• The Best Hargrove • Steve Harrington x Reader •

Chapter Five

It had been what felt like about thirty minutes since you last heard from Erica, which meant she should be getting close to the end. "Alright nerds, I'm there" you all heard her speak from tom the walkie. "D-do you see anything?" you interrogate, looking at the two boys beside you. "Yeah, I see those boring boxes you're so excited about" she confirms. "Any guards?" you ask, making sure it's safe for her to go down there. "Negative."

"Booby traps?" Steve adds. "Well, if she could see them, they'd be pretty shit traps, don't you think?" you sass. Steve gives you a dirty look. "Thank you for that" he goes on.

"I'm in" she spoke. "Ohh, god.." Steve covers his eyes with his hands in frustration for a second. Not even a minute later, the large door opens. A relieved look grows on all your faces. "Free ice cream, for. life."

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You three wasted no time entering the room. In there, there were all these boxes, just like Erica said. Steve grabs his pocket knife and cuts open one of the boxes. You were all very cautious, as none of you had any idea what these Russians were hiding in these boxes, but whatever it was, they didn't want anybody finding it. Steve turns the latch that kept the metal box inside the cardboard one closed. Inside, there were just more latches. "That's definitely not Chinese food.." Steve states. "Yeah, no shit" you add.

"You guys should probably step back now" he warns, getting ready to turn one of the four latches. You all do as you're told, but Dustin objects. "Step back!" Steve orders again, pushing him on the chest/. "No, no!" Dustin yells. "If you die, I die."

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"Ok.." Steve finally brushed it off. What could he do about it, anyway? He twists one of the latches carefully and pulls it out, revealing a medium-sized glass tube filled with green liquid. Whatever it was, it was probably kept in such secure glass tubes for a reason. "What the hell..?" Steve quaked as he took a good look at the liquid. "What is that?" you question.

Seconds later, the room starts to shake, startling everyone. "Was that just me or did the room just shake?" Dustin urged. "Booby traps" Erica whispered. "L-let's just grab that and go.." you snatch the tube from Steves's hands and turn to Erica so you could place it in her bag, but the room shakes again, making you stumble a bit. The air hisses as Steve closes up the metal box to its original state.

Dustin wasted no time beginning to press his two fingers against the 'open door' button on the control pad, which doesn't seem to work. "Uh, Erica, which one do I press?" he worries. "Just press the damn button, nerd!" she orders, but that clearly wasn't working. "Which one, I'm pressing the button! Can't you see?" Dustin groans. "Press open door!" she advises. "I'm pressing open door!"

"Just- just press the other buttons!" Steve and Dustin start pressing random buttons. You make your way to where they were standing in an attempt to help them, but Steve presses a button which causes you to stop and look at the walls. A metal wall had covered the original one.

Moments passed, and the room started moving again, but this time it felt like you were in an elevator. You stumble and fall on the ground, and so does Erica.
"Y/N!" Steve doesn't hesitate to immediately help you up and hold you in his arms until all this was over. You couldn't help but be scared. I mean, wouldn't anyone be scared if they were in a falling elevator falling from who even knows how high? All you knew for sure was that by looking at the people around you, you could tell they were scared.