Savior in the Rain

I was pinned down by Pennywise's right foot while I could see his shadow above me slightly playing with the knife, twirling it around in his hand like it was just a toy to him.

He kneeled down and pulled me over so I was facing him, lying on my back.

"I'm not afraid of you!" I yelled to him

Pennywise glared at me, his eyes going into slits.

He yelled and brought the knife down, and I screamed closing my eyes.

I never felt the blade pierce any part of my body.

I opened my eyes and looked up.

Pennywise stabbed the floor near the side of my head.

I looked at him with questionable eyes. He drooled on my cheek, smiling.

Then he simply lifted me into his chest and then twirled around the floor with me.

"Are you seriously dancing with me right now?" I asked him.

This clown was a puzzle.

"Consider this your last dance," snarled Pennywise.

He twirled me around the lair and proceeded to put me down, but I jabbed him in the throat.

"Take that!" I yelled.

Pennywise gagged a bit but his tight grip never faltered.

He smiled at me, showing his teeth.

"I've known for a while what your fear is. You're fear is that everyone will find out that you are a monster; just like your dead cousin Carrie White," he said.

I looked at him as realization that he knew about my family crept upon me like a bad cold.

I looked away in embarrassment and humility.

Then I was angry

"How did you know that?" I asked him.

"You'd be surprised what knowledge I have," he grunted out.

Yes, it was true. Carrie was 17 when she passed away after setting her school and town on fire, taking countless lives in the process.

"She's dead," I snarled out at Pennywise.

I glared at the clown. He was laughing and giggling at me.

His laughter got louder and louder and I started to shake with anger.

"I'm not her!" I yelled and I bit him on the arm.

He flinched but didn't drop me.]

I started fighting with every ounce of strength I had in me.

"And I don't need the likes of you telling me what my fear is. I already know it and you are NOT going to use it against me," I threatened.

I jabbed him again, this time when I did, I also did the most disturbed thing I could think of.

I bit him full force on his red nose until I tasted blood.

Pennywise pushed me away from him and I landed back on the ground.

I looked around quickly while Pennywise grunted in pain.

Then I saw what I was looking for.

The knife!

I scrambled and kneeled down, picking up the knife that was embedded in the ground.

I quickly backed away from Pennywise, holding the knife in front of me as a shield, just case he decided to pounce on me again.

Pennywise angrily turned to smile at me.

"That make you feel better?" he asked, wiping his blood covered nose off.

He strutted over to me.

I wasn't backing down.

I was determined to fight this clown.

"You are just toying with me so I'll taste better," I said; knowing full well what he was thinking.

Pennywise stopped strutting to me. He stood still for a moment, and attacked me. He almost got me, but I ducked out of the way, and I turned, screaming; I stabbed him in the back with the knife, burying the blade to the hilt.

Pennywise screamed in agony but I didn't stick around to see what happened next.

I limped my way back around the garbage heap, almost slipping in the mucky water.

I hid behind what looked to be pieces of a broken car. It was probably a '58 Plymouth Fury from the looks of it.

I heard Pennywise growling loudly.

I knew he was mad.

"You'll pay for that," growled Pennywise and he threw the knife away. I heard it clatter off in the distance.

Pennywise stalked around the heap, looking for me.

"Come out come out where ever you are," taunted Pennywise.

He quickly turned his head to the right and hopped down on one knee, looking around.

"Ollie ollie oxen free," he sang, now standing.

He started throwing trash in every direction.

He was close to me, but not close enough to find me.

I put my hand over my mouth to silence my breathing, but my green eyes scanned everywhere for the killer clown.

"Come on out little kitty cat," I heard him call.

I squeezed my eyes tightly shut and didn't make a sound.

I heard silence.

I opened my eyes and I didn't see any sign of him anywhere.

I looked straight ahead and dead ahead of me was an open pipe.

'A WAY OUT!' my mind screamed.

'Now if I can just get there,' I thought.

Creeping my way out of my hiding spot, I made a run for it. I half limped, half ran to the opening, but a familiar voice caught me attention.

"Maggie is that you?" came a female voice.

I stopped dead in my tracks.

I looked to my left and there, standing in her blood stained prom dress was my cousin Carrie White.

Her hair was long and blonde with a curl at the end. She looked really skinny from not eating very well.

But I could tell it was my cousin.

"Carrie?" I asked.

"Yes Maggie. It's me, I heard the ruckus from down here and I had to come see what was going on," she said.

