𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙥! 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣

SCENE NINETEEN. trapped

"steve?"

"yeah?"

"do you think we're going to be okay?" she whispered into the dark room. only seeing the outline of the boy with the ridiculous hair.

"i promise you, you're gonna be okay." he replied, pressing the softest kiss to her head and she hummed, they both knew he didn't mean being trapped in this room.

"pinky promise?" she mumbled holding up her pinky finger which he took only just to see and he smiled. remembering how much pinky promises meant to them as he looped his own finger around hers. her hands were cold, too cold.

"i promise." he repeated as she hummed again. she smiled, burying her face in his shoulder. and eventually he felt her get heavier as her breathing softened. asleep. leaving the room in complete silence until the girl beside the door called out his name.

"steve?" robin mumbled through the dark. steve raised his gaze from the girl in his arms to find the outline of robin sitting in front of the doors. erica curled up beside her left. reminding him of dustin who was curled into piper.

"yeah robin?" he asked, eyes furrowed slightly wondering what she wanted.

"what do you think is wrong with her?" she asked, and his face softened as he threw a glance to the girl in his lap. her paled face, she did in fact look almost dead.

"i have no idea," he murmured. but he did. he just didn't want it to be true.

"you're scared, aren't you?" she questioned,and steve sighed lightly. nodding before remembering she wouldn't be able to see that quite well.

"of course i am, i have no idea what she's going through right now. there's nothing i can do to help her. last time someone was acting like this, a lot of people got hurt. remember how i told you about el and will?" steve told her as he pushed piper's hair from her face. watching her twitch slightly before softening once more. feeling his heart beating in his chest.

"do you think she's like them?" the girl's voice came once more.

"no, i think it's worse." and robin hummed, pulling her arms around her as she leaned against the doors. letting herself fall asleep. adn steve returned to looking at the girl in his arms. the girl that had only come in to get some cherry ice cream only mere days ago. the girl who had just returned back to hawkins after three years. and the room grew quiet, the only sounds were the light breaths of the sleeping people.

"this is a code red, i repeat, a code red. does anyone copy? this is a code red, i repeat, a code red." dustin spoke, holding the radio to his lips as steve sent another glance to the girl laid against the wall.her head buried in her shoulder as she rested. but he couldn't help but think about what had happened. the veins, the screaming. something was really wrong with her, and she won't tell them what's up. before he nodded to himself, hoping she was at least napping well she climbed up to join dustin above the elevator.

"we are innocent children and we are trapped under starcourt mall. the red army has infiltrated hawkins and if we are found, they will torture and kill us." dustin repeated as steve hosted himself up.

"hey, you gotta take it easy on that thing. gonna drain the battery.'' steve muttered as his head appeared in the vent looking up at the boy who turned to look at his friend.

"the mall just opened" is all dustin replied.

"so?"

"so someone could be in range."

"what do you think petey the mall cop is gonna rappel down here and save the day?"

"all right, why are you in such cranky pants after getting to spend the night with piper?"

"shh. jesus christ. will you just give up on your creepy dream already?"

"creepy dream? i saw you with her steve, last night when she went crazy you were there to calm her. plus i heard you two talking."

"i was trying to make sure she didn't go through whatever happened yesterday. plus we were trying to come up with a way to open that damn door. whilst you children were sleeping. and after maybe seven to eight hours we are still in the bottom of this pit which is most likely the reason i'm feeling ever so slightly cranky." the boy replied back as he wandered around the top of the elevator before undoing the belt on his shorts. needing to pee.

"what are you doing?" dustin asked disgustedly as he watched the boy's antics.

"what does it look like i'm doing? i'm taking a leak. look away!'' steve shouted as he started to piss down the side of the elevator. robin who now stood at the box of buttons beside the sleeping piper turned to find the piss painting the wall and she gagged.

"can you redirect your stream, please?'' robin shouted up who only shrugged his shoulders and followed her orders. the girl gave a disgusted grunt as she returned to pressing buttons.

"hey! hey! hey! be careful! we don't even know what that is." she shouted running over to erica, accidently kicking the sleeping girl. erica who was slamming the green vile over the edge of the desk. trying to get inside it.

"it could be useful."

"or it could be extremely dangerous.'' piper was quick to add as she stretched.

"useful how?"

"we could survive down here for a long time without food, but if humans don't get water. it will die."

"i hate to break it to you, but this is not water."

"no but it's a liquid and if it comes down to drinking that shit or dying of thirst. i drink."

"i would rather die." piper added as she lifted herself from the floor. feeling the ache settling in, and that burnin her hip as she twitched lightly. she knew that they knew something was wrong. but she had made sure they couldn't check. last night she had zipped up the jacket so they couldn't check whilst she was asleep. that's when they heard banging just outside the door.