As Hawkins Falls: Max Mayfield x Fem Reader- A Stranger Things Fanfiction

33: Those Commie Idiots

Thirty-three: Those Commie Idiots

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The group had learned that the random bald man was Murray Bauman, something Nancy and Jonathan already knew.

And right now, the adults, Erica, Dustin, Max, Y/n, Robin, and Steve were being filled in on what had been happening- you know, not in a secret Russian base.

"The Mind Flayer, it built this monster in Hawkins. To stop El. To kill her, and pave a way into our world." Mike explained.

"And it almost did." Nancy added. "That was just one little piece."

"How big is this thing?" Hopper wondered, getting a response from Jonathan. "It's big. Thirty feet at least."

Lucas then added the fact that it destroyed Hopper's cabin, to which Hopper just gave an exasperated look. He didn't seem surprised, though.

"Wait, so, just to be clear, this big, fleshy spider thing that hurt El, it's some kind of gigantic weapon?" Steve asked, trying to clarify what he had heard, to which Nancy confirmed. At the confirmation, Steve gave a follow up question. "But instead of like, screws and metal, The Mind Flayer made it's weapon with melted people." He said, it seeming like a mix of a statement and a question.

"Yes, exactly." Nancy nodded, seeming relieved that he understood.

"Are we sure that this thing is still out there? Still alive?" Joyce asked the group, so which Mike responded. "El beat the shit out of it, but, yeah, it's still alive."

"But if we close the gate again," Will started, Max continuing for him. We cut the brain off from the body," then Lucas finished. "And kill it."

"Theoretically." He added.

"Which is what we did," Y/n spoke up from beside Max. "But then those commie idiots opened it back up. Why? Who fucking knows?" She started to ramble, the last sentence being a question but sounding like a statement. "But, my point is, we can't just close the gate again, we need to destroy that laser thing that's keeping it open."

"Yoo-hoo!" Murray shouted, walking over as he waved a paper in his hand. "Yoo-hoo!"

The group was all now gathered around Murray, who placed down a paper at some table. "Okay, this, is what Alexei called 'The Hub.' Now, 'The Hub' takes us to the vault room." He explained. "Okay, where's the gate?" Hopper asked the man, who pointed at a spot on the paper as he spoke. "Right here. Now, I don't know about the scale on this, but I think it's fairly close to the vault room, maybe, fifty feet or so."

"More like five hundred." The unmistakable voice of Erica Sinclair spoke up. "What? You're just gonna Waltz in there like it's commie Disneyland, or something?"

"I'm sorry, who are you?" Murray asked the girl.

"Erica Sinclair, who are you?"

Murray seemed incredulous. "Murray... Bauman."

"Listen, Mr. Bum-man." Erica started, leading Y/n to snicker, holding back her laughter. "I'm not trying to tell you how to do things," the youngest Sinclair continued. "But, I've been down in that shit-hole for twenty-four hours. And with all do respect," she addressed the rest of the group at the last part. "You do what this man tells you, you're all gonna die."

"I'm sorry," Murray started. "Why is this four year old speaking to me?"

"Um, I'm ten, you bald bastard!" Erica snapped back. Y/n's jaw dropped as she smiled, this time slapping her hand over her mouth, partially out of surprise, and partially to try to stop herself from laughing.

"Uh- Erica!" Lucas stammered, trying to tame his sister. Erica turned to him. "Just the facts!"

"She's right." Dustin spoke up. "You're all gonna die, but you don't have to." He reached for the paper. "Excuse me. Sorry, may I?"

Murray gave a sarcastic smile. "Please."

"See this room here?" Dustin asked after sitting down and grabbing a pencil from his pocket. He circled the room he was talking about as he spoke. 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."

"Wait, is that where you guys were while Steve, Robin and I were like, drugged and tied up?" Y/n looked between Erica, Max and Dustin as she asked her question.

"Yes." Dustin confirmed before continuing. "It's a bit of a Maze down there, but between Me, Max, and Erica, we can show you the way."

"You can show us the way?" Hopper asked incredulously.

"Wait, you were drugged and tied up by Russians?" Nancy spoke up, addressing Y/n, who just shrugged and nodded. "Yeah."

"Don't worry, you can do all the fighting, and the dangerous hero shit, well just be your..." Dustin looked and Max, then Erica. "Navigators."

Hopper smiled, and started to nod a bit. "No."

Dustin, Max and Erica looked up at him.

"Nope." He shook his head.

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"Well, he's gonna die. They're gonna die." Eric's concluded, making her way towards the party. Max nodded. "Yup."

"Yep, most likely." Dustin agreed.

"You guys survived." Lucas pointed out.

"Barely." Dustin replied. "We could've really used you guys down there."

"We could've used you up here, too." Mike told him. Lucas nodded. "Yeah, man. We missed you."

"Yeah." Will agreed. "Big time."

The party, minus Max shared a hug, which Y/n moved out of, instead walking over to Max, grabbing her hand, and walking off to some restaurant booth to sit with the girl alone.

"Do you think we'll be okay?" Y/n asked, laying on the table next to Max.

"I hope so." The redhead turned to Y/n, who turned back, the two making eye contact. The two just looked into each other's eyes for a moment, before Y/n leaned in. Max leaned in as well, closing the gap between their faces and connecting their lips together. The girls sat up, Y/n bringing up one hand to cup Max's face, both completely unaware of Robin watching the two from across the mall, a smile on her face.

The two pulled away after a few seconds, grinning.

"You know," Y/n spoke up. "Hawkins is crumbling away, but when you're here, somehow I feel safer." She stared into the redhead's eyes, completely admiring her beauty. "How that's possible, I have no fucking clue." She gave a breathy chuckle as she spoke, and the sentence make Max chuckle too.

"Well, the same applies to me, Y/l/n." Max smiled, her face now red.

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a/n:
I haven't posted in painfully long, I'm sorry. My device broke, I'm using my sister's to write this. But I hope you liked this chapter!!!

Ty for reading! Stay safe you guys :)

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