I'll Protect You No Matter What|Mike Hanlon

Chapter Eight

The next day, Ben and Joy we're in the table having breakfast, as usual
Their aunt being annoying religious
Not that joy and Ben weren't they just
Didn't know, their cousin on the other
Hand is a spoiled brat as hell, Ben and Joy
Watched as their mom went off, the siblings did too, Ben was carrying some stuff
For the projector carousel
Joy, however, was in her own thoughts

'Richie kissed me....He kissed me...'

She thought, touching her own lips
still a bit shocked, she never thought her first kiss would be Richie
she felt sad, knowing that she loves Richie, but as a brother

"Joy.....Joy...Joy.."
Ben called her three times, waving his hand in front of her, which broke her train of thoughts

"H-Huh? What?"
Joy said looking around then at Ben
who had a worried expression

"you've been zoning out lately is everything okay?"
He asked worried, she nodded smiling

"don't worry I'm fine besides, if we go a little faster, the more we'll be able to reach it"
She said cheerfully walking faster

"Joy wait up! Did something happened yesterday with Richie?"
He asked running up to her

"What? N-No haha no way"
she said laughing nervously, looking away blushing
this made Ben eye her more suspiciously

BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT.Illuminates the Sewer Map taped to the back wall of DENBROUGH
GARAGE
The light is from an OLD CAROUSEL SLIDE PROJECTOR Bill has positioned on a couple of stacked boxes. The Losers huddle around it like a campfire.

"Did you bring the map?"
Bill asked Ben, Ben pulls a slide out of his pocket and hands it over. Bill inserts the slide into the tray of the Projector.He clicks the advance button THE OLD MAP OF DERRY is overlayed with the Sewer Map.

"Look. Th-there's the Ironworks. There's the Black Spot. Everywhere It happened is all connected by the sewers and they all meet up at..."
Bill started but joy finished the last one

"The Well house"
Joy finished the sentence shocked feeling ill

"It's in the house on Neibolt street..."
Stanley said looking at it
Eddie takes a puff off his inhaler.

"You mean that creepy-ass house where all the junkies and hobos like to sleep?"
Richie asked them, while Mike comforted joy

"I hate that place. It always feels like it's watching you."
Beverly said shivering, Ben agreed

"That's where It lives."
Bill said looking at it
Eddie goes over to the Sewer Map and rips it off the wall.

"Can we stop talking about this? This is summer -- we're kids -- we're supposed to be"
Richie said panicking, trying to process, joy was shocked

"I agree with Eds"
Richie said looking at bill

"No, put the map back"
Bill ordered Eddie, but he declined
then there was a sound-making mike and joy turn to it
they saw a blank whiteboard shining on Eddie

"W-What happened?"
Bill asked confused, it kept moving backward, as mike went to stop it, but couldn't
It kept going backward confusing the losers club, it then showed Georgie holding hands with his mom and dad, then turning to the move more into a slow animation, click by click

"TURN IT OFF!"
Beverly shouted, the losers panicked, as it started showing a clown more

"THAT'STHEFUCKINGCLOWNO NO!!!"
Eddie panicked holding onto Richie, mike kicked the boxes and the Carousel crashes to the ground, it went towards the left, turning either white, or the same frame of pennywise smiling looking at them