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Salt air stung Kai's cheeks as he shoved open the rusted door. Waves crashed below, a relentless roar. His boots thudded on damp stone stairs, flashlight cutting yellow wedges through thickening fog.

Halfway up, a scrape – metal on metal. He froze, beam sweeping walls slick with condensation. Nothing. Heart thudding, he pressed on, the spiral tightening like a noose.

At the lantern room, glass panes rattled in gusts. The massive bulb hung dark, its gears seized for years. Kai swept dust from controls, fingers numb. A click. The filament glowed orange, then white-hot.

It spun. Slow at first, beam sweeping horizon in lazy arcs. Kai's pulse raced; power lines were cut decades ago. He yanked levers – stuck. The light locked seaward, pulsing Morse: three short, three long, three short.

Sweat beaded despite the chill. SOS. His mind flashed to Grandpa's tales: the wreck of the Mariner's Hope, vanished in '72, crew never found. Kai grabbed his phone, no signal. The beam intensified, fog parting like curtains.

A shadow hull emerged on waves – rusted, listing. Figures moved on deck, arms waving frantic. Kai's breath caught; impossible. He leaned into glass, fogged now by his exhale.

The light swung back, blinding him. When spots cleared, sea empty again. Footsteps – below? Descending spiral. The door downstairs creaked wide. A voice, faint: 'Kai? You finally came.'