The Babysitters ♡ Steve Harrington

Episode 3

We left the shed the following morning to buy Eddie more food. Once we returned, Dustin slammed the door open to walk inside.

"Jeez!" Eddie yelled.

Robin and Dustin walked in while Steve, Max and I peeked around the corner.

"Delivery service." Dustin smiled. Eddie sighed in relief and sat down, shoving cereal in his mouth and drinking a Yoo-hoo. "So we got, uh, some good news and some bad news. How do you prefer it?"

"Bad news first, always." Eddie took a sip of his drink.

"We tapped into the Hawkin's PD dispatch with our Cerebro and they're definitely looking for you. Also, they're, uh, pretty convinced you killed Chrissy." Dustin sighed.

"Like, a hundred percent kind of convinced." Max added.

"And the good news?" Eddie asked.

"Your name hasn't gone public yet. But if we found out about you, it's a matter of time before others do, too. And once that gets out, everyone and their shallow-minded mother is gonna be gunning for you." Robin explained.

"Hunt the freak, right?" Eddie muttered.

"Exactly." I nodded.

"Shit." Eddie cursed.

"So, before that happens, we need to find Vecna, kill him and prove your innocence." Dustin said as if it were simple.

"That's all, Dustin? That's all?" Eddie raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah, no, that's pretty much it." Dustin nodded.

"And where, pray tell, are we supposed to find Vecna? Adventure into the Upside Down?" I questioned.

"Yeah, that...that could work." Dustin agreed.

"There isn't a gate, dumbass." I shook my head.

"There has to be. Because...how is Vecna attacking?" Max questioned and we all shrugged.

"Look, Eddie, I know everything Dustin is saying sounds totally delusional, but we've actually been through this kind of thing before. I mean, they have a...a few times and...and I have once. Mine was more human-flesh-based, theirs was more smoke-related, but the bottom line is, collectively, I really feel like we've got this." Robin encouraged.

"Yeah, see, we usually rely on this girl who has superpowers. But, uh, those went bye-bye, so..." Steve trailed off.

"So we're technically in more of the-" Robin began.

"Kinda..." Steve motioned with his hand.

"Brainstorming phase." Max finished.

"Brainstorming." Steve snapped his fingers.

"But it worked the last...three times, it can work again." I stated before whispering. "Hopefully."

"There...There's nothing to worry about." Dustin tried to convince Eddie and Steve scoffed with a smile.

Police sirens echoed and everyone sprung into action.

"Tarp! Tarp!" Robin ordered as we covered Eddie and looked out the window.

Cops drove by and Steve ushered us into the car so we could follow.

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Once we arrived at the scene, I noticed cops talking to Nancy. Said girl looked up and spotted us immediately. With a smile in relief, Nancy waved at me.

When Nancy was done speaking to the cops, we moved into the trailer park and sat at a picnic bench. She told us about Fred dying and we told her about Vecna.