cuz you and i - [Max Mayfield]

Eleven

Jonathan, Joyce and Mike walked inside the house with Will unconscious on Jonathan's back, Belly helped him get Will to the sofa, Hopper came in with two guns in his hand

"Do you know how to use this?" Hopper asked looking at Jonathan

"What?" he asked in a low voice almost as if he was scared

"Can you use this?" Hopper said raising his voice

"I can" Nancy stepped forward as Hopper handed her a gun both of them, getting ready, pointing the gun at the door

Belly stepped infront of Max getting her lighter ready, ready to protect her from anything they were about to face, Max didn't complain, she liked seeing this protective side of Belly, which she rarely showed

"Where are they?" Max asked the group in a loud voice

They all stayed silent, no one sure where they were, when suddenly the group heard growling from the side they all snapped towards the voice, Belly was getting nervous by the second but she didn't show it, she couldn't when Max was right behind her, scared

"What are they doing?" Nancy pronounced

Suddenly they heard snarling from where they were facing earlier, Max out of fear grabbed the bottom from the back of Belly's top, Belly put a hand on Max's, making her let go of the fabric and hold her hand instead

The window broke, making them all scream in fear when a demo-dog was thrown inside, it was just lying down, it didn't move, Hopper slowly walked towards the creature

"Be careful" Belly worded out making Hopper nod before, moving it's head with his foot

The door creeked, making them turn towards it, the door unlocked, Belly getting ready to throw her lighter on the demo-dog that was about to enter, instead it was a human, that entered the place, which made Hopper lower his gun

There stood El, with her nose bleeding, Belly sighed in relief upon seeing the girl

Mike, with tears in his eyes, slowly stepped towards her, making her smile softly at him, they both stepped towards each other, tackling each other in a tight hug, the sight made Belly send the two a soft smile

"Is that..." Max pronounced from beside Belly

"El" she whispered softly

"I never gave up on you" Mike said breaking the hug "I called you every night, every night for-"

"353 days, I heard" El cut him

"Why didn't you tell me you were there?" Mike questioned "That you were safe?"

"Because I wouldn't let her" Hopper answered for the girl "What the hell is this, where have you been"

"Where have you been" El asked him back, before Hopper walked towards her and gave her a hug, kissing her head, the whole scene was soft until

"You've been hiding her!" Mike yelled at him "You've been  hiding her all this time!" he pushed him harshly but backed away as soon as Hopper turned around

"Hey! Let's talk alone" Hopper said grabbing Mike's collor and pulling him towards another room

Dustin and Lucas trapped El in a big tight hug, pulling away, she touched Dustin's teeth, shocked on his grown teeth, when she looked at Isabell

"Isabell" She whispered, Belly walked towards her and wiped the blood off of the girl's face with her sleeve

"I promised didn't I?" she gave the girl a small hug

"Eleven?" They heard Max, she stepped towards them "I am Max, I've heard a lot about you" she extended her hand, El completely ignored the girl walking towards Joyce, leaving Belly's mouth agape

Belly took Max's hand that was still in the air and held onto it, before making her way to where Joyce took El, to see Will

El had an idea, they all were now gathered in the living room, around the table, while Hopper explained about the gate, as later they argued about how closing the gate will kill Will as well, as he's now a part of the mind flayer's army

They planned to take Will to Hopper's cabinet, where they'll try to make the mind flayer go out of him

Belly, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Steve and Max stayed back at the house, Hopper and El left to close the gate

Dustin and Steve put the demo-dog that was laying on the floor into the fridge, Belly and Max cleared the ground removing the glass pieces from the window breaking earlier, as Mike paced across the room, Lucas was sat nearby

"Mike would you stop already?" Belly asked growing frustrated by the guy

"You weren't in there okay, Belly? That lab is swarming with hundreds of those dogs" Mike tried to explain

"Demo-dogs" Dustin yelled from behind correcting the guy

"Listen, Hopper is there, he'll protect her, plus she doesn't even need protection, didn't you see how he yanked that thing earlier?" Belly tried to calm the guy down when in reality she needed to calm down

"Listen dude, a coach calls play in a game, bottom line you execute it alright?" Steve tried explaining with a metaphor

"First of all this isn't some stupid sports game, and second we're not even in the game we're on the bench" Mike emphasized

"So.. My point is" Steve stammered "Right we're on the bench, so we uh, can't do anything" Steve put the towel that was in his hands, on his shoulder

"That's not entirely true" Dustin spoke catching everyone's attention "I mean, these demo-dogs they have a hive mind, when they ran away from the bus, they were called away"

"So if we get their attention..." Lucas spoke

"Maybe we can draw them from the lab" Max completed for the guy, which made Belly stare at the two sighing

"Clear a path to the gate" Mike said and it all made sense to Belly now, she was slowly understanding what they were talking about

"Yeah, and then we all die" Steve spoke in a low voice grabbing everyone's attention, he didn't like the idea of taking these kids, he was trusted with, to do such a dangerous thing, in the slightest

"That's one point of view" Dustin mentioned

"That's not a point of view man, that's a fact" Steve spoke

"I got it" Mike spoke making his way to a specific spot, pointing at one of the drawings that Will drew of the tunnel "This is where the chief dug his hole, this is our way to the tunnel, so.." he walked towards the center of the drawing to which all the tunnels lead  "Here right here, it's like a hub, so you got all the tunnels feeding in here" he gestured with his hands "Maybe if we set this on fire"

"Oh yeah that's a no" Steve spoke in a low voice hoping they'd listen, but none of them did as they continued making their plan of luring the demo-dogs