House of the Rising Sun

Shiny cars and dirty money
Lots of rock and roll
I will live in fame and die in flames
I'm never getting old

– W.A.S.P, I Wanna Be Somebody


Prologue

"Don't go that way, Alice! Don't go that way!"

In Starcourt Mall, in the deep night, the Mind Flayer was on the eve of battle; descending down upon a group of unwavering and brave youths with one girl possessing the psychic power of telekinesis, slipped to the ground, like a faint star. Down the corridor, on the slippery, blood-slick tiles, Alice Hagrove ran for her life, hearing her brother screaming. Billy Hargrove stormed around the fountain in the centre of Starcourt, with the Mind Flayer overhead, possessed upon the psychic child who crawled for her life.

He did not see the figure running and stumbling like a bit of thistledown wrenched from a flower in a storm.

By the corner of the food-court, igniting a firework, her sister screamed, "Alice, run! It's going to see you!"

Billy Hargrove tilted his head, catching sight of Alice who had tripped and fallen against the water fountain. Over her, the Mind Flayer leered, the fleshy tongue oozing free.

"Alice!" Max's voice broke with panic and distress. "Billy, please, stop! Don't hurt her!"

As Alice pushed herself up, her gaze rose, to meet her brother; a twin born in image, with brown curls, and bronze skin, with bright eyes grown at the same time in the womb.

Billy Hargrove clamped his hand around her throat, his skin wet and cold against hers, the bright eyes darkening as they met. His face in the flashing light was full of grief, a dull, heavy, angry grief that burned him from the inside. At last he threw her aside, and the Mind Flayer grabbed her leg to hoist her back.


a/n – the moment i met Eddie, i began forming this fanfic my exams can wait there is only the eddie munson cinematic universe

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