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Suddenly, the front door burst open. Eleven stood there, her nose bleeding, her hand outstretched. Her eyes weren't those of a child; they were the eyes of a soldier returning from a war no one else could see. She looked at Mike, and for a second, the terror of the Mind Flayer vanished, replaced by a silence so profound it felt like the world had stopped spinning.

: After her journey to find her "sister" in Chicago, Eleven arrives at the Byers' home just in time to save the group from a Demodog attack. Watch Stranger Things S02e08

The clerk sighed, pointing toward the back corner. “Sci-fi is in the back. If it’s not there, it’s checked out.” Suddenly, the front door burst open

: Mike, Will, Joyce, Hopper, Bob, and Dr. Owens are trapped inside the lab as Demodogs swarm the building. She looked at Mike, and for a second,

The vacuum of the closing rift sucked the air out of the boys' lungs. They tumbled backward, falling through a tunnel of static and synthesized music. Thump.

Eleven roared. It was a sound of pure grief and untapped power. The rift began to shrink. The shadow-monster lashed out, but she didn't flinch. She pulled from the memories of the lab, the anger of her "sister" Kali, and the love of the boy waiting for her in the hallway. With a final, explosive surge of energy, the gate slammed shut.

The boys watched, paralyzed, as the episode played out around them in terrifying three-dimensional reality. They saw Jonathan frantically checking the locks while Nancy stood guard with a poker, her knuckles white. They felt the heat from the heaters rising, the temperature climbing to an unbearable degree.