Angel's End / reddie ghost au

Twenty four - Rock War

Fuck.

The three boys towered over a cowering, powerless Beverly.

This plan couldn't have gone more wrong... and they were only in the early stages of it.

Beverly's hands trembled, she was frozen to the spot.

"I'm going to fucking kill you bitch!" Connor hissed stepping forwards. His anger so much more easily provoked after becoming a laughing stock at Halloween.

Henry numbly copied. He didn't care what she'd done, he was always up for an easy fight.

Beverly managed to crawl back away from them a little. She had never felt so powerless.

Connor raised his fist into the air causing Beverly to freeze, awaiting the impact of his fist into her skull.

She shook so uncontrollably, her chest moving up and down at the fast rate of her panicked heart.

Connor swung.

"OW!" A voice screamed out in pain.

Beverly opened her eyes to see Connor recoiling in pain.

Shocked, her head whipped around to see Ben with a hand full of rocks. He held one up, ready to throw.

"I'll fucking kill you too!" Connor screeched in fury. Stepping past Beverly towards Ben.

"Leave her the heck alone!" Ben screamed, hurling another rock in the bully's direction. It hit him right between the eyes.

"Fuck!" Connor squealed, raising his hands to his face where the rock had hit.

Meanwhile, a stunned Henry and Victor finally took in what was happening.

Henry lurched forwards towards Beverly, his hands grabbing out at her feet.

Beverly crawled backwards, panicked.

He furiously tried to grab her again. This time Beverly leaned back and kicked out her legs, the heel of her black suede boots crashing onto Henry's collarbone.

Henry's emotionless black eyes glistened with fury as his face contorted into a look of frustration.

He practically leaped forwards onto Beverly who managed to roll across the  pavement in time to dodge his attack.

Henry grunted as his body collided with concrete.

"Fucking-," Connor squealed again as another rock collided with his body.

Connor stumbled backwards, the impact of Ben's rocks causing excruciating pain wherever they hit. He fell back into Victor who had been standing there unsure of what to do the whole time.

Henry pushed himself from the ground and began crawling towards Beverly like a murderous psychopath.

"Stop!" Beverly shouted, moving out of his way.

He reached for her again aggressively, his hands inches from her face.

"F-f-fuck off!" Another voice shouted.

This time Bill stood beside Beverly. He clutched a baseball bat in his hands.

"L-l-leave her alone,"

Without hesitation Bill swung the bat and it collided with Henry's side. Henry collapsed back onto the ground, clutching his side in agony.

"Thank you," Beverly grinned with relief. Bill offered her a hand to get up from the floor but she didn't take it.

"I had it under control you know," She said, getting into a prepared stance for whoever tried to attack them next.

"I-I know, I know," Bill smirked, "h-here," he passed her his baseball bat.