Cheat The Devil- Steve Harrington x Fem OC ON HOLD UNIT END OF SEPTEMBER 2024

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Everyone continued walking through the hallway not knowing when it would end or what they would find, just hoping for a way back out. 

"I mean you have to admit as a feat of engineering alone, this is impressive" Dustin said as they walked 

"What do you mean? It's a total fire hazard. There's no stairs, there's no exit, there's just an elevator that drops you halfway to hell" Steve replied 

"They're commies. You don't pay people, they cut corners" Erica interjected 

"To be fair to the Russians I don't think this tunnel way made for walking" Layla spoke

"Think about it, they developed the perfect system for transporting that cargo" Robin said

"It all comes into the mall like any old delivery" Dustin said back to Robin

"Then they load it up onto those trucks and nobody's the wiser" Robin responded 

"You think they built this whole mall just so they could transport that green poison?" Steve asked

"No way its just poison" Layla said

"I very seriously doubt it's something as boring as poison. It's gotta be much more valuable, like promethium or something" Dustin stated 

"What the hell is promethium?" Steve asked 

"It's what Victor Stone's dad used to make cyborg's bionic and cybernetic components" Robin answered 

"You're all so nerdy, it makes me physically ill" Erica teased

"No no no. No, don't lump me in with them. I'm not a nerdy all right?" Steve defended 

"Why so sensitive Harrington? Afraid of loosing cool points to a ten-year-old child?" Robin teased 

"No, I'm just saying I don't know jack shit about Prometheus" Steve defended again 

"Promethium. Prometheus is Greek mythology" Layla corrected

"All I'm saying is, it's probably being used to make something." Dustin said 

"Or power something" Robin added

"Like a nuclear weapon?" Dustin said

"Totally" Robin responded 

"Walking towards a nuclear weapon" Layla said nodding 

"That's great, that'd be great" Steve said

"But if they're building something, why here? I mean Hawkins, seriously. Of all places. At the very best, we're a toilet stop on your way to Disneyland. But maybe that it. Maybe its our very..." Robin said 

Layla, Steve and Dustin stopped walking while Robin and Erica continued "You think the Russians know?" Dustin asked

"About uh-" Steve started

"They could" Layla shrugged

"So it's connected?" Steve asked 

"Maybe" Dustin said 

"How?" Steve again asked

"I don't know, but its..." Layla started

"Possible" They all said together

"I'm sorry, is there something you'd like to share with the class?" Robin asked turning to the three

Before anyone could say anything the walkie started going off. Erica opened her backpack pulling out the walkie handing it to Layla. Layla started repeating the code with the walkie.