STRANGER THINGS S4/ "ONE MORE TIME"

Chapter 23.- "Charging 100%".

Hopper, Khali and the guys had crossed the portal, it was something incredible the fact that they went from being in a gloomy and dark place to a completely white place, the gate was in a large field at the back of a huge building, the site was covered with snow, the cold could be felt in the bones, they immediately realized that they did not have the right clothes, but that was the least important, they were in Russia now and they had a mission waiting for them.

"What the hell is this place? It looks like ... everybody DOWN,DOWN!". Dustin alerted them when he saw that Russian guards were approaching the place where they were, all threw themselves on the snow, hiding behind some rocks that were in that place, they kept silent while the soldiers passed, the slightest sound could betray them, everyone was practically holding their breaths, which was really complicated now that their bodies were shaking due to the intense cold, Khali was using her powers to keep them hidden but after what happened in the last showdown she no longer trusted that it could work, the last once it seemed that the soldiers were immune.

"Amerikanets vse yeshche v yuzhnoy laboratorii, s mal'chikom i devochkoy"

Everyone tried to focus on the words of the Russians, if they managed to decipher some of their conversation they could get some help to know what their next step would be, Max began to write in the snow the words she heard, she knew the spelling was absolutely wrong, but she was hoping that Dustin, who had spent hours with Robbin listening to her practice the language, could decipher them. After what seemed like an eternity, the soldiers finally moved away from the site.

"My ass is officially frozen ... I thought they would never leave! ... Now please tell me that someone understood something those idiots were talking about". Lucas shivered uncontrollably and shook the snow from his clothes.

"The first word is obvious because of its pronunciation ... Amerikanets It refers to an American". Dustin began writing the word in the snow and there was great concentration on his face. "And on this other word laboratorii... It is obviously a laboratory and this word ... I think it refers to the south, yes, I am sure it refers to the south".

"in fact...". Hopper interrupted. "I'm sure I saw the one on the left point at the building as he said it, he pointed the building with his finger, sure the location he is talking about is inside the building, there can be no other explanation, look around, it's a place desert, only mountains and snow ".

"Wait a moment". Max interrupted everyone. "I remember these words ... Lucas, do you remember that after everything that happened Erika set out to learn Russian?".

"Yes of course ... forced my parents to buy books and shit".

"Exactly". Max continued excited. "On her wall she has a large block of illustrated vocabulary, many basic words, exemplified are small drawings and I know these words, I heard her practice them ... this word means boy and this word means girl!".

"Shit ... I think it's clear enough ... I don't think this place is full of kids, so are they". Khali affirmed.

"Listen ... this is what we will do". Hopper gave a serious look to everyone. "We will enter this site and go to the southern part, if Mike and Eleven are the children they refer to, it is likely that the American is that fucking bastard, I know it is stupid to base our entire plan on a few simple words that we translate but unfortunately it is the best we have, we have to trust that we will be lucky".

Everyone nodded and began to walk quietly, it was indeed not a safe plan, but it was the only one they had, Khali was using her powers to prevent them from seeing them, but everyone was aware that that was no longer completely safe and that they had to be Extremely careful, fortunately they were able to enter the first section without problem, arriving at a warehouse that they could use to store the uniforms.