Hawkins, Indiana is a quiet and safe town, or so everyone had thought.
When Dawn Henderson notices something strange happening in her town , her and her twin start to investigate with people she hadn't spoken to in ages, including her twin's best fr...
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T H E B A T T L E O F S T A R C O U R T M A L L P T . I I I
Johnathon, after speeding like hell and taking short cuts, parked the car in front of the mall. By some miracle, we had some how made it before the monster. We quickly exited the car. Lucas had went straight for the baskets tied on top of the vehicle.
"Billy's no longer in the car." I saw my friend's car still on fire, but with no one in it. "Think he's inside?"
"He's gotta be if the monster is coming this way." Robin looked over her shoulder to see the monster approaching.
"Let's go." Will urged us to follow them.
"Upstairs, hurry." Nancy stated as we ran inside the building.
"Escalators are closed." I informed them. "We're going to have to take the stairs. The elevator will alert Billy that we're here."
"Stairs it is then." Johnathon changed direction and ran towards the stairs.
We split into groups once we arrived on the second floor. Each of us got a basket. There were all types of fireworks in them to light up and hurl at the monster. It had also came with a lighter. Steve, Robin, and I were in one group. We stationed ourselves near the hair salon my mother goes to.
We looked over the ledge to see Billy carrying El. He placed the young teen in the floor and whispered something in her ear. As he started to back away, the monster stepped into the mall. Swallowing my nerves, I grabbed the lighter and flicked it on. The flame danced as Steve and Robin brought their fireworks closer.
There was a loud crack as the first firework hit the monster's back and exploded. It shrieked in pain.
"Eat this you piece of shit!" Lucas yelled.
The monster turned to face him. It roared at Lucas. He used that to throw the lit firework into it's mouth. It exploded inside of the monster. The monster let out another painful screech, taking a few steps backwards. We all started to throw our fireworks at it.
"Hey, asshole!" Steve shouted with a lit firework in hand. "Over here!"
Steve threw it at the monster's face. The firework exploded with a loud crack. Another high pitch shriek came from the monster. I quickly lit firecracker for myself and mentally counted to three. At three, I hurled it at the monster.
I quickly glanced at El and Billy. El was watching with wide fearful eyes. My friend was gritting his teeth from pain. My heart clenched as I remembered that the host also feels what the Mind Flayer does.
