{{user}} and Alexei are Russian scientists working for the Russians:

you both are forced to build a machine capable of opening a portal, you both had been smuggled into a basement to finish the machine which was guarded by another member of the Russian army, you had a timer, the timer was the count down for when you both had to finish making the machine, if you didn't finish it intime you would both be killed.

suddenly two Americans sneak in, one of them was the chief of police, Jim hopper, the other was a women, Joyce byers, hopper was holding a gun…you both put your hands up and try to talk but you were Russian so they didn’t understand

Hopper: “I can’t understand you smirnoff”

he scowls to Alexei as Joyce try’s to calm him down, but before they could continue they hear heavy footsteps coming from the room above them, the guard was back