tag, you're it again. r.tozier. act ll.

twelve | puppy pomeranian!

TAG, YOU'RE IT AGAIN!

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RICHIE LEAD HIS wife towards the others, where Mike had stopped walking and stood there, staring down at the ground at something.

"Mike?" Beverly spoke, and Richie and Arianna caught up.

"We need to go in here." Mike informed the others, and Arianna furrowed her eyebrows and tip toed to look over Eddie's shoulder, where she saw a round trap door on the floor.

"You mean," Sydney trailed off, "down there?"

"Yes." Mike spoke, then without hesitating, he stepped up to the trap door and opened it.

"What's on the other side?" Beverly quietly asked.

"I don't know." Mike simply said. "Nobody does."

"Woah, woah, woah, hey!" Bill started, not thinking that Mike was serious at first.

"Mike-" Richie stopped talking as Mike sat next to the hole, putting his legs inside of it.

Mike grabbed his flashlight, shining the light inside the dark, deep hole.

"Mike." Arianna started. Mike couldn't be serious.

"Alright," Mike spoke, a smile on his lips. "See you guys down there!" And with that, he fell through the hole, resulting in all the adults yelling for him.

"Mike!" All the adults ran towards the hole, shining their flashlights down to see Mike had landed on his feet, and he smiled up at them.

"Holy shit." Arianna breathed out, rolling her eyes, as she thought Mike had injured himself.

"Guys," Bill spoke, looking at every single adult.

"Yes, Bill?"

Bill gave them a look. "S - S - Stay together, okay?"

"Please." Sydney added, a scared look on her face. The adults all nodded, then one by one, they each made their own ways down the hole.

Richie, Arianna and Eddie were the last ones to go. Arianna sucked in a breath before sitting next to the hole, swinging her legs to put them in there.

"Ari," Richie spoke, making Arianna look up at him. "Be careful - please, gorgeous."

Arianna gave him a soft grin, looking him in his worried eyes. "I will, I promise." She looked back down to the hole, getting ready to push herself through, when Eddie started talking.

"You guys, I can't do it." Eddie shook his head, making Arianna and Richie look at him.

"Eddie-"

"I can't. You guys saw what happened, up there. I was - I was gonna watch you die." Eddie sadly told Richie, who pursed his lips together. "I fucking froze up. You guys let me go down there, I'm going to get us all killed." Eddie couldn't take it anymore, then he pulled his inhaler out of his pocket and brought it to his mouth, resulting in a quiet puff sound.

Richie didn't hesitate to grab Eddie's arm and reach to grab the inhaler away from Eddie. Eddie stubbornly fought back, making Arianna roll her eyes.

"No - Richie, stop-"

"Just - Just give it-"

Arianna rolled her eyes long and hard at their quiet bickering, and she glared at them both. "Guys."

"I got it!" Eddie finally told Richie, and ripped the inhaler from Richie's grip.

Richie glared at the shorter man in front of him. "Listen, Eddie, you'll be fine. But, who fought a psychotic clown before he was fourteen?"