Red~ Eddie Kaspbrak

16. It's Got Beverly pt.1

I was startled by someone knocking rapidly on my front door. I opened it to see a frantic Bill. He was breathing heavily and his hands were shaky.

"Woah, calm down. What happened?" I asked

"It's g-got Beverly!" He yelled as I felt my heart sink in my chest. I nodded and ran out, slamming the door behind me.

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We pulled up to the all-too-familiar house, staring nervously at the giant dilapidated house. Bill was the first to walk up to it. We all followed except for Stan. We all turned towards him.

"Aren't you coming?" I asked.

"Sh-shouldn't one of us keep watch?" He nervously asked.

"It's like B-Beverly said. He w-wants us to s-split up. We have to st-stick together" Bill said, making Stan sigh.

"B-but I don't want to" He said, his voice was shaky and I could see the tears forming in his eyes.

"We need you Stan. We're stronger together" Mike reassured him. Stan nodded in defeat, walking towards us.

We made our way through the house, the floor creaked with almost every step. We all expected something to pop out around every corner but nothing ever did. We stood in front of the well. Bill shone a flashlight into the depths and it seemed to never end.

"Hey Eddie, got a quarter?" Richie joked.

"Who the fuck would wanna make a wish in that thing?" Eddie asked. He was startled when Ben yelled Beverly's name, hoping to hear something. He never did.

"How are we supposed to get down there?" Mike asked as everyone began to look for something that would help. Bill found a rope with knots in it. We all were satisfied with it, we had to get to Bev as soon as possible.

Bill went first, then Ben, Richie, Stan and Mike.

I stared at the well nervously. It was small, too small. I began to breathe heavily and my hands were shaky.

"You okay Joc?" Eddie concernedly asked.

"I-I don't think I can do this Eddie. It's too small! Im gonna freak out I-"

"Hey. You're gonna be okay. I promise. If you want I can go first" He said, taking my face into his hands. He kissed me softly and I smiled. "You'll be okay"

He began to climb down and landed near the boys. I took a deep breath in.

"I-I don't know if-"

"Do it for Beverly" Mike said and I nodded. I was not going to leave my best friend.

"Yeah. Okay" I nodded.

I was about to go down when I felt something hit me across the back. I screamed out in pain and fell to the ground as my friends yelled from below me. I saw that it was Henry and I reached for the bolt gun but he stopped me by pushing his foot against my hand. I groaned in pain and my heart practically stopped when he took the bolt gun away. He placed it in between my eyes as I shut them tightly. I had a split-second to move my head and as he took his foot off of my arm I pushed him. Towards the well. He placed a hand on my throat and began to choke me. He held me over the edge. The sound of my friends screaming were echoes to me by now and in one final attempt I punched Henry in the balls as hard as I could. I grabbed onto the side of the well and pushed myself up. I grabbed the pipe Henry had hit me with before and hit him, sending him flying over the edge.

"Jocelyn! Are you okay?"

"Im fine" I panted. I reached for the ammo to the bolt gun and accidently knocked it down. "Shit!"

"It's okay. We're just happy you're okay" Mike smiled as I took a deep breath in and began to climb down. As soon as I entered the sewers I grimaced.

"Fuck. It's so small" I grimaced.

"Ha! Bet Eddie's heard that one from you" Richie laughed and I slapped him on the head.

"Damn it Richie!" Eddie angrily yelled as the two began to argue. I looked around and noticed that Stan wasn't there. I furrowed my eyebrows at the loss of his presence.

"Guys...where's Stan?" I asked and everyone fell silent.

"Shit" Bill said as we all began to frantically crawl through the sewers.

"Stan! Where are you?!" I nervously yelled.

When we found him I was sure he was dead. There was a monster eating his face. She was a woman with grey skin and long, ratty black hair. She wore a black dress and looked up to show us two sets of razor-sharp teeth. I gasped at the sight and Eddie pushed me behind him protectively. She had white, clouded eyes and she smiled at us as she walked away. She went around the corner, but we could still see her hand gripping the edge. She showed herself again but this time she was the clown. He smiled mockingly at us before disappearing into the abyss. We rushed towards a crying Stan.

"YOU LEFT ME! YOU GUYS AREN'T MY FRIENDS!" He sobbed as we all hugged him tightly, reassuring we would never leave him on purpose. Once he calmed down we pulled apart and sat there in silence. It didn't last for long though, seeing as Richie noticed Bill was gone.

"Where did Bill go?" Richie asked as we looked around but Bill was nowhere in sight. "Bill!"

We all began to search for him, yelling his name as there was a deeper feel of dread in all of us. Eddie was holding my hand and refused to let go. We all entered the next room and I gasped.

Beverly was floating in the air.