xxii. that's definitely not chinese food

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// twenty two
โ€ข ๐—๐—๐–บ๐—๐—Œ ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—…๐—’ ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐–ฝ


"That keycard opens the door, but unfortunately, the Russian with this keycard also has a massive gun. Whatever's in this room, whatever's in these boxes, they really don't want anyone finding it."

Dustin says as he paced around the back room. "But there's gotta be a way in." Robin says turning to Julia who sat across from her leaning against a chair.

"Well, you know..." Steve began cocking his head leaning on the table. "I could just take 'em out."

"Take who out?" Robin raised her eyebrows.

"The Russian guard." Steve said in a duh tone, Robin nods slowly with wide eyes leaning back on her chair. "What? I sneak up behind them, I knock him out and I take his keycard. It's easy."

"Did you not hear the part about the massive gun?" Dustin says, he still remembered the day Steve got his ass kicked by Billy and it wasn't pretty.

"Yes. Dustin. I did. And that's why I would be sneaking."

"Well, please, tell me this, and be honest, have you ever actually... won a fight?"

"Okay, that's was one timeโ€”" Steve scoffs, already knowing what Dustin was talking about.

"Twice, actually. Jonathan, he kicked your ass, then there was Billy he beat you up... like bad." Julia says titling her head to the side, staring at her boyfriend.

"Your supposed to be on my side, plus that doesn't count." Steve declares turning back to Dustin making Julia chuckle.

"Please, he beat the shit out of you."

"It wasโ€”"

"You got a fat lip, crooked nose, swollen eye, a lot of blood." Dustin said looking at Steve, feeling some pity for the older male. "That just might work." Robin sudden said walking out the room to the front, she took all the cash from the tip jar with her helmet in hand.

"Hey, Robin! Hey, what are you doing?" Steve pushed the door while Dustin and Julia followed. "I need cash." She tells them walking backwards.

"Well, half of that is mine and Julia's. Where you going?" Steve called out watching the girl leave.

"To find a way into the room, a safe way and in the meantime, sling some ice cream, behave, and don't get beat up. I'll be back in a jiff."

"Great." Julia sighed watching the girl disappeared through the crowed, Dustin took the scoop, which was Steve, licking the ice cream off.

"Oh, dude. Come on, man, not my scooper." Steve groans, taking the scoop back.


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After an hour of scooping ice cream they were still waiting around for Robin to come back, Julia was in the back room along with Dustin and Steve when Robin showed up with a long rolled up paper.

"It is fascinating what 20 bucks will get you at the County Recorder's office." She said laying down the blue prints. "Starcourt Mall. The complete blueprints."

"Not bad."

"So, this is us, Scoops, and this is where we want to get." Robin slid her finger across the paper.

"I mean, I don't really see a way in." Steve looks down, Julia stood beside Robin as she took off the layer above relieving other part of the mall but with better directions.

"There's not if you're talking exclusively about doors."

"Air ducts." Dustin eyes widen. "Exactly. Turns out, this secret room needs air just like any old room." Robin walked over to the white broad grabbing a marker then coming back.

"And these air ducts lead all the way..." Robin circled the Russians room and drew a line down to Scoops Ahoy then circled it. "Here."

They all turned up at the air vent. "How will anyone fit there." Julia asked furrows turning back to them, Steve grabbed a ladder and used screwdriver to open the vent.

"Flashlight." Steve passes Dustin the vent gate along with the screwdriver. "Thank you." He says once Dustin gave him the flashlight.

"Yeah, I don't know, man. I don't know if you can fit in here. It's, like... super tight." Steve squints checking the inside before climbing back down the ladder.

"I'll fit. Trust me. No collar bones, remember?" Dustin tells him, which made the Robin narrows her brows towards the three. "Uh, excuse me?"

"Oh, he's, uh... yeah, he's got some disease." Steve tried to explain. "Chry, uh... it's chrydo, um... something, yeah. I don't know. He's missing bones and stuff. He can bend like Gumbo."

"You mean Gumby." Robin states.

"I'm pretty sure it's Gumbo."

"Steve, just shut up and push me!" Dustin shouts from inside the vent. "Okay." Steve rolls his eyes climbing mid-way pushing Dustin's feet.

"Not my feet, dumbass. Push my ass."

"What?"

"Touch my butt! I don't care! Come on!" Dustin shouted, Steve climes higher and placed his hands on his butt pushing. "Harder! Push harder!"

"I'm pushing!" Steve yells lifting Dustin's legs swinging them over his shoulders. "You're playing with my legs."

