They all ran back into the house, grabbing weapons that could potentially help them in this situation. Nancy grabbed a shotgun, while Jonathan got an axe. The kids were boarding up the house, making the entrances blocked off.

"Hey, get away from the windows." Nancy says, cocking the shotgun. They all get in a "kill circle" and surround the middle of the house, ready to attack. Max and Ava still hand in hand. Ava didn't know what to do, or if she would even be helpful in this situation, she had multiple broken bones.

It all became silent, the circle ready for anything to come their way. "It's close." Will says, shakily. They all hear trees rustling, and branches snapping."Where'd it go?" Max asks, squeezing Ava's hand tighter.

It became quiet again, but it was all ruined in no time. A creature shrieks, making everyone yell and back out of their circle. The creature launches its arms into the house, trying to grab onto people. Jonathan slams the axe into one of its arms, making the creature shriek in pain.

Jonathan went for another hit, but instead got launched into a wall. Before the arm could get to Jonathan, Nancy shot at it. She unfortunately ran out of bullets, making the arm shrivel up and turn to her, the arm was going for Nancy, ready to kill her, but El stopped it, tearing it in half.

"Holy shit." Max mumbles. Another arm comes flying into the room, El stops it before it came closer to her. Then another hand bursts into the room, El stopping it as well. She tears both of them in half. "That was badass." Ava says before the creature shrieks, grabbing El's ankle. They all rush over to El, and grab her before the creature takes her.

Ava tries to channel her power, thinking of using this situation to her advantage. Let's see what the hell she can do. Ava takes her hand, and digs it into the creature. She feels something coming up from her arm, and clinging into her hand, putting it on The Mind Flayer. Fog burns through the creature, making it shriek, Ava imagines the fog being thick enough to cut through the creature.

The fog becomes a straight line, cutting through The Mind Flayer, making it create noises in pain, grunting and shrieking. Jonathan decides to take the axe and cut through the rest of the creature, making it quicker than just the fog doing so. The creature lets go of El, who was screaming and crying in pain after Mike yanked the rest of the creature off of El's leg. Ava just figured out what she could do.

The Mind Flayer sticks it's head through an open hole, and roars. El gets up, and screams. She holds her hands out, and tears the creatures head in half, but not entirely. The creature retreats, leaving an injured El in Mike's arms.

They all took this to their advantage and run out of the house, the two older teens, Jonathan and Nancy, shouting for the kids to run while they grab weapons that could help for possible dangers.

They all rush into a vehicle. "Drive! Drive!" Mike shouts, El whimpering in pain. They all make it to a store to help El, the older teens going to find rubbing alcohol to remove any possible infections.

"Okay, get her down." Nancy speaks up, holding rubbing alcohol and bandaids. "Okay. Let me see." Nancy says, lifting up El's clothing, revealing a deep cut that would surely get infected if not treated soon.

"Oh, shit." Max mumbles. "That's fucking disgusting." Ava says, gagging. "What, hey, what are you doing?" Max asks the older girl. "I'm cleaning the wound." She responds. "No, first we need to stop the bleeding, then clean, then disinfect, then bandage." Max informs her, receiving weird glances from everyone, except Ava, who's too busy not trying to be sick from the cut itself.

"I skateboard, trust me." The redhead says. "Mike, hold this." Max says, making the boy put his hand over a napkin, applying pressure on El's wound. "Keep the pressure on it, nice and firm, okay?" She says, earning a nod from Mike.

"We're gonna need water, soap." Max says, looking at Nancy. "Yeah, okay." Nancy says, pulling Jonathan up with her, the two running off. Lucas takes his backpack and dumps it out, "Does any of this help?" Lucas asks, making Ava sigh. "No." Max responds. "Go get me a washcloth and a bowl." She demands.

"A bowl?" Lucas asks, "Lucas." Max says sternly. Will gestures for Lucas to go, and so they do. "You're hot when you're stern." Ava mumbles, "Ava, go help the boys find stuff, i'm sure they won't know where anything is." Max replies, a small amount of blush showing. "Yeah, right." Ava replies, standing up and walking the direction the boys went.

Ava finds the boys standing in front of fireworks, "What are you guys doing?" Ava asks, walking up towards them. "Look at this." Lucas says, "Satan's baby. You ever shot one of these suckers?" Lucas asks Will, not even acknowledging Ava.

"No. Is it sweet?" Will says, "That's an understatement." Lucas responds. "I've never even heard of a Satan's baby." Ava says, grabbing the firework from Lucas and examining it.

"That doesn't look like a bowl." Max says, walking up to the three. Ava smiles nervously and tosses the firework back into Lucas's hands. "I know right? I tried telling them." Ava says, chuckling nervously.

