"Jesus, slow down!" Steve slurs as Robin drives the little car towards the elevator. Dustin and Erica were in the passenger seat and Steve and (y/n) were in the back. "Yeah, what is this, like, the Indy 500?" (Y/n) asked. "It's the Indy 300." Steve tried to correct. "No, doofus, it's 500!" (Y/n) said. "It's 300!" Steve argues. "Let's say a million." (y/n) said then her and Steve begins to laugh out loud like it was the funniest joke ever.

"What is wrong with them?" Erica asked. "I don't know." Robin said as she continues to drive but she was going so fast. Erica and Dustin gasp as they see some barrels up ahead. "Robin, watch out!" Dustin exclaims and Robin slams on the break but crashes into the barrels and (y/n) and Steve hit the back end of the truck, groaning in pain.

"You guys all right back there?" Robin asked but only got groans of pain from them. "They're fine." Robin said then her and the two kids get out of the car and open the back of the car. "Come on. We gotta go, now." Dustin tells the two then he and Erica shout at Steve and (y/n) to move but they barely move.

Then the trio start to pull them out of the car. "Ow! We're coming!" Steve grumbles as they get into the elevator and Dustin uses the keycard he had stole from that guard Steve beat up earlier. "Here goes nothin'." Dustin said and the elevator doors close and it goes up, really fast.

At that moment, Steve and (y/n) start to whoop and holler at this as Steve stands on top of a push cart and tries to balance himself. "Hey! You look like you're surfing!" (Y/n) tells him. "Surfing! Yeah!" Steve agrees and they continue to laugh while Dustin, Robin and Erica stare at them, confused.

"They seem drunk." Erica said. "Why would they be drunk?" Dustin asked and Robin gasped as she realized something. "I'd bet anything they're drugged." Robin said. "What? Drugged?" Dustin said just as Steve shouts. "I'm a natural! Check it out!"

Then (y/n) pulls the cart back and Steve stumbles forward and falls to the ground. "Wipeout!" (y/n) exclaims and they laugh just as Robin kneels down to Steve and places a hand on his forehead. "He's burning up." she tells the others. "You're burning up." Steve grumbles at Robin.

"One sec, one sec. Steve, Steve." Robin said as she tries to grab his head then gets a good look at his eyes. "God, no. Ow!" Steve groans and Robin noticed his pupils were dilated. "His pupils are super dilated. Which means he has been drugged." Robin said and she goes over to her friend.

"Steve, are you drugged?" Dustin asked Steve as Robin goes up to (y/n). "Hey, what are you...?" (Y/n) said to Robin as she grabs her face and looks into her eyes. "How many times, Dad? I don't do drugs. It's only marijuana." Steve said to Dustin, sarcastically. "This isn't funny, okay? I need to know what they did to you. Are you gonna die on us?" Dustin asked Steve, who reaches out and touches Dustin's nose. "Boop." He said as Robin removes her hands off of (y/n).

"We all die, my strange little child friend. It's just a matter of how...and when." (y/n) replied to Dustin as Robin looks at him and nods, confirming that (y/n) was also drugged. "They're gonna be looking for us up there, so I need you to tell me where you parked your car." Dustin said. "Oh, can we make a pit stop at the food court?" Steve asked. "I would kill for a hot dog on a stick." (Y/n) said and Steve made a noise of approval.

"All right. Yeah, food. Yes, you can have as much food as you want, but only if you tell us where your car is parked." Robin said. "Uh-oh." Steve said as if he realized something. "Uh-oh?" Dustin asked, confused. "The car's off the board." Steve replied. "What?" Dustin and Robin asked. "They took the keys. The Russians, they took the keys. Like, forever ago." Steve said as he pulls out his empty pockets and (y/n) laughs, hysterically, then Steve joins in the laughter. "That's a bummer, right?" Steve asked and Dustin, Robin and Erica share a look.

Later, the elevator stops and they go to the door and opens it, revealing the outside world. "Oh! Oh, my God, that tastes so good. Ah!" (y/n) said, pleasurablely, as she opens her mouth and sticks her tongue out, tasting the air. "Steve, can you taste the air?" She asked Steve as he too sticks his tongue out.

"I taste it! I taste it!" He said as they walk in but Dustin, Robin and Erica stop as they see the gate opening and two guards run after them. "Stop!" The guard shouts. "Shit! Come on! Come on!" Dustin shouts as they turn and grab (y/n) and Steve and head back into the Mall. "Okay, okay, okay! Woo!" (Y/n) exclaims as he raises her hands in the air while Robin pushes her back in while Dustin pushes Steve. "Why are we running?" Steve asked as they enter back into the mall.

