Grunting forcfully, Lucas yells as Jason shoves him against a wall, reaching to grab him by his throat. Fear builds in his chest as Jason begins to overpower him. Jason carried a crazy look in his eye, an evil grin as he stood over Lucas, ready to taste his blood. Thud held Erica back as she shouts for her brother. She couldn't let him die. Suddenly, they watch Max's body float into the air. Lucas' eyes widen in terror. It was happening. Vecna has her. He couldn't lose her. Not again! Growling, Lucas builds his strength and grabs anything to stop Jason. He grabs the nearest item and slams it across Jason's face. Grunting, Lucas gets up and punches Jason over and over till Jason twists in the air and falls to the ground. Panting heavily, Lucas ignores his injuries and turns towards Max.

With a sickening crunch, Max's body begins to slowly twist and break.

"MAX!" Lucas yells in anguish.

Thud growls and whimpers as they watch her body and bones break, but suddenly, she falls out of the air. Thud growls and catches her.

"Max!" Lucas cries and rushes to her side, "Easy! Easy!" He shouts, whimpering as they slowly lower her to the ground. "Max."

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Jim pants heavily, running as fast as he can to get away from the Demo-Dog, but it was gaining on him. He grunts as he feels a hard impact slamming into this back, sending him to the ground. He yells as the Demo-Dog jumps on him, but holds it back from eating him. It was too strong. He shouts as he feels its breath steaming in his face, watching its face open up. Its sharp teeth with drool dripping down the sharp its mere inches from his face. This was it. It was the end for him. Silently, he says goodbye to Amelia...his children...Eleven. He wishes he had more time. To see his kids be born. Hold them just once. He couldn't give up. He shouts as the Demo-Dog roars in his face.

Amelia yells out in Latin and a bright red light explodes from her hand. Before Jim knew it, the Demo-Dog was thrown off him by an incredible force and Amelia was helping him to his feet.

"Amelia!"

"Come on! Get up!" She shouts.

Jim grunts and scrambles to his feet, pulling her into his arms. But it wasn't over. They both jump as they hear the Demo-dogs and Demogorgon shriek as they all rush out of the areas they feasted in. Feeling the pain of their fallen. Jim yanks Amelia's hand, urging to run.

"Go! Go!" He shouts.

The Demo-Dog shrieks behind them, chasing and gaining on them. Amelia whimpers as she clutches her stomach, running as fast as she could to get away from the monsters. Jim turns fast and shoots at them, but it was just pissing them off more. Which is what he wanted. Soon, they reached the pit and rush to get away. Jim shoves Amelia into one of the cells and slams the door shut, but a Demogorgon rips the cell door off the bars. Jim gasps and covers Amelia's body with his.

"Jim!" Amelia cries and grips his arms tightly, shutting her eyes as she buries her face into his chest while he wraps his arms around her. Waiting for the monsters to attack.

"HEY, ASSHOLES!"

The creatures look up and see Murray standing before them, right above them all as he aims the flamethrower. Yelling as loud as he could, Murray unleashes the fire all over the creatures, burning them up like they planned. Jim squeezes his eyes shut as he feels the scorching air of the fire. All through the prison, the sound of pained howling from the creatures were made.

When Murray shut off the flamethrower, they all could see the Demo-Dogs burned to death, scattered all over the pit...except one Demogorgon. Growling lowly, the Demogorgon slowly rises to his feet, it's body charred but it was still determined to destroy. It carried a hunger for Jim as it keeps its' attention on him. Jim lifts the gun and shoots it till he was empty, but it didn't do anything, but piss it off. Jim drops the gun and sees a sword lying on the ground, from the weapons they had for the prisoners. He picks it up and holds it tight in his hands.

The Demogorogn lets out a mighty roar and charges at Jim. Jim rushes at it, meeting to finish this battle. Showing that this 'Vecna'...that he wasn't afraid. Amelia was his and his alone. With a yell, Jim ducks and slides across the ground, slices the Demogorgon's arm off. It lets out a pained roar. Jim turns fast, avoiding it's swipes from its huge claws, slicing the sword across it's body. It wails and shrieks, reaching out to kill Jim, but Jim wasn't going to let it win. Not this time. With a forceful yell, he swipes the blade across the Demogorgon's neck, chopping it's head off and sending it flying across the pit.

Panting heavily, Jim drops the sword and turns to face Amelia, who slowly walks out of the cells, sighing in relief. He walks towards her and she meets him in the middle. It was finally over. He grabs her tightly and slams his lips over hers. Kissing her with great passion. Amelia wraps her arms around his neck, kissing him back as she returns the passion, happy he was okay. Alive and back with her.

