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A Heart Divided -6-

[6]The Monster’s Deal

Summary: You are stuck in a trance, leaving Eddie and the others to find a way to save you. Can they reach you in time? Or are they too late?

Warning: swearing, blood, reader being vecna’d.

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You hadn’t planned on going to Reefer Rick’s abandoned lake house, but after your plan to leave town had hit a wall due to running out of petrol, you had no choice but abandon Steve’s car, to cross the lake and head to the lake house, where you had been hiding for the past week or so. Thankfully, Rick hid the spare key so you could go inside. However, you were running low on food and supplies, unsure how long you could stay, especially as you had constant headaches and nose bleeds. Not to mention the nightmares of the people close to you abandoning you, leaving you alone with monsters.

The only thing that kept you calm at the moment was music. Unfortunately, you couldn’t have it too loud, as it would expose you. So, you had your Human Racing cassette which was left in Steve’s car, playing it on low volume on Rick’s cassette player, but enough for you to hear. During your stay, you had contemplated on whether or not to go back home or go to another town. You didn’t want to leave your friends behind, especially Chrissy and Steve. And even though you missed Eddie, you were sure that he still wanted nothing to do with you, even after you had left him a letter and your diary. You sighed, as you sat up on the couch , after waking up from your nap. You could’ve sworn that you saw an unfamiliar short haired girl kneeling in front of you. But you shook it off, thinking you only just dreamt about her. As soon as you got up from the couch, you grabbed a cup in the kitchen, filling it with water, deciding on your next move when you heard someone calling you. You gasped and turned to find Eddie standing in the middle of the kitchen.

“E-Eddie?” You stammered. “How did you get in here? I locked-“

“You really think that writing that stupid letter would change anything between us?” Eddie interjected, as he approached you. “Do you think anyone wants you around after everything?” Your eyes widened, as you noticed that his brown eyes were replaced with soulless white eyes, as he growled with a monstrous tone, “Everyone is better off without you.”

It was all in your head. In reality, you were stuck in a trance with no one in front of you, not hearing Eddie’s plea for you to snap out of it. With no other choice, Eddie punched his fist through the window, breaking it before anyone could stop him.

Eddie yelled in pain, as his bloodied hand reached the handle on the other side, unlocking the door.

As soon as the door opened, Eddie ran to you, placing his hands on your shoulder, as he called your name, trying to wake you up.

As the others gathered around you, a tearful Eddie pleaded, “Sweetheart, please! Please, wake up!”

Steve, Lucas and Dustin did the same, while Wayne was trying to figure out what was going on.

“No, get away from me!” You shouted at the possessed Eddie, as you stepped back, only for you to be backed up against the counter.

“You cannot escape, child,” the possessed Eddie retorted, as he grabbed your throat, almost choking you.

You struggled to break free from his grip when you noticed the cup sitting in the sink. You reached for it, gripping it tightly, before smashing it against his head. He growled in pain, pressing his hands against the injury, releasing you from his grasp.

You moved away slowly, as the person transitioning in front of you moved its claws, revealing a monstrous creature. As soon as it turned to you, you immediately ran of the lake house.

However, instead of running to the lake, you found yourself in a blood-red terrain, with a fractured house in the middle. You had stopped running, and looked at your surroundings, before finding four pillars in front of you. You slowly approached the pillars, getting a better view of them when you noticed four mangled bodies tied to the pillars, bounded by vines.

You blood ran cold, as you realised who they were. You gasped, as you saw the first face in front of you. “Max?”

You placed your hand on her shoulder when you abruptly had a vision of Max’s body rising up in a dark attic, before her body snapped and her eyes gouged out by an invisible entity while a terrified Lucas watched. You gasped, as you stepped back, before shifting your attention to Patrick McKinney and Fred Benson.

“Patrick…Fred…” You sniffled, as you touched both their arms, seeing visions of how they met the same fate, with Patrick dying in Lover’s Lake and Fred, in the middle of the road.

You stepped away, and turned to the last victim. You gasped, before you clapped your hands to your mouth, sobbing uncontrollably as you approached your best friend bound to the pillar.

You then placed your hands on her face before embracing her lifeless body, as you sobbed, “Not you too, Chrissy. Please, not you too!”

You then saw a vision Chrissy’s body rising up in front of a petrified Eddie, before watching her die in front of him, as he screamed.

“What are you doing?” A dark voice growled, causing you to turn around, finding the same monster approaching you. You slowly stepped back before turning away, running as fast as you could when you suddenly felt something slimy grabbing your ankle, causing you to fall forward. You screamed, as you felt your body being dragged back, before you had your back against the door. You tried to move, but the vines rapidly gripped your arms and legs, as well as your neck.

You struggled to break away as the monster approached you, as it spoke, “Don’t be afraid. It will be over soon.”

Your eyes widened, as it raised it’s claw above your head.

“Please wake up now!” Eddie cried out, as he gently shook you, while Steve, Dustin and Lucas called out for you to come back as Wayne turned to the cassette player, remembering what an old friend told him a few years back…

“Music?” Wayne asked his friend Colin, who had worked in Pennhurst where the alleged murderer Victor Creel resided. “That’s what saved him?”

“That’s what I heard,” Colin replied. “Mind you, the man’s insane, so he could’ve said that to change his story.”

At once, Wayne grabbed the cassette player, bringing it closer to you when Dustin asked, “What are you doing?”

“Testing a theory,” Wayne replied, before turning up the volume.

You had shut your eyes tight, unsure of how you would be killed when you suddenly heard Nik Kershaw’s I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me playing. You opened your eyes, seeing your body in the real world, being surrounded by Steve, Lucas, Dustin and Wayne, who were trying to you wake up when you heard Eddie calling you, as he rapidly tapped your shoulders.

You gasped, wondering what was going on when you heard the creature say, “They can’t help you.” It turned to you, before telling you. “You know that you don’t belong there, not anymore…”

You silently questioned the creature’s words, as it raised its claw above your head once more, as you shifted your attention from the portal to the pillars, as you wondered if the bodies were real or if you were imagining them there. If they weren’t in the creature’s dominion, then there was a chance that you could…

“Come on! Wake up please!” Eddie pleaded. “I need you-“

All of a sudden, your eyes changed from soulless white to your natural eye colour, as you gasped. You shut your eyes, collapsing to the floor, as Eddie and the others caught you.

A tearful Eddie held you close, as he sobbed, “Sweetheart…I-“

However, you pushed him away as you screamed, thinking that you were still in the creature’s domain.

Eddie tried to approach you again when you grabbed a shard of the broken cup, and slashed his cheek, causing him to scream in pain, as he covered his cut.

“Get away from me!” You screamed, as you turned around, running towards the lake.

Everyone called out to you, as they followed you. As an injured Eddie followed you, you ran into the lake, before frantically swimming away.

Dustin called out for you to come back, as Eddie ran to the boat. As soon as he got in, he pulled the cord on the back of the boat. However, there was no horsepower. He pulled again, before smacking it, as he yelled, “Come on, you piece of shit!”

Not waiting any longer for Eddie to get you, Steve removed most of his clothes, leaving his jeans on, before diving into the lake, following you.

You gasped for air as you continued to swim as fast as you could when you suddenly heard ringing in your ears, causing you to stop swimming, and your body to sink, as you replayed pieces of your encounter of the creature…

“Wait! Please wait!” You heard yourself say.

“..a deal?” You heard the creature asked.

“…in exchange…”

“…bring them…”

“…you’ll get your…”

You gasped for air, as you opened your eyes. You looked up at the ceiling, realising that you were no longer in Lover’s Lake, but in a hospital room, as you thought to yourself, How did I get here?

“She’s finally awake,” you heard someone say, as you sat up, when you heard a familiar sweet voice say, “Hey.”

You looked up, realising that Chrissy, Dustin Robin and Steve were in the room with you.

You turned to find Chrissy standing beside you. “Chrissy? Is that really you?” You asked, unsure if you were back in the real world or not.

“It’s definitely me,” Chrissy softly replied, as she stroked your head. Realising that you were back and that she wasn’t dead, you had let out a relieved gasp, before pulling her close for a hug, as you sobbed.

“You’re still alive,” you sniffled, before pulling away, as you asked, “What about Max? Fred? And Patrick? Are they all okay?”

The four of them gazed at you with confusion, as Robin told you, “Max’s waiting outside. I can get her if you want. I need to call Vickie anyway, she’ll be happy to hear that you’re finally awake.”

After you thanked her, you told her, “Tell her I said hi.”

Robin hugged you, before leaving the room. You then turned to Steve, beginning to apologise for taking his car and abandoning it.

“Listen, Steve. About your car…I’m sorry for taking it. I had intended on returning it-“

“Don’t worry about it,” Steve replied as he shook his head. “You’re safe. That’s more important.”

“How long have I been here?” You asked him and Chrissy.

“A few hours,” you heard Dustin respond. You turned to him, as he mentioned that your parents had been to visit along with your other friends, even the older Hellfire members, which surprised you. He then let you know that your sister was absent.

“That’s a shocker,” you sarcastically said, unsurprised by your sister’s absence.

Chrissy held your hand, as you asked the two boys, “How did I get here?”

Steve explained what happened when he and the others found you.

“One minute you were like a zombie, and the next you ran out and swam to the lake trying to get away. You started to drown by the time Eddie and I reached you-“

“Eddie was really there?” You remembered. After you had woken up from your trance, you thought that the monster had disguised itself as Eddie again, trying to pull you back into his domain.

“He’s actually in the room next to you,” Dustin informed you. “He’s having his hand and cheek stitched up.”

“What?”

“Yeah, he panicked at the sight of you and punched the glass so he could get inside.”

You couldn’t believe it. After everything that happened, Eddie came to find you.

But then, you remembered that you attacked him, thinking he was still the monster.

You looked down at your lap, as a tear fell down your cheek, feeling guilty for attacking him.

“Is he angry with me?” You asked.

