𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐟𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫

twelve.

Y/n paced the house, waiting for her dad to come back with the boys. Jim refused to let her help, said he wanted her to stay back and be safe. It had been hours, and the sun had fully disappeared. Y/n had once again began chewing her nails, until Joyce gently grabbed her arm.

"Don't do that." Joyce said gently, causing Y/n to look at her.

"I'm nervous." Y/n said "What if something happened, it's been hours, Joyce." She said quickly.

"If anything happened, we would know. Someone would call us through the walkie." Joyce said "It'll be okay."

The sound of a car driving up, and headlights shone through the window. Y/n's eyes went wide, and she and everyone else rushed outside.

"Mike. Oh, my god. Mike!" Nancy gasped rushing over to hug her little brother.

Y/n let out a sigh of relief, when she saw the boys, and El safe. Dustin ran to Y/n, and hugged her tightly. She was a littke caught off guard, but hugged him back.

"You okay, Dusty?" Y/n asked looking down at him.

"How'd you know we'd think it'd be like lando?" Dustin asked pulling away and staring up at her.

Y/n snorted "Seriously?" She asked "I've seen that movie with you guys a hundred times, and I know it's your favorite." She explained.

Dustin nodded "Fair point."

"Is that my dress?"

Y/n looked over at Eleven, who had on that same pink dress from before. Except for it was a lot more dirty, and stained. The dress was covered by a old dark blue jacket.

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Everyone was now gathered inside, listening to what Mike had to say. He had drawn up a stupid drawing, not caring too much for how neat it was. It just had to make a little bit of sense.

"Okay, so, in this example, we're the acrobat. Will and Barbara, and that monster, they're this flea." Mike explained pointing out each thing, "And this is the upside down, where Will is hiding. Mr. Clarke said the only way to get there is through a rip of time and space."

"A gate." Dustin added.

"That we tracked to Hawkins Lab"

"With our compasses."

"Wait....so the gate has a strong electromagnetic field?" Y/n asked hesitantly, unsure if she was right.

"Yes!" Dustin said with a smile "Exactly that."

"What?" Jim questioned looking at all of them in pure confusion.

"If the gate has a strong electromagnetic field, which can change the direction of a compass." Y/n said "It's like putting two opposite magnets together, they just push away from each other." She explained.

"Is this gate underground?" Jim asked.

"Yes." Eleven's small voice answered.

"Near a large water tank?"

"Yes." Eleven answer once again with a small nod.

"H-how do you know all that?" Dustin stuttered.

"He's seen it." Mike said in realization.