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"It's a two man operation

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"It's a two man operation. Two!" Hopper yells at Murray, Joyce and Asher who are following him. So, Hopper had planned it so only Murray and himself would go down to the Russian bunker, but Asher and Joyce had stubbornly decided that they were going with them.

"Yeah, well, change of plans" Joyce says to Hopper.

"Change of plans?" Hopper asks Joyce.

"Yeah" Joyce says before looking at Murray "Can you explain it to him please?"

"We have two options here, Jim" Murray starts to explain "We can turn the machine off, or we can explode it."

"Oh yeah, says who?" Jim says, not being happy that Asher and Joyce are going with them.

"Says the man who built it!" Murray yells.

"Yeah and we want to explode it" Asher adds on "Otherwise why the fuck are we going down there? 'Cause if we just turn it off, it'll turn right back on."

"This is a four man operation Jim, not two" Murray finishes off explaining to Hopper.

"Yeah, four. Look, I'm not happy about Asher being here either, but we need four people" Joyce agrees as they get to the elevator.

"Well, it was either me or Nancy" Asher says with a shrug "We're the only two who could actually help down here."

As they are in the elevator, Murray starts explaining the plan to them so everyone knows what they're doing. Basically, all Asher knows is that he is going with Murray, since Asher and Hopper are the only ones with the guns, and Asher is with Murray so if things so sideways in their end of the plan, Asher can cover for them while Murray is doing what he needs to do. Asher had to admit, it was a solid plan, but Hopper, on the other hand, didn't think the same.

"Uh..." Hopper says, not being so sure of the plan.

"Oh, God, just because it wasn't your plan doesn't mean it was a bad plan" Joyce says to Hopper.

"I didn't say it was a bad plan" Hopper argues back, like the two have been doing the whole time Asher has been around them.

"You made a noise" Joyce says with a shrug.

"I did not make a noise" Hopper argues back again.

"You did too" Joyce says to Hopper "I really think it's disrespectful--"

"What is up with you and your noises?" Hopper asks, cutting Joyce off.

"Children! Children!" Murray yells, making the two other adults stop arguing "It is a good plan. A solid B, which is laudable, given the situation and time constraints. Dare I say, if it all goes right... they'll never even know we're here" He says right before the elevator door opens, showing four Russian soldiers pointing guns at them, making Murray start yelling stuff at them in Russian.

"What are they saying?" Asher whispers to Hopper, not knowing a single word of Russian.

"Get back" Hopper whispers to Asher before he pushes Murray to one side, shooting all four of the guards until they were dead.

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