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The group all sat around El as she sat with the blindfold around her eyes in her trance. Lucas popped the New Coke top open

"Be quiet" Max scolded him

"Oh sorry" he said while sipping it

"How do you even drink that?" Mike asked him in disgust

"Because it's delicious" Lucas said to him

"What?" the boys and Nancy all asked him

"The original is the classic, no question about it. But the remake... sweeter, bolder, better" Lucas said as Clove shrugged

"They taste the same to me" she spoke up to him

"Are you kidding?" Will asked as she shook her head

"You're both insane" Mike shook his head

"Do you prefer the original thing?" Lucas asked him

"What? No i'm not talking about the thing i'm talking about new coke" Mike said to him

"It's the same concept dude" Lucas rolled his eyes

"Are we still all talking about the same thing?" Clove asked confused

"Actually it's not the same concept" Mike shook his head

"It is" Lucas argued

"No it's not" Mike shot back

"Yes it is!" Lucas yelled as El yanked her blindfold off

"Hey!" she yelled, making Clove jump

"Sorry" Lucas said

"Sorry" Mike repeated after as El looked toward Clove

"Right, sorry El" she cleared her throat

"Did you find them?" Mike asked as El nodded

"The movies? Dustin's so freaked out the same day he decides to go watch a movie?" Lucas asked while pushing Clove around in the shopping cart

"That makes total since" she said while shoving some marshmallows into her mouth

"And you're positive he said gate and not great?" Max asked

"Yeah like this movie i'm watching is great" Will nodded in agreement

"It sounded like gate" El said

"Which explains how the mind flayer is still alive" Mike added

"Yeah and we just have to shut it again" Max said

"Then that sucker dies! Boom" Clove said while smacking her hands together

"But if not we can use Lucas's fireworks" Max said while looking to her girlfriend sitting in the cart with fireworks surrounding her

"Keep mocking my plan Max, Cloves on board" Lucas said

"He's right" Clove nodded while throwing a marshmallow at her

"Lucas don't involve Clove, she just died and came back to life" Mike said

"Yes I died and came back to life... as one does" Clove said sarcastically

"Like frankenstein" Will smiled

"See? Will gets it" Clove giggled

"Stop talking about Clove dying" El demands

"Noted" Lucas said as they rolled off toward the car

El used her powers to make the car alarm go off in the middle of the mall as the four Russian men inched closer toward their friends. The four looked up to see the eight standing on the next level of the star court. El swung her arm, making the car hit them all as Clove quickly rushed down the steps

"Dustin" she smiled while he hugged her tightly

"Oh you came! I'm so glad you showed up" he said while hugging her

"I was so worried" she said while they pulled away

"Guys" Dustin smiled while hugging El and Mike

"Dad?" Clove asked confused while seeing the man with them

"Hey Clovey" he said while hugged her tightly

"How'd you end up here?" she laughed as he did too

"I was wondering the same thing" he laughed while Clove saw Erica hug Lucas

"Hey, my four leaf Clover" Steve smiled as she rushed to him

"Scrawny asshole! What happened to your eye?" she asked while seeing it

"The russians" he said as Clove saw Robin next to him

"Ow" Steve said after Clove smacked him upside the head

"Why'd you get Robin involved? She could have gotten hurt" she scolded him

"Hey don't worry about it, all my idea actually" Robin laughed while they hugged

"What happened to you guys?" Steve asked her

"I died and then Jonathan brought me back to life" Clove shrugged

"What?" Levan, Erica, Dustin, Robin, and Steve all shouted

"Story for another time, cmon" she said while pulling the two older teens toward the rest of the group

"I don't understand what happened to that car" Robin said confused

"El had super powers" Dustin nodded

"I'm sorry?" Robin asked as Clove laughed

"Super powers, she threw it with her mind. Cmon catch up" Steve said as Robins mouth dropped

"That's El?" Erica asked with wide eyes

"Who's El?" Robin asked

"She's her" Clove said while pointing toward the brunette next to her

"I'm sorry who are you?" Nancy asked

"My other girlfriend" Clove nodded as Max slapped her arm making Clove laugh and put a arm around her, "I'm kidding! You know i'm kidding."

