The first night in the sewers was traumatizing and very cold, especially with no jacket and no sweater. Winter's shirt was brittle from the water and Georgie's blood freezing over. When the clown came back, It ripped Georgie's body out of her hands and ate him with huge razor sharp teeth. The clown's face altered and It's mouth opened up to a bigger size. It was like a hungry animal. It scared Winter and Lily so bad that they ended up running and separating, leaving the both of them alone and lost.

Winter hyperventilated as she turned into a tunnel in the sewers. She had been walking all night and was trying to find Lily and a way out.

Another turn in the tunnel, and she came face to face with a sign that read 'Dexter, Maine'. She had walked all the way into the next town underground. When she was about to pass the sign into the next town, there was a force that seemed like it wasn't going to let her pass.

"Winter..." a whisper came from behind her.

Winter stopped in her tracks and turned around.

"Don't you want to stay and play some more?"

There was nothing there, but the whisper sounded like it came from every corner.

Winter turned back towards the tunnel leading into the next town and began to walk slowly towards it. Once she was about to pass that border, the clown appeared in front of her. It had claws this time, which rose up and sliced her stomach, like a threatened lion ready to kill.

Winter hunched over and screamed in pain. Three claw marks appeared on her stomach and sliced up her shirt. She was bleeding down her front.

Terrified, she slowly backed away as the clown came nearer.

"You can't leave, Winter!" It said seriously, "The fun has just begun!"

"Why are you doing this? Why are you watching me go crazy when you could've just killed me already?!" Winter asked, her voice shaking from fright and pain.

"Because I need you, Winter. You're the ammo I need to get the scare started in Derry," It continued to back her further down the tunnel, away from the tunnel that led out of Derry. "As much as I would like to feast on your fear, I have much bigger plans for you." It's voice would go back and forth from an evil growl to a psychotic goofy clown.

Winter wanted to fall down and rest her fresh slice marks on her stomach, but she needed to stay away from this beast.

It continued to watch her with Its eyes looking in different directions. It looked transfixed on her, like it could pounce and attack her at any moment. "Stay out of the tunnels that lead out of Derry."

That was the last thing It said as It disappeared into thin air.

Winter shook with fear. She continued to stare down the tunnel into the next town, debating whether she should cross. Before thinking more into it, she heard and saw dark footsteps coming towards her. As they came nearer, she saw a riot of tattered children, who looked more like corpses, walking towards her.

"Stay in Derry, Winter! Stay with us!" they all chanted as a group.

Some of them had missing jaws but continued to chant. They all had rips in their bodies, bite marks and no life in their eyes.

Winter screamed as she began to run back into the tunnels she had come from, leading back into the core of Derry. They were still behind her, taunting her with their chants. Some of them got close behind her and tried to pull her shoulder back, or tug at her shirt, to get her into the middle of their riot. She kept running though and decided not to look back.

Eventually the crowd of decomposing children corpses had disappeared. Winter didn't know how far out she had walked that night, and now with her injured stomach, she had to walk back. She didn't even remember which tunnels she traveled to get to nearly the next town over, but she continued to try and keep heading in one direction.

She continued to walk for hours, trying her best to backtrack.

There were a few small street storm drains she would pass that were too high up for her. There was no chance of squeezing her body out of them either, because they were too small. She could tell by the sunlight what time of day it was. Also the traffic of the vehicles going by told her if it was rush hour or not.

"HELP ME!" she screamed up towards one storm drain. She could hear teenagers laughing as they were walking by, probably heading to school, where she was suppose to be. It wouldn't be long until people realized that she's missing.

Poor Henry having to realize that she was missing. She wondered how he was going to handle it. At this point, she didn't know if she was going to die in the sewers or if that evil force dressed in clown clothes was going to spare her. It made no sense to her though if It did let her walk away. All of the hundreds - thousands - millions of people It had killed, why would It let her walk?

"PLEASE! I'M DOWN HERE! I'M STUCK IN THE SEWER WITH A PSYCHOPATH CLOWN!"

Why can't anyone hear me?! They're passing right by but they can't hear me!

"THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL DOWN HERE WITH ME!" Winter cried one last time, feeling defeated. She felt as if she was in a parallel universe.

As she stood below the drain, feeling defeated, she remembered that Lily was around somewhere in the tunnels. She must have been even more scared than Winter was.

It was twenty minutes of walking back into the core of Derry when Winter found herself in a huge part of the sewer. The centre of the room was stacked high up with objects almost all the way up to the ceiling. When she looked up, there were people floating. Some of them were half eaten, and some of them were just asleep. It was colder in there than any other parts of the sewer. This was the clown's meat freezer.

"Winter!" Lily came running up to Winter. She had cuts and bruises everywhere and she shook from fear, "Where did you go? The clown kept chasing me and turning into a Mummy! I hate Mummy's!" She cried.

Shakily, as her slice wounds on her stomach began to throb from walking and running for so long, got onto her knees; "I'm sorry, Lily! I couldn't find you." She cried. "I just need to catch my breath before we go any further."

"I'll say something if the clown comes back," Lily said as she grabbed Winter's hand.

