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Kathleen clutched Robin's hand as they continued their pursuit of Nancy. Who was adamant about getting to her place. Steve and Eddie were close behind them. Probably discussing who knows what. "So, who do you think will win Steve Harrington's attention, the lovely Nancy Wheeler or the Banished Eddie Munson?" Robin inquired, causing the blonde to look up at her.

"Obviously the one he's been trying to pine over for as long as I've known him, but Eddie is Eddie, he doesn't really care about anything, so I don't think it'll have much of an impact on him." Kathleen murmured as she returned her gaze to her cousin.

"He's so concerned about finding someone who he thinks will suit him that I think he's looking in the wrong place." Robin said this while squeezing the girl's hand and making her smile.

Kathleen decided to speak out after they strolled in silence. "Um, Robin, I wanted to apologize. I keep bringing up our future, but I've realized that maybe you're not comfortable talking about it." She said, glancing at her.

"I'm not uncomfortable about it; it's just that I'm not really ready to focus on our future yet, and you know, we have this whole Vecna business to worry about, so we should probably focus on that and not on our future; I mean, we can do that, but I just don't- " Another earthquake struck, and Robin was cut off.

They hung on to each other for support. Kathleen watched as Nancy continued on her way, as if nothing could stop her. They trailed behind her till they arrived at the house. It appeared to be much worse, and Kathleen was having second thoughts about everything.

"Might be time to get a maid, Wheeler." Robin joked, as they entered Kathleen looked around the obvious mess that the upside-down leaves the house looking.

Nancy walked straight up the stairs. "Come on. I don't want to stay here longer than we have to." She said, she pushed opened her door to her bedroom as Robin, Kathleen and Eddie filled into it. Nancy pulled out a shoebox from her closet, opened it but was left confused when she pulled out a pair of shoes instead of a weapon.

"Those aren't guns."

"These heels are pointy, but I was hoping for a deadly projectile." Kathleen looked around, something was quite different from Nancy's normal room.

Nancy looked around, trying to look for something. "I don't understand."

"Maybe you left them somewhere else." Eddie shrugs.

"There's a six-year-old in the house. I know where I keep my guns." Nancy pointed out, Kathleen glared at her for snapping at her cousin. Nancy looked at cards that were sitting there.
"And also, I threw these away years ago."

"I get that grades are important, but perhaps studying can wait till we get out?" Robin asked suggestively.

"These are from sophomore chemistry. And this... this wallpaper, this is old wallpaper. And this mirror, this went to a yard sale. And you..." she trailed off, she picked up a stuffed toy from her bed. "You're not supposed to be here. No, I gave you to Cousin Joanna two years ago." She whispered, before moving over towards her diary and immediately looking through it.

"Nancy? You're freaking me out." Robin said nervously.

"I think the reason that my guns aren't here is because they don't exist yet." Nancy says as she trails of quietly.

"They don't...exist?"

"This diary should be full of entries. It's not." Nancy explains as she continues to flip through her diary. " The last entry is November 6, 1983. The day Will went missing. The day the gate opened. We're in the past."

Kathleen tried to put her mind at ease about the fact that time stopped when Will went missing, or so she assumed.

"Dustin! Dustin!"

When they heard Steve yelling, everyone went back downstairs. They noticed Steve yelling at the walls and ceiling. Kathleen believed he'd gone insane.

"Maybe he really does have rabies." Robin whispered, they all looked at him weirdly. Kathleen slowly stepped back away from him just in case.

"What are you doing?"

"Hello! He's here. Henderson. That little shit, he's here. He's like... He's in the walls or something. Just listen. "Steve explained, as he was frantically looking around. "Dustin.Dustin! Dustin! Dustin! Dustin! Can you hear me?"

Kathleen came to a halt, she could hear his voice, but it seemed distant. As if you were underwater or underneath something enormous and could only hear a few words.

"All right, either this kid can't hear us or he's being a total douche bag." Steve sighed heavily, evidently annoyed.

"Will found a way." Nancy became aware and began to look about. "He found a way to speak to Joyce through the lights."

"The switch. Try the switch."

"it's not working."

"Guys? You seeing this?" Steve murmured, his flashlight shining over to the chandeliers, which were gradually lighting up, as if there was glitter floating about them.

Nancy approached it, raising her palm into the warm embrace, and the others followed suit, cautiously approaching to feel it as well.

"Whoa." Eddie smiled in amazement.
Kathleen reached up as she began to feel it as well, it felt strange, but the light began to brighten as they touched it.

"It...Tickles." Steve said.

"It kinda feels good."Kathleen and Eddie both glanced to each other with a slight grin as Robin said that.

"Does anyone know Morse code."When Nancy inquired, everyone shook their heads.

"Wait, does SOS count?" Eddie asked, the group all turned to him. "Is that...Is that good?" Eddie began to flick his fingers back and forth. They sincerely hoped that the youngsters would notice it quickly.

"It's working." Robin said with a grin.

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They sat around the bed, eager to hear the kids once more. "Okay, you guys seeing this?" his voice echoed. Kathleen gripped onto robin's arm hoping this would work.

"Holy shit!" Dustin exclaimed, and they all chuckled at his joy. Kathleen's attention was drawn to the wonderment in front of her as Nancy moved her hand.

"We're not moving it, but we're gonna unplug it. Stand by." Dustin instructed, the light disappeared once again as they were now sitting there waiting. After a short while they could hear Dustin's voice again.

"Okay, try it now." Nancy took a deep breath and began to spell out the words Hi, and the lights began to materialize.

"That worked!" Dustin yelled, and the adolescents all cheered in delight. Kathleen excitedly wrapped her arms around her girlfriend.

"Hi!" Eddie replied, leaping forwards a little.

Nancy tried to focus a little as she pressed her finger against the board and began to write. Stuck was now written on the board as the kids began to read it.

Kathleen smiled happily as could hear them trying to figure it out.

"They're stuck in the Upside Down." Lucas replied.

"Uh, you can't get back through Watergate?" Dustin inquired.

"What the hell's Watergate?"

"Cause it's in water and it's a gate." Robin said, looking at them as if they were clueless.

"Oh, That's cute." Eddie says while nodding.

Nancy reached out, she started to write guarded as the kids above them were trying to figure out what it was saying. They all grinned happily when they finally got it.

"Uh, Watergate's guarded." Dustin yelled out.
"We think we have a theory that can help with that. We think Watergate isn't the only gate. That there's a gate at every murder site." Kathleen was confused at what he was talking about.

Nancy shook her head in response. "Does anybody understand what he's talking about?" They all looked pretty confused. She leaned forwards and wrote a question mark.

Dustin started to complain. "Okay. Seriously? How many times do I have to be right on the money before you trust me?"

Steve only rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Jesus Christ. This kid's gotta get his ego in check."

"It's his tone, right?" Eddie agreed, Kathleen bugged him slightly in amusement.

"Okay. So...So how far is your trailer." Nancy asked, turning to Eddie and Kathleen.

Kathleen turned to her cousin, who thought for a moment before speaking. "Seven miles."

"Nancy?" Robin asked, the brunette turned to her. "Uh, I know your house here is, like, weirdly, creepily frozen in time and shit, but haven't you always had bikes?"

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