“No, he’s worried about you.” Steve informed you, as he sat on the edge of the bed, before asking, “Why would he be angry with you?”

“Because I attacked him. I thought…I thought it was after me again,” you whispered.

Chrissy, Dustin and Steve turned to each other with confusion when you heard a knock on the door, before it opened.

It was Max.

“Hey,” she spoke, as she entered the room. “Robin said that you asked about me.”

“You also asked about Patrick and Fred? Why?” Dustin asked.

You turned to Chrissy and Max, before shifting your attention to Steve and Dustin, before replying, “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”

“Try us,” Max said.

You looked down at your lap, trying to find a way to explain what you had seen.

You took a deep breath, before explaining, “While I was Rick’s, and even before then, I kept having these…constant headaches, and nosebleeds…”

Max and Chrissy showed shocked expressions on their faces, as you continued whilst staring at the boys, “When you guys found me, I thought I was alone when Eddie…someone I thought was Eddie, attacked me. When I thought that I had escaped, I ended up in this place…I can’t explain it, but I remember the pillars, and seeing…”

You then looked up at Chrissy and Max, before revealing, “You two, as well as Patrick and Fred, tied up against the pillars…”

You gasped for air, as tears fell down your cheeks, before describing the sight of their bodies.

You gazed at the four of them, who were silent, before you scoffed as you wiped away your tears, “I knew you guys didn’t believe me-“

“Of course we do,” Dustin replied, as he placed his hand on your shoulder, whilst Chrissy squeezed your hand. Steve, Dustin and Max had their suspicions that it could be something to do with the Upside Down.

“Totally,” Max said. “Was it the first time that it happened?”

You shook your head, before replying, “I heard someone the night before the race while everyone was arguing. And before the race started, I saw this…grandfather clock by the pool…”

Chrissy and Max silently expressed their shock at what you said, before you continued, “And as I swam, I saw some sort of monster swimming close by, which made me stop.”

Max remembered when you quickly got out of the pool during the race, realising that you shared the same vision of the clock as her.

“I know it sounds crazy-“

“It’s not,” Chrissy replied. “I saw a grandfather clock the day I met with Eddie. I too had been seeing things that weren’t there.”

You looked up, looking shocked when Max mentioned, “Same.”

You gazed at both girls when Steve remembered, “When we found you, Eddie kept saying ‘Not again.’ What did he mean?”

You looked at him with confusion, unsure what he meant when Chrissy chimed in, “I think I know why.”

You, Max, Dustin and Steve turned to Chrissy, as she told you, “I told you that I went to him for something to help with my nightmares.”

You nodded, as Chrissy admitted, “Well, I…I left out the rest of what happened, because I was scared that you might think that I was crazy or you would assume that something happened between me and Eddie.”

You furrowed your eyebrows, as Chrissy confessed, “After the game, I went to his trailer, as I wanted something stronger.”

Chrissy then told you what she had saw while Eddie went to find some ketamine, which shocked you, as you didn’t think Chrissy would ever touch something strong.

“One minute I was in my house, facing this monster, and the next I was back in the trailer.”

You turned to Max and the boys when Chrissy remembered, “There was something else…I remember hearing a song…I think it was Uptown Girl. I also saw Eddie approaching my body, trying to wake me up. While the monster was distracted, I somehow managed to escape.”

You gazed at your best friend when Dustin began to mention that people always say that Hawkins was cursed. “They weren’t wrong.” He then revealed to you and Chrissy about their previous encounters with the Upside Down, which shocked you, and yet strangely at the same time, it made sense to you what has been going on in Hawkins in the last few years. You and Chrissy were about to ask the others some questions when you heard a knock on the door revealing a nurse standing in the doorway. She smiled, as she greeted you.

“One of your friends told me that you’re awake,” the nurse informed you. “The doctor will be seeing you shortly.”

She then looked at her watch, before telling everyone else, “Visiting hours finished ages ago, you all should go home, get some sleep.”

After she had left, you told everyone, “You better do what she says.”

“We’ll be back tomorrow,” Chrissy told you, as she hugged you, before picking up her backpack whilst Dustin placed the spare supercom on the table. “If you need anything, contact one of us,” he told you, as he and Max hugged you.

“I will do,” you replied, as you felt Steve’s hand lightly tussling our hair, making you smile.

“See you later,” Steve said, as he moved his hand.

As soon as your friends left, you huffed whilst the nurse was telling you something. However, you didn’t listen to what she said, as you tried to remember what the monster told you in his domain.

Back outside, everyone else was in the hallway, about to leave when they saw Wayne and Roxy coming out of Eddie’s room.

“Again, I’m so sorry for causing trouble between her and your nephew,” they heard Roxy apologise. “I understand that he’s angry.”

“I think he’s more angry with himself. Give him time,” Wayne politely replied.

Roxy turned to see Chrissy and Max, who gave her a small smile. Roxy silently nodded at them before turning around to leave, as Wayne turned to find the others close by, and asked how you were.

“She’s finally awake,” Steve replied, causing Roxy to turn around. “The nurse had-“

“She’s awake?” They heard Eddie ask, as he dashed out of the room, about to go to yours when Wayne stopped him. “Take it easy, boy,” he told him.

“I need to see her.”

“You’ve just been stitched up. You need to rest. We all do.”

“Excuse me,” everyone turned to Roxy, who had cautiously approached them, before asking, “Do you think I can go and see her quickly? I just-“

“Absolutely not,” Eddie hissed.

“Eddie,” Wayne sternly said.

“No! I don’t care how sorry she is, she’s not seeing her.”

Roxy lowered her head, as she turned around and walked away, letting out a sniffle.

Chrissy and Max sympathetically watched her, before they turned to glare at Eddie.

“Seriously Eddie?” Max scolded.

“Well she shouldn’t have done it, no matter what the threats were,” Eddie retorted, commenting that you would be his friend again if it wasn’t for your sister and Roxy.

“Well maybe if you didn’t believe her sister in the first place, none of this would have happened!” Chrissy growled, which made Eddie’s face soften.

“Chrissy…”

“No! Instead of asking her for the truth, you chose to believe her sister. Everything that’s been happening is because you believed her lies!”

“Excuse me,” they heard the nurse sternly speak. They turned to her, as she scolded them, “Please your voices down, you’re disturbing the patients.”

Wayne apologised to her, before she went back to check on you.

“Chrissy,” Eddie began to speak. “I-“

“I’m gonna find Roxy,” Chrissy announced, before running off to find her.

Luckily, Roxy wasn’t far away. Chrissy managed to catch up to her as she called her name, “Roxy! Roxy wait!”

Roxy turned around, as Chrissy caught her breath, before apologising, “I’m sorry about Eddie.”

“Don’t be,” Roxy replied. “I can’t blame him for being angry.”

“Well, I told him that he shouldn’t have believed the lies in the first place.”

There was a short moment of silence, before Chrissy told her, “Listen, I’m coming back to see her again after school tomorrow, if you want to apologise to her.”

“What about Eddie?”

“Don’t worry about him. You’ve already apologised to him, right?”

Roxy nodded, before Chrissy told her, “So, I’m positive that his uncle will make sure that he doesn’t stop you from seeing her.”

Roxy gave her a small smile, as she thanked her.

“Hey!”

Chrissy heard Robin’s voice, as she ran towards her and Roxy with Lucas walking behind her.

“How is she now?” Lucas asked. “One of the nurses said that she was going to see her.”

“Well, she’s definitely been to hell and back,” Chrissy replied, as she crossed her arms. “We’ve just got kicked out for staying after visiting hours.”

There was a short moment of silence, before Roxy spoke up, “I should get going. I don’t want to leave my grandparents and Shaun alone for too long.”

As soon as her and Chrissy said goodbye, Roxy walked through the hallway before Robin asked, “Was that…?”

“Roxy,” Chrissy confirmed. “Yeah. Where are the others?”

“Mike and Nancy have left, they’ve taken the rest of the Hellfire club home. I tried to find her folks,” Lucas informed her. “But I couldn’t find them anywhere.”

Chrissy sighed, before telling them that she was going to the restroom. “Maybe I’ll bump into them on the way.”

She then asked Robin if she could get a ride with her and Steve. “Yeah, sure,” Robin replied. “I’ll let Steve know that you’re coming with us.”

Chrissy thanked her, before heading out to find the restroom, while Lucas and Robin went to find the others.

A few moments later, Lucas and Robin headed towards your room when they saw Wayne coming out of Eddie’s room while the others waited outside.

“And behave yourself, boy,” Wayne called out. “Don’t give the nurses any grief. Understand?”

“Yes sir,” they heard Eddie softly reply.

As soon as Wayne shut the door behind him, Robin greeted him and the others, before mentioning that she and Lucas ran into Chrissy earlier.

“Where is she now?” Steve asked. “Did she manage to find Roxy?”

“She did,” Lucas replied, before mentioning that Chrissy was going to the restroom and that she was going to see if she could find your parents. Robin then mentioned that Chrissy asked for a ride with her and Steve.

“I said it was okay,” Robin told Steve, who silently nodded, before telling Wayne that he and Robin were going to stay and search for your parents.

“We’ll stay and help,” Dustin suggested.

“I think I should drop you kids off home,” Wayne interjected, before telling Steve and Robin. “You go and find them.”

“We’ll be as quick as we can,” Steve told the others, before he and Robin began their search.

While Robin searched one end of the building, Steve searched the other end when he overheard someone saying in a rude tone, “It’s now too late to go and see her.”

At once, he recognised the voice as your mother. As he slowly approached the corner, he heard another familiar female voice. “Well, maybe if you weren’t yelling at me for coming here, you would’ve been able to see her,” the woman retorted, as Steve poked his head out to see who your mother was having an argument with. To his surprise, it was his estranged aunt, whom he had not seen in years, with a suitcase beside her.

Why’s she here? He thought to himself, as he questioned why she was talking to your parents. She couldn’t have been here all this time.

