El continued to scream and sob. "What is that?" Erica quizzes. "There's something in there," Mike blurts. "No!" El screams, "Jesus Christ." Dustin gags. "Keep her talking. Keep her awake, okay?" Jonathan ordered as he got up and ran to get something. "Hey, hey, hey. Stay awake, stay awake. Let's get her on this side, on this side." Mike demanded. Robin began to tell a story about the goalie on her soccer team. Jonathan comes back, "Okay. All right, El? This is gonna hurt like hell, okay?" He explains. "Okay," she sobs. "I need you to stay real still. Here, you're gonna want to bite down on this, okay?" Jonathan continues Mike put the spoon in her mouth as Jonathan put the knife up to her leg. "Do it," Mike demands. "Okay," Jonathan whispers. As he dug the knife into the wound, she screamed and cried. Jonathan sticks his fingers into the cut, and she sobs harder, "Jonathan!" Nancy shouts, "Hey, stop talking!" He yells back. He pushed his fingers around to try and search for the thing in my leg, "No! Stop it!" El shouts. Everyone looks at her. "I can do it." she croaks. she sits up, sticking her hand out towards her leg. She used her powers to pull the mini chunk of the Mind Flayer out of the cut. "God! God!" She screams. She screams loud enough that the glass window behind us shatters. Once it was out, she chucks it across the room. Then, we hear a splat. We all look up to see Hopper, Joyce, and a bald man in front of us. I think I'm still drugged

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"The Mind Flayer, it built this monster in Hawkins, to stop Eleven, to kill her and pave a way into our world." Mike explains, "And it almost did. That was just one tiny piece of it." Nancy continues. "How big is this thing?" Hopper questions. "It's big. Thirty feet, at least." Jonathan replies. "Yeah. It sorta destroyed your cabin. Sorry." Lucas blurt. "Okay, so, just to be clear, this... this big fleshy spider thing that hurt El, it's some kind of gigantic... weapon?" Steve questions. "Yes," Nancy replies. "But instead of, like, screws and metal, the Mind Flayer made its weapon... with melted people," Steve explains. "Yes, exactly," Nancy adds. "Yeah, okay. I--Yeah, I'm just making sure." Steve says. "Are we sure this thing is still out there, still alive?" Joyce quizzes. "Eleven beat the shit out of it, but, yeah, it's still alive," Max replies. "But if we close the gate again--" Will starts. "We cut the brain off from the body." Max continues, "And kill it. Theoretically." Lucas finishes. "Yoo-hoo! Yoo-hoo!" The bald man exclaims, waving papers around

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"Okay, so this is what Alexei called 'the hub.' Now, the hub takes us to the vault room." The bald-man explains. "Okay, where's the gate?" Hopper asks. "Right here. I don't know the scale on this, but I think it's fairly close to the vault room, maybe 50 feet or so." He continued. "More like 500. What, you're just gonna waltz in there like it's commie Disneyland or something?" Erica interrupts. "I'm sorry, who are you?" the bald man asks. "Erica Sinclair. Who are you?" She asks back. "Murray... Bauman," He replies. "Listen, Mr. Bunman, I'm not trying to tell you how to do things, but I've been down in that shithole for 24 hours. And with all due respect, you do what this man tells you, you're all gonna die." She retorts, pointing to us. "I'm sorry, why is this four-year-old speaking to me?" Murray hisses. "Um, I'm ten, you bald bastard!" She seethed. "Erica!" Lucas shouts. "Just the facts!" She replies. "She's right. You're all gonna die, but you don't have to. Excuse me. Sorry, may I?" Dustin asks. "Please." Murray smiles. "Okay, see this room here? This is a storage facility. There's a hatch in here that feeds into their underground ventilation system. That will lead you to the base of the weapon. It's a bit of a maze down there, but between me and Erica, we can show you the way." Dustin explains. "You can show us the way?" Hopper repeats, "Don't worry, you can do all the fighting and the dangerous hero shit, and we'll just be your... navigators." Dustin says. "No." Hopper says, shaking his head, "Nope." He continues.

