"We all ready?" I ask, testing out my torch and swinging my metal softball bat. We were all here, geared up and ready to search. We all had a bit of a laugh at poor Claire, she was wearing baggy jeans, a tight, v-neck shirt and tough boots. Something she had never worn before.

I was wearing a pair of sightly baggy army styled pants with thick lace up boots, with it was a tight long sleeved top with gloves.

Lillian wore her usual clothing, not really needing to change anything. She just wore and hoodie, that was probably a few sizes too small, with knee high sneakers, finger-less gloves and a bandanna.

Amy wore some dark blue overalls with a black shirt underneath and black sneakers.
Tess had a baggy grey shirt, long gloves and boots, her hair was tied up into a high pony-tail.

We all carried some weapons, we knew we were going to be out late searching. So just in case we run into a bad group of people, or worse, we could defend ourselves.

"Yep, let's go!" Tess announces, beginning to march forward. "We'll go into town and look in alleyways and such. If we find nothing let's all meet back here and we'll search in there," Tess finishes and points towards the other side of the lonesome road into the woods.

I hear Claire gulp next to me and does the 'father, son and Holy Spirit' on her forehead, chest and shoulders.'

"So we all meet back here by 6:00pm?"
"Yes, then we go in there, if we find nothing we all go back to my place and we'll sneak out early to look more."
"Sounds good to me."

We all nod to each other, Amy and Tess head off together while Claire, Lillian and I head off in the other direction.

"Look at you, Claire! All dolled up and ready to rumble!" Lillian snickers, slinging her arm over Claire's shoulder as Claire huffed in protest. "Ugh, if my parents see me wearing this stuff I'm dead, they'll make me pray for forgiveness everyday throughout the next month!"

Okay, now she was just exaggerating a bit. While her parents are strict with her being a 'pure, innocent being' they defiantly wouldn't make her do that.

"It is quite odd seeing you like this, wish I had a camera with me," I say with a cheeky grin. She frowns in annoyance and huffs again. "Hey! For the love of God both of you get serious, we're here to look for Sabrina, not constantly making fun of me and my crazy Christian parents!"

"You're right, let's get going."

Hours passed, and we were unsuccessful in finding Sabrina.

We looked everywhere we could, there was no sign at all.

Lillian, Claire and I all sat on the sidewalk where we all planned to meet at again. I sigh and look up, spotting Amy and Tess walking toward us. I get a good look at Tess, she had been crying, it was obvious.

I knew we weren't going to find her.

Lillian gets up and pulls Tess into a hug, it was good to see them getting along. After what happened

"Don't worry, Tess, we'll find Sabrina, I'll make sure of it" I hear her whisper comfortingly. Somewhere, deep down I wanted to tell Tess we wouldn't find Sabrina, but I couldn't do that, that would hurt her beyond anything.

I pull my gloves up a bit and stand, "so, is it time to go in there?" I ask, pointing my index finger toward the eerie woods.
Tess nods softly, inhaling with a shaky breath. "Yep, come on, guys."

"Where are you girls off to?"

Oh for fucks sake!

I spin around to see fucking Henry Bowers, Victor and Belch. Patrick seemed missing for some reason.

"Oh great! Now we got these dickheads to harass us!" I scowl, glaring at Bowers, hating that stupid grin he wore.

He clasps his hands together with a loud clap before rubbing them menacingly. "We've got five pretty little ladies here, don't we boys?"

Lillian steps forward, "yeah, exactly. There's five of us and three of you. Touch any of us and we'll kick your asses, fucking pricks!"

He glares at Lillian, taking out something from his pocket while still locking eyes with her. I furrow my brows as I see him pull out a pocket knife. "We'll see about that."

Claire steps forward, "get lost Bowers, you ugly mophead!" He just snickers at her.
"What was that, you Bible-Basher?"
"You heard me!"

Amy frowns and gives Henry an agressive forearm jerk, "leave her alone, you jerk, go get a haircut!"

