Fear(IT X READER)

Chapter 12

"Leave him alone!" Bev yells as she brings the pipe down towards the clown but is stopped by the clown's hand.

"Beverly no!" Eddie yells out. I grab a pipe off the ground. I feel a hand try to grab my arm to stop me from running towards the clown, but I ignored it and ran in front of Bev. I lift up the pipe to hit the clown with it, but before I got the chance to, it grabbed me and tossed me to the wall like a rag doll. I cry out it pain as my head hit the wall harshly.

"Y/N!" I hear someone yell, but I didn't know who it was as I couldn't process anything that was happening. It felt like the world was spinning every time I tried to move my head. I rapidly blink my eyes as I tried to focus on my surroundings.

Once my eyesight cleared, I could see Bev standing next to me checking if I was okay. I nod my head, but quickly turn my head towards the clown which was spinning around flinging the boys off of him, as I realize we're still in the sewers fighting the clown. I look over to where the clown flung Richie to see him walking over to me.

"Are you okay?" Richie asks, helping me off the ground. I nod my head and just as I was about to ask him the same question, I see the clown in the corner of my eye flip Bill over it's shoulder and into a chokehold. I gasp as I turn towards the scene, Richie doing the same.

"No don't! Let him go!" Bev shouts to the clown as Bill struggles in the clown's grip.

"No," The clown growled with the shake of his head. "I'll take him. I'll take all of you and I'll feast on your flesh as I feed on your fear."

I bite my lip in fear as I take a step back. The clown holds up its hand shaking it and grinning, "or you just leave us be and I will take him, only him and then I will have my long rest, and you will all live to grow and thrive and lead happy lives until old age takes you back to the weeds."

"Leave," Bill croaks out from where the clown has ahold of him. "I'm the one who dragged you all into this. I'm s-s, I'm s-s-sorry."

"S-s-sorry." The clown mocks from behind Bill. I glare at the clown as I swallow back tears.

"Go!" Bill shouts as he's sees us not moving. I glance at the others then back at Bill.

"Guys we can't." Bev tells us. I glance at her before looking at my brother who started talking.

"I told you Bill. I fucking told you. I don't want to die, it's your fault." Richie starts.

"Richie..." I mutter out, confused by my brothers actions.

"You punch me in the face, you made me walk through shitty water, you brought me to a fucking crackhead house." Richie lists off as he starts to walk towards the pile of junk ignoring me.

"and now..." Richie says stopping in front of the pile of junk grabbing a bat from the pile. "I'm gonna have to kill this fucking clown."

My eyes widen as the clown pushes Bill away, and standing up from its crouching position.

"Welcome to the losers club asshole!" Richie yells at the clown. The clown charges at him but is wacked in the head with the bat by Richie.

The clown stumbles back from the impact and is about to attack again, when Mike tries to hit the clown. My eyes widen when screaming voices and burning hands come out of the clown's mouth grabbing onto the pipe Mike was holding.

I look to the side to see Stan grab a pipe off the ground and run towards the clown slicing the burning hands, making the clown look towards the boy. The clown morphs into the lady from the painting that I've seen at the church as Richie hits the clown in the back. The lady charges towards Stan, but he doesn't even flinch as he swings his pipe at the clown.

Mike goes to help, but the clown knocked him to the ground as it's arms turned into what looks like crab legs. Mike rolled out of the way as the clown tried to stomp on him with the crab legs. Mike kept dodging the crab legs until Ben stabbed the clown in the back from behind.

I grimace as the clown starts to convulse and the blood from where Ben stabbed him started floating.

"Kill it!" Eddie screamed, but when Ben went to try, the clown's head turned into a mummy and started to try and attack Ben. My eyes quickly scan the pile of junk in hopes to find any useful weapon until they land on some chains lying on the ground near the pile. I quickly pick them up and turn towards the clown who now had wrappings wrapped around Ben's head.

I swung the chains into the clown's face, making it let go of Ben. Everyone else joins in on hitting the clown, until it starts to choke on something. The clown turns towards Eddie and morphed into the leper Eddie always talked about, before throwing up goo all over Eddie. My nose scrunches up in disgust as Eddie spits out some of the goo that had gotten in his mouth.

Eddie glances down at the clown, before yelling, "I'm gonna fucking kill you!"

Eddie launches towards the clown kicking it upside the head. The clown stumbles backwards before looking towards Bev, as it had morphed into her father.

"Hey, Bevvy," the clown said with a smirk. "Are you still my little-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Bev let out a scream of anger before shoving a pipe down his throat. The clown morphed back into itself as Bev quickly backed away from it and next to me.

"Oh shit!" Eddie exclaims as we watch the clown spit out half of the pipe. The clown started backing up as it made gurgled sounds. We kept walking towards it threateningly until it's back hit another well. The clown started letting out gasps of air before starting to laugh then turning into sobs.

"That's why you didn't kill Beverly or Y/N," Bill muttered in realization as he took a step towards the clown. "Cause th-th-they weren't afraid. And we aren't either. Not anymore. Now your the one who's afraid, cause your going to starve."

The clown face contorted into pain and fear before it let out a gurgling sound and flipped over the side of the well, gripping onto the edge. We all took a step closer as the clown started whispering.

"It thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees the ghost," The clown whispered. I watch as Stan hands Bill his pipe and Bill grips onto it, looking back to the clown who was watching us with wide eyes. "He thrusts his fists against the p-p-post."

Bill walks slightly forward holding up the pipe and goes to hit the clown but it flinches, sliding further down the well. My eyes widen as the clown's face started to break apart right in front of us.

"Fear." Was the last thing it said before letting go of the side and falling within the well.

Bill rushes forwards and leans over the well looking down it. Me and the others follow leaning over his shoulder looking down it as well.

"I know what I'm doing for my summer experience essay." Richie muttered. I let out a shaky breath as I look at the others, ignoring what Richie said. Bev and Bill were hugging each other while the others still stared at the well. My eyebrows furrow as I look behind Bev and Bill to see the kids floating down.

"Guys, look, the kids are floating down." I tell them, looking up to where the kids were floating. They all look towards where I was looking, besides Bill. I glance over to Bill confused only to see him walk towards the pile of junk. That's when I notice the yellow raincoat on the side. I share a look with Richie before we both walk over to Bill, who was crouching on the ground with Georgie's raincoat in hand.

Tears form in my eyes as me and Richie crouch down to either side of Bill putting our hands on his shoulder for comfort. The others join us quietly, surrounding Bill as he mourns of his dead brother. Bev kneels down behind Bill before hugging him. I along with everyone else follows her action making it a big group hug. It didn't matter where we were or what had happened there, the only thing that mattered now was being there for Bill.