Survival of the fittest

CHAPTER 31 : Radio navigation

I get up and dad hugs me "what the hell happens to you ?!" He asked "these Russians tried to open the gate and kidnapped me Steve and my friend Robin then drugged us but we got out" I say and the guy next to Dad looked at me confused "are you fine now" he asks "no I think someone took my brain" I say normally "check her" he says to the man "open eyes child" he said "they are" I told him and he looked at them "you have gone through a stage many teenagers went through you were high how do you feel" he say putting his arms on my shoulders "Dead" I say ok the same tone he was "good child" he said and I walked to Steve "your not high are you ?" He asks me "no" I tell him "so you meant what you said in the bathroom?" He said "yes" I tell him .

"The mind flayer it built man army in Hawkins to stop El and Sid to kill them and pave away into our world" miek said "and it almost did that was just one tiny piece of it" Nancy says "how big is this thing ?" Dad asked above me since my head was on his knee with some ice on my eye "30 feet at least" Jonathon said "yeah it sort of destroyed your cabin..sorry" Lucas said "okay just to be clear this big fleshy spider thing that hurt El is some kind of gigantic weapon so like instead of screws and metal the mind flayer made its weapons out of melted people ?" Steve asks "yes exactly" Nancy says "yeah okay just making sure" Steve said "are we sure this thing is still here and alive ?" Joyce asked "El beat the shit out of it but yeah it's still alive" max said "but if we close the gate again cut the brain off from the body and kill it" Lucas said "YO HO"a voice boomed and I saw a man waving paper in his hands "So this is what Alexi called the hub now the hub takes us to the vault room" Murray explained "okay where's the gate ?" Dad asked "here I think it's fairly close to the vault room maybe 50 feet or so" he says "more like 500" Erica chimed in "what your gonna waltz in there like it's commie Disneyland or something?" She asks "I'm sorry who are you ?" Murray asks "Erica Sinclair who are you ?" She said "Murray... buaman" he says "listen mr bum man I'm not tryna tell you how to do things but I've been down in that shit hole for 24 hours and with all due respect you do what this man tells you your all gonna die" she says "I'm sorry why is this four year old speaking to me ?" He asks " I'm ten you bald bastard" she says "Erica !" Lucas shouts "just the facts" she says "she's right your all gonna die but you don't have too sorry excuse me may I ?" Dustin said motioning to the paper map "please" Murray said a bit annoyed "this is room here this is a storage facility which feeds into there underground ventilation system that will lead you to the base of the weapon it's a bit of a maze down there but between me and Erica we can show you the way" dustin says "you can show us the way..?" Hopper says on disbelief after being bossed around by a kid "don't worry you can do all the underground fighting and the dangerous hero shit and we will just be your navigators" he says and the duo nod "No" my dad said . "Hey Heads up you can navigate us to a safe place" Dat said "it's not that simple the signal won't reach not with this we need a high enough frequency to connect to the Russians radio tower but to do that you need someone who has both seen their coms room and has access to one preferably already situated at the highest point of Hawkins oh wait that's me if you want us to navigate we got you but we need a head start and a car" dustin tells him and we all get ready to go to go but dad says "Please be careful this thing wants you and I can't loose you again understand" he says and I nod "love you kid" he says and I kiss his check then go to el and talk to her "are you okay ?" I ask and she nods "be..careful" shes says "as long as you will" I smile and she nods smiling back