We walk up to the junkyard and Steve nods, "Oh yeah. Yeah, this will do. This will do just fine," He starts walking towards the broken down bus dropping some meat as he walks, "Good call, dude," He says to Dustin, earning a huge signature smile from the boy.

We dump our buckets out in the middle of the yard. When Lucas comes riding up with a girl on the back of his bike, "I said medium-well!" He smiles and waves and she just stands there.

"Who's that?" I ask Dustin, not looking away from the girl.

He smiles at her and Steve and I both realize... It's the girl Dustin was talking about.

Dustin pulls Lucas away to talk and Steve, the girl, and I get to work.

I walk up beside her and stick my hand out, "Y/N."

She shakes it and smiles softly, "Max."

We walk back over to Steve and start moving the sheets of metal to put on the bus as a shield from the Demogorgans.

Steve mumbles something about the boys not helping and walks up behind them and bangs a chair against the car they were squatting behind.

"Hey! Dickheads! How come the only ones helping me out are Y/N and this random girl? We lose light on 40 minutes. Let's go." Steve starts walking off and the boys just stand there, "Let's go, I said!"

"All right, asshole! God," Lucas groans

We get back to work. Steve pours gasoline from the pile of meat to the front of the bus. Max and I put a ladder in the bus so we can climb through the emergency escape at the top. Lucas and Dustin finish covering the bus in armour and the five of us climb inside.

Lucas goes to the top with his binoculars as a lookout and we sit in silence until dark when Max speaks up, "So you fought one of these things before?"

Steve nods and flicks his lighter shut.

"And you're, like, totally, 100% sure it wasn't a bear?" She asks skeptically.

"Shit. Don't be an idiot. Okay? It wasn't a bear," Dustin says in a rude tone, "Why are you even here if you don't believe us? Just go home."

"Geesh. Someone's cranky. Past your bedtime?" Max scoffs climbing up the ladder.

Dustin paces the bus and Steve nods, "That's good. Just show her you don't care."

Dustin rolls his eyes, "I don't," Steve winks and Dustin sighs, "Why are you winking, Steve? Stop."

Steve puts his hands up in defense and goes back to flicking his lighter.

A growl sounds out throughoit the junkyard and Steve, Dustin, and I jump up to look through the fence we put in one of the windows of the bus.

"You see him?" Dustin questions.

"No," Steve and I say in unison.

I stand up, "Lucas, what's going on?"

"Hold on!" Lucas yells down at us, "I've got eyes! Ten o'clock!

T-Ten o'clock!"

I look back out the window and see it, "There," I point, showing the other two.

"What's he doing?" Dustin asks.

"I don't know," Steve answers.

The Mini-Demogorgan makes a low chittering noise that gives me goosebumps because it reminds me of my time in the Upside Down. I turn around and slide down the side of the bus and bring my knees up to my chest.

"He's not taking the bait. Why is he not taking the bait?" Steve mutters.

"Maybe he's not hungry." Dustin offers.

"Maybe he's sick of cow," Steve sighs.

Steve steps away from the window and looks down at me before going to get his bat.

"Steve? Steve, what are you doing?" I ask frantically, standing up, "Steve?"

He turns around and throws the lighter to Dustin, "Just get ready," What? No! He'll die if he goes out there!

"No, no, no. Steve you can't go out there," I cry, grabbing his hand.

He pulls me into a hug and kisses my cheek, "I have to."

I nod, "Don't you dare die, Steve Harrington."

He steps out of the bus and Dustin closes the doors. Before join me at the window to watch.

Steve walks towards where we saw the Demogorgan. He whistles, "Come on, buddy."

Max climbs down the ladder hastily, "What's he doing?"

"Expanding the menu," Dustin murmurs.

Max comes up to look through the window with us as Steve gets closer to he meat pile.

"Come on, buddy," I hear faintly, "Human tastes better than cat, I promise,"

Max shakes her head, "He's insane."

"He's awesome," Dustin grins.

Steve swings his bat a few times to warm his arm up. Him and the Demogorgan face each other and my heart starts beating out of my chest.

"Steve, watch out!" Lucas screams from his post. Watch out?

I look around and spot a few more Demogorgans slowly crawling up towards Steve.

"A little busy here!" Steve yells back.

"Three o'clock! Three o'clock!"

Steve turns his head and sees them. Dustin runs to the door and opens it, "Steve! Abort! Abort!"

Lucas climbs down and we all yell for Steve to come back as he fights the monsters.

Steve runs to the bus as fast as he can and shuts the door right on time, leaving the Demogorgans out and clawing on it.

"Are they rabid or something?!" Max asks.

Steve takes of part of the metal from the wall and puts it against the door, using his feet to keep it shut.

"They can't get in! They can't!" Lucas squeals.

A part of the side comes loose and a claw enters and scratches Steve's hand. The kids and I move to the back of the bus and Steve hits the arm with his bat.

Dustin tries to get someone to answer over his walkie, "Is anyone there?! Mike?! Will?! God! Anyone?!" Something bangs on the wall next to us and we all jump back and scream, "We're at the old junkyard, and we are going to die!"

Steve continues fighting the Demogorgans at the front and a Demogorgan appears at the emergency exit, looking straight at Max it growls and she screams. I push her behind me and Steve pushes us all back.

"You want some?! Come get this!" The Demogorgans face opens up and Steve goes to hit it. The monster stops growling and looks away. It jumps off of the bus. They all leave and we all look around in confusion.

I look down at Max and Lucas's intertwined hands and put my hand on Dustin's shoulder.

They pull away and Steve and I go to the door. He opens it and looks out. The rest of us climb out and Lucas gulps, "What happened?"

"I don't know," I answer shakily.

"Steve scared 'em off?" Dustin offers.

Steve shakes his head,

"No. No way. They're going somewhere."