The strange purple and black clouds that seemed to form into a swirling vortex of unearthly energy gently cascaded like a whirlpool in and out of reality as the machine Malcolm had Will strapped to seemed to be faltering.

"We need to shut it off," one nurse said as they noticed energy readings were off the charts.

Malcolm nodded reluctantly, surprised that his calculations had been so far off.

"This should be working," he admitted even as he looked toward the young boy. There appeared be little or no change in him at all. Above he heard the soft tap against the glass at the observation level and he knew that the mother was going to express more concerns.

This is not going the way I planned, he thought sourly as he let them give the equipment a rest and he walked back out of the bunker.

Even as he arrived near the main stairs another sound from the floor above made him pause and look up, wondering what it could be. Switching his gait, the tall dark man arrived at the main lobby of the research facility to see two men standing there waiting to be seen.

"Sir, these two officers were wanting a word with you," the soldier explained even as the man on the right showed his badge.

"I'm Sheriff Phillip Mitchell, this is my acting deputy Jim Hopper. If you don't mind we need to talk in private," the man said in a tone that meant he didn't want to be questioned.

"Gentlemen, there's no need to be hostile. This is a restricted zone however and I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you both to leave," Stroude replied calmly.

"Like hell you are," Hopper snarled even as the sheriff gestured for him to calm down.

"My partner here told me that you are treating a young boy here named William Byers. And that his family is here with him. If it's all right with you, we just wanted to talk with them."

As the scientist passed by the two guards to where the two officers stood he clasped his hands behind his back and said firmly, "I'm afraid that won't be possible. First of all any sort of treatment we do here would be for those connected to the family directly. And secondly it would be with their consent."

Hopper sighed in irritation as the tall man prepared to walk down stairs again and then Mitchell said, "Look we aren't leaving until we talk to the mother at least."

Malcolm gritted his teeth and turned toward them saying, "I really didn't want to have to do this but you leave me no other choice. Disarm them."

Before either of the two newcomers could make a move the two trained soldiers took them by surprise and pushed them to the ground, taking their weapons in one fell swoop.

The scientist stood over them and smiled before commenting, "As much as I wanted this to work where no one got hurt; you are starting to make things difficult. But maybe this works out better for everyone? I believe I recognize one of you.."

He took another look at Hopper's face and muttered, "Yeah. You were the one that got chummy with Doctor Owens. How is he these days?"

"Dead. Your Dreamscape killed him," Hopper shot back.

"Shame. The man was a good patsy. If things went south here I knew he could be the one to answer for it," Malcom said with a shrug as they were led toward the bunker.

"And by the way if you really wanted to come see our progress in action all you action all you had to do was ask. What we're doing here is revolutionary after all."

"Yeah, I bet," the former sheriff said sourly. As they were led toward the bunker depths, Hopper started tapping on a small device off and on, sending a secret message to Jonathan up above.

The miniature walkie-talkie was called a beeper and using Morse Code Hopper was telling Jonathan where they were being taken.

Jonathan quickly wrote down the code as he received it and then looked toward the small control panel he was monitoring.

The other soldiers had all decided to head for the main building because of the eerie phenomenon but that also meant the three some had a chance to make a plan.

"The sheriff and I will go in. As soon as I give a signal, start the alarm across the entire base. Raise as much hell as you can," Hopper said giving the teen the other pager.

As the signal came in, Jonathan stared at the control panel, wondering if the power would return or not for him to even do anything helpful.

That was when he heard a commotion again at the front gates and Jonathan looked up to see a large army Jeep smash thru the gate.

He ran out to see what was going on and couldn't help but smile as he spotted Nancy in the passenger seat.

As the Jeep came to a stop the girl got out of the car and embraced him, kissing him without even waiting.

Jonathan was surprised by her new attitude but didn't turn it away even as he heard a voice behind her chime in, "Gross. Get a room."

He looked up and saw the kids from the camp climb out along with Steve Harrington and a punk girl and teen boy he didn't recognize.

"What are you even doing here?" Jonathan asked Nancy still holding her even with Steve glaring at him.

"Saving the day, duh," Lucas said even as the power began to return to the base.

"Shit that's my cue," Jonathan realized as he grabbed Nancy's hand and pointed toward the building he had just come out of.

"How can we help?" Mike asked as they looked at all of the intricate circuitry.

"Hopper is inside the bunker looking to get my mom and Will out. He wanted me to set off an alarm when I got a signal... which was about five minutes ago," Jonathan explained.

"Well don't waste time! Get it done!" The redhead girl told him.

Jonathan looked toward the grid and then just started turning things off and on unsure what would work and what wouldn't.

Then with a resounding roar the strange noise he had heard earlier started up again and Jane suddenly fell down to the ground in pain.

"El?" Mike asked as his crush started to convulse in shock.

"What is that?" Steve asked as he covered his ears.

"The Dreamscape," the punk girl said in an emotionless voice as she raised her hand and as if from thin air a fire arm appeared in it.

"All of you will come with me," she said.

"What the hell?" The boy with the Mohawk said as he tried to grab the gun from her.

Immediately she shot him in the stomach and he fell back causing both Nancy and the redhead to scream. "Billy!"

"I don't want to hurt you," the girl admitted as she seemed frozen, almost possessed.

Mike raised his hands defensively even as the noise subsided and El got up from the ground with blood dripping from both of her nostrils.

Weakened, she looked at her adoptive sister and muttered, "Kali? Why?"

"It is not my choice sister.. they gave me new power yes, but also turned me into a weapon," the punk girl said icily as she kept the gun trained toward all of them.

"That's What The Dreamscape really is isn't it, trying to control these abilities?" Steve realized as he knew that had to be why they had taken an interest in Will.

"What are you going to do to my brother?" Jonathan asked.

Once again devoid of all emotion the girl tilted her head toward the bunker and answered, "Why don't you come see for yourself?"