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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍: Junkyard Scrap

Here we stand or here we fall...

History won't care at all...

Hammer to Fall played throughout Steve's 733i, with Nathan laying in the backseat and enjoying the music. He fiddled with his bouquet of roses, which were in pretty bad shape after Dustin straight up launched them into the backseat. Night had already fell, with Steve's headlights glaring deep into the distance of the dark road in front of him.

The car was in an odd, gawky silence after Dustin's explanation of everything that happened in the last week. Steve had taken a moment to take all of this in and glanced up at the rearview mirror at his younger brother, who had supposedly known all of this without telling him.

He did not show it, but Nathan could feel it. With one look into his older brother's eyes, he could sense the disappointment Steve had at the fact that his brother would keep something like this a secret and not tell him; his own brother who has faced one of these things before.

However, Steve wasn't one hundred percent sure if what Dustin said was even true in the first place, so if this turned out to be true, Steve would have to have a nice and long conversation with his brother after this ordeal.

Steve's gaze focussed back on the road before breaking the silence,

"Wait a sec. How big?"

Dustin made a gesture with his index and thumb, symbolizing a small-sized object,

"First, it was like that..."

"Now, it's like this." He increased the size, using two hands to emphasize the length of Dart. Steve shook his head, in-denial, "I swear to God man, if this is just a little lizard-"

"It's not a lizard!" Dustin jumped in.

"How do you know?! Really, how do both of you know?!" Steve accused.

"How do we know it's not a lizard?" Dustin repeated.

"Yeah!"

"Because his face opened up and he ate my cat!" Dustin snapped loudly. Steve instantly grew silent. Steve did not need any more convincing. However, Nathan sat up, eyes widened,

"He ate Mews?!"

Dustin remained quiet and silence soon filled the car. Nathan's eyebrows furrowed at Dustin,

"Wait, wait, but Mews never leaves your house. So how did Dart even get in without anyone knowing..."

Dustin turned back, scratching the back of his neck. He let out a little cough before speaking,

"Well, I want to first say how much I value you and our friendship-"

"Dustin." Nathan cut him off.

"Right, well... I found Dart. And, y'know, he was fond of me... So I kept him."

"And told no one?"

"Yup..."

"Dustin, what the actual fuck-"

"Okay, ladies! I would prefer if you guys didn't have this talk while I'm driving!" Steve interrupted. The car went back into silence, with a heavily disappointed Nathan laying in the backseat once more.

We're just waiting for the hammer to fall...

While you're waiting for the hammer to fall...

It didn't take long for Steve to reach Dustin's house in the dark of night. The trio exited the car and walked to the trunk of Steve's car. Steve opened the trunk and tossed his keys to Dustin for him to hold, who caught it with two hands.