“Look dear,” your father calmly said to your mother. “We’ll come back tomorrow. She’s probably still not awake-“

“I don’t want her near our daughter!” Your mother interrupted, causing Steve’s aunt to scoff. “I don’t know why the hospital called her!”

“You might’ve raised her,” Steve’s aunt retorted. “But I’m the one who gave birth to her.”

“Only because you had an affair with my husband!”

Steve’s eyes widened as he heard the truth. Wait, what? Steve thought. It can’t be. She’s my…?

He snapped out of his thoughts as he heard one of the nurses telling the three adults to keep their voices down.

After your father apologised to the nurse, he turned to his wife and Steve’s aunt, and told them, “We’ll discuss this outside…”

“We will not,” his wife scoffed. “Birth mother or not, she’s not going to see her.”

As the adults were about to make a move, Steve quickly marched down the hallway, hoping to evade them. As he marched away, he muttered, “It can’t be true, can it? Surely mom would’ve-“

Steve abruptly stopped, as he noticed that the hallway lights were flickering. He looked up, and muttered, “What the hell?”

All of a sudden, he heard someone scream. At once, he ran towards where it was coming from.

Meanwhile, in your hospital room, as the lights flickered erratically , the monitor started beeping rapidly, causing the nurse to panic, as she ran out of the door, calling out for help.

“What’s going on?” Eddie called out, as he stood in his doorway.

“You stay where you are!” The nurse told him, as she ran to get help. Disobeying her orders, Eddie rushed to your room, finding your body going into a spasm. He began to panic, as he swiftly approached you, calling your name, begging for you to wake up…

In your mind, you were back in the monster’s domain.

“What do you want?” You bellowed, as you were tied to the vines once more, as you faced the creature.

“Have you forgotten our deal already?” It asked, as it moved closer.

You expressed confusion, not remembering what you had told it previously.

The monster growled, as it told you, “You promised to bring me four new souls in exchange for your friends. But to do that, you must join me…”

You shook your head, remembering the deal you made in order to spare Chrissy, Max, Patrick and Fred. However, you never made the deal to join the creature.

“No, no! That wasn’t part of the deal!”

You suddenly felt your body stiffen, as the monster raised its claw to you. You tried to break free, but you couldn’t get out of its grip, as it growled, “You have twenty four hours to join me. Otherwise, I will take your friends at all at once.”

Suddenly, you started seeing the original victims in your vision. First, you saw Max screaming in Wayne’s truck, seeing bloodied Billy sitting next to her. Next, you saw Patrick sitting in the corner of the room, covering his ears, blocking out his father’s verbal abuse. In the next vision, you saw Fred looking through his window, seeing a car on fire in the middle of the road, causing him to hyperventilate. Finally, you saw Chrissy on the floor next to the cubicle, covering her ears, drowning out her mother’s threats, as the cubicle door rattled.

“Stop!” You shouted at the monster. “Stop it! Leave them alone!”

“You join me, and they will be spared…”

“Come on! Wake up!” Eddie shouted, trying to explain explain wake you up when a doctor pulled him away, as the nurses tried to help you when all of a sudden, your body stopped spasming.

Eddie called out your name, unsure if you were unconscious or not when you suddenly gasped for air, realising that you were back to reality.

“Let go of me!” You looked up to find Eddie pulling himself away from the doctor, as you threw the bedsheet away from your body, attempting to get out of bed, when one of the nurses stopped you.

“Let me go,” you pleaded. “I need to find-“

“You need to rest,” the nurse retorted.

“You don’t understand, I need to-“

Before you could explain, the nurses pulled back to your bed, as you continued to scream. “I need to warn them! They’re in danger!”

Eddie’s eyes widened, as you continued to scream.

“Hey! Let go of her!” Eddie yelled, as he tried to pull them away from you when the doctor pushed him back, causing Eddie to knock the supercom off the table. Luckily, he caught it before it could break.

“You need to let us do our job,” the doctor sternly told him, before asking one of the nurses to escort Eddie out of the room.

“No! I’m not leaving her,” Eddie retorted, as you screamed.

The doctor turned to one of the other nurses to give you something to calm you down, as the nurse who had been looking after Eddie escorted him out of the room, assuring him that you were going to be okay.

Eddie was skeptical, but followed the nurse, not wanting to cause any more distress.

After the nurse brought him to his room, Eddie sat on the bed, as he faintly heard you screaming again, causing him to burst into tears when he suddenly heard Dustin calling you via the communicator, asking if you were okay, before revealing what happened with Max.

Eddie sniffled, as he wiped the tears from his eyes, before lifting the supercom close to his face, responding to Dustin, trying his best to explain what was happening.

Meanwhile, Steve ran to where the screaming was coming from when he heard knocking in one of the restrooms, before hearing a female voice say, “I can’t help you if you don’t open the door.”

Steve peeped through the door to find a nurse standing outside of one of the cubicles, as he heard whimpering from there when he noticed a familiar pink backpack by the sink.

At once, he swung the door open and ran towards the cubicle, as the nurse scolded him, “Sir, you can’t be in here.”

Ignoring the nurse, Steve knocked on the door, as he called out, “Chrissy? Chrissy, it’s Steve.”

All Steve could hear was her whimper. With no other options, Steve went into the cubicle next to Chrissy’s, and stood on the toilet and started climbing up. “If you don’t leave, I will call security,” he heard the nurse say, as he climbed over to the next cubicle, where a terrified Chrissy was sitting beside it with her knees close to her chest. A sympathetic Steve squatted down, facing her, as she had her eyes shut, covering her ears with her hands, grizzling.

“Chrissy?” Steve softly spoke, as he reached out his hand to touch her, causing her to jolt as she cried in panic.

“That’s it! I’m getting security!” Steve heard the nurse shout, before hearing her exiting the restroom.

Steve repeatedly called for Chrissy to look at him, as he tried to reach her.

“No! Go away!” She screamed, as she shut her eyes, pulling herself back when Steve moved closer, grabbing her face, as he told her, “Chrissy, it’s me! It’s Steve.”

Chrissy slowly opened her eyes, as she tried to control her breathing, “Steve?” She mumbled.

“Yes, it’s me-“

Steve was cut off by Chrissy’s sudden movement, as she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him, as she sobbed uncontrollably against his shoulder.

“It’s okay, I’m here,” Steve softly said, as he reciprocated the hug, rubbing her upper back, noticing that she was still shaking.

“I’m gonna pick you up, okay?” Steve told her, as he lifted her up from the ground, carrying her in a bridal hold when he heard Robin call out, “Chrissy? Are you in here?”

“Robin?” Steve called out.

“Steve? What are you doing in there?” Robin asked.

“I’ll explain everything in a minute. Can you grab Chrissy’s bag from the counter?”

As Steve unlocked the door whilst carrying Chrissy, he heard Robin say, “Got it.”

As soon as Steve opened the door, a shocked Robin asked, “Chrissy, what happened?”

Chrissy remained silent, as Steve carried out of the restroom, before telling Robin, “We better get her home, before security comes.”

“No no, please,” Chrissy abruptly shook her head as she sniffled. “I don’t want to go back there.”

Steve and Robin quickly glanced at each other, wondering what to do when they heard footsteps close by.

“Shit,” Steve muttered under his breath, assuming that security was coming. “We need to make a move-“

“Steve?”

Robin and Steve stopped and turned their heads to find his aunt standing in the middle of the hallway with her suitcase in her hand.

She happily gasped, as she quickly approached him, told him whilst a confused Robin looked on, “Never in a million years did I think that we would meet again here. How’s everything? I’d give you a hug, but you clearly have your hands full.”

She lightly chuckled as she looked at Chrissy, while Steve sternly glanced at her suitcase, before she began to speak, “I’ve just discharged myself.”

Steve glared, aware that she was lying when he noticed that the nurse from the restroom was with a security guard was further down the hallway.

Shit, he thought, as his aunt continued to make pleasantries when he quickly turned on his heel and started to quickly head towards the exit, whilst trying not to drop Chrissy, as Robin followed him.

“Uh, Steve…” Robin began to speak, as she was trying to keep up with him. “Who is that woman?”

“My aunt. My mom’s sister,” Steve replied, as they finally reached the exit. “Let’s just get Chrissy somewhere.”

“Where?”

“I don’t know. What about your place?”

“After what happened last time? There’s no way my mother will let you stay over again, especially after you-“

“Steve? Where are you going?” His aunt called out, as they got to the car park.

“She’s not gonna give up,” Steve muttered, as they reached his car. He tried to reach for his car keys in his jacket pocket, but he couldn’t do it without risking in dropping Chrissy.

“Robin? A little help?”

Robin immediately grabbed his keys from his jacket, and unlocked the door, before opening it for Steve, so he can put Chrissy in the back seat.

As soon Steve and Robin got into the car, Steve started up the engine. “Okay, we better get-“

Steve stopped speaking, as he noticed that the trunk of his car was opened.

“What the-?” He muttered, as he got out, finding his aunt putting her suitcase in the trunk.

“What are you doing?” Steve asked. “You can’t just put your case in my-“

“Is that anyway to talk to your aunt?” His aunt retorted, as she pushed down the trunk down, and went to sit next to Chrissy, before Steve could protest.

“Are your parents home, Steve?” She asked.

Steve was about to say that they were, even though it was a lie. However, he knew that she would tell that he wasn’t being truthful.

He silently shook his head, before hearing his aunt say, “Great. Saves getting a motel.”

As soon as Steve drove away from the car park, his aunt tried to make conversation with Chrissy, who was lowered her head in silence, not wanting to speak to anyone. As Robin tried to lighten up the situation by interacting with his aunt, Steve wondered what would happen if you knew who your real mother was.

Meanwhile, Eddie was in his room, continuing to talk to Dustin via the walkie talkie. “Wayne said that Lucas and I can stay in the trailer tonight, so we can keep an eye on Max,” Dustin informed him. “Mike mentioned that Nancy’s gonna check on Fred and Patrick.”

“Okay,” Eddie’s responded. “Let me know if anything changes. I’ll do the same.”

