Pennywise Unleashed

chapter 3

Everyone was catching up with what was going on their lives and they were all very happy  to be reunited once again. Hopefully this time they wouldn't have a scare. A waitress came by as they finished their courses and gave them their fortune cookies. Bill laughed at another joke made by Richie as he took his fortune cookie and opened it to see something haunting in the fortune and his face paled a bit.

Lilly looked at Bill and tilted her head "Sweetheart, are you okay?" She asks, not opening hers yet.

Ben and Mike looked over too. Bill gulped and set the cookie down. He then pulled his glasses off and wiped the lens clean and put them back on to see if he may have misread something. It wasn't misread though, he was given a dooming fortune. He showed his friends to show a death threat sent on the fortune with a skull and crossbones in place of the lucky numbers.

Lilly looked worried. "Oh, Bill..." she gasps and hugged him.

"You don't think it could mean we're...being haunted again... Do you?" Richie whispered to his friends, a little uneasy now.

"It can't be! We destroyed IT!" Beverly spoke up, feeling anxious, but trying not to feel worried like the others.

Bill froze in the hug, just in shock. Lilly carefully removed the fortune and cradled Bill closer. Mike looked calm but it was obviously forced. Ben hugged Beverly. Bill gulped and moved into the warm, comforting hug from Lilly.

"What could this mean...?" Richie whispered seriously and dramatically.

Lilly gently rocked Bill and hugged him. She whispered sweet soothing words in his ear. Bill took shallow breaths and calmed down a little as Lilly was soothing him. She was going to make a wonderful mother.

Mike frowned. "Okay, everyone should check their cookies..." he says.

Ben opened his and Beverly's, not wanting her to get the shock if it was a threat. Richie bit his lip nervously and opened his with Ben. Beverly watched them and was a little nervous for them too.

Ben quietly tossed the cookie and their fortunes on the table and hugged Beverly. Mike blinked shocked and placed it down on the table. Lilly still soothed Bill but used a free arm to get her cookie and open it. Her eyes widened, but she didn't stop comforting her husband.

"This can't be happening..." Bill whispered shakily.

Beverly hugged Ben really tight and nearly had a tear roll down her cheek. Why were they being tortured like this? What have they done wrong? Ben hugged Beverly just as tightly.

Mike frowned. "We need to figure out who wants us dead." he says his voice overly calm.

Lilly shakily dropped the fortune. Her hand came to rest on her stomach, though her other arm was still around Bill. Beverly felt a small kick in her stomach, but kept hugging Ben tightly and comfortably.

"You okay?" Bill whispered, asking both Lilly and his unborn child, even if the baby couldn't answer him. He was worrying for two now.

Ben decided he wouldn't tell Beverly about the fortune she had. Mike looked at Ben and Beverly and went over, putting his hands on their shoulders.

"Bill... Whoever it is knows..." Lilly whispers back.

Beverly sniffled and looked back, smiling sadly at Mike.

"What should we do?" Bill sighed, he wasn't hoping and expecting this to happen at their little reunion together.

"Maybe we should leave town." Richie suggested.

Mike sighed. "That won't work, I've heard of cases like this..." he sighs.

Ben looked at Mike.