"I'm Robin, I work with Steve" Robin said with a blink

"She cracked the top secret code" Dustin grinned

"Which is how we found out about the Russians in the first place" Levan said casually

"Russians?" Jonathan asked him confused

"The Russians! Hello!" Levan yelled while motioning toward the car

"Those were russians?" Max asked with wide eyes

"Some of them" Erica shrugged

"Oh my god, what had this world turned into?" Clove shook her head as she looked around

"What are you talking about?" Lucas asked while waving his hands around

"Didn't you hear our code Red?" Dustin asked Mike

"Yeah I couldn't understand half of what you were saying" Mike told him

"God damn low battery! How many times do I have to tell you with the low battery?" Steve asked Dustin annoyed

"Everything worked out, didn't it Steve?" Dustin shot back

"Worked out? Are you kidding me?" Levan asked him

"We almost died" Erica agreed with the older man

"Yeah but we didn't, did we?" Dustin yelled back at her

"Was pretty damn close" Steve said

"Okay Russians? As in the russian government?" Lucas asked

"What other russians would they mean dumbass?" Clove asked Lucas before a loud drop caused her to look over

"El!" Clove yelled while rushing toward the collapse girl

"You okay sweetie?" Levan asked her

"Whats wrong?" Mike asked in a panic

"My leg, my leg" El groaned as Jonathan lifted the girls pant leg to see the part of her leg that was bit, moving around

"Oh no" Clove said with wide eyes

"El? El are you okay? El?" Mike asked the girl who was yelling in pain on the ground as Jonathan ran off

"Hey, hey just look at me. Listen to my voice okay?" Clove asked the girl while squeezing her hand as she yelled in pain again

"Um you know it isn't even that bad? There was a goaly on my soccer team; Beth Wildfire. This other girl ran into her leg and like the whole bone came out of her knee, six inches or something, it was insane" Robin began to rant

"Robin" Steve said to her to catch her attention

"Yeah?" she asked him

"You're not helping" Steve shook his head at her

"I'm sorry" she apologized while Jonathan ran back over with a knife

"Oh hell to the no! We aren't doing this again? I'm gonna have a scar from that! You want El's beautiful left leg to have a scar?" Clove asked him

"Clove" Max said with a crazy look, "You're worried about scars?"

"Child protective services!" Clove threw her hands up

"Oh my god, oh my god" Levan began to pace around

"Alright El? This is gonna hurt like hell okay?" Jonathan asked her in a easy voice

"Okay" El cried out while leaning into Mike and squeezing Cloves hand tighter while Max kept her arm around Clove

"Here, here kiddo bit down on this okay?" Levan said while handing her a wooden spoon

"Do it" Mike said as Jonathan hovered the knife over El's leg before he sliced a small line down as El screamed loudly in pain while Clove and Mike held her closer

"It's okay, breath El! Like this see?" Clove began to try and talk her down before the girl screamed again while Jonathan stuck his fingers in the wound and tried to find the small creature that was moving around

"Jonathan !" Clove yelled as El spit the spoon out

"Stop it! Stop!" she cried out as Jonathan yanked his hand away

"I can do it" El cried while Clove and Mike helped her up more. She began to scream and yell as she used her powers to cry and navigate the thing in her leg. The window behind them broke causing Levan to shield Max and Clove as El suddenly found the thing in her leg and threw it across the room. Hopper stepped on it as he walked in with three people by his side

"Mom? Uncle Murray?" Clove asked in confusion while looking at the two by Hopper and Joyce's side

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powerful. powerful. Also I had Levan apart of the Scoop Troops ahaha