Rachel Hopper, daughter of Jim Hopper, chief of police, friend of Jonathan Byers and Robin Buckley, founding member of the Hawkins High drill team. Her whole life gets thrown upside down so to speak when Will Byers is officially declared missing and...
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"You're positive that was Dart?" Lucas asked. They were still walking, and Rachel felt like she was about to pass out from exhaustion.
"Yes. He had the same yellow pattern on his butt."
"He was tiny two days ago," Max said.
"Well, he's molted three times already."
"Malted?" Steve asked.
"Molted. You're an idiot," I said.
"Shed his skin to make new ones," Dustin explained.
"When's he gonna molt again?"
"It's gotta be soon. When he does, he'll be fully grown or close to it. And he's gonna eat a lot more, and so will his friends."
"Yeah, and he's definitely gonna eat a lot more than just cats," Steve said. Everyone except for Rachel and Dustin were taken aback by what he had just said.
"Wait, a cat? Dart ate a cat?"
Dustin started arguing with Lucas in front of everyone. It seemed like everyone was ignoring the argument, because Steve shined his flashlight in a different direction and everyone started running after him. Rachel went back to get Max so that she wasn't alone, but they all stopped in the middle of some trees. It sounded like the Demodogs or some other creature were screeching.
"It's the lab. They were going back home," Lucas said.
"Yeah, no. I'm not going to that stupid lab. That place is psycho scientist city, okay? You walk in there and you definitely won't walk out the same," Rachel said.
"We're going. You staying here or coming with us?" Steve asked.
"It's against my better judgement but I don't have anywhere else to go."
