Blood Rose (Completed)

Chapter 30

Chapter 30

The sewers of Derry

The hysterical sobs that left her throat didn't seem to end. Katherine tried her best to get it together, but failed miserably. It was as if everything needed to leave her mind. All at once.

She had her arms wrapped around her knees, the tip of her feet at the edge of the water because Katherine was too scared to move further up the pile of trash. Her eyes glued on the calm, dark and dirty water before her, not letting her gaze travel up towards the floating children. Their eyes were empty, they stared into nothingness.

It was so silent. By now, an hour might have passed, but there wasn't a sign of the Losers Club nor Robert. Or Pennywise. Whatever IT truly was, after their last encounter an hour or so ago, Katherine was sure IT needed to be killed.

She dried her tears. There was no use spilling tears over 'Robert' because he wasn't even real. Never was. The young man who made her laugh and feel better, took her to the fair and bound her burned hand, had white roses in his house, and had the softest of touches when his fingers travelled over her skin. He simply didn't exist.

The moment Katherine slowly stood up, her knees hurting because of sitting silent for so long, there was an echo of voices that came to her from the sewer lines. She screamed Bill's name when Katherine saw him emerging from one of the pipes first. It was a mix of a wail and pure happiness that he was there.

Bill immediately looked in her direction and Katherine saw the others appear behind him. They all looked dirty, but the way Beverly looked took her breath away. She seemed to be covered in a thick red liquid, her beautiful red hair stuck on her face and neck.

"Katherine, come off there," Eddie spoke while his eyes scanned the territory.

"I can't," she spoke desperately. "Robert's here somewhere. He's hiding in the water."

The Loser's all looked at each other before back to her.

"Y-y-you mmean Pennnnny-ww-wwise," Bill corrected her and Katherine nodded slowly before she wiped her hair out of her face.

Her sanity seemed to crumble down around her and without her pills, a whole new level of fear and anxiety took over her.

"G-g-g-ood, l-l-et him come out," Bill yelled loud.

Katherine looked over the surface of the water to see if something stirred there in the darkness. Yet, all was silence.

"Come off there, Katherine," Ben spoke. "IT will kill you if you're up there or not."

She cocked her head to the side while looking at Ben. It was the truth and she felt ridiculous all of a sudden. Katherine didn't speak when she lowered herself into the water. It reached her chest and was cold to the touch.

Wading through the water, Katherine was half way to the Loser's Club when the Earth gently trembled underneath them. She held her pace, her arms a bit up so that they didn't touch the water and locked eyes with Richie.

"What the fuck," he muttered when the trembling underneath them increased frantically.

Katherine tried to remain her balance while the others held onto something, anything on the sides of the large chamber.

"Katherine, hurry," Ben shouted and reached out his arm.

She was still too far away to even be able to touch his fingers and Katherine ducked away from falling debris that came loose from the ceiling. The movement made her lose her balance and something slippery beneath her made Katherine fall back.

The black water engulfed her as a whole, her back hit it first and with arms stretched, Katherine swiftly took another deep breath before going under.

She tried desperately to find her footing again, but the ground under water had turned slick and Katherine couldn't get a good hold on anything. Due to the trembling, waves were created and every time she was able to get her head above water, Katherine was pushed under again.

She heard voices in the distance and laughter that came from Pennywise.

"Help," she muttered and got a mouthful of water before going under again.

No idea what was going on up on the surface and it was the least of her problems. The waves kept pushing her towards the slick ground and Katherine wasn't able to get enough air. Her lungs started stinging painfully and her arms got tired of fighting against the supernatural current of the sewer water.

She used the last strength she had by moving her legs, trying to get above the waves one more time.

"Help," she screamed and felt the moist air fill her lungs before she felt another wave push her down once more.

The last thing she saw from above water was Pennywise who snapped IT's head in her direction. The clown was huge and Katherine thought she was hallucinating when she saw the clown had large legs.

She went under and gave up. Her strength was gone and the last thing that went through her mind was that Pennywise looked like a spider.