Jess was eating with Wheeler family, looking towards Mike with a worried glance.

They decided to have a sleepover since Jess' parents had gone off to a business meeting and would be back by tomorrow afternoon.

"We should be out there right now. We should be helping look for him." Mike argued, Jess nodding in agreement.

"We've been over this, Mike. The Chief says-"

"Screw what the Chief says!" Jess argued.

"Yeah! I don't care what the Chief said." Mike says, agreeing.

"Michael and Jessica!"

"We have to do something. Will could be in danger."

"More reason to stay put."

"Mom!"

"Mrs. Wheeler!"

"End of discussion," she says, causing Jess to huff in anger, looking at Mike who shared her frustration.

"So...me and Barbara are gonna study at her house tonight. That's cool, right?" Nancy says, looking at her mom, causing Jess to look at Mike and roll her blue eyes, clearly hearing 'bullshit' from her sentence.

"No, not cool."

Jess and Mike smirked at each other, enjoying Nancy's misfortune together.

"What? Why not?"

"Why do you think? Am I speaking Chinese in this house? Until we know Will is okay, no one leaves."

"This is such bullshit."

"Language."

"So, we're under house arrest? Just because Mike and Jess' friend got lost on the way home from-"

"Wait, this is Will's fault?" Mike asked angrily.

"Oh my god you're such a bitch!" Jess exclaimed.

"Language."

"Nancy, take that back." Mrs. Wheeler warned.

"No!"

Jess flips her off, her face turning red in anger.

"You're just pissed off 'cause you wanna hang out with Steve," Mike calls her out, causing Jess to snort.

"Steve?"

"Who's Steve?"

"Her new boyfriend, that's who," Jess says.

"Colombian Whore!" Nancy yells.

"Language!"

Jess froze, her jaw dropping.

Mike glared at his sister.

Jess got up from the table, glaring at Nancy who just registered what she said but refused to apologize.

"Puta." she hissed, flipping her off as tears started to stream down her cheeks as she stormed to the basement.

"Look what you did you racist jerk," Mike growled at Nancy who rolled her eyes and left the table.

"Nancy, come back. Come back."

Mrs. Wheeler sighed and comforted Holly, who seemed to almost break into tears.

"You see, Michael? You see what happens?"

"What happens with what? Jess and I are the only ones acting normal here! We're the only ones who care about Will! And I'm the only one who seems to remember that Jess is extremely sensitive to people insulting her Spanish background!" Mike yelled.

"That is really unfair, son. We care."

Mike just had enough, getting up and leaving to the basement to check on Jess.

"Mike!"

"Let him go."

X

Jess was sobbing on the couch, Mike frowning at her as she laid her head on his shoulder.

"I hate it when people call me that...she knows that," Jess says, gasping as more tears run down her cheeks.

"I told you when she's always been a jerk, she's always been a jerk." Mike sighed.

Jess shrugged, sniffing.

"I remember a time I used to consider her my sister. Now she's just a bitch that abandons a friend once they get popular."

She chuckled, wiping her eyes.

"Thanks for listening to me rant Mike, you're like a true brother to me."

Mike smiles at Jess.

"And you're like the sister I WISHED my sister was like. A bit more understanding."

She chuckled, smiling at the freckled boy.

X

"Lucas, do you copy? It's Mike. Lucas?"

"Hey, it's Lucas."

Jess rolls her eyes and takes her Supercomm.

"We know it's you. This is Jess here. And say 'over' when you're done talking so we know when you're done. Over."

"I'm done. Over." Lucas replies back sarcastically.

"We're worried about Will. Over." Mike says in his.

They hear Lucas sigh.

"Yeah. This is crazy. Over."

"I was thinking...Will could've cast Protection last night, but he didn't. He cast Fireball. Over." Mike continued.

"What's your point? Over."

Jess sighs before answering through hers.

"His point is...he could've played it safe, but he didn't. He put himself in danger to help the party. Over."

Lucas hesitated before answering.

"Meet me in 10. Over and out."

The three of them slid their antennas down and they both took supplies from the basement, shoving them in their backpacks.

They both left through the basement, grabbing onto their bikes and leaving the house.

But Mike turned to see Steve Harrington getting to Nancy's window.

Jess noticed and rolled her eyes, telling Mike to come on.

X

The boys had caught up with the two, riding their bikes to Mirkwood.

"Ah, man. This is it." Lucas says, causing all of them to stop.

They got out of their bikes, Dustin looking up when thunder was being heard.

"You guys. You feel that?"

Jess looks to Dustin who was wiping a raindrop from his face.

"I think maybe we should go back."

"No. We're not going back. Just stay close." Mike says, putting his bike aside.

"Come on," Jess says, following Mike.

"Just stay on channel six. Don't do anything stupid." Mike calls as Lucas followed behind Jess.

Dustin hesitated before his eyes landed on Jess' bouncing brown curls.

"Hey, guys! Wait up!"

He runs up to them, Jess smiling at him.

"Wait up!"

"We are Dustin!" she giggles.

X

"WILL!" Jess screamed, her hair sticking to her face as the rain poured on her and the boys.

"Will!"

"Will!"

"Byers!"

"I've got your X-Men 134!"

"WILL!" Jess screamed again.

"Guys, I really think we should turn back," Dustin says, causing Jess to turn to the boy.

"Dustin, really?!"

"Seriously, Dustin?" Lucas says, agreeing with Jess.

"You wanna be a baby, then go home already."

"Lucas Sinclair!" Jess exclaimed.

"What?!"

"Don't call him a baby! I'm also scared!"

"Yeah! Besides, I'm just being realistic, Lucas." Dustin argued.

"No, you're just being a big sissy!"

"Did you ever think Will went missing because he ran into something bad? And we're going to the exact same spot where he was last seen? And we have no weapons or anything?" Dustin asked.

Jess frowned, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Dustin, shut up," Mike says before Jess could voice on how he made a good point.

"I'm just saying, does that seem smart to you?"

"Shut up. Shut up. Did you guys hear that?"

There was rustling, causing all of them to gasp, Jess grabbing onto Dustin's free hand, her flashlight shaking in her other hand.

There was more rustling, causing them to turn their flashlights, Jess' gasp of shock at what they saw.

A kid their age in a huge yellow t-shirt shivering and breathing heavily.

Jess and Mike looked at each other before looking back to the kid, who now Jess had a good look at looked like a girl.

And for some reason...

Both her and Mike wanted to help her.