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02| 𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝗇

𝖢𝖧𝖠𝖯𝖳𝖤𝖱 𝖳𝖶𝖮: 𝖡𝖫𝖤𝖤𝖣𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝖡𝖤𝖭 !!

It had been the first day of summer and the losers were spending it at the barrens.

Willow wasn't really supposed to be out but For derry it had been to early for everyone to be out and about so it was easy for willow to sneak out the house.

"That's poison ivy. And  that's poison ivy." Stanley pointed out while everyone ignored him but Eddie. "And that's poison ivy."

"Where - w—where's the poison ivy?" Eddie spoke now aware of his surroundings. Richie groaned. "Nowhere. Not every fucking plant is poison ivy Stanley."

Pulling out a pocket knife, willow cut one of the plants the two were looking at. "Their just regular plants" willow protested "so stop"

The two pursed their lips as their eyes followed willow in the nasty water.

"They don't look like regular plants. This is like, the first thing they teach you in the scouts."

Willow rolled her eyes as she walked further thru the sewers Richie right behind her.

"I'm starting to get itchy now —— and I'm pretty sure that's not good for my—"

"Do you use the same bathroom as your mother?" Richie interrupted.

Eddie took a long pause before responding "sometimes, yeah."

"Then you probably have crabs"

"That's so not funny."

"Pfft, it so is" Richie double back walking towards Eddie pinching his check.

"Ugh shut up." Eddie responded pushing his hand away as a small blush came across his face.

Willow bill and Richie walked deeper into barrens flashlight in hand. Willow turned back and flashed her flashlight in their faces "You guys coming?"

"Nuh uh." Eddie responded as his face coiled in disgust "that's greywater"

"What the hell is greywater?" Richie questioned as he poked out of the grey surface.

"It's basically piss and shit, I'm just tell you." He waved his arms as he continued "you guys are splashing around in millions of gallons of derry pee so—— wait —— are you serious what are you——" Richie fished out a soggy plastic wrapper with the tip of his stick and held it up to his nose taking a fake whiff of the trash. "Doesn't smell like caca to me, señor." He spoke in one of his terrible accents.

"Okay, I—I can smell that from here."

"It's probably just your breath wafting back into your face."

"Have you ever heard of a staph infection?" Eddie protested

"Oh I'll show you a staph infection."

Willow groaned as a bit of murky water hit her leg.

Good thing she was wearing shorts.

Suddenly Bill stopped and flashed his flashlight on a vague shape in the water. Willow walked beside him shining her flashlight towards it too. "This is so unsanitary, you're literally—— like swimming inside of a toilet bowl right now. I mean, have you ever heard of listeria?"

"Bill" willow voiced "you don't think that's.."

Bill gulped down his thoughts as he bent down and picked up the object. It was a shoe but it wasn't the shoe. The shoe was far to big to fit George so it had to be one of the other missing kids shoes. The two studied the shoe careful it's was a plain white with stench from the water streaming off of it. While the others fought over something stupid as usually.

"Guys!" Bill shouted as it echoed thru the sewers catching the others attention. Will never saw bill like this. under some much stress.

The object caught everyone's attention next as Stanley pointed it out making him turn as white as sheets. "Shit, don't tell me that's-"

"Nu - nn - no, ju - jor - Georgie wore galoshes"

Richie walked over to him carefully as if he was holding a deadly animal.

"Who's sneaker is it."

"Betty ripsom's" willow spoke as she gulped.

"Oh shit, oh god, of fuck." Eddie panicked as he paced around the entrance "I don't like this."

"How do you think betty feels" Richie exclaimed as he looked at his friends. "Running around these tunnels with only one frickin' shoe."

The silence was enough to make Richie stop.

"What if she's still here?" Stan said terrified.

"So what now?" Eddie speed up his pace around the entrance "we gotta tell someone right? Do we —— do we call the police?" Willow blew a raspberry as she looked down at the shoe. "From what we saw yesterday, they aren't gonna do anything."

Bill immediately flashed his flashlight towards the deeper end of sewer and began to adventure in by himself.

"Eddie come on." Richie called

"My mom Will have an aneurysm — okay —— If she finds out that we're playing down here, I'm serious."

"Playing?" Willow questioned sharply "people are missing Ed's this isn't a game."

The boys left at the entrance looked down at their feet making it obvious that they weren't coming closer.

"I—if i was betty ripsom, I'd want someone to find me. Jor— Georgie too"

"What if I don't want to find them?" Eddie spoke. "I mean no offense, bill but I don't wanna d-"

Willow's expression faded and so did bill's. He looked like he was on the blink of tears.

"I don't wanna go missing either" Eddie finished.

"He has a point" Stanley protested

"Yuh — you too?"

"It's summer. We're supposed to be having fun! This isn't fun.... This is scary and disgusting."

Willow frown before quickly jumping at the loud splash behind them. Stanley gasped turning around along with Eddie as they were faced with a boy.

"Ben?"

He was laying face down on his knees in the center of the stream. His breath heavy and loud enough to hear along with his clothes ripped and bloody and soak 'n wet.

Willow pushed herself past Stanley and Eddie as the all rushed out the sewers.

"Holy shit, what happened to you?"