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xxiii. Going down the well

Eddie took off his fanny pack and threw it as far as he could, as Jade wondered why he did so. Richie grabbed an empty beer bottle and smashed it over some wood, hoping it would make a good use for a weapon. But only the top half of the bottle remained. Richie threw the already useless glass away into the grass.

This time they all walked inside the house. Ready to get back Beverly. Bill hoping to also find Georgie again and Jade hoped to find Patrick.

"Stan?" Ben said. They looked over to see Stanley standing outside of the door. A scared expression on his face. "Stan we all have to go" Bill said in a stern voice.

"B-Beverly was right"

"If we split up like last time, that clown will kill us one by one. But if we s-stick together, all of us, we'll win" Richie nodded. "I promise".

Stanley stepped inside the house with his flashlight as the kids proceeded to walks further into the house.

Bill led them all the down the basement with a flashlight in his hand. They turned the corner to see a well. "Hey Eddie, you got a quarter?" The first joke Richie said in about a week. "I wouldn't want to make a wish in that fucking thing".

They all pointed their flashlights down the deep well. "Beverly?" Ben yelled down the well which had an echo.

"How are we supposed to get down there?" Bill grabbed some rope that was on the floor. Mike tied one end and Richie threw the long rope down the well.

Bill slowly went down first, then eddie, then Richie, Ben and Stanley. Mike and Jade were the last ones left. "Go down first Jade, I'll be right behind you"

Jade climbed on the brick and grabbed onto the rope. Holding it for dear life as she slowly started going down. "Ahhh!". She heard Mike scream. Jade looked up and saw Mike hunched over the well and then got pulled back. "Mike!". She quickly climbed back up as careful as possible. Richie and Bill looked up to see Jade climbing back up the rope and Mike was gone away from the well.

Jade grabbed onto brick and climbed on top of it and got back on the floor. "Henry..?" Henry eyes were widened like he just saw a ghost. Blood ran down his face and down below his lip. Jade looked over Henry and saw Mike on the floor. The boys down in the well called for Jade and Mike.

Henry let out a low and an insane laugh. He grabbed Jade by the neck and pushed her towards the well. Jade planted her feet on the ground, putting force to stop Henry from pushing down the well. She struggled to get his hands off of her neck. "Let go of me!" Jade yelled. "Help"

"Someone to talk to huh? A shoulder to cry on? I don't who you think I am Holland. Henry's grip slowly got tighter around her neck. "I don't need a pathetic girl like you to 'comfort me'. You mean nothing to me!". Suddenly it got harder to breathe. Jade barely felt any oxygen coming in.

Henry heard Mike groan from behind him. He turned his head to look at him. "You didn't to what I told you, did you?"

"You should've stayed out of Derry. Your parents didn't and look what happened to them. I still be sad every time I pass by that pile of ashes". Henry didn't move anywhere while talking to Mike. He stood there in front of Jade, a tight grip of his hand still around her neck.

"Sad. That I couldn't have done it myself". Jade reached her neck out as best as she could and bit Henry's wrist as hard as she can. "Ahh" Henry screamed and immediately let go of Jade as he looked at his wrist that now had a red bite mark on it. "You little bitch" he turned to Jade.

He marched over to her and Mike quickly got up and hit him in the head with his pistol. Henry fell. He grabbed mikes leg and pulled him to the ground and got on top of him.

Henry struggled to keep Mike down. "Fuck down!" He yelled. Henry grabbed Mikes pistol and pointed it at his forehead. Jade grabbed a big rock and hit Henry in the head with is as he fell again and missed shooting Mike.

Mike quickly got up and ran over to Henry, pushing him down the well. His scream echoed as he fell down the well. Jade and Mike looked over the well. "Y-you guys okay?" Bill looked up at Jade and Mike. "We're ok".

Mike accidentally dropped his bullets down the well. "Shoot!". He said. Jade went over and grabbed the rope and threw it back down the well.

Jade went first and Mike followed her. The boys scooted back in the hole inside the well when they saw Jade. Richie grabbed her hand and helped get her over and did the same with Mike.