end zone | STEVE HARRINGTON

twenty-eight

C H A P T E R   T W E N T Y - E I G H T

season 3 episode 7 continued

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WITH THEM DISCOVERING THAT STEVE AND ROBIN HAD DISAPPEARED, Dustin and the girls had went out to look for them. They were rushing around everywhere, looking into different movie theatres and other random rooms in the hopes of finding them soon. They decided to check in the stalls, and with Dustin already freaking out, Anna decided to check inside them first with Dustin and Erica following behind her.

She opened the door harshly, allowing it to bounce off the wall as she saw Robin and Steve sitting in a stall together, laughing. Dustin stepped in front of her before she could say anything. "Okay. What the hell?"

They laughed at his words as the three sober ones glanced at one another with the same expression. Soon enough, the Russians would enter the mall and find them, only to torture and then kill them which Anna wasn't exactly in the mood for, and to make matters worse they now had to deal with Steve and Robin who were still high.

They formed a plan quickly, to blend into the crowd and then leave Starcourt Mall as quickly as possible without running into any trouble. Dustin checked outside the toilets first, giving them the signal that they were able to leave just as people were coming out of the theatres. "And...blend."

They crouched down as they blended into the crowd, Anna was standing in the middle of Steve and Robin, holding onto their hands tightly as she walked behind Dustin and Erica, who commented. "Well, shit, that worked."

"Of course it worked. Now we just have to get on the bus with the rest of these plebes, and home sweet home, here we come" Dustin said.

Steve hesitantly called out to Dustin, "Yeah, we might... not wanna got to your house."

"Why?" Dustin asked confused.

"Well, I might've told them your full name."

Dustin gasped, looking behind to Steve to whisper. "What is wrong with you?"

"Dude, I was drugged." Steve reasoned his actions.

"So?"

"So?"

"So, you resist. You tough it out. You tough it out like a man."

Steve scoffed at his response. "Oh, yeah. That's easy for you to say."

"Guys." Anastasia drew their attention over to the entrance of the mall. She stopped them by putting her hand on their shoulders, as their eyes fixated onto the guards that were checking everyone's ID's.

"Abort." Dustin blurted out, which somehow captured the guards attention as his eyes shifted over to the group. They stood out thanks to Steve's injuries and their messy clothes. "Abort! Abort!"

They all spun around in unison, as they sprinted in the opposite direction to everyone else, they turned to go up the escalator but groaned when they noticed it was out of use. Anastasia hopped over, sliding through the middle of the escalators as Robin followed behind her. The second that her feet touched the ground, she stood up and then they were back to running away again.

Unfortunately, they seemed to have no where else to run too and were hiding behind the food courts. They scrambled to their feet, ducking behind the counter as a silence doomed over them. The mall was now empty, apart from them and the guards that were hunting for them and it would only be a matter of moments until they were finally found. Steve and Anna were clutching onto one another, with her head resting into the crook of his neck.

A sudden loud car alarm went off, and Anna could practically see the smirk on her face. She knew it wasn't her who had set it off, so that meant that Eleven was here for them. A glossy red convertible was now shaking, it started off slow but the longer it went on the louder it seemed to have gotten.

Anastasia was the first one to stand, a wide smile reaching her face when she saw Eleven, her hand extended as she glared down at the Russians. Her nose was bleeding from how much she had used her powers and it worried Anastasia. She pushed her arm back and then extended it again as the car flew towards the guards, leaving dead bodies on the ground.

The rest of Anna's group stood up, glancing over at the car and then over at Eleven who was now joined by the rest of the group. They rushed over to one another, Mike was holding up Eleven as Anastasia pushed past everyone, joining her sister in a hug. Eleven looked exhausted, worrying Anna even more.

They pulled away as Dustin laughed. "You flung that thing like a hot wheel!"

"Lucas?" Erica gasped, spotting her brother.

Lucas waved at Anna before turning his attention to his younger sister. "What are you doing here?"

"Ask them. It's their fault." She replied, pointing a finger at the four.

"True, yeah. Totally true. It's absolutely our fault." Steve agreed, placing his hands onto his hips until he wrapped an arm around Anna's waist, pulling her closer to him.

Robin looked back at the car in shock. "I don't understand what happened to that car."

"El and Anna have superpowers." Dustin pointed at the two, Robin gaped at them in shock.

"I'm sorry?"

"Superpowers. She threw it with her mind." Steve briefly explained. "C'mon, catch up."

"That's El?" Erica pointed over at the brunette, Anna moved closer to her sister, pulling her into a side hug in which El rested her head against Anna's shoulder.

"Who's El?" Robin asked, she was still confused about all the news.

"I'm sorry, who are you?" Nancy asked, directing her question over at Robin.

Robin introduced herself. "I'm Robin. I work with Steve."

"Anna and her cracked the top secret code." Dustin informed the rest of the group.

Steve added onto it. "Yeah, which is how we found out about the Russians."

Jonathan spoke up next, "Russians? Wait, what Russians?"

"The Russians!"

"Those were Russians?!" Max exclaimed, glancing over at the dead guards on the ground.

Everyone started bickering between themselves as Eleven walked off, dragging Anna alongside with her as the older girl stood in front of her. Eleven had blood dripping down her nose, sweat covering her face, Anna tried to calm her down but Eleven had tears streaming down her face, Anna placed her hands over El's ears to calm her down, which didn't help as Eleven collapsed onto the ground.

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