(a/n i just blast typed this in two hours you are very welcome... also... HAPPY EASTER!)

We all got everything ready to go down. Steve had decided that it would be best for him to go down first, just in case if there would be anything that could hurt any of us.

Steve began to climb down into the opening. "Please be careful, Harrington," I pleaded.

"Of course," he smiled back at me.

Steve disappeared into the hole. Soon after him came all the kids. Everyone had a flashlight so it helped everyone to be able to see in the dark area.

I was the last to go down. Everything about the Upside Down was so different from anything I had ever seen before. The air was so polluted and the walls were covered with a bad smelling slime. The smell was unexplainable. It just smelled horrible, but like dead body horrible.

We trudged along quickly to a place Steve found suitable for his plan. "Okay," Dustin said. "Light her up."

"Already ahead of you," Steve remarked, opening his lighter.

He put his lighter forward and everything caught on fire immediately, like a wildfire. "Go, go, go, go!" Steve yelled at the group.

Everyone began running as fast as their legs could take them. We raced along as a group until Mike screamed. "Guys help!" he wailed. 

One of the vines out of the ground had made its way around his legs and had him held in place. I quickly bolted to his side and began trying to cut the vine with my pocketknife. After me came Lucas and Dustin, trying to pull the vine from its root. I dug my knife as far as it could go and the vine snapped. 

Mike was breathing heavily and wiping his leg off as much as he could to get dirt and slime off. He grabbed onto me and hugged me. "Thank you," he mumbled into my chest.

As heartfelt as it was, the moment was ruined by a sound I heard. We turned to see a real demodog. Dustin began walking slowly to the creature. "Dustin, what the hell are you doing man?" Lucas whisper-yelled.

"Shh, I got this," Dustin insured.

"Hey Dart! It's me, Dustin. Will you let us past?"

The creature roared as saliva dripped out of its mouth. "Okay, okay? Sorry about the basement thing. Hey! Are you hungry?"

Dustin dug out an 3 Musketeers from his bag. "He's insane!" Lucas whispered.

Mike slightly hit him. "Shut up!"

"I got your favorite: nougat!" the creature chittered at Dustin's words.

Dustin carefully unwrapped the candy bar as the creature crept closer to him. He then placed it in front of 'Dart'. When the demodog began to eat the bar, Dustin motioned us to go past. We all hurried past. 

Dustin stood up and looked at Dart. He reinserted his goggles on his face. "Goodbye, buddy."

He put his face covering back on. "Okay! Let's go! Let's go!" Steve rushed us out.

"Hey guys?" I grabbed the attention of the party.

"Yeah?" most of them responded.

"What's that noise?" I asked turning to all of them.

Everyone was quiet as we listened. I could hear a faint noise coming from the direction of the wall but as the seconds passed, the noise got louder and louder. Dustin's face dropped. "RUN!" Mike yelled.

Steve grabbed my hand and we started running faster than ever before. To put it in perspective, if we were put up against the winner of the sprinting portion of the Olympics, we'd win. 

Steve quickly let go of my hand and hoisted up kids one by one, starting with Max, then Lucas, and then Mike. Just as Steve was about to help Dustin up, the chittering from before could be heard. Steve defensively got in front of me and Dustin with his nailed bat outstretched in front of him.

Dustin gripped onto me as the demodogs rounded the corner. I held him close to me as Mike yelled for us to come up the rope, but it was too late.

Then, when it seemed all hope was lost, they didn't attack us. They just ran right past us. I stood there in awe and shock. Steve came up to us and engulfed me in the biggest, most comforting hug ever. "Holy shit," I huffed out. "That was... exhilarating."

"Yeah, for real," he spoke out. 

Right then and there I felt something I never have before. A wave of want and electricity flooded into my system. I pulled off my goggles and my bandana, and pulled down Steve's as well. 

My lips met his in the most passionate kiss I will probably ever see. We had both wanted this. 

Maybe you might think this was too soon, but coming to Hawkins was fate.

And Steve was my destiny.