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TW // Self-harm
Sam and Dustin were sat on the couch as Mike cleaned El up in the bathroom. Sam had her head rested on her brothers' shoulder.
Neither of them spoke, still trying to process what they'd just been through.
Suddenly, they heard a voice cutting in and out on the walkie talkie. Sam picked it up and tried to get a better signal.
"Lucas, is that you?" she asked into the radio.
As his voice continued cutting in and out, Dustin ran to the bathroom to get Mike and El.
"Guys! It's Lucas. I think he's in trouble."
The three of them ran back to where Sam was sitting.
"Do you remember how he said he was looking for the gate?" Dustin asked them.
"Yeah.." Mike answered, confused.
"What if he found it?" Sam added.
Mike grabbed the walkie from Sam and tried to get a better listen. "What's he saying?"
"I don't know, he's way out of range," Sam responded, getting worried.
Out of everything he said, they could only make out, "..son of a bitch!"
"Lucas, if you can hear us, slow down. We can't understand you," Mike spoke into the radio.
After Lucas spoke again, they could only make out the words 'mad hen'.
"Mad hen. Does that mean anything to you? Like a code name or something?" Dustin asked.
This time, Lucas' speech was more clear. "The bad men are coming!"
"Bad men," Mike realized. "Bad men! Stay here."
He then ran upstairs, Sam and Dustin following after him.
The three looked out the window and noticed a white Hawkins Power and Light van parked outside. There was a man in the driver's seat, staring at the house.
"What's that guy doing?" Sam asked, fear in her voice.
"You don't think.." Dustin looked at the two, Mike then running into the kitchen.
The twins kept looking at the van as they heard Mike interrupting his mother's phone call, asking if there were any repairs scheduled for the house.
"Shit," Sam mumbled as they saw more of the same vans driving closer.
Dustin quickly shut the curtains when he noticed the people in the vans staring at them, then running into the kitchen.
"Mike! We need to leave.. right now," Dustin warned.
"Micheal!" Mrs. Wheeler called.
"If anyone asks where I am, I've left the country," he said before running out of the kitchen, joining the three in the basement.
