Stranger Things What Ifs

Chapter Forty Two

What if....Max and Lucas grew ever closer together while the others searched for them? (Fluff and Smut and light Angst) (Continues after chapter forty one)

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"Are we sure we are suppose to be even doing this?" Steve questions.

All of them stand around a small circle table, all of them pretty much having their arms crossed while they look at the map.

"Max wouldn't just leave, we have to look for her." Nancy says.

"She cares for Lucas, so we have to find them both." Eleven says. "She left for him, so we have to make sure we bring back the reason why she left, we have to bring back him."

"Okay but...yeah we are close to finding a remedy or a cure but there is no guarantee that it will work." Mike says.

"We hope it will." Dustin says.

"We are checking probabilities, things are checking out...a little." Suzie says the last part to herself.

"I already talked to Gil and Herbert they are already at the North gate ready to let us out." Eleven mentions. "We find them and we bring them back."

"What if...they don't want to come back?" Jonathan questions. "Like what if they planned to leave the city?"

"Max wouldn't just leave without telling us something." Nancy says while she shakes her head. "But if that is the case...if you are right then we have to be sure."

"It has already been months." Eleven says while shaking her head. "She might need help."

"Yeah." Steve says. "We might get kicked off the GuardRunners team but...family comes first."

"Family comes first." They all say in union.

"Okay we don't make a scene." Jonathan says. "We all leave one at a time and go different paths to the gate, we don't want to be seen leaving."

"Got it."

"Dustin and Suzie you all stay here and keep working on that cure with the doctors, something tells me that Lucas doesn't have much time." Eleven says.

"Got it."

"Okay let's go."

All of them go to leave one at a time out of the room, all of them making sure to wait a few minutes before they next one leaves. They all go down their designated paths until they all get to the gate, Gil and Herbert nodding at them before they open the gate, all of them going to leave out of the gate with their backpacks and things in hand.

"We keep quiet, and someone always takes watch." Eleven whispers. "This is new territory for us, so we have to be careful."

"Understood."

"Yeah."

All of them begin to walk aways, them going through the bushes and woods more to avoid being seen by any infected, them being sure as well to not step on any branches.

"Guys!" Steve whisper yells, him standing by a thick tree that has writing on it. All of them look at him before they all go to the tree, all of them looking at the writing on it.

Four cases.

"What does that mean?" Jonathan questions.

Nancy scrunches up her eyebrows a little bit. "Wait wait wait...." She starts while lightly waving her hand. "How much medicine went missing a few months ago?"

Eleven slowly turns to look at her. "Four cases worth."

"Exactly." Nancy nods. "Four cases for one person I'd say last about....six months."