Stranger Things: Rebuilding: Book 4
Chapter 22 of my Stranger Things story, enjoy.
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Forming a Plan
Dustin bit his lip, unsure how to proceed. He was back at the hill, on the Cerebro, he'd managed to re-establish contact with Suzie.
"Dustin, what's wrong, you're so quiet?" She asked. "You've...you've not managed to find Will, have you?"
Dustin sighed. "No, I was kinda hoping you had more to tell me, any idea where he might be?"
"I...I'm sorry Dustin, I'm not sure. You said you've confirmed it was the same people who have me. But...if he's not in this place I'm in, then I don't know where he might be." Suzie explained.
"I...that's not all, there's something else too." Dustin admitted. "I'm worried about you, I mean, what if-?"
"Dustin please, it's going to be okay." Suzie said. "It'll be alright, something...something will work out, we-"
At that point Dustin heard a noise and tensed, especially when he heard Suzie gasp.
"What is this, what are you doing?" A man's voice sounded.
"I...I just-" Suzie stammered.
Dustin was frantic. "Suzie, what's going on, no, please-!"
He realized right away this must be one of her captors. He was terrified now, something terrible was going to happen to her.
"Who is that...wait." The man's voice said, dropping softly at the end. "Isn't he one of the boys who are friends with the boy that was taken?"
Dustin tensed, unsure what to make of this. He was so sure the man would take whatever Suzie was using to communicate with and cut the line.
He then recalled that Suzie had told him about how her captors seemed to have forgotten about her, except for one. One who brought her food, spoke to her and was nice to her. This had to be that 'helpful captor'. He heard Suzie confirm Dustin was a friend of Will's and then as he listened, he was surprised to hear certain movement, movement that sounded like the man had approached Suzie and that she had simply handed her radio over to him. Then, surprising him even more, the man spoke.
"Listen to me young man, if you're looking for William Byers, it's going to be very dangerous, he's been sent-" The man began to explain.
"I...I already know that part, we found out he's in the Upside-Down, but…" He stammered, shocked that the man was trying to help him.
The man paused only briefly before replying. "Ah, then you've got a head start and are aware of the danger. Alright, if you're looking for the entrance that you need to get to...I can tell you but it will be even more dangerous. The people behind this have something planned for that."
"Y-yeah, we figured...we've got our own plan however." Dustin confirmed.
"Alright." The man said at last.
With that he told Dustin exactly where Will had been sent into the Upside-Down and that was the end of their communication, it was ended and Dustin hurried back to the Byers house where the others were waiting.
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Dustin was still in shock as he relayed this to the others.
"You're sure...that's exactly where the gate that Will was sent through is?" El asked as they looked over the map.
"I don't know if we should trust this." Lucas remarked. "I mean, this guy-"
Dustin cut him off. "I know, it's crazy but...I just feel we can trust this guy. He sounds, angry at what's happened to Will...It's like he's, he's-"
"Working for Brenner and unable to call any shots." Mike finished for him. "Alright, so, we know where Will is, but El...what are we going to do, you have a plan?"
El nodded and explained. "Yes, mainly we'll need to distract our families, so we need to go to the college and talk to Nancy, Jonathan, Steve and Robin, convince them to help us."
"Alright...that could work, but, what exactly…" Max replied.
"We have to be careful, even if we distract our families...I have no doubt I'm expected to go alone." El said. "They'll be watching us, but we'll have to find a way around them, in those vans. Still…"
"El?" Mike asked.
"Mike and I will go and talk to Nancy and the others. I need the three of you to stand by, ready to go." She said. "Keep your walkie-talkies ready, we'll contact you when it's time, just follow what we tell you and head for the location, alright."
They looked worriedly at each other but nodded and accepted this. They headed outside to wait by their bikes, although Max had a thoughtful and somewhat anxious look on her face. Meanwhile Mike climbed on his bike, El climbing on the back and holding on to him as Mike cycled away. Unknown to all of them, Joyce had overheard and was watching from the window, anxious and fearful, she worriedly hurried to the phone.
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Smirking to herself as she prepared to make her move, Rachel entered the Hopper cabin, she knew the police chief whom she had been seducing and drugging during their dates to limit the interference he could cause, would be in his living room. She just had to get to work distracting him again and soon the plans would be complete and it would be too late for him to do anything about it. Sure enough she saw the TV on, the chief sitting in chair.
"Oh Jim." She said in a sultry tone. "I was just thinking we-"
She stopped, freezing as she saw it wasn't Hopper, but a mannequin dressed in his clothes with a wig on that resembled his hair. That was when she was grabbed and forced to ground and felt herself being cuffed.
"What, how, you-!" She screamed.
Then she saw it was Hopper. "Did you really think I wasn't aware of your plan from the very start...Rochelle?"
Rochelle gasped, she had been exposed, but she couldn't understand it. Brenner had made sure everything was in place.
"I was on to you and played along until I could get everything I needed." Hopper told her. "Now…"
He was cut off by his phone ringing. With a sigh he walked over and answered it while Rochelle tried to struggle, still cuffed and defeated.
"Hello?" He said into the phone.
"Hop, I need you to get here at once." It was Joyce.
"Joyce what?" He gasped. "Slow down, what's going on?"
She quickly revealed what she had overheard and Hopper reassured her that he'd be right around and hung up.
He turned to Rochelle. "Well, Matt will be here soon to take care of you. So, if you'll excuse me."
With that he left and hurried to his car to get to Joyce and, if he couldn't stop this crazy plan of El's, he could at least ensure the danger was reduced.
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