The Cycle Chapter 1

Jayla Ann Goes Out For A Drink

After getting the phone call from Andy, Jayla Ann went to her local bar for a drink. She has black hair in an afro she was from New Zealand born and raised and moved to Australia in 2001 and is the oldest in the group. She sat down "Whiskey please" she ask the bartender "Really a Whiskey? Don't you want a scotch on the rocks with a twist"? He asks "No I want a whiskey" he nods his head and pours her a cup of whisky and places it in front of her, she picks the whisky up and starts drinking and ordering more, about 20 glasses beside her "More please," she asks "No more for you miss your going to die" she looks at the bartender and slams her fist against the table "MORE"! She demands "No why do you want so much whiskey"? He asks "cause I am scared," she tells him putting her hands on her face wiping away the tears "Why are you scary Jayla"? He asks her, she looks up at him and he grabs a napkin and gives it to her "I have to go home that's why I am scared" she tells him as she grabs the napkins and wipes away the tears "Why do you need to go home" he asks "A reason I can't tell you" she replies and gets a cigarette out of her wallets and lights it and takes a puff "Then tell me where you are going" "Australia" she tells him taking another puff of the cigarette "Australia that like an 8-hour flight from Beverly Hills" he tells her "I know how far it is I already bought my ticket" she gets up and walks outside the bartender grabs the keys and locks up "I hope I will see you soon Jayla be safe" he walks to his car and drives off into the night Jayla finishes off her cigarette and stomps it out with her foot she walks to her car and hops in. She starts the engine and takes off onto the road she drives to her house in Beverly Hills, She was one of the most famous artists in the world she has drawn in comics, Anime and children books. She drove into her driveway and gets out of her car "Fuck I shouldn't have driven home, fuck" there was a big scrap in her car after scraping by the tree, she went inside her empty house and went to bed she dreamt about an incident that happen 16 years ago. She was walking home from school, her friends went a different way cause she is the only one (in the group) who lives near one of the many entrances to the mines where It resides. She walked past the entrance looking inside hole she sees a bright light she goes near to investigate, the light shines even brighter as she goes closer a hand covers up the light "Come to me Jayla we all love company join me here in the mines" It said "What's your name" she asks It didn't reply "What's your name" she asks again getting angry "Skarsgard is my name" it chuckled Jayla walks towards the voice a thudding sound gets louder as it comes to her. It comes out of the hole "Come join me Jayla" it roared she saw a man with long red hair floating on it head, It faces was Gray with smudges of blue paint under Its eyes. It shirt and jacket were a light blue he wore dark grey pantaloons, She started running away as it got taller and his smile got bigger with sharp teeth coming out of his mouth. It kept smiling but she could hear It talking to her "Run run but you can't run forever" It yelled she kept running faster and faster she turned around to see It was gone and she looked side to side and turned around to see at the end of the street Skarsgard was standing there smiling "Stay with me Jayla" It said "Stay with me forever stay young forever" It put its hand out, Jayla saw it hair swaying in wind but there was no wind even a gush of wind, it started walking towards her his hand going back to his waist "So you don't want to stay young forever...fine by me but I will see you soon Jayla"It laughed, Jayla, wiped her eyes then heard a noise-pop looked at up but It was gone. Jayla jumped up out of her bed screaming and got a drink of Scotch "It is just a dream it not real" she said to herself, she got undressed and took a bath she stop and thought about Bidwill. Flashes of her time in Bidwill flashed before her eyes seeing all the missing poster and remembering the curfew "I can't go back" she looked at the floor and picked up the razor blade and took out the blade "I will not return" she whispered "If we are not there for each other we can not kill It" she remembers saying that to everyone when she was young and about to fight it for the last time in the year 2003 she drops the blade and throws it away, she gets out and drys herself she gets her phone and calls Andy "Hey Andy I think I can't go to Bidwill"

"Jayla you have to come you promised," Andy said

"I know but I can't I don't want to die" Jayla reply

"Just because you come doesn't guarantee you will die Jay" Andy argued with her

"I know bu-"

"No buts you have to come tomorrow" he demanded

"Fine I will be there" she sighs
She gets goes upstairs into the attic and grabs a box label "Stuff from Bidwill" she takes it downstairs and puts it on her coffee table she opens it and takes out a photo she looks at it "Michael, Andy, Katy, Evan, Emilia and Camilla wow I wonder what they look like now"? She chuckled she went to her room "I should get packing" she opened her closet and grabs clothes, shoes and gloves she grabbed her passport and put it in her purse she jumped into bed and went to sleep a peaceful dream happened she saw the reunion of the group in her dream. She wakes up at 4:46 in the morning and got dress grabbed her bags and left for Bidwill.