Stranger Things | s3 | y/n pov

4. The Sauna Test

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You sat in the back room with Robin, and Steve, listening to Dustin
"That key card opens the door, but unfortunately, the Russian with this keycard also has a massive gun. Whatever's in this room, whatever's in those boxes," Dustin said.

"They really don't want anybody finding it."
"Can you stop that." You grab the spinning hat from Steve.
"What?" He looked confused as you put the hat on the table.

"But there's gotta be a way in." Robin said.
"Well, you know... I could just take him out."
Steve said.
"Yeah, and what happened with your last fight?" You scoff, remembering the fight with Billy at the Byers house.

"Wait, wait, take who out?" Robin asked.
"The Russian guard." Steve said.
"That's not gonna happen." You laugh.
"What? I'll sneak up behind him, I knock him out, an I take his keycard. It's easy."

"Steve, you couldn't even beat a guy around your age. How do you suppose to can beat a Russian guard, with a gun?" You scoff.
"I..." Steve stuttered.
"Gun, remember the damn gun." You sigh.
"Yeah, I remember." He looks at you. "And that's why I would be sneaking."

"Mhm, you're not very stealthy." You smile.
"Well please, tell me this, and be honest. Have you every actually... won a fight?" Dustin asked.
"Okay, that was one time—" Steve sighed.

"Two times." You mutter. "Jonathan, and uh... Billy."
"That doesn't count." Steve shook his head.
"Why wouldn't it count? Because it looked like he beat the shit out of you." Dustin said.
"Yeah, I wish I had taken a picture." You laugh.

"You got a fat lip, crooked nose," Dustin described it in vivid detail.
"Mhm, swollen eye, a lot of blood." You added.

"That just might work." Robin muttered to herself.
"What?" You turn to her.
"Robin." Steve called her name as he ran out the store with the tip money in her hand.
"Hey, Robin!" You yell. "What are you doing??"
"I need cash." Robin turned around.
"Well, half of that's mine." Steve sighed. "Where're you going?"
"To find a way into that room." Robin said as she ran off. "A safe way! And in the meantime, sling ice cream, behave, and don't get beat up."

"Bye!!" You smile, waving at her.
"Oh, dude." Steve groaned as he pulled the ice cream scooper from Dustin's mouth. "Come on, man, not my scooper."

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You look as Robin bursted though the door, walking into the back room.
"It is fascinating what 20 bucks will get you at the County Recorder's Office." Robin said. "Starcourt Mall." She said as she laid out a map of the mall.

"Whoa." You gasp.
"The complete blueprints." Robin smiled.
"Not bad." Dustin smiled back.
"So, this is us, Scoops," Robin pointed as you passed her a marker. "and this is where we want to get."

"I mean, I don't really see a way in." Steve said.
"There's not," Robin said as she flipped the paper. "If you're talking exclusively about doors."

"Air ducts." You look at Robin.
"Exactly." She opened the marker. "Turns out, this secret room needs air just like any old room.
"And those air ducts can lead all the way there.." You gasp as Robin chuckled, tracing the marker from Scoops, to the secret room.
You all look up at the air vent.
"Aw shit, that's too small." You said aloud.
"I can fit, maybe.." Dustin said.

"Flashlight." Steve looked at you with a tool in his mouth.
"Gross, Steve, that's my Dads." You gag, passing him the flashlight.
"Thank you.." He said, passing the screw driver from his mouth to your hand.
"Steve! Ew." You threw the screwdriver in the box.

"Yeah, I don't know, man. I don't know if you can fit in here. It's, like..." Steve said to Dustin as he examined the air duct. "Super tight."
"I'll fit." Dustin said, confidently. "Trust me. No collar bones, remember?"