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" hey, if you're the king of losers with the paper crown, where's your queen of dirtbags "
the story of eight young teens fighting a force of nature to survive , or
in which the local loser-girl gets her official title
book one of two
ocxbill
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CHAPTER ELEVEN grounded.
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"Wait, guys, where's Stanley?" Eddie's voice sliced through the tunnel and Nicole jerked her head up to attention. Bill and Richie were helping Mike into the opening and Eddie was at the back.
"Isn't he there?" Her voice was dripping with worry.
Eddie's flashlight tilted upwards, then left to right-- revealing nothing. "N-no... he's just... gone. Stan!"
Nicole felt her stomach drop. She slid past Ben, who's face was tight with concern for Beverly, and moved to the shorter boy's side. Stanley was, like Edie had said, nowhere to be seen. "Shit, guys, Stanley's alone."
She grabbed her baseball bat, which Mike had brought down like he'd promised, and clicked her own flashlight on. Without waiting for the others, Nicole made her way down the tunnel.
"Shit, wait up! Nic!" Eddie yelped. She could hear the boys right behind her as she hopped out of the smaller tunnel into what looked like a main tunnel.
"Careful, guys. Grey-water... you're probably used to playing in this stuff, though." Nicole snorted at her own joke to stop herself from running out of that damned sewer.
"Ugh, I'm so grounded when I get home." Eddie groaned.
The group of six splashed down the tunnel, caring little for what may be in the shadows. Now they had two friends missing, and Nicole was dead-set on bringing them both back. Alive. "Stanley! How far did he go--" Nicole, who was leading, stopped in a room that had no water in the bottom. A contraption sat in the middle, but she hadn't paid enough attention to science class to know what it was.
They walked around the edge slowly. Noises bounced off the wall, sending chills up and down Nicole's spine. Her flashlight sliced through the darkness, angling towards the floor.
"S-stan...?" Fear closed her throat, breaking her voice into two pieces.
Her light pushed the darkness away, revealing a... a terrifying something hunched over Stanley. It's mouth fit around his whole face and it was clearly making an attempt at devouring the boy. Nicole screamed and the others came to her side, anxious to rescue Stan.
The thing looked up, startled, and pulled away from the light as fast as it could. It looked like a really misshapen woman, with rows of terribly sharp teeth. "Oh god... get away from him." Nicole moved the light forward. The monster shrieked angrily and disappeared through a door.
Nicole watched for a moment, then the clown popped it's head out. The kids all screamed, but it had no intention of attacking them here. It drifted away and the group fell to Stan's sides. Nicole let her baseball bat clatter to the ground.