"Get out of here, Bowers, we're busy," I snap, tightening the grip on my bat. His eyes become full of anger as his eyes land on me, "no way, I got a bone to pick with you, girly." I pout and tilt my head.
"Awe, was it because I punched you? You poor thing! You can dish out the punches but you can't take one from some small, weak little girl?" I retorted sarcastically. He shakes his head and full on charges at me, "you're fucking dead!"

I take a stance, bringing my bat back, waiting for him to get closer. I watch him lift his blade, my eyes travel to his head, if I got him in the right spot at the right time I could easily stun him or knock him out.

I feel someone take a grip on my shoulder to try pulling me away, but I quickly pull back. Someone had to teach this guy a lesson.

He inches closer and closer until he's at a perfect distance.

Now!

I swing my bat hard, I hear his friends call out after him, trying to talk him into stopping. I see the visible look of confusion in his eyes just before I felt my bat smack into the side of his head, sending him stumbling to the side, his knife barely grazing my face. I pull my bat back, pulling it behind me and getting ready for another swing if he's still up.

He screams loudly, so loud I cringe and step back. My eyes look over to his head, there was blood slowly dripping down his hand and I feel my stomach drop. Shit.

I was so dead, his dad is a fucking cop!

He was still on the ground yelling his lungs out in absolute agony, while I watch in horror. Was I always this violent? I guess the clown was right.

"Don't feel bad, Mel," I hear Lillian speak up from next to me. "This pussy deserves every bit of pain he gets, don't feel bad for him, feel bad for all those poor kids he beat the shit out of."

I nod, looking up to see his friends staring from him to me. I sigh before turning and walking off, my friends slowly following behind me.

"You're right," I say, looking back at Lillian who gave me a proud grin and thumbs up. "He picks on my brother all the time, he deserved it."

I look at Tess, who looked shocked at what I did. "Let's find Sabrina." That brings a small smile back to her face.

We all head into the forest after easily climbing over the white wooden fencing. "Careful, guys, it's steep so try hanging onto the tree's." Tess advises, letting out a small squeak when she almost slipped.

Somehow we managed to get down the hill and begin walking through. Thanks to daylight savings, we didn't need our flashlights just yet.

"Sabrina!" Tess calls out, all of us soon joining in. We all went into different directions to search, but still staying close and in the same area.

Although I called out, I kept hearing that small,annoying voice in the back of my head.

'she's not coming back, no matter how hard you look.'

Maybe... I should just tell Tessa, it would be better to tell her than let her live with the false belief that her sister is alive. Right?

I was caught out of my thoughts when I heard a voice call out in the distance.

"Tess!"

We all look in the same direction, Tess had a huge smile on her face. "That is Sabrina's voice!"
She then takes off into a full sprint, we all followed behind her, dodging the various rocks and tree branches in the way.

Sabrina's soft voice continues calling out, luring us further into the woods as the sun went down more and more.

Our dirty boots splash through the shallow water of the river, the place was so familiar, I already knew where we were heading to.

Very soon we ended up in front of the sewer entrance, we all inhale and exhale deeply in order to catch our breath.
We hear one last call from Sabrina's voice.

Tess wastes no time, she switches her torch on and wanderes off inside through the slimy water. I hastily pull my pants up above my knees, not wanting to get them wet.

Our cold legs march through the sewer, splashing around in the grey water, touching various things that I didn't even want to think about. I could hear Claire groaning in disgust, Amy laughing at her.

"Shut up, both of you!" Tess snaps, before turning forward again. The pair did so and continued forward.

"Are you sure she's in here?" Lillian asks, sticking pieces of bubble gum on the wall so we knew the way back.
"Yes, I'm certain I heard her voice coming from in here,"
"But what if-"
"Don't question me, Lillian, I heard it, I'm not crazy!"

Lillian closes her mouth, not wanting to piss Tess off any further.

"Tess, help me!"