"Nah, it's way better." Lucas responds to Max's comment, "There is a reason this wanting label says '18 or older'." Lucas continues, "This sucker is filled with 150 grains of black powder. AKA gunpowder." He says, tossing the firework to Max.

"Strap two of these together, and it's bigger than an M-80. Five of them? We got ourselves a stick of dynamite." He finishes, a wide smirk covering his face. "You wanna kill that thing with fireworks?" Max asks, "Do you have a better idea?" Lucas responds confidently.

"Uh, yeah. Eleven." The redhead remarks, throwing the firework back into Lucas's hands. "Against that thing? She's gonna need some backup." He scoffs. "Backup? Fireworks? She has powers." Ava responds.

"And Ava could be her backup, i mean, did you see what she did to that thing?" Will says, nudging Lucas's shoulder. "Ava has a cast covering her left arm, even if she was backup, you need two hands to do full damage." Lucas says, "Fireworks can be that extra hand." He finishes, holding the firework into the air.

"Oh my god." Max scoffs, grabbing Ava's hand and walking away.

~~~

They were all letting El try and find Dustin, sitting in uncomfortable silence so El could focus, that was until someone decided to ruin it.

Lucas cracks open a soda. "Quiet." Max whispers to the boy, hand in hand with her girlfriend. "Oh, sorry." Lucas whispers back, taking a sip from the soda. "How do you even drink that?" Mike scoffs, "Because it's delicious." Lucas responds.

"What?" Mike and Max say in unison. "It's like Carpenter's The Thing." He says, getting weird looks from the group. "The original is a classic, no question about it. But the remake.." Lucas says, taking an exaggerated sip of the soda. "Sweeter, bolder.." Lucas says, turning to the redhead who has been giving him an awkward stare for the past minute. "Better." Lucas whispers.

"You're insane." Mike responds, "So, you prefer the original thing?" Lucas asks. "What? No, i'm not talking about the thing, i'm talking about New Coke." He says. "It's the same concept, dude." Lucas responds, sighing.

"Uh, actually, it's not the same concept." Mike responds, "It is the same concept." Lucas scoffs. "Shut the hell up." Ava says, sighing in annoyance. "No, it's not." Mike says, ignoring Ava's comment. "Yes, it is!" Lucas shouts.

"Hey." El says firmly, "Sorry." Lucas and Mike respond. "Did you.. Find him?" Mike asks, smiling nervously.

~~~

"The movies?" Lucas scoffs after figuring out Dustin was there. "Dustin's so freaked about the gate, he decides to go watch a movie?" He continues. "You're positive he said 'gate' and not 'great'?" Max asks.

"Yeah, like, this movie i'm watching is great." Will says, "Sounded like 'gate'." El responds. "Which would explain how the Mind Flayer's still alive." Mike says, putting his arm around El.

"Yeah, we just have to shut it again." Max says, "Then the monster dies." Will says, "But if not, we always have Lucas's fireworks." Max says, sarcastically. "Keep mocking my plan, Max. Keep mocking it. I wanna hear you say it again, because you keep doubting me. Your girlfriend and Will believe in it." Lucas scoffs.

Lucas turns around to Ava and Will. "Ava, Will? We're gonna prove 'em wrong, right?" Lucas asks with a wide grin. "Sure, sure." Ava responds, as Will just simply nods.

