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The group was hiding after almost being caught, Maggie holding her breath as Steve ushered them out of their hiding spot.

"Okay, that was close." Robin says. "Too close." Dustin confirmed as they walked. "Relax. All right? Relax. Nobody saw..." Steve cut himself off as the group of five looked ahead.

Russian soldiers walked around, this just made Maggie's hands twitch more with anxiety. "Shit." Steve says as they all ducked again, Maggie's eyes wide as she looked to ensure Dustin and Erica were safe.

"I saw it. First floor, northwest." Erica whisper shouts to the group. "Saw what?" Steve questioned back.

"The comms room." Erica says, Maggie's eyebrow raising. "You saw the comms room?" Steve questioned in disbelief.

"Correct." Erica answered. "Are you sure?" Dustin questioned the younger girl. "Positive. The door was open for a second, and I saw a bunch of lights and machines and shit in there." Erica says.

"That could be a hundred different things." Dustin says as Robin and Maggie turned to Steve. "I'll take those odds." Robin says. "Me too." Maggie agrees.

"All right. We're gonna move fast, we're gonna stay low. Okay?" Steve questioned the group, all of them nodding in agreement.

The group stealthily moved around the area, eventually entering the room Erica had told them about.

Maggie let out a sigh of relief, until she turned around. She saw one of the Russian soldiers turn to them, the girl freezing up as he started to speak in Russian.

Robin communicated back with him, but he wasn't falling for it. Steve let out a practical war cry as he and the soldier started to fight.

Maggie watched as her boyfriend grabbed the metal phone, hitting the soldier with it, knocking him unconscious.

"Dude!" Dustin exclaimed happily which made Steve turn to him. "You did it! You won a fight!" Dustin exclaimed which made Steve grin.

'Magnolia'

Maggie walked over to Steve with a small smile. "How does it feel?" Maggie questioned. "How does what feel?" Steve questioned.

"Winning your first fight, against a Russian soldier no less." Maggie says as Dustin and Erica argued in the background. "Pretty damn good." Steve says with a slight chuckle.

"Guys. There's something up there." Robin called which caught the other four's attention. Maggie walked behind Dustin and ahead of Steve as they climbed the stairs, being met with a glass paneled door.

Maggie couldn't even begin the feeling she felt at that moment. She thought she was going to have a heart attack and puke at the same time.

"The gate." Steve and Dustin say at the same time as they started to rush down the stairs. "I don't understand. You've seen this before?" Robin questioned as Maggie stood with Dustin and Erica.

"Not exactly." Steve answered as his eyes kept flickering towards Maggie in concern. "Then what, exactly?" Robin questioned.

"All you need to know is it's bad." Dustin replies. "It's really bad." Steve confirmed. "Like, end-of-the-human-race-as-we-know-it kind of bad." Dustin says.

"And you know about this how?" Robin questioned, but Erica and Maggie had noticed something much more important.

"Um, Steve? Where's your Russian friend?" Erica questioned, this made the rest of the group notice how the soldier was no longer on the floor.

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