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chapter forty ,
a/n : we're almost done with season two!
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The Hopper family get out of the truck and look at The Lab in front of them. Gus feels her chest tighten as her mind goes back to when she was last in the lab. She and Eleven were forced to fight each other and Gus almost killed her. Gus wasn't hat same little girl anymore who would do anything for Dr. Brenner's attention. God, she hopes she wasn't that same girl.
Gus looks at her little sister and sees a look of fear across her face. The short-haired brunette lightly touches Eleven's hand. "Hey."
Eleven blinks and looks up at Gus. The teenager gnaws on her lower lip. She crouches in front of Eleven and keeps her eyes on hers. "Listen, you know you can talk to me about anything and everything, right?" She softly speaks. "You don't need to get into a stranger's truck. Even if he was a nice man. You have me. I will always be here for you."
Tears form in Eleven's eyes. She never knew what it was like to genuinely have someone on her side that actually cared about her. Now, she had a whole group of people who cared. But now, she also had a big sister that'll do anything for her. And Eleven would do anything for Gus. Eleven wipes her tears and nods her head. "Thank you, August." She wraps her arms around Gus' neck.
Gus chuckles softly and hugs Eleven back. "No need to thank me, squirt. That's what big sisters are for."
Hopper watches as the two girls hug and he smiles softly. "You two ready?"
Gus and Eleven look at Hopper. The teenager stands up and nods. "Yeah."
"All right. You two let me do the heavy lifting up front, all right?" Hopper looks from Eleven to Gus. "Then when we down there. I'll let you guys do your things."
Gus looks at Eleven and just from one glance, Gus could tell that Eleven was nervous. Eleven walks toward the building and Hopper and Gus follow.
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Fallon manages to convince the kids to have Steve tag along. She was sitting in the back with Mike, Sofía, Dustin. Steve's head was laying in Fallon's lap. She reluctantly had to take care of Steve, making sure he was still breathing. Every now and then, she would feel nauseous by the way Max was driving. This whole thing was a shit show. But, one thing that made her feel better was Sofía putting cartoon bandaids on Steve's face. It made Fallon laugh.
