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I wish I knew you wanted me I wish I knew,
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season 4, ep5. The nina project
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" SHIT! OH, SHIT! Oh, shit! Oh, shit! " Argyle continued to scream. While continuing to look at the bleeding man in the back of her brother's van, Geneva was breathing quickly. She yelled, "What the fuck! " Angela made every effort not to vomit. Still unnoticed by Will, Jonathan, and Mike is the blonde.

" God. "

" Keep pressure on it. "

Will pressed on the wound and screamed, " It's not slowing. " Jonathan repeated while continuing to apply pressure, " Keep putting pressure on it. More pressure. Get the napkins. More napkins. "

" Shit. "

" It's not slowing. "

" Argyle! Get us to St. Mary's. "

Argyle responded by shouting, " I don't think praying's gonna help that dude, man. " Which caused him to get smacked by his little sister. Geneva shouted, " No, you idiot! St. Mary's Hospital. "

" No, no. "

" What? "

" No hospital. "

Jonathan said, " We're gonna get you to the hospital. " Harmon uttered, " You need to warn... O... Owens. " with his mouth dripping with blood. " Owens, okay. " Jonathan said.

Harmon told them, " The girl. She's... She's in danger. Jonathan questioned, " Jonathan questioned, " Okay, how... how do we find Owens? " Harmon mumbled, " Nina, Nina, " incoherently. Mike questioned, " Nina. Who'ss Nina? "

As he started to reach into his pocket, Harmon took out a pen. " Come on. A pen, " Will yelled.

" Okay. "

" Shit. "

Harmon handed them the pen and said, " Here's the number. " Jonathan grabbed the pen and said, " Number. Number. " Mike noted, " He wants to write something. "

" We can call this Nina? " Jonathan told the man. " Grab a magazine or something. Will, get something. " Mike shouted at Will.

Will started searching for a magazine or other useful item to assist the wounded man but instead discovered a blonde.

" Angela? "

Angela gave him a brief smile before handing him a magazine. Will quickly snatched it out of her hands and returned to Jonathan and Mike. Will yelled, " Right here. Come on. Hey. " Will shouted. The man already looked like he was about to die.

Geneva groaned angrily as she turned to face the commotion in the back of the van, " Don't go into the light, man. Give us the number of that Nina chick! "

Jonathan yelled, " Hey! Look at me! " However, the man was already dead, so it was useless. " Hey! Come on! "

" Hold on! "

" Oh, shit. " Argyle muttered as he watched them through the rearview mirror. Geneva screamed, kicking the dashboard, " Fuck! "

" Gennie! "

" Hey! "

Argyle said anxiously, " Hey, yo, yo. Wait, wait, wait. Why is it so quiet back there, huh? Yo, is he dead? Jesus, man. Talk to me! Shit! "

" We should get off the road. " Jonathan advised. Will said, " Argyle, Ar... Argyle, get off the road, now! " Looking back at them, Argyle yelled, " Shit, he's dead, isn't he? This is real bad. " The three in the back, including Angela, yelled, " Get off the road! "

Geneva yelled, " Fuck it! " She yanked off her belt, put her hands on the wheel, and veered off the road, causing the tires to screech.

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" WHAT IS SHE doing here? Why is she even in your brothers van, Gen? " Will shouted, pointing at the blonde who had her arms crossed and was standing by the van as Jonathan and Mike were digging. " She appeared at my front door, Will. We talked, and she apologized. " Geneva explained. " But everything she's done to you and El— Jane. What about that? "

" I still haven't accepted her apology, okay? I brought her with me so she could apologize to Jane as well. Wait— Where's Jane? where is she? " Geneva looked around, confused.

Will sighed, " Shit. You don't know. " Will raised his head to look at her. Geneva looked confused and asked, " What do you mean? What don't I know? Will is she okay? Is she in danger? Fuck! Tell me she's okay Will. " Geneva yelled, starting to pace in circles. She doesn't want anything bad to happen to Jane; she promised she'd always protect her, and now she's failed, as she always does.

" Gen, nothing bad happened to her. She's fine. " Will reassured her by resting his hands on her shoulders. " Jane—well, Eleven has superpowers. "

Geneva chuckled slightly as she stood there, almost not believing what he had said, but when she realized that they were being chased by dudes with guns and when Jane had extended her arm to Angela while screaming, everything made sense.

" Holy shit. "

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GENEVA, ANGELA, AND ARGYLE were seated by Will, Jonathan, and Mike. " Okay, so we need to tell you on everything that's been going on. Jane—well, Eleven has— " began Mike.

