Someone to you - Dustin Henderson

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The bell rang signalling the end of school. Mike and Riley stood by Will's locker waiting for the boy, 

"Will, you coming? Let's go show Mr Clarke." Mike said as Will walked towards them a distant look in his eye, "What?"

"It's about D'Artagnan."

Mike, Will and Riley burst through the doorway to Mr Clarke's classroom just as Dustin was about to open his ghost trap.

"Stop! I'm really sorry, Mr Clarke. It was just a stupid prank." Mike yelled as Riley reached forwards pulling the ghost trap off the table and into her arms.

"What are you doing?" Dustin asked looking between the two.

"We need to go." Riley sighed walking backwards Will and Mike quickly following her.

"Riley?"

"We need to go now! Come on!" She yelled as the group raced down the hallway towards the AV club. They ran inside Mike quickly turning around closing the door before Max could enter with them.

"I don't understand." Lucas groaned as they ignored Max banging on the door wanting to get in.

"What's not to understand?" Riley exclaimed in annoyance, it was all pretty straight forwards.

"Will saw something that looked like Dart last year?" Lucas asked.

"Kind of, but there was no tail." Will replied.

"But then he heard it yesterday." Mike cut in, "The exact same sound."

"Why didn't you tell us before?" Dustin asked Will.

"I wasn't sure."

"So it's a coincidence." Dustin spoke hopefully.

"I don't think so Dusty." Riley sighed looking towards Will, "What if when Will was stuck in the Upside Down he somehow acquired something like True Sight? So he can see into the Upside Down."

"Elaborate." Lucas sighed.

"Maybe these episodes that Will keeps having aren't really flashbacks at all." Mike tried to explain, "Maybe they're real. Maybe Will can somehow see into the Upside Down."

"So that would mean..." Lucas started.

"Dart is from the Upside Down." Riley finished sighing to herself when she saw Dustin shaking his head.

"We have to take him to Hopper." Lucas stated.

"I agree." Mike nodded.

"No way. If we take him to Hopper, Dart's as good as dead." Dustin disagreed.

"Maybe he should be." 

"How can you say that?"

"Dustin, he's from the Upside Down. He could be dangerous." Riley cut in looking up at Dustin who stared at her in betrayal causing her to quickly stare at the floor. Riley was always on Dustin's side that's just how it worked, she was his best friend they never disagreed on anything.

"Your wrong." Dustin said raising his voice, sighing when she took as step away from him towards Mike, "Just because he's from the Upside Down doesn't automatically make him bad."

Dustin just knew he was right, he knew Dart wasn't dangerous, "We have a bond."

"A bond? Just because he like nougat?" Mike yelled in disbelief.

"No, because he trusts me!" Dustin shouted back.

"He trusts you?" Lucas asked.

"Yes, I promised I would take care of him." Dustin explained but the room fell silent as Dart who was still in the Ghost trap started screeching. They all quickly stepped away from the table. The trap fell to its side and Mike lent over grabbing a lamp of the table holding it out infront of him as a weapon, 

"Don't hurt him."

"Only if he attacks." Mike reassured Dustin as Riley watched from over his shoulder.

"Just open it already." Lucas groaned.

Dustin lent forwards pressing the button to open the ghost trap and Dart rolled out, he screeched as two legs broke from the back of his body, Mike eyes widened going to slam the lamp ontop of Dart only for his hands to be pushed away but Dustin.

Dart jumped of the table making its way towards the door just as Max finally was able to unlock it using a paper clip. Dart ran past her the group chasing after him only for Dustin and Lucas who were first to slam straight into Max and fall to the floor.

"What was that?" Max yelled standing up.

"Dart!" Mike yelled back searching down the hallway.

"What?"

"You let him escape!" 

"Why did you attack him?" Dustin yelled at Mike who ignored him ad continued down the hallway.

"Come on."

"Don't hurt him. Don't you hurt him!" Dustin yelled after Mike.

"South is clear. Lucas, Riley?" Will voice spoke through the Supercom Riley was holding, "Anything."

Riley sighed watching Lucas run up to a classroom door before karate kicking it open. Laughing when the teacher inside started yelling at him.

"Nothing here." Riley spoke into the Supercom as her and Lucas speed walked down the hallway trying to get away from the teacher as fast as they could.

"Guys..." Will's voice spoke softly as Riley held the Supercom between her and Lucas, "I found him."

"Where?" Dustin asked.

"In the bathroom by Mr Salerno's."

"Copy that." Mike spoke.

Riley held the Supercomm up the her mouth, "We're on our way."

"We're coming!" Lucas yelled as the two met up with Mike before bursting into the toilets, 

"Where's dart." Mike asked Dustin who had gotten there before them and was now standing by the farthest stall.

"I don't know. Not here." Dustin spoke trying not to look at Riley who always knew when he was lying.

"He said by Salerno's, right?" Max checked.

"Yeah, maybe Will has him." Dustin proposed as Riley moved to stand by his side looking at the taller boy suspiciously. 

"Where is Will?" Mike asked after he'd finished checking around the toilets. Riley eyes widened as she looked towards the floor of the farthest toilet leaning down to pick something up off the floor.

"Hey, guys." She muttered as they turned towards her. In her right hand she held Will's Supercomm. She quickly ran out into the hallways Mike following her as they looked back and forth down the hallway.

She turned to Mike and Lucas, "You two head that way see if you can find him." She pointed to herself, Dustin and Max, "We'll go this way."

And with that they split up to hunt for their missing friend.