We all got into Jakes car and to say i was anxious would be an understatement. The last time i was in this car was when i hurt my head. And not to mention Max Mayfield aka a 13 year old girl was driving.

I'd rather her than me though. I've taken three driving tests. I've failed them all. No one knows, but i've failed them on purpose. I never want to have anyone's life in my hands while i'm driving. Not after Liz.

I know it was stupid, but apparently Max has practiced a lot in a parking lot so. We all tried to squish in as Steve's head was still on my lap. Dustin had an ice pack against his head while his body laid lifeless as his legs dangled on the floor.

Surprisingly enough, Max was a decent driver. A couple of bad turns but other than that... Better than me. Lucas was reading her the directions to the hub.

As we were driving, i felt Steve's head begin to move. I looked down to see his eyes slowly opening. "Nancy?" he mumbled as he looked at Mike. He gave him an odd look as Steve looked up.

"Joy?" he asked. "Hey" i said with a soft smile. He groaned as he touched his head. "No, don't touch it" Dustin said moving his hand.

"Hey buddy. It's okay you put up a good fight. He kicked your ass and Joy had to finish him off, but you put up a good fight."

Steve slowly tried to lift his head up as he looked at Lucas who was calling out directions. "What's going on?" he mumbled looking at Max. "Oh my god!" he exclaimed seeing her drive.

"It's okay she's driven before" Dustin said. "Yeah in a parking lot" Mike snapped. "That counts!" Lucas said. "They we're going to leave you behind. I said you'd be cool with it" i said.

"Oh my god" he exclaimed again. He grabbed the back of the seat and pulled himself up. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. What's going on?" he shouted. Max sped up as he continued to freak out.

I clutched onto Steve's shoulder as the car sped up more and more. "Oh my god! No! Stop the car. Stop the car!" he shouted. "I told you he'd freak out!" Mike exclaimed in my face.

I closed my eyes and tried not to think about how fast the car was going. "Everybody shut up! I'm trying to focus!" Max shouted.

"Oh, wait, that's Mount Sinai! Make a left!" Lucas shouted. "What?!" Max exclaimed. "Make a left!" he shouted. Max swerved the car and crashed through the gate.

"Oh my god" i mumbled. The tired screeched as we all screamed. Max stopped the car suddenly as we were at the hub. I took a deep breath as everyone hopped out of the car to grab the supplies.

Steve fell out of the car as i tried to help him up. He pushed my hand away. "Are you kidding me!? You let her drive?! She's four?!" he exclaimed. "I don't know why you're yelling at me! She's the only one of us who could drive!" i shouted back.

"What about you, huh?" he shouted. I bit my tongue. "I wasn't letting anyone's death on my hands because of a damn car again" i mumbled. His angry persona faded away. He nodded as he faced Dustin.

His anger came back right away, just not at me. "Guys!" he shouted. He fell against the car as he he could barley stand. All the kids began suiting up and grabbed all the gear. "Where do you think your going?" he asked.

They all ignored him. "What are you deaf?! Hello! We're not going down there i made myself clear!" Steve shouted. They all still ignored him. "There is not chance in hell we are going down that hole, all right?"

"This ends now!" Steve said grabbing the baseball bat off of Dustin. "Steve! Your upset i get it. But the bottom line is, a party member requires assistance. And it is our duty to provide that assistance" Dustin said.

Steve rolled his eyes as he gave Dustin a death glare. "Now i know you promised Nance that you would keep us safe. So keep us safe" he said handing him the bat. Steve sighed as he finally gave in.

We all wore goggles and bandanas over our mouths so we wouldn't breathe in the toxic air. I grabbed my metal pole as Lucas threw a rope down into the hole.

As i was about to make my way down the rope, i felt my leg hurt even more than it did a couple of hours ago. I looked down to see the bandage had ripped and it was bleeding profusely.

"You alright?" Steve asked. I covered up my leg quickly. "I'm fine" i said walking past him. "Hey wait, what happened back at the house?" he asked. "You mean after you passed out?" i questioned.

"Yeah... After that." "I dealt with it. I don't think we'll be seeing him any time soon" i said. He gave me a small smile. "Good" he said.

We all made our way down the rope and found ourselves in the tunnels. "I think it's this way!" Mike called out as he began walking.

"No, no, no, i don't think so. If any of you little shits die down here we're getting the blame. Got it, dipshit?" i said with a smile as i grabbed the map off of Mike.

