FEAR, it 2017

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When Mike and I got down, we saw that Stan wasn't there. "Where the fuck is Stanley!?" I ask. They all look behind them to see that Stan was absent.

We crawl through the sewers looking for Stan.

"Oh shit, it's the grey water." Eddie mutters.

"Stan!" We all shout in hopes of finding him. We then hear his screams in the distance. "Stan! Stanley!" We all shout as we run towards the screaming.

We all try to open a rusted steel door with as much strength as we have. Once it opens, Bill shines his flashlight and reveals some type of creature/woman with her sharp teeth biting into Stan's face. Luckily, he was still alive.

The creature got up and slowly disappeared. Then, the clowns face appeared. We ran towards Stan. He was screaming and trying to get away from us. "No! You left me! You made me go into the neibolt! You aren't my friends!" Stan shouted.

"We're sorry! We're sorry!" I heard Eddie exclaim.

We all try to calm him down. It did work after a few tries. "Bill!" Eddie shouted. We noticed that Bill had left us. "Bill!" We all shout as we run towards where Bill went.

Soon, we enter a place in the sewers with a huge pile of stuff. It had kids' toys, clothing, and all sorts of items.

We look up and see Beverly floating in the air. "Bev! Beverly!" Ben shouts. "How is she in the air?" Richie asks. "Guys... are those the missing kids?" Eddie asks as he shines his flashlight in the air towards the pile of items. I look up and see a bunch of kids floating. It made me sick to my stomach.

Mike helped hold up Ben so he could get Beverly down. "Bev! Beverly! Why isn't she waking up!? What's wrong with her!? Beverly, please!" Ben shouted as he shook her. Then, out of nowhere, Ben pressed his lips against hers. I look away in awkwardness.

Then, Beverly wakes up. "January embers." Beverly says. "My heart burns there too." Ben finishes. "Thank fuck!" Richie exclaims as he wraps his arms around the both of them. We all then join in for a group hug.

"Where's Bill?" Beverly asks. We walk around the pile of stuff to see Bill standing in front of Georgie. Bill takes a weapon and puts it up to Georgies forhead. After Bill shoots him, Georgie falls to the ground and starts shaking. Then, clown hands and legs start to replace Georgies.

Georgies face had now turned into the clowns face.

"Kill it, Bill! Kill it!" Eddie shouts. "Kill it!" Everyone starts to shout. I just stand there in shock. "It's not loaded." I hear Mike say. I turn to look at him. "Hey! It's not loaded!" Mike shouts. Bill then shoots again, but nothing comes out of it.

The clown ran towards Bill. It tries to bite him, but Bill uses the weapon to stop it. Beverly tries to stab it with a spear, but the clown pushes it away.

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After a bit of fighting the clown, the clown holds Bill in a headlock. "Let him go!" Bev exclaims. "No." The clown replies.

"I'll take him. I'll take all of you. And I'll feed on your flesh as I feast on your fear." The clown says as we all look at it. "Or..." It says as it waves his finger.

"You'll just leave us be. I will take him, only him. Then, I will have my long rest, and you will all live to grow, thrive, and lead happy lives. Until old age takes you back to the weeds." The clown says with a shaky voice.

"Leave... I dragged you all into this. I-i'm s-s-sorry." Bill says with a scared tone. "S-s-sorry." The clown says, mocking Bill. "Go!" Bill exclaims. "Guys! We can't!" Beverly exclaims.

"I told you, Bill. I don't wanna die. You punched me in the face. You made me walk through shitty water. You brought me to a fucking crackhead house. And now... I'm gonna have to kill this fucking clown." As he grabs a baseball bat from the pile. "Welcome to the losers club, asshole!" Richie shouts.

The clown runs towards Richie. Richie hits the clown in the face with the bat. Then, everyone started hitting it with all sorts of stuff while turning into their fears.

Then, it came to mine. The clown turned its face into my dad's face. "Hey, Marcie. It's all your fault. You made me di -" Before it could finish, I hit in in the face with my bare hands.

The clown turned into the lepor Eddie saw. It threw up all over Eddie. "My mom's gonna kill you!" Eddie shouted, then he kicked the lepor I'm the face. The clown then turned into Beverly's dad's face. "Hey, Bevy. Are you still my little -" He starts. Then, Beverly stabs it in the mouth with a spear.

It starts to crawl backward as we follow it. "That's why you didn't kill Beverly. Cause s-s-she wasn't afraid. And we aren't either. Not anymore. Now you're the one who's afraid. Because you're gonna starve.

The clown backflips into the hole, but he is still holding onto the rim. Stan hands Bill a weapon. Bill holds it up, getting ready to hit it. Its head starts to break apart and float in the air. "Fear." The clown mutters before falling into the hole.

"I know what I'm doing for my summer experience essay." Richie says. I pat him on his shoulder.

Bill looks over at Beverly. Then, he hugs her. We then all notice that all of the kids are starting to float down.

Bill walks over to the pile of items and grabs a yellow raincoat. It was Georgies. Bill starts to cry as we all walk over to him and hug him.