Right Side Up - A Stranger Things Season 4 Fanfic (incomplete)

Chapter 19

Joyce's adrenaline was through the roof, she could feel her blood pumping through her veins as she speeded her car. She had to get to Illinois and find Murray as fast as possible. She knew exactly where El was, and she knew she was in great danger

"Murray! Murray open this door right now!" Joyce yelled while practically punching the metal door.

Seconds later, Murray was standing at the doorway, and before he could even say a word, Joyce had burst into his house, frantically looking through his papers.

"C'mon.. where is it..", she muttered to herself as her eyes skimmed through the papers

"Joyce.. Joyce!" Murray exclaimed, clapping his hands to get the woman's attention. "Would you care to explain what you're doing in my house in the middle of the night?! And how did you get here so quickly??"

"Listen, I-I know where El is! The kids were looking for Brenner's son, a-and they found him, and now she's probably with him!" Joyce could barely compose a full sentence, her brain was in full panic mode.

"I need to find that paperwork you showed me and Hop, about that lab in Texas. Where is it?"

"Joyce, it's 2 in the morning, don't you think we should get some sleep and start looking tomor-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Joyce had grabbed his shirt and pulled him down to her height, looking at him with flaming eyes.

"Listen here Bauman. My daughter is in the hands of a psychopath. We don't know what he's doing to her, and if she's still alive. So I'm not going to sleep until I find her and make sure the asshole who took her away is six feet under the ground. Got it?"

Murray felt the ground disappear beneath him. Who knew that such a small woman had so much power?

"R-roger that.. Vodka?", he said with an unsure smile, that earned him another death stare from Joyce.

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"Fuck! Shit! Ass! Bi-"

"Rich vocabulary you've got there, Wheeler!"
Max said, rolling her eyes at the boy's foul words

Mike decided to ignore the red-haired girl's comment, and continued kicking the dark brown garbage bin in the back of "Hawkins Middle"

"Maybe we should just set off to Texas on our own." Lucas said with a shrug, finishing his 3rd Coca Cola of the day, "I mean, don't get me wrong Byers, but your mom's taking her sweet time looking for El, and wasting ours!"

"Well what do you suggest, Lucas? That we head to Texas and start asking everyone 'Sorry to bother you, you haven't seen a girl with a tattoo on her wrist, and a psycho scientist around here, have you?' " Will exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air for emphasis.

"Would everyone just calm down? Please?" Dustin suddenly said, grabbing everyone's attention. Well, except Mike's, who, as the conversation got more heated, showed less and less mercy on the poor garbage bin.

"Mike if you don't stop kicking that fucking bin right now, I'm going to do the exact same thing to your head!" Max yelled, and Mike immediately stopped his antics, not before he shot her a fiery look.

"Thank you. Now," Dustin began "We know that El's gone, and that Brenner's son is in Texas, building a monster-theme park or whatever."

"And El, she has powers right? Not fully, but she does"

"You're just stating the obvious, Dustin! Get to the point!" Max groaned.

"Patience, dear Maxine!" Dustin said gently, and Max winced at the name.