Chapter Nineteen:
It's The Final Countdown
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"Guys! Guys? Guys, where the hell is Stan?" Felicity frantically looked around the sewers, complete panic beginning to set in. "Where the hell is he?"

Her blue eyes searched her friends faces, shining a light in each of their face.

"I'm sure he's fine, Fel." Mike smiled comfortingly at her. "Don't worry."

"Don't worry? Don't worry? I'm gonna worry! I'm gonna fucking worry, Mike! I need to find him." Felicity's voice was fearful as she looked up at him. One small nod from him was enough to send her running through the sewers in search of her love.

Eddie nodded in agreement, "Stan? Stanley!"

"Stan!" The sound of her feet splashing in the sewer water echoed around the corridor. "Stanley!"

The ringing in Felicity's ears grew louder as she ducked her head into each corner.

"We're coming! Don't worry, Stan!" Eddie's voice bounced off the walls, almost disoriented.

Felicity turned the corner, coming to a halting stop when she saw Stan.

"Stan!" She cried out, covering her face with her hands. The flute lady, Stan's biggest fear, had It's mouth attached to his face. Blood trickled down from where her teeth were stuck and dropped into the water. "Stan! Let him go!"

It stood up, pulling away from Stan's face and hissed at them. Felicity gasped, covering her mouth as she watched It grin at them before slithering away and disappearing into the darkness.

Without a second thought, she rushed forward and kneeled next to her boyfriend. "Stan?"

Her voice was soft and gentle as she slowly rested her hand on his shoulder. "Sta-"

"No!" He screamed, startling Felicity, as he scrambled back, trying to press himself into the sewer walls. "You left!"

"Stan, Stan, no!" Eddie shook his head, trying to calm down his friend. Stan began to hyperventilate as Felicity watched with worry, tears beginning to sting her eyes.

"No! No! No, you left me! You guys left me!" Stan choked on his sobs as his face began to redden.

"Stan, Stan, honey, I'm so, so sorry!" Felicity spoke quickly, moving her hands up to his face. "I'm so sorry."

"We didn't mean to!" Eddie continued, crouching down beside Felicity.

Felicity rubbed her thumbs gently against his cheeks, not caring about the blood that coated his fingers. "I'm sorry, Stanny."

His eyes trailed over Felicity's face, his body continuing to shake from the fear he felt. "I-I.. She.. her face.. I-"

"Hey, hey, hey.." Felicity cooed, "Sh, sh, sh.. It's okay, you're okay. You're okay. What if we got ice cream after this, yeah?"

Stan nodded frantically, leaning into her and crying into her arms. Felicity held a tight grip on her boyfriend, rocking him back and forth slowly as a calming mechanism.

She had done this once before. It was after his father had yelled at him for the bar mitzvah. He was so distraught that Felicity couldn't even get what had happened out of him.

But she knew that it wasn't good.

The four others watched the exchange in silence, watching as Felicity held Stan until he finally calmed down.

"Where's Bill?" Ben called, furrowing his eyebrows, looking around the dark room.

Felicity perked up, looking around. "Oh, shit."

She tried to stand, but because of the tight grip Stan held on her, she only ended up falling backwards into the dirty water.

"Stan, Stan.. please. We have to find Bill, he's alone." Felicity's voice was a whisper as she spoke to Stan and Stan only.

Stan looked up at her, giving her a silent and quick nod. "Okay.."

Stan slowly stood up, helping Felicity with him. He watched as Felicity's eyes searched his face, making sure that he was okay, before she turned and darted off, followed by the five boys, towards the room where Pennywise disappeared into.

"Oh, my word.." Felicity came to a slow stop, covering her mouth with her hand, her eyes traveling over every inch of the room.

"Licity.." Stan breathed heavily, stopping beside her. "You're a fast runner."

Felicity nodded in agreement, her eyes staring straight ahead. Stan furrowed his brows, following his gaze. "Bev?"

Eddie came to a stop, taking a puff of his inhaler, followed by Mike, Richie, and Ben.

"Beverly?" Ben cried out, covering his mouth in horror. "Beverly!"

"How is she in the air?" Eddie's voice was filled with confusion as he furrowed his eyebrows, staring at her. "Wait.. guys, are those.."

"The missing kids!" The sound of Felicity's voice caused Ben to push past the group, rushing forward to help Beverly.

"Just let me get to her!"

Mike nodded, lifting Ben up and holding him so that he could pull Beverly down.

"Why do her eyes look so... dead?" Felicity whispered to Stan, "She's okay right?"

"Beverly! Bev!" Ben cried out, shaking her. Tears began to roll down her face when Beverly didn't budge. "She's not waking up! Why isn't she waking up?"

Felicity squinted her eyes, looking towards Stan as Ben leaned in and pressed his lips against Beverly's.

A loud gasp filled the chamber, causing Felicity to quickly turn her head towards her. "Beverly!"

She gasped, seeing her best friend alive and fine. "Bev.."

She broke from Stan's grip, rushing forward and joining the hug with Richie, Ben, and Beverly. Relief flushed through her body, but unfortunately, it was short lived.

"What took you so long?" Georgie's voice was quiet and scared. Felicity broke from the hug, turning her head to face Bill and Georgie.

"I-I.. I was looking for you! F-F-For this wh-whole time!" Bill cried out, furrowing his eyebrows and shaking his head. Tears began to form in his eyes and slip down his face.

