Well, a couple people have encounters, actually XD.

While everything went down at the station, Max was closing the arcade early, as she was going out to dinner with Lucas tonight. Well, she was. Until she saw a red balloon float by the door. She poked her head out and looked around.

"Hey! It's closing time, whoever's here needs to leave!" She called out. She heard a giggle and rolled her eyes. "I hear you giggling, Lucas. This isn't funny!" She walked out of the room and down each isle, waiting for him to pop out. "Lucas!" She sighed and turned around but stopped dead in her tracks. Billy was standing behind her, holding the red balloon with a smile on his face.

"B-Billy? What a-are you doing h-here?" She stuttered, taking a few steps backwards until she was against the wall. He grinned, two of his bottom front teeth were missing.

"Oh, you know, just visiting my little sister at work." He giggled. "I'm still mad at that... Richie." His grin grew bigger, creepier. He stepped closer, reaching out for her. "Richie is gonna regret it."

He was about to grab her when the door opened and Lucas walked in. The balloon popped and Billy disappeared.

"Max!" He called. He walked around the corner and saw her against the wall, hugging herself. She saw him and let out a breath of relief and ran to him. She hugged him as if her life depended on it and he hugged her back. "Hey, whoa, what happened?"

"Billy. He...He was here. He had a red balloon." Her eyes were wide and her breathing quickened. "Said Richie would regret it." He put his hands on her shoulders, squeezing gently.

"Max, calm down. Billy's in jail, remember?" She shook her head.

"He was here, Lucas." She looked at him, eyes watering. He hugged her again. "He had a red balloon and it popped and he was gone."

"Just now?" She nodded into his chest. "Let's lock up and we'll go over to Mike and El's, okay? We'll talk to Mike about it." She nodded and took a shuddering breath. He had to lock up for her, as her hands were shaking too much. He drove with one hand on the steering wheel, his other gripping Max's tightly. This was not how he planned tonight to go.

How in the fuck was he there? Maybe she was sleep walking or something and had a nightmare. She's known to do that, right? Oh, we're here-Wait, their car isn't in the driveway.

"Their car isn't in the drive way." He said out loud, half expecting her to reply with a sarcastic comment.

"Shit, they-they've been at the Wheeler's all day, I think." She told him. He nodded and headed that way. Their car wasn't there either, so the two got out and walked up to the door. Lucas knocked and Holly opened it with a grin.

"Hey! What are you two doing here?" She asked, motioning for them to come in. Then she realized how upset Max was. "Are you okay, Max?"

"Yeah, I just, I need to talk to your brother. Do you know where he is?" Holly fought back the urge to ask which brother, even though she knew exactly who.

"Oh! Something happened so he and El had to go into work today. They should be at the station. Eddie and Richie are their too." Max stiffened.

"Do you know what happened?" Lucas asked. She shrugged.

"I'm not sure, El called and asked me about the guy me and Mike saw in the woods a couple weeks ago when we were looking for Tews. You know, Dustin told me his name last week. Anyway, she asked me if the clown guy had a balloon. I don't know why." Max began shaking all over, eager to make a run for the car and drive to the station.

"A clown?" He asked, vividly remembering his dreams. "What color balloons?"

"Red."

"Shit." He swore. "Um, thanks Holly, we really need to talk to Mike. Don't worry though okay?" She nodded, confusion written all across her face. "And be careful, don't go outside alone." She nodded again and walked them out the door. They literally ran to the car and were on their way to the station when they saw Eddie and Richie walking down the sidewalk, probably on their way back to Bev's house. Lucas slowed to a stop next to them and rolled down the window.

"Hey guys!" He called, and they both jumped, then sighed in relief and walked over to the car. "Is Mike and El at the station still? It's important." They both nodded. Richie pointed them both in the face.

"Don't go anywhere alone. Stay together and if you see a red balloon, fucking run. Understand? We're having a meeting at Bev's in an hour." Richie stated. Max's eyes widened.

"What the fuck is up with these red balloons? First my dreams, and then what Max saw at the arcade?"

"You've seen IT?" Eddie piped up, eyes wide.

"I saw Billy." She said. She contemplated telling Richie what he said, and decided she should. "He said that you would regret it. I thought he meant the fight but... He's supposed to be in jail."

"That wasn't Billy." Richie said. "Look, don't go to the station, just go pick up Dustin. We'll explain everything when everyone's there." Lucas nodded and drove off. Richie and Eddie continued walking in silence. There was a question weighing on Richie's mind, something that'd been looming over him for a couple days now, but before he got a chance to say anything, there was a loud giggle coming from behind them. They both froze and slowly turned around. A couple yards away stood Pennywise in all his red haired, buck teeth glory, his signature red balloons in one hand.

"R-Richie." He tugged on Richie's hand.

"Where ya off to?" Pennywise asked, giggling.

"Richie." Eddie tugged on his hand again, blinking rapidly, believing he was just seeing things, even though he knew it was real. It was happening.

"Cat got your tongue, Richie?" Pennywise asked, tilting his head to the side, his grin growing by the second.

"Eddie, run." Richie hissed. He glanced down at him.

"I'm not leaving-"

"You better run, Eds. He told you to run." Giggles.

"I'll be right behind you. Run." Eddie reluctantly let his hand go and ran in the direction they came from. He heard Pennywise giggling and then heard running footsteps behind him, hoping and praying they were Richie's. They were. They didn't stop running until they were on the front porch, and of course, the door was locked.

"Open the fucking door!" Richie yelled, banging on the door with both fists while Eddie tried to catch his breath, looking around them for any sign of Pennywise.

"What the hell?" Mike H opened the door and the two ran inside. Richie slammed the door and leaned against it, breathing hard.

"Chee..." Eddie wheezed. Quickly, Richie grabbed the inhaler from his pocket and put it up to Eddie's lips and he took a puff.

"What the fuck, guys? What happened?" Bev asked, walking up to them. Eddie's breath quickened again and took another puff.

"IT-" Richie's eyes widened and then he covered his mouth, running to the bathroom. He barely made it to the bathroom without gagging. He fell onto his knees by the toilet and gagged.

Nothing came up the first time, only a sound that even Richie found disgusting. He coughed, before gagging once again, and he felt the contents of his stomach empty all at once, causing forced tears to leak out of his eyes. He felt his glasses slipping from his face, but he didn't have time to push them back up before he was gagging again, coughing hysterically. For a few seconds, he thought it was the end, before his stomach convulsed once again and he was spilling whatever was left from his stomach into the toilet.

During all this, he felt someones hand rubbing his