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"He's gonna die. They're gonna die." Erica exclaims, "Yep, most likely." Dustin continued. "You guys survived." Lucas points out. "Barely. We could've really used you guys down there." Dustin smiles. "Could've used you up here, too," Mike replies. "Yeah, man. We missed you, dude." Lucas exclaims. "Yeah. Big-time." Will continues. We go into a group hug. "Please don't cry nerds," Erica hissed. "Erica," Lucas groans. "Keep saying my name, see what happens," Erica threatened. "Hey, Dustin, is y/n okay?" I hear Mike ask him. Dustin drags me closer to the two as he wraps his arm around my shoulder. "She peed her pants and she's proud!" he laughs" Ooh! Yeah. Did I ever tell you, Mike? Did I tell you what happened?" I ask giddily. "What happened?" He asks. "I peed my pants. There was this really, really scary doctor and he gave me a fun drink in my neck and at first I was a big bum thinking about you, but then, I realized a peed my pants and the drink feels really good! It hurt when he stabbed me but after I was, like, yeah! Oh! And then, you were there. Yeah! I was telling you about how much I'm hurting inside and then you just turned into a fun light! It was so pretty!" I rant. "Wait. You were thinking about me?" he asks. "Yeah! I might've been thinking with my mouth, though! Whoops," I giggle. "I guess y/n should go with you guys... It'll be safer," Mike sighs. "Yeah," Dustin nods. I see Mike open his mouth to say something but he never does. 

"Hey, heads up. You can navigate, just from someplace safe." Hopper walks towards us. "It's not that simple." Dustin says, "The signal won't reach." Erica continues. "Not with this. You need something with a high enough frequency band to relay with the Russians' radio tower. But for that to work, you need to have someone who has both seen their comms room and has access to a super-powered handcrafted radio tower, one preferably already situated at the highest point in Hawkins. Oh, wait. That's me. If you want us to navigate, you got us. But we need a head start. And a car." Dustin explains. Dustin grabs my hand and our group leaves.

"Oh, man, now this... this is what I'm talkin' about," Steve exclaims as we walk out to the car. "Toddfather?" Robin questions. "Oh, screw Todd! Steve's her daddy now," Steve chuckles. "Did you just talk about yourself in the third person?" Robin asks. "Did he just call himself daddy?" Erica adds. Dustin and Erica both got edge seats, meaning I was in the middle. "Dustin, can you scoot over. I don't think I can be in the middle," I request. "Yeah, sure," Dustin sighs as he scoots over, making room for me. "All right, where are we going?" Steve asks. "Weathertop," Dustin replies. "Weather-what?" Steve asks. "Just drive," Dustin groans. "Okay. Jesus!" Steve defends. 

As we continued to drive, I started to feel sick. "Guys..." I blurt. "We get it. You peed your pants!" Everyone groans. "No. Not that. I think I'm gonna be--" I begin. I angle myself over the edge of the car and throw up, trying my best to make sure it didn't get on the car. When I was finished, I lean back into my seat. "Great. That should've been all the drugs exiting her body. She's back," Dustin sighs. The next thing I know, I'm fast asleep.

"Hey... y/n, wake up," Dustin whispers. I slowly open my eyes to see us parked on a hill. "Where are we?" I groan. "We're here. Come on," he whispers. Dustin and I hop out of the car and we walk to the radio as a group. 

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"Bald Eagle, do you copy? Bald Eagle, I repeat, this is Scoops Troop, do you copy?" Dustin asks. "Yes, I copy," Murray replies. "Call sign?" Dustin requests. "Bald Eagle," Murray sighs. "Please repeat," Dustin teases. "Bald Eagle. This is Bald Eagle!" Murray shouts. "Copy that. Good to hear your voice, Bald Eagle. What's your 20?" Dustin asks. "We reached the vent. I'll contact you when I need you. Until then, silence," Murray demands. "Roger that, Bald Eagle. This is Scoops Troop, going radio silent. 10-10, over," Dustin replies before turning off the mic. 

