They walked up on a path on the way to the edge of the massive quarry. As they ran up the path, they saw the other Troy with a switch blade and his big friend trapping Dustin and Mike on either side. Troy had his arm around Dustin with the knife by his mouth with Mike right on the edge of the cliff. Elle got down, terrified when she saw Mike on the edge and Nancy was getting angrier by the second. Dustin pleaded with him not to jump, and Troy's friend seemed to want out of it himself, but Troy kept saying that if Mike didn't jump then he'd "Take baby tooth here to the dentist early! Come on Mike! Dentist opens in 5...4...3...2..." Mike then jumped, Nancy and Elle yelling,

"MIKE!" running over. As they all saw Mike tumble to his doom, Elle saw what looked like a blue and black comet careening his way out of the corner of her eye. she looked back to see the detective gone with a series of scorch marks on the ground and little blue flames dissipate.

"Dad...please hurry." she mumbled. One moment Mike was falling, next moment he was caught up in the comet, creating huge waves in the lake as it flew across the quarry. Then it shot up and flew around to the other side of the quarry, landing with a crash, creating a massive cloud of dust and a small shock-wave, knocking Troy down which let Dustin go free while the others braced themselves and covered their eyes. In the midst of the great dust cloud, they could see two blue glowing candle-lights eerily suspended in midair. With a wave of his hand, the detective cleared away the dust, revealing him with Mike standing next to him, with his arm around the boy's shoulder. An angry Nancy and Elle looked down at Troy's friend as he scrambled off into the woods, leaving Troy to face them alone.

"Hey! Get back here! Don't leave me here!" Elle and Nancy stepped closer, while the detective used his powers and made plasma barriers, ensuring that escape for the bully wouldn't be possible, stepping closer himself, his eyes burning brighter. "Get away from me!" he said, holding his knife out, but it flung out of his hand into the lake. His arm then suddenly broke, and he doubled over slightly yelling in pain. He looked at Elle, whose nose was bleeding. "You freak! Leave me alone!" Then Nancy was completely looming over him, looking pissed.

"If you even THINK about hurting my brother and his friends again, you'll regret it." she said, angrily. He was then yanked up by the collar, terrified as he looked into the candle light-eyes of the detective.

"Oh, yes. Yes. You. WILL!" he yelled, his eyes flaring with blue flames. He then threw the bully, who up and ran off, cradling his arm, but not before being tripped again by Elle, who fell into Mike's arms, and Enigma put down the barriers as Troy ran away. Mike caught her, tearing up. She looked up at him, tearing up herself with her lip quivering and sniffles coming out.

"Elle..."

"Mike..." They locked eyes for a few moments, then kissed each other on the cheek and hugged each other tightly, Elle wiping her nose with her jacket. Tears fell to the ground from the reunited young couple. "I'm sorry...I'll never leave you again." she said in between sobs and whimpers, kissing him again and again.

"No, Elle, it was my fault, I shouldn't have yelled at you the way I did, I shouldn't have called you a traitor. I'm so sorry, Elle. I don't want you to leave," he said as they slid down to their knees, still in each others arms, "I want you to stay." he said in a shaky voice, occasionally wiping his eyes of tears. He then looked at her and they locked eyes again, wiping her face of her tears.

"So do I..." Elle replied, holding his hand against her face. They smiled at each other, happy that they were back together. Nancy then hugged her brother, glad that he was safe. He hugged her back reluctantly, being that it was his sister after all and that she was just worried about him. The detective reverted his eyes back to normal, smiling down at Mike and Elle, glad they were back together, as was Dustin, who was hugging Elle with a goofy smile on his face while Mike and Nancy bickered about Mike's safety for a few seconds. Mike looked back up at the detective, who looked back at him.

"Hey, Enigma?" he asked him.

"Yeah, Mikey? What's up?" he said kneeling down. Mike then hugged him, surprising him.

"Thanks...for saving my life, and for bringing Elle and I back together. I have no one except you to thank-" he was interrupted by a clearing of the throat from his older sister, who looked at him expectantly, "and MAYBE you too, Nans." The detective chuckled at that, and hugged him back.

"Don't worry about it, bucko," he said, tussling his hair, "I hate seeing you two sad and depressed when you're apart." he said as he got up. "When I found Elle alone in the woods, I feared the worst about you guys. When I heard what happened, I thought you two ended it altogether." Mike lowered his head guiltily, but Enigma picked his head back up with his hand. "Hey, I'm not mad, I was never mad at any of you. I know you just wanted to find Will, which is understandable. However, you must understand, Mike, that what Elle did was for your own safety. The Upside Down is in no way a safe place. Trust me, I know. I've been there." he said, remembering what happened last night, along with his bout with the monster as they then began their walk back to Mike's house. Elle and Mike held hands the whole journey there, and they walked close to each other. Dustin and Nancy simply looked at them as the detective was on his guard the whole time, in case someone or something attacked. When they found their bikes, Dustin got on his and Mike did too with Elle riding with him, her arms wrapped around him tightly as they rode off. The detective carried Nancy on his back, tree-jumping his way there with Nancy gripping his shoulders as they all went off to the house of the Wheelers where Jonathan was waiting.