STARCROSSED ▷ steve harrington

11. the bite - part one

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE - THE BITE
PART ONE

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THE FOUR OF them sat in the back of one of the truck Dustin stole, Jackie had absolutely no idea how he managed to do it, but that was the last of her concerns as she bopped her head to a song that was playing in her mind, ignoring the odd looks Erica was shooting her.

"Another one bites the dust," Jackie sang. "Bow!"

"Jesus!" Steve yelled at a particularly sharp turn, "slow down!"

"Yeah!" Robin agreed, also shouting. "What is this like the Indy 500?"

"It's 300," Steve corrected, annoyed.

"No dingus it's 500!"

"It's 300!"

"Let's say.. A million!" They broke out into a fit of giggles, slapping each other's knees while Jackie she banged against the back of the car impatiently.

"You can't keep us in this cage like animals!" Jackie screamed at no one in particular. "I know my rights you bitch!"

"What is wrong with them?!" Erica asked, and she planted her face closer to the young girl, trying to poke her cheek.

"Squishy," she said. Erica looked at her in disgust. "You're such a cutie."

"I don't know!" Dustin replied, and the redhead reached through the cage to yank on his hair. "Jackie! Stop!"

"I think they're on crack," Erica concluded, staring at them with a weird expression on her face. "Dustin watch out!"

Nefore he could react the vehicle crashed into a bunch of barrels, sending the four in the back flying. Jackie flung into Robin's side, cackling.

"I have eyeballs," is what managed to come out of Jackie's mouth. She scrunched her face up at her own words, "that's not what I meant to—"

"You guys okay?" Dustin questioned, then faced forward. "They're fine."

"I want a smoothie!" Jackie whined. "A strawberry banana one. Right now."

The back door swung open, revealing the youngest pair of the group. "Come on, we need to go. Now," Dustin ordered. He tried to help the three get out of the back, but gave up after they all insisted they were independent.

"I have a new hatred for elevators!" Jackie declared, dramatically laying on top of the shelves placed in the middle of the room. "I can't wait to see the sun! Let me up!" She rolled off of the shelf, falling into the ground next to a red platform, where Steve stood. "Oops, wrong way."

"Hey," Robin called. "It looks like you're surfing!"

"Wahoo!" Steve yelled.

"They seem drunk!" Erica realized.

"Why would they be drunk?"

Steve suddenly fell next to Jackie on the floor, "wipeout!" Robin yelled. He opened his arms up, and Jackie rolled over to him, the two of them locked in an awkward embrace. Steve's hand was placed under her side, and she shifted to get more comfortable, only for him to groan in pain.

"You look like shit!" Jackie told him, and he frowned.

"Well you look like double shit!" Steve retorted. "Beat that!"

"You look infinity shit!"

"Damn," Steve laughed loudly. "You outsmart me every time. What the hell?"

Dustin crouched over the two of them, placing a hand on Steve's forehead. "He's burning up."

"You're burning up!" Steve retorted sassily.