Someone to you - Dustin Henderson

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"Riley? Open the door." Steve banged on the Byers toilet door which Riley had locked herself in five minutes ago telling everyone she didn't feel well, "Riley, it's Steve. I just want to make sure your okay."

He heard the door click before slowly opening revealing a very tired Riley, he didn't waste a second pulling her into a tight hug, "Don't you ever do that again. I was so worried. I didn't know where you were."

"I'm sorry." Riley sighed following Steve into the other room where she took a seat at the table in between Dustin and Mike, "I didn't really plan to get attacked by those Demogorgan dog things. Surprisingly it wasn't on my to-do list when I woke up this morning."

Will was led in the other room with Jonathan speaking to him quietly. Not that Will could hear since he was still passed out. Hopper stood on the phone talking to someone about what happened at the Lab.

"They didn't believe you did they?" Dustin asked when Hopper had hung up the phone.

"We'll see."

"We'll see? We can't just sit here while those things are loose." Mike yelled annoyed.

"We stay here, and we wait for help."

"And what if help never comes, then what?" Riley spoke up. Hopper looked at her before shaking his head and leaving the room. 

Mike suddenly got up walking into the other room picking up the brain teasers he'd brought for Will earlier that day, "Did you guys know that Bob was the original founder of Hawkins AV."

Riley sighed leaning her head on the table, it felt like Bob was everywhere, all she could think about was his lifeless body led on the floor, everywhere she looked she could see him, the picture of the Demogorgan crashing against him body sending him flying towards the floor was engraved in her mind.

"He petitioned the school to start it and everything." Mike went on walking back towards the table, "Then he had a fund- raiser for equipment. Mr Clarke learned everything from him. Pretty awesome, right."

Riley lifted her head, "Pretty awesome's an understatement."

Mike smiled at her placing the brainteasers on the table infront of them all, "We can't let him die in vain."

"Well, what do you want to do, Mike?" Dustin asked raising his voice slightly, "The chief's right on this. We can't stop those Demo-dogs on our own."

"Demo-dogs?" Max asked.

"Demogorgan Dogs." Dustin held out his hands before putting them together, "Demo-dogs. It's like a compound. It's like a play on word-"

"Okay." Max let out a breath turning away from the boy.

"I mean maybe when it was just Dart, maybe..." 

"But there's an army now." Lucas finished.

"Precisely." Dustin nodded watching from the corner of his eye as Riley went back to leaning her head on the table.

"His army." Mike muttered.

"What do you mean?" Steve asked from where he stood leaning against the wall. Riley had caught on to what Mike meant pretty fast looking up.

"It's his army." Riley shared a look with Mike before she continued, "Maybe if we can stop him, we can stop his army, too."

Mike left the room before returning with Will's drawing of the shadow monster, "It got Will that day on the field. The doctor said it was like a virus."

"It infected him." Riley finished coming to stand at Mike's side.

"And so this virus, it's connecting him to the tunnels?" Max questioned.