"I think I'll head to Ms. Kelley's," you say. "But you guys be safe."
Nancy and Robin bid you all goodbye and head to the Wheeler's station wagon. Steve shoos Dustin to the backseat with Max, clearing up the passenger seat for you. Steve holds out his hand for you to hold while he drives. Despite how scary things are right now, you're glad to be with Steve.
Dustin and Max snicker from the backseat at your sign of PDA, and Steve gives them a look through the rearview mirror.
As Max heads into Ms. Kelley's, you, Dustin, and Steve wait for her to emerge with (hopefully) some information on what connected Chrissy and Fred.
"I wonder what she'll find out," Steve muses aloud.
"Hopefully she'll get some good answers," Dustin says. "Vecna could be the worst thing we've faced."
Steve must feel your hand squeeze his a little tighter. He clears his throat and says, "Henderson, have some optimism. You're freaking me and Waldenbooks out here."
"I'm just being realistic!" Dustin shoots back.
When Max returns to the car, she's got Ms. Kelley's keys. The plan has changed: you four are going to break into her office and read Chrissy and Fred's files. It's technically illegal, but it's a matter of life and death—literally.
You settle in one of the chairs in her office with Fred's file. Steve reads over your shoulder while Max and Dustin read Chrissy's file.
Max freezes in her seat, like she's fallen asleep sitting up. Robin and Nancy arrive just as she wakes up again, looking very, very pale.
She explains that she has been having nightmares, nosebleeds, hallucinations, and headaches—the same things Chrissy and Fred experienced before they were killed by Vecna.
You feel a bit numb, unsure of what to do now that one of your own is on death row.
Before you all can comfort Max, Lucas Sinclair arrives. He explains that Jason is hunting Eddie and the rest of the Hellfire Club members—including poor Dustin. Dustin explains your predicament, that Max is cursed by a new monster from the Upside Down.
"We're not going to let him get you, Max," Steve says, eyes steely with determination and voice shaking. "I promise, Mayfield. You're going to be okay."
MAX IS CURSED. GO TO PAGE 29 TO CONTINUE THE STORY.
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