𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔𝖜𝖓 - ᴵᵀ

CHAPTER NINE

, Guys! Open the door!"

chapter nine - Neibolt 

, Bill! Mae!" Beverly called after the twins when they were close to the doors of the house. , Bill, Mae. You can't go in there. This is crazy" Beverly said. , Look, you don't have to come in with us. But what happens when another Georgie goes missing? Or another Betty? Or another Ed Corcoran? Or one of us? Are you just gonna pretend it isn't happening like everyone else in this town? Because I can't, we can't. We go home, and all we see is that Georgie isn't there. His close, his toys, his stupid stuffed animals, but... He isn't. So walking into this house, for me, for Mae. It's easier than walking into our own" Bill said and he didn't stutter once.

, Wow.", What?", He didn't stutter once."

, Wait!" Stanley said to the group and everyone stopped. , Um... Shouldn't we have some people keep watch? You know, just in case something bad happens?" Stanley asked the group. , Who wants to stay out here?" Bill asked, and everyone except Beverly, Maeva, and Bill raised their arms. , Fuck" Richie said and Maeva smirked at him

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, I can't believe I pulled the short straw. You guys are lucky you're not measuring dicks" Richie said. , Shut up Richie" Eddie said to Richie. , Rich. I saw you in your underpants, so I think you would be still here. And I have a vagina. Idiot" Maeva said to him and smirked.

, I can smell it" Eddie said. They were inside the house, and it smells like shit inside. , Don't breathe through your mouth" Richie said. , How come?", Why?" Eddie and Maeva asked him. , Because then you're eating it" Richie said and went to the room next to them, taking a flyer from a cobweb.

, What?" Bill asked Richie, and the three move their way to the room where Richie was. , It... It says I'm missing" Richie said and Maeva looked at the flyer. , You're not missing, Rich" Maeva said to her best friend.

, Police department, City of Derry. That's my shirt. That's my hair. That's my face" Richie said panicking. , Calm down, it isn't real" Maeva said, moving closer to him. , That's my name. That's my age! That's the date!" Richie shouted. Maeva grabbed the flyer from his hands. , It can't be real, Richie!" Maeva said, worrying about her best friend.

, No, it says it! What the fuck? Am I missing? Am I gonna go missing?", Calm down, calm down. Look at me, Richie. Look at me. It isn't real, okay? It's playing with you. I wouldn't let anything happen to you, Richie. Not after Georgie" Maeva said to him and hugged him.

, Hello?" The four teenagers heard a voice. , Hello?" It was from upstairs. , Help me, please!" They made their way up the stairs. 

, Betty?", Ripsom?" Bill and Richie asked and then something pulled Betty away. They made their way to the door, but Maeva heard something so she stopped. , Maeva" something whispered from some door, so Maeva made her way there, but only saw a room full of fake spiders. , Eva!" Richie called after her and when she wanted to walk out, the door closed.

, Guys!" Maeva yelled and banged at the door. , Eva! Open the door!" Richie shouted on the other side of the doors. , I... I can't! It won't! It won't open! Guys! Open the door! Please!" Maeva yelled and started banging more at the door. She looked to the room, and the fake spiders were now real spiders.

Maeva screamed, and started to cry. And then the door opened and Richie grabbed her arm, pulling her to hug, and Bill closed the door. , I... There were spiders everywhere, I...", It's okay, Eva, I got you okay?" Richie said to his best friend and stroked her hair.

The group made their way to the room where Betty was, and Eddie was left behind, 'Of course, he heard something.

, She was just here. Where the fuck did she go?" Richie asked, and then the doors behind them closed.

, Guys! Guys!" They heard Eddie yell on the other side. , What? Eddie?" Bill said and tried to open the door. It didn't open. , Eddie. Open the door!", Eddie!" Bill and Maeva shouted. , You okay? Eddie what's going on?", Eds. C'mon, where are you? Eddie!" Bill and Maeva shouted at their friend, not knowing he fell through a hole in the floor.

, Eddie!"

, Richie?" Bill asked when he saw that Richie was in another room. , Richie comes back" Maeva said quietly. And when Richie made his way towards the door, it closed again. , Richie! Richie!", Rich!" Bill and Maeva shouted, trying to open the door. , Bill, Eva, come on, open the door. It won't open!" Richie said, trying to open the door too.

, What's going on? Richie!", I can't!", Open the door, Rich!", Richie! Open the door!" Bill and Maeva tried open the door. When they finally opened the door, Bill grabbed Richie and shut the door, so the clown wouldn't get in the room

, Let's get outta here" Bill said and Maeva grabbed Richie's hand into hers, when they heard a sound from the mattress. They saw Eddies head. , You wanna play loogie?" Eddie, well not Eddie asked. And then blood started to come out of his mouth.

In front of them were three doors. Not scary at all. Scary. Very scary. The three of them ran to the not scary at all door. , Where!s my shoe?" They heard Betty's voice. When Bill flicked on the light, there was Betty without her legs. The three screamed and closed the doors.

, Where the fuck were her legs? Holy shit, what the fuck?" Richie said when the blood was closer. , This isn't real. Remember the missing kid poster. That wasn't real, so this isn't real" Bill said to his sister and best friend, making them nod.

They opened the not scary at all door again.

, Oh, thank fuck", Where's Eddie?" Bill asked and then the three heard Eddie calling for help, making them run toward the screams. , Eddie" Richie said, and then the three saw the clown on top of Eddie.

, Holy fuck" Richie said and grabbed Maeva's hand into his. Maeva was frozen. , Eddie" Richie said. It smiled at them. , This isn't real enough for you, Billy, Maeva? I'm not real enough for you?" It said to the twins. , Oh shit" Richie said and squeezed Maeva's hand even tighter.

, It was real enough for Georgie" It said and laughed. , Shut the fuck up!" Maeva said to him, gritting her teeth. And then It went to the three teenagers, but Beverly stabbed It into his eye.

, Get Eddie!", Get Eddie!"

Maeva, Richie, Bil,l and Beverly made their way toward Eddie. , Oh, fuck! We gotta get out of here!" Eddie said and It turned at them. Maeva had tears in her eyes. , Get Eddie. Let's go!", Guys, watch out!" It grew claws. , No, no, no, no!", Eddie look at me!", He's gonna get us guys!", No!"

It growled making them scream, and Beverly and Maeva moved to the corner next to the fireplace. But, It slashed Ben's stomach. , Ben!"

It then walked away. , Let's get out of here!"

, Don't let him go away!" Bill said, following the clown. And the teenagers started to scream at him to not go, I think that Maeva the most. She didn't want to lose another brother. Mike made his way to Maeva, checking if something happened to her. , Are you okay?" Mike asked her. , Uh yeah" Maeva said, but Mike knew she was lying.

, Bill, we have to help Eddie!"

, No! No!" Eddie yelled. , I'm  gonna snap your arm into place.", Rich, do not fucking touch me.", Okay, one, two, three.", Do not touch me!" Late, he snapped his arm back in place. , Holy shit!" The group ran out of the house.

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I love Maeva's friendship with Richie, I want to make a flashback so bad. I also love that Mike really cares for Maeva.