Escape ~ S.Harrington

107} Being the Superhero (2)

(The Correct Timeline)

"Chief, you copy?" Dustin asked Hopper over the walkie once they made their way back into the Upside Down, "Chief?"
"Yeah, yeah, I copy," Hop immediately replied, "What's going on?"
"Well, the noseless bastard's toast. We're back in the Upside Down, and we have the kids. I tried contacting you in the Abyss, but the signal didn't reach."
"I've done way too many stairs in the past 48 hours," Steve jumped down off the ladder from the radio tower.
"That's the least of our worries, babe," Jenna helped a kid down, "It's keeping you in shape. Think about it like that."
"But my legs hurt," He pouted.
"We can rest together once we get out of here," She smiled, shoving Derek towards the truck.
"I can't fucking wait," Steve wrapped his arm around her shoulders, quickly retracting it when he remembered her cut, "Shit, I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it," She shrugged the jacket off, handing it back to him, "Already healed it."
"Damn," He squinted, examining her back, "That was fast."

"How is everybody?" Hopper continued to talk with Dustin, "Is everybody okay?"
"Yeah, the party took a hell of a beating," Dustin watched his sister and Steve help the kids into the back of the truck, "But we're okay."
"What about El? Jenna?"
"The whole party. So what do we say you hit the music, old man? Destroy the Upside Down once and for all. Let's ditch this hellscape."
"Yeah, copy that."
"Is that-" Jenna's eyes lit up as she turned to Mike, "No shit, you even picked the best songs, too, Wheeler."
He proudly shrugged, "I couldn't think of a more fitting way to go out then to some Pink Floyd. Especially Time."
She grabbed his face, giving him a big kiss on the cheek, "You just got bumped up a spot on the favorite child totem pole. Not that I have favorites or anything."
"Jen!?" Steve yelled to her, "Come on. We're going up front."
"Right," She nodded, "Behave back there."
"Don't worry, we won't," Alice winked.
Jenna smiled as she pulled the door closed.

Once up front, Steve started to drive them towards the gate to get the hell out of there.
"I can't believe we just did that," Steve ran a hand through his hair before glancing at his fiancée, "I can't believe you just did that. This is insane. After all this time, it's finally done."
"It feels... weird," She discreetly lowered the window.
"Hey, what are you doing? You're letting all the air shit in."
"Well," She tried not to gag, "Now that we're stuck in this small space together, I'm really starting to realize just how horrible you smell. Like a sewage treatment plant."
"Gross."
"I don't think I noticed before because of the adrenaline running through me, but it's rancid," She watched as he went to sniff his jacket, "Eww. Please stop. Just-" A car zoomed up next to them with Hop and Murray inside. They beeped a few times and started to cheer, "Love you too, you old farts!" Jenna yelled out the window.

"Finally," Steve saw them entering town, "We're here. We're almost out of here."
"Fuck yeah!" She started pounding on the back wall, "We're here! We're getting out of here!" She heard cheers and banging coming from the other side in response, "Ah, I love those little shits."
Steve pulled through the gate right behind Hop and Murray, though immediately had their tires popped by spikes that the military laid down.
"Fuck!" Jenna braced herself and Steve as they spun slightly, "Are you okay? Talk to me, Steve."
"I'm fine," He nodded, "I'm okay."
"Everyone!" A soldier opened their doors, pointing a gun at them, "Put your hands up!"
"Fuck you, dude!" Jenna scoffed when he tugged her out of the truck, "Ow!"
"JENNA!" Steve screamed, "You get your hands off of her!"
Jenna shocked him, making him let go of her. She watched as El ran towards the gate and stood inside.

"El?" Jenna followed her, leaving the rest of her family to be frisked by the military, "What are you doing?"
"Jenna, you need to leave," She tried to push her back through the gate.
"No," Jenna held her ground, "Is this about what Kali said?" El looked at the ground, "She's wrong, El."
"They're going to use me to restart the program. I can't live with myself if they did."
Purple Rain started to play from the record, marking the last song before everything blew up.
"Listen to me," Jenna grabbed El's hand in her own, "They can't restart the program. It will never work and Kay knows that. She just wanted to try and prove Brenner wrong. I'm going to keep you safe from her."
"How!? She's still there!"
Jenna turned and looked back at everyone watching them, including Kay, "I'm not a killer," She used her new powers from Henry and lifted Dr Kay in the air, snapping her neck, and dropping her to the ground, "But she's just slightly better than Brenner. She deserves it."
"Jenna..."