Trapped

The Monster and the Superhero

She was in the backseat. It was a quiet car ride. "You know he wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you." A dark voice echoed in her head making her stiff. "If he never got together with you. He would be across the country right now, having the time of his life at parties. But, instead, he is in a mess again."

"My parents cut me off. Now, I'm stuck in this cursed town with you." Steve glares at her in the rearview mirror.

"Huh?" She pushed back into the seat.

"If it wasn't for you. I wouldn't have met Steve and I wouldn't be here either." Robin, who was in the passenger seat, turned to snarl at her. "You know what we should do, we should tie her up in that Darling of hers and push it into a lake." She turned to the driver.

"It would be better for everyone." Dustin agrees. "A clingy mom is one thing but an evil suicidal sister who prays that our mom dies young is too much."

"I don't want to have those thoughts." She grabs the roots of her hair.

"But, you do and that's disgusting. I would do anything to have Billy back. He wasn't nice to me. You're wishing your sweet mother to die." Max looks out the window not wanting to see her.

"Just die now." Dustin opens the door of the speeding car to push her out. She screams as she meets the hot pavement.

In her attempt to save herself in her dreams, she jolted, making her head slam into the side window. "Fuck." She made her headache worse. She looked around, realizing she was in the passenger seat. Robin, Dustin, and Max are in the back. Steve glanced at her from the driver's seat.

"Maybe if you talk about the nightmare, they'll go away." Dustin watches her.

"If they are what you think they are then I doubt it works like that." She sneers.

They pull up to the house on Lover's lake. The group got out to head to the boat house. Steve and she trailed in the back. "I know you said they're dark but I'm not your little brother. I'm supposed to be your partner. You shouldn't have to go through this alone."

"Are you telling me you share every dark thought with me?" She crosses her arms feeling exposed.

"Yeah, I told you about breaking into my dad's safe and pawning a watch he got from my grandfather. It wasn't like I needed the money. I just wanted to hurt him after being called a failure a hundred times. That was an action, not just a thought." He wasn't sure what was going on. If her nightmare were Vecna's fault or her own conscience but either way he wanted to help.

"I might have been the virgin at the beginning of this relationship but I think you're actually the pure one." She followed the rest of the group into the boat house. Steve went along feeling defeated.

"Delivery Service." Dustin held up the bags. Eddie let out a sigh before grabbing the bags to stuff his face. "So we got some good news and bad news. How do you prefer?"

"Bad news first, always?" He would need the good news to cheer him up.

"Okay, bad news, we tapped into the Hawkins PD dispatch with our Cerebro, and they're definitely looking for you. Also, they're pretty sure you killed Chrissy." He gave it to him.

"Like they are not even looking into other leads." Lyn was annoyed with that.

"And the good news?" He didn't see what would be able to cheer him up.

"Your name hasn't gone public yet, but if we found out about you it would only be a matter of time before others do." Robin gave him that. "And once that gets out everyone and their shallow-minded mothers are going to be gunning for you."