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"Scoops Troop, this is... Hm. Bald Eagle. I've reached another junction," Murray explains. "This is what?" Dustin asks. "The fourth junction," Erica replies. "All right, so if memory serves, this is right after the My Little Pony thesis," Dustin begins. "We went left, so he has to go right," Dustin and Erica say in sync. "Fly right, Bald Eagle. Fly right," Dustin orders. "Roger that, flying right," Murray sighs. I notice something in the distance, I get up and see the mall exploding with color. "Hey, guys?" I call out. They all walk over to me. When they notice the mall, we all run to the mic. "Griswold Family, this is Scoops Troop! Do you copy? Over! Griswold Family, I repeat, this is Scoops Troop. Do you--" Dustin exclaimed but stop when we heard a faint monster shrieking. "Griswold Family, do you copy? Do you copy?!" Dustin yells before the monster roared into the walkie. "Griswold Family, this is Scoops Troop. Please confirm your safety! Griswold Family, this is Scoops Troop! Please confirm your safety! Are you en route to Bald Eagle's nest? Please confirm your safety! Someone, please just answer. Is anyone there? Just answer! Anyone, please... Griswold Family, do you copy? Griswold Family, do you copy? Do you copy?!" Dustin continued to panic. Steve got up and started to run. "Where are you going?!" I call after him. "To get them the hell outta there! Stay here, contact the others!" He demands. Robin starts to follow him. "Wait, Robin! Stay in touch!" Dustin ordered as he tossed Robin a walkie. "Bald Eagle, this is Scoops Troop. What's your 20?" Dustin pants. "I told you, radio silence!" Murray groans. "Yeah, but we have a problem," Dustin defends. "What kind of problem?" Hopper asks. 

"Bald Eagle has landed. Repeat. Bald Eagle has landed," Murray pants. 

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"Planck's constant," Dustin mutters. "You know it?" Erica asks. "Not by heart. You?" Dustin quizzes. "I'm not a nerd, nerd," Erica retorts. In the back, I could hear Murray and Hopper bickering. I watch as Dustin changes the channel. "What are you doing?" I ask. "Suzie, do you copy? Suzie, do you copy? Suzie, do you copy?" Dustin repeats. "This is Suzie. I copy," Suzie replies. "Suzie!" Dustin exclaims. "Dusty-bun?" Suzie gasps. "Dusty-bun?" Erica and I question. "Where have you been?" Suzie asks. "I'm so, so sorry. I--I've been really busy... uh, trying to save the world from Russians and monsters," Dustin smiles. "Of course you have," Suzie chuckles. "Get the goddamn number already!" Erica groans "Who was that?" Suzie quizzes. "It was... Uh, I don't know, actually. I think it was just some interference. So, why don't we, uh, change frequency to 14.158?" Dustin requests. "Copy that, shifting frequency. Standby," Suzie replies. "Dusty-bun, you copy?" Suzie asks. "I copy, Suzie-poo. It sounds much better now, thanks. Okay, so, listen, do you know Planck's constant?" Dustin asks. "Do you know the Earth orbits the sun?" Suzie jokes. "Okay, so I know it starts with two sixes, and then a... W-What is it?" Dustin questions. "Okay, let me just be clear on this. I haven't heard from you in a week, and now you want a mathematical equation that you should know so you can... save the world?" Suzie quizzes. "Suzie-poo, I promise, I will make it up to you as soon as possible," Dustin explains. "You can make it up to me now," Suzie mutters. "What?" Dustin asks. "I want to hear it," Suzie exclaims. "Not right now," Dustin pleads. "Yes, now, Dusty-bun," Suzie demands. "Suzie-poo, this is urgent," Dustin adds. "Yes, yes, you're saving the world, I heard you the first time, but Ged is also saving Earthsea and he's about to confront the shadow, so this is Suzie, signing off," Suzie groans. "Wait, wait, wait! Okay. Okay. Okay. Shit," Dustin mumbles. 

"Turn around Look at what you see In her face The mirror of your dreams Make believe I'm everywhere Given in the light Written on the pages Is the answer to a never ending story Ah Reach the stars Fly a fantasy Dream a dream And what you see will be Rhymes that keep their secrets Will unfold behind the clouds And there upon a rainbow Is the answer to a never ending story Ah Story Ah" Dustin and Suzie sing together. 

"Planck's constant is 6.62607004," Suzie explains. "You just saved the world," Dustin chuckles. "Gosh, I miss you, Dusty-bun," Suzie sighs. "And I miss you more, Suzie-poo," Dustin giggles. "I miss you more, multiplied by all the stars in our galaxy," Suzie adds. "No, I miss you--" Dustin begins. "Enough," Erica demands as she turns the mic off.

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We turn around to see tons of helicopters flying over to the mall.