4. The time he followed Nick Cutter into the woods at the mention of the word... Dinosaur.

Nope, it wasn't possible. There was no way in the known universe that there was such a thing just hanging around. It wasn't possible and Stephen refused to believe it. No matter how undeniably amazing it would be to see a real, live, non-existent, dinosaur roaming around in the forest of Dean, and making unscheduled appearances in a child's bedroom, Stephen absolutely refused to believe it.

No matter how many times the geeky stalker they've acquired, or the extraordinarily beautiful lizard girl, or his very own boss, said that it was possible, he didn't believe it.

It wasn't until he was in the car with Cutter and Connor, on the way back to the forest of Dean, after seeing, cussing out, and subsequently shooting at the 'imaginary' dinosaur, that Stephen finally started to give credit to the idea that maybe this might actually be reality.

It was a hard pill to swallow, but swallow he did. He didn't know if it was before or after the stupid dinosaur knocked him unconscious and went after his friends, that Stephen blew off the rest of the theory that it was some kind of elaborate prank, but eventually he did.

By the time they captured the beast, found the 'portal' or what ever it was that brought the problem there in the first place, that Stephen finally understood the real reason that he went with Cutter so willingly into such a dangerous and utterly mad situation in the first place.

The look in Cutter's eyes when he finally had something to live for again. The hope that shown through all of the sad, weary, depressing-ness that Cutter had gone through after Helen disappeared. It was that emotion, that eagerness, that was the real reason Stephen blindly followed Cutter to the edge of sanity and beyond.

And he would do it again, if it was ever asked of him.

The one thought that was going through Stephen's mind as he stood at edge of an anomaly and his life changed forever was:

' I shouldn't do this. I mustn't do this. I can't do this... but I will anyway.'