"Bill!" Ben yells as Eddie enters one of the tunnels that has it's door slightly ajar. "Bill!" He repeats as Ben steps in, Richie, Y/N and Stanley following. "Bill!" Eddie yells once more before tripping, falling into the water beneath him with a gag. "Come on. Get out of there, dude. That's greywater." Richie smiles, "Wait, wait, wait. Oh, my God, my fucking flashlight?" Eddie questions, trying to feel around in the water for it before letting out a blood-curdling scream, the others following as skulls and heads begin to pop up from underneath the water.
"Eddie!" Richie yells, "Come on, let's get the fuck out of here! Come on!" He yells once more, helping Eddie out of the water and pushing him forward as they all run deeper into the tunnel. The group turns corners, running through tunnels until they spot one that has no door, leading to a huge Ile of.. Toys?
"Holy shit.." Richie mumbles, looking at the pile as Mike runs forward. "Bev? Bev?" He calls out, whisper-yelling. "Beverly?" Ben questions as they all clamor outside of the tunnel, looking up at her floating body. "Holy shit.." Eddie mutters, repeating Richie as Ben runs to her body. "Bev!" He whisper-shouts as they all run forward, staring up at her body. "H-How is she in the air..?" Richie asks, his voice shaking. "Guys.." Eddie gasps as he looks up, causing all of the others to do so too. "Are those..?" Y/N asks, her eyes going wide as she squeezes Stanley's hand. "The missing kids.. Floating." He finishes,
"Just let me grab her-" "Shit.." Richie mumbles as Mike helps Ben up with his hands, trying to get Beverly down. "I'm slipping!" Ben warns as he pulls her down by her legs, bringing her close to him. "Bev," He doubted, resting his hands at the back of her head, shaking her softly. "Beverly!" He yells, shaking her more intensely, "Why isn't she waking up?" He yells once more, turning to look at the rest of the Losers for an answer, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER?!" He cries, "Beverly, PLEASE! COME ON!"
Ben wraps his arms around her, hugging her as Y/N presses herself up against Stanley's side, looking for a sense of comfort as her heart begins to race. Ben pulls back before pressing his lips to hers, earning gasps and a collection of "Woah's" in surprise. "Wow.." Richie mutters, his voice low as Ben pulls back, eyeing her up and down. It's silent for a few seconds before she gasps, pulling back, "Bev?" He asks, "January embers." She quotes,
"My heart burns there too." Ben smiles, "Jesus, fuck.." Richie grins, pulling them both in for a hug, the other Losers following. "Oh, god.." Mike whispers as Eddie begins to walk away, gaining the attention of the others. "Where's Bill?" Beverly asks, her voice laced with panic.
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"Georgie.." Bill calls out, his flashlight following his little brothers movements. "What took you so long?" He asks, walking closer to the older as he holds his boat in his left hand. "I was looking for you this whole time." Bill croaks, taking a step closer. "I couldn't find my way outta here.." Georgie sniffles, "He said I could have my boat back, Billy." Bill looks down at the boat, letting out pants as he looks back and forth between it and him.
"Was she fast?" He asks, a small, shaking smile forming. "I couldn't keep up with it.." Georgie frowns, "She," Georgie." Bill corrects, "You call boats "she." He breathes out, tears threatening to spill. "Take me home, Billy." Georgie requests as the others turn the corner. Y/N lets out a gasp, her eyes going wide as her heart drops into her stomach. Stanley squeezes her hand tightly as she slowly brings a hand up to her mouth, tears already spilling. "I wanna go home." Georgie says tearfully, his bottom lip quivering as Bill lets out a strained sob. "I miss you. I wanna be with, Y/N, Mom and Dad!"
"I want more than anything for you to be home. With Y/N, Mom a-and Dad.." He croaks out, taking steps forward, "I- We miss you so much.." He admits, sniffling as he stands only inches away from the younger, "I love you, Billy." He mutters, earning a small smile from the older. "I love you, too."