" Eleven? Like the number? " Argyle inquired, and Mike stood there blinking. " Yes. " Argyle gave a nod. " All right, all right. "

" Okay... Well, as I have said, Eleven, also known as Jane, has superpowers, and she's in the lab, so we need to find her. " Mike spoke quickly. Angela sat there confused, uttering a single, " What? "

Mike was becoming irritated after being interrupted numerous times. " My girlfriend has powers. We've been fighting this Upside Down since 1983, and it's still alive. Eleven lost her powers months ago, but they returned her to the lab so she could regain them again. "

" So, Jane's a superhero? " Angela inquired in a confused tone.

" Yes. "

" Oh. "

" Mike, is Jane safe? " Geneva was concerned after learning that Jane was trapped in a lab and was attempting to regain her powers. Mike remained silent because he didn't know what to say in response to that question. " I hope so, Gen. She's strong. "

Geneva was shocked because it was the first time Michael Wheeler had ever called her Gen or spoken to her without being annoyed or making a snide remark. But she didn't have time to be happy about that right now her main concern is getting Jane back.

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" OH MAN. Okay. This is not the way it's supposed to go, okay? Oh man, oh man, oh man. Okay, this is so messed up. This is so messed up! This is so messed up! " Argyle continued rambling and pacing in circles, while Geneva, Angela, Mike, Will, and Jonathan buried the man in the suit's dead body.

" Okay. Dude's probably got, like, a family, kids, you know. All that shit. We gotta go to the cops with this. Lay it all on 'em. Your superpowered girlfriend, bad government dudes, Upside Down dimension planet thing— "

" No. "

" But... But listen! " Argyle approached Mike and grabbed his shoulder. " The bad government dudes are after your super girlfriend, right? Right? Okay. So maybe cops can helps us find out where she is. They're gonna kill her, man. And if they kill her, they're gonna kill us. "

" Argyle! "

" Hey! "

Jonathan and Geneva both yelled at Argyle at the same time, but Argyle ignored them.

" They might kill us before they kill her. I dunno, man. "

" Argyle! "

" Actually, don't know what order they wanna go. "

" Listen to me! Hey! "

" Eeny meeny miny moe... "

" Argyle! Listen! "

" What! "

" Look, I think we can figure this out, okay? We just gotta open our minds. " Jonathan reassured him. " Open our minds? That's an open grave in front of me, man!  Open my mind? What are you talking about? " Argyle yelled, and Jonathan began to walk towards him, grabbing him by the shoulders. " Listen. Hey, dude! Hey! Just relax, okay? "

" Yeah. "

" Why don't you just go to the van... and do your thing, huh? " Jonathan exclaimed, panting. Argyle nodded, knowing exactly what he meant. Geneva rolled her eyes, knowing exactly what he meant. " Purple Palm Tree Delight. " Argyle mumbled. " Right. Right. "

" It's all worn off. "

" It's just worn off. "

" I'm all emotional. " Argyle stated. " You're emotional. " Jonathan repeated. " Okay. I'm sorry. " Argyle apologized as he walked towards the van, while Jonathan patted his back. " You're fine. "

" Jonathan. " Will exclaimed. " Yeah? " Jonathan turned around to face his younger brother. " More weed? Is that really a good idea now? " Will stated. " Got a better idea to keep him calm? Let's just get this done. " Jonathan walked away.

Geneva sighed and gazed up at the sky. " Why does it have to be so goddamn hot? " She cursed.

Angela let out a small chuckle as Geneva looked over at her. Angela quickly stopped chuckling and coughed as she realized Geneva was staring at her. Geneva averted her gaze and softly smiled.

Geneva then looked up and noticed Will staring at Mike, who was staring at the rocky ground. She raised an eyebrow when she saw Mike look at Will and then return to digging. She knows what her brother said got into Mike's head; she felt bad, but she also knows how much he doesn't like her so she didn't bother because he wouldn't even tell her how he felt.

Mike sat on top of a car, and she watched as Will followed him and sat beside him. She decided to take a break from digging and sat back on the surfer boys' van. She was drawing on the sand and didn't notice Angela sitting next to her.

" Hey, Gen. " Geneva turned to face Angela, who was staring ahead. Angela chuckled and shook her head, looking down " Do... Do you remember when we first began skating? You were so afraid of falling that you put safety gear everywhere, even on your ass. " Geneva let out a small laugh as she remembered the incident. " You even had goggles on!"

" yeah, I remember that. " Geneva responded with laughter. The two girls were a laughing mess.

They both stopped laughing when Argyles voice was heard. " Does anybody know the dead dude's name? " He exclaimed.

" What? " Jonathan asked, perplexed, as he turned to face Argyle, who sat with a ripped pizza box in one hand and a pen in the other. " The dead dude. I'm making him a headstone. " Argyle turned the box around to show Jonathan. " You do realize we spent all morning hiding the body. " Jonathan remarked.

