3. The stand
Henry finally woke from his three day coma, six hours before Ralph Roberts would meet the end of his life, and saw Jonsey sitting in the chair next to him. One single thought entered Henry's mind before he realised where he was and what had happened
(Curiosity killed the cat)
Why did he think of that? He didn't know but he dismissed it at soon as the thought had entered his mind.
"We need to get out of here. No matter what happens we need to leave Derry. While you were in the coma I took a walk. Only while I was in Derry, no matter where I went I could see something in the drains. We have to get out of Derry." Jonsey's face was now completely white. He waited for Henry's response.
"I believe you Jonsey, when they put me in the ambulance I thought I saw some eyes in the drains. I thought I was just hallucinating. We need to talk to some-one about this. There must be some-one in this town who knows about this. Maybe if we go to the city library. I think there might be at least some information about what's going on in this town. What about a book about the history of Derry."
The two friends talked for a while on the subject and did decide about going to the library. The next day, Henry discharged himself from the Derry Home Hospital.
The place was disserted. Apart from an aging man sitting by himself called Jim Gardner, who had once stopped the Tommy knockers taking over the whole of Maine and travelled in their spaceship to get to safety, and two fellows standing at the check-in desk.
Jonsey went over to the desk where Gardner was sitting but Henry went over to the owner of the library who was talking to another bloke about something to do with clowns.
The man who owned the library was apparently called Mike Hanlon. This man was getting on Henry's nerves because he kept asking questions about why he wanted to know about the history of Derry. Against all his intuitions Henry decided to tell Mike about what he and his friend, Jonsey, had seen since being in the accident. After telling his story Mike lost all the feelings in his legs and fainted. During this time Bill, who had been listening to Henry's story told Henry and Jonsey, who had come over to see what all the fuss was about, what had happened 28 years ago when It had killed his brother and half of his friends but Bill had said that he thought that they had killed the creature.
Jim Gardner left the Derry city library and would not be seen again 'till It had feasted on another poor soul. .
When Mike came to Jonsey and Henry had been told about everything that had happened in Derry during the events of the last massacre. The four were now somehow joined together in the battle, to kill, It. Jonsey, Henry, Bill and Mike now new what they had to do. They just didn't know how to kill it. How do you destroy a creature you can't harm, how do you murder a demon who has no fear. There is one simple answer. However, to find that answer, you have to go into the drains of Derry, because when you are eaten by It you don't simply die. Oh no, if you're life has been taken by It then your soul is trapped with the clowns in the drains. For It to eat you he has to show his true form and when you see his true form then you suddenly know all It's weaknesses.
The four men stood outside the Derry public library knowing everything and knowing nothing. They knew what they had to do but then again, so did It.
"Same shit different day, hey Jonsey?" Henry's eyes were pleading for help. He was exhausted but he also knew that if he did this, then he would finally be able to rest. Rest for eternity.
"No, just some pretty big fuck-a-ree that's turned into a great big fuck-a-ro. You ready?" Jonsey didn't wait for an answer. He turned and started walking to the barrens. The others fallowed. For one last time in Derry, it was going to be good verses evil. The four men were going to stand.