Bill lifts up his right hand, panting as he brings Mike's gun to Georgie's forehead. "But you're not Georgie." He chokes out, firing the gun with a gasp. Georgie's body falls back, hitting the ground while his boat drops somewhere off to the left. Y/N lets out a gasp as Georgie's body stays still, no movement or sound following. "B-Bill..?" She croaks out, her voice strained and cracking as she does so. She begins to hyperventilate in shock, her hands shaking as Bill turns back to look at her. He opens his mouth to speak before Georgie's body begins shaking rapidly, screams and grunts emitting from it as his shoes form red pom-pom balls on the end. Roars sound from his body as his arm grows back, stretching longer and wider, his legs following until it sits up with a gasp, now the body of It.
"KILL IT, BILL! KILL IT!" Eddie screams, "Shit-" "KILL IT, BILL!" Richie follows as it slowly looks up, the rest of the group shouting. "KILL IT! BILL! KILL IT!" Y/N screams, squeezing Stanley's hand tightly as Eddie let's out a scream of terror. "KILL IT!" They all scream, eyes wide with fear as it's eyes slowly turn until they're staring at Bill directly. "It's not loaded." Mike mutters and Y/N's eyes go wide, "BILL IT'S NOT LOADED!" Y/N screams as Bill brings the gun up to his forehead and fires it, leaving what seems to be a bullet mark in the center of it's eyebrows. It grunts manically before it's head flings back and upwards, it's blood following before it roars, shaking spastically before charging at Bill with a growl.
"BILL!" Y/N strains as she screams, "BILL, WATCH OUT!" Richie yells as it goes to bite down, growling as Bill shoves the gun in it's mouth. "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Beverly yells, going to stab it with a spear, but it pushes her away before she can do so. "BEVERLY, NO!" Eddie screeches as Mike runs over to protect her with a pipe, "MIKE!" Stanley strains before Mike gets hit in the fact, getting flown backwards into the pile of toys with a scream, falling to the ground with a grunt. Bill jumps onto it's back, holding a spear against it's teeth as it swings around, trying to get him off. "HELP HIM!" Beverly screams as Y/N runs over jumping on it's back with Richie following. Ben bites down on it's left arm, chowing down as it grabs Stanley by his shirt with its other arm, throwing him to the side. "STANLEY!" Y/N yells, her attention drifting to him before getting thrown back into the wall with a yelp, Richie following as it throws Ben to Mike before flipping Bill off it's back and onto the ground in front of him.
"BILL!" Stanley and Y/N yell in usion, backing up as it wraps it's arm around his neck. "BILL!" Eddie screams as it growls, tightening it's grip around his neck. "NO! Don't.." Beverly begs, her voice shaking. "Let him go!" Y/N yells, being held back by Stanley as she tries to run over to help her twin.
"No." It shakes it's head, "I'll take him. I'll take all of you! And I'll feast on your flesh as I feed on your fear. Or," It taunts, raising it's finger up with a psychotic grin as it does so. "you'll just leave us be. I will take him, only him, and then I will have my long rest and you will all live to grow and thrive and lead happy lives! Until old age takes you back to the weeds." It growls softly, grinning wide as Bill strains against it's grip. "Leave.." He chokes out, "I'm the one who dragged you all into this. I'm s-so sorry." He stutters out, tears streaming down his face as it imitates him, "S-S-Sorry." It laughs, smirking.
"Go!" Bill yells as it laughs. Y/N looks over to Stanley, shaking her head no as he turns to look at the others, all sharing sad glances. "Guys, we can't!" Beverly yells out as Y/N lets out a shakey sigh, "I already lost one brother," She croaks out, her voice cracking and shaking, "I can't lose another one." She cries out a whisper, clinging to Stanley as tears trail down her cheeks.
"I'm s-sorry." Bill whispers as Richie stands up from the ground, "I told you, Bill. I fucking told you. I don't want to die. It's your fault." He provokes, his breath shaking as he pants. "You punched me in the face, you made me walk through shitty water.. You brought me to a fucking crackhead house! And now," He pauses, reaching into the toy pile and pulling out a bat.
"I'm gonna have to kill this fucking clown." He drawls out, his voice low.
