𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 ➼ 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘤²

12☾︎

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I sat on the floor. My head was in Max's lap as she played with my hair. I had run out of tears, but the pain was still there. Mx and I were on the floor next to the dining room table when Hopper hung up the phone angrily. 

"They didn't believe you did they?" Dustin asked. 

Slowly Hopper turned around to glare at Dustin before speaking, "We'll see."

"We'll see? We can't just sit here while those things are loose!" Mike yelled back at Hopper.

"We stay here and we wait for help!" Hop's voice was firm, there was no talkback after. He looked around at the table and then at me before turning around to leave. 

After Hopper left the room Mike kneeled down on the floor and brushed my hair from my eyes, "Hey y/n" Mike softly cooed. I knew what he was doing. It wasn't going to work. They might be able to act tough but I'm me. I can't just see people die and then be okay. This was Bob, I loved and looked up to Bob. It would be disrespectful if I didn't mourn him.

"what do you want Mike?" My voice was nasally from all the crying. 

"I just wanted to talk, see if you're okay." His voice was still soft, it was weird.

I sat up from Max's lap to look at his, "Michael, Do you think I look okay?" It came out harsher than I meant it

He shook his head slowly, "No..."

"No! So if I don't look okay then I'm probably..." I trailed off my sentence wanting him to finish. 

"No okay?" It came out more like a question.

"Yup!" I sighed laying my head back down on Max's lap. as Mike got up and walked to the living room and picked up the games Bob had brought over earlier this morning. 

"Did you guys know that Bob was the original founder of Hawkins A.V?" 

"Really?" Lucas asked. 

"He petitioned the school to start it and everything. Then he had a fundraiser for equipment. Mr. Clarke learned everything from him. Pretty awesome, right?"

"Yeah," Luas and Dustin said simultaneously. 

"We can't let him die in vain," I slowly rose my head from Max's lap. 

"Well, what do you want to do Mike? The chief's right on this. We can't stop those Demo-dogs on our own!" Dustin snapped.

"Demo-dogs?" Max asked.

"Demogorgon Dogs." Dustin put his hands together to explain the meaning. "Demo-dogs. It's like a compound." When Max didn't respond he tried to explain further, "It's like a play on words y'know-" 

"Okay!" 

"I like it, Dustin. It's interesting." I looked over at him on the table, he was smiling his now toothy smile. 

"I mean if it was just Dart maybe, but-" 

"But there's an army now," Lucas added

"Precisely!" 

"His army," Mike muttered under his breath

"What do you mean?" Steve asked deciding to join the conversation.

"Hive mind!" I snapped at Mike excited I knew what he was talking about. well I guess revenge on Demo-dogs really lightened my mood. 

Mike nodded! "Maybe if we stop him we can stop his army too!"