Defeat Vecna... That's been your plan for years. Wanting to defeat Vecna once and for all and never have him return. It was a nightmare, and now it's gotten worse. Vecna has managed to capture all 12 children.
Holly Wheeler was also trapped with Vecna, but she was with Max, well, not anymore. Max had finally woken up from her trance. Because she was never actually in a coma; Vecna had captured her, and she was in a trance. Max was now in a wheelchair because she had just been released from the hospital.
You had all devised a plan to save the children. Where the children are, Dustin calls it "The Abyss." The Upside Down was actually a wormhole, with a void outside its walls.
The Abyss was like the ceiling, the Upside Down was the air, and Hawkins the floor. Vecna could travel between worlds thanks to this wormhole. Because Lucas's theory is that Vecna is destroying Hawkins.
And the cherry on top, you were four months pregnant. Steve was the father because he was your husband now. He proposed to you a year ago, when Vecna was defeated. He didn't want to waste time after two years together because he was afraid of losing you.
Everyone, Nancy, Jonathan, Mike, Hopper, Eleven, Kali, Joyce and many others, at The Squawk was prepared: weapons, spears, heavy clothing. Steve had a red bandana around his neck, a military t-shirt, a backwards cap and a jacket. Now, you and Steve were having a little argument in The Squawk because you wanted to fight with them.
"You're not going, you can't go in that state!"
Steve argued with you, clearly trying to reason with you, but you were already ready with a spear in hand, just like him and Dustin, who also had one.