The shadow alarmed Alissa. At that moment, her mind was shouting and thinking about nothing else but not losing Pennywise. Terrified that Dave might be able to find a way to erase the evil being forever, she thought the chant was her only chance to save It.
After the stinging sensation reached Alissa's whole body, she finally managed to speak as her eyes were still gleaming as Pennywise's eyes were too.
She whispered the chant under her breath. The demon looked down at her, confused, but trying to make out what she had just enunciated. Her gleaming eyes began to well up in tears.
Alissa did not want to change It. She learned to love It as It was but her fear veered her away from other logical possibilities. All she had in mind was that the being was vulnerable during rituals-and if It is vulnerable-It can be easily killed.
And Dave is near. She knew she would do anything to save It just not to lose It again.
"What did you say?" Paul glared at her,
Suddenly, Alissa's gleaming eyes glanced at the side as she saw that Dave was finally inside her room holding a gun towards them. She pushed Paul away and shouted, "Move!" but Dave shot the being on the arm.
Paul fell on the floor, his arm spurting blood. Alissa watched him in terror, utterly confused why the chant did not work. Slowly, Paul's gleaming eyes glanced from the wound and to Dave, still holding the gun. He knew he angered the evil being. Dave knew what he had done. He quickly escaped through the window bringing the gun with him.
Alissa quickly grabbed her hoodie, wore it and ran outside to follow Dave who tried to escape, leaving Paul inside her room.
But the demon was quick to think. It immediately tried to get back to its senses and return to its strongest and most familiar form.
Pennywise shook itself awake. But once it was back in its clown form, when It tried to move, a stinging pain made It stop. It glanced at its bleeding arm and remembered that It was exposed to fragility during the rituals. It will take time to heal like a damned human.
Pennywise's eyes flared in the dark room, and a raging energy whirled inside It. Suddenly, Alissa's father ran through the hallway shouting her name. But by the time he entered her room, as if under a spell, after seeing the mess, he ignored it and left.
Alissa ran through the cold night, trying to chase after Dave. The gun in Dave's hand angered Alissa even more and motivated her to chase after him. Dave looked back, dripping in sweat under the moonlight, running in the woods covered in snow. When suddenly, he tripped on a boulder and hit his body on a fallen tree branch. The gun flew out of his hand and fell deep in snow.
Alissa caught up and jumped over Dave and began punching him on the face, hitting him harder everytime. Dave shoved her, and suddenly he was on top. His hands grasped her neck and began choking her. Angrily, he spat, "You crazy bitch! You crazy bitch!"
She clawed through Dave's skin but it was useless.
"You think you can save that fucking demon huh?! Guess what," he moved his face closer to hers and tightened his grip, "You crazy bitch! You remember that chant?" He laughed, "Didn't work now did it?"
Alissa's eyes widened, welled up in tears, as she fought to catch her breath, "Fuck...you..." she muttered, but Dave aggressively pulled her and pushed her against the ground. "You deserve to die for siding with that demon. You fucking crazy b-" Alissa quickly kneed him, making him collapse beside her. Then, she straddled him and took an icy rock to hit him in the head. Dave paused, completely nauseous, blood trickling down his forehead.
"You can't stop me. No one can stop us!" Alissa shouted at him, her voice rough and different. Her anger immensely controlled her and finally, her eyes gleamed in the dark. This frightened Dave as he tried to move away from her, but her energy was too strong.
Alissa was definitely stronger now. She effortlessly grabbed him by the neck and choked Dave.
"I-It's too late-he's bleeding now-he's-he's going to die. The chant didn't work." Dave muttered, choking on every word. But this did not stop Alissa. She tightened her grip and Dave's face began to flush red, his eyes welling in tears.
As Dave weakly tried to remove himself from Alissa's grasp, his eyes wandered behind her and he saw a clown in a jester, white suit, glaring at him evilly then suddenly grinning at him. The clown waved and mouthed, "Hello, Dave."
Dave's eyes widened and Alissa could not help but notice. She tightened her grip and made him focus on her. "You took away my life. Now it's your turn." She tightened and tightened her grasp until she took out her other hand and snapped Dave's head.
After seeing Dave silent, she scrambled to stand up and she started stepping and kicking his lifeless body. Then, she shouted at him. Alissa finally stopped to catch her breath, still observing the corpse under her. She could not believe what she just did. But Alissa felt relieved...satisfied. She looked at her shaking hands and knew that it was the demonic energy in her that made her do it.
And she could not care less.
Suddenly, a cackling clown appeared at the far right. Despite the dark, and only the moonlight as the source of light, Alissa glanced in Its direction and saw the evil being laughing maniacally, it's body bent down, holding its belly.