Back In Black (Richie Tozier X Fem!Reader) 3

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Word Count: 1560

Warnings: The usual, kind of. If you're reading this and still haven't watched IT 2 to know that there are spoilers in this book, what is wrong with you?

Song for chapter 8 - "We Found Love" by Rihanna.

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Eddie was freaking out again. He couldn't join us. He was afraid of screwing up. We all reassured him, Richie throwing in a comment about his wife. Then we proceeded to go into the sewer. Pennywise grabbed Beverly in some sort of old hag form and dragged her underwater. Everyone went in to save her. Eddie stayed and so did I. I wanted to make sure he didn't get killed somehow while the others were distracted.

Then Mike set up a fire and we all threw in the things most valuable to us. Everyone took turns. Richie had some sort of paper. I recognized it to be the one that I gifted to him on one Christmas a long time ago.

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"Here you go. Merry Christmas, Richie," I gave Richie my handmade Christmas present. He was struggling a bit to open the present, but was able to do it in the end when I helped him.

"What's this?" He asked as he pulled out the origami swan.

"Unfold it," I grinned at him. He gave me a confused look, but unfolded it anyway. He read what I had wrote and laughed.

"That's genius! I should have gotten you a Christmas present..."

"Nah, don't worry about it. I got a gift anyway," I said, pointing at the other present that was under the tree. Richie looked down for a moment and adjusted his glasses.

"Alright, I'll keep this in my pocket forever!" Richie exclaimed and put it in his pocket.

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The paper had "jingle my bells" written on it. It wasn't much, but it was last resort at the time. He seemed to be grateful for the gift.

"Hey, I remember that!" I chuckled as Richie told everyone the story. Then it was my turn. I showed everyone the toy and told them the backstory behind it.

Mike had us chant something and close our eyes after all the things were inside the fire of the cauldron. The ritual failed and we were all sent in to different directions as a huge, spider-like Pennywise emerged behind a big red balloon.

I was stuck in a small cave. I didn't know what to do, so I just sat down for a while, trying to figure out how to get out. I heard distant screams from everyone and I sighed, knowing full well I couldn't help them in the slightest at the moment.

Suddenly, I felt the ground shift and I was beginning to slowly slide to the other side of the cave. The ground opened, where it was sliding down and I fell. All I saw was the sky. I tried to scream for help, but to no avail, my voice was completely gone.

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"Hey, fuckface! You wanna play truth or dare? Here’s a truth you’re a sloppy bitch! Yeah, that's right, let's dance! Yipi ka yei, motherfu-" Richie tried distracting the monster from killing Mike, but got caught up in "the deadlights". I tried to get over there, but I couldn't. Suddenly, my gut started to hurt really bad. Something was gonna go down, but I wasn't going to let it be ignored. Like last time.

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The Losers club was headed to Bill's house to see Derry's map on Bill's projector. This day seemed to be never ending.

When we got to Bill's garage, we put our bikes down as Bill opened the garage door. I got another odd feeling in my stomach. The last time I got it, I encountered one of my worst fears. Should I leave while I still can?