After finishing the conversation, Eddie grabbed his Walkman and a couple of tapes, before he snuck into your room, finding you sleeping. As soon as Eddie placed the communicator on the table, he sat down on the chair beside you, and lifted his head to look at you.

As he watched you sleep, he sighed, before telling you, “You probably can’t hear me, or maybe you can and you choose to ignore me, but…”

He paused before explaining, “Just wanted to let you know that Henderson and Sinclair are keeping an eye on Red.” He then revealed that Nancy was going to check on Patrick and Fred.

“As for Chrissy…he mentioned that she’s staying at Harrington’s. Buckley had let him know once they got to his place. Apparently his aunt is staying too.”

He then shifted his attention to your diary, causing him to sigh, before he apologised, “I’m so sorry. If I hadn’t fell for your sister’s bullshit, you wouldn’t be in here. I know it won’t make any difference, especially after the way I treated you. I wish that I could take it all back.”

He sniffled, as he placed the Walkman on the bed, before getting up to place his headphones over your head.

“Wayne told me about this theory that this Creel guy had about music, how it could save someone from getting killed,” Eddie explained, as he took out Def Leppard’s High ‘n’ Dry cassette from its cover and put in the Walkman, as he continued to speak. “So, I brought this just in case. Hopefully, it’ll still work.”

After pressing the play button, Eddie faintly heard Bringing On The Heartbreak playing through the headphones.

He lightly chuckled, as he remembered the first night he took you home after Hellfire…

Eddie had a rock station playing in his van, as he drove through town, when he suggested that he can switch to another radio station if you didn’t like rock music. To his surprise, you told him, as Bringing On The Heartbreak started playing. “Leave it on. I actually like Def Leppard.”

“Really?” He asked.

“Yeah, and Bringing On The Heartbreak is my favourite song.”

You started to quietly sing along, before you had let out a bashful laugh.

“No carry on,” Eddie encouraged you, before he started singing along with you. At first, he was worried about you tutoring him, assuming that you were quick to judge him for being a third year senior into Dungeons and Dragons, and metal music. But after getting to know you, he was glad that you were tutoring him…

Tears ran down his face, as he thought about that memory and how he had treated you recently. He held your hand as he continued to tearfully apologise while you slept peacefully.

Early next morning at the Harrington household, Steve was making coffee when Robin ambled into the kitchen, as she yawned.

All through the night, Steve and Robin took turns on keeping an eye on Chrissy, making them both exhausted.

“How’s Chrissy now?” Steve asked, as he poured a cup of coffee for Robin, before passing it to her.

“She’s getting herself ready,” Robin replied, as she poured sugar into her coffee. “I gave her my spare clothes to wear.”

Steve poured his own coffee when his aunt came in, as she cheerfully greeted them, “Good morning!”

The duo winced at the volume of her voice, as his aunt sat next to Robin at the counter, before asking Steve, “So, where’s your girlfriend?”

Steve furrowed, as he stirred his coffee, when she elaborated, “The girl you were carrying last night? Christine?”

“It’s Chrissy,” he corrected her. “And she’s not my girlfriend.”

“Oh,” she exclaimed , before turning to Robin. Before his aunt could even ask if she was seeing her nephew, Robin quickly replied, “Nope. We’re just friends, platonic with a capital P.”

Before Steve could pick up the cup, his aunt grabbed it and drank it immediately.

“I guess I forgot to make one for myself,” Steve muttered sarcastically, as he grabbed another cup when he heard a soft voice say, “Hey.”

He looked up to see Chrissy standing in the doorway, wearing a flannel shirt which Robin lent her nearly covering a pair of denim shorts.

Before Steve and Robin could answer, Steve aunt spoke up, “Morning sweetie. Did you sleep well?”

Chrissy politely nodded, as she stood beside Robin, when Steve offered to make her some breakfast.

“I’m fine, thank you,” Chrissy politely declined, when Steve’s aunt told her, “No need to be polite. My nephew can make you something.”

Chrissy asked if she could have a banana instead.

“Sure, go ahead,” Steve replied, as he grabbed one from the bowl, giving it to her.

“Thanks,” Chrissy said, as she started peeling the banana, before explaining, “After what happened yesterday, I don’t know if I can stomach anything else.”

Robin asked if she was still going to see you after school.

“Yeah,” Chrissy replied. “Roxy said that she’ll be there too, so I wanna make sure that Eddie doesn’t drive her away.”

“Well, I’ve got work today, but I can leave early and take you guys,” Steve told the girls.

“Great,” his aunt interrupted. “We can go and see her together.”

Steve glared at her, as both Chrissy and Robin stared at her with confusion.

“Really?” Robin asked.

“Of course,” Steve’s aunt replied. “I know I’ve never met your friend, but maybe I-“

“Can I talk to you in private?” Steve asked his aunt, whilst trying not to raise his voice.

Before his aunt could respond, he grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the chair and into his dad’s study room. Not long after, Robin snuck towards the door, as Chrissy quietly told her, “We shouldn’t be eavesdropping-“

Robin shushed her, as she pressed her ear against the door.

In the office, Steve’s aunt sat in the chair, as she scolded, “You didn’t need to pull me away. I’m just being friendly-“

“You’re not seeing her,” Steve interjected.

She gasped, feeling offended, before telling him, “Excuse me? I have much right to be-“

“Why? Why do you need to be there? Because she’s your daughter?”

His aunt’s face softened, as Steve continued, “I heard you talking to her parents.”

His aunt crossed her arms, as she confessed, “She is, and you and her so called family can’t stop me from seeing her-“

“Look, you can’t just waltz in there and tell her that you’re her mother.”

“Why not?”

There was a short moment of silence , before his aunt gasped as she clapped her hands to her mouth, before asking, “Wait, you two aren’t…?”

“What?! No!” Steve retorted with disgust. “How can you even think that?”

Steve took a deep breath, as she moved her hands down to her sides, before telling her,

“She’s been through enough as it is. She doesn’t need you unloading it on her too.”

“Well, she’ll find out sooner or later. And I rather tell her myself than someone else.”

After she had got out of the chair, she opened the door, finding Robin and Chrissy standing by the door.

Before her and Steve could say anything, Chrissy pulled Robin away, as she told them that they needed to get to school.

As they left, Steve’s aunt turned around and told Steve, “Like I said, she needs to hear it from me.”

Steve huffed, as he sternly stared at his aunt, questioning how you would react to the truth.

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A Heart Divided -5-

|5| Truth and Consequences

Summary: Chrissy and Max tries to find Roxy on her own so they can interrogate her about your sister and the diary, while Nancy questions Steve about his closeness with Chrissy. Meanwhile, Eddie is conflicted over his relationship your sister, whilst trying to figure out where you’ve gone.

Warnings: swearing, mention of weed, abusive parent, blood.

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The next morning, Nancy was parking her car outside of the Family Video, when Max asked the older girls, “You think this will work?”

“It’s worth a try,” Nancy said, as they all took of their seatbelts. “Anything to help us prove to Eddie who really wrote that diary.”

“I just hope that we can use the database to find Roxy,” Chrissy replied.

“Well, if Keith’s there and says anything, I’m sure Nancy can put on the charm,” Max joked, as they got out of the car.

“Very funny, Max,” Nancy sarcastically responded, which made Chrissy giggle.

Meanwhile, inside the store, Robin and Steve were debating on which movie to play.

“I’ve told you before, Robin,” Steve spoke as he was pushing the empty trolley. “I don’t do double VHS.”

“Oh come on,” Robin retorted, as Steve followed her to the counter, before picking up a cardboard cutout of Freddy Krueger. “You picked the movie last time. It’s my turn.”

“Okay, fine. But I’m not-“ Steve with the cutout in front of his face, turned around when he heard someone yelp, as he almost bumped into that person.

“Smooth move, dingus,” Robin snorted, as she was about to take the VHS tape out of its cover when Steve passed her cutout, before beginning to apologise.

“I am so sorry. Are you okay? I didn’t mean to bump into you, I should’ve…”

“It’s okay,” a sweet voice replied, prompting Steve to turn back, to find Chrissy standing in front of him, smiling.

“Oh, Chrissy. Hey,” Steve grinned as he greeted her, whilst Nancy and Max padded behind her. As Robin waved at the two girls, Steve greeted them, before asking Chrissy, “What brings you here?”

“The girl’s been single for five minutes, and he’s already making a pass at her,” Robin teased.

Steve turned to Robin, as he asked in a serious tone, “Don’t you have a tape to put on?”

Robin was about to continue with her teasing when Nancy cleared her throat, before informing Steve and Robin, “Actually, we need your help with something. You see, we’re doing some investigating, and…”

“Investigating?” Steve asked, before asking if it had something to do with your disappearance.

Chrissy explained, as she held up the diary, that they were investigating on who was responsible for forging your handwriting.

“Can I see it?” Steve asked Chrissy, before she handed it over to him.

“Why? Curious about what it might say about you?” Robin asked, causing Steve to sarcastically laugh, as he started reading the contents.

“He won’t find anything anyway, it’s only about Eddie,” Chrissy informed them, confirming that she, Nancy and Max thoroughly checked every single page.

After Steve read through the pages, he closed the diary and gave it back to Chrissy, as he confirmed, “Well, whoever forged the handwriting, definitely needed a dictionary. So many misspelling errors. And doesn’t she like, doodle stuff on the pages or something?”

After confirming that you never wrote in the diary, Steve asked Chrissy, “Any ideas on who it could be? If I had to put money on it, it would be her sister.”

“At first, I thought for sure that it was her sister who wrote it,” Chrissy mentioned. “But after comparing her friend, Roxy’s writing in the yearbook, I’m wondering if she’s involved too.”

“Okay, so what does that have to do with us?” Robin asked.

“We need to use your computer system to find Roxy,” Max bluntly responded.

“Well, even if we let you use it to find her and prove that the diary, do you really think that it would make a difference to Eddie?” Robin asked, before commenting on his recent ill treatment towards you.

