✓ | FLOW ( eddie munson )

fifteen. I saw him

third person

Max and Dustin quickly made it to the local video store and told Steve and Robin everything they knew. They searched for a long time before finding the address of 'Reefer Rick', a drug dealer Eddie is associated with and also where Eddie may be hiding out.

Without wasting anytime, the two older kids closed their video store and the four of them piled into Steve's car before setting off to the house near lovers lake.

Dustin was on the edge of his seat the entire time, anxious to prove everyone wrong and prove Eddie was innocent along with seeing his sister alive and confirming her safety with himself. For him, it felt like forever before they were climbing out of the car with flashlights in hand, quietly making their way to the dark and quiet boathouse.

Robin pushed the creaky wooden door open, ignoring the way her stomach tightened at the darkness. She wasn't scared, she just really hated jumpscares and knew this place would be perfect for one especially with the possibility of a killer hiding in here. She swallowed "Hello?"

"What a dump," Steve commented, receiving a glare from Dustin as they moved their flashlights over the walls of the boat house, trying to find something. The older boy then spots an oar on the wall, clicking his flashlight off and silently picking it up off of the hook on the wall. He held it between his palms as he slowly approached a spot in the dark where a tarp was covering things in the middle of the room.

Dustin looked at him in shock, finding Steve's behaviour unbelievable and not helpful at all, "What are you doing?"

"He might be in here," Steve stated as he continued to hit the tarp with the oar.

"So take the tarp off!" Dustin exclaimed in a whisper, holding his hand out in frustration

"You take the tarp off," Steve replied childishly. Dustin looked at him for a second before sighing and shaking his head. He sometimes wondered if his and Steve's conciousnesses had switched bodies at some point. Only that could explain to him how Steve could be so immature at times.

On the other side of the room, Max found packets of food and empty bottles thrown all over a table. She picked a food wrapper up and inspected it. "Someone's been here,"

"Maybe he heard us? Got spooked and ran?" Robin suggested, looking around the room for any more signs of a person being here. It was hard to do in the dark, but they didn't have much choice.

"Don't worry, Steve will get him with his oar!" Dustin exclaimed with fake enthusiasm, gesturing to the man beside him as he continued to hit at the tarp with the piece of wood in his hands.

The two girls on the other side of the room ignored the banter, drowning out the sounds of Steve going on a rant about this being serious and all their near-death experiences. Until suddenly, the sound of a tarp being thrown around followed by the cut-off of Steve's speech alerted everyone in the room to the dark figure now holding Steve against a wall with a sharp object pressed to his throat.

Steve began yelling, begging the person they all knew to be Eddie to stop and wait. Dustin soon followed in Steves footsteps of yelling, his heart pounding as he shouted Eddie's name, trying to get the scared boys attention.

"It's me, Dustin!" Dustin declared, holding his hand out towards Eddie. He knew Eddie wasn't dangerous, but the fear in his eyes made him unpredictable and Dustin knew that.

Eddie shifted his eyes from Steve briefly, looking around the room for a sign of the raven-haired girl who could assure him that he could trust these people. He knew Veda went out to find Dustin, but he couldn't see her.