𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲

xvii. the war zone.

EDDIE SLAMS down the phone book, James and Steve on either side of him. "Check this out. The War Zone. I've been there once. It's huge. They got everything you need for, uh... well, uh, killing things, basically." He says as he glanced around at the staring faces.

"You think fake Rambo has enough guns there?" Robin asked and Eddie glanced at her as James pointed. "Is that a grenade? I mean, is any of this even legal?" He asked, looking at Eddie who glanced down at the book. "Well, lucky for us, it is, so..." Eddie sounds passive aggressive as he glanced up at James who just looks back at him, furrowing his eyebrows.

"This... this place is just far enough outside of Hawkins," he then said, his tone changing as he pointed. "As long as we steer clear of the main roads, we oughta be able to avoid cops, and, uh, angry hicks." Eddie then says, glancing around at the others. "If we're trying to avoid angry hicks, maybe we shouldn't go to some store called the War Zone." Erica says.

"Normally, I'd agree, but we need the weapons so I think it's worth the risk." Nancy says, crossing her arms. "Me too." Lucas sighs, glancing at the others. "Yeah, but is it worth the time? It'll take all day to bike there and back." Dustin says and James furrows his brows. "Why would we bike?" He asked and Eddie points over his shoulder at James.

"Yeah, who said anything about bikes?" He asked. "What? You got some car we don't know about?" Steve asked and Eddie stood up straight. "It's not exactly a car, Steve." He grins. "And it's not exactly mine." He looks at James, smirking a bit. "But, uh... it'll do." He says before he turns around, to Max.

"Hey, Red, uh, you got a ski mask or a bandanna, something like that?" He asked and Max just raised her brows before glancing up at Eddie. She disappeared off into her bedroom then returned with a Michael Myers mask. "Oh, my God, my favourite slasher!" James laughed and Eddie immediately pulled it on once he said that which made Max give a weird look to the pair, then they were on their way.

They hide behind a trailer where Eddie peered out then looked back at the others and James couldn't help giggling. "Sorry, you just look so funny." He whispers to the Munson who flipped him off before waving his head to signal them to keep going, rushing around another trailer then they got to an RV where a man and a woman sat out in the front, watching tv.

Eddie opens up the back window, tossing his back in, before pulling himself up and James followed after him. "That was suffocating." Eddie said, taking off the mask before going towards the front, locking the door on his way with James right behind him, sitting in the passenger side. He looked at Eddie who pulls out some wires, "holy shit." James whispers.

Steve came over, standing directly between them. "Where'd you learn how to do that?" James asked, watching when Eddie cut the wires. "Well, when the other dads were teaching their kids how to fish or play ball, my old man was teaching me how to hot-wire." Eddie said and James kept watching the Munson's hands at work on hot-wiring.

"Now, I swore to myself, I wouldn't wind up like he did, but now I'm wanted for murder, and soon, grand theft auto." Eddie says as he kept glancing at James or Steve behind them. "So, uh, I'm really living up to that Munson name." He looks at Steve as Robin came over to the three men. "Eddie, I'm not sure I love the idea of you driving." She tells the boy.

"Oh, I'm staring this sucker. Harrington's got her. Don't you, big boy?" He leaned towards Steve who stared at him in shock as James glanced between them, but then the engine roars to life. "What the hell? Hey! Open this door!" The woman came knocking as the man appears at the window on James' side making him flinch before looking at Steve and Eddie who quicklt glance at one another before the Munson rushed off and Steve sat down.