“Maybe not, but it’s gotta be worth a try,” Chrissy replied. “So, can we please use the computer?”

Robin and Steve silently turned to each other, before Steve shifted his attention to Chrissy, silently giving the girls permission to use the computer by gesturing at it to them.

Chrissy smiled, as she thanked him. As the three girls started gathering around the computer, Nancy quickly turned to glance at Steve, whose eyes were fixated on Chrissy when Robin started making a kissing face at him, prompting Nancy to swiftly turn away. As Steve took notice of Robin, he glared at her, telling her, “Go and help them.”

Robin raised her hands with an innocent expression on her face, as she went to help the girls.

Suddenly, the phone started ringing, prompting Robin to turn her head when Steve picked it up, he answered, “Family Video, how can-? Oh, hey Mom. Why are you-?”

As the girls continue to search on the database, they heard Steve ask, “Really? Where?”

Chrissy turned her head, hoping that he was given some information about your whereabouts, as he Steve jotted down something on a scrap of paper.

“Okay, thanks for letting me know…I’ll go there right now.”

After Steve had put down the phone, he immediately took his work vest, as he asked, “Hey Nance, can you drive me to the tow yard? My mom said that the cops called, saying that they found my car.”

“Sure,” Nancy replied, before asking Chrissy and Max, “Will you guys be okay finding Roxy by yourselves?”

Chrissy remained silent, worrying about you when Max responded, “Yeah, sure.”

Nancy silently nodded, as Steve told her, “Let’s go.”

They were both about to leave when Steve noticed Chrissy’s worried expression.

Steve deeply exhaled, as he approached her and placed his hand on her shoulder, softly telling her, “Don’t worry. I’ll ask the cops about her. If they’ve found my car, then maybe they’ve found her too.”

Chrissy chewed her lower lip, holding back her tears, as she silently nodded.

“Listen, we can wait until you find Roxy’s address, and we’ll drop you off there before the yard,” Steve suggested, before asking Nancy. “Right, Nance?”

Before Nancy could respond, Chrissy replied, “It’s okay. I can call Aimee and ask if her brother can take us to her.”

“Are you sure?”

Chrissy silently nodded, when Nancy said, “We better get going before they destroy the car.”

Steve briefly rubbed Chrissy’s shoulder, before moving his hand away, as he stepped outside, following Nancy, who sprinted towards her car.

Meanwhile in the hospital, Eddie was still in bed, rereading your diary, ghosting his fingers against your drawings when he heard the door knocking.

As he quickly closed the diary and hid it under his pillow, the door opened, as a gruffly voice announced, “It’s only me.”

It was Wayne.

As Wayne entered the door, carrying a plastic bag, he told Eddie, “I’m not supposed to be here out of visiting hours, but the nurse allowed me to come and drop off a couple of things.”

“Oh, okay. Thanks,” Eddie replied, as Wayne placed the bag on top of the table, before taking out some comic books and a couple of cassettes for him.

“Did you managed to do your homework?” Wayne asked.

“Some,” Eddie grumbled, as he crossed his arms when Wayne leaned over, and asked, “Eddie? Are you okay?”

“Why wouldn’t I be?” Eddie retorted. “I’m being discharged soon.”

“Well, it’s just…your eyes are puffy. Have you been crying?”

Eddie scoffed, as he shuffled in his bed, before denying, “Of course not. Just tired, that’s all. Didn’t get enough sleep.”

If there was one thing that Wayne knew, it was the fact that his own nephew wasn’t good at lying.

However, Wayne decided to let him lie, saving the interrogation.

As he took the empty plastic bag, Wayne told him, “Well, I’ll come and see you again during visiting hours. Has your girlfriend been to visit?”

Eddie stayed silent, not mentioning that your sister hadn’t been to see him.

Wayne sighed, “If you want, I’ll ask if she wants to visit when I go over-“

“Don’t bother,” Eddie coldly replied. “She’s probably busy.”

Wayne shook his head, before telling him, “I’ll ask anyway.” He then mentioned you. “It’s been a week since she went missing, I hope she returns home soon.”

“Me too,” Eddie mumbled. “I know we’re not close anymore, but I hope she comes back.”

Wayne furrowed his eyebrows, wondering about Eddie’s sudden change of heart about you.

“Well, we’ve got people to look out for her, so someone’s bound to see her,” Wayne replied, as he headed to the door, before replying, “ I’ll see you later, kid.”

Eddie silently waved goodbye to his uncle, who had closed the door behind him.

After he had gone, Eddie took the diary from under the pillow and opened it, rereading the pages. The more Eddie read, the more he was finally convinced that the diary was yours, especially how you described your sister as a succubus. Looking back, Eddie realised that you were right. He remembered the day when your sister showed him the fake diary…

“No…” Eddie tearfully said, as he sat on your sister’s bed, reading the insults about him in the diary, which your sister allegedly found under your bed. “No, that can’t be true.”

“I’m sorry, but it is,” your sister replied with fake sympathy. “You don’t know what she was like after you leave. She’s always badmouthing you for failing senior year twice.”

Eddie sniffled, as he slammed the diary shut.

“I didn’t want you to find out this way, but…maybe it’s for the best,” your sister said, as she cupped his cheek and pulled him into a kiss.

Eddie instantly pulled himself away, confused with your sister’s sudden move.

He knew that your sister wasn’t always nice to him when she was in his class. But then he thought maybe she had changed.

Your sister flashed a smile at him, as she seductively stroked his arm, before whispering to him, “She doesn’t have to know, not that she’ll care anyway.”

Eddie wasn’t sure what to do. On one hand, he didn’t understand why she would make a move on him. On the other hand, he was too angry to care. He thought that maybe being with your sister would help him get over you.

“You know what? Fuck it,” Eddie exclaimed, as he dropped the diary, leaning into a passionate kiss, making your sister squeal with delight…

Eddie snapped himself out of that memory, as he closed the diary. At that moment, he realised that maybe you were right about your sister being a succubus, wondering if she had anything to do with the fake diary. Looking back, he should’ve left immediately after she kissed him and gone to the training camp to ask you about it.

He sighed, as he leaned back, trying to decide to whether break things off with your sister, or wait until she confessed.

A few moments later, Steve and Nancy were at the tow yard. After Steve signed and paid for his car to be returned, they waited for the car as Steve commented, “I hope that she’s been found.”

Steve stared at his watch, wondering how long it’ll take when Nancy spoke up, “Hey, Steve?”

“Yeah, Nance?” Steve asked, as he lowered his arm.

“I hope you don’t think I’m prying, but I uh… couldn’t help but notice how you are with Chrissy lately.”

Steve furrowed his eyebrows, as he asked in a confused tone, “How do you mean?”

“Well, I noticed how you were ogling her earlier and-“

“Okay,” he let out a little laugh, before explaining. “I was not ogling her. I’m just worried about her, that’s all.”

He then mentioned that Chrissy was your best friend, and that you were like family to him, before carrying on saying, “So obviously, I am protective of her, especially after what happened with Carver. I mean, I’ve known Chrissy since we were kids, and-“

“Okay, I believe you,” Nancy interjected, before letting out a small laugh, as she turned to face the counter.

“Well, speaking of prying…How’s things with you and Jonathan?”

Nancy turned to him for a split second before facing forward, faking a smile, as she replied, “Great, we couldn’t be more happier.”

Steve furrowed his eyebrows, as he saw through her. “Nance?”

Nancy turned to him, as she sadly sighed, before telling him, “Let’s just say…Things are a little complicated for us right now.”

Steve attentively listened, as Nancy revealed, “We got talking about college, and we got into a fight after I found out that he’s going to community college instead of Emerson. I tried calling him, but he’s either with this Argyle guy or the line’s busy because of Joyce’s job.”

“I’m sorry to hear it,” Steve sympathetically responded, before placing his hand on her shoulder, telling her, “You’ll get through to him, and you guys will fix it.”

Nancy smiled, as she thanked him when the officer came back with Steve’s keys.

“Here you go,” he said as he passed him the keys.

Steve turned around, before asking, “Uh…Where’s my car?”

“Yeah about that, it’s outta gas,” the officer revealed. “So, we couldn’t bring it over.”

Steve turned back, as he asked about you.

“There’s no report about your friend. Just your unattended vehicle.”

Steve’s face turned pale, as he thought about the worst case scenario.

“Don’t worry,” Nancy began to assure him. “I’ll get my dad’s gas tank from home, and-“

“Never mind the gas tank,” Steve frantically interrupted as he gripped his hair, before asking, “What about her?”

He cursed under his breath, before asking the officer if he could make a phone call.

After the cop had let make one call, Steve dialled Dustin’s phone, before hearing Dustin answer, “Henderson residence.”

“Dustin, it’s me.”

Steve then asked him to contact Max for them, informing her and Chrissy that you still haven’t been found by the police, before telling him that he and Nancy were going to find your last location.

On the other side of town, Max and Chrissy got out of a taxi which they had to take as Tony was unable to take them to Roxy.

After paying the driver, they started walking towards the street, as Max asked, “Do you think she’ll talk?”

“I don’t know,” Chrissy sighed. “But it’s worth a shot.”

Chrissy continued to talk as they approached the door when they heard Max’s supercom beep before hearing Dustin’s voice.

“Max! We’ve got a code red! I repeat, we’ve got a code red!”

Max took it from her backpack, as she heard Dustin say that you were still missing and Steve and Nancy were going to where the car was located.

Suddenly, Chrissy snatched the supercom from Max’s hand, and quickly answered, “Ask them where to meet-.”

Suddenly, the connection was cut off. Her lips started to tremble, as she dropped to her knees and started to sob.

Max kneeled down beside her, and placed one hand on her shoulder whilst grabbing the supercom from her with the other.

“Don’t worry, they’ll find her,” Max assured her.

“What if they don’t?” Chrissy blubbered. “What if she’s been taken? What if she’s…?”

Chrissy continued to sob, as Max wrapped her arms around her, trying to comfort her.

