Fear

20.

*Eddie's pov*

"Holy shit," Richie whispers.

"Bev? Bev," Mike calls out in a whisper.

"Beverly," Ben exclaims, as we rush out of the tunnel.

"Holy shit," Richie repeats when we see her floating in the air with her head pointed towards the ceiling.

"Bev," Ben gasps.

"H-How is she in the air," Richie asks, nervously. I slowly look around when I see Danielle lying on the ground, passed out.

"Dani" I exclaim, rushing over to her and kneeling down. I slowly move her head to the side to see a cut on her forehead.

She must've fell, but... how?

I look around when I see a crate knocked over right next to her.

She must've been trying to get Beverly down and fell.

I check her pulse, sighing in relief when I feel her heart beating.

"Danielle," I say, shaking her. She doesn't move. I slowly wipe the blood off her head, when she slowly lets out a groan in pain. "Dani?" She slowly opens her eyes to see me kneeled beside her.

"Eddie? Is that you," She asks, squinting her eyes.

"Yeah, it's me. Are you okay? What happened?"

"I, um... I don't really remember. One minute I was trying to get Beverly down and the next... my head was throbbing and everything just... went dark," She answers, as I help her sit up.

"I think you fell or something kicked the crate out from under you," I sigh.

*my pov*

I dust myself off, when Eddie speaks. "Guys," He says, fear seeping into his voice. We all slowly look up, and my eyes widen. "Are those--," Eddie starts.

"The missing kids," Stan continues.

"Floating," I finish. Ben grabs the crate and drags it over to Beverly.

"Just let me grab her," Ben says, climbing on top of the crate.

"Be careful," I say, as they steady him. He grabs onto her legs, slowly pulling her downwards. Finally, when she's closer to the ground, he steps down, as they grab her hands, tilting her head down.

"Bev," Ben says, shaking her slightly. She doesn't wake up from the trance she's in. "Beverly." She still doesn't wake up. "Why isn't she waking up?! What is wrong with her," He exclaims. "Beverly, please! Come on!" He wraps his arms around her neck, hugging her. After a couple seconds, he pulls away, before he leans in, kissing her making my eyes widen.

"Wow," Richie says, before he pulls away. She suddenly gasps, her eyes going back to normal.

"Bev," Ben questions. She slowly looks down at him, speaking.

"January embers."

"My heart burns there too," Ben smiles.

"Jesus, fuck," Richie says, wrapping his arms around them. I smile, as they all hug each other. From the corner of my eye, I see Eddie walk a couple steps away from us, looking at something.

"Where's Bill," Beverly asks.

"I... I don't know. He just walked away and told me to get her down," I reply.

A few moments later, we finally find Bill, and he's talking to "Georgie."

"I wanna go home," "Georgie" whines, tearfully. "I miss you. I wanna be with Mom and Dad."

"I want more than anything for you to be home. With Mom and Dad. I miss you so much," Bill admits, walking towards him.

That's not Georgie.

"I love you, Billy."

"I love you, too," Bill says, before pointing his gun at "Georgie's" head. "But you're not Georgie." He fires the gun, and "Georgie" falls back. We all stare him when all of a sudden, he starts to shake, and "Georgie" starts to turn into Pennywise.

Pennywise gasps, sitting up making us slowly back up. He stands up, and my eyes widen. "Kill it, Bill! Kill it," Eddie shouts.

"Shit," Richie mutters."Kill it, Bill!"

"Kill it," I shout along with everyone else.

Wait a second... the gun's not loaded.