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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐱

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳
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"Stupid, stupid, stupid!" I yelled as I kicked at my bag, Lucas sat on his bed and watched with a sigh.

I turned to Lucas, "If they aren't going to help us find Will, we're going to find him ourselves." I said, "right, but we need gear." Lucas reminded.

"That's what I have my bag for. check it out," I said, I grabbed my bag and opened it up, showing Lucas all the weapons I had.

"Holy shit, this is a lot." Lucas said, I nodded, "Look at the machete." I showed him, holding it up, "Woah, (Y/n)- that's extreme— we aren't Jason voorhees." Lucas said jokingly, I laughed.

"Yeah, but it could come to great use." I stated, I sat next to Lucas on his bed, "Sorry if I seemed angry last time- well, I mean- I was angry. I don't know if I'll even be able to speak to Mike after that. It's all his fault anyways. trusting the two weirdos." I said with a scoff, Lucas shook his head.

"You had a part in it too, (Y/n). So it was you too. take a little responsibility." Lucas said, I nodded, if anyone would be able to calm me down it would be Lucas.

"Thank you." I said, then I heard the doorbell ring, Lucas got up and walked out of his room, I followed him.

I walked downstairs and saw who it was at the door, speak of the devil, it was mike, Dustin was with him.

"What do you want?" I asked in an annoyed tone, it was quiet until Dustin had hit mike on the shoulder.

"I drew first blood, so..." Mike trailed off, I looked down at his hand that was held out, I didn't take it.

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I was pacing back and forth, I was thinking, should I shake his hand? yes or no? I really didn't care, as long as he wasn't going to bring the weirdos with him.

I then stopped, "okay, I'll shake. on one condition." I said, "We forget the weirdos and go straight to the gate." I finished.

"Then the deals off." Mike told me, "FINE!" I yelled, "FINE!" Mike yelled back.

"No, no, not fine! Guys, seriously? Do you even remember what happened to the bloodstone pass?" Dustin said, I shrugged and rolled my eyes.

"We couldn't agree on what path to take, so we split up the party and those troll took us out one by one. And it all went to shit. And we were all disabled!" Dustin continued, I crossed my arms.

"So we stick together, no matter what!" Dustin said.

"Yeah, I agree. but this is the party, right here in this room." I stated, "El and Mae is one of us now." Mike said.

"Um, no, they're not. not even close!" I said, "Never will be. They're both liars and traitors..." I continued while pointing down at every finger I had up which was now down.

"They were just trying to keep us safe! El didn't mean to hurt you, it was an accident!" Mike defended, I scoffed.

"An accident?" I said, Dustin then spoke, "Alright, accident or not...admit it it was a little awesome." Dustin said.

"Awesome?" I replied, "Yeah, she threw you in the air with her mind!" Dustin exclaimed.

"I could have been killed!" I yelled, "which is exactly why we need her and Mae. They're both weapons. Do you seriously wanna fight the demogorgon with your machete? That's like R2-D2 going to fight Darth Vader. we're no use to Will if we're dead." Mike told me.

"If you two wanna waste your time looking for traitors, go ahead, 'cause I'm not spending my time on them anymore, no way! I'm going to the gate. I'm gonna find will." I said and pushed past them both, Lucas followed me.

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I had my bike beside me as Lucas did as well, we were both getting ready to head to the gate.

I got on my bike and started peddling away, Lucas following suit, I had a bandanna wrapped around my head.

Once we got into the woods, I saw there was a gate, a large one, it looked like it was protecting something.

"Lucas, look, look! The compass." I said, this time it wasn't El of Maven messing with the compasses.

To get a better look I grabbed Lucas wrist and climbed up the tree, he followed.

Once we found a spot, Lucas opened his bag and grabbed his binoculars.

"What do you see?" I asked him, Lucas lowered the binoculars, "military." He told me.

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