adella hopper was not born to the man who gave her her last name. she was born in a split family in cuba, only to be transported from her home to hawkins, not knowing what would happen to her because of it.
she escapes the place she was taken to, k...
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the group of five were still trapped in the russian lift all night and it was not morning. dustin was standing on the top of the lift, looking up the lift shaft as he spoke repeatedly into his walkie-talkie, desperately trying to find someone to hear them but they were too far away from the surface.
adella and robin had been speaking quietly and erica had finally piped down after half an hour of sassing everyone loudly. luckily, there were no more threats to slit their throats just yet but that could change. adella had muttered to robin that erica would kill them all and eat them to survive.
"this is a code red, i repeat, a code red. this is a code red, i repeat, a code red. does anyone copy? we are innocent children and we are trapped under starcourt mall. the red army has infiltrated hawkins, and if we are found, they will torture and kill us." dustin said into his walkie-talkie for the umpteenth time.
"hey." steve called, pulling himself up the roof hatch. "gotta take it easy on that thing. you're gonna drain the battery."
"the mall just opened." dustin stated.
"so?" steve sighed.
"someone could be in range." dustin explained shortly.
"what do you think, petey the mall cop is gonna rappel down here and save the day?" steve shot back.
"alright, why are you such a cranky pants after getting to spend the night with robin?" dustin asked.
"sh! jesus christ." steve hissed. "will you just give up on your creepy dream already? we barely spoke last night. she was just sat with adella."
"jealous?" dustin giggled.
"no, they were trying to figure out a way to open up the door while you children were sleeping." steve replied. "after eight hours, we're still exactly nowhere, which is, you know, probably just a little bit of the reason why i'm feeling just... a tad cranky."
a zipper sounded and dustin grimaced, "what are you doing?"
"what does it look like i'm doing? i'm taking a leak. look away. look away!" steve yelled and dustin turned around to the wall.
in the actual lift, robin was by the button pad again, seeing if they would open, because they had not other choices, but they still didn't. in the night, steve suggested the idea of adella using her abilities but robin said that if they found a way out, there would no doubt be many russians waiting to kill them so adella would need power to try and take them down, which the other girl agree with.
a dark patch appeared on the wall where steve decided to piss and robin sighed, "can you redirect your stream, please?" he listened and both older girls groaned in disgust.
erica started to bang one of the capsules on a keg and adella rushed towards her, snatching it away, "hey, hey! carful! we don't even know what this is."
"exactly. it could be useful." erica replied as robin joined adella's side.
"useful how?" robin asked, dumbfounded by the child.
"we can survive down here a long time without food, but if the human body doesn't get water, it will die." erica explained.
"i hate to break it to you, but this it not water." robin stated.
"no, but it's a liquid and if it comes down to me drinking that shit of dying of thirst, i drink." erica smiled sarcastically at the taller girls.
"what, and die either way?" adella chuckled. "great plan."
a distant electronic whirring sounded as erica snatched the capsule back from adella, the cuban woman hardly bothered as she and robin walked towards the door, pressing their ears to it. they realised someone was coming closer and robin poked her head up to the boys on the top.
"we've got company." she told them and everyone in the group climbed onto the roof to hide.
two russians opened the door with their keycards, walking in. one started sniffing the air, "ты чувствуешь этот запах?" (do you smell that?)
"что?" the other asked, picking up a box. (what?)
"ссаки." he answered. (piss)
the other sniffed the air and shrugged carelessly, carrying a box out of the room and onto a strange car vehicle. steve looked through the grate on the roof and placed a finger to his lips, making sure everyone kept quiet.
they jumped down as the russians left and the door started to close but steve wedged the capsule erica was holding between the floor and the bottom of the door. he threw erica's bag under and the. erica slid through.
"go, go, go, go, go." steve repeated.
"i'm going!" erica shot back.
"henderson. go, go." steve ordered and dustin slipped under as the capsule started to buckle.
adella slid through next, pulling robin out quickly. steve was last and he managed to slip through before the capsule broke and the green chemical burned through the ground under it, bubbling and sizzling horribly.
"jesus christ." steve muttered as they stared at it.
"ooh!" erica said in amazement.
"you still wanna drink that?" robin asked erica making adella chuckle.
"holy mother of god." dustin sighed as he looked down the corridor making the other turn to see it looked as though it went on forever.
"well, hope you guys are in good shape. looking a you, roast beef." steve said, patting dustin's chest as he passed.
"why me?" dustin asked quietly as they all started walking down the corridor to hopefully find a way out.
