• THE CURSE OF DERRY • PENNYWISE X READER

Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8

A few days had come and gone, once again with no sign of him. I carried on expecting to see something or hear something, but nothing happened.

I sat on the couch looking out the front doors window, and down onto the road, where the drain sat. The weather had gone to shit again that week, constant rain and thunderstorms raging. I rested my head on my hand as I sat on the couch starring out there hoping to see him, yet nothing happened.

"Okay... if he's not coming to me... then I'm going to him" I said, rising to my feet.

I headed to the door, grabbing my vans and slipping them, on along with my raincoat and brolly. I opened the door, locking it behind me. The rain wasn't to heavy today, so I left the umbrella by the door. I turned and walked to the edge of the street, stopping to let a car pass. My face blushed at the thought of an eighteen year old standing by a drain and talking into it. But it didn't stop me. I splashed over to the side of the drain, looking down into the dark.

"Pennywise?" I said as I edged closer towards the drain.

Each step I took, nerves began to grow inside me.

"Pennywise? I just wanted to talk?" I repeated.

I stopped at the edge of the drain, peeking inside. I prepared myself to get jumped by his head suddenly popping out of no where, but it didn't.

"Pennywise?!" My voice echoed across the walls of the drain, and still I heard nothing.

I wasn't going to stand at the edge of a drain all day. I looked to my left and then the right.

"The closest place to access the sewage system, would be the Barrens. The only down side is it's practically like walking through piss and shit down there." I said to myself.

I shrugged my shoulders as I headed back to the house. I went back up to my room and grabbed a torch, a hoodie and the balloon he had given me, which still miraculously floated days later. I quickly chucked my jumper on and threw the raincoat back over it, I knew it'd be freezing down in those tunnels. I was ready to go, once again walking out the front door and locking it behind me.

On the walk to the Barrens, I happened to pass a street where I heard someone crying. I looked over to one of the locals houses, where there were several cop cars parked out on the front lawn. One of the officers where up on the front porch with the lady that seemed to be crying, his hand placed reassuringly upon her shoulder. Soon after they left, and who I assumed was the husband, came out and hugged the wheeping woman. My heart sank, another kid was missing. My mind started to spin with thoughts, what if it was Pennywise?

I pushed the thoughts down, and carried on, determined to reach my destination. Finally making it to the massive storm drain. It's water emptied out into the river, the entrance of the pipe had bars that had rusted away over the years, leaving nothing more than little points to protect the people of Derry from entering. I stood on the rocks that day just before the massive pipe, listening to the water dripping and flowing around in there. I stepped onto the metal pipe, my shoes now drenched. I looked up and pushed the vines that grew down from the outside of the pipe out of the way so I could climb deeper inside. They blocked off almost all light shining into the drain from the outer world.

"Hello? Pennywise, are you there?" I gently asked.

It echoed once more and my call was left to repeat throughout the maze of pipes. My body shivered at the sense of emptiness that flowed through those pipes.

"Screw it" I said as I walked in completely.

I shuffled through the main entrance of the pipe and into the shitty water, it now reaching my chins. As I moved deeper into the drains, the sound of water dripping and the simple vibration of sound bouncing off the walls sounded like bees buzzing. It began to mess with my ears, the only sound that I could absorb was a high pitched white noise.

The deeper I got, the colder it became. I rubbed up and down my arms, attempting to warm myself up when I stopped, I heard a chuckle in the distance. I turned around to see that the pipe I came from crossed paths with another.

"Which way??" I wondered.

I looked straight on once again, my arms crossed, trying to keep my chest warm.

"Pennywise?" I whispered.

Another laugh suddenly came from behind me, bouncing off the walls as I turned to see where it came from. I splashed the water beneath me as I turned back to the direction I had faced before.

Everything suddenly went quite once again, my ears ringing. I felt something suddenly tighten around my leg, looking down into the water beneath me to see a decaying person moaning and smiling up at me. It's smile was filled with sharp teeth, and it's eyes were blurred out.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" I screamed.

I kicked the creature off of my leg and ran down the drain where I started to see more and more of the bodies arise from the water. I covered my mouth and nose, the sudden urge to vomit arises as I look away from the moaning copses. I looked forward to see if I could escape the water when I felt the colour drop from my face,y skin turning white as the moon. He was there, standing not even four metres in front of me. I pulled my hand away from my face in shock.

"Hi there Y/N, do you want a balloon?" He asked starring deep into my eyes.

His bright orange eyes starred, with a hint of red surrounding his pupils, blood dripping down from his lips, and above these lips lay those needle sharp teeth. He just stood there, head slightly tilted, as you stood there frozen with fear.

"It...it was you? Did you take those children?" I asked shaking, my heart racing.

"They float now, they all float down here, and you'll float too" He hissed.

The corpses began to rise up, standing next to Pennywise, as they all began to chant;

"You'll float too, you'll float too, you'll float too!".

They all continued to gargle and spit water and blood, still singing along with one another. They suddenly stopped as Pennywise starred, his look piercing right through me. He screeched then began running in my direction, screaming and shaking his head as if he were having a seizure. I screamed and turned, running for my life, without even thinking about turning back. Splashing through the tunnels, the sound of the ghouls still chanting behind me.

"you'll float too.... you'll float too.... you'll float too...."