Enemy || Alexei

Chapter Five

"WHAT ARE WE DOING AT A RUN DOWN WAREHOUSE?" I ask curiously as I observe the building. Some areas of the warehouse were rusted while other parts where poorly painted over. I look up and see a satellite that rests on top of a tilted roof and another one next to it.

"This is where Murray lives." Hopper says as he parks near the warehouse. "I thought you said this guy was a journalist." My says in confusion. "Yeah, he, uh...he was." Hopper says as we walk up the the metal door with the words "Keep Out" spray painted on it. "Was?" I question and Hopper presses the buzzer.

"Look at the camera." A voice says, coming from the speaker. Hopper bends down, thinking the camera is where the speaker is. "The camera, above you to the right." The voice says. We all look up to the right and see a security camera pointing down at us. 

"Identify yourselves." The voice says. "Jim Hopper, Joyce Byers, Samantha Byers, Smirnoff." Hopper says as he squishes Alexei's face. 

"Alexei." My mom corrects Hopper, for the millionth time. "Alexei." Hopper says after. "Surname." The voice says. "Surname?" I ask as I furrow my eyebrows. "I don't know." Hopper says to the voice.

"Family name!" The voice yells. "Yeah, I know. I told you I don't know, okay? Open the damn door!" Hopper yells back. "Hopper." My mom says, trying to calm him down.

"It's all right. Don't worry. He's a little bit eccentric, but completely harmless." 

The door swings open to reveal a a bald guy with glasses, a white tank top with a blue shirt over, and capri shorts. He lifts a shot gun up to Alexei's face and we all gasp. "Harmless, my ass." I say as I lift my hands in surrender.

"Name." The guy says, still pointing the gun. Alexei says something in Russian angrily. The guy scoffs and replies back to Alexei in Russian. "Hi, Jim." He says as he puts the gun down.

Awkward silence fills the air as we a look at each other. "Um, hi, Murray?" I say and he looks at me. "Are you gonna let us in or make us stand in the heat all day?" I ask and he looks at Alexei.

"Fine." He says as he opens the door wider and walks off. We walk inside and I close the door behind me. 

I look around the warehouse as band music fills my ears, and to be perfectly honest, it looks quite livable. The outside looks gross, but the inside doesn't look that bad. No wonder they say "Don't judge a book by it's cover".

"Wait." Murray says suddenly and we stop before we can go any further. He walks over to a storage cabinet and pulls out, I think, a homemade metal detector. He walks back to us and starts searching Alexei. I roll my eyes while Hopper taps his foot impatiently.

Murray starts from Alexei's head and slowly makes his way down to his wrists. The metal detector starts beeping and Alexei lifts his hands while yelling something in Russian. Murray yells back in Russian, most likely insulting him.

"How long is this gonna take, because I--"

"No." Murray says, interrupting Hopper. 

"No." 

"No. you do not get to question me." Murray says as he pokes Hopper's chest with the detector. "You have dragged an enemy of the state into my my home as carelessly as a child drags in shit on his shoe. I will search him until I am satisfied." Murray yells.

"Um, Jim. C'mere. Just c'mere. I need to talk to you." My mom says as she pulls Hopper away from Murray, Alexei, and I. 

Murray goes back to searching Alexei and I internally groan. This guy is something else. I mean what the hell is he doing, living in a warehouse? Does he have a wife? Kids? He can be a murderer for all we know, and can kill us at anytime.