Els POV
I woke up with a jolt and a gasp, I propped my self up to remind me that it was just a nightmare.
"El? You ok?" Max asked groggily from her bed
"Yeah, I'm fine" I lied
I herd her reposition herself then go back to sleep, it sun was just rising, I checked the clock on the bedside table it was 5.10 am. I decided to try get back to sleep. But of course, I didn't. I laid there for about an hour then decided I would get dressed.
I got ready then went to the door, I closed the door as silently as I opened it. I turned around and was startled to see mike. I must have frightened him too.
"You scared me" I told him in a whisper
"I was just gonna go sit in the lobby for a bit bit since we're both awake, did you wanna go around town now?" He asked
"Sure"
We stepped out of the motel "did you wanna come on my bike today?" He asked me
I grinned "can never put down that offer"
We collected his bike and I got on the back.
We rode through the town in silence, it was peaceful at this time. We stopped at the park, we were guessing was the memorial park. We sat at a park bench.
"Couldn't sleep?" Mike spoke up
I shook my head.
"Yeah me neither, not just because we were hunted by a murderous clown though. Dustin snores loudly" he explained
I slightly laughed at that.
Beverly's POV
At around 9 am I started to get ready then left my room to meet bill out front. When I got out he was already there standing by my bike.
"Hey stranger" I greeted
"Hey buh-b-bev" he responded
"So where are we going first?" I asked as I got on my bike.
"D-don't k-now" he shrugged
"I thought you always had a plan"
"Not today" he grinned
"Ok well it's hot so how about we get some ice cream" I suggested
"S-sound good"
We peddled down to the ice cream shop and each got a one scoop cone of cookies and cream ice cream. We walked around town bikes in one hand ice cream in the other.
"W-what's it like living in p-Portland now?" He asked me
"Different" I responded
"How so?"
"For starters no amazing friends called losers, no murderous clown. And no you" I glanced at him as he smiled at the ground.
"Hey, what do you think honesty of the other group?" I asked
"I think they're like us, in their town t-though. Outsiders. Except one of them has puh-p-powers" he admitted
"What do you recon something's going on with mike and eleven" I grinned
"Oh yeah s-somethings going on t-there" he laughed
"Speaking of the devils" Bill said as we rolled up to the park
On a bench in front was mike and eleven.
"Should we go say hi?" I said
"Yes" he shrugged
We walked over to them, they spotted us as we came closer.
"Hey" mike said first
"Hey, what are you two doing?" I asked
"Talking" eleven said then moved over to make room for me to sit.
"Thanks" I said to her as I sat down. Mike did the same for bill.
"What are you guys doing?" mike returned the question
"Walking around town" bill answered "Did you wanna do s-something with us for the r-rest of the d-d-day?"
"Like what?" Mike wondered
"Quarry?" I suggested. Bill's face lit up
"Yes" he smiled
"Quarry?" Eleven said, confused
"You know like in Hawkins where wills fake body was found" mike explained
'Oh' she mouthed back
"We don't have our swimmers with us" mike said
"Swimmers? Who needs swimmers" I answered with a grin
"Alight, lead the way" mike responded
As we were on our way eleven and I talked while the boys talked behind us.
"Can I ask you something?" I asked her
She nodded
"Do I call you Jane? Or eleven?"
"Call me El. Jane was taken from me. Eleven was forced on me. El, mike gave me" she looked back to him with a tender smile.
"Ok, el" I clarified
Soon we reached the spot to jump off the edge. Bill and I dropped our bikes and mike dropped his.
Bill and I started to take off our top layers.
Els POV
I looked to mike to see if we were actually doing this. He smiled and shrugged saying 'why not'
The took off his top. I started to un button the dress I wore.
Soon all of us were standing at the edge looking down to the water.
"You sure about this" mike asked
"Relax we've done this a hundred times before" Beverly responded
"Why y-you sacred?"
"No, just bad experiences with one twice as high" mike gulped
"How did you survive?" Bill asked
Mike looked at me and they both knew right away what I had done.
"Ready?" Bev asked mike and I nodded. She backed up a bit then ran to the edge and jumped landing in the water with a splash. Next was bill.
"I can't believe I'm doing this" I said as I backed up. I started tuning then jumped. I felt like a was falling forever, till I hit the cool water. I bobbed my head up and saw mike land with a splash. His head popped out of the water. He laughed and brushed his hair out his face.
We splashed each other and had fun. At one point mike got me on his shoulders and Bev oN was on bill's. The game was Bev and I had to push the other off. Mike moved towards bill and I would of lost my balance if he weren't holding onto my legs. Bev tried to push me but I pushed back. It kept going like that for a while as we laughed. Soon she got a hold of my shoulders and pushed me. I fell off mike's shoulders hitting the cool water.
As soon as I hit the water everything went dark then I could see tunnels. It was like I was zooming though them. The hallucination lead me to a big tower of kids toys. And a few people were floating... around the tower. I looked to my left and saw the gate, it's eerie red glow filling the space. Then I remembered I had to breath. I felt a hand grasp me out the the water. When I was out of the water I was back to reality. I took a deep breath, mike's hands were on my shoulders
"El? You ok?" He asked urgently
"The gate. I know where it is" I looked passed him to bill and Beverly staring.