"WELCOME TO THE LOSERS' CLUB, ASSHOLE!" He yells as It roars, charging at him. He swings the bat with a grunt, hitting it directly in its face. It stumbles back a bit as Mike charges at it with a pipe, multiple hands reach out from It's mouth, grabbing onto it. "MIKE!" Beverly screams as voices echo from It's mouth. Stanley lets go of Y/N's hand, picking a pipe off the ground and cutting through all of the hands. It turns to look at him before grunting and turning into the distorted woman as it begins to charge at him. "STAN, WATCH OUT!" Y/N screams before Stanley yells, smacking it in the face. Mike goes to follow but gets pushed back as It's arms turn into pointy spider legs, slamming around on the ground as it tries to impale him
"MIKE!" Eddie screams as It laughs manically, chasing after Mike as he rolls around on the ground, trying to avoid It's sharp claws. Ben takes a spear and plunges it through it's back all the way through It's stomach as it chortles out a loud growl of pain. It begins shaking rapidly, It's claws crawling back in and forming into It's normal arms. "KILL HIM!" Eddie screams as Ben pushes it in further before gasping as it's head turns around, forming into a mummy. He screams, letting out grunts of pain as it's bandages wrap around the back of it's head, reeling him in with a roar.
Richie reaches for chains on the ground and picks them up, swinging them through the bandages and breaking Ben free with a gasp as Bill follows, hitting It with a spear while Richie kicks It to the ground. The other Losers join in, grabbing bats, spears, whatever they can find and swinging them, hitting It as many times as they can. It coughs and retches, forming into the leper as it vomits all over Eddie's face as he gags and whimpers. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" He screeches, charging at it and kicking it in the face, pushing it backwards onto the floor with a grunt. Y/N follows closely, raising a bat until it forms into Georgie's face, then Bill's, then Stanley's. It smirks as it stops on Stanley's face, "You wouldn't hurt us would you?" It asks, It's voice distorted as she holds the bat high before screaming and hitting it in the face. It rolls back before falling onto it's knees and arms, forming the face of Beverly's dad. It smirks widely, "Hey, Bevvie. Are you still my little-" Beverly cuts it off by shoving a spear down it's throat with a loud scream, pushing it down as it chokes on it, forming back into the clown as she walks back, pulling Y/N with her before it forms back fully and spits the spear out.
"Oh, shit!" Eddie yells, grimacing as it slowly falls and crawls back, grunting and growling in pain. It lets out a groan, screaming in fear as it backs up to one of the tunnels as they all walk forward, provoking it. It grunts manically, gasping for air and shaking before chuckling psychotically. It smirks widely before frowning as Bill walks closer, the others following.
"That's why you didn't kill Beverly. 'Cause s-s-she wasn't afraid. And we aren't either." Bill voices as it tries to mock his stutter, "Not anymore. Now you're the one who's afraid. Because you're gonna starve." He whispers as It begins to gurgle before flipping backwards, It's hands gripping onto the edge of the tunnel. It grunts before mocking Bill, "He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he see's the ghost." Stanley looks down at his hands before handing Bill the pipe, "He thrusts his fists against the p-p-po-" It stutters before dropping lower as Bill nears closer, raising the pipe. It growls as it's skin begins to peel away, lifting up and cracking. Bill lowers the pipe as half of it's face comes off,
"Fear." It whispers before dropping all the way down. Bill peers over first, the others following before he pants and pulls back. "I know what I'm doing for my summer experience essay.." Richie whispers, sighing deeply. Bill looks to his right before pulling Beverly in for a hug, holding onto her tightly. "Guys- Guys. The kids are floating down.." Eddie whispers as he looks up, gaining the attention of the others. Richie let's out a sigh as Bill slowly walks over to the pile, crouching down in front of a yellow raincoat. Y/N lets out a quiet gasp as he does so, following slowly as he drops the pipe before picking it up and reading the name. She crouches down next to him, pulling him in for a hug as they both begin to sob. The other's follow as they both sniffle, letting out quiet cries as they hold it close between them.