Two trashouths | Richie Tozier (1)

~15~ Back At Neibolt House

Once again, we stood in front of Neibolt house.

Bill, Ben, Richie and I managed to grab everyone. Eddie's arm was now in a cast.

"L-l-let's go." Bill started walking in.

We all followed him, but Stanley stood at the bottom of the porch.

"Stan?"

He stood frozen.

"Stanley, come on sweetie." I walked down an took his hand. "Bev is right. We have to stick together."

He nodded and followed me up the stairs. Richie was eyeing our linked hands and he pursed his lips.

"What are you looking at?" I narrowed my eyes.

Richie shrugged and looked away as we all walked into the house. We walked around, following Bill. When we reached the well, Richie looked at Eddie. "Hey Eddie, you got a quarter?"

"I wouldn't make a wish in that fucking thing." Eddie shook his head, looking revolted.

Ben looked into the well. "Beverly?"

There wasn't an answer.

"I hope she's okay." I pressed closer to Richie.

"How are we supposed to get down there?" Mike looked around at us.

Flashing out flashlights around, Bill saw something on the ground. "O-o-over here!"

Bill grabbed the rope and together, he and I tied it tightly on the well. I pulled it hard to make sure it was secure.

"Alright, come one." Bill grabbed onto the rope and slid down the well. Eddie and Stan went in after him.

I was about to go next but Richie stopped me. "I'll go."

I crossed my arms. "No, I will."

"I need to make sure it's safe before you go down there Larson." he pushed me aside and took hold on the rope.

I ran up to him. "Be careful Rich."

He smiled. "You too October."

He slid down into darkness. "Okay come down October!" he called.

I grabbed the rope and went down. I slipped at the bottom and Richie grabbed onto my waist, helping me catch my balance.

"Thanks." I said. Our faces were really close to each other, our chests touching. My breath hitched in my throat. But the moment was broken when Ben dropped down next to us. Mike was left.

"Come on homeschool!" I called up.

I heard Mike yell and there was a loud noise.

"MIKE?"

I looked up the well and screamed when i saw Henry Bowers, his face bloody as he grinned down at us.

"IT'S FUCKING BOWERS!" I yelled.

Bowers took the rope and started pulling it up.

"THE ROPE THE ROPE!" I yelled.

"GRAB IT!" screamed Stan.

We all jumped and tried to grab the rope, but it was too late.

"MIKE!" we screamed.

Suddenly, I heard a loud thump and Bowers fell into the well, dropping past us, deeper and deeper.

Mike slid down the rope.

"Mike!" I ran to him. "Are you okay?"

He nodded. "Yeah, yeah just shaken up."

I felt someone clamp their hand on my shoulder and I jumped. But it was only Richie.

"What?" I asked.

"Where's Stan?" his eyes were wide.

"Stan?" I started freaking out. "Oh fuck. Oh no. Stan! STAN?!"

We ran blindly through the tunnels, screaming Stan's name.

"STAN? SWEETIE, WHERE ARE YOU?" I yelled as loudly as I could.

I heard a blood-curdling scream, and we all started running towards the sound. We ended up at a door. Richie tried pushing it. But it wouldn't budge.

"Move." I moved him and kicked down the door with all my strength. It opened wide and we ran inside.

"HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THAT?" Richie yelled in disgust.

Stan was laying on the ground, with a woman's sharp teeth attached to his face. The woman looked at us and slunk away.

We ran to Stan.

"Stan are you okay?" asked Bill.

"YOU LEFT ME!" Stan sobbed. "YOU TOOK ME TO NEIBOLT. YOU'RE NOT MY FRIENDS."

I gathered Stan in my arms and held him tightly. "I'm so sorry sweetheart."

Stan cried into my neck while I held him, rubbing his shoulder.

"BILL!" Eddie suddenly yelled.

We all looked up to see Bill running out of the room.

"Bill!" I screamed. "Get you fucking ass over here!"

All of us ran and followed him, trying to catch up with him.

"Grey water." Eddie gagged. He tripped and fell into the water.

"Come on." Richie and I dragged him back up. I yelled out and staggered backward when a face popped out of the water.

"Let's get out of here." Richie said.

We kept going walking through the tunnel, until we reached a clearing.

"What the-" I started.

In front of me was Beverly Marsh, floating in the air.

"Beverly?" Ben gasped.

"How the fuck is she floating in the air?" asked Richie, his eyes wide.

"Oh my god." Eddie started breathing heavily. "Are those......?"

"The missing kids." I finished.

Hundreds of kids were floating around the gigantic clearing, just like Beverly.

"We found them." I whispered. "We actually found the."

Richie stepped up beside me and put his hand on my arm.