"What?" Mike said
"I saw it. It's in the sewers. But in this big place with a massive tower of kids toys" I explained
Bill and Beverly looked shocked
"That's were we fought pennywise" bill spoke up.
"There were people, Floating" I told them cautiously
"That's not good" Beverly said
I turned to mike "I have to go tell hopper, i have to go now. The gate its almost fully open."
He stared at me with teary eyes. But a strong expression
"Mike" I cupped my hands on his face "you won't loose me" I assured
"Promise" he started to cry
I put my arms around his neck and hugged him. "Promise"
"El, were coming with you" Bev said
"No I-" I started but bill cut me off
"Y-you can't take on pennywise and t-the mind flayer at the same t-tuh-time"
"No" I said strongly to them "you've helped so much but I can't ask you do risk your lives"
We all got out of the water and put our clothes back on then headed back to the motel to go tell hopper. The ride back was silent.
When we got to the front everyone was there, even the losers, Joyce, Steve and hopper.
"Look here they come now" I herd Max say
"Where have you guys been none of us had seen yous all day" Stan asked us
"And why are you all soaking wet?" Hopper questioned
"It doesn't matter" mike told them "we know where the gate is and we know how to get there"
They all froze and fell silent.
"How much time do we have?" Hopper asked
"Not a lot" I responded
"Better get going now then" he said.
"Wait" bill stopped us "l-let me come. I know how to g-get there"
"Fine. Harrington your with us. Us four will go down the rest of you stay here and wait" hope made clear.
Mike's POV
Before they left I gave el a quick nod with confident but scared eyes. She returned the look in her small smile. Then they got in the chiefs car and left.
"So what do we do now?" Eddie asked
I thought about that for a little even though I knew the answer. "We go after them"
"What mike, el needs to stop this thing" Lucas countered
"We need to help them at least. The four of them won't be able to take on a demogorgan, pennywise and the mind flayer all at the same time" I argued back
"I agree with mike" We all turned to Beverly
"Your only siding with him because Bills involved now" richie complained
"And your not? Bill needs us. El needs us." She said
"I'm in. Just have to escape my mom" Will spoke up
We all stared to the rest of the losers. "Fine. I'll help" Richie finally agreed
"If Rich is in so am I" Eddie said
"Let's do it" ben shrugged
"Got nothin better to do" mike said
Last was Stan. He looked down to the ground contemplating. He sighed "if I were in bill's shoes and he were in mine. He'd help me. So I guess I'm in"
Bill's POV
We were at the well house, looking down the dark well that lead to the sewers.
"Down here?" The chief of Hawkins asked me
"Y-y-yeah"
"Alright, how are we supposed to get down?" Steve asked
I went to the left where garbage was piled up and collected the rope and hook from last time, then brought it over to them. I hooked everything together. "Alight. W-who's first?"
"You gotta be shittin me" Steve said staring into the darkness of the well.
"I'll go. To the bottom?" The chief said stepping forward
"N-no t-there's a tunnel about half w-w-way down" I told him
"alright" he responded. "When I give you a signal next person come down" He climbed over the rock wall and into the rope and slowly started climbing down.
"You go next el" I said to her. She nodded in return.
"Ok! Come down" hopper yelled from the tunnel
El made her way down easily.
"Alright you go next" I said to Steve
"No, I'll go last. Just in case something happened up here"
"Ok" I got onto the rope and started going down with the flash light almost falling out of my back pocket.
I got to the tunnel. Hopper grabbed my hand and helped me over to the surface.
"Alright Harrington" he called up to Steve
Soon enough Steve came down baseball bat in hand as well as the rope. El and I moved to the back and gave room for Steve to enter.
"Ok. Now where" Steve said crouching down
"This way" I said taking a corner
They followed me till we got to a door. The door to the room we found Stanley in. Steve and I turned the wheel doorknob and opened the door. We made our way over to the next tunnel and walks through shitty water for another five minutes.
"Ok. It should be right a-round this c-corner" I told them.
We turned the corner. And oh yes it was here. The ominous red glow filled the entire room, making the tower of toys and floating kids stand out like a sore thumb. This was it.
Mike's POV
Beverly lead us to the well house once we escaped from Joyce.
We went to the room where pennywise trapped us the first time and all stood around the well. A rope had already been let down into the dark well.
"Down there?" Lucas gulped
"Yeah. Now you know how we felt when we had to save this shit head" he nudged Beverly. She hit his arm in return.
"Ok I'll go first" Beverly said, then hopped over the wall and grasped the rope and slowly lead her self down.
Soon we herd her call out to us "ok, next person"
"I'll go" I said. Then did what Bev did and climbed over the wall and held the rope as tightly as I could. I'm not good with upper body strength so hopefully the bottom isn't too far down.
My head was under the wall now. I kept going down till a flash light shone on me from the side. Bev was there in a tunnel.
"How the hell am I supposed to get there" I said to her
She held out a hand. I grabbed it and placed a foot on the edge of the tunnel. Beverly pulled me as I leaped off the rope. I fell beside her in the dirt.
"You ok?" She asked
I got up and brushed myself off "yeah, fine"
Next came Eddie, then Richie then will. Soon everyone was down and it was getting cramped in the small space.
"Who wants to lead because I only remember the way back not to" Beverly said
"I'll go, I remember" Richie squeezed past everyone.
We took twists and turns till we ended up at a red door with a wheel handle.