“After we deal with Roxy, we’ll find her, okay? If Steve’s car’s been found, then maybe she’s close by.”

Suddenly, they heard a door unlocking, causing the two girls to get back on their feet, as realised that it was coming from Roxy’s house.

As the door swung open, an older man, presumably Roxy’s father, with a beer bottle in his hand, leaned against the frame, supporting himself.

“Can I help you?” He slurred.

“Uh, I’m not sure if we have the right address, but does Roxy live here?” Max enquired, before mentioning Roxy’s full name.

“Roxy?” The man scoffed. “She isn’t here.”

The girls turned to each other before facing the drunken man, as Chrissy asked, “You mean, she’s not home or…”

“Home? Ha!” The man exclaimed. “That little harlot hasn’t been here for a long time. Now leave me be!”

After the man slammed the door in their faces, the girls stepped back and turned around, as Max sarcastically said, “What a charmer. So, what do we do now?”

“I don’t know,” Chrissy replied, before mentioning that they may have no choice but go to your place and ask your parents if they know Roxy’s whereabouts.

“Excuse me?” A female voice spoke. The girls turned to find a woman in a nurse uniform approaching them. “Did you say that you were looking for Roxy?”

“Yes, we are,” Chrissy replied. “Do you know where we can find her?”

“As a matter of fact, I do. She’s living with her grandparents. I’m actually heading there now to take care of her grandfather. I can you take you there, if you want.”

Before the girls could respond, they heard a door swing open. The carer groaned, “Here we go again.”

They turned around to find Roxy’s father throwing numerous items out of the door, as he shouted out to the carer, “Hey Shelia, next time you see my old man, give these back to that whore!”

Max and Chrissy stared in disgust as Shelia shook her head, about to say something when he slammed the door shut again.

Shelia sighed, as she picked up some clothes from the lawn.

Chrissy and Max, who had found a couple of pieces of paper before stuffing them in her pocket, helped pick up the remainder of the stuff, as Shelia thanked them, before walking to her car.

“You can put them in the box in the boot,” she told them.

“Does he always throw her stuff out every time he sees you?” Chrissy asked.

“I’m afraid so,” Shelia replied.

“What a piece of shit,” Max muttered.

After putting everything in the box, Shelia told them, “Listen, my offer still stands. If you two want me to drive you to see Roxy, I can take you now.”

The girls exchanged glances before deciding to go with her.

After finally getting fuel for his car, Steve and Nancy left the Wheeler’s residence, before heading to the location of where his car was found.

As soon as Nancy parked her car, Steve jumped out of his vehicle, trying to find anything that could help track you.

“Steve, wait,” Nancy called out, as she got out of her car, while Steve quickly followed footprints through the woods.

“Please be close by,” Steve muttered. “Please be close by.”

He continued to follow the tracks until he got to the edge of the lake.

He stopped, and turned his head, seeking for more tracks and any boats near the lake. However, he had no luck.

“Shit!” He growled, as he scratched the back of his head.

“She might not have gone far,” Nancy spoke. “Someone must’ve seen her-“

“Do you see anyone else here, Nancy?!” Steve shouted. “Where else would she go?! You don’t understand-!”

“I don’t understand?”

Steve’s face softened, seeing Nancy’s angry expression, as she continued, “Of course I understand, Steve! Have you forgotten about what it was like for me when Barb went missing before she was killed?!”

Steve slowly approached her, as he softly spoke, “Nance…”

“Let’s just keep looking,” Nancy retorted, before storming off in one direction, leaving a remorseful Steve behind.

Meanwhile on the other side of town, Shelia had pulled her car in front of a bungalow. As the girls got out, Chrissy asked the carer, who had grabbed Roxy’s belongings, with both girls helping her, “Do you think Roxy will be in?”

“Well, every time I’ve been to visit, she’s always been there,” Shelia recalled, as they walked up the pathway to the bungalow. “Especially as she’s got her baby to look after. She doesn’t like shifting her responsibilities to her grandparents.”

Chrissy and Max exchanged confused glances, wondering if it was the same Roxy they were seeking, as Max asked, “Baby?”

As Shelia knocked on the door, Max asked if you had mentioned to Chrissy about Roxy having a baby.

“It’s the first time I’ve heard about it,” Chrissy replied. “She would’ve said if she knew already.”

Suddenly, the door swung open, as an elderly woman stood in the doorway, and happily greeted the nurse. “Shelia.”

As the woman hugged her, Shelia said, “Hello Eunice. How’s Ronald today?”

“He was a little bit achy earlier, but Roxy helped him with his exercises, so he’s a little bit better.”

As she stepped back, Eunice told Shelia to come inside when she noticed that Chrissy and Max were standing outside. She smiled, as she greeted them, “Oh, hello dears. Can I help with something?”

“We’re here to see Roxy,” Chrissy replied, as Shelia went inside the bungalow. “Is she here?

“Yes, she is. Is she expecting you? She didn’t say anything about having visitors.”

“Well, we only met recently,” Max fibbed. “We were outside her Dad’s when Shelia mentioned that she was here. We thought that we could hang out with her today. That is, if she’s not busy.”

“Well, if you’re her friends, then I’m sure she’ll be happy to see you. Come on in.”

Eunice took them through the hallway, as she told them, “She and her grandfather in the backyard with her son.”

As they stepped into the back garden, Max and Chrissy noticed Roxy picking up a boy, no older than three months, from her grandfather who was in his wheelchair.

“There we go,” Roxy said, as she held her son, while Shelia pushed the wheelchair, heading back inside when Roxy saw her grandmother with the two girls. She instantly recognised Chrissy, but didn’t know Max. When she noticed the diary in Chrissy’s hand, she started to worry.

“Honey, these sweet girls are here to see you,” her grandmother informed her, before offering Max and Chrissy a drink.

“They’re not staying,” Roxy interjected in a panicking tone.

“Roxy,” Eunice began to sternly say. “There’s no need to be rude.”

Before Roxy could say anything else, Max explained, “We’re not staying long. We just need a moment of your time for five, ten minutes tops.”

Roxy turned to her grandmother, before shifting her attention back to Chrissy and Max. She then huffed, before telling them, “Ten minutes.”

After she had put down her son in his crib, Roxy sat down on the couch, opposite the two girls, when Max asked, “What’s his name?”

“Look, just what you gotta say, and then leave,” Roxy coldly retorted.

There was a brief silence when Max began to calmly speak, “We just wanna ask-“

“Did you do it?” Chrissy abruptly asked, as she lifted up the diary. “Did you write all of this about Eddie Munson and framed my best friend?”

Roxy crossed her arms, as she denied, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Chrissy scoffed, “Bullshit.”

“Hey!” Roxy shushed her. “There’s a baby here, so mind your language.”

The girls turned to look at the boy sleeping, before turning to face each other.

Chrissy exhaled, before calmly telling her. “Look, I’ve seen your handwriting in her sister’s yearbook. It had identical spelling mistakes like in this diary. Can you explain that?”

“That doesn’t prove anything.”

Chrissy was about to speak again when Max asked, “Well, what about the sick note?”

Chrissy turned to her with confusion, while Roxy’s eyes widened, as she had let out a nervous laugh before she hesitated, “Sick note? W-What sick note?”

Max pulled out a couple pieces of paper from her pocket, one revealing a scribbled handwriting for an old sick note, and the other revealing an I.O.U from Roxy’s father with similar handwriting.

“This was amongst your stuff which your dad threw out when we went to find you earlier,” Max explained. “Care to explain?”

A worried Roxy avoided eye contact with both girls, as Max said, “Pretty good forgery…shame that some of the words aren’t spelled correctly.”

Chrissy looked at Max with astonishment, as the younger teenager asked, “So, why did you forge her handwriting in the diary?”

“I…I…” Roxy stammered, before breaking down in tears.

Chrissy and Max exchanged glances, before shifting their attention to a distraught Roxy, who was drying her eyes, as she apologised, before blurting out, “I didn’t want to, but she-“

Suddenly, her son started wailing, distressed by his mother’s change in mood.

“It’s okay honey,” Roxy softly said as she picked him up and held him, trying to calm him down when Chrissy asked if it was your sister who made Roxy write in the diary.

Instead of confirming, Roxy told them, “You need to leave.”

“But-“ Chrissy began to speak when Roxy hissed, “Now!”

She then burst into tears, as she begged them, “Please…”

Max stepped back, as she pulled a disappointed Chrissy, telling her, “Come on, Chrissy.”

The girls were about to leave when Chrissy turned around and said tearfully, “I don’t know what kind of hold she has on you, but all I know is that her sister and my best friend is still missing, and you’re both at fault for it. Actions have consequences, remember that.”

Chrissy sniffled, as Max put her arm around her, softly telling her, “Come on.”

As soon as they left, Roxy held her little boy close, as she sat back down on the couch, sobbing, unaware that her grandmother heard everything.

Max and Chrissy stepped out of the bungalow and started walking down the path. “She kinda admitted to writing it,” Max assured.

“But it’s still not enough,” Chrissy sniffled, worried that you might not get any justice.

“Excuse me.”

The girls stopped and turned to find Eunice standing in the doorway. At first, they thought she was going to scold them for upsetting her granddaughter. However, she sweetly smiled, as she asked, “Why don’t you come back inside? There’s something you need to know.”

The girls glanced at her in confusion when Roxy stepped out, as her grandmother held her hand.

After a long investigation with no success, Steve and Nancy headed back to their cars. As Nancy got in her car, she was about to close her door when Steve called out to her, “Nancy?”

She turned her head, as he approached her. She silently looked up at him, as he began to apologise, “Look, I’m sorry about earlier. I shouldn’t have taken it out on you.”

Nancy deeply exhaled, before telling him, “It’s okay, Steve-“

“No, no. It’s not okay. I should’ve been more empathetic. I just…I just can’t help but think of the worst.”

Nancy sympathetically gazed at him when Steve pinched his nose as he turned around and headed back to his car.