" Well, I'll just write, uh, 'here lies Unknown Hero Agent Man.' Yeah. Saved Argyle, Gennie, blondie— "

" Angela! "

" Angela, Jonathan, Will, and Mike from certain death. " Argyle spoke up. " You... You're gonna write our names on the pizza box? " Jonathan grumbled. " They're pretty common names. " Argyle muttered. " Okay, dude . Uh, do your thing. Jesus Christ. " Jonathan sighed, turning away from his long-haired friend.

Argyle tried writing on the box, but no ink came out. " Come on, man. " He licked it, but it still didn't work. Geneva approached him, with Angela close behind. " Let me take a look. " Geneva extended her hand. Argyle handed her the pen, and she began writing on her hand to see if anything came out. " It's outta of ink."

Both Mike and Will jumped off the car and began walking towards the three. Mike snatched the pen from Geneva's grasp. " Hey! "

" Hey, man, we were using that. "

Mike twisted the pen. Argyle sat there confused. " What are you doing? " Argyle asked, but received no response. Something fell out of the pen as Mike was twisting it open, landing on the box Argyle was holding. " Something fell outta that pen, man. " He said this while holding up the piece of paper that had fallen out and handing it to Mike.

" Wh...What is it? " Angela asked, confused. When Mike opened the paper, Jonathan, Will, Geneva, and Angela all noticed a number written on it. Mike smiled as he looked around at them. " It's the number. We've had it this whole time. "

" We got his digits, man? "

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THE GROUP WERE searching for a phone when they came across one. " There's one. Argyle, slow down. " Geneva pointed out. " There's one what? " Argyle asked, confused. " Slow down. "Geneva said it once more. " Stop barking orders, Gennie. " He shouted at her. " Argyle! Slow down! "

" Woah! "

" Christ! "

They had almost crashed into the phone booth. When they got out of the van, Geneva walked over to Argyle and punched him in the shoulder. " See, you have to listen to me! "You almost ran into that phone. " Argyle hissed as he held his smacked arm. " You know I'm going to call the cops on you for a lot of abuse! "

" Do any of you have a quarter? " Mike asked. Angela took one from her pocket. " Here's one. " She said while holding it out to Mike, who grabbed it harshly and walked towards the phone. Angela sighed, knowing it would be difficult to win them over after what she did to Jane.

" I'm sorry about him. " Geneva said, scratching the back of her neck. " No, no. It's fine. I deserve it." Angela responded with a soft smile.

Geneva returned the smile, focusing on her pink, delicate lips that were still plump and soft looking despite the long journey.

No hairs were out of place on Angela. Her clothes weren't covered with sand; instead, just her white sneakers appeared to be dirty. She looked stunning.

Angela snapped her fingers in front of her, snapping Geneva out of her trance. " Are you okay, Gennie? " Angela questioned, confused. " Ye-yea-yeah, I'm fine." She stammered. Geneva took Angela's hand in hers and led her to where everyone is.

" Is it ringing? "

" No, it's just making a bunch of weird noises. " Mike replied. " Busy? " Will said. " Listen to this. " Mike placed the phone against Will's ear. " That remind you of anything? " Mike inquired. " WarGames. " Will responded.

" I'm sorry, but what? " Geneva was confused. Mike held out the phone, which she grabbed and held to her ear, hearing all the strange noises. " Oh my God, we're not calling a phone. We're calling a computer. " Will said.

They all ran back to the van. Mike took a map from the front and walked back towards them. " I don't know if Nina's a computer like Joshua or Owen's lab, but Unknown. hero Agent Man gave us access to it for a reason. " Mike continued opening the back door. " We just need to find the computer. We find Owens, then warn him. Then we warn Eleven. I just need a hacker. The only hacker that I know lives... " Mike slammed the map on the carpet, pointing to Utah. " In Utah. "

" Wait, Utah? " Geneva exclaimed, confused.  " Salt Lake City, to be specific. " Mike specified as he turned to face her. " Oh my God. Oh my God. " Will said this while resting his hands on his head. " What? Why "Oh my God"? " Jonathan inquired.

" ♪ Turn around. Look at what you see ♪ " Will sang. " Oh no. " Jonathan pressed his face against his arm. Geneva's face lit up. " Holy shit, NeverEnding Story. "

" NeverEnding Story. That scared the shit out of me. The Nothing, man? That's some proper existential shit right there, dude. " Argyle replied, his yo-yo in hand whirring.

" You can't be serious. " Jonathan shook his head. " If we take the I-15 north, we'll get there by morning. " Mike explained. " Oh, you're being serious. " Mike turned his head to face Jonathan. " I know it sounds insane, but Suzie saved the world last year. Maybe she can save it again. "