Sober {Eddie Munson}

Master of Puppets

Chapter inspired by Separate Ways by Journey and Master of Puppets (duh) by Metallica. Also this is alot longer than my usual chapters 2.7 k words hehe.

The ride back into Hawkins was incredibly ominous. They had all gotten dressed in different items of clothes from The War Zone. Marguerite sat in the back of the camper in between Dustin and Eddie. She had a red hat on that Robin had picked up for the both of them claiming "Just because the world might end doesn't mean we can't look good." Marguerite had snorted out a laugh at that, slipped the hat on and then struck a pose asking how she looked.
Now, she fiddled with Eddie's ring that lay on it's chain around her neck. She was worried. Not for herself but for Max. Being bait for a crazy physco interdimensional killer was the most insane thing ever but Max seemed so sure about it.

The dreaded time arrived as Steve pulled up Infront of the Creel House to let the first group off.
Marguerite followed them out the door and onto the street.

"Max." She said

The red head turned, lantern in hand.

"Be careful. If anything seems slightly wrong just get out of there play that Kate Bush and leave his nasty ass behind." Marguerite said
"Yeah I know." Max said waving her headphones in the air before turning towards the house and beginning to walk.

Marguerite chewed on her bottom lip as Max walked. She wanted to say something more but she couldn't think of the words.

"Maxine!" Marguerite called

Max turned ready to complain about the use of her full name but was met with a warm hug.

"I love you." Marguerite whispered into her hair, Max's shampoo tickling her nose
"Love you too." Max said slowly wrapping her arms around the older girl unsure how to react since they'd never hugged before.

The pair broke apart and Marguerite's eyes fixed on Lucas Sinclair, the boy her older brother had hated so profusely.

"Keep her safe, Lucas." She warned

Lucas nodded and promised he would before he turned and followed Max into the old Creel House.

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Falling back into the Upside Down was not what Marguerite wanted to do with her evening but here she was landing on the other version of Eddie's mattress which was somehow worse than the original.

"You okay?" Eddie asked as he helped her up
"Yeah. I love knowing we have to go up against those ugly fuckers again." She smiled grimly
"Hey it's gonna be fine. We're all gonna be fine." Steve assured her

Marguerite nodded as they all exited Eddie's other dimension trailer.

"Hey guys listen. If things start to go south, I mean at all, you abort. Draw the bats' attention keep em' busy for a minute or two. We'll take care of Vecna. Don't try to be cute or be a hero or something." Steve said "You guys are just-"
"Decoys." Dustin cut him off
"Don't worry you can be the hero, Steve." Dustin assured
"Yeah I'll make sure to tell my kids how heroic Steve with the great hair was back when we were all 18 and fighting interdimensional freaks." Marguerite smiled
"Yup same here." Dustin agreed as Marguerite gently patted his head

Steve rolled his eyes at their comments.

"Look at us...we are not heros." Eddie said