She tenses at the sound of Sabrina's voice before rushing forward, following the echoes that bounced off the filthy walls.
"Wait, Tess, slow down!" I call to her, remembering what happened the last time I was in here.

I was getting worried, we were heading deeper and deeper into the tunnels of the sewer system, the one thing on my mind was what if we got lost? Just imagine being trapped in a dark hole forever, not knowing what way is the way out.

I shuddered in fright at the creepy thought.

After what felt like hours, we turn a corner and see a small figure, Tess shines her light on it and gasps.
It was Sabrina, her face was stained with tears and her clothes were torn as she held a small teddy bear close to her chest.

"T-Tess?" She stutters in disbelief. Tess nods and begins walking forward, until I grab her arm.

"Don't" I say strictly, I knew this trick and I knew it well. It was played on me.

"What are you doing, Mel?" Tess barks, try to pry herself away from me.
"That's not Sabrina," I explain, she just looks at me as if I was insane.

"Yes it is! She's standing right in front of us, Mel, Let go!" I stuff my torch into my pocket and drop my bat to grab onto her other arm with my free hand. I couldn't let her get near that thing.

"Tess, listen to me! That's not your sister, remember what we were talking about? The clown and the children going missing?" She glares at me, not giving any care to what I had to say.

"Let me go, now" She warns threateningly. I watch her free hand tense up.
"No."

"Mel, what's gotten into you? Let her go!" I hear Lillian argue from behind, grabbing my shoulder to pull me away. "No! None of you understand that's not Sabrina!" I yell, holding onto Tess's arm for dear life.

"Mel, just let her go, Sabrina's here, we can go home!" Claire spat.

I could practically feel everyone getting mad at me. Don't they understand I'm trying to save them!?
"That's not her, Tess!" I yell again, as Lillian tries pulling me away.

I look over at the little girl, watching her flash me an evil grin before going back to sobbing.

"You're making her cry, Mel, you fucking let go of me now!" Tess was full on screaming now. Everyone was, except for Amy, who clutched her torch near her chest and watched hopelessly.

A squeak leaves my mouth as I feel a sharp, stinging pain across my face.
I instantly knew Tess slapped me. "Fuck sakes, Mel, what's wrong with you!?" Tess yells.
"You're horrible, my God! If I knew you were gonna do this bullshit I wouldn't have brought you along!"

I feel Lillian shove me back, huffing angrily as Amy catches me and tries helping to balance me.

Tess turns back to 'Sabrina' and kneels in front of her. "Don't worry, Sabrina, everything will be okay, we're going home now."

I feel my cheek burn painfully, all I wanted to do was grab everyone and run. But they won't listen.

"Please, Tess, don't" I beg, as Amy hangs onto me nervously.

Tess ignores me and wraps her arms around Sabrina lovingly.
Oh God.

We all sit there for a moment, watching the scene before us.

"Lillian, what time is it?" Tess asks, not turning to look at her and still hugging Sabrina.
She quickly digs around in her pockets for a watch.

Then, we all turn to Sabrina, she began giggling madly, causing Tess to lean back and look at her in confusion.
"I know what time it is, Tess," she whispers, grinning evilly and going wide-eyes. Tess looks at her and frowns slightly.

"W-What is it?"

"Dinner Time!"

We watch in pure horror as Sabrina's eyes roll back and her jaw rips open, revealing rows upon rows of sharp, yellow teeth. She snaps down onto Tess's neck, digging her razor sharp teeth into her flesh, deeper and deeper. Tess screamed in agony, feeling her skin and flesh being torn open and all we could do was watch.

My jaw is wide open as tears build in my eyes.

It stops digging into her for a moment, but then rips it's head away, tearing away a huge chunk of meat from her neck. I gag in response at seeing the blood and veins gushing out everywhere.

Tess goes limp, falling into the water and my eyes watch in horror as her corpse lays there. The monster, however, looks amused and swallows the chunk whole.

It then turns it's eyes to us hungrily, licking it's lips as it slowly begins to change back into it's usual clown form

"You're all next!"