Kate Hopper's life had finally gone back to normal.
With the summer after her senior year in session, she'd soon be leaving behind the horrors of Hawkins behind, returning to New York City in the fall.
Kate only tried to live in the moment as Steve...
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IT HADN'T TAKEN long for Murray to come back on the radio again.
"Scoops Troop, this is... hm. Bald Eagle. I've reached another junction."
"This is what?" Dustin asked.
"The fourth junction," Kate called, standing next to Steve a couple yards away.
"All right, so if memory serves, this is right after the My Little Pony thesis," Dustin said.
"We went left, so he has to go right," Erica added.
"Fly right," Dustin said into the radio.
"Roger that, flying right," Murray replied.
"What's the My Little Pony thesis?" Robin asked.
"Don't get him started," Erica answered.
Kate had only stared at the mall longingly, almost as if it were drawing her into it.
In hindsight, she should've just stayed with her sister. It wasn't like she didn't trust Jonathan and Nancy to get the rest of the kids to Murray Bauman's apparent bunker that sat on the outskirts of Chicago just a couple of hours away from Hawkins, but she wanted to make sure that El would be safe, that it wouldn't come after her. She needed to know that her sister would be safe, and right now she couldn't guarantee that fact.