Winter sat down on the concrete and tried to breath as it felt like there was water forming in her lungs. Her body was so cold that icicles were forming in her hair from all the water drops hitting her, and her energy was becoming low from walking all night and all morning. She needed water to drink as her body was becoming dehydrated. The coughing began and she was beginning to feel light-headed as she watched the people floating near the ceiling spinning in small circles. It kind of looked like they were dancing. She sang very softly and shakily as she continued to watch them,

"In the night ahead, there's a light upon this house on a hill...
Living, living still, their intention is to kill and they will, they will...
But the children are doing fine, I think about them all the time...
Until they drink the wine and they will, they will, they will...

I am not afraid... I won't burn out in this place... My intension is to fade, and I will... I will..."

Somewhere above the sewers, The Bowers were up in the kitchen, eating their breakfast so they could leave and get their days started. Henry had been up all night and wanted to just go to Winter's and see if she was home. They always walked together to school, so she would have to be home waiting for him to get her.

He tried calling her house again. Like last time, there was no pick up.

Henry grabbed his shoes and ran out of the door without saying anything to his family. The tension between him and his dad was strong. He was thinking that it was all his dad's fault, and if Winter's hurt, he would never be able to forgive his dad. Although Earl still denies that he told the boys to let Winter walk home by herself, he couldn't help but wonder if that could have happened. He remembered that he lost a minute as he stood at the door frame as he stared into the hallway, but he couldn't remember talking.

Henry ran through the street and cut through The Barrens, hoping to save some time. Once he arrived to Winter's front door, he knocked loudly. Officer Jim Hopper was only standing on the porch, knocking, about five hours before Henry stood in the same spot. Winter didn't open the door then for the officer, but there was still a chance she could have been home.

"Come on! Come on!" Henry began to panic as there was no movement in the house.

He knocked again.

Still, there was nothing. Winter never took this long to answer.

He ran towards the school, cutting through The Barrens again. Once he got to the school, he was noticeably distraught. His face was sweaty and flushed, looking like he was going to hurl.
It was right before the morning bell, so she would be at her locker. She was always at her locker getting her books together. Henry would always come up from behind as she was getting ready and would wrap his arms around her and pull her into him. It always made her smile whenever he surprised her sweetly like that.

There was nobody at her locker. Henry went up to it and punched the door with frustration. He was starting to get really paranoid and he feared that she was gone forever, taken out of his universe like how a black hole can suck up the stars and the planets into non-existence.
Henry needed to go find his Uncle Jim. He needed Uncle Jim to do nothing else other than find Winter.

He walked down the hallway towards the entrance of the school. On his way out, he noticed Winter's friends: Stan, Richie and Eddie. Henry went up to them looking like a kid who just had his puppy stolen away from him.

All three of them looked at him and noticed the distraught.

"H-Have you guys seen Winter?" He nearly sounded like Bill, but panicked.

"No, Henry..." Richie told him.

All three of them looked concerned as they looked at Henry. They could see that there was something not right. The three of them were already in a mood of sadness and disbelief as the news about Bill's brother, Georgie, had broke the night before. Bill was at home with his parents, mourning the loss of their family member.

"Is everything okay, Henry?" Eddie asked.

Henry didn't answer. He looked at them like a frightened child and continued to walk towards the exit.

All three of them stared at Henry, feeling the panic that was boiling him on the inside.

"Henry!" Mr. Will Hopper called out from his math classroom. "Henry!"

Henry didn't listen. He was going to find his other uncle.

Mr. Hooper sighed frustrated. Henry's mom, had called Will that morning to let him know that they were scared that Winter didn't make it home. Will had also heard the news about Bill's little brother.

Eddie, Richie and Stan walked up to Mr. Hopper as he stood at the doorframe into the math room. "Is everything okay, Mr. H?" Stan asked, all four of them looking at each other with worry of what the news could be.

"Come in..." he motioned them to follow as he went into the empty classroom. "Have a seat, guys."

They all did as they were told and sat together in the front row. Mr. Hopper quickly sighed into his hands and took them away as he looked at the puzzled boys. "The Bower's believe that something bad happened to Winter... They don't know where she is."

Eddie, Richie and Stan all looked in shock as their eyes grew wider, and all three of them didn't know what to say. They silently looked over to each other.

"We have to go find her, Mr. Hopper," Eddie was the first one to speak up. "She's our friend."

"Yeah, how the fuck am I suppose to go through the school day knowing our friend is missing? And, on top of that, Georgie's arm was found last night. Like, what the fuck happened to the rest of him?I knew the urban legend about this town had some truth, but is it all real?" Richie asked frustrated.

Eddie pulled out his puffer and inhaled deeply as he recalled the news about Georgie's arm.
Mr. Hopper would usually have told Richie to watch his language in school, but things were different today. The kids were hurt and mad at what happened to their friend and bandmate.

He took a moment to think with his hands on his forehead, "You're totally right, guys. If you need the day off from school, I will write notes for you. If you plan to go out and look for Winter, just stay together as a group!" he said sternly.

As Mr. Hopper and the three boys talked in the classroom, Beverly Marsh was standing outside of the room with her head pressed up against the wall. She was in disbelief that the only cool girl she met in the school had gone missing. She waited for the boys to be done with Mr. Hopper. She planned to skip the rest of the day and help these guys bring their friend home.