Meat Boy Quest bug

[Ava]

I've just started playing again after many months so apologies if this has been brought up but I couldn't find anything.

While fighting, one of the men ran out of the alley way and I wasn't able to see which way he went (was laughing I one shot the "boss" with the electric rod). After defeating everyone, nothing happened. Ed was just standing there and I couldn't talk to him or anything. Sometimes if I leave and come back later the quest bugs fix themselves so I left to the safe house, slept, and went back. When I returned, he's now sitting on the ground, and I'm still unable to do anything. E to Talk comes up but if I press E nothing happens. The star is no longer on my map but I still have the quest to "chase off" the men. No one is there and I've looked all over the town and can't find the guy who ran off. (he only had a sliver of health left so I thought maybe I could still spot him)

Update: I finally saw on the map in a town over "Assailant 1". I crossed the bridged and went to the exact spot which was right on a cliff. I couldn't see anyone in the area and ended up falling in the water trying to look over ledges. Since I'm a sore loser I alt+F4 before I finished dying, reloaded the game, and I was back to right before I entered this other town. On the map there's now a bunch of stars showing in the old location with "Assailant 1" "Assailant 2" etc but when I arrived, it's still just Ed sitting there and I can't do anything. (Though I now have the option to "inject" him which wasn't there before)

screenshots for "update":
Next town over: https://s7.postimg.cc/9rl8w89zv/20171206_123130.jpg
At the spot: https://s7.postimg.cc/rhmxh9vaj/20171206_123150.jpg
Sore loser reload: https://s7.postimg.cc/ubq2uq56j/20171206_123405.jpg

[Borobby]

As long as I remember, when you defeat everyone, including the boss, a cutscene plays with him being mad at you, then after that he runs off, completing so the first objective. Then you have to approach Ed and talk to him and bring him to the pub.
As you describe here, the cutscene didn't happen, apparently.
Have you tried to reload the game? Sometimes it may reset the quest, but not always.
Even with these hoolingans running away, this quest should continue. Defeating the boss is more important.

If reloading the game doesn't work, but you still have these "Assailants" around, I would recommend to use the Ghost cheat in order to fly straight to them, if possible, and try to knock them out. If there aren't any, despite the icons, I have nothing else in mind to suggest, but let the quest go until the next gameplay.

Wait! There's also a cheat to make the quest completed! You have to go to the Developer Cheats in the Menu Options and click on "Complete Tracked Quest" (if this quest is still tracked in your Journal). The last alternative option.

Hope it helps.

[Neopatra]

I remember once the gane crash ed disappeared for a while which maks me think that he could walk all along xD. But after a couple load in because the game seems to crash alot whilw beening in joy town he suddenly shows up where the marker is pointing.

[Impos!]

Having this issue too!