Suddenly, they both break the kiss and look up into the sky as they hear the sound of blades whirring. They could see a familiar helicopter approaching the prison, flying right over them. It was Yuri and Enzo.

"Son of a bitch!" Murray exclaims and laughs in shock. "Whoo! Yeah! Yeah!"

Laughing in relief, Joyce sighs and leans on the wall. Finally.

"Katinka!" Murray continues to holler in cheers.

Holding on to each other tightly, Jim chuckles and looks down at the woman he loves, cupping her face in his hand with a sigh, "Let's go home."

Amelia sighs with a smile, "Please, lets." She chuckles.

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Suddenly, the entire Creel house rumbles violently as the sound of thousands of the creatures howling in agony was made. Nancy shouts and feels Steve catch her. Robin yelps with Theo and Psy as they grab anything to hold on. They begin to hear a deep yelling...coming from a man. Vecna. As soon as the sound of agony came, the tentacles and vines dropped like flies around them.

"I don't believe in a higher power or divine intervention. But that was a miracle." Robin pants.

"That wasn't a miracle. That was Eleven." Theo grins.

"Then we better not waste this chance." Nancy states and cocks her gun. "Phase four."

Robin grins, "Flambé."

"I do love me some barbecue." Psy says and slurps his lips.

When Theo opens the door to the attic, they're all welcomed by a bright powerful light, "Woah!" He shouts and holds a hand up to block the light. The group holds their hands up to shield them all from the powerful light.

"What's going on?" Steve grimaces at the light, wincing at the brightness.

Theo and Psy grin at each other, "You know what this means, right?" Psy asks.

Theo nods, "The Goddess just gained a new follower."

Together, they all followed Psy and Theo up the stairs. And soon, there he was. Vecna. Hanging from the rafters, covered in tentacles that were attached to him. He really was connected to everything. But what was different...was a light was shinning bright near him and it looked like it was hurting him. Bad.

"See that light?" Theo asks everyone as he points at the bright orb, "That's Eleven." He says shocking them all. "She's welcoming the Goddess Ozark, asking her for help...and it looks like she's giving it to her."

Suddenly, Theo could hear the sound of struggling. It was Vecna. He grins and looks at Psy, "You hear that?"

Psy chuckles, "You bet I do."

"What?" Nancy frowns.

Theo holds his hand up and asks the Goddess for permission to see and hear what Eleven was doing to him. Soon, the vision of Vecna being held in the air by Eleven as her soul was glowing bright as the sun before him. Vecna growls down at her, but still holds a wicked grin. Everyone watches where they stood.

"You and your friends believe you have won. Don't you? But this is only the beginning. The beginning of the end. You have already lost." He states.

Eleven glares at him, "No. You have." She begins to unleash her power on hm

"You got that right. Light him up." Theo says.

Steve clicks his lighter and lights up the Molotov cocktail as Nancy holds it. It's flames whoosh loudly. Nancy grits her teeth at the nightmares he gave them all.

"For Barb." She whispers.

With a powerful throw, the cocktail flies through the air...and hits Vecna right in the chest. With a mighty bellow, Vecna is forced out of his Void mind, away from Eleven and back into upside down to find himself burning to death. The flames roar brightly as the group covers themselves from the harsh flames. Falling from his tentacle web, Vecna struggles to get to his feet, the flames consumed his form, but he was determined to finish this. He stands on his feet and sees the teenagers with two demons.

Robin held another cocktail and lights it up, throwing it directly at Vecna, but he wasn't going to go down easily. Nancy moves and holds her shotgun up. Shooting Vecna over and over. Dying to kill him once and for all. With nightmarish howl, Vecna stalks towards Nancy, but she shoots him once more with enough power to send him flying out the window. Tears formed in her eyes as relief is released from her pores. Finally...after so long....at last.

But when they all rushed to outside, to see his dead body...all they found was a burnt grass in the shape of his form. Tiny fires around it. He was gone. Far away from here. But was he dead? Is he dying? They had to make sure.

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Dustin limps from the trailers, searching for Eddie. He lost him when the Earthquake happened. He didn't give up. He had to find him. Suddenly, he comes across the end of the trailer park and the ground was littered with dead bats. The entire swarm was dead. Without Vecna. No master. No puppets to control.

"Eddie! Eddie!" He calls out desperately.

