Season 2, Ep. 7 was skipped for obvious reasons
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Steve is walking in the middle of the three kids, carrying Rose in his arms. She has her eyes closed because, against everyone's protests, she was scouting the forest to make sure they wouldn't get sneak attacked by anything. She has her head leaned against the brunette's chest.
"Ro-" Dustin starts to say.
"Henderson, let her rest." Steve says.
"You're positive that was Dart?" Lucas asks.
"Yes." Dustin answers. "He had the same exact yellow pattern on the butt."
"He was tiny two days ago." Max points out.
"Well he's molted three times already." Dustin says.
"Malted?" Steve asks confused.
"Molted pretty boy." Rose says, opening her eyes for a second. "Shed his skin to make room for growth like hornworms. Just means he's that much closer to becoming that demon we fought last year."
"When's he gonna molt again?" Max asks.
"It's gotta be soon." Dustin says. "When he does, he'll be fully grown or close to it."
"And so will his friends." Rose says.
"Yeah, and he's gonna eat a lot more than just cats." Steve says, putting the girl in his arms down but staying beside her to help her walk.
"Wait, a cat?" Lucas asks, stopping the group. "Dart ate a cat?"
"No, what?" Dustin lies. "No."
"What are you talking about?" Steve asks. "He ate Mews."
"Mews?" Max asks. "Who's Mews?"
"Dustin's cat." Rose says, leaning on Steve.
"Steve and Rose!" Dustin yells.
"I knew it!" Lucas shouts. "You kept him!"
"No! No. No, I... no, I... he missed me. He wanted to come home."
"Bullshit!"
Steve flinches a bit and Rose takes his hand, rubbing her thumb on the back of it.
"I didn't know he was he was a Demogorgon, okay?" Dustin defends.
"Oh, so now you admit it?" Lucas says.
"Guys, who cares?" Max argues. "We have to go."
"I care!" Lucas shouts. "You put the party in jeopardy! You broke the rule of law!"
"So did you!" Dustin shouts back.
Rose huffs and taps Steve's hand, mouthing that she'll be back in a minute. She walks off to the side, putting her hands on the ground to sense anything. After a while of silence, she hears a screech and shoots up.
"Guys." she hears Steve say over the arguing children.
"He wasn't gonna eat us." Dustin says.
"Oh so he was crawling over to come say hello?" Lucas says.
"Guys!" Rose shouts, blowing the two away from each other. "Quit fucking fighting and let's go!"
The experienced members of the group start walking towards the source of the screeching despite Max yelling after them.
TIME SKIP
Rose was "scolded" into no longer walking by the boys so she was riding on Steve's back now.
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