Hi! So sorry it's been so long since I've posted a chapter here! Anyway, enjoy!

"Dammit Billy! Don't make me get the bat!" Max screamed her body trembling from the everything that was rushing through her head. She grabbed her backpack and stuffed it as much as she could manage.

"Okay, Okay... I got a compass, radio, snacks, binoculars, jacket, pocketknife, and skateboard. Good. Okay. What else do I need?" Max mumbled a supply list to herself, while frantically shoving the items in the bag. Her dumb brother had tried to trip her as she came bolting into the house and down the hall to her room. Map of Hawkins. She smiled a little as she saw it.

"Am I done?" She huffed a shaky breath as she looked back at her room. She nodded. "I guess so." She may not be going to the junkyard with the boys, but she was going to help them... somehow. She didn't have her plan yet. Max took one last look at her room and ran out of the house. Except something caught her by the collar.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?" Billy sneered.

"Last time you ran off, I got pummeled, so you ain't going anywhere."

"Leave me alone! Don't forget, I will-"

"You think you little threats are scary?" Billy spat.

"You piece of shit! Why can't you for once be nice, and I don't know help me? I didn't do anything to you! And you're the one who says we need to act like sibling! So... eff off!" Max shoved him in the chest. Hard. He stumbled back with a grunt.

"Why you-" Max didn't hear the last part, for she had already ran down the street.

"Will! Mike! You guys make it okay?" Dustin panted as he doubled over, in attempts to catch his breath. Lucas rushed right past them to the back of the fortified bus and stared unloading the giant bag of supplies.

"We need to contact Max. I need to make sure she's okay." Lucas said as he rummaged around for his super com.

"Whoa. Hold on. We can talk to Max in a bit. But right now, we need to lay low." Dustin said, trying to calm down his frantic friend.

"Incase you haven't noticed, we are in hiding! It doesn't get anymore "laying low" than that!" Lucas shot back. He pulled up the antenna of the com. Mike pushed back down.

"Lucas... I know more than anyone, what it's like, when you don't know if the person you care about is okay. But Dustin's right. We will get to her. I promise." Mike looked at Lucas reassuringly. Lucas nodded.

"Okay. Guys we need a plan." Will chimed, trying to get back to the main conversation. They all nodded in agreement.

"I can go on top. Be look out. I will be protected by those tires, and I can get inside quickly if there's a helicopter." Will nodded as Lucas made his way up the ladder. Mike gave a nervous glance back at El.

"Okay. If we get attacked?"

"Duh! We have El!" Dustin says. Mike gulped and goes over to El.

"Umm. Guys. I don't think El is strong enough for that. She used a lot of energy earlier, and whatever she got shot with, seems to weaken her even more." Mike says as he gently puts his hand on El's shoulder. She made a weak groan.

"Mike!" Her words came out as a hoarse whisper.

"Shhhh. It's okay El. Just rest." She shifted her position towards him.

"Don't feel good." El croaked. Mike nodded the tight pain in his chest only gripping harder.

"I know El. We are going to get settled, but for now, you need rest." Mike cooed soothing words to her as he gently run his fingers through her curly hair. Mike had completely forgot about everybody else.

Dustin glanced at Will with a shrug. "Just leave them." Will whispered. They turned around and started to unpack some of the things, to keep organized. Mike stayed with El.

For the the next four hours, they stayed like that. Dustin and Lucas had switched as lookout position, while Will set up the sleeping cots. By 10:00 p.m, Will was leaning against the wall sketching in the soft glow of a little flashlight. He glanced over at Lucas who was staring nervously at the super com, waiting for Max to contact him.

Mike was still over with El, her head laying in his lap with Mike's jacket tightly wrapped around her. Mike's right arm was draped over her torso and his other hand was running gently through her hair as he slowly dozed off. Will smiled at the couple. Will was soon shaken from his thoughts as he heard a rumbling in the distance. He shot upward.

"Dustin!" Dustin came down the ladder as fast as he could.

"Guys! Helicopter!" The next few seconds were a blur of rushing around. Lucas covered any open window and Dustin shut the hatch and prayed that the bikes were well hidden. Will shoved some things into a backpack, ready incase they needed to run for it. Mike woke El and told her to be quiet as he bundled her in his arms and jacket and sheilded her as he tightly as possible. They held their breaths. Seconds felt like hours. And every little noise made them jump.

Once the helicopter passed they relaxed.

"Everyone Okay?" Lucas asked. They all nodded in response.

"Let's hope they thought it was just a junk yard."

"Yeah." Will said in boys all sat in a circle and silently discussed plans, while Mike tried to hush El back to sleep.

"Mike? D-don't leave." El whispered as he tried to get up to stretch. Mike felt his heart hurt.

"Its okay El, I'm just stretching." She nodded weakly as maimed for him to sit with her.

Mike gently sat down again and El quickly crawled into his lap. He wrapped his arms and his jacket around her once more and sighed.

"Mike? What's going to happen to us?" Mike stroked her hair softly.

"Truth is El, I don't know. But we will get through this. I can promise you that." El smiled softly and sat up with all the strength she could gather and kissed him. Mike, who was caught by surprise, melted into it until her soft lips left his own. Without a word the two settled down again and fell into a restless sleep.

Dustin, Lucas, and Will all watched with amused faces.

"Sir? We sent out three helicopters and they still haven't found them. What would you like us to do now?"

"Them? I don't want them. I want only the one." Hitchcock said gruffly as he strode down the hall. A little man in a white lab coat followed close behind.

"But... Sir? You said you wanted all of them. You need all of them. Why do you only want one? Which one-" The man was cut off as Hitchcock grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground.

"You ask too many questions!" Hitchcock spat.

"I only need the lover boy! The one that fell for the test subject. Get him, and we get the others, and soon... we will have more experimental subjects. Got that?" The little man nodded gasping for air. Hitchcock gave a demonic smile, before dropping the man to the ground. He chuckled.

"We get the boy, then 011 won't be strong enough to use her powers." He continued down the hall.

Dun! Dun! Duuuuuuuuun! What will happen? Hehe! Until next time,

-Daisy