Soon, he begins to hear struggles of breaths and choking. He gasps as he sees a body in the middle of the swarm. It was Eddie! His body was covered in bite marks and blood.

"Oh God! Oh God, Eddie." Dustin panics and rushes to his side, falling to his knees, he helps Eddie up, holding him.

Grunting in pain, blood drips from Eddie's lip, "Bad, huh?" He grimaces out a groan as Dustin tries to move him.

"No. You're gonna be fine. Just gotta get you to a hospital, okay?" Dustin's voice cracks as he tries to help him up, but Eddie was too heavy and his ankle hurt too much. He couldn't carry him. He needed help. "Psy! Psy! Theo! Nancy! Somebody!" He shouts.

"Okay. All right. All right. I think..." Eddie groans as they slip back down on the ground. But Dustin needed to help him. He couldn't lose his friend.

"Come on."

"I think I just... I think I just need a second, okay?" Eddie grunts.

"Okay."

Eddie begins to choke again, it was getting hard to breathe, "I didn't run away this time, right?" His voice cracks, know that it was too late for him, but he was happy that he was brave this time. He saved Dustin. He was a hero.

Sobbing as he hold Eddie close, "No. No. No. No. You didn't...you didn't run."

"You're gonna have to look after those little sheep for me, okay?" Eddie says, choking.

Dustin shakes his head, refusing he was dying, he needed to save him, "No, you're gonna do that yourself." He sobs.

"Nah, man. Say, 'I'm gonna look after them'." Eddie strains out a smile, grimacing more. "Say it."

Dustin's voice cracks tearfully, "I'm... I'm gonna look after..." He sobs, he couldn't finish his words. It hurt so much.

Eddie smiles, blood continuing to drip from his lips, "Good. 'Cause I'm actually gonna graduate." He chuckles weakly. "I think it's my year, Henderson." He begins to struggle his words, "I think it's finally my year. I love you, man."

Sobbing harder, Dustin sniffles, "I love you too."

Suddenly, Eddie begins to choke more, struggling to breath. Dustin panics and holds on to Eddie tightly, "Eddie..." Soon...Eddie stops choking. "Eddie? Eddie?" He shakes him, but Eddie just stares out into space as his last breath leaves his body. Dustin sobs harder as he begs him to wake up, "Eddie! Come on." It was too late. He was gone. Dustin wails and sobs as he holds on to Eddie's dead body. "Eddie!"

Psy and Theo rush out of the woods to head straight for the trailer park, making sure Eddie and Dustin were safe. Nancy, Steve, and Robin rush to join them. Psy and Theo stumbled to a halt as they came across a horrific sight. Steve, Nancy, and Robin pant heavily as they skid a halt. There before them all was Dustin, wailing in heavy tears over Eddie's dead body. Nancy covers her mouth in horror and turns away in Steve's arms. He holds her tight as she cries for the loss of Eddie. Robin sighs as she looks down in sadness. Theo and Psy both sigh, feeling terrible for the human. It was gut wrenching to hear Dustin's crying. They all knew how much Eddie meant to him. Theo walks over towards him and places his hand on his shoulder.

"Dustin. We need to go."

"No, I'm not leaving him." Dustin cries.

"We have to."

"No!" Dustin grips Eddie's jacket tight.

"What are you going to say to the police? How are you going to explain the bat bites on his body? I'm sorry, bud. But you gotta leave him." Psy says.

"No!" Dustin cries. "No! No!" He struggles to fight out of Theo's grip. "No! Eddie!" He shouts as Theo yanks him away from Eddie's dead body. "Eddie! No! No!" He cries and reaches out for him, but the two demons continue to drags him away as he wails for Eddie.

Nancy shakes her head, sniffling, "We can't leave him like this."

Steve sighs and lets Nancy go to pick up Eddie's body, throwing him over his shoulder with a loud grunt. He carries him all the way back to the trailer. Nancy and Robin grunt as they place the mattress back on Eddie's bed and Steve carefully and slowly places Eddie on the bed with everyone's help. Theo and Psy keeps Dustin back as he continues to cry. They placed his body in a peaceful position and closes his eyes. Almost as if he was sleeping.

Dustin sniffles as he moves to stand next to them when Psy and Theo lets him go. Steve sighs deeply and places his hand on Dustin's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Dustin."

"It's going to be okay." Robin gives him a small hug as Nancy rubs his back.

Dustin sniffles, "Is that son of a bitch dead?"

All of them shared a look, unsure to answer that. Only person who could really tell if Vecna is truly dead...is Eleven.