"Wait, babe, you think this firework plan is going to work?" Max asks, walking up to the girl to hold her hand once again. Ava just nods, still slightly angry at the redhead for causing her to be in a cast, but they never really broke up, and it was obvious Max needed the comfort, i mean, her stepbrother is flayed and is out killing people.

~~~

They all make it to Starcourt Mall, which is where Dustin was watching a movie, but the group quickly realized he wasn't because he said he was in a code red.

El took steps further, leaving the group to trail behind, and she started a cars alarm, distracting a group of men who had guns.

As the car alarm was going off, the group stared up at El, who simply launched the car forward into the men, surely killing a few if not all of them.

They look down at Dustin, who was with Steve, Erica, and an older girl, Robin. They were all pretty much focused on Dustin and the wide smile he had on his face, but Ava's attention was on her older brother.

"Holy shit, Steve, your face is all kinds of messed up!" Ava shouted, running down the stairs to her brother. "Yeah, thanks." Steve responds, walking quickly to the girl, embracing her in a soft and gentle hug due to her arm.

"You flung that thing like a Hot Wheel!" Dustin shouts to El, laughing and running over to the group, hugging Mike and El in the process. "Lucas?" Erica says, "What are you doing here?" Lucas asks in an annoyed tone. "Ask them, it's their fault." Erica scoffs, pointing at Steve and Robin.

"True, yeah. Totally true. It's absolutely our fault." Steve scoffs at the younger girl. "I don't understand what happened to that car." Robin says, making Ava chuckle at the bluntness. "El has superpowers." Dustin responds quickly.

"I'm sorry?" Robin says, "Superpowers. She threw it with her mind. C'mon catch up." Steve says, Robin looking at him as if he's crazy, making Ava hold back a laugh. "That's El?" Erica asks.

"Who's El?" Robin asks, "I'm sorry, who are you?" Nancy asks, making Ava look over at Steve with a smirk, assuming Nancy was jealous. "I'm Robin, i work with Steve." She responds, "She cracked the top secret code." Dustin informs, smiling.

"Yeah, which is how we found out about the Russians." Steve adds, "Russians? Wait, what Russians?" Jonathan asks, "The Russians!" Steve responds, gesturing to the men El hit with the car.

"Those were Russians?" Max asks, her eyes filled with interest at the words. "Some of them." Erica responds, looking over at Lucas, who was confused as hell. "What are you talking about?" Lucas asks bluntly, moving his hands in the air in confusion.

"Didn't you hear our code red?" Dustin asks, sending Lucas a glare. "Yeah, couldn't understand what you were saying." Mike responds for Lucas, sighing. "God damn low battery." Dustin mumbles under his breath.

"How many times do i have to tell you with the low battery?" Steve scoffs, "Well, everything worked out, didn't it, Steve?" Dustin asks in annoyance, "Worked out? We almost died." Erica scoffs at the boy.

"Yeah, but we didn't, did we?" Dustin asks, "It was pretty damn close." Steve mumbles. "Okay, Russians?" Lucas asks, still confused. "Yes, Lucas, Russians, it's not new anymore!" Ava says, annoyed. "First of all, what the hell happened to your face?" Ava asks, looking at her brother. "What do you think? The damn Russians, Ava." Steve scoffs.

"You weak ass motherfucker, you couldn't take a Russian?" Ava says, glaring at the older boy because of his sarcasm. "He actually knocked one out." Dustin cuts in, making Ava look at him with wide eyes. "He what?" Ava asks, turning back to Steve, who had an unsatisfied look on his face, but Ava could see a smirk creeping in.

"Holy shit, i take back what i said about you being a weak ass motherfucker!" Ava says, a grin on her face about her brother knocking out a Russian guard. "I know right? Isn't it so cool?" Steve mumbles to Ava, making sure no one hears it.

"Okay, but like, Russians, as in they're working for the Russian government?" Lucas asks, making Ava glare at him in annoyance. "What are you not comprehending?" Dustin asks. Ava turns to look at El, who drifted off to the side of the group.

"Am i not speaking English?" Dustin asks, "We have a full-blown Red Dawn situation." The boy finishes, scoffing. "So this has nothing to do with the gate?" Max asks, Ava's eyes not leaving El.

Once Ava sees El cover her ears, she decides to step in. "El, are you okay?" Ava asks, walking up to the girl. El looks the girl in the eyes before falling to the ground, making the group look at them.

"Woah woah, El!" Mike shouts, walking to the girl to see what's wrong. "What's wrong with her?" Erica asks, "Did you do something to her?" Mike asks, looking up at Ava. "No, i would nev-" Ava says before getting cut off by Max, "Shut the hell up Mike, of course she didn't hurt El." Max says, grabbing Ava's hand. "Asshole." Max mumbles, angry that Mike assumed her girlfriend hurt El.

Mike shakes his head in annoyance and looks back down at El. "What's wrong?" He asks softly, "My leg." El responds, weakly. "Her leg, okay, okay." Jonathan says, lifting the bottom of her pants up, revealing the gash, making everyone groan in disgust.

"Max, i swear i'm gonna be sick." Ava responds, her face getting pale. "Now is not the time, sweetheart." Max responds, not taking her eyes off the cut on El's leg.

They all see something moving in the gash, making El groan in pain. "El! El!" Mike says, making sure his girlfriend is still conscious. "El, are you okay?" Mike asks, "Mike, you're stupid, does she look okay? Something is literally moving under her skin, dipshit!" Ava says, trying not to puke.

Mike kept shaking her shoulders, wanting a response out of his girlfriend. He got a response, but not one that he wanted, she ended up screaming in pain, before completely going unconscious.

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This was a big chapter, but im glad i finished it. It's been taking me a while to publish chapters lately, and i'm just gonna blame it on my sleep schedule, that thing has been messed tf up. I've been sleeping most of the day and staying up all night, so i'm sorry for not writing and publishing a lot. Also, i'm kinda thinking on writing another Max Mayfield x fem oc story, but much more professionally than this one because this was my first time writing a fanfic and i know how to write one better now, so tell me how you guys feel about it me writing another one! But thank you for reading anyways, i love you all!<3