American Heroes: A Stranger Things 3 Fic

Killing Two Birds

Will, Mike, and Lucas pedal on down to the field by Nelson's farm. They toss their bikes in the grass when they arrive and begin their trek up the hill.

"We saw Billy on our way to your house, by the way," Will tells Mike.

Mike stops for a second, his eyebrows furrowing. "You did? Where? What was he doing?"

"Running." Will gestures Mike to keep moving, and the latter rushes forward. "Not too far from the mall."

"I don't think he noticed us," Lucas adds.

Mike holds a hand to his forehead, wrinkling his nose. "Did you see where he was going?"

Will and Lucas both shake their heads. Noticing Mike letting out a harsh breath, Will gives him a half-smile. "I'm sure we'll find him."

"Alright, but then what?"

"We burn the shit out of him and don't let him escape," Lucas says.

"Okay." Mike throws his hands in the air. "Then what?"

"Then we win."

A bitter laugh comes out of Mike's throat. "No, see, that's the problem. We don't. We don't win. We got the Mind Flayer out of Will before, and he just came right back. We don't just have to stop Billy, we have to stop the Mind Flayer."

"How in the hell do we do that?"

"I don't know."

Will comes to a halt, eyeing his friends and wondering how they'd forgotten their previous conversation on the same topic earlier that day. "We close the gate."

Mike and Lucas furrow their eyebrows at him. "We don't even know that it's open. Or where it is," Mike counters.

"Yeah, but we might have an idea." He points up the hill to where they can see Cerebro. "We get in contact with Dustin and the others and find out where they are and what's in those boxes. If it really is a Russian laboratory or some other crap, chances are the reason it's here is because of the Mind Flayer or at least the Upside Down. Didn't we talk about this already?"

Turning away from Mike and Lucas, Will sprints the rest of the way up the hill, kneels down, and grabs the radio. Mike and Lucas collapse beside him as he turns it on and toggles with the controls. When he gets to the right channel, he clears his throat. "Dustin, Robin, Erica, or Steve, do any of you copy? It's Will. I'm with Mike and Lucas. Do you copy? Over."

Radio silence.

"This is Will, Mike, and Lucas. Dustin or anyone, do you copy? Over."

Nothing.

"Maybe you're on the wrong channel?" Lucas suggests.

Checking the channel, Will shakes his head. "No, I'm on the right one. Unless they-"

"Hello? Will?" A voice comes over the radio. "It's Dustin. Are you there? Over."

"Dustin!" Will cries.

"Will!" Dustin's voice is filled with relief. "Holy shit, we thought you died!"

"You thought I died?" Will laughs in disbelief. "What about you? Lucas and I thought you died! What's going on? Over."

"We're in a bit of a dilemma..." Dustin says before another voice cuts in.

"No shit, Henderson!" Steve yells. "Is that Byers you're talking to? Tell him to get us the hell out of here!"

"Calm down, Steve," Dustin shoots back. "Anyways, Will, turns out, the secret room isn't just a room. It's an elevator. Which we're stuck in. So, we kind of need you and Lucas to get us out of here. Over."