Trapped

Holly Jolly

Lyn found herself in the Wheeler's basement again. "You sure, you don't want to wait until tomorrow? I have the day off." She had to work after school. The boys wanted to search the woods for Will with El.

"You're the one that said time is of the essence when mom questioned you about going out to look for Will." Dustin reminds her.

"Don't worry, Lyn. We are prepared," Mike assured her.

"Tell me the plan again." She demands.

"We tell our parents we have an AV Club after school. That'll give us at least a few hours for Operation Mirkwood." Mike explained how they were going to get around their parents.

"You seriously think that the weirdo knows where Will is?" Lucas leans into whispers to them. Eleven was sitting on the couch behind them. They were going to use her to try and track Will, since she may have been the last person to see him.

"Just trust me on this, okay?" Mike stared into Lucas's eyes. He nods, saying that they would give it a try. They didn't have anything to lose at this point. "Did you get the supplies?" Mike asked him. Lyn stood up, wanting to see what kind of weapons they had to defend themselves.

"Yeah. Binoculars from 'Nam. Army knife also from 'Nam. Hammer, camouflage bandana, and the wrist rocket." Lucas pulls all the items out of his backpack. He was clearly the most excited about the last one.

"You're gonna take out the Demogorgon with a slingshot?" Dustin asks. A Demogorgon was the name of the monster piece that Elven put on the board last night.

"First of all, it's a wrist rocket. And second of all, the Demogorgon's not real. It's made up. But if there is something out there, I'm gonna shoot it in the eye and blind it." He pulls back the slingshot and lets it go, making Dustin jump even though nothing was in it.

"Dustin, what did you get?" Mike asked his friend to put a stop to their argument before it started.

"Well, alrighty. So, we've got Nutty Bars, Bazooka, Pez, Smarties, Pringles, Nilla Wafers, apples, bananas, and trail mix." Dustin dumps his backpack on the table. His friends push their eyebrows together in confusion. Lyn bites her lip, remembering her brother packing the junk food in front of her. She told him to take his old hockey stick, but he told her it wouldn't fit in his backpack and it would do nothing against a Demogorgon. She was going to give him a crowbar, but that was too heavy for him to carry around all day.

Mike and Lucas share a look that said can you believe this guy before Lucas said it for them. "Seriously?"

"We need energy for our travels. For stamina. And besides, why do we even need weapons? We have her." Dustin points to Eleven. He hadn't shut up about how amazing it was to know a superhero on the ride there this morning.

"She shut one door." Lucas pointed out that they didn't know the details of her power.

"With her mind! Are you kidding me? That's insane! Imagine all the other cool stuff she could do. Like I bet that she could make this fly!" Dustin grabs Mike's toy millennium falcon and stands in front of Eleven. "Hey. Okay, concentrate. Okay?" He drops it, making it hits the floor. "Okay, one more time. Okay. Use your powers, okay?" He looks hopeful at El as he drops it on the floor again.

"Idiot." Lucas and Lyn mutter under their breath.

"She's not a dog!" Mike scolds him as he grabs his toy off the floor before he ends up breaking it.

"Boys! Lyn! Time for school!" Mrs. Wheeler yells down to them.

"Just stay down here. Don't make any noise, and don't leave. If you get hungry, eat Dustin's snacks, okay?" Mike kneels in front of El to explain. Mrs. Wheeler yells her son's name again. "Coming!" Mike yells up harshly to his mom before turning back to speak softly to El. "You know those power lines?"