After being thrown into the world of the Upside Down, Gwen Henderson now has to deal with something even more sinister. All while being forced to work with the boy she hates most, Steve Harrington.
Season 2 - Season 4
Steve Harrington x fem OC
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(Ep. 8: The Battle of Starcourt)
Hawkins turned out to be more interesting than Robin and Daphne thought.
After Mike explained to them how this whole Upside Down debacle started when Will went missing, when they met El (a girl who escaped from Hawkins Lab and had accidentally opened the gate), all of them were left utterly shocked and terrified the home they once believed to be safe was nothing but a tragedy.
Barbara Holland and Bob Newby didn't die a mysterious death. It was all a consequence due to the lab's experiments and not only did this mess happen twice, but it was happening for a third time now. It seemed the Russians opened a gate and it was the main cause for this monster in the first place, so now they had to find a solution.
Daphne felt relieved to have moved away as she was certain she would have lost her mind. She was still in disbelief on how her friends were taking this with a grain of salt, because if anything, they should all be in therapy after everything they went through.
It was all too much to take in just a few minutes. Robin was just simply biting her nails anxiously as she didn't know what else to do. With everyone's experience, she felt the least bit prepared to join any battle that was now involving the asshole of Hawkins High, Billy Hargrove.
"The Mind Flayer, it built this monster in Hawkins to stop El," Mike explained, all of them gathered in a circle. "He wants to kill her and pave a way into our world."
"And it almost did," Nancy added. "This was just one piece of it."
"How big is this thing?" Hopper's arm was around his daughter, who was resting against his chest with her leg propped up on Joyce's.
"It's big," Jonathan mumbled, glancing at Nancy as the image of the monster back in the hospital filled his mind. "Thirty feet at least."
Gwen leaned back against Steve, who had his arms around her as he rested his chin on her shoulder. Her heart was racing uncontrollably and she was pretty certain he felt it too based on the way he kept assuring her, "It's gonna be okay."
But would it, really?
They have dealt with this before and it always found a way back, so what's to say this wouldn't return in a few months?
"It sorta destroyed your cabin," Lucas reluctantly told Hopper, earning a sharp glare from him. "Sorry."
"Okay, so, just to make things clear, this... big fleshy spider that hurt El," Steve narrowed his eyes as he tried putting all the information into a complete puzzle. "It's some kind of gigantic... weapon?"
Nancy nodded, "Yes."
"But instead of screws and metal, the Mind Flayer made its weapon... with melted people," Steve slowly said, his statement being clarified once Nancy gave him another nod. "Yeah, okay. I was just making sure."
