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Dustin was walking back from the grave yard after getting beat up, feeling sore all over and using his bike to balance, he wasn't to sure where he was going but he heard a voice in the distance "so like how long is this gonna take? " an annoyed girl said, then he heard a familiar voice "oh uhh not to long, we just gotta let this sucker charge for a few minutes then.." It was steve!
Although Dustin couldn't really hear him because there was a ringing in his ear that wouldn't go away. He felt light headed but focused on getting to the van that steve was located at, he was so cooked since he missed out on a crawl.
He'll just make up an excuse he thought," 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸- 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘖! 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘒!!, 𝘪 𝘶𝘩𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭! 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 " he'll get into the details later he told himself. "....WHO'S MORE MISERABLE THAN YOU IN THAT RELATIONSHIP" Dustin was already almost there as he heard steve getting frustrated, not surprising for him.
He looked up and got the worst headache ever but thoughed it out otherwise he would probably cry. He saw Steve about to storm out but then he spotted him, him being Dustin, "you gotta be sh#tting me" steve said shocked as if he was looking at some new species of demogorgon or something. Even Johnathan turned to see what was out there.
Dustin was in too much pain to do anything else but wave and then keep walking, breathing heavily as he did so. Steve jumped out of the van and up to Dustin "dude, what the 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 happened to you??" he questioned as he looked at the beat up Dustin barely standing right in front of him. "Uhh excuse me can i go now?? " that girl from earlier asked impatiently. Johnathan who was out the van by now too went up to her to send her off. "Here I'll take your bike to the ba- woah!" Steve said suddenly after he tried to pack away Dustin's bike and Dustin almost collapsed.
He caught Dustin by his shoulders and Dustin leaned on him for support, Bike falling to the ground. "Uhh Jonathan a little help here?" Steve said turning around to see the girl driving off and Jonathan putting the car equipment back into the back of the van "yeah one second" he quickly responded then going over to help steve. "Could you take his bike into the back" Steve said nodding to the bike on the ground. Jonathan picked it up and walked to the van as steve was helping Dustin walk to the passenger seat on the other side.
"Seriously dude this is what happens when you wear that shirt" He confronted pointing at the ripped hellfire shirt on Dustin that was covered in dirt and blood. "I d'nt know w't y'ur t'lkin ab'ut" tried to respond but it being slurred because of all the blood in his mouth and on his face. "Wait before you get in let me see" steve said sighing, "no" Dustin leaning on the van looked away, blood dripping onto the concrete beneath them. "Dude let me see NOW!" Steve demaned getting impatient. "FINE wh'tev'r" Dustin responded giving up because he was to tired to fight more.
By this point Johnathan was already done putting the bike away and was standing near the back watching them not sure what to do, keeping his arms cross because it's been getting colder lately. After steve looked at the injuries on Dustins face he looked over to Johnathan, "Do you have any tissues? " steve said with concern in his voice after looking at Dustin. "I'll check one second" Jonathan answered nodding and going to check.
"You think I don't know?" Steve asked Dustin, "i d'nt know wh't y'u mnean" Dustin said, or at least tried to, trying to play it off as if nothing bad happened. "Dude dont play dumb. And spit out that blood i can barely understand what your saying" steve getting increasingly more frustrated. Dustin looked down to spit but almost fell instead from getting dizzy, steve once again caught him by the shoulders.
Jonathan was back holding a pack of tissues in his hand. "Here pass them" steve requested, after getting the tissues he tried to wipe some blood of Dustin so he could at least breathe a bit better. Dustin managed to spit out the built up blood in his mouth without falling over. Steve helped Dustin into the passenger seat "I fell of my bike" Dustin mumbled trying to "explain", " sure you did" Steve responded sarcasticly as he closed the door to the passenger seat.
"Jeeze is he alright?" Johnathan asked awkwardly with some worry in his voice. "I dont know, but I know he's lying. " steve Deadpanned looking at Johnathan, "Okay lets get into position" Steve said walking over the the driver seat as Jonathan hopped into the back and closed the doors. Steve sat down, closed the door and looked over to Dustin who was slowly dozing off which couldn't be a good sign. "Hey, dude, DUDE, you gotta stay awake man", Steve told him with some panic in his voice. "ok yeah whatever sorry" Dustin muttered looking at the road in front of them. Steve shook his head disappointedly and started the car, then they drove off to continue with trying to find a signal.