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Max gasps as she snaps her eyes open and begins to groan and whimper in pain. Her broken body in Lucas' arms. Blood trailing down her gray eyes. She couldn't see anything! She couldn't feel her body. All she could feel was pain. All over. She cries in his arms, panicking as she could feel herself slipping away.

"We need a doctor! Call an ambulance! Hurry! Call an ambulance!" Lucas shouts as he urges Erica to go find help. Thud growls and whimpers as Erica rushes out of the room.

Sobbing, "Lucas..." Max whimpers.

"Yes, yes I'm here. I'm here." Lucas holds her as his voice breaks.

"I... I can't feel or..." She gasps softly, "...see anything."

"I know. I know. It's okay. We're gonna get you help, okay? Just... Just hold on." Lucas' lip trembles as he tries to calm her, but he was freaking out as well.

"Lucas, I'm scared. I'm so scared. I'm so scared." She cries, aching to hold on to him, but she couldn't move, she couldn't even feel his arms around her. How she wish she could see him..before.

Lucas' voice cracks tearfully, "I know. I know. I know." He cries softly, praying that she'll be okay.

"I don't wanna die. I'm not ready." Max gasps out.

"You're not gonna die. Hang on." He shakes his head.

"I don't wanna go! I'm not ready." She whimpers, feeling herself slipping away from him.

"You're not gonna die! Just... Just hang on!" Lucas cries. And soon, she gasps softly, falling quiet in his arms. "Max. Max! Max! No, no, no, Max. Stay with me." He sobs, "No. Stay with me! Don't go, Max. Max, stay with me. Just look at me, Max. Max, look. No. Stay with me, Max. Hang on. Just hang on." He begs and looks up at Thud, "Please, help her! Can't you understand?! Help her!" He sobs and shakes her, making her stay awake, but she was way too quiet and growing cold in his arms, "Max? Max? Max? Max? Max, stay with me. Max, stay with me." He pleads desperately. "No! No! Max! Max! Please, stay with me!" He sobs, wailing.

Thud whimpers and looks up as he hears a clock chiming loudly...four chines. Lucas and Thud yelp in pain as a high-pitched ringing was made. They clutched their ears, wincing at the loud sound as the clock chimes four times. Nancy, Steve, Robin, Theo, Psy, and Dustin all clutch their ears at the sound. The chimes.

Robin's eyes widen, "Four chimes."

Nancy's eyes widen as well, "Max." She gasps.

Suddenly, loud rumbling is made all around them. In Upside Down and in Hawkins. Lucas gasps and holds on to Max as the whole house shakes. His eyes widen as a gate opens before him. Right where Max...died. but it didn't stop growing...Just like how Nancy described it. The loud rumbling wakes Jason but...it was too late for him. He howls in agony as the gate burns through his body. Lucas gasp and whimpers, holding on to Max tightly. Thud gets to his feet and grabs Max into his arms, throwing Lucas on his back. With a loud roar, he rushes out the window and jumps from a third floor height. Landing on the grass with a loud thud. He rushes to get away from the gate as it continues to grow. Lucas yells as Thud runs far away from the gate, but he watches in shock as the gate continues to tear through Hawkins. Gates opened in every corner of the town. Every spot where the teenagers died.

Psy grabs Nancy and Steve while Theo grabs Robin and Dustin. Dustin watches Eddie's body disappear from his sight as they all jumped out of the gate. Psy grunts and flips with Theo and once they were out, they all rushed to get away from the growing gate.

"Run! Run for it!" Theo shouts and yells with everyone as they run away as fast as they could.

Several people screamed all over Hawkins at the powerful earthquake the gates brought upon them. The gates continues to grow til they reached the heart of the town. Destroying the town square in the process. Holly screams as Karen rushes to her, holding on to her daughter as they ride the Earthquake.

Thud races to get away and spies Erica several yards away, in phone booth as she holds on to the door. Thud manages to snatch her up and help her get to safety.

As soon as the gates met in the heart of the town, a huge shock wave erupts throughout the Hawkins. Covering the land with it's power as the citizens shudder with fear. After a while...it was over...the earthquake stopped, but the gate still remained opened. What it meant for Hawkins, they don't know.