"I'm not playing, I have terrible footing." Steve tells him. "I'm gonna just shove you, ready? One, two..." Steve grunts straighten his legs and pushed his body in.

"Shit!"

"That work?"

Julia looked back when she heard the bell ringing, Erica stood there ringing the bell. "Ahoy, sailors! All hands on deck. Ahoy! Get over here and serve me some samples."

"You think what am thinking." Robin looked at Julia with a grin, the girl nodded. "Definitely."


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The group tried to convince Erica to look through the vent, and maybe go through it when finally she decided to take a look. "Yeah, I don't know." She turns to the group after checking the vent.

"You don't know if you can fit?" Dustin asked the girl.

"Oh, I can fit. I just don't know if I want to." She tells them honestly.

"Are you claustrophobic?"

She laughed. "I don't have phobias."

"Okay, we'll, what's the problem?"

"The problem is, I still haven't heard what's in this for Erica." Erica says making making the group sigh deeply.


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Steve slides an ice cream sundae towards Erica who sat at the head of the booth, Dustin, Julia sat to her left and Robin and Steve to Erica' right.

"More fudge, Please." Erica pushed the sundae back to Steve, "go on." She flicked her hand, Steve grabbed it and Julia followed after him.

"Do you think this is a good idea." Julia says peering over at the three sitting at the booth before turning back to Steve as he filled the sundae with more fudge.

"What is?" Steve asked placing the sundae down and moved towards towards sink washing his hands clean.

"Using a ten year old to sneak into the room with armed men surrounding the place." Julia said rolling her eyes gently, Steve cocked his head nodding. "Yeah, but the men won't be there and on the other note she'll be inside while we are talking with her, she be fine."

Steve says picking up the sundae. "Right?" Julia stared at him in disbelief as he pondered the question. "Yeah, she'll be fine." Steve walks out.


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After the Mall closed the five of them where the only ones at the mall, the three adults were on top of the roof with Dustin while Erica was down inside Scoops Ahoy.

"Erica, do you copy?" Robin spoke through the walkie. "Mm-Hmm. I copy. You nerds in position or what?" She asked.

"Yeah, we're in position. It's all quiet here, so you've got the green light."

"Green light, roger that. Commence Operation Child Endangerment."

"Can we please not call us that?" Julia says getting a nod from Steve and Robin, leaving her in the middle of them.

"See you on the other side. Nerds." She said making them heard thrusting and movement through the walkie-talkie. Soon those 10 minutes had gone by and Erica had spoken again. "All right, nerds. I'm there."

"Do you see anything?" Robin asked.

"Yeah, I see those boring boxes you're so excited about."

"Any guards?"

"Negative."

"Booby traps?"

"If I could see them, they'd be pretty shit traps, wouldn't they?" Erica scoffed.

"Thank you for that."

And a moment of silence Erica had spoken. "I'm in." She said making Steve panic. "Oh, god."

After a couple seconds the doors opened and Erica had walked out. "Free ice cream for life." She smirks, the groups rushed down from the roof and walked inside the room.

Steve opens through one of the boxes, inside there was another box but it was sliver. Steve reached down twisting the hedges open, removing the lid. They all looked down and saw four circles with handles. "That's definitely not Chinese food. Uh, maybe you guys should, you know, stand back." Steve told them.

The three girls backed away but Dustin didn't. "Just step back, okay?" Steve said pushing Dustin chest away from him. "No."

"Step back. Seriously."

"No! No! If you die, I die." Dustin told him, Steve  sighs and shrugs. "Okay." He pulled open one of lids up and lifts it for everyone else to see.

It was green with glowing specs. "What the hell."
The room shook making a low rumbled. Julia glances around the room confused.

"Was that just me, or did the room move?" Dustin stares up at the ceiling. "Booby traps." Erica whispers.

"You know what? Let's just grab that and go." Robin snatched the green glowing container out from Steve hands and shoving it inside Erica's backpack. "Which one do I press, Erica?" Dustin asked with his back facing to them as he tried to open the door. "Just press the damn button, nerd!"

"Which one? I'm pressing the button, okay?" Dustin looked back at the ten year old. "Press open door." She told him.

Julia sighed watching Steve walked over to Dustin and moved him over. "Just open the- press the other button." Steve said pushing the other buttons.

"Just moved out of the way so she can push the buttonโ€”" Robin yelled but was ignored by the two boys bickering.

"Guys!" Julia rolled her eyes watching the boys press random button. "Would you let me just do it? Would you stop?" Steve looked at Dustin.

"Just open the door!"

The room started moving, it rumbled below them. Steve grabbed Julia and turned to the corner of the room realizing that they were dropping down.

"Oh, shit."




































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