"I couldn't find my way out of here.. He said I could have my boat back, Billy." Georgie sniffed, raising his one hand and wiping away the tears.

"Was she fast?"

"I couldn't keep up with it."

"She, Georgie, you call boats she." Georgie corrected, his shoulders beginning to shake as he held in his sobs.

"Take me home, Billy. I wanna go home. I miss you.. I wanna be with you and mom and dad!" Georgie cried, hot tears strolling freely down his face.

"I w-want that more than anything in the world. F-For you to be with me.. and mom and d-d-dad.. I just.. I miss you so much."

"I love you, Billy."

"I love you, too." Bill raised the gun in his hand, pointing it at Georgie's head.  Felicity audibly gasped, turning and hiding her face in Stan's shoulder. "But y-you're not Ge-Ge-Georgie."

A sinister ear piercing scream filled her ears, causing her to grip Stan's shirt in her hands.

Felicity didn't open her eyes until she heard Mike's warning. "Wait, no! No! It's not loaded!"

She slowly peeked over, her breath hitching in her throat when she saw the clown.

Almost in an instant, Stan was ripped away from her. Felicity's eyes frantically searched the room for a weapon when she was knocked to the ground.

"Ow!" She rubbed her head, furrowing her eyebrows when a hand pulled her up. "Mike?"

"Sorry, Fel." Mike apologized, brushing her shoulders off and handing her a weapon. She looked down at the cold metal object in her hands. "Are these-"

"A crutch? Yes."  Mike nodded, furrowing his eyebrows as he watched Felicity's eyebrows widen.

"Mike! Watch out!" Mike quickly moved to the side, just in time to watch Felicity hit Pennywise on the head with her weapon.

Felicity watched, stumbling back inti the wall, as Bill jumped onto It's back.

Richie and Stan held onto one side of It, while Ben and Beverly held onto the other. Eddie shouted kill it from a safe distance.

Felicity looked at Mike and nodded before she rushed over to Stan and Richie.

Felicity grunted as Pennywise spun around, knocking her and the others off of him.

In the blink of an eye, Pennywise had Bill in his grasp. Felicity scrambled to her feet, subconsciously grabbing Stan's hand. "Bill!"

"Let him go!" Beverly glared, griping the pole she held in her hands tighter.

"No! I'll take him! I'll take all of you and I'll feast on your flesh as I feed on your fear." It taunted, raising a shaky finger at each of them. "Or.. you'll leave us be, and I'll take him. Only him! Then I'll have my long, long, long, long rest and you will all live to grow and thrive and live happy lives. Until old age takes you back to the weeds!"

"No!" Felicity shook her head, "We won't!"

"G-Go!" Bill cried out, kicking his feet, "I'm the one who dragged you into all of this. I'm s-so s-so-s-sorry."

"Bill, no!" Beverly shook her head.

"I told you, Bill. I fucking told you! I don't wanna die." Richie started ranting, causing Felicity's heart to drop. "It's your fault. You pinched me in the face, you made me walk through shitty water, you took me to a fuckin' crackhead house, and now? Now, I'm gonna have to kill this fuckin' clown. Welcome to the loser's club, asshole!"

Everything suddenly became a blur to Felicity.

A scream left her lips as she looked down, only to see thousands of spiders crawling all over her. "Get them off!"

The feeling of their legs crawling all over her sent her to the ground. Her vision darkened from the sheer number of spiders crawling over her body.

Stan gasped in horror, stumbling back. He couldn't even see Felicity. The spiders blocked her out completely.

"Licity! It's not real!" Stan shouted. "Ir isn't real!"

Felicity screamed at the feeling of each spider biting her individually, as she fell to the ground the spiders disappeared.

"Felicity! Licity!" Stan's voice rang in her ears as Pennywise moved on to torture Mike.

"St-Stan.. The spiders.. Poison.. am I gonna.. die?" Her body was shaking as Stan pulled her up from the ground.

"They weren't real, Licity."

"They felt... felt real." Felicity shook her head, letting out another scream as Stan was ripped away from her by the flute lady. "Stan!"

She rushed forward, tackling him to the ground, causing Pennywise to go after a different loser.

"Are you okay?" She asked, her hands pressed against his chest as she stood up. She picked up the crutch and turned around. Stan nodded quickly, pushing himself off the ground. "Holy shit!"

Felicity gasped, watching as Mike hit Pennywise with a chain. Felicity rushed forward to help, hitting the clown in the head with her crutch.

She watched as It turned It's head to the side, beginning to shake violently until it threw up brown and black goo all over Eddie.

"I'm gonna fucking kill you!" Eddie screamed, taking his weapon and hitting Pennywise on the side of the head. It turned to Beverly, It's head turning into her dad.

"Bevvie, are you still my little gir-"

Felicity jumped as she slammed her pole into It's throat. It began choking as it crawled backwards slowly.

"That's why you didn't kill Beverly. Because s-s-she wasn't afraid, and neither are we. Not anymore. Now you're the one that's afraid.. B-b-because you're gonna s-s-stare." Bill glared ad Pennywise slipped into the well behind him, still gripping the sides.

Felicity dropped her crutch, sliding her hand into Stan's as she watched Pennywise slowly start to deteriorate.

"Fear."

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{ A/n: One chap left for it chapter one }

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