"Where are we going?" Robin asked Dustin as they run down the back hallways of the mall. "Just trust me." Dustin said then they come up to a door and Dustin opens it and looks around. "All clear." He said and they walk out to see they are in the movie theater section of the mall. They walk into the screening of Back To The Future. Steve grabs a bag of popcorn out of the trash can as they enter the screening, the scene when Doc Brown tested his Time Machine for the first time.

"Come on." Dustin whispers as they walk on the walk way and towards the front row. "You two, sit." Robin orders Steve and (y/n). "No, no, no! These seats are too close! Dude, these seats blow." Steve argues while a few people shushes them. "Then don't watch the movie." Dustin tells them. "We wanna watch it." (Y/n) said. "Then watch it!" Dustin yells then a guy in the seat behind the two drugged people leans forward and shushes them.

"Sorry." Dustin said to the guy then Robin looks at Steve and (y/n). "Whatever you do, don't...go...anywhere." She said, firmly, to them. "Fine, Mom." Steve grumbles and he and (y/n) laugh alittle before Dustin, Robin and Erica run over to the end of the row of seats and sit into the three empty seats.

"Okay, it's official. I'm never having kids." Dustin mutters. "What are we doing here?" Erica asked. "We're laying low. Cooling off. Like Oswald." Dustin said. "Oswald was found in a theater and shot to death." Robin points out. "A week later." Dustin adds. "The point is, his plan didn't work." Erica said.

"Only because it was a setup." Dustin said. "What?" Erica asked. "He was just a patsy." Dustin argued. "Tell me you're joking." Erica said then a few people behind them shushes them and they shush them back. "We need to get outta here." Erica said. "All right, you two watch Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Make sure they don't go anywhere." Dustin tells Erica and Robin.

"Where are you going?" Robin asked him. "To find us a ride." Dustin said and he gets up and leave. "What's happening?" (Y/n) asked Steve, quietly. "I have no idea." Steve replied as they continued to eat the popcorn.

Minutes later, Dustin comes running back in and takes his seat. "Do you guys have any batteries? Double-A?" He asked Robin and Erica. "Why would we have batteries?" Erica asked. "I always carry batteries." Dustin replied. "Then what's the problem?" Robin asked him. "I need eight." Dustin said. "Eight?" Robin and Erica asked and Dustin sighs.

"Shit. Guess we'll have to go to plan B." He mutters. "Plan B? What's plan B?" Robin asked him and Dustin looks down the row and noticed Steve and (y/n) are gone. "Where...are they?" He asked, worried.

Outside of the theater, Steve was drinking water from the fountain while (y/n) was leaning against the wall. "That's amazing." Steve said and he continues to drink the water. "So, like, I wasn't totally focused in there or anything, but...I'm pretty sure...that mom was trying to bang her son." (Y/n) said.

"Wait, wait, the hot chick was Alex P. Keaton's mom?" Steve asked. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure." (Y/n) said. "But they're the same age." Steve said. "No, but he went back in time." (Y/n) explains. "Then why is it called Back to the Future?" Steve asked after drinking some more water. "He has to go back to the future because he's in the past. So, the future is actually the present, which is his time." (Y/n) said and Steve looks at this stunned then turned to her, confused

"Wh...What?" He asked. "No, no, it's my turn. You've had enough." (Y/n) said and she shoves Steve away from the fountain and drinks the water. Steve then looks up and notices all the lights were getting blurry and spin a little. "Wow. Hey, (y/n). You gotta check this out." Steve said and (y/n) runs over to him and looks up.

"Check this...This...The ceiling, it's beautiful." Steve slurs as the room starts to blur and spin some more. "Oh, wow." (Y/n) said then she spins around. "Oh." She mutters but then the two begin to grunt as they start to feel sick. Then they run to the nearest bathroom and get into their own toilet stall and puke into the toilet.

Afterwhile, the two stop puking and flush their respective toilets. (Y/n) lays on her back, staring at the ceiling. "The ceiling stopped spinning for me. Is it still spinning for you?" (Y/n) asked Steve and he looks up to see it wasn't spinning anymore. "Holy shit. No. You think we puked it all up?" He asked.

"Maybe. I'll ask you something then, after you answer, you'll ask me something." (Y/n) said and Steve scoffs out a laugh. "Okay, sure. Hit me." Steve said and (y/n) thinks for a moment. "Have you...ever been in love?" She asked him. "Yep. Nancy Wheeler. First semester, senior year." Steve replied and (y/n) scoffs out a laugh.

