THANTOPHOBIA | WILL BYERS ² ✔

The Spy - [ONLY PART]

I was at home on my bed, just arriving from my daily, or sometimes, hourly, practice at the Quarry, when the walkie started crackling.

"Dustin!" It was Lucas. "This is Lucas. Do you copy? Dustin?"

"Well, well, well, look who it is." He responded.

"Wait, have you been calling?" I asked.

"Yes, I have been, for the last several damn hours!" He shouted.

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

"And I was... I was doing something," I said.

"Well, while you were busy doing whatever, and while you were having sister problems, Dart grew again, he escaped, and I'm pretty sure he's a baby Demogorgon."

"What the hell are you talking about?!" 

"Wait, what?" Lucas said.

"I'll explain later." He replied. "Just meet me and Steve at the old junkyard."

"Steve?" I asked.

"Steve?" Lucas asked.

"And bring your binoculars and wrist rocket." Dustin continued.

"Steve Harrington?" Lucas said again.

"Steve, the same Steve you called a douchebag last year?" I said.

"All right, let's go," I heard Steve say on the other side of the walkie.

"Just be there, stat. Over and out." Dustin said.

Steve?

Steve "The Hair" Harrington?

Oh, Lord, help me.

Help us.

-

I rode down to the junkyard and saw Dustin and Steve.

"Um... hello?" I said, getting their attention.

Dustin looked at me, with a bored and clearly annoyed type of look.

"Where have you been?" He asked, annoyed, staring into my soul.

"I've been busy..." I said, not admitting to the quarry.

"Oh, is that so?"

"...Yes?"

He rolled his eyes. "Sure," He said, extending the u.

"Okay, you caught me. Which reminds me, I have to tell you--"

"Just save it." He said. "We have bigger things." He turned around, sighed, and went back to work, doing whatever the hell we were supposed to be doing.

But to be honest, I can't blame Dustin for cutting me off again right now. I mean, we didn't answer it.

So then we started working, on something, as Dustin explained.

They were dumping beef patties to attract Dart so I guess we could... kill him, I guess.

-Later-

"I said medium-well!" We heard, and we turned around to see Lucas, with Max.

"Who's that?" Steve asked.

Dustin stayed quiet.

Come on, it was obvious that he liked her.

Steve looked at Dustin, and I think he knew what that meant.

-

Dustin pulled me and Lucas aside behind one of cars and a conversation started.