cuz you and i - [Max Mayfield]

A gate?

The next morning the group was packed inside Nancy’s car again, this time, going bringing Eddie some stuff, and to tell him about the progress of their plan, Belly had her eyes closed and head leaned back on the seat between Lucas and Max. Max, who had her body too close to Belly. Nancy driving with Robin on the passenger seat Dustin and Steve at the very last 

Last night, Belly could not sleep  at all, the rest of the group did however get a goodnight’s sleep, Belly couldn’t fathom the reason for her sleeplessness, hence the reason for her tiredness in the morning

“Not to be a wimp, but can I sit in the car?” Robin requested “Cuz this is gonna totally and royally suck”

“It’ll be fine” Nancy reassured the girl

“I can’t stand to see those dull eyes of Eddie’s break again” Robin told her “I really really can’t”

“Atleast he can drink himself to feeling better” Steve said mentioning the six pack they were bringing to him

“That’s what my mom does” Max bluntly said making Belly open her tired eyes to look at her. Max just shrugged and snuggled closer to Belly's neck.

“Why don’t we give it a trial?” Robin spoke “Hey, Eddie, good news first this time, we got you some, Dustin approved junk food and that six pack you requested. Oh yeah and we found Vecna, bad news is that he’s in that other, darker, much scarier, dimension, and the gate’s closed so we have no way of getting to him. He’s entirely shut off to us, so basically you’re screwed. And no, I know, you were already screwed, but now you’re doubly triply screwed!”

“Wait, maybe we don’t put it like that” Lucas spoke

“We’re one step closer to finding Vecna” Nancy stated “That’s what we say. That’s what’s important”

“See, Robin, positive spin can make all the difference” Steve spoke munching on pringles

“Uh-huh” Robin replied

“Oh shit” Nancy cursed, slowing her car, as the group saw a crowd of people and police cars outside of Reefer Rick’s

“Oh no” Belly said rubbing her temples

“This way” Nancy said leading them the other way from where the main crowd was

“…reporting a homicide here on the lake” The sheriff said to the reporters “Officer Calllahan here and myself arrived first on the scene. We made our way to the shore of lover’s lake aout ten yards from that house you see behind me. It was there when we found the victim, an 18 year old senior from Hawkins High Patrick McKinney”

Belly looked over at Lucas at the mention of his teammate and put a comforting hand on his shoulder

“His limbs… his body… it was disfigured” he explained carefully “There was an eyewitness on the scene…” It was getting harder to hear him “We’ve also identified a person of interest” the sheriff took out a picture “Eddie Munson, we encourage anyone with information to please come forward”

“Shit. This is bad, like, really really bad” Belly muttered

“Dustin, can you hear me? Wheeler?” They all heard from Dustin’s backpack as he hurriedly took out the device