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Cherokee Rose Part 1

The Russians who disguised themselves as mall security were quiet as they roamed the empty building for the quintet. The same man that saw them much earlier spotted movement behind a counter. He quietly spoke into the walkie on his shoulder. "Я нашел их. I found them." Rene who held Erica and Dustin protectively close, couldn't make it out what he said in a whisper but she knew it was a bad sign. They panted from adrenaline. The men came together, armed and ready to attack as they slowly made their way to them.

A car alarm wailing made them stop and turn to it. The displayed car's horn honked. They looked up and found El using her powers to move the vehicle. The car flipped, taking them out. The group cautiously rose from their spot. They saw the men who were now laying on the floor lifeless and the car across the mall. They turned to see Eleven and the rest on the mall's balcony. Dustin smiled.

They ran to the group. Dustin laughed as he came to Eleven. "You flung that thing like a hot wheel!" He hugged Mike and El.

Rene ran to her brothers, giving them a warm hug. "You guys all right?" She asked them. Her brothers pulled away with smiles on their faces. "We're fine. Are you okay?" Jon questioned. She smiled and shook her head as if saying she is. "Your hair." Will chimed. Now she resembled her brothers. They laughed a little, coming into a hug again. Jonathan saw Steve who gave him smile and a nod, Steve giving it back. The other teens hugged Rene at once. "All of you are okay!"

Erica ran to her brother after the group hug. "Lucas?"
"What are you doing here?" He retorted.
"Ask them. It's their fault."

Steve quickly piped. "True, yeah. Totally true. It's absolutely our fault." Robin was a little lost with the car. "I don't understand what happened to that car." Dustin answered. "El has superpowers."
"I'm sorry?"
"Superpowers. She threw it with her mind. C'mon catch up."

"That's El?" Erica gestured to thee girl.
"Who's El?" Rob questioned.
"I'm sorry, who are you?" Nancy asked.
"I'm Robin. I work with Steve."
"She and Rae cracked the top secret code." Dustin spoke.
"Yeah, which is how we found out about the Russians."

Jon looked at Steve and at his younger sister by 7 minutes, "Russians? What Russians?" Steve turned to the pretty much dead men. "The Russians!" Max was shocked. "Those were Russians?"
"Some of them."

"What are you talking about?" Lucas said.
"Didn't you hear our code red?" Henderson mentioned.
"Yeah. Couldn't understand what you were saying." Mike replied.
"Goddamn low battery."

Harrington was exasperated. "How many times do I have to tell you with the low battery?" He clapped harshly. Earning an attitude. "Well, everything worked out, didn't it?" They all spoke and lightly argued. Then someone mentioned that Rene was fluent in Russian. Then the gate and the Russians.

Eleven was distant. Her ears rang. Then it got even more intense. She fell on the floor in pain. "Whoa, whoa." They all ran to her. The Byers sister came to hold Eleven's hand. "Sweetie, what's wrong? What's wrong?"

"My leg. My leg." She held Rae's hand tight. Jon went to her leg and pulled up the pant leg. The bandage was soaked. They removed it to see a lump. They exclaimed in disgust. She turned to El. "It's gonna be okay. Look at me, El." She moved her hair out of her face. The lump suddenly moved. The girl started wailing. Mike kept on call her name. "El!" Eleven screamed.

The teens didn't know what to do, but the twins did. "Keep her talking. Keep her awake, okay?" Jon told his sister and Mike. He ran across the mall for a certain mini restaurant. He went through the drawers and found a big knife. Byers grabbed a pair of gloves and wooden spoon. He went over to the stove and heated up the blade.

"Let's get her on her side." They helped her move. Robin was letting out things. "You know, it's actually that bad. There was the goalie on my soccer team, Beth Wildfire, this other girl slid into her leg, and the bone came out of her knee, six inches or something, it was insane." Everyone looked at her.