Autophobia ♡ r.t

Chapter Twenty-Five

"Just lemme grab her!" Ben insisted as mike gave him a boost up.

Below Beverlys floating body stood Riley, Richie, Carrie and Ben; all trying their best to grab ahold of her feet and pull her down to the ground in hopes of waking her up.

When they finally got her down, the rest took a step back and watched Ben. He had his hands placed firmly on her shoulders to keep her in place.

"Bev! Beverly!" He exclaimed, desperately shaking her by the shoulders "Why isn't she waking up?! What is wrong with her?!"

He looked around at the rest of the group, Caroline's heart shattering at the expression on his face.

"Beverly please! Cmon!" He continued, hugging her tightly, which had no effect on her unconscious self.

He moved his hands up from her shoulders, resting them on either side of her face, staring into her glazed over eyes for a moment. Then without warning, Ben moved his head forward and connect his lips with hers.

The whole group emitted a variety of groans and uncomfortable, sharp inhalation's of air.

Caroline and Richie looked at each other, both with looks of complete and utter speechlessness on their faces before turning their sights back to Ben and Beverly.

"Oh my god-" Riley spoke up in a mix of shock and disgust, watching as Ben pulled back from her.

Nothing happened at first, Beverly still not moving and honestly Caroline felt as if she could burst into tears at the thought of her friend being gone.

That was until Beverly began to gasp from air, seemingly jerked back to reality. The losers let out a collective sigh of relief at the sight of their friend finally conscious and ok.

Beverly and Ben looked at each other in silence for a moment, a sudden realisation seemingly hitting Beverly as they did so.

"January embers" she said softly

"My heart burns there too" Ben replied, smiling the widest anyone has ever seen him smile.

"Jesus fuck!" Richie exclaimed, breaking the tension as he slung his arms around the two.

Everyone joined in on the hug, standing perfectly still and holding each other tight, all of them trying their best to comfort and soothe their friend.

Beverly pulled back suddenly, looking around at everyone that was present, a look of dismay creeping onto her features?"

"Where's bill?" She asked

No one responded, simply because they didn't have the answer to her question. They had come this way looking for Bill but he obviously become rather distracted with making sure Beverly was still alive.

"Well you see, its funny story" Caroline began with a nervous laugh as the whole group separated from the hug "um-we don't actually know~"

"Well what the fuck are we doing standing around?!" Beverly snapped,causing Caroline to jump slightly, Richie noticing and wrapping an arm gently around her.

They all rushed off, Mike leading their way as they followed the faint noise of a conversation that was coming from somewhere within this huge cavern.

They all rounded a corner, stopping in their tracks and falling completely silent when they saw in front of them; Bill standing and talking to a dishevelled looking Georgie. They all looked at each other in confusion as the boy spoke.

"I wanna go home!" Georgie whined, looking as if he was about to cry "I miss you! I wanna be with mom and dad!"

"I want more than anything for you to be home" Bill stated, sobbing softly as he did so "With Mom, and dad. I miss you so much"

Bill had began to walk towards Georgie at this stage, sniffling as he stood in front of the small boy.

"I love you billy"

"I love you too" Bill replied, breathing heavily as he took a step back, pulling up mikes bolt gun to Georgies forehead, Georgie crying as he did so "but you're not Georgie"

And with that, Bill pulled the trigger, the bolt impaling Georgie right between his eyes. The losers watched on in shock as Georgies body hit the floor lifelessly.

Bill stood over the body, looking down on it with his chest heaving. The silence was cut across by a grunting and moaning from Georgies body as it began to convulse violently on the floor.

Everyone began to feel the most intense fear bury itself in their chests, watching in pure dismay as the groans turned into distorted screaming as they witness the horrific sight of Georgies small body violently turning into the clown they knew so well.

Caroline grabbed Richie's arm for what seemed to be the millionth time that day, pulling them both so close to each other that there was practically no gap.

The screaming and roaring came to a sudden stop, as the clown sat up and gasped for air. It seemed to almost levitate to its feet, hunched over and slowly picking itself up.

"Kill it bill!! Kill it!" Eddie screamed desperately, with everyone else following suit, the whole group beginning to frantically yell at bill to kill it.

"It's not loaded" Mike said quietly to himself as everyone continued to shout.

"Kill it bill! Kill it now for fuck sake!" Riley screeched as Bill raised up the gun in line with Pennywises forehead.

"Hey! It's not loaded!" Mike exclaimed, but it was too late.

They all fell silent as bill pulled the trigger, a soft click sounding off, but no bolt being fired. Mike was right. It wasn't loaded.