She slowly walked over to me.

"I thought you were dead," I said.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

"No. That night, prom night, I did go home but I didn't stay. Pennywise came to me and brought me here," she said.

"Why would that murderous clown bring you here?" I asked her.

"He said he needed me for something and now I know what," she said.

"To kill me?" I asked.

"No I could never kill my own cousin. You and Aunt Pamela are the only family I have left," she said.

She started to tear up.

"Help me?" she asked me reaching for me.

I approached Carrie and saw her outreached hand.

I wanted to reach back and embrace her.

"Carrie I can't," I said starting to tear up. I wanted to help her. I really did.

"Why not?" asked Carrie.

I could see the hurt and discomfort in her eyes.

"Because you're dead," I told her.

I reached down for a fallen piece of metal.

I attacked her and stabbed her in the heart.

Her face went blank as she fell backwards landing hard on the sewer floor, splashing in a big puddle.

The blood fell freely from her heart.

I stood over her, looking at my dead cousin before me.

I cried for a bit but then I saw Carrie yell in a demonic voice, her long blonde hair fell out, her body transforming back into Pennywise.

He stretched his back all the way backwards, popped up into place, until he stood up, full size.

His eyes came back to normal color.

I gasped watching the transformation take place.

It was disturbing to say the least.

I backed away all the while a pair of vicious angry red eyes were focused on me.

"One thing you didn't count on was that I saw Carrie's body buried," I said to Pennywise.

The clown frowned for a minute not counting on me having that information.

Pennywise roared at me, not liking that I had the upper hand in this situation.

I backed away as he attacked me full force.

I tried to run but Pennywise lifted me once again into his arms.

"Caught you!" laughed Pennywise.

I struggled to get him to release me, but he was too strong to resist.

Pennywise slowly let his head fall back, and I saw the deadly sharp teeth come out, getting closer and closer to me.

I yelled but I couldn't run.

He then bit me on my left shoulder, tearing out some of my muscle and skin.

My eyes went wide, my mouth opened and I cried out in absolute agony.

I felt my warm blood trickle up to the surface of my skin and leave my body.

The searing pain from my wound was beyond comprehension to any other pain I had felt in my life.

Now I knew what Tim, Georgie, and Jessica were feeling when the clown first bit them.

Was I going to end up like them? Just another victim?

I saw Pennywise open his mouth and come in for another bite.

"NO!" I screamed.

I scrambled to get away, but Pennywise pulled me in for more.

He twisted me so my back was on his chest once again, but this time he wasn't letting me out of his clutches.

His right arm wrapped around my shoulders, holding me in place while his left arm and hand held my chin.

I whimpered in fright.

Was there no escape?

I looked up at the dead kids floating above. I was almost there myself.

"Why me?" I cried.

Pennywise released his mouth from my shoulder and smiled sweetly.

He silently pet me leaving a blood smear on my cheek.

"Because you are the one that was the most fun," said Pennywise, licking more of my shoulder wound.

I shook in desperation.

"It was worth the wait," he said.

He followed my gaze upwards to the floating children.

"You taste the best out of all of them," he said and he licked my shoulder.

I could feel his breath on the back of my neck and I knew he was coming in for more.

Pennywise put his mouth on my shoulder and began to ravage my body, starting with my left shoulder.

I screamed in pain. This was really the end for me.

I was going to be ripped apart like an animal. A savage

I started to feel groggy and tired. I let my body go limp.

No! Don't give up! Fight him!' my mind screamed.

"Why?" I asked myself aloud.

I closed my eyes and waited for death to come on rapid wings.

Pennywise continued chomp on my body slowly, but then he stopped all of a sudden.

He let me go and I immediately fell to the sewer floor in a tumble.

I couldn't move. I put my right hand on my left shoulder to stop the blood flow if I could.

I heard Pennywise scream.

I looked up at him and he was gasping and gagging.

All the blood and meat that he had just bit from my body was coming back on him. He spit it all out, almost throwing it up.

I didn't know what was going on.

"YOU! YOU'RE BLOOD! YOU'RE BODY! IT'S TAINTED!" he yelled pointing at me.

He then started to break apart piece by piece, almost as if he was dissolving into thin air.

He gasped and ran to a nearby well, disappearing from my sight completely.

'What did he mean I was tainted?' I thought.

I saw the exit to the sewer, beckoning me over.

I heaved myself up and dragged my body to the sewer door.