Modern Day AU where S4 only half happened--Chrissy didn't die, Eddie wasn't involved and there wasn't a giant earthquake, so things just got hand waived as a whoopsie by the government again.
Flashforward, and there's Max and Dustin, now in their early twenties, loudly overtaking an oft-ignored college coffee shop, yelling about the town they all grew up in.
It takes a minute for both halves of Stobin to figure out what the hell they're on about, until Dustin finally manages to get ahold of Steve's phone
("What the fuck Henderson, use your own phone!”
"Mine's DEAD Steve, stop trying to grab yours, this is serious!”
"Youtube is serious? Since when?”
“I’ll show you if you just shut up for two seconds!”)
Long enough to play videos from a Youtube Channel that wasn't that popular until two days ago and is now exploding in views.
Hellfire Hour, lead by Eddie Munson--
(“The freaky guy who stood on the lunch table?”
“Really Robs? That’s what you remember him for?”
“He stepped on my lunch twice Steven, I have a grudge!”
“He put Miss Clicks’ car in the Hawkins pool. Nevermind that whole thing with the glitter!”
“Would you two pay attention!? This is important!”
“Pretty sure our boss would say otherwise, Henderson.”)
--has taken his crew back to Hawkins to start a new series. In an abrupt 180 from their usual D&D content, the channel is now doing a half expose, half ghost hunting feature on all the weird shit that happened in their hometown back in the day.
Led by their shiny new co-host, Chrissy Cunnginham, Hellfire plans on taking their viewers through all the weird government cover ups and lies, to find out what really happened all those years ago.
Which isn’t great, but apparently, isn’t the emergency.
They have four videos in the series so far--one, Dustin explains, is an introduction to the series and Chrissy, the second is them arriving in Hawkins while familiarizing the viewers with some of the backstory, the third is centered around the high school and the fourth--
Is a two minute video, far different from the others.
There’s no intro.
No spooky music or jump cuts.
There’s simply half of Hellfire standing in a hotel room, looking like they haven’t slept in days.
One of them--Gareth--introduces himself in a tight, quiet voice, then explains that Eddie and Chrissy went down into some tunnels.
They didn’t come back.
It’s been two days and the police won’t help them. No one in the town will help them.
All the proof they have is a shaky, short video clip, sent in a message via Eddie’s cellphone, showing a whole lot of nothing other than screaming, cursing, and a constantly blurred image as the phone is swung wildly around.
Gareth is talking over the footage on its second play through, calling on their, then fairly small, audience for any kind of help, as the entrance to the tunnel has been completely filled in--
And everyone in town is claiming there was never a tunnel at all.
That isn’t what freezes Robin, or makes Steve curse.
What does is the far off, but unforgettable, rattling growl that can be heard in Eddie’s last video.
“That’s a demodog, Steve.” Dustin says, low and frantic, like they can’t all hear it. “That’s a demodog and someone in the town knows about one enough to cover it up!”
A mystery if only because everyone originally involved in the whole mess, from the kids all the way to Hopper, have long left Hawkins.
“We have to go get them.” Dustin says firmly, shaking Steve’s phone.
Steve just shares a look with Robin.
“Dustin…” Steve starts, voice slow, edged with something almost apologetic. He knows how much the kid liked Munson.
Doesn't want to be the one to say that after two days, it would be a retrieval, not a rescue.
“They’re alive, Steve!” Dustin cuts in immediately, knowing exactly where Steve’s mind had gone.
“And how do you know that?” Robin asks. She’s already got her phone out, halfway through a novel SOS text to Nancy and Jonathan.
“Because he didn’t just send a video to them, he sent one to me too. See!”
Steve blinks at the phone being shoved stupidly close to his eyes but locks in nonetheless when Munson’s bloodied face appears in a dimly lit room.
“Hey man.” He says wincingly, around cracked, dry lips. “Long time no talk. I know our last campaign didn’t end that great, specifically because of how I had Vecna use Kas, and I’m--I’m sorry, about that. I’m back in Hawkins for a video and I got stuck in a tunnel and for some reason I can only message a couple of people and you’re one of them so if you would be good enough to put that whole thing coffin thing behind us and send some people down to come get me, ideally before I die, that’d be cool. Thanks.”
“He sent it to Lucas and Mike too.” Max informs the group at large, hands crossed over her chest.
“Well that’s fucking weird.” Steve says, nose scrunching. For many, many reasons, the least of which being that he’s pretty sure that was one of the Starcourt base rooms Eddie was in, but also because there was zero mention of Chrissy.
“It’s a fucking trap is what it is!” Dustin says, imitating Steve’s own cadence. “Vecna wasn’t our last campaign! No one was mad about Kas--he was this human bard we thought was a friend but was actually a thrall created by Vecna to betray our party and the coffin thing was--”
“English.” Steve and Robin chant at once.
