Run For Your Life

Blood Bath Bev

Song: Cherry Bomb by The Runaways

May 5

The group had circled the neighborhood a ton of times before moving on to the rest of the town. Richie blasts music from up front. Both Eddie and Richie's windows are rolled down. Everyone wishes they'd roll them the fuck up because it's actually cold.

Suddenly the entire vehicle is coming to a sudden stop. Richie throws an arm in front of Eddie to keep him from going anywhere. Greta falls into Mike, both banging their head. Stanley and Bill, who happened to be napping, are now both wide awake and alert.

Richie and Eddie look to the front with curious eyes. They stare to what almost caused them to wreck and wonder how this could be.

"Holy fucking shit!"

"Is that?" Eddie peeks to Richie.

The girl is completely drenched in blood. Not only that, but she looks exactly like Beverly.

Richie parks the motor home and scrambles out and after the girl. Eddie does the same, which leaves the rest completely stumped. They watch from the windows as Richie and Eddie follow the mystery girl through the woods. The group look to each other curiously before following suit. They're always in for an adventure.

Neither of the rest had gotten a good look at the girl, which is why they're so surprised when they finally catch up. The girl has finally stopped now, but she looks on edge.

"Stop!" She screams, leaving the rest quite shocked.

"Bev what's wrong?" Richie takes a step closer.

"I said stop!" Her screams send Richie tumbling through the air.

Eddie looks back at the boy once he's landed. His eyes turn that same bright green. He screams now too, his powers course through him and burst out in all different directions. The only one affected by his green gas is blood covered Beverly, who now winces in pain. She eyes her bubbling skin and then eyes the boy who made it happen.

Despite the pain, she then sends Eddie flying through the air. She tries to push more away, but she doesn't get the chance before Greta has her in place. Two lightning rods have wrapped around the redhead's wrists. She tries to pull away, and it looks as if she might, but then Mike jumps towards her, transforming into a bear.

It's the first thing he thought of, he'll get better.

Even with all the weight, Beverly still holds strong. Soon Mike's bear form is being thrown off. Once she's stood, she's face to face with Stanley. The girl falters now, letting all guards down. "Stanley?"

The boy screams, eyes going white. She realizes what's happening when it's already too late. Now she's the one tossed to the ground. The girl coughs once landing. She never knew how bad it actually hurt. Now she's starting to feel a little bad for all her past encounters.

When she opens her eyes, her vision is still black. She rubs at them and blinks on repeat, but still nothing. She begins to wonder what went wrong. Had she been blinded? But then she sees a face in the abyss and knows that these kids aren't normal.

"Let me see Stanley. I want to see Stanley." Her jaw juts out as far as can be.

Suddenly the boy appears. He wonders why him out of all people. The two have never been super close, which is why he finds it so surprising. He's about to question it, but she speaks too fast.

"Your powers are different. Who are these people?" She looks around, but there's nothing for her to see.

"I could say the same about you. What happened to the fire?"

The girl scoffs. "What are you on about?"

"Also what do you mean? I've always had this scream. Beverly what the hell is wrong? Why are you covered in blood?"

She pinches the bridge of her nose in frustration. "You were just there? How the fuck do you not remember? I blew the fuckers head clean off!"

"Beverly I don't-..."

"I'm not Beverly!" The girl's voice raises, which creates an ear piercing headache to everyone stood by.

"What?" Stanley doesn't handle confusion well, which is why Bill finally steps in.

Stanley fades from her view, which only causes her more panic. "If you're not B-Beverly then who the h-hell are you?"

"And if that's not my Stanley then what Stanley is that?"

Bill, who can still see the rest perfectly fine, gives a curious glance around. The others look back with the same worried eyes. Finally the man holds out a hand and smiles. "I'm Bill. We should t-talk."