𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐖𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐒

seven

since steve apparently didn't fear danger, and was willing to sacrifice himself for everyone, he climbed out of the bus, swinging his bat at dart. crouching next to dustin by the window. max moved behind them, trying to see over their shoulders.

steve whistled. "come on, buddy. dinner time. human tastes better than cat, i promise."

"he's insane." max whispered, looking at sam.

dustin shook his head, smiling. "he's awesome."

sam nodded. "he's an idiot." she watched as he swung his bat back and forth, daring the baby demogorgon to come nearer. dart didn't move, only opening his mouth slightly. sam didn't think she'd been so entranced in her life, watching every single movement that both steve and the creature made.

"steve," lucas yelled from the top of the bus, catching sam's attention, "look out! three o'clock!"

the girl moved dustin's head so she could look, immediately spotting another small creature jumping onto a car behind steve. "steve!" dustin yelled, scrambling to open the bus doors so he could run to safety.

"abort!" dustin screamed, repeating the phrase until steve finally turned, seeing the new creature. it ran to him and he dodged it just in time, hitting it with his bat to send it flying over the car behind him.

all the kids began to yell for steve now, watching as he broke into a sprint for the bus. he ran inside, barely missing the open mouths of the creatures. once steve was inside, dustin closed the bus door.

she watched as steve grabbed a piece of metal, attempting to shove it onto the door with his feet, an attempt to keep the creatures out as long as possible.

"they can't get in!" lucas insisted. "they can't!"

sam pushed the kids back. "go into the back of the bus, now!" sam ordered, moving with them as one of the creatures broke through the doors. steve hit it with his bat while dustin picked up his walkie-talkie, frantically telling anyone on the other line that they were going to die.

a scratch to the back of the vehicle scared the group, and sam followed max's gaze as she looked to the top of the bus. the girl screamed, falling into her sister. the small thing screeching.

"everyone out of the way!" steve yelled, holding his bat up, threatening the beast to come nearer. it looked up as if alarmed, running off the bus. steve looked from side to side as it ran off, his gaze falling on sam, who was hugging her sister. "are you okay?" he asked, watching as she finally made eye contact with him.

"we're okay, steve. let's just get out of here." sam stated.

he nodded, opening the door with hesitation, seeing that they were gone. "they're going somewhere." he confirmed, the group looking among themselves in fear.

where were they going, everyone wondered, and what could it be that called them away?

after leaving the junkyard, the group moved back onto the train tracks, attempting to follow where they thought the creatures were headed. dustin began talking about dart and how he'd grown, seeing as it was pretty unbelievable that he had grown from the size of a slug to the size of a dog. "soon he'll be eating more than just cats." steve agreed, sam sending him a confused look.