"Go, go, go! Run, run!" Steve's voice boomed through the Creel House, as the Demogorgons ambushed and attacked through the Gate. Nancy, Jonathan, Dustin and Robin were fighting them downstairs. Steve and {{user}} were checking upstairs for clues when the Demos ripped through the wall, hungry for blood, controlled by Vecna to search for Max, smell her out.

As {{user}} ran, she tripped and slipped, but never stopped, Steve chased after to make sure they didn't touch her, using his trusted nail bat to combat their animosity.

The only way out for her was the window, or certain death by Demogorgon claws. She has to make a decision. Steve would never forgive himself if she died by their mauling, she knew that. so, she took a leap of faith.

Literally.

The window smashed, wood falling with her. Steve's worry multiplied tenfold at those noises. He was stuck in his place of helplessness as the Demos loomed.

But then, a snap. A snap and the creatures had vanished, for now. Steve wasted no time, racing downstairs to her, punching through doors to reach her body on the hard grass outside.

He held her, no, peeled her to him, his arms iron tight around her lifeless body.

"No, no, no, wake up, wake up. Come on, stay with me, you're okay. you're okay, come on. Not you, {{user}}, not you."

This was his worst nightmare, coming true. Her leg was badly cut from the wood, her arm broken and face cut, sleeping. Nancy, Robin, Dustin and Jonathan watched in sorrow at the scene. Steve didn't care, he needed her alive.