped. "Listen, girl," she started to speak into the radio. "Have you gotten those powers back, or no?"

"Powers?" Exclaimed Dom, Alex, and Mia simultaneously.

"Jesus Christ, how much have you not told us?" Mia asked.

"A lot." Mike said.

"No." El replied to Erica's question.

"Oh, shit." Nancy sighed under her breath.

"Hold on," Steve interjected. "Even if she did have her powers, how would she be able to use them? They're literally in a completely different state."

"I..." Erica's voice got a little lower. "I did not think of that." She quietly admitted.

"HA!" Dustin laughed loudly, catching everyone off guard. "You were wrong!"

Erica scowled at him with rage burning in her eyes. Dustin paid no attention to it, still laughing at the fact that the smartest person in the group was wrong.

"I knew this was going to happen one day! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!" He smiled at Steve, who was clearly confused on why Erica being wrong was fifty times more important than saving the world from evil Russians.

Dustin rose his hand at Steve, waiting for a high-five. Steve too rose his hand. He put it on the back of Dustin's and pushed his arm down.

"Dude, is this really necessary? Like right now?" Asked Steve.

Dustin's smile faded. "Yeah, no." He said, looking down. "Sorry."

"Anyway," Max shook her head. "Do we have a plan, or not?"

"I think I have a good one." Said Dom.

"Oh, Jesus don't even start." Alex rolled her eyes.

"Shut up." Dom hushed the blonde girl, who was surprised at Dom's comment.

"Now, listen." He said.