The Byers Girl (On Pause until season 5)

Chapter Seven: The Bathtub

Mike and Eleven share an intimate moment in which they almost kiss, before being interrupted by a panicked Dustin, having received a frantic call from Lucas, warning them that the "bad men" are coming. Seeing the repairman outside, Mike asks his mother if she scheduled any repairs, which she did not.
The kids flee on their bikes as Brenner watches them from the front lawn.
Lucas joins them as vans pursues them, another van turning in front of them and blocking them in.
Eleven uses her powers to make it flip over them, blocking the other vans from pursuing. After they escape, Lucas earnestly apologizes to her for his behavior, and Eleven apologizes for misleading the group. Mike and Lucas reconcile over their fight.

Joyce and Hopper find Jonathan in custody, and find his and Nancy's hunting equipment in his trunk.
The teens explain to the adults what happened in the woods, leaving Joyce upset that Jonathan risked his and Nancy's lives. Y/n walks into the room shocked from hearing about what happened in the woods.
"Jonathan you let your sister know?" Joyce asks angrily.
"No Mom he didn't I didn't know until now I swear"
Y/n says nervously.
"I wouldn't have put her in danger" Jonathan says to Joyce about Y/n.

Hopper leaves the group briefly to deal with Troy Walsh's mother, shouting at Phil Callahan and Calvin Powell for ridiculing her son's story of how his arm was broken. Hopper believes Troy when he mentions Eleven's powers and asks who she hangs around with when Troy mentions "those losers."
Karen finds a strand of hair from Eleven's wig just as Brenner, Connie Frazier, and a group of Hawkins National Laboratory soldiers come to the door and search the place.
Brenner finds the Benny's Burgers shirt Eleven wore when the boys found her and claims to Karen and Ted Wheeler that Mike is in danger. Dustin notices a helicopter searching for the kids, and they hide their bikes under an abandoned bus before hiding in it themselves.

Steve argues with Tommy and Carol. He almost fights Tommy before leaving abruptly and cleans the graffiti he left off the movie theater out of guilt.
Y/n walks down the street near the movie theatre seeing Steve wiping the sign off and continues walking.
"Hey!" Steve yells stopping Y/n in her tracks turning around to face him.
"Hi" Y/n says coldly.
Steve looks away guilty.
Steve drops the wash cloth cursing quietly, Y/n sighs quietly walking over to him grabbing the cloth on the ground handing it to him to clean the sign.
"Here" Y/n says holding the cloth out.
Steve looks at her confused before taking the cloth.
"I'm sorry" Steve says wiping the graffiti off.
"Thanks" Y/n says coldly.
"I didn't mean it I was just mad" Steve says sighing.
"I understand" Y/n says still feeling hurt.
"I really am sorry about your brother" Steve says smiling nervously at Y/n.
Steve gets down from the ladder putting the bucket of water on the ground turning around to Y/n who looks nervous.
Y/n looks at Steve sadly seeing his injuries.
"Come on" Y/n says grabbing Steve's hand pulling him down the street.
"Where are we going?" Steve asks chuckling.
"Just trust me" Y/n says turning around smiling at him giggling.
Steve smiles seeing her happy again.
They arrive to the Byers house.
Steve stops nervously.
"Relax no one's here" Y/n says smiling reassuring him.
Steve nods following Y/n into the house.
Y/n grabs his hand again bringing him to the kitchen.
"Here sit down" Y/n says motioning to the counter.
Steve hops up on the counter as Y/n walks away to grab something.
"Here we go" Y/n says bringing a first aid kit over and setting it on the counter beside Steve.
"You don't have to" Steve says sighing.
"I know I don't and I shouldn't, you've been a jerk but this is what I do, I try to help and I like being nice" Y/n says standing in between his legs dipping a cloth in water bringing it up to Steve's face.
"This might hurt" Y/n says smiling apologetically.
Steve watches Y/n's face as she cleans his, she bites her lip in concentration apologizing whenever he hisses in pain which he smiles at.
Y/n looks up seeing Steve watching her and she looks away nervously.
"You're really pretty" Steve says smiling at her.
Y/n looks up nervously seeing Steve smiling at her.
"And you must have hit your head hard during the fight"
Y/n says laughing quietly.
"No I mean it you are" Steve says grabbing Y/n's wrist rubbing circles into it as she's wiping his face making her freeze from shock.
"Steve you're confused okay, you and Nancy just broke up and you fought my brother okay you aren't thinking straight" Y/n says nervously taking her wrist from his hand continuing to clean his face.
Steve sighs sadly still watching her smiling.
"Done" Y/n says placing one last band aid on his cheek.
"Thanks" Steve says smiling.
"No problem" Y/n says smiling back.
Y/n says goodbye to Steve leaving her in the house alone as Steve walks back to his car that's still at the movie theatre. Steve walks to his car smiling thinking about Y/n.

The teens and adults watch the soldiers take suspect items out of the Wheeler house. Worried about Mike, Nancy wonders how to find him, and Jonathan gets the idea to grab Will Byers' Supercom and contact the kids on it. Mike hears the call from Nancy but initially does not answer, worried that the men from the lab may be tricking them. He picks up when Hopper calls them.

Several armed lab men arrive at the bus and find the bikes. Before they can get on the bus and find the kids, Hopper arrives and incapacitates them. They all meet at the Byers house which Y/n is surprised about but happy to see everyone, Y/n meets Eleven for the first time, Eleven seems to like Y/n which Y/n is happy about because she likes Eleven too and the boys explain the gate is inside Hawkins Lab, and Hopper recalls seeing it when he broke in. Joyce, Nancy and
Y/n ask Eleven to find Will and Barb, but she is not powerful enough to locate them. Washing herself up in the Byers' bathroom, she notices their bathtub and gets the idea to build a makeshift sensory deprivation tank. Dustin calls Mr.Clarke and learns how to make one, learning he needs a large quantity of salt, and the group drives to Hawkins Middle.

As Nancy and Mike grab the hose for the Byers' kiddie pool, Nancy has Mike promise her to stop keeping secrets from each other. When they ask each other, they both deny their respective attractions to Eleven and Jonathan.
Joyce sets up a makeshift blindfold for Eleven and thanks her profusely for helping them, promising her she will be there if Eleven gets scared. The group fills the pool with salt from the school's kitchen and Eleven gets in it, entering the void. She finds Barb's dead body and Will in a decaying version of Castle Byers. She relays a message from Joyce, and Will tells them to hurry. As Joyce and Hopper leave to enter the lab's gate, Nancy and Jonathan agree to lure the Demogorgon away to keep them safe in the Upside Down. Joyce and Hopper are almost immediately caught in the lab.

As Will sings "Should I Stay or Should I Go" to himself, the Demogorgon rips the fort apart and attacks him.

To be continued...