Nancy called out his name when Steve ignored her, as he got into his car. His first thought was to contact Dustin about the situation. He suddenly remembered that there was a spare supercom which Dustin left previously in the glove compartment. He opened it up to reach for it when he realised that it was gone.

“What? No way…”

He continued to rummage through the compartment when Nancy approached him.

“Listen, Steve. I…”

“It’s gone,” Steve muttered. “She must’ve taken it.”

“What?”

Steve revealed that the spare supercom was missing.

“Are you sure that Dustin didn’t take it?” Nancy asked.

Instead of answering her, Steve started the car and drove off, leaving Nancy to get in her own car and follow him.

A few moments later in the hospital, Dustin and Lucas were walking through the hallway, on their way to see Eddie. They were about to approach the door when Dustin heard his supercom going off in his bag. “Dustin, this is Mike, do you copy? Over.” He heard Mike say, as he quickly rummaged through his rucksack.

“Pick up, you little butthead!” He heard Steve yell.

“Get your hands off it,” Mike scolded Steve.

“Guys, seriously,” Nancy scolded from the other end, as Dustin finally got it out.

“What is it?”

Nancy asked him if he took the spare supercom from Steve’s car.

“No,” Dustin replied. “Why do you ask?”

Steve then told him to try to call it, in case you had it.

“Give me a sec,” Dustin responded, before he changed the frequency, attempting to contact you. “…do you copy? Over.”

However, there was no response. He and Lucas tried again several times, before realising that you might’ve switched it off or the battery had died.

Dustin sighed, as he reverted back to Mike’s frequency, before confirming that you were not responding.

“Well, keep trying,” Steve told him.

Before the two boys could respond, he heard the door swing open. He turned to find Eddie, who was in his own clothes, storming out of his room. They immediately followed him, as Lucas asked, “Eddie? Eddie, what are you doing?”

“What does it look like?” Eddie retorted. “I’m discharging myself.”

The two youngsters turned to each other, before catching up with Eddie.

“Eddie, Eddie wait!” Dustin called out.

“I’ve waited long enough. I’m gonna find her myself.”

Dustin stammered, as Eddie exited the hospital. “You can’t be serious. Wayne will lose his shit if you leave-“

“Yeah like I give a shit,” Eddie retorted, as he grabbed Dustin’s bike, before getting on it.

“Hey! You can’t take my bike,” Dustin scolded.

“I’ll get it back to you,” Eddie replied, as he started pedalling.

“Eddie! Eddie, come back here!”

Ignoring Dustin, Eddie continued to ride down the road, leaving the youngster to curse, “Son of a bitch!”

Lucas immediately took out his supercom, and contacted Mike, “Mike! We’ve got another problem. Eddie’s gone to find her.”

“And he stole my bike!” Dustin retorted before hearing a gruffly voice asked, “Eddie’s gone where?”

The boys turned to find Wayne standing in front of them.

Meanwhile in the bungalow, Max and Chrissy silently sat on the couch opposite Eunice and Roxy, who held her son close. “Tell them the truth, dear,” Eunice softly told Roxy. “Whatever happens next, your grandfather and I will give you support.”

Roxy turned her grandmother, before shifting her attention to the girls. She took deep breaths before revealing that, not only did she forged your handwriting, but your sister had made her do it.

“I didn’t want to,” Roxy sniffled. “But I had no choice. If I didn’t, she would tell my ex boyfriend who Shaun’s real father is.”

Max and Chrissy gazed at a grizzly Shaun, as Roxy tried to calm him down, as well as herself.

Eunice placed her hand on Roxy’s shoulder, encouraging her to tell them more.

Roxy exhaled, before confessing that a year ago, she had a fight with her ex boyfriend after she had found out that he and your sister hooked up while he was still with her.

“I got angry, and I wanted to get back at her,” Roxy revealed . “So, I.. I slept with this guy she was seeing at the time. She caught us, and got pissed off. She told the dean that I’ve been writing papers for some people in campus in exchange for cash, which led me getting expelled.”

She had let out a small chuckle, before confessing, “She got her karma though. Without me helping her, she got caught cheating on an exam, getting herself kicked out of college.”

Max and Chrissy glanced at each other with confusion, before Chrissy asked “Kicked out? I thought she dropped out.”

“Well, that’s what she told her parents. I’m guessing they still don’t know.”

“I don’t get it,” Max spoke. “Why would you still hang around with her after what happened between you two?”

Roxy sighed, before explaining, “If it weren’t for the fact that we share a mutual friend in Diana, I wouldn’t be hanging with her. Sadly, wherever I go with Diana, she would tag along.”

She then revealed that your sister wanted to ruin your friendship with Eddie for revenge. So, she made her forge your handwriting, making out that you were the one who wrote the entries.

“I guess my dyslexia gave it away,” Roxy had let out a small chuckle, before admitting that she was surprised that your sister didn’t catch on sooner. “Mind you, she was always a self absorbed bit-.”

“Roxy,” Eunice interjected.

“Sorry,” Roxy apologised, before Chrissy asked why your sister wanted revenge against you.

Roxy sighed, as she shrugged her shoulders, before telling her, “I don’t know. Probably jealousy as her sister have their parents’ attention. I wish I could tell you more, but-“

Roxy stopped , as she heard the door knock.

The four of them turned to find Shelia standing in the doorway, before she spoke, “Sorry to interrupt, but Ronald wanted to stop the physio session for today. He said that he’s getting tired.”

“Thank you for letting us know,” Eunice replied.

“No problem. I’ll be back later to give him his medication.”

Shelia turned to Max and Chrissy, and asked if they needed a ride back.

“Yeah, thanks. Could you drop us off at Family Video please?” Chrissy asked.

“Sure, I’ll need to get some supplies in town anyway.”

Chrissy thanked her, as they both got up and began to leave when Roxy spoke up. “I really am sorry for all of this. If I knew what the repercussions were going to be, I would’ve told my ex the truth sooner. I take it that Munson’s still in the hospital?”

“Yeah, apparently he’s gonna be discharged soon,” Max replied. “Why?”

“I wanna tell him that it was me who wrote it,” Roxy said, before telling them that she owed you that.

Chrissy gave her a small smile, before thanking her, when suddenly, she and Max heard Nancy’s voice on the supercom, “Guys? Are you there? I’m heading to Roxy’s house, can you let me know where you are?”

Max took out the supercom, before responding, “We’re on the other side of town. Can you meet us at Family Video? We’ll explain everything when we get back. Is Steve still with you?”

“He’s gone to find Eddie.”

Chrissy took the supercom from Max, before asking, “Why? I thought he was recovering.”

Nancy revealed that Eddie might be trying to find you.

At the Wheeler’s house, Mike was on the phone in the basement when Nancy came downstairs. She announced, “I have to meet Max and Chrissy…what are you doing?”

“What does look like?” Mike retorted. “I’m trying to call the Byers. I need to talk to El.”

Nancy sighed, before telling him, “Look Mike, I know you said that El got her powers back, but how can you be sure that she can help you find her? She’s never met her.”

What Nancy and Mike were unaware of was that Eleven was already in the void, listening to them…

“I know, and I’m not gonna force her to find her,” Mike told Nancy, as Eleven slowly approached them. “I just don’t know what else I do.”

While the siblings were debating on whether or not Eleven should find her, she turned to find a framed photo of him with the Hellfire club. It was the same photo that Mike showed her and Will when he came to visit during spring break. He had mentioned everyone in the picture to them including you.

Eleven turned to the siblings, before leaving the void….

In California, Eleven had removed the blindfold from her eyes, and wiped her bloodied nose, letting herself rest for a moment, before she had the image of the Hellfire members in her head, as she tried to remember your face. She was about to put the blindfold back on when she heard a knock, before hearing Will’s voice, “El? Jonathan’s making lunch, do you-?”

Eleven turned to find Will going into her room, as he stopped talking.

“El? El, what are you doing?” He asked as he knelt down beside her.

“I wanted to talk to Mike, but Joyce was on the phone, so I decided to check on him,” Eleven explained, before telling him that he and the others were still looking for you.

“El, you only got your powers back not so long ago. You should take it easy.”

Disobeying Will, Eleven wrapped the blindfold around her face, as she searched for you…

In the void, Eleven was walking towards a couch. As she moved closer, she realised that you were napping.

Eleven knelt down in front of you, as you mumbled in your sleep. “No…no…”

Eleven slowly moved her hand and placed it on your shoulder, causing you to jolt, as pieces of visions came to Eleven…

Broken down car…water…lake house…

The images repeated before they vanished, as you quickly moved away…

“El? Eleven?!”

Eleven left the void, as she heard someone call for her. As soon as she took off the blindfold, she turned to Will, who had brought Hopper to see her.

“El?” Hopper began to ask. “Why are-?”

“I think I know where she might be,” Eleven interrupted.

Before Hopper and Will could say anything, Eleven ran out of her room, heading to the dining room where Joyce was sitting, making calls.

As soon as Joyce hung up and placed the cordless phone on the table, she heard quick footsteps, causing her to turn her head when Eleven ran up to her and grabbed the phone.

“El…?” Joyce began to speak, as Will and Hopper caught up Eleven.

“What’s going on?” Jonathan asked.

As soon as Eleven finished dialling the Wheeler’s number, she waited for an answer, as Will explained what Eleven had seen.

“Wheeler’s residence,” Mike answered.

“Mike?” Eleven spoke.

“El! I tried calling-“

“Your missing friend… I think I know where she might be.”

Meanwhile in Hawkins, Eddie had finally reached your house. As soon as he got off the bike, he ran up to the door, about to knock on it when he heard a honk. He turned to find Steve’s car pulling up to the driveway.

“Hey!” Steve called out, before getting out of his car. He marched towards Eddie, as he told him, “Are you nuts? You should be resting.”

“Spare me the lecture, Harrington,” Eddie retorted.

“If you think that she’ll be back here, you’re wrong. Or are you here to see your stuck up girlfriend?”