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It took them a few days, but Jim, Amelia, Joyce, and Murray made it back to America. Yuri, for once through the entire trip, kept his word about getting them home. Enzo decided to go back home since basically...everyone who knew him as a traitor is dead. He can be free and start over and protect his wife and son. But...if Jim or Amelia ever needs him...he'll be there to answer their call. Once they reached the coast, Jim and Amelia weren't surprised to see 'friends' waiting for them. A private jet and several agents waited for them as they touched down on land. Everyone was cautious about their presence, but they had no choice but to deal with them. Jim gets out of the helicopter first, ducking from the blades as he heads towards the woman.

"Jim Hopper?" A woman calls out as she walks towards him. He knew that voice. It was the woman who answered his call. She sends him a grin and gives him a handshake, "Not bad for a man who is supposed to be dead." She chuckles. "My name is Agent Ellen Stinson. Welcome back to America. "

"Glad to be back." He says. "Where's the doc? Doc Owens?" He asks as Yuri shuts off his engine and the blades finally stop. Once they could see no threat was made, they all get out of the helicopter. Slowly and carefully.

"I'm afraid that Sam is in custody." Agent Stinson states.

"Custody? He's been arrested?" He asks.

"I'm afraid it's more than that. I wish it was a happier welcoming for you, but I have to ask you have to come with me. All four of you. I'll explain everything on the way." Agent Stinson says.

"Wait." Amelia speaks up, "Could you please help send these men back home? They helped through all this and they deserve at least a ride home...with pardons." Before Yuri could speak, Amelia holds a finger up to stop him from talking. "And...a handsome reward. Also...someone deserves a promotion. Don't ya think?" She smiles, knowing that 'Enzo'...Antonov was smiling behind her.

Agent Stinson sends her a smirk, "I'll see what I can do." She turns and heads towards the private plane.

Jim walks up to her, wrapping his arm around her with a sigh as he leans down and kisses the top of her head.

"American." Antonov speaks behind him. When Jim turns, he's welcomed with a smile and a hand. Jim gives him a grin and shakes his hand. "Should have known you would be trouble. But it was damn worth it." He chuckles with him. "I wish you and your love safe travels. And...healthy, strong children."

Amelia smiles and moves to hug him. Antonov sighs and hugs her back. Getting on her tiptoes, she begins to whisper in his ear, "Give Mikhail my love." She smiles as he pulls away in shock.

Antonov swallows hard, chuckling at the surprises she continues to give him, "You're a very lucky man, American. Take good care of her and protect her always."

"With my life." Jim says as he looks down at her, brushing his nose against her hat and hair.

"Please, don't say that."

Both men chuckle heartily and Jim kisses her head, hugging her close.

Yuri walks up to Murray with a grin, "Hey, no hard feelings, eh?" He wheezes in laughter.

Murray chuckles sarcastically, "Yeah. Right." He mutters and moves away. "Definitely not gonna miss him." He mutters softly.

"I just want to go home, take a nice hot shower, and kiss my kids. Let's go home." Joyce sighs.

"Yeah. We're all ready to go home." Jim sighs out.

"Yeah...oh." Amelia's voice trails off. "Oh. Oh-oh." She mutters as she feels something funny. She gasps as she looks down at her stomach in realization.

"Oh-oh?" Jim frowns down at her.

Joyce, Murray, Antonov, and Yuri both frown at them.

"What's 'oh-oh'?" Yuri asks in confusion.

Amelia looks up at him in wide eyes, "Oh!" She smiles big.

Jim's eyes widen he realizes what she was trying to tell him, "Ohhh!" "Ohhh!" They both exclaim.

Murray's eyes widen in shock, "OHHHH MY GOD!" He grips Yuri's collar, "She's gonna have her babies!" He shouts.

"You're in labor?!" Joyce exclaims and covers her mouth when Amelia nods.

Jim holds Amelia close to him and helps her walk, "We need to get her to a hospital!" He shouts.

"Jim, I'm in labor, not deaf!" Amelia winces and laughs.

"Congratulations, American! Don't waist a single second with them." Antonov shouts as they head towards the nearest car since flying was out of the question.

Jim quickly waves him goodbye and everyone rushes to get into a car with them. Driving them all to the nearest and best hospital the government could give them.

After rushing Amelia into the hospital, which was a private one that was owned by Agent Stinson's people, they urged Jim to have test run on himself. He tried to refuse...

"Mr. Hopper, I urge you to take our advice. You've been in a third-world prison for over 9 months already. I can see from where you stand that you are very malnourished and dehydrated. And who knows what infestations you might carry. For your children's sake, let us do our tests." The doctor states strongly.

Jim sighs heavily, he had no choice but do do what they say, "On one condition, after you've run your tests, I want to be in the delivery room with Amelia."

