"Hey, Dustin, this is Eddie the Banished."

"You there?"

There is static coming out of the Walkie

"Dustin can you hear me?"

"Dustin?"

"Earth to Dustin."

Nancy got up, exhausted yet annoyed because Eddie wouldn't shut up.

"Hey, it's Nancy."

"Wheeler! Hey."

"Um, I'm gonna need a food delivery. L1ke, really soon, unless you want me going out into the world."

"NO. No, no, no. Don't do that. Stay where you are,
and we'll be there as soon as we can."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah Listen, um.. can you pick me up a six-pack?"I know it's stupid as shit, drinking right now, but a cold beer would really calm my jangled nerves"

She turned around just to notice that Max was gone.

" Hey, I'm gonna have to call you back."

"No, don't you da-- Wheeler? Wheeler?"

Nancy goes to Dustin and shook him so he wakes up

" Dustin"

"Mmmm"

"Wake up"

His eyes slowly open and he hits the tv. He is very confused

" What?"

"Aren't you supposed to be on Max watch?"

Dustin started to yawn

" Yep. Yep, yep, yep. Sorry. Wait I thought Maddie was on Maxs watch. "

He turned around just to notice a pillow on Steve's head. Madison was gone too. Nancy crossed her arms waiting for a response. "Well where is she"

Dustin attention goes to the spot where Max was supposed to be

"She's right there- a second ago"

"I swear, I just dozed off for.."

He goes and checks his watch. His eyes widen

" An hour ago"

Dustin, and Nancy, approached the kitchen, worried. The two find the Mayfield's sitting down. Madison is eating pancakes while Max is drawing, headphones on her head

"Morning, guys." Ms. Wheeler said smiling.

"Is everything okay?"

"Yeah. Yeah, everything's okay." Nancy reassured her mom

"I think it's so sweet that you guys are sticking together like this."

"Could try sticking together at a different house for a change." Mr. Wheeler mumbled.

"You know you're welcome anytime."

Dustin eyed the pancakes on the table "Totally. You're like family. May I?"

"Absolutely. "

"There are delicious" Madison said with a thumbs up

She doesn't remember the last time her mom made them pancakes. But they were delicious.

"Yeah, why not? Take us for all we're worth."

Dustin sent a smug smile at Mr Wheeler

"Okay."

Ms. Wheeler gives Dustin two pancakes. Max is still listening to Running Up That Hill.Nancy approached their table.

" Hey"

"Hey"

" You Ok?"

"Just couldn't sleep. People kept blasting music in my ears, for some reason. But Holly let me borrow some of her crayons. We've been having fun, right, Holly?"

"Mm-hmm."

"Is this what you saw last night?" Nancy questioned.

  "I mean, it's supposed to be. I thought it'd be easier to draw it out than to explain it, but not so much."

She took a glimpse at the drawing "Is that?"

Max felt a shiver go down her spine

"It was like they were on display. And then there was this red fog everywhere. It was like a dream, a nightmare"

"Do you think Vecna is just trying to scare you?"Madison asked

"With Billy? Yeah. But when I made it here, I don't know, something was different. He seemed surprised, almost. Like he didn't want me there."

Dustin sat down with syrup on his pancakes. "Maybe you infiltrated his mind. He invaded your mind, right? Is it that big a leap to suggest you somehow wound up in his? Like Freddie Krueger's boiler room."

"Freddie Krueger?"

"He's a super burned-up dude with razors for fingers. And he kills you in your dreams." Dustin explained to the young girl, like it wouldn't traumatize her

"Seriously?"

"Sorry. It's a movie. It's not real."

Dustin turned to the Mayfield's. "Just think about it. What if you somehow unlocked a backdoor to Vecna's world? Like, maybe the answer we're looking for is somewhere in this incredibly vague drawing. God, we need Will."

"Yeah, no shit. But I tried them again this morning and it's the same busy signal."

Madison nodded in response

"Is this a window?"

"Yeah. Stained glass with roses. Yeah. See? I'm not so terrible after all."

Madison looked at Dustin with raised eyebrows.

"Yeah, it helps that I've seen it before. "Nancy squinted at the papers.

She grabbed more papers and folded them. Then she grabbed a sharpie, drew windows and a door.

"It's pieces of a house."

"Not just any house. It's Victor Creel's house." Nancy realized.

"Where are you going?"

"Waking the others." Nancy said as she walked away

Madison and Dustin grab the pancakes

" Sorry, fuel for the road, thanks Mr. Wheeler"

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They woke up the others and explained everything. Moments later they arrived at the house. It is huge and very vintage, but not in a good way. The house is dark blue with white, with stained rose windows, it looks exactly like Max's drawing.

"Yeah, that's not creepy." Steve muttered.

"What actually are we supposed to be looking in this shithole?"

Nancy passed a hammer to Madison. "We're not sure. We just know this house is important to Vecna."

"Because Max saw it in Vecna's red soup mind world?" Steve asked.

"Basically"

"Great."

"Maybe it holds a clue to where Vecna is. Why he's back? Why he killed the Creels? And how to stop him before he comes back for Max."

"We don't think he's in here, do we?" Lucas asked, nervously. his gaze turns to Madison.

"Guess we'll find out."

"Ready?"

Steve and Madison took out the board that blocked the door. Max froze remembering the events of yesterday. She could still hear Vecna's voice in her head.

"Max"

She snapped out of her trance and turns her attention to her sister.

Steve shook the doorknob trying to open the door." It's locked." Should I knock, see if anybody's home?

