More Than The Upside Down - An IT (2017) & Stranger Things Crossover

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Richie

Richie! Mike's voice called through the sleep. Richie, wake up!

Fuck off Mike, Richie growled at him grumpily. I'm trying to sleep.

Will you please just wake up? I have something to tell you.

What is it? Richie asked curiously.

I haven't been completely honest with you. Mike confessed, although his tone was quite hurried. Get your friends and meet me in the forest.

What? Why? Richie's voice was coated in intrigue now.

I'll explain along the way. Just wake up, get your friends and meet me there. Mike replied.

Fine. Richie grumbled.

He opened his eyelids and fought the urge to close them again as bright lights pierced his eyes. He noticed that his glasses had gone awry as he had slept so he fixed them up and allowed his eyes to adjust. When they had, Richie stood up and walked to the hospital window. Outside it appeared to be quite late in the day, most likely afternoon.

Richie walked over to Eddie and shook his friend awake, "Wake up Eds, we have to go somewhere."

Eddie attempted to shoo him away with his hand, "Fuck off."

"C'mon Eds, you're mum is better at waking up than you. Get your shit together." Richie remarked.

Eddie shot him the finger before sitting up. He lifted an eyelid at his friend, "The fuck you want?"

"We have to get up and go somewhere. Help me wake the others up."

"Just give me a sec and then I'll help you," Eddie said.

Richie sighed before moving to Stan. He shook his friend awake. "Wake up Stanny."

"Piss off Richard," Stan snapped.

This was going to be a long day.

*

About an hour later, with Cassie discharged from the hospital and the boys with Mike's friends, the group was walking on a train track in the forest. With Dustin and Lucas in the front of the group, the other boys stayed back to hear Mike explain everything.

"So there's a friend of ours that went missing a few days ago, his name is Will Byers," Mike refused to look at them, instead he looked down at the tracks. Richie could see the pain in his eyes, as well as feel it himself and hear it in his voice.

"We've been trying to search for him ever since, without any luck though," His doppelganger continued. "Eleven thinks that she might be able to find him."

"Wuh-Wuh-Why didn't you tell us?" Bill asked.

Mike snapped at this, "It slipped my mind, okay?"

Eleven spoke cautiously and softly, "Calm down Mike."

Mike looked at her and nodded slowly, his eyes brimming with tears.

She then proceeded to look at the rest of them. "Help us?" She asked innocently.

"I-I-I will," Bill promised. "W-W-Will you g-g-guys?"

The rest of them nodded and they wandered off further into the woods, pursuing to find the missing boy.