Stranger Things | s2 | y/n pov

8. The Mind Flayer

"C'mon." Steve motioned us to the train tracks.
"You're positive that was Dart?" Lucas asked.
"Yes. He had the same exact yellow pattern on his butt." Dustin replied.
"He was tiny two days ago." Max argued.
"Well, he's molted three times already.
"Hey, you okay?" Steve whispered to you.
"Mhm." You slightly groan.
"Malted?" You stutter, looking at Dustin.
"Molted." Dustin enunciated clearly. "Shed his skin to make room for growth, like hornworms."

"Whens he gonna molt again?" Max asked.
"It's gonna be soon." Dustin replied. "When he does, he'll be fully grown, or close to it. And so will his friends."
"Yeah, and he's gonna eat a lot more than just cats." Steve said.
"Wait, a cat?" Lucas pushed Dustin. "Dart ate a cat?"
"No, what? No." Dustin denied.
"What are you talking about? He ate Mews." Steve said, confused.
"Mews?" Who's Mews?" Max looked at Steve.
"It's Dustin's cat." You shrug.
"Y/n!" Dustin yelled.

"I knew it! You kept him!" Lucas pushed Dustin again.
"No!" Dustin shouted. "No. No, I... No, I..."
"He missed me. He wanted to come home."
"Bullshit!" Lucas said to Dustin.
"I didn't know he was a Demogorgon, okay?" Dustin argued.
"Oh, so now you admit it?" Lucas said.
"Guys, who cares? We have to go." Max complained.
"I care! You put the party in jeopardy! You broke the rule of law!" Lucas yelled.

"Guys, shut up!" You finally shouted. "I am bleeding out right here, and your arguing is making it worse!"
They looked at you, then continued arguing.
"Hey guys?" Steve noticed some screeching in the distance. "Guys!" He yelled.

Steve started walking into the woods, you followed behind as the rest scurried over.
"No, no, no. Hey, guys, why are you heading towards the sound?" Max complained. "Hello?"
You walked to the edge of a cliff, nearly falling off before Steve stopped you with his arm.
"I don't see him." Dustin said.

Lucas pulled out his binoculars. "It's the lab."
You look at Lucas. "They we're going back home." He said.
"Dammit." You mumbled to yourself.
"Alright, let's go." Steve said, walking back.

The leaves crunched on your feet as you all made it through the maze of a forest.
"Ew, gross." You groan, looking at the blood on your hands.
"Hello?" A familiar voiced called out. "Who's there?"
You walk out of the forest next to Steve to see Jonathan and Nancy.
"Steve?" Nancy and Jonathan both said in unison. "Y/n?"
"Nancy?" Steve said, in shock.
"Jonathan?" You said as well.

"What are you doing here?" Nancy sounded worried. "What happened Y/n?"
"What are you doing here?" Steve threw his arms up as you guys walked towards them.
"We're looking for Mike and Will." Nancy said, walking towards you.
"They're not in there, are they?" Dustin asked.
"We're not sure." Nancy said as she touched your bleeding shoulder.
"Ouch, don't touch that." You groan.
"Why?" Jonathan asked, looking at you.
Suddenly, you heard Dart and his friends screeching from afar.

"We haven't seen Will—" Steve said.
"I haven't seen him since." Jonathan added.
You had a massive headache due to some loss of blood, and all the chattering from the group.
"The powers back." Nancy said.
You all quickly rush to Jonathan's car as he went into a small room, clicking a button.
"Let me try." Dustin said, walking in.
"No—" Jonathan muttered.
"Let me try, Jonathan!" Dustin's voice echoed. "Son of a bitch! You know what..."

"Where have you been?" You whisper to Nancy.
"With Jonathan." She said.
"Doing?" You gasped.
"Things." She muttered. "What about you? Y/n hanging out with Steve, I never thought I'd ever see that."
"I... yeah." You chuckle.

—
You walked into Will's house with the group, along with Mike, Will, Hopper, and Ms. Byers. You looked around for a towel, napkin, whatever to clean your cut.
"Hey, hey there." You heard Jonathan talk to Will. "It's me. I'm sorry bud."
You turn to Steve as he watched Nancy and Jonathan from another room.
"Hey, can you pass me that?" You point to the bottle of alcohol.
"What? Sure." Steve said passing it to you.
You sat in the kitchen as you started taking off your jacket.
"Sheesh, that's not a minor cut." Steve widened his eyes.
"I mean... they just clawed my shoulder, that's all." You said, opening the bottle of alcohol.