The Revenge of Ace Merrill - A Stand by Me story

Oh, Stand By Me

Third Person P.O.V.~
Eyeball walked over to where he had lit the fire the night before and threw up. He couldn't believe what had just happened. He wiped his mouth off and walked back over to Ace without looking at Y/N.

" Um, Ace?" Eyeball avoided eye contact.

"What?" Ace growled. He didn't expect a dead body to be such a mess.

"I'm going to take my car back because I have to go pick up my brother."

Ace didn't think before he waved Eyeball away, he had too much to deal with.

Eyeball walked back to the car with his head down. He didn't want anyone to see the tears streaming down his face. He had to find Gordie. Then, he was going to go to the police.

As he opened the car door he heard Ace tell Billy to hide the body and clean the tracks. Eyeball shook his head and slammed the door.

Gordie walked quietly along the streets of Castle Rock. Chris, Teddy, and Vern followed silently, not knowing what to do.

"Should we try to talk to him?" Vern whispered.

"I don't know." Chris said.

Gordie stopped suddenly, and turned towards his friends.

"Guys, I think she's gone. I can feel it." Gordie looked utterly defeated.

"I don't think so Gordie." Vern said. He looked concerned for his friend.

"Yeah , Gordie. Don't lose-" Teddy was cut off by a car coming right next to them and Eyeball getting out.

A few tears were still falling down his face as he grabbed Gordie and pulled him into a hug.

"Um, Eyeball?" Chris asked. Vern and Teddy looked at him confused. They all watched as a crying Eyeball held onto Gordie for dear life. Gordie awkwardly patted Eyeball on the back and felt highly uncomfortable.

Eyeball peeled away off of Gordie and looked at Chris. He sniffed and wiped his eyes.

"I know you all hate me but hear me out. I need to tell you something that's going to be hard to hear. Maybe we should go somewhere comfortable where nobody else can hear us."

Chris nodded and said, "Let's go to the treehouse guys." Everyone nodded and walked in that direction.

Eyeball didn't know what to do. He wasn't sure how he was going to tell Gordie and the boys. He didn't want to seem like the bad guy, but he was, in a way. He didn't untie Y/N. He didn't protest, he let it happen. Eyeball just hoped Gordie didn't see it that way.

Eyeball felt huge in the tiny treehouse. He was stuck in a corner with his legs pulled up to his chest. The boys looked at him expectingly.

"I'll start at the beginning. Please don't interrupt, because if you do, I might not be able to continue."

The boys nodded.

Eyeball took a deep breath.

"You guys remember when we were with the body that Ace swore to get you back for taking it away from him." Gordie noticed Eyeball said him and not us. "We went back to our cars and Ace was fuming. He, Billy, and Charlie in one car, the rest of us in Vince's. We all went back to town and decided to walk around to let off some steam. Ace was still fuming when I left to go home. The next day we were hanging around when we saw you," Eyeball pointed at Teddy," and Y/N walking down the street. Immediately Ace brought us all together at his house. He said he had the perfect plan for revenge. But he didn't tell us what it was. All he told us was to take Vince's and his car to the back Harlow road and wait for him there. So we did, and we waited. He showed up with Y/N and I was so confused because I thought she was with you guys." He gestured to the boys. " I talked to her about you Chris. I told her that you think of her like a sibling. She said she thought of you the same way. Then Ace made us shut up. And 'go to sleep'. He waited until Y/N had fallen asleep The told us to tie her up. Vince did since his Dad taught him all kinds of knots before he died. We waited until a train passed and Ace put her on the railway lines. That gave us thirty minutes until the next train. Ace woke her up and told her she had thirty minutes to live." Eyeball, at this point was tearing up. " I stayed and talked to her. She asked me why I couldn't help her. I told her Ace would kill me too. She understood and told me to tell the police what had happened. Tell you guys what had happened. She said she loved you guys. Ace then called me over. I walked over and waited until it was about two minutes until the train came. Ace told her that she should beg for her life. She didn't. Billy said Ace should untie her because she was a kid. Ace didn't listen. Ace then said if she could get Gordie to apologize, he'd untie her. She said no, and called him an asshole. About then the train was about thirty seconds away. Ace took the Yankees hat off my head, threw it at her and said 'Say hi to your brother for me' and asked if she had any last words. She nodded and said 'Fuck you.' The train ran over her. She passed away. I'm so sorry Gordie. If I hadn't been a pussy. I could have saved her. I'm so sorry." Eyeball sobbed into his knees. Gordie and Chris were crying while leaning on each other. Vern and Teddy were hugging while sobbing into each other's backs. No words were spoken, for the loss was to big.