(A/N) Oh what a day that I have had, I saw my ex today in town today with her new bf, what a stab in the heart that was, but the show must go on, so here's the next chapter guys, enjoy!
Dustin stood in the open doorway of his child's bedroom watched him proudly as he slept.
Dustin hadn't had it this easy in awhile, him and his partner were happy especially after they found out she was pregnant, Dustin had been over the moon upon finding out that he was going to have a child.
Mike was in Afghanistan at the time, the rest of the gang's partners were also pregnant, although it was spread several months between all of them, they'd been delighted to find out they would all attend the same year together when the time came.
There was unrivalled joy between everyone, of course, In Hawkins, things never run that smoothly and it happened when Luke was born, him and Georgina had several arguments and she left, Dustin at the time had been devastated but soon came to realize that she didn't care.
Dustin wasn't going to fight over sole-custody of Luke, but Georgina wasn't even bothered and gave Dustin full-custody of Luke, Dustin was ecstatic but disheartened that she didn't even seem to care for her own son that much.
Nevertheless, Dustin was overjoyed and they lived in a small two-bedroom house at the end of the cul-de-sac. Of course being a single father with a full-time job had presented its fair share of problems.
Luckily for Dustin their were people on hand to help, Steve who had remained close friends with everyone since 84 had become sort of a bigger brother to the whole group, they often joked about being him a mother hen and steve would still mumble about them being little shits still. But in the evenings if Dustin couldn't be home would babysit Luke and if he wasn't around then Hopper would babysit for Luke, sometimes he would both babysit Nate and Luke at the same time, Nate and Luke soon became best friends because of this.
Dustin slowly closed the door to his boy's room, leaving it open a crack just like he always did and he went downstairs to the living room, it was literally the definition of a nerds living room, above the TV there were three Star Wars posters in perfect alignment, each one was of the Original Trilogy.
Models of Certain ships and characters, comic books were stacked into one shelf sorted into either DC or Marvel and on the other was an assortment of films, in the cabinet that held his TV were a variety of game consoles, The Nintendo 64 was switched on with Mario Kart 64 currently on the select screen. Steve was sat, beer in hand.
"C'mon you little shit, time to show you who's boss" Steve said grinning as he handed Dustin an unopened beer.
"ooooh I'm soooo scared of King Steve" Dustin retorted grinning.
Dustin chose Yoshi whilst Steve chose Bowser
"King Koopa for King Steve" Steve said smugly, Dustin just shook his head in response, amused. It was common for most nights for Steve or for one of the others to be round Dustin's on the old N64, of course lately the others hadn't been round just as much due to other responsibilities.
The Demogorgan slowly inched its away across the grass, closer to the house, it let out a low hum as it approached ever closer, mere metres from the house, it drew itself to it's full height and looked around with its eyeless head.
Dustin froze as he swore he heard a small noise from outside, Steve hadn't notice the way Dustin's shoulders tensed up and his hairs standing up on end. The lights began to flicker and both Steve and Dustin exchanged worried glances. Then they heard the small gruntal roar of the Demogorgan.
That's when they both jumped into action, literally. The controllers fell to the floor forgotten about as Steve and Dustin sprang up from the Sofa and Dustin ran upstairs, two steps at a time.
Steve Withdrew a small .22 revolver that he kept with him most of the time, since the Events of both 83 and 84 although no-one said it, they all felt like that the upside down had never really finished with any of them, Will especially since it had nearly destroyed him twice. Mike and El because of the Lab even though the gate was closed and the place had nearly been burned to the ground although they didn't know that the Government had disbanded that project and was no longer for, too much manpower and resources lost, including Dr Brenner who was the top mind in his particular and limited field.
Dustin ran into Luke's room.
"Luke, hey, get up buddy" Dustin said quietly, not wanting to scare the poor kid. Of course the kid woke almost instantly being a light sleeper, his eyes strained against the light that was pouring into the room from the landing.
"Dad? What's going on?" He asked sitting up.
Dustin picked up his son into his arms
"No matter what happens, keep your head towards my chest, no matter what you hear, ok buddy?"
Hearing the urgency in his Dad's tone he nodded his head frantically, he was a good kid like that.
Dustin ran back down the stairs as a massive crash sounded throughout the house, Dustin gulped and peered into the living room.
The Demogorgan now stood in the living room, the wall of the room had been torn apart, leaving a gaping hole, its flower like face opened up as it roared at Steve and Dustin.
"Um Steve, we should go" Dustin said never taking his eyes of the Demogorgan, he slowly moved backwards and out of the room, holding onto the child for dear life.
Steve had the .22 raised at The Demogorgan, he might as well have tried to stab the damn thing with a toothpick. Steve also began to slowly backup
"I Second that" Steve said nervously. The Demogorgan let out another roar before walking forward faster, Steve instinctively opened fire on the Demogorgan. It roared in annoyance, bullets bouncing off like nerf darts. Surprisingly Steve managed to hit its leg, due to rubbish aim because he was panicking, it roared In angey pain as it stumbled back.
"Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit" Dustin said, he couldn't help himself.
By this point Dustin had already placed Luke in the back of the car and was about to open the door to get in the front as Steve ran out of the house skidding near the car and ripping the door open to the passenger seat, the moment he climbed in he dug through his pocket to get more bullets to reload.
Dustin threw the car into reverse and hastily reversed out of the driveway, he put the car into drive and flew forward, tires protesting as it left skid marks upon the floor.
Dustin and Steve both breathed a sigh of relief as the Henderson household grew smaller in the rear-view mirror, they drove to the one place they knew they would be ok.
El and Mike lay kissing in their double bed, Mike's hands ran through her short curly hair, Mike deepened the kiss, El moaned slightly into the kiss her arms wrapped around his torso. They pulled apart for air and their eyes met, Mike pushed a stray curl out of her face and let himself be lost in those brown orbs of hers.
"El, did I ever tell you that you are Beautiful?" He said, his fingers lazily traced her skin, sending tingles down her spine.
"Yes, about twenty times today" she said in mock annoyance although the smile on her face said different.
"God, I love you, El, more than anything else in the world" He Said lovingly.
"What about Star Wars?" She asked teasingly
"Hmmmm" he said in mock thought "its close but im gonna have to say you" He Said with a small laugh
"Good Choice" she said bringing down his lips to hers. They started to get caught up in their passion, getting more animated and frisky.
The Doorbell rang.
Mike groaned in annoyance, he wanted to murder whoever it was.
"Let's ignore it" he said going back in for another kiss.
El stopped him with her hand "Mike, it's gone 12 at night?"
He groaned again and got out bed and heading out into the hall and down the stairs with El close on his heels, the bell rang again.
"Alright ready jeez, I'm coming" Mike said annoyed as he reached the last step, El could not help but laugh at the double meaning.
Mike unlocked the door to find Steve Harrington and Dustin and Luke Henderson standing on their front doorstep. The surprise on Mikes face was evident.
"Hey man, sorry to bother you at this time but shit is literally going down" He said sounding out of breath, Mike stood aside to let the three of them in. He looked around the street before closing the door.
The Gate in the lab began to expand underground again, although the tunnels didn't begin to reform, this time it didn't need the tunnels, however it could be seen on the other side, the faceless head let out a deep rumble as red lightning flashed on the other side.
It would soon be ready.
(A/N) You guys didn't think I was going to Kill Dustin off did you? lol I'm a writer not a Murderer (Proceeds to write all the character's names into a Death Note) well I ain't killed anyone major… yet ;) lol but seriously I will say this, everyone from this moment onwards is fair game lol as always guys review! Until next time guys. Peace!