Autophobia ♡ r.t

Chapter Fifteen

"Eddie" she called again, her voice wavering slightly "cmon please just tell me you're in here-"

She stopped in her tracks, staring at the closed door and suddenly realising she had made a big mistake.

"Uh oh"

"Uh oh indeed Caroline!" Came a creepy voice from behind her.

She screamed, spinning around to face the terrifying clown.

"Don't be scared Caroline! I'm your friend!"

"No! No you're not! My-my friends are richie and eddie and Riley and stan and-and bev and-"

"Oh? Well if they're your friends then why aren't they looking for you?" The clown questioned, bending over inhumanly and staring deep into her eyes.

"They-they are-just-just-leave me alone!" She screeched,moving backwards from the clown.

"Is that what you want Caroline? To be alone? Forever and ever and ever"

"Stop it! Stop it!" Caroline protested, pressing her back against the door and screwing up her face so tight she couldn't see it anymore "go away!"

"If you insist"

The room fell silent, eerily silent. Caroline unscrewed her face, looking around at the drab room, seeing no trace of the clown.

She turned her attention to the door, messing with the handle,unable to make it budge as she resorted to banging and screaming.

"Richie!! Eddie!! Bill!! Someone please let me out!! I don't wanna be alone in here" she screeched at an unholy volume,tears starting to stream down her face "please please please don't leave me here"

She screamed for what felt like hours, key word being felt. In reality she had been standing there and banging for a mere couple of minutes. It was almost as if the clown was playing with her perception of time, making her feel abandoned all over again.

Just when she was about to give up, she heard voices on the other side.

"Hello?!" She called our desperately "guys it's Carrie!! Please let me out please don't leave me it's really me!!"

"Oh my god Carrie!" She heard Richie's voice yelp from the other side, feeling him and Bill pull on the door.

When it did eventually swing open, Caroline practically fell out the door, collapsing directly into Richie's arms.

She was shaking gently, sniffling and grappling onto Richie's shirt, attempting to pull herself up.

"I thought-I thought you l-left me" she said, her breathing so shaky.

Richie once again enforced a grip of steel around her, holding her tightly to him as he helped her up.

"I'm not ever gonna leave you ok?" He assured her as he got her to her feet again "now let's go we gotta help eddie!"

Only them did Caroline register the frantic screams for help coming from downstairs, where Bill had already run to.

Richie and Caroline practically flew down the stairs and into the kitchen, staring on in a shocked manner as Eddie was laid on the floor with a messed up arm and the clown leering over him.

"Holy fuck" Richie muttered as the clown stared at the three.

"Eddie!" Caroline said breathlessly.

The clown looked at them as if he had just spotted his next meal, which he probably had.

"This isn't real enough for you billy?" The clown asked, before twisting hits face into mock dismay "I'm not real enough for you?!"