୨⎯ "𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑" ⎯୧ | STRANGER THINGS

❝ 𝐄𝐏 𝟖; 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 ❞

- 3rd person POV

El screamed in pain. Everyone attempted to calm her down but it didn't work. "What is that?" Erica asked. "There's something in there," Mike said. Jonathan rushed to the back of a restaurant to get a knife and spoon. Robin tried to calm her down with a gorey story, but it didn't help. Jonathan finally returned and handed the spoon to El so she could bite down on it. He began to cut the skin on where it was moving. El winced in pain as he tried to get it out himself. El stopped him and said she could do it herself. She raised her hand to her ankle and screamed. As she was getting the thing out the glass behind everyone broke. El held the gross thing in the air before throwing it across the room.

The creature tried to crawl away but luckily Hopper stepped on it. Behind him was Joyce and some other guy.

- Your POV

I sighed, putting my head in my hands, What the hell is wrong with me? I thought to myself as I sat behind everyone, who were explaining what was going on to the adults. "Yoo Hoo! Yoo Hoo!" The weird bald guy shouted, waving some papers around. He slammed the papers down and started explaining. "The vault should be like 50 feet away or so," he says. "More like 500," Erica interrupts. They all look at her weirdly. "What? You're just gonna waltz in there like it's commie Disney land or something?" She asked.

"I'm sorry, who are you?" The bald man asked. "Erica Sinclair. Who are you?" She also asked. "Murray.. Bauman," he replied. "Listen, Mr. Bunman. I'm not trying to tell you how to do things but I've been down in that shithole for 24 hours. And with all due respect, you do what this man tells you. You're all gonna die." She announced. "I'm sorry, why is this four-year-old speaking to me?" He said annoyed. I laughed to myself. "Um, I'm ten, you bald bastard!" She shouted. "Erica!" Lucas exclaimed in shock. "Just the facts!" She said back.

"She's right. You're all gonna die, but you don't have to." Dustin makes his way over to the table. He started to explain how to get into the Russian underground place. The adults were hesitant, and Hopper straight-up said no. I sighed knowing they were not going to make it.

"Hey," Max said taking a seat next to me. "Oh hey, been a while," I sighed. Max softly smiled at me. "So..." she looked over at Dustin and then at me. "You two?" She asked. I nodded my head no and laid my head on her shoulder. She quietly gasped, "Well his loss, right?" She laughed. I smiled at her, "I guess, I just didn't get an answer... also I was drugged so he probably thinks I was just being weird," I sighed wiping extra blood from my eye. "Well it's okay... because Suzie or whatever... probably doesn't even exist," She quietly said. We both laughed, which reminded me of the first time we hung out.

"Hey! Heads up!" Hopper shouted tossing a walkie-talkie to Dustin. "You can navigate, just somewhere safe," He negotiated. "It's not that simple," Dustin sighed. "The signal won't reach," Erica agreed. "We need a head start... and a car."

- 3rd Person POV

"Oh, man! Now this! This is what I'm talking about!" Steve said in excitement. Robin hopped in the passenger seat. "Todd father, huh?" Y/n questioned the license plate. "Screw Todd! Steve's her daddy now!" Steve exclaimed. "What?" Y/n gave him a disgusted look before hopping in the back. "Did he just call himself daddy?" Erica questioned.

"All right, where are we headed?" Steve asked Dustin. "Weather top," he replied. "Weather what?" Steve repeated. "Just drive!" Dustin sighed. "Okay! Jeez..." Steve sighed before zooming off.

Y/n sat behind Robin's seat, Erica sat in the middle, and Dustin was behind Steve. Erica noticed how quiet the two next to her were. "Ahem... is there some tension between you guys, because you two would probably be kissing by now," Erica mocked. Robin laughed. "Woah! Hey now! Don't say that... they're just tired" Steve stops the conversation before Dustin or Y/n could say anything. Y/n rolled her eyes and laid her head on the car. Dustin quickly glanced at Y/n for a second and got red again remembering the things she said to him.