01x06 - Chapter Six: A Storm is Coming

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[Mrs. Baxter] Steady!

Here. Here it comes. Here…
Come on. Come on, little guy!

[groans]

My love, you gotta eat.
The day is only halfway over.

Your brain needs food to run.

I'm not really hungry.

Oh, you're not?

Well, why don't you ask
your GHSR1a receptors?

I'm certain they'd tell you
a different story. [laughing]

Anywhoozle, I was thinking,

how would you like
to have your new friends over sometime?

We could make a bonfire.

Hey, Mom, how much longer
are we sticking around for?

Well, let me see.

I have a faculty meeting at 2:00,
and then I have--

[Nikki] I mean sticking around in Hawkins.

Whoa! Where is this coming from?

Watch, watch, watch, watch!
Careful, careful!

Oops! Uh-oh!

Captain Lab Safety to the rescue.

Hey, what's up, D Man?

Hi, Daniel.

I come bearing sandwiches.

Someone grabbed the wrong backpack again.

Thank you. I'm Starvin' Marvin over here.

But the brain needs food to run.

You know, I thought you liked it here.

I can't remember
the last time you had friends over.

Honey.

I can't leave Hawkins. I…

Just not yet.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Who's leaving Hawkins?

I've made too much progress in my work
to give up now.

Your mother is close
to a real breakthrough.

One day, people will be able
to revive their rotting produce

because of your mom's work.

She could change the world
if she sticks with it.

Fine. Whatever. I get it.

Just give me a heads-up
when you're done "changing the world"

so I can start packing, okay?

Nikki. Nikki.

- [Mike] No.
- [Max] Who wants my PB&J?

[Dustin] I got apple juice!

Hey, you know
you really came through for me yesterday.

And none of it would have been possible
without the Hawkins Investigators Club.

No way! This is awesome!

Thanks, everybody.
I humbly accept this very cool hat.

All right, now before we declare
the H.I.C. a definitive success,

let's double-check our math.
Start us off, Will.

Well, we discovered that if the spores
don't find a host within 12 hours,

they die permanently.

And it's now been more than 24 hours
since the last incident.

So we should be in the clear.

Although, we never did get to the bottom
of Charlie's red light.

[all booing]

Take the win, Dustin!

[Lucas] The final test is right here.

The last of our H.I.C. tip boxes.

If we open it and find a clue,
there's still work to do.

If we don't,

that means the Hawkins Investigators Club
has succeeded.

Drumroll, please.

Three, two, one.

Yes!

[Dustin] Garbage!

The H.I.C. is a bona fide success!

[all chanting] H.I.C.! H.I.C.! H.I.C.!

Yes!

[Mike] El's waiting for me
to pick her up after school.

Then we can all meet up at the arcade
to talk about the new D&D campaign.

She'll be happy to know
things are finally back to normal.

Actually, I'll meet you guys
at the arcade later.

I have this, uh,
side quest thing I gotta do.

- Side quest? Right.
- Dude.

You can't even look us in the eye
right now.

Okay, now you gotta tell us
what's going on.

Nope, nuh-uh, never in one million years.

- [school bell ringing]
- Literally, saved by the bell.

Nikki, where have you been?
We haven't seen you since the cabin.

Sorry. It was getting late,

and my mom needed
to talk to me about something, so…

Well, you missed
some pretty big headlines.

The H.I.C. has officially closed the case,

which means my D&D game is still on track
for the snowstorm.

Wait. "Your D&D game"?

Don't you think
we should discuss it with the party

before inviting her into the game?

I can make the call. I'm the DM.

Hey, Nikki!

[Nikki] I'll catch you later, Zombie Boy.

- Wait. I wanna talk to you.
- Yeah?

Well, I'm not so sure
Wheeler would be cool with that.

You didn't even ask me first.

- So? I can make my own decisions.
- [scoffs]

Wait, Nikki!

- Look, I just think--
- Could you give me a second?

DMing is a lot to take on, and--

Nikki, hang on!

- Will!
- Wait.

Will!

[fire alarm ringing]

What did you do that for?

Okay, which one of you knuckleheads
pulled the fire alarm?

I have zero clue, Coach.

I never expected to hear Will, Mike,
and "detention" in the same sentence.