“Eddie’s sending us a message! Someone is forcing him to send that video, and he’s telling me it’s a trap!”
“And you want to waltz into it?”
“Hello!?” Dustin once again waives Steve’s phone around. “Did I not just say someone has Eddie?!”
“Chrissy too.” Max mutters behind him.
“Yeah, her!”
“Dustin…” Steve says again, voice sharp with warning. Dustin puffs up, bracing for a fight, until Max cuts cleanly across him, voice cool and even.
“Mike, Will and Lucas are already on their way down to get him. I tried to stop them.” She adjusts her arms, frown slashing her face. “They didn’t listen.”
It’s clearly immediately ‘they’ likely means ‘Lucas’ but Steve and Robin don’t have time for that given their lives just got cratered.
Again.
“I’ll call Hop, you call Joyce.” Steve says, reaching for his phone and switching to the store’s when Dustin still keeps it out of reach.
“They’re gonna tell us not to go!” He protests.
“We have bigger problems.” Max inserts once again.
“Please don’t tell me it’s the Russians again.” Robin complains, phone to her ear.
“Worse. Hellfire’s last video went viral. It’s not just our idiots who went down to Hawkins--a crapload of other people did to. And they all want to hunt for Eddie and Chrissy.”
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Guys, what would you do if I wrote an AU where Jasper was adopted by Horace Diaz, and the first time he meets Henry is when he's working at Mighty Med and Henry comes in as Kid Danger. What would you do?
The acidic smell of her explosives filled the air, as pink smoke and flame slowly faded away. Blue eyes traced the disappearing tail of the Firelight's boards, before turning to glance at the destruction around her.
It was supposed to be a simple job- just guarding the barrels of disguised Shimmer... up until she overheard two enforcers talking about a "pink haired brat" they had had the pleasure of beating up on the latest newbie enforcer tour in stillwater.
It was unlikely... but as Powder Jinx was pulled towards Sevika, the woman gearing up for a scolding, she considered. It had been four years since Vi had left. It was unlikely she was still alive.
"She's definitely not alive. And even jf she was, your a jinx. Why would she want to come back to be with you?" Jinx huffed at Mylo's words.
True. But then again... a "pink haired brat?" It might be worth a shot. And she does like shooting...
If nothing else, breaking into and out of Stillwater would be fun. She could try the new, blue bombs!
Mind made up, a smile curled at the tip of her lips.
Stillwater it was.
✯
Two days later, Jinx is rushing through the pipes towards the Firelight's oh-so-secret hide out.
Memories of when Ekko had first discovered it and shown her blurred through her mind, accompanied by Mylo's scathing voice. She shook them both away.
Bursting into the clearing, she let a grin cross he face and her palm reach for her pistol.
The firelights were already starting to notice her. That's ok, this didn't need to be subtle anyway.
"You wouldn't know subtle if it hit you in the face"
Well, that's a lie. She totally could be subtle if she wanted to be. She just... didnt. Jinx turned delightedly, waving her fingers at the mix of terrified and enraged expressions she was met with in the clearing. Enraged yells were already filling her ears, covering the gentle sound of laughter and wind rustling the leaves from just a moment ago. Ooh purple hair i have bombs like that- focus. Little man. She's here for the Boy savior not any of his little firelights.
"EKKO. GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE."
Confused and wary frowns added to the fray of expressions on the Firelight's faces. She continued tk ignore the weapons pointed at her, and the questions as to where and how and why she was there. She could kill them all, if she wanted, anyway.
A quiet whur of machinery and Ekko was seen flying from the upper branches of the tree. For a moment, dhe considered that it was a sight pretty enough to be captured in paint.... in a bomb. And then she threw the thought away and grinned at her best friend enemy.
"Hiiiii Boy Savior." Ekko huffed. "Jinx." A cackle; "That's me!" Warily, as if she was one of her pretty little bombs, set to explode, hr asked, "what are you doing here?"
Which was the point where his firelights- she didn't know which one honestly theg were all as irritating as each other- interrupted, "What is she doing here? How is she here, more like."
A smirk tugged at Jinx's face, as the firelights continued to try and interrupt. "She i-is!" A singsong tone left her lips and Ekko's frown deepened. "Anyway I just need somewhere to put her, when I get her back from Stillwater! But not with Silco. Silco doesn't like her that much. So I leave her with you! OK?" And without waiting for an answer, she grinned and turned on her heels, and left. "Great."
As her footsteps faded down through the entrance, Ekko was left, staring hopelessly after her, as the Firelights bombarded him with questions.
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