Someone to you - Dustin Henderson

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Dustin burst through the door into the bathrooms. Riley sighed in relief when she saw Robin and Steve sat on the floor of the bathroom laughing. Dustin shook his head, annoyed, "Okay. What the hell?" The two only continued to laugh.

The five of them hide out in the bathroom until the movie finished and all the people filled the hallways giving them the opportunity to blend in and make their escape. The mall was also closing now which would make it easier to get to the exit.

"Well shit, that worked." Erica spoke.

"Course it worked." Dustin shook his head, grabbing Riley's hand when he noticed her looking around at all the people nervously, "Now we just have to get on the bus with the rest of these plebes, and home sweet home, here we come."

"Uh, Dustin." Steve said. What ever Steve and Robin had been drugged with had now worn off and they were back to their usual selves, "Yeah, we may not wanna go to your house."

"Why?"

"Well, I might have told them your and Riley's full name."

"What is wrong with you?" Dustin whispered back at him.

"Dude, I was drugged."

"So.

"So?"

"So, you resist. You tough it out. You tough it out like a man." 

"Oh, yeah, that's easy for you to say."

"Guys?" Robin muttered catching the groups attention as they all followed to where she was looking. Around twenty five Russian men walked among the people dressed in full black checking each person.

"Abort." Dustin whispered when one of the men looked towards the group, "Abort. Abort!" They turned running back the way they came. They came to the top of the escalator groaning when they found it blocked off.

Robin sat on the metal between the two escalators sliding down it towards the bottom everyone copying her actions. Riley was sure her heart was going to explode out her chest any second and her headache wasn't getting any better.

They rushed over to the far end of the room hiding behind a long row of counters, which were tall enough to hide all of them. Riley was holding onto Dustin's hand for dear life trying to focus on keeping her breathing steady.

The mall was empty now and they clearly hear the Russians walking around behind them, speaking into their radios. There was no way out, Russians stood guarding every exit. This was it. This was how they were gonna die.

Dustin seemed to sense her panic squeezing her hand slightly. He was trying his best not to focus on the Russians behind him, finding it easier to focus his attention on Riley. She was what always kept him calm. Even in the worst of situations, it was always her.

One of the Russians must have noticed something as it suddenly went quiet all apart from the sound of their boots walking towards their hiding spot.

Just when Riley thought the Russians were right on top of them a car alarm sounded behind them causing the whole group to jump. There was a loud crash and the yells of the Russian men before it went silent again.

The five slowly turned around lifting their heads cautiously above the counter to look towards the noise. A car had somehow been thrown across the room and had smashed into the opposite wall taking all Russians with it.

Riley smiled to herself, there was only one person she knew of who could have done that. She looked up towards the top part of the mall to find Eleven stood there looking down at them. Mike, Will, Lucas, Max, Jonathan and Nancy all stepped forwards standing besides the girl.

Dustin and Riley laughed to themselves, she knew Mike wasn't stupid enough to ignore their call. They all quickly ran into the open where the other group were making their way towards them, Eleven being supported by Mike.

"You flung that thing like a Hot Wheel!" Dustin yelled out as he and Riley pulled the two into a hug.

"Lucas?" Erica asked in disbelief upon seeing her brother.

"What are you doing here?" The older Sinclair question in annoyance and worry.

"Ask them it's their fault." Erica pointed towards Dustin, Riley, Steve and Robin.

"True, yeah." Steve nodded, "Totally true. it's absolutely our fault."

"I don't understand what happened to that car." Robin spoke up turning away from where the car was crashed.

"El has superpowers." Dustin said.

"I'm sorry?"

"Superpowers." Riley repeated, "She threw it with her mind."

"Come on, catch up." Steve shook his head.

"That's El?" Erica pointed towards the girl.

"Who's El?"

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Nancy asked, looking towards Robin.

"I'm Robin," She introduced herself, "I work with Steve."

"She cracked the top secret code." Dustin explained pointing towards the older girl.

"Yeah, which is how we found out about the Russians in the first place." Riley added on.

"Russians?" Jonathan asked looking towards the girl, "Wait, what Russians?"

"The Russians!" Steve exclaimed pointing towards the dead bodies which littered the floor.

"Those were Russians?" Max questioned.

"Some of them." Erica nodded.

"What are you talking about?"

"Didn't you hear out code red?" Dustin asked turning to look at Mike.

"Yeah," Mike replied, "And I couldn't understand half of what you were saying."

"Goddamn low battery." Dustin groaned in annoyance.

"How many times do I have to tell you with the low battery?" Steve spoke up.

"Well, everything worked out, didn't it, Steve." 

"Worked out? We almost died." Erica stated. Riley ignored them watching El who was moving away from the group looking dazed. She looked up lifting her hands to cover her ears. Just as Riley was about to say something the girl fell to the floor.

Riley rushed over getting there just in time to stop here head from hitting against the floor, "El! El!"

"What's wrong? El?" Mike lent down on the other side of Eleven. 

"My leg. My leg." The girl whimpered closing her eyes in pain. Riley reached out taking her hand, her eyes widening when Jonathan pulled up the bottoms of her trousers taking of a bunch of bandages to reveal a huge cut on her ankle.

Something suddenly moved under the skin causing El to yell out in pain.