It was just a matter of time
before those good boys went bad.

I don't know which one did it,

but I owe them big time
for getting me out of my math test.

[Rosario] Hey! Henderson!

We doing this or what?

Let's go, popcorn head!

Wait. This is your side quest?

Yes, all right.

My mom is mad that I gave my vest away,
so I'm going to Rosario's to get it back.

That's all, okay?

Whatever you say.

Enough chit-chat!
We're wasting daylight! Hyah!

I'm going! I'm going!

[ringing]

[girl] Bye! Have a good break!

[coach] Welcome to detention, donkeys.

Okay, let's see who we got.

- Baxter!
- Sir! Present, sir!

You're the new biology teacher's kid?

Yeah.

She must be so proud.

Celebrity alert! It's Zombie Byers!

I'm keeping an eye on you.

Can't go missing on my watch.

And Mr. Wheeler is here too.

Shouldn't you be building model rockets
instead of pulling fire alarms?

And it just wouldn't be detention
without Charlie Dandridge,

the poster child for underachievers.

You know the drill.

You'll get it back after detention.

For the next hour, there will be
no talking, no laughing, no getting up.

And your time starts…

now.

Ugh!

[Max] Ugh! How long is detention anyway?

It's no fun beating Will's Galaga score
if he's not there to witness it.

[boy] Help!

Somebody help!

Hey, kid! What's wrong?

My brother's gonna k*ll me.

I dropped his ball,
and it bounced right into the tunnel.

I'm too scared to go get it
because I keep hearing things in there.

Tough choice.
Nice, warm arcade or icy, stinky sewer.

Sometimes it stinks to be a hero.

[Dustin panting]

You're going the wrong way, doofus.
Your sense of direction sucks.

You know what?
You've hated me ever since third grade,

and I don't understand why.

Maybe it's because you're a bully

who threw punch on my new dress
at Lindsay Molnar's birthday party.

That wasn't on purpose.

Stupid Ian Lee bumped into me.

Would a bully have a dent here
from a malicious seesaw incident?

No. Maybe you're the bully.

Would a bully have a bald patch

from being dragged by her ponytail
by the pep squad?

Jeez.

Hey. If we knew we had this much in common
when we were little,

do you think we'd have been,
I don't know, friends?

[scoffs] No way.
Especially not with your stupid hair.

Then would you settle for a truce?

[chuckles] Whatever.

- [high-pitched distortion]
- [grunts]

Whoa! Are you okay?

Ever since that pie contest,
I haven't been able to sleep.

When I close my eyes,
I keep seeing this image.

You know what? Never mind.

Oh, no, no, no. You can't start
a mysterious story like that

and then just bail.

It's these flashes of a blurry X
with a floating red light above it.

Just like Charlie. I knew
there was something more going on.

Red light. Red light.

Did it look like that?

Sort of.

But not really.

It wasn't just a light.

There were trees, branches

reaching up from below like… fingers.

I know this sounds crazy,

but if we can find
where you saw this light,

maybe we can understand why.

Come on, I'm begging you.

I'll owe you big time.
Please, please, please.

Fine, I'll help.

But only for like an hour.
She-Ra starts at 4:30.

Yes!

For the honor of Grayskull!

All right, rejects.
I gotta go make the rounds.

Don't move an inch.

Hey, I'm sorry I landed us in here.
I just wanted to talk.

Hey, chump. You wanna arm wrestle?

You against me?

Bring it on.

[Rosario] We're still in the wrong spot.

It's okay.
Let's just keep looking for the right one.

We can barely see anything.
Time to call it, detective. Let's go.

It just doesn't make sense.

If you saw this light,
and Charlie saw this light,

why would you be having the same dream?

Hey, Earth to Dustin.
It's a quarter to She-Ra. Time to go.

She-Ra. That's right!

Adora and her friends, every week,
they wage battle against the…

Horde Troopers.

Right.

But they aren't Adora's biggest enemy.
Her main enemy is…

Hordak.

Who's sitting in the Fright Zone,

sending his minions out
to do the dirty work for him.

Maybe that's what's happening here.

Which means
there must be a bigger enemy out there,

some sort of leader.

A queen.

You got frostbite of the brain.

