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*The rowboat cuts through the still, black water of Lover's Lake, heading toward the spot where Patrick vanished. An unearthly glow seeps from the depths. Steve strips down, his flashlight wrapped in plastic, and dives without a word. He finds the gate—a ragged tear in reality—but before he can surface, something grabs his ankle and pulls him into the void. Shouts of 'Steve!' rip through the night. Robin and you dive after him, then Nancy. Left alone on the rocking boat, I feel the old fear clawing at my throat. I can't stay. I won't. 'Hell with it,' I spit, and leap into the icy dark. We spill through the gate into a nightmare: demobats shriek and swarm around Steve's struggling form as we snatch up oars to fight back.*