American Heroes: A Stranger Things 3 Fic

Indiana Flyer

By the end of the day, Robin, Dustin, Steve, and Will had translated four phrases of the Russian communication, yet they still don't understand what it means. As Steve and Robin close up Scoops Ahoy, Will and Dustin discuss what the message could potentially mean.

"It has to be a code of some sort," Dustin says. "What could a silver cat feeding be?"

Will shrugs. "I don't know. Sounds ominous."

"Sounds like bullshit," Steve says, joining the boys with Robin and beginning to walk down the hallway. "It's obviously not right. It's total nonsense."

Dustin shakes his head. "No, it's too specific. It's gotta be like a super secret spy code."

"That's a total stretch."

"I don't know, is it?" Robin says. "I mean, think about it. Why would anyone say the silver cat feeds unless they're trying to mask the true meaning of their message?"

"Exactly," Dustin agrees.

"And why would anyone want to mask the true meaning of their message unless their message is somehow sensitive?"

"Exactly!"

Will crosses his arms. "So... evil Russians?"

Robin chuckles. "Yeah, evil Russians."

"How do we crack the code?" Dustin asks.

"We still have to translate the rest," Will says. "It'll be hard to crack the code until then."

Robin nods her head in agreement. "And hopefully a pattern will emerge. Like maybe- where's Steve?"

Robin, Will, and Dustin glance around until they spot Steve kneeling next to an Indiana Flyer horse ride. He's sifting through coins in his hand, shoving some into the ride's coin slot. Robin laughs. "What are you doing?"

"I need a quarter," Steve says.

Will, Dustin, and Robin all exchange confused looks.

Steve groans impatiently. "Quarter!" Will and Dustin frantically sift through their pockets, then Will tosses a quarter to Steve who proceeds to let the horse ride play. Steve is utterly entranced by it.

"What's going on?" Will whispers to Robin and Dustin. Robin shrugs while Dustin yanks his recorder out of his backpack, pressing the play button. In the background of the Russian transmission, the faint sound of music plays. The same music playing from the Indiana Flyer.

"Maybe they have horses like this in Russia," Robin suggests.

"The Indiana Flyer?" Steve says. "I don't think so. This code... it didn't come from Russia. It came from here."

Everyone falls silent for a minute. Will stares at the Indiana Flyer, wondering what this could mean for him and his friends. For Hawkins.

"So these Russians... they could be infiltrating Hawkins as we speak?" Dustin asks.

Steve shrugs. "It's possible."

"What do we do about it?" Will says.

"We have to find out where they are," Dustin says.

Robin bites her lip. "Okay, but can we do that tomorrow? I'm going to go insane if I don't go home now and change out of this uniform."

"As if you're not already insane," Steve says.

"Shut up, dingus."

Dustin adjusts his backpack straps on his shoulders. "Alright, we'll meet up again tomorrow morning."