"Belle? Belle, wake up!" Georgie's voice echo. Belle opened her eyes to see Georgie and the others around her with flashlights. "Are you okay? What happened?" Georgie helped her up. Belle held her head, groaning. Her head is hurting from Pennywise's headbutt. She looked around to see that they are deep beneath Derry and the splashed ruins of a meteor. Where is Pennywise? Bill brought Georgia from the center of the meteor over to Georgie who hugs her.
"Daddy." Georgia spoke. She stopped crying.
"Thank god you're okay." Georgie whispered. "Did he hurt you?" He is checking her body to see if there are any injures.
"No."
"Good. Now, stay right here. By the passageway." Georgie brought his daughter over where they came in. "Stay quiet. We have something to do before we leave." He whispered. Georgia nodded, not asking anything.
Belle looked around the cavern, and she looks above her. IT has been around for millions of years. She knew that. Mike knew it too by seeing IT arrive by drinking the roots from the natives. Mike has learned so much.
"So, this thing has been around in Derry...forever?" Jacob asked, looking around.
"You have no idea how long." Belle said. They step in the center of the meteor. Mike placed a chud vase in the middle. Belle didn't know about the vase but didn't bother to ask. After Mike sets the inside of the vase on fire, everyone placed their own artifacts in. Eddie got out Stan's shower cap and put it inside. Poor Stan never got a chance to help. Belle got the ring Pennywise gave her off her finger. The red diamond shines a bit.
"What're you doing?" Jacob asked. Belle stared at the ring.
"Pennywise gave me this. Now that I know the truth, it means nothing. There is no love. Just a lie." She threw the ring in the vase. Now all of the artifacts are burnt inside. Time for the ritual Mike told everyone to join hands. They hold hands. Belle could hear Mike's speech about the Ritual of Chud. She is nervous, but this must be done. Pennywise must be out of existence. Out her their lives. Out of Belle's life.
The fire went out. Then, Belle looked up to see the cavern above opening up. The Deadlights are coming down.
"Don't look at them!" Mike shouted. "Don't look!" Everyone shuts their eyes. Georgie had to yell for his daughter not to look at the Deadlights. "Turn light into dark! Turn light into dark!" Mike chanted. "Say it!"
"Turn light into dark!" Belle chanted with the Losers Club. They all said the chant as the Deadlights come down toward them. The lights are bright. No one dared to take a peek at them.
"Turn light into dark!" Everyone chanted. "Turn light into dark!" The Deadlights are in the chud vase. Mike quickly grabbed the lid to close it, but something red appeared to prevent him from closing the vase.
"Is it working?" Eddie asked, not looking. Belle opened her eyes to see Mike struggling. A red balloon is growing big.
"Mike, is that supposed to happen?" Richie asked.
"Keep chanting! Keep chanting!" Mike told his friends. They chanted, but the balloon keeps getting bigger.
"Move it!" Jacob yelled as he tried to get out of the meteor. Everyone did the same as the red giant balloon grew. As soon as everyone is out, the balloon popped. It blew everyone away. The sound was so loud, it made everyone grew deaf for a few seconds. Georgia came down to her uncle and dad. Belle felt a little dizzy from the loud pop sound, she is trying to hear the others.
"Is everyone okay?" Mike asked everyone who talked all at once, getting their hearing back.
"What just happened?" Jacob asked, helping Belle up. "Did it work?"
"Georgia, are you okay?" Georgie asked. His daughter nodded. She covered her ears before the balloon popped. "Stay back." He told her. He turned to Belle who is approaching the meteor in caution. "Be careful." Georgie said.
"I have to be sure." Belle told everyone in a whisper.
It's too quiet. Belle looked over the center. A face appeared in front of her.
"Surprise!" Pennywise cried out. Belle gasped, backing away. The clown let out a chuckle, watching the expressions of the Losers Club. "How amusing! 'Did it work?' No, it didn't!" He laughed. "Fooled you, didn't I? You almost had me."
"It...it can't be!" Mike cried out.
"Why didn't it work?!" Bill asked in confusion. "Mike, what did we do wrong?!"
"Mike didn't tell you, did he?" Pennywise asked with a smirk.
"Tell us what?" Jacob asked. The clown giggled.
"You humans and your lies. That's what I love about you! Secrets must come out sooner or later." Pennywise said. Belle glared at him. "Mike never told you about what actually happened to the poor Shokopiwah?" Belle turned to Mike who started to have tears in his eyes.
"...Mike?" Belle spoke.
"I...I never meant to-" Mike tried to speak, but his friends have eyes on him. They demand the truth. Belle turned back to Pennywise.
"What didn't Mike tell them?" She asked. "You know something too."
"Yes." Pennywise replied. "Yet, I don't know how to tell you with words. Let me sing it to you." He giggled. Belle isn't amused by this at all. The clown started to sing to them.
"You gotta be kidding me." Richie groaned in annoyance. This is the second time Pennywise sings. But Eddie silenced Richie as the clown sings.
"It's true the natives did perform the ritual.
But Mike 'forgot' to tell you of their fate!
Yes they tried and then they failed.
Shoulda stopped and maybe bailed.
Now suffering through eternity alone!"
Belle then had a vision of the natives did the Ritual of Chud years ago. But they never succeeded. IT killed them. One by one. The screams are heard. Pennywise was never stopped before. The poor natives. They tried to stop IT. Belle blinked and turn to Mike who shook his head. He knew this whole time, and never told the Losers Club the truth. He kept it a secret.
"Mike...you lied to them?!" Belle asked him in disbelief. "You knew that the natives died?! Pennywise killed them all!"
"Mike, you lied to us again?!" Bill asked in anger. Mike turned to face his friends who are freaking out by this.
"They...they didn't believe it! That's why it didn't work then!" Mike exclaimed. "But we do!"
"Are you fucking kidding me, Mike?!" Richie yelled. Pennywise laughed at their argument. "We're fucked!"
"Mike, why didn't you tell us?!" Beverly asked. Georgia hid by the passageway as Jacob told her to stay and never move so Pennywise can't come after her. Suddenly, the lights came out of the chud vase, and they are blue. They are moving around, flashing. "The Deadlights! Don't look at them!" Beverly cried out as she and the others backed up, shielding their eyes.
"What's happening?!" Jacob shouted as Belle backed away as Pennywise is coming out. But he is big. From the waist down, he had spider legs. He is half clown, half spider.
"Pennywise..." Belle gasped.
"For 27 years..." Pennywise spoke to the Losers Club. "I dreamt of you. I craved you. I've missed you!" He roared. Belle's hands start to glow blue. This is it. A showdown. Along with her friends. Pennywise looked down at her with a sneer. "As for you, my dear! Your time is up! My lights will shine forever! Over Derry, Maine, and more!"
"You won't win, Pennywise!" Belle yelled. "We will stop you! You will no longer take Derry under your control or eat any more children!" Pennywise brought his giant hand up to turn it into a spider arm. "...Fuck." Belle cursed as she watched. Pennywise was ready to attack, he growled at her.
"Time to float!"
*Author's Note: Credit to Crimson ShadowVA on youtube for making a parody video of Pennywise sings "Poor Unfortunate Souls Reprise".*
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A Mate's Rebirth
Horror*Sequel of Mate of Pennywise* After 27 years, Pennywise and Belle are awakened. Derry still looks the same, but things will be difficult when the Losers Club return home to finish off IT to save Belle. Things get complicated when Belle's pregnancy i...