“She’s not my girlfriend!” Eddie growled, which confused Steve. He was about to explain why he was outside your house when the front door swung open, as they heard a female voice shriek, “For fuck’s sake! I’m trying to get ready for a party-oh…”

The boys turned to find your sister standing in the doorway, in her dressing gown with a mud mask on her face. She quickly pulled a fake smile, before greeting Eddie with a baby voice, “Hey baby!”

Eddie felt his skin crawl, as he heard her speak. Jesus Christ, was her voice always annoying? He thought to himself.

She quickly grasped her gown, covering her chest, as she giggled, “I didn’t know that you were gonna be discharged today. I was just getting ready to come and see you.”

“Was that before or after the party?” Eddie coldly asked, before barging through the door, almost knocking your sister out of the way. She gasped, as she watched Eddie run up the stairs when Steve slid past her, as he apologised, following Eddie, who was searching your room.

“Eddie, what are you doing?” Steve asked, as he watched Eddie going through your drawers and closet, while your sister yelled from downstairs for barging into the house.

“What does it look like?” Eddie retorted. “I’m looking something, anything that might lead us to her.”

Steve sighed, before telling him, “Look, Eddie man. I don’t know how to say this, but…we, Nancy and I think that-“

“DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?!” Your sister shrieked, as she stomped up the stairs, and barged into your room. “YOU CAN’T JUST STORM IN HERE-“

“Recognise this?!” Eddie interrupted, as he pulled out your diary, which made your sister’s eyes widen, and Steve confused.

Your sister scoffed, before speaking, “What are you-?”

“It’s your little sister’s diary. Her actual diary, and not that fake bullshit one you showed me.”

Your sister had let out a nervous giggle, before asking, as she pointed to the diary, “How can you be sure that’s even hers? Are you sure that it doesn’t belong to that Cunningham girl?”

Eddie smirked, as he pulled out your letter, before telling her, “This was left in the diary, which she left for me in my room.”

“Wait,” Steve interjected. “She was there?”

Eddie handed him the letter, which Steve immediately read, feeling heartbroken reading about how no one was on your side, before your sister snatched it from his hands.

“Hey!” Steve exclaimed, as Eddie continued to search through your room when your sister snickered, before mockingly reading aloud, “I cannot stay somewhere where I’m not welcome nor can I be somewhere where no one’s on my side…”

She then started fake crying for a few seconds, before letting out a laugh, which made both boys angry. “God, she’s so dramatic,” she commented.

Eddie growled, as he turned around and marched towards her, before getting stopped by Steve, “Eddie, cool it,” he told him.

“It’s her fault that her own sister’s missing!” Eddie retorted.

“Well, you’re no saint either,” your sister replied. “You’re the one who jumped into conclusions.”

“Shut up.”

“ You’re the one who decided to jump into bed with me-“

“I said shut up!” Eddie moved closer to your sister, as his eyes darkened.

“Eddie, enough!” Steve pulled him back, before telling him, “I know you’re angry, but this…” He gestured between your sister and Eddie, as he continued. “This won’t help us bring her home.”

“How do you know that she’s not home?” Your sister snidely asked. “For all I know she might be hiding in the basement, or even in the Cunningham’s basement, like the rat that she is-“

Eddie was about to scold her when an angry Steve growled, as he turned and pointed at her. “Don’t you dare talk about her like that!”

“Aww…touched a nerve, Stevie?” Your sister asked mockingly. “Didn’t realise that you liked her in that way.”

Eddie faced Steve in confusion, wondering if he also had feelings for you.

“She’s family to me,” Steve dismissed her claim. “And I’m sure she feels that way about me too. At least I’ve treated her better than you do.”

“Oh my heart bleeds,” your sister sarcastically said.

The two of them continued to argue, leaving Eddie to search for clues, as he placed the diary on the desk when he noticed some of items on it. A Corroded Coffin tape, a few Polaroids of him, Steve and Chrissy. He then scanned the desk to find a pair of goggles. He picked it up and realised that they belonged to Reefer Rick. As he gazed at it, he remembered when you went with him to see Rick…

Eddie sat on the couch, as he waited for Rick to come back with his supplies.

He got up and turned to the window, looking through it as he watched you dove into the lake, wearing the goggles Rick lent you, so you could swim while Eddie was doing his deal.

He didn’t want to drag you into his deals, but you insisted on going, making sure that he attended the tutoring session afterwards.

“Here we are,” he heard Rick say, as he heard footsteps approaching. He turned to find Rick placing the bag on top of the table.

“Good old Mary Jane,” Rick commented, as he opened it.

As Eddie handed him the money, Rick said, “Pleasure doing business with you, junior.”

Eddie thanked him, as he picked up the supplies, and the spare towel from Rick, before heading outside, as he called out to you, letting you know that he was ready to go.

You swam towards the lake house and jumped out of the lake, approaching him.

You lifted up the goggles to the top of your head, as Eddie handed you the towel to dry yourself off.

“Thanks,” you said as you wrapped the towel around you, when Rick approached you both, asking how your swim was.

“Definitely refreshing,” you chuckled, before you thanked him for lending you his goggles. You were about to hand them back to him when he insisted, “Keep them.”

You thanked him again, when he said, “You know, I keep a spare key in the plant pot outside if you and Eddie wanted to come over anytime for a swim or something.”

Eddie was about to decline, not wanting you to get involved when you spoke up, happily accepting Rick’s offer.

“How could you say that about your own sister?!” Steve yelled.

Your sister continued to bitch about you, while Eddie’s eyes widened as he realised where you might be. He grabbed your diary and swiftly turned and ran out of your bedroom, leaving your sister and Steve confused.

“Eddie?” Steve called out, as he followed him down the stairs. “Eddie, where are you going?”

“I know where she is,” Eddie replied, as ran out of the house and towards Steve’s car, opening it when a confused Steve stopped, as he asked, “How did you-?”

Steve stopped, as he rummaged through his pockets, realising that Eddie had stolen his key.

“Not again!” He growled, as he ran towards his car, and got in front of it, telling him to get out of the car.

“No! I need to find her!” Eddie bellowed.

“Jesus Christ Eddie , just switch seats, and let me drive!” Steve elaborated.

Eddie reluctantly got out of driver’s seat and got in the passenger side, letting Steve drive when he saw Wayne’s truck driving nearby, before parking.

“Oh shit,” Eddie exclaimed, fearing his uncle’s wrath when Lucas and Dustin came out of the passenger side. Dustin started marching towards him, as he pointed at him. “You idiot! Are you nuts?!”

Eddie tried to answer, but Dustin continued to give the third degree for leaving the hospital prematurely, as he grabbed his bike, with Wayne and Lucas following him.

“Going off like that! You could’ve passed out-“

“Easy, son,” Wayne interrupted, trying to calm the youngster.

He then turned to his nephew, as he lectured him, “He has a point though, Eddie. What were you thinking? Your recovery could be delayed-“

“Hey!”

They turned to find your sister standing in her dressing gown with most of the mud mask removed, as she asked Eddie, “Are you seriously going after her?”

“Yeah, I am,” Eddie retorted. “Like I should’ve done ages ago.”

As he got in the car, she marched towards him, threatening him, “If you go after her, I’ll make your life a living hell.”

Eddie glared, as he retorted, ”You already did, when you ruined my relationship with her.”

Her mouth gaped, as he continued to speak, “Oh, and the way…”

He then pointed at his cheek with his middle finger as he told her, “You still got some right there.”

As she rubbed off the remaining mud, Eddie then flipped her off, which made her gasp.

“See you in hell, succubus!” Eddie cackled while Steve started the car and drove off, leaving your sister seething.

“You’ll be sorry!” She yelled, as she threw her hands up. “No one breaks up with me and gets away with-“

She then cried in pain, as Dustin pushed his bike, running the wheels over her feet, making them dirty.

“Oops,” Dustin sarcastically said as Lucas stifled his laughter. Dustin continued to push his bike, before telling her, “I guess we won’t be seeing you at Hellfire again.”

Your sister growled, as she stomped towards him, about to hit him as Lucas warned Dustin to look out when Wayne grabbed her hand, stopping her.

“Young lady, if you lay a hand on either boys or harm my nephew, you will be in big trouble with not only me,” Wayne sternly told her, whilst pointing to Dustin as he continued, “But with their mothers.”

“Yeah! My mom might look like a sweet lady,” Dustin retorted. “But she would kill you if you even tried to hit me!”

Wayne immediately let go of her hand, and marched towards his truck. Dustin was about to get on his bike when Wayne told him to put it in the back of his truck, so they can both follow Eddie and Steve.

After putting the bike in the back, Wayne, Lucas and Dustin drove off, leaving your sister screaming.

As Wayne drove, he and the boys heard Mike via the supercom, “Lucas, it’s Mike. El called.”

He then mentioned you might be at a lake house.

“Lake house?” Dustin asked.

A few moments later, the older boys drove up to the lake house, before Steve parked the car, with an impatient Eddie immediately getting out of the car.

He then squatted down and lifted the flower pot to check if the key was there, only to find that it was missing.

“Eddie, you do realise that Reefer Rick was incarcerated not so long ago,” Steve spoke. “And the cops might’ve seized everything including any spare keys-“

“Or she might have used it, and is inside,” Eddie retorted as he stood up, before peeking through the window to see any signs that you were in the lake house.

He was sure that you were inside, as he could faintly hear music playing in the background, specifically the Human Racing album by Nik Kershaw.

He continued to peek through, not noticing that Wayne, Lucas and Dustin had caught up with them.

“Is she there?” Dustin asked.

Steve was about to respond when Eddie heard a smash, prompting him to run around the back, with the three of them following him.

When they got to the back, they could see that you were just standing still, not reacting or even picking up the broken cup.

Steve wondered what was going on when Eddie, who realised what was wrong, cursed, “Shit.”

He grabbed the handle to open the back door, only to find that the door was locked.

“No no no, not again,” he mumbled, leaving his uncle, Dustin, Lucas and Steve confused, unaware of the horror that was approaching.

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