"From here on out i'm leading the way. Come on let's go" i called out. "She means we!" Steve called out. I rolled my eyes as we walked forward.

All the tunnels looked the same and i saw the vines begin to move. "What is this place?" Max asked. "I have no idea" i replied. "Come on guys, let's keep it moving" Steve said.

"Who does he think he is, Indiana Jones?" i questioned. "I know right. Jesus" Max said. As we all began walking, we heard Dustin screaming.

"Dustin what happened?!" Mike exclaimed. Dustin continued screaming. "What happened!" Steve shouted trying to pick him up from off the floor. "It's in my mouth! Some shit got in my mouth! Shit!" he shouted.

He began coughing as we all huddled around him. He went quiet for a moment. "I'm fine" he said with a sigh. "Seriously Dustin!" i exclaimed. "Nice. Your a real asshole" Steve mumbled as we all continued walking.

We walked and walked through the dark tunnels until we finally reached the hub. I looked down and saw there was now a trail of blood coming from my leg. Fortunately for me, no one has noticed yet.

I tried to cover it up but it was bleeding out. "Okay so what do we do now?" Steve asked. "We drench it" Mike said. We all began pouring gasoline all over the hub.

"Who will do the honours?" Steve said holding out the lighter. "Me" i said grabbing it off of him. "Ready?" i questioned. They all nodded. I clicked the lighter until a flame appeared.

I threw it into the hub as it all burst up in flames. We all sprinted away as fast as we could before the demodogs came. "Shit, shit, shit!" Dustin shouted as we ran.

As we were running, a vine grabbed a hold of Mikes leg causing him to fall. "Help! Help!" he screamed. We all grabbed a hold of him as Steve starting hitting the vine with his bat. It eventually let his leg go.

"Okay, no more disruptions, we're going!" i shouted. We were about to run until we saw a demodog right in front of us. It growled as we all backed up.

"Get back!" Steve said stepping in front of us. "Wait!" Dustin shouted. He pushed past us as we all tried to stop him. "Hey Dart. It's me. It's your friend Dustin." I gave Steve a look as he just shrugged.

The demodog took a step closer to him. "Do you remember me? Will you let us past?" he asked. The creature let out a roar. "All right, look i'm sorry about the basement thing, okay? You hungry? I have your favourite. Nougat!" he said.

He threw the chocolate bar towards him as the creature began eating it. He put down all the chocolate bars he had as the creature ignored us and let us pass. "Goodbye little buddy" Dustin mumbled as we walked away.

I patted Dustin on the shoulder as he gave me a sad smile. We ran and ran until we reached the rope. Steve and i began boosting all the kids up so they could climb the rope.

As Max began climbing, we heard loud growls coming right towards us. "Come on, come on!" Steve and i shouted shoving them out of the hole. Once all the kids got up, Steve was about to boost me until we saw shadows on the wall and loud screeching.

A herd of demodogs flew around the corner. Steve grabbed onto me as we waited for them to attack us. I shut my eyes quickly. But then... Nothing happened. No pain, no screams. Nothing.

I slowly opened my eyes to see them all run straight past us. Like we weren't even there. "What the hell was that?" Steve mumbled. "Eleven."

Steve boosted me up out of the hole and then climbed out himself. We all began panting from all the running.

As we all sat around, the lights on the car began to shine brighter and brighter. It was because of El. She was closing the gate. The lights then shut off completely. We all stood in silence.

Suddenly we all heard muffled voices coming from the walkie talkie that was inside the car. Dustin shuffled through all the junk in the back seat and finally found it.

"It's closed. The gates closed" Hopper said from the other line.

All the kids began cheering and jumping up and down. We were all shocked that the plan worked. "Joy! It's done! We're all fine!" he shouted.

He looked as i stood still. "Joy? What is it?" he questioned. "I.... I um..." i mumbled. I suddenly fell to the ground. "Joy?!" Steve exclaimed.

All the kids stopped cheering and ran over. "Joy? Hey, what's wrong?!" he exclaimed. He held me in his arms as he tried to wake me up. "Her leg" Mike mumbled. Steve pulled up my pant leg to see that my bandage wasn't on properly and that i had been bleeding out this whole time.

"Oh god... Jo, stay with me" he said as he shook me. I stayed there lifeless. "Hello?! Can you hear me?" he shouted.

"Joy! Call an ambulance! Someone call an ambulance!"