The doctor gives him a small smile and nod, "If you come out with a clean bill of health, you may stay with your family."

After many tests done on his body, mentally and physically, Jim was exhausted of it all and just wanted to see Amelia before she pops the kids out. When they say he was fine but needed fluids and bed rest, they rolled him into the delivery room with Amelia. He hasn't missed anything.

"You better not have popped any of those kids out." Jim warns as he rolls off the bed, but holds on to his mobile IV and her hand. Even with her face covered in sweat, she was beautiful.

Amelia laughs through the pain, "Oh, no, these kids are already spoiled. They didn't want their daddy to miss a second." She snorts, then grunts out a groan. "Ow! Ok, I'm ready to push."

After checking to see how dilated she was, they had her set up in stirrups and Jim helped her sit up. Groaning in pain, Amelia pushed and followed the doctor's instructions as she struggles to get her children out. Panting heavily, Amelia groans in exhaustion.

"Okay, Amelia. One more big push and your baby is here. 1, 2, 3...push!" The doctor says.

Grunting and groaning loudly, Amelia gives out the last push she had and she feels her first child come. She cries as she hears her son wailing.

"Congratulations, Mom and Dad. You got a healthy baby boy."

Sobbing, Amelia leans on Jim as he kisses her sweaty head, "James." She weeps.

Jim and Amelia looks at their son in admiration as he cries in the doctor's arms. Jim sniffles and holds Amelia in his arms. He couldn't believe it. He had a son. A son! And he's beautiful. He was a carbon copy of himself. He couldn't believe it.

As badly as Amelia wanted to hold him, she couldn't because she had to get her daughter out first. After more crying, screaming, and pushing, she hears her daughter crying and sobs in happiness as she sees her little girl in the nurses' arms.

"It's a girl and she's gorgeous!"

"Amy." Amelia cries in exhaustion as she lies limp against Jim. Jim cups her cheek and leans down to kiss her.

"I love you. I love you so much." Jim sniffles.

Weeping softly, Amelia smiles up at him, "I love you, too."

When the nurses showed them Amy, Jim's breath catches in his throat. She looked...so much like Sarah when she was born. It was almost as if...Sarah was born again and he was given another chance with her. To make up for his mistakes. Tears form in his eyes as he gazes at her with so much love and happiness.

As the doctors were cleaning Amelia up along with his children, Jim walks into the waiting room. He was surprised to see Bob with Joyce. Joyce was hugging him and crying, so happy to have her husband back with her. Murray looks up and snaps to his feet, gaining Joyce and Bob's attention.

"Hey, Jim." Bob gasps. "Joyce already filled me in. So glad you're...here." He stutters.

"Yeah, and not dead." Jim chuckles. "When did you get here?"

"Uh, A lady met with me at the airport in Florida and basically rushed me here. She told me everything what's been going on." Bob says and turns to look at Joyce, "I'm so glad you're okay." He says softly.

"I'm glad to see you." Joyce chuckles and turns to Jim, "Amelia?" She asks with anticipation.

Jim smiles big and exhales emotionally, "I have a son. And a daughter." He chuckles.

Murray exclaims and shakes his hand, "Congratulations, Jim."

Jim smiles big, "They're both healthy and beautiful." He adds as he shakes his hand along with Bob's while Joyce hugs him tight.

"How's Amelia?" She smiles big.

"Exhausted. She'll be out for a while." Jim sighs. "Have you been able to contact anyone in Hawkins?"

Joyce's smile falls as she gives him a worried look.

"What is it?" He frowns.

"Agent Stinson just told us...that Hawkins was hit by a string of...well, they're calling it earthquakes. It...caused a lot of damaged in town." She gives him a knowing look.

Jim sighs in dread. A gate. A gate opened in Hawkins, "How big?"

Joyce sighs softly, "It took out almost the whole town. A lot of people died. I don't know about our kids though. I'm so very worried."

Bob wraps his arm around her, trying to sooth her, but everyone was worried. Where were the kids? Where was Eleven? Was she safe? They had to get home as soon as possible. Once Amelia was well enough first...and the children.

*I didn't want to kill Eddie off. He was one of my favorite characters. I wanted him to live. Even in my story. But...I keep hearing rumors flying around that he might be coming back...as Kas. So...if he does come back, I'm keeping this ending for him, but if he doesn't, I'm going to go back and give him a happier ending. I really hope ya'll are liking this story so far. One more chapter to go. Lots of love ~Song~*