Let's hit the road.

You all right, dude?

Remember that article we saw
back at The Weekly Watcher?

"Sewer Serpent Strikes Again"?

[Lucas] I think this is the sewer.

Look!

There's the ball.

What, are you okay?

Gross! I stepped in a puddle.

Dude, I thought something happened!

Something did happen!

I ruined my new sneakers!

My mom's gonna k*ll me!

Hey. Check it out.

[distant rumbling]

[screeching]

Come on!

[shushing]

[chittering]

[screeching]

[screeching]

[distant screeching]

[both gasping]

[screeching]

Run!

[Lucas screaming]

Lucas!

[newscaster] The storm has come earlier
than expected and is now far larger,

barreling towards Roane County
at an unprecedented rate.

Experts are urging
anyone in the storm's path…

Mike. Mike, are you there?

[Charlie grunting]

Ha-ha! Boom!
The undefeated queen of detention.

Best two out of three.

Two out of three?

We're at, like, nine out of ten, dude.

I guess your new pal likes
hanging around jerks.

Hey, I'm sorry
I got us stuck in detention,

but you can't be mad at me forever.

'Cause you were trying to impress Nikki?

Look, I know she's a little--

[both grunting and laughing]

[clattering]

Okay, she's a lot,
but I like her, and so does everyone else.

Doesn't matter.
I promised El I'd see her after school,

but I'm stuck here,
and my walkie's in my locker.

[Nikki] Then why are you sulking?

- Let me go!
- Let's go get your walkie.

We can't! Coach will--

What? Give us detention?
We're already here, dude.

Why do you suddenly care now?

Maybe because El saved my life,
like, 50 times,

and I'd like to do her a solid.

Dandridge, you'll stand lookout.

[scoffs] What's in it for me?

Uh, the sweet, sweet sounds of X-Ray Spex.

I'll even make you a copy of the tape
when we're out of here. What do you say?

[groans] Deal.

But if this band sucks, you owe me big.

Well, what do you think?

Okay, under one condition.

We get it done before Coach gets back.

[creature screeching]

[Lucas] Max!

[Max] Hang on!

[screaming]

It's too strong!

Max!

Look!

Hey, ugly! Over here!

[screeching]

[crunching, hissing]

What in the…?

- Jeff Nelson?
- Jeff Nelson?

[Lucas] The ceiling!

[sighs] I don't get paid enough for this.

[distant screeching]

[coach] Hello?

Hello?

I keep imagining things.

[gasping, screaming]

Operation Breaker Breaker is a go!

You know Will can handle himself, right?

Dude, you treat him
like he's stepping out of line

every time he tries to do something new.
Between this, his D&D game, and--

You don't know Will like I do.
He's been through a lot, and--

Yeah, and maybe he's sick

of his best friend looking at him
like he's broken.

You ever think about that?

You wanna know a secret?

Will's the bravest person I know.

Yeah, I can see that.

If you can see that,
why have you been blowing him off?

Because you don't want me here
because I "ruin everything," remember?

I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry.

But don't shut Will out because of me.

Believe me, I know how scary it is
to let people close to you.

When you do, that means

the things they do
or the things that happen to them,

they can hurt you.

But those people can help you too.
They can be awesome.

You just have to let them.

Maybe we should both
take a page out of Will's book.

And be brave.

Are y'all coming or what? Chop-chop!

Jeff! Come on, man, wake up!

- Jeff!
- Gah!

What the…?

Sinclair?

Where am I?

Maybe just have a seat for a second.

Do you remember what happened?

It's a blur. Like a crazy dream.

- [Lucas] Blinking red lights?
- Yeah.

But also, there was this urge.

Really strong. Like an… instinct.

What kind of instinct?

To hunt. I had the scent of something.

Prey.

Not close.
Maybe a mile and a half that way.

I needed to track it down,
bring it back, here.

But why?

I don't remember, okay?
Get out of my face!

We only k*lled one of these things,

which means the other three
are still out there, hunting.

Then we better warn everyone.

This ain't over yet.

[tense music playing]

Huh?

- [door slams open]
- [wind whistling]

You feeling okay, Coach?

[Will] Guys?

I don't think that's Coach.

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[all screaming]

[screeching]

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