"No need"

Robin held a brick in her hand. "I found a key."

She threw the brick at the glass-stained window, and it shattered. Madison gave her a high five.Steve put his hand through the crack and opened the door. The six entered one by one. Lucas tried to turn on a lamp.

"Looks like someone forgot to pay their electric bill."

Everyone pulled out their flashlight except Steve. He turns to Dustin "Whoa, where did everybody get those."

"Do you need to be told everything? You're not a child,"

Steve rolled his eyes. "Thank you."

He felt a nudge on his shoulder

"Huh?"

"Back pocket"

Nancy looked around, seeing the furniture abandoned, and now full of dust

"They just left everything."

"I guess a triple homicide isn't good for resale value,"Robin joked.

Max shined her flashlight at the grandfather clock.

"Hey guys."

"Are you guys seeing this too?" Max asked, making sure she wasn't going crazy.

"Is this what you saw in your visions?"

Max nods her head at her sister.

Robin wipes the dust" I mean, it's just a clock. Right? Like a normal old clock."

"Why is this wizard obsessed with clocks, maybe he's like, a clockmaker or something. "

"I think you cracked the case, Steve," Dustin replied sarcastically.

"All I know is the answers are here, somewhere."

"Ok, everyone stay in groups of two."Nancy ordered

Madison points to herself.

"Um hello,"

" Well since you don't have anyone to partner up with, guess you're going to have to stick with us."

Madison just shrugged and went along with it.

"Robin, upstairs."

Steve let out a huge sigh. It's only Dustin and him. The two go up the stairs.

"Was that a sigh?"

"No, I did not sigh."

"Why'd you sigh?"

"I didn't sigh. Just come on, dude."

"I heard you."

"W... We're just always partners, okay?"

"You have a problem with that?"

" It'd just be nice to I don't know, mix it up a bit."

"I'm boring you? Is that it?"

"No, the opposite..."

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Steve looked around the room, pointing the flash light everywhere. "Hey, uh, Henderson."

"Yeah?"

"Could you maybe, uh, clarify what sort of clues
we're supposed to be looking for here?"

Dustin imitated a British accent

"The world is full of obvious things, which nobody by any chance ever observes." He goes back to his regular voice. "Sherlock Holmes."

He lets out a scoff, Steve muttered under his breath.

"That's great. Thanks. That's great. Sherlock"

Dustin separated from him. Steve is bummed out that Madison wasn't with him. He bent down finding a vent on the floor. Steve opens it up, there is a jar full of black widow spiders. Just as he least expects it a spider crawled up his shoulder, Steve got out of the room and ran. He bumped into his girlfriend. "Whoa, whoa. What's wrong?"

Steve tried to catch his breath and dusts himself off

"There was a spider."

Madison furrowed her eyebrows

"What?"

He closes the door behind him.

"It's a black widow. Don't go in there."

"Ok-ay"

Steve turned around to reveal a bunch of spider webs in his hair. "Oh, OH. Wait, just..."

Madison stood on her tippy toes trying to get them out.

"Wait. Stop moving, Stop. I just... I got it. I got it."

"Thank you," Steve whispered.

"If there's a spider, you're never gonna find it
till it lays eggs and the babies spill out."

"What's wrong with you? Robin seriously."

Steve shook his head." She's got problems."

"Yeah, Tell me about it. But I love her tho "

"Maybe after we find Vecna, kill him, save the world and stuff, maybe we can all go out. You know? Me, you, Nancy, Robin, Jonathan, when he's back."

"Sounds cool."

"Yeah"

Madison ruffled her hand through his hair." Okay. All better."

"Great. Thanks. Well... Great. Um...Guess we should, uh, get back to the investigation. The obvious things are not what people observe."

Madison let out a chuckle. A genuine smile is on her face. It's like music to his ears. Steve wishes she smiled more, but with everything going on, it can't be possible.
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Everyone circled around the light flickering on and off.

"It's like the Christmas lights," Nancy whispered.

"Christmas lights?"

"Yeah, when Will was in the Upside Down, the lights came to life." She explained to the two ladies

" Vecna's here, in this house, just on the other side."

The lights started to fade.

"I think he just left the room," Robin said.

Madison looked around, suspiciously

"Did he hear us?"

"Did he see us?" Steve wondered.

"Headphones,"

Max did what Lucas said and played Kate Bush. Nancy stopped everyone

"Everyone, turn off your flashlights and spread out."

"We're not going to be able to see if we turn off our flashlights." Steve protests.

" Jesus Christ"

As the group turned off their flashlights, Madison grabbed her boyfriends arm.

"I got him! Got him! I got him."

The young couple followed her to what seems to be a room for children. Robin stood there disappointed." I had him.

Steve's flashlight glowed now.

"Oh, whoa. oh, I think he's moving. He's moving. He's moving."

They ran up the stairs until the light faded. "Shit. I lost him"

"No, you didn't."

Max opens the door

"It's an attic. Of course, it's an attic."

The group entered the attic one by one all except Dustin. "Hold up, guys. What if he's leading us into a trap? Guys, guys."

He cursed repeatedly and followed along. They approached the attic where the light was coming from, and all the flashlights turned on, making a circle like they were about to tell ghost stories. Only they were the main characters. The light started to flicker, Steve being the first to panic.

"Okay what's happening,"

All of a sudden, his light shattered causing Madison to jump. This continued as a pattern throughout the group as they stood in the dark, silent.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait. I've been pre celebrating my bday and stuff. I also felt like we were missing Stadision scenes.