Twisted Happiness (Stranger Things Steve x OC)

Chapter 4 - Checkmate

I am still looking over my own work, and i am only human so all errors are still mine.

"Explain to me again how you got a creature... from another dimension... and then lost it?" I asked standing in front of Dustin. The moment Dustin hesitated at the store I found myself halting my search for El and in place was now standing in Steve's living room with several bags of beef in the kitchen.

"I found it." Dustin shrugged and I just scowled at him.

"You just... found... and instantly thought I'm going to keep it?" I asked frustration laced in my voice. "Did you tell anyone."

"Mike, Will, Lucas and the new girl." He smiled and I just stared at him in disbelief.

"Please tell me this is a joke?" I breathed out.

"Go easy on him, the thing went from harmless to man eater overnight." Steve said from his spot beside me.

"Don't even..." I turned, pointing at him. I was still upset with him for how he acted at school. "And how did you even get involved?"

"Oh, I was going to see if I could find Mike or Nancy." Dustin spoke up. "Steve was there planning to apologize to her or something, had a whole bouquet of flowers."

"Apology." I nodded, looking at Steve crossing my arms. "Interesting."

"Its not like that... I..."

"I don't care." I rolled my eyes. "We have other issues. That thing is out there..."

"Right, which is why we got the meat.'' Dustin pointed to the kitchen.

"And what was your plan exactly?" I asked.

"Well, we were going to lure Dart..."

"Dart?"

"Oh yeah, short for D'artagnan." Dustin said a little to enthusiastically. "He like nougat so I figured..."

"You named it?" I questioned in disbelief before shaking my head and holding my hands up. "Okay and where were you going to lure him?"

"Well..."

"And once you found him how were you going to kill it?"

"Uh..."

The lack of plan is why I found myself the next day standing beside Steve's car on the side of a railroad as we grabbed the meat and supplies we had gathered the night before. I had managed to convince them to stay put for a night and come up with a real plan that involved daylight to lay a trap. I didn't sleep the night before, between El and Dustin's pet I was anxious, not to mention the side eyed glances I was getting from Steve who I was trying to keep a distance with.

"Where is this junk yard?" I asked leaning on the car as Steve opened the trunk.

"Just down the track." Dustin pointed and I looked in the direction of his finger. "Its far enough away that no one should be around."

Before I could reply there was a crackling in the radio Dustin was carrying and he put the bucket he had in his hand and lifted it up.

"This is Lucas. Do you copy? Dustin?" Lucas's voice came over the static.

"Well, well, well, look who it is." Dustin stepped away to answer his radio.

"Sorry, man." Lucas apologized, "My stupid sister turned it off."

"Hey Roni." Steve said from beside me as he grabbed his backpack. "Look about at school i..."

"It's fine." I cut him off shortly. "I get it."