"Robin always called her a priss." She said and Steve hums alittle. "Turns out, not really." He said and (y/n) stays silent at this. "Okay, mine to ask." Steve said. "Shoot." (Y/n) said. "Back in the bunker when you said you liked me, did you mean it?" Steve asked her and (y/n) sighs. He had to ask that question.

She then goes to sit up. "You're supposed to ask an easy question." She said and Steve chuckles alittle. "It's an easy yes or no answer." He said and (y/n) thinks over her answer. "Yes...I did mean it. Although you weren't supposed to find out about it." She replied. "Why not?" Steve asked, confused. "I didn't want to make things weird between us, cause I know I don't have a chance with you." She replied

"Why would you say that?" He asked her. "Cause who could ever love me?" She said, quietly, but it was loud enough for Steve to hear. He goes quiet at this, too stunned to even think of a response to this. "Are you still in love with Nancy?" (Y/n) asked and Steve thinks over for a moment before shaking his head. "No." He replied, truthfully.

"Why not?" (Y/n) asked him. "I think it's because I found someone who's a little bit better for me." Steve replied and (y/n)'s heart drops alittle. "It's crazy. Ever since Dustin got home, he's been saying, You know, you gotta find your Suzie. You gotta find your Suzie. Which, honestly, I'm not 100% sure she's even real." Steve said and (y/n) chuckles, quietly.

"But that's not...that's not really the point. That doesn't matter. The point is, this girl, you know, the one that I like, it's somebody that I...hung out with a few times. Got to know her better and even fought some monsters alongside her." Steve said and (y/n)'s heart stops at this, feeling like her soul left her body.

"I should've asked her out while in school but...I didn't. Maybe 'cause Tommy H. would've made fun of me or...I wouldn't be...prom king. It's stupid. I mean, Dustin's right, it's all just a bunch of bullshit anyways. Because, when I think about it, I should've been with this girl the whole time. First of all, she's hilarious. She's so funny. I feel like, these last several months, I have laughed harder than I have laughed...in a really long time. And she's smart. Way smarter than me. You know, she can crack, like, top secret Russian codes and...You know? She's honestly unlike anyone I've ever even met before." Steve confesses and (y/n)'s jaw dropped then she places her hands over her mouth.

She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Was Steve Harrington...THE Steve Harrington...confessing that he had a crush on her and that he should've asked her out a long time ago?

"(y/n)? (Y/n), did you just OD in there?" Steve asked as he noticed she hadn't talked in a while and taps the wall of the stall. "No. I...am still alive." She said, removing her hands off of her face and pulls her legs up to her chest, then Steve slides up under the stall and scoots over to the stall (y/n) is in, sitting across from her. "The floor's disgusting." (Y/n) said. "Yeah, well, I already got a bunch of blood and puke on my shirt, so..." Steve said as he shrugs.

"What do you think?" Steve asked. "About?" (Y/n) asked. "This girl." Steve replied. "She sounds awesome." (Y/n) said, smiling. "She is awesome. And what about the guy?" Steve asked. "I think he's on drugs, and he's not thinking straight." (Y/n) replied. "Really? 'Cause I think he's thinking a lot more clearly than usual." Steve said and (y/n) chuckles.

"Why do you think nobody could love you?" Steve asked her and (y/n) frowns then looks down. "Billy says..." she started to say and Steve scoffs and shakes his head. "Billy? The guy that's gonna be a drunk and a lonely bastard in ten years, living in a trailer park? Since when does his opinion matter?" Steve asked her and (y/n) laughs alittle. "You're a great girl, (y/n). Any guy would be lucky to have you." Steve assures her and he places his right hand on her right knee.

The two stare at each other and smile as (y/n) places a hand over his. "I want to kiss you but...I'd probably taste like vomit and blood." Steve said and (y/n) giggles. "So do I but I wouldn't mind. This day has already been shitty." (Y/n) said and Steve smiles at her. (Y/n) gives a shy smile then they look at each other before they start to, slowly, lean towards each other.

But before anything could happen, the door bursts open and the two look over to see Dustin, Erica and Robin enter the bathroom. "Okay, what the hell?!" Dustin exclaimed and Steve and (y/n) look at each other then start to laugh.

*(y/n)'s POV*

After recovering and waiting for the movie to end, Dustin slowly opens the bathroom door to look out and see crowds of people leaving the theater. "And...blend." He said and we all walk out of the bathroom and join in the crowd. "Well, shit, that worked." Erica said. "Course it worked. We just have to get on the bus with the rest of these plebes, and home sweet home, here we come." Dustin said while Steve looked, fearful.

"Uh, Dustin?" Steve said. "What?" Dustin asked. "Yeah, we might not wanna go to your house." Steve replied. "Why?" Dustin asked. "Well, I might've told them your full name." Steve replied and Dustin looks at him in shock. "What is wrong with you?" He whispered-yelled at Steve. "Dude, I was drugged." Steve replied, defensively.

"So?" Dustin said.

"So?" Steve said, disbelieving. "So, you resist. You tough it out. You tough it out like a man." Dustin said. "Oh, yeah, it's easy for you to say." Steve grumbled then I noticed some of the guards were out among the crowd, asking questions. "Guys?" I said as I point them out to the others and we all stop.

"Abort." Dustin said just as one of the guards noticed us. "Abort. Abort." Dustin said and we run the other direction. "Shit." Robin, Steve and I muttered as we continued to run over to the escalators. "Okay. Come on, let's go, let's go." Steve said and we get to the middle of the escalator and slide down to the lower part of the mall and hide.

We hid behind a counter in a food court and stayed still as best as we could. We could hear the guards talk amongst each other and walk around. The five of us were panting, my heart beating hard against my chest then I felt a hand reach over and grab my left hand. I glance over and see it was Steve as he held onto my hand and I go and squeeze it tight.

Suddenly, there was a loud car alarm going off and we hear the Russians talk in confusion until a second later we heard a loud crash. We slowly get up and see that one of the cars was flung at the guards. Then we look over to the other side and see Eleven, Mike, Max, Lucas, Will, Nancy and Jonathon in the upper floor and we smiled at them.

"You flung that thing like a Hot Wheel!" Dustin laughs as we run over to them as they make their way down stairs. Dustin hugs El while Max runs over to me. "Lucas?" Erica said, disbelieving, as Lucas walks up to her and Max and I hug. "You okay?" I asked Max. "Am I okay, what the hell happened to you?" She asked me once we break the hug and she gestures to my torn work outfit, which also had some blood on it. "Long story." I said to her.

"What are you doing here?" Lucas asked Erica. "Ask them. It's their fault." Erica said as she points towards us. "True, yeah. Totally true. It's absolutely our fault." Steve said, sarcastically, as I go over to El and hug her. "Thank you, El." I said as she hugs me back.

"That's El?" Robin and Erica said and I look over at them then at Dustin. "You told them about her." I asked him and he nods. "Holy shit, this is crazy!" Robin exclaimed as El and I break the hug.

"I'm sorry, who are you?" Nancy asked Robin, confused. "I'm Robin. I work with Steve and (y/n)." Robin replied. "Yeah, her and I cracked the top secret code." I said. "Yeah, which is how we found out about the Russians in the first place." Steve said. "Russians? Wait, what Russians?" Jonathon asked.

"The Russians!" Steve exclaimed. "Those were Russians?" Max asked as she points towards the knocked out guards. "Some of them." Erica said. "What are you talking about?" Lucas asked. "Didn't you hear our code red?" Dustin asked. "Yeah. Couldn't understand what you were saying." Mike tells him. "Damn low battery." Dustin grumbles.

"How many times do I have to tell you with the low battery?" Steve asked Dustin. "Well, everything worked out, didn't it?" Dustin said. "Worked out? We almost died." Erica said. "Yeah, but we didn't, did we?" Dustin asked. "It was pretty damn close." I remarked. "Okay, Russians? As in, they're working for the Russian government?" Lucas asked.

"What are you not comprehending? Am I not speaking English? We have a full-blown Red Dawn situation." Dustin said, getting annoyed. "So this has nothing to do with the gate?" Max asked. "It has everything to do with the gate..." I said but then we heard something heavy drop and we look over to see El had collapsed on the floor some feet away.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Mike said and we all run over to her. "El! El!" Mike calls out as he moves her over to her back, her nose was bleeding from both nostrils. "What's wrong with her?" Erica asked as I kneel down on El's right side and Mike is on her left side while everyone gathered around.

"What's wrong?" Mike asked her. "My leg. My leg." El cries and Jonathon goes to her left leg where I noticed she had a bloody bandage. "Her leg, her leg. Okay." He said as he goes to unwrap it. "Get that off." Nancy tells him and it reveals a large purple bulge on her leg and everyone exclaims in disgust. Then something was squirming in the bulge and El begins to whine and scream in pain.

"El! El! El! El, are you okay? El! El!" Mike exclaims, panicked, before El lets out an ear piercing scream.