Call it quits |Eddie Munson|

SEVENTEEN

Next thing Julia knew, they were biking down the street. It was a weird sight, it felt weird too. Going on a bike ride, in the Upside Down, with possible unknown creatures around every corner. But walking would take too long and would probably be just as, or even more, dangerous.

There were only four bikes, so Julia ended up on the back of Robin's bike. They went quite fast, no of them felt very comfortable on the open road. The storm was still going as the dust particles flew around and red lit up the sky every now and then.

After a good while they reached closer to what appeared to be the storm. Eddie rode upfront and let the way as the rest followed close by. Creatures screeched in the distance as the storm sounded thunder. One by one, their heads turned. On the left side, between the trees, stood a house. An old house, if Julia had come on the little expedition earlier, she would have recognized it as Victor Creels house. But since she hadn't, it was just a very old, creepy looking house, with a raging storm and swarms of bats above.

The group quickly cycled on, not wanting to be in its presence anymore.

Finally they neared the trailer park as one by one they cycled onto the property. They turned a few more corners before Eddie slowed down and pointed at one of the trailers. Julia recognized it to be his.

"Right here." Eddie said as he and the others threw down their bikes.

"That's gotta be a Guinness World Record. Most miles traveled interdimensionally." Robin said heavily breathing as Julia stepped off the bike. Julia thanked Robin for cycling as they walked over to the trailer.

Steve was coughing loudly as he too, walked over to the trailer. "I just inhaled a bunch of the crap." He complained. "It's stuck in my throat."

Eddie opened the door and stepped aside, letting Julia enter first. He then followed in after and handed the door over to Robin who was quickly followed in by Nancy and Steve.

The trailer looked weird, it too, was dark, cold and covered in vines and ranks. Julia looked around the room, she didn't see anything. She looked at Eddie, only he knew where Chrissy had been murdered that night. It must be weird for him to be back here. Julia followed his gaze up to the ceiling in the living room, on the ceiling laid another gate.

It was a gate much like the one at Lover's Lake, not small but according to Steve, not like the Mothergate either. The sides of the gate, and parts of the ceiling, were covered in ranks as the middle had a red glow coming through the skin-like layer.

The group all looked up to it, their faces enlighten with the red glow coming from the gate.

"Goddamm." Steve breathed while he turned off the flashlight as it didn't bring him very much as of right now.

Eddie swallowed. "This is where Chrissy died. Like, right where she died."

"I think there's something in there." Robin said.

They closely watched as a dark shadow move behind the skin-like layer. The shadow began stretching its way thought the skin.

"What the hell is that?" Julia asked.

The shadow slightly pulled back before harshly breaking the surface. The group jolted back and gasped as the two boys automatically moved their arms up in front of them in defense.

A weird slimy substance splashed out the gate as the skin-like layer broke open. The shadow, now in clear view, turn out to be the end of a broom. The wooden stick disappeared as more goo seeped out.

The group slowly stepped forward and looked up at the opening in the ceiling. Steve was the first to look through.

"No way."