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Chapter 7

                                                              ~The Right Thing~

I help Dustin Mike and Lucas put Steve in the back of Billy's car.
"Do you even know how to drive?" Maxs asks sitting in the passenger seat.
"I can ride a motorcycle how hard can it be" I respond.
"We're gonna die" Mike says squeezing in next to Dustin Lucas and an unconscious Steve.
"Well I'm not letting any of you dipshits drive so suck it up" I start the car and start reversing out of the driveway. I hit some bins before getting in the road.
"Max I need you to tell me directions and can someone wake Steve up!" I demand
Mike starts lightly slapping him.
"Jesus Christ what are you 5 if your gonna hit him to wake him up slap him properly" i shout as we speed down the road.
"Uh you wanna slow down a bit Natalie" max says.
"Natalie?" A weak voice says.
I turn around and Steve was awake but he was talking to Mike.
Mike looks at me. "We don't even look alike" he says.
Steve lifts his hand up to his face. "No don't touch it" Dustin coos. "Hey buddy it's ok you put up a good fight he kicked your ass but you put up a good fight your ok"
"Okay your gonna keep straight for a half mile" Max tells me. "Then make a left on Mount Sinai"
"What's going on?" Steve asks.
"You need to relax she knows how to drive a motorcycle we'll be fine" Dustin says.
I step on the gas speeding up even more.
I look at Steve in the mirror and he looks at me. For a moment he calms down and relaxes and it was like the whole world around us had slowed down except I was going increasingly faster by the second.
"You missed your turn!" Max shouts.
I swerve the car around making everyone screams and take a sharp left.
I turn into the pumpkin patch and screech to a stop right at the hole.
I open the car and help Steve out.
"You alright?" I ask.
Everyone grabs the gear.
"Guys no guys" Steve leans up against the car.
I tie a bandana around my mouth.
"Hey where do you think your going?" Steve asks Mike. "What are you deaf? Hello? We are not going down there right now I made myself clear. Hey there is no chance we're to that hold all right? This ends right now!" He shouts.
"Steve your upset I get it but the bottom line is a party member requires assistance and it is our duty to provide that assistance now I know you and Natalie promised you'd keep us safe so keep us safe" Dustin explains handing him his bat.
I tie a bandana around his mouth.
"It's the right thing to do" I grab some gasoline and head over to the hole where everyone else was waiting.
Steve jumps down the hole and I jump down after him into his arms.
We help the kids down one by one.
"Holy shit" Steve mutters.
"Yeah I'm pretty sure it's this way!" Mike shouts.
"Your pretty sure or you certain?" Dustin asks.
"I'm 100% sure just follow me and you'll know" Mike responds.
"Whoa whoa whoa hey hey hey I don't think so any of you little shits die down here I get the blame got it dipshit from here on out I'm leading the way come on let's go" Steve demands.
We all follow him and I walk behind everyone to make sure nothing comes up behind us.

We come up to two different tunnels.
"What is this place?" Max asks.
"Guys come on keep moving!" Steve demands.
We all walk forward and I look up.
"What the hell?" I mutter the thing in the wall pushed me to the floor and a vine traveled up my waist.
"Shit Steve" I shout as the vines quickly move to my neck.
The vines drag me away and I shout louder.
"Steve"
"Natalie" Steve runs over to me and everyone follows.
I try and pull of the vine around my neck but it just tightens I choke trying to get air.
"The lighter where's the lighter" Mike shouts.
Dustin throws the lighter to Steve and he burns the vine away from my neck.
I crawl away from the quivering vine and into Steve's arms.
He holds me tight and once I caught my breath he moves out from underneath me and helps me up.
"You ok?" He asks.
"Let's just get this over and done with" I say.
"All right Wheeler I think we found your hub" Steve says shining his torch into a space with a bunch of tunnels.
"Drench it" Mike says.
We all dump the gasoline out and spray it all on the walls making sure to get every inch.
"You guys ready?" Steve asks we all sit in one of the tunnels and Steve takes out his lighter.
"Light her up" Dustin responds.
He throws the lighter at the gasoline and we all run as fast as we can back to the hole.
"This way" Steve shouts.
There was a growl in front of us and we all stop dead and turn around.
"Dart?" Dustin asks as he steps in front of all of us.
"Dustin what the hell are you doing?"
"Dustin don't be stupid"
"Dustin get back"
Everyone says at once.
"Trust me please" Dustin says taking a step back.
"Hey it's me it's me it's just your friend Dustin"
He says calmly. "It's Dustin all right you remember me? Will you let us pass?" Dustin asks.
Dart opens his mouth.
"Okay okay I'm sorry I'm sorry about the storm cellar that was a pretty douchey thing to do. You hungry? Yeah?" Dustin pulls out a 3 musketeers bar. "I've got our favourite see? Nougat" he places it on the floor and Dart eats.
Dustin waves for us to walk past.
Dustin follows us.
We run through the tunnels until the ground beneath us shakes and everyone falls.
Steve grabs me and we fall into a wall.
There was a roar.
"What was that?" Max asks.
"They're coming" Mike responds.
"Run!" Steve shouts and we all sprint as fast as we can to the hole.
Steve and I help all the kids up.
There was another roar.
"Steve go up I can take them" I say.
"I'm not leaving you hear" Steve shouts.
"I'm not going anywhere I'm just giving us some time now go" I argue.
The demogorgans all run past us like we weren't there.
I turn around a watch them run away.
"Eleven" Mike and I say in unison.
Steve pulls me out of the hole and we stand there trying to catch our breath when the cars headlights turn on.
The head lights slowly die down and we all remove our bandanas and goggles.