Stranger Things (Season 2)

Chapter 4: Will the Wise (Part 2)

At the cabin

Hopper was repairing the windows that El had destroyed. El was still in her room. Hopper went up to the closed door.

"Hey. Listen uhm...about last night I..." Hopper wanted to say that he didn't mean any of what he said, but he couldn't get it out. "I want this place cleaned up before I get back then maybe I'll consider fixing the TV. You hear me?" Hopper said then left. El looked at the floor, not talking at all.

Hopper got to his car and heard something on the radio. "Come in, Hop" the radio said. He took the radio. "Yeah, yeah, I'm on my way, and yes, I do know what time it is" Hopper said while putting his seatbelt on. "Well get here fast, Joyce has already tried calling you eight times. Eight times. For my sake, deal with her!" The radio said. Hopper drove off.

At high school

It was basketball practice. Again. Steve had to guard the ultimate douchebag, the king of Hawkins High, Billy Hargrove. Yet it didn't go well. Now that Steve had become less popular in school, Billy used that to his advantage when getting inside his head. Now he was the king of the school. And he punished Steve with a vengeance.

Billy was still acting cocky towards Steve like he usually was during basketball practice. "Alright, alright, alright! King Steve, everyone! Playing touch today. I like it" Billy taunted Steve. "Jeez do you ever shut up!?" Steve said. He didn't look angry, but he definitely was inside. "What!? Afraid the coach is gonna bench you now that I'm here!?" BIlLy smirked, then drived in, knocking Steve down and putting the ball through the hoop. Billy celebrated with some of the teammates while Steve had a burning passion of hate inside.

After practice Steve, Billy, and Tommy were in the locker room showering. "Don't sweat it, Harrington. Today's just not your day, man" Billy said to him as he stood near him. "Definitely not your week" Tommy chuckled. "You and the princess break up for one day, then she goes running around with the new piece of meat" he added. Steve stopped when he heard this, looking over at Tommy. Tommy looked back at him in surprise. "Shit, you don't know? Ash and the princess skipped yesterday. Still haven't shown. But that just may be a coincidence, right?" He said with a laugh, finishing up showering and walking away.

"Don't take it too hard, man. A pretty boy like you has got nothing to worry about. There's plenty of bitches in the sea" Billy said to Steve, turning the knob to his shower to go off. He gave him a pat on his back then walked away. Steve just watched him walk away then turn the knob to his shower to go back on.

In the park

Ashton and Nancy were waiting on one of the benches. They were hoping that their plan would work, to get inside the lab. Ashton looked like he was starting to get impatient. "Give them time. They'll be here" Nancy assured him. She then looked over and saw an older man, sitting at one of the tables and reading a newspaper. But something was...off.

"That guy, over there. He's just...talking to himself" Nancy said. Ashton looked at him, then looked away when the man looked at them both. They started to look around, noticing that things were very odd. Almost as if they were being...watched.

"We should go, now" Ashton whispered, getting up and walking off with Nancy. They were being followed by another man in a dark coat. They walked faster and got in Ashton's car. Ashton tried starting it, but it wouldn't. He kept trying until the man they saw first from earlier, knocked on the passenger window that Nancy was next to. "Having trouble? I can give you two a lift" he said, smiling a bit. Ashton and Nancy saw that their car was now surrounded. They knew that this was their chance. They had to take it.