Call it quits |Eddie Munson|

EIGHTEEN

"Nancy!" Steve yelled again.

Nancy was still not responding and her eyes were rolling back. Steve aggressively shook her shoulders as Julia still caught her breath. She looked up to the ceiling, through the gate her friends looked up at her in horror.

"Nancy! Nancy please!" Steve yelled again pulling Julia out of her thoughts.

"What do we do!" Screeched Dustin panicked.

"Music! Get some fucking music!" Julia yelled back at the kids, she didn't mean to sounds so angry but at least it worked. The kids, Robin and Eddie sprinted off to find whatever music they could find.

"Nancy, come on! Wheeler!" Julia yelled again as she turned to the girl.

"Nancy, just stay with me. Stay with me, okay?" Steve said holding her close before turning to Erica. Erica still stood by the gate above. "Whatever you guys are doing, hurry up!" He yelled at her.

Erica took quick note and rushed to find the others, in the distance Julia could hear her shout to hurry up.

"Nancy!" Steve yelled again, Julia stepped closer and watched as Nancy's eyes frantically moved from side to side. Nancy looked absolutely horrified even though not a single muscle in her face was pulled to together.

"Please, Nancy! Wake up!" Julia yelled.

A single tear slit out of Nancy's eye, it slowly rolled down her cheek and eventually reached her jaw. Just as the tear was about to drip down Nancy gasped loudly as her eyes shot open. She collapsed into Steve's arms and together they fell to the floor.

"Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." Steve sighed. "It's okay. It's okay." He comforted her as she burst out crying.

Julia moved to the floor as well and took a hold of her hand. Nancy looked shocked to her core, she just stared into the open space, breathing heavily as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"You're okay." Julia whispered. "Nance, you're okay."

"I'm here. It's okay. I'm right here." Steve said as he held her, Nancy looked over to him as she continued to cry.

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After Nancy had calmed down a bit they had quickly helped her through the gate.

Everyone had been very much shaken up and hugged each other like they hadn't in years.

Eddie had quickly hoist Julia up from the floor and hugged her as soon as she had fallen back into the normal world.

"Jesus Christ." He sighed as he held her tight.

"You could say that." Julia agreed as she hugged him back.

Someone cleared their throat, it was Max. Everyone turned to her, with all the attention her cheeks took on a bit of color but she quickly redeemed herself.

"How about we get out of here. I really don't really feel like sticking around for a cup of tea."

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They found themselves at Max's trailer a few minutes later. Steve, Eddie and Erica sat on the couch and Julia in front of it on the floor. Dustin and Lucas were standing on either side of the couch and Max by Lucas' side. Robin sat on the ground against the wall and Nancy on a chair in front of the group.

She softly cleared her throat, before trying to explain to the group what had happened, what she had seen.

"He showed me things that haven't happened yet." She said hoarsely. "The most awful things. I saw... a dark cloud spreading over Hawkins. Downtown on fire. Dead soldiers. And this... giant creature with... a gaping mouth. And this creature wasn't alone."