Eleven races down the hallway of Hawkins Laboratory. The lights are flickering above her as she flees barefoot for her life. She's dressed as she always was when with Papa... it's what made her a patient... an experiment... not a human being...
Her heart is pounding in her ears and her legs are exploding in pain from running so hard. The only other sounds are her bare feet slapping the linoleum floor and her pants mixed with sobs of fear and desperation. Her eyes occasionally fill with tears, blurring her vision and preventing her from seeing correctly. It distorted her vision and made the hallways she wanted to escape from looking worse. Her mind races with what she just escaped from. They wanted to do more medical tests on her including ones with big needles. She'd pushed the doctors away and fled. Their voices had called out for backup as she ran. Trying to escape Papa.
Eleven never dared to stop to try a door to try and hide, she knew they would all be locked.
Turning down another hallway, she finds a door with a big red exit sign... which never actually existed in the lab... or at least wherever she had been kept.
With little hesitation, she sprints towards it and grabs the handle. To her horror... it's locked!
She pounds on the door, desperate to escape them... She wants to scream out, but barely a sound can escape her lips due to her exhaustion from running and crying at the same time. Noises were approaching in the distance, and she slammed her hand on the door.
It takes a moment for her to realize that she should be using her telekinesis to open it. Quickly, she uses her powers to unlock it, hearing the footsteps of Papa's helpers getting closer.
The sound of a faint click was music to her ears.
However, when she uses her abilities to open the door, the dull fluorescent lights still flickering above cause Eleven to freeze in her tracks. A tall, looming figure stands in the shadows, a dirty silver jumpsuit with lots of ruffles and orange pom poms stretched over its thin frame. When the lights hit its face, the girl could see it caked in white make-up spreading up a sloped forehead that led to patches of messy orange hair and bright red lips. The red lips stretch up into a grin, showing uneven-looking teeth. It was all so familiar and it made Eleven even more terrified. The clown! The CLOWN!
The figure opens its eyes to reveal eerie yellow eyes that focus on the person in front of him.
His smile becomes wider.
"Want to see a neat trick?" the clown chuckled in a cheery voice.
Eleven backs away, tears pouring down her face. She holds her hands out in front of her to try and protect herself.
She's about to turn and flee the other way when several Hawkins Lab guards come around with batons or other kinds of weapons to subdue their runaway target.
Eleven lets out a shriek of terror as she is now trapped between two horrible things. She turned back to the clown as there was only one of him.
"I'm going to make them all disappear," he laughs.
His mouth begins to open wider than any human could go, showing rows and rows of razor-sharp teeth, ones that look like shark teeth. He then crouches down on all fours like a dog and then leaps.
Eleven ducks down and screams, but the clown leaps over her towards the guards.
The horror that erupts behind her is one she can't bear to see. The screams of the adults and the laughing of the clown as whatever happens... happens. Eleven keeps her eyes shut tightly and puts her hands over her ears to get rid of the horrible noises. She curls up into a ball and sobs hysterically.
YOU ARE READING
Strange as IT Seems
FanfictionWhen Derry is evacuated after an emergency, the Losers Club travels to the quiet town of Hawkins, Indiana, where they should be safe. Joined by his cousin Mia, who carries her own personal demons, Bill and his friends begin to adapt to this new smal...
