The Girl With The Flamethrower

II.VI.I

Kimberly was absent-mindedly singing "Once Upon A Dream" from Sleeping Beauty while braiding her still drying hair back. "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem-"

A knock on her door made her stop immediately, "Kimmy I brought reinforcements."

Steve hesitantly waved, "I didn't know you could sing K. That was-"

"Nothing, forget you heard anything. You have your bat?"

He just held it up.

"Great, let's go!" Dustin leads the way out.

Steve hits the door with his bat, "I don't hear shit."

"He's in there," Dustin says.

"All right, listen, kid. I swear, if this is some sort of Halloween prank, you're dead."

"It's not. All right? It's not a prank." Steve just keeps the light in Dustin's face, "Get it out of my face."

Kimberly sighed, "I wish it was a prank."

"You got a key for this thing?" Kimberly unlocked it, and Steve opened it, "Let me see that."

Dustin says, "He must be further down there. I'll stay up here in case he tries to escape."

Steve just looks at Kimberly and sighs. She gently smiles and follows him down.

"Steve? Kimmy? Steve, what's going on down there?"

Kimberly had immediately took notice of the giant hole in the room, and got Steve's attention.

"Get down here," Steve says to Dustin.

"Oh, shit. Oh, shit!"

"Bitch fucking escaped," Kimberly sighed.

"No way. No way."

Steve holds up some slime, Dart molted again. "K? You want another sample?"

Kimberly grinned, "Ya actually hang on let me grab a vial!" She took off towards her room.

"That was sarcasm but I guess I should have known better," Steve sighed.

Dustin laughed.

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Steve was getting the meat and gasoline out of his trunk, and Dustin was helping him. Kimberly was just staring at the woods, not ready to go back in but knowing she needed to.

"Kimmy I told you that you didn't need to come," Dustin whispered to her.

She shook off her fear, "No I can help. Plus it's daytime, they don't like the daytime. I'll be ok."

"Trying to act brave to impress Steve?"

Kimberly just hit her brother on the shoulder, and instead went to help Steve with his backpack.

"Well, well, well, look who it is," Dustin walked a few steps away to talk to his friend.

"Sorry, man. My stupid sister turned it off."

"Is that everything?" Kimberly asked Steve.

"Well, when you were having sister problems, Dart grew again, he escaped, and I'm pretty sure he's a baby Demogorgon."

Steve just nodded, and fixed his hair, before shutting his trunk.

"Wait. What?"