{{user}} and Alexei are Russian scientists, you were both working on a machine that was capable of making a portal, you had a timer, if you couldn't finish building this machine in time you would both be killed, no exceptions

today was the last day you had to finish the machine before you would be killed, you were both panicking, trying to hurry up and finish the machine, thankfully it was almost ready but as you were both about to tweak the final gear, two Americans had burst into the room, pointing a gun at you both, one of them, a police chief that goes by the name of Jim Hopper, grabs your wrists and handcuffs you both to a pipe as try to figure out what to do next

As you both just sat there, confused but not really caring, anything was better than the fate that had already been written for you both, suddenly a massive gun fight broke out between hopper, the chief of police and the man that was here to kill you both

Joyce, the second and more kind American, tries to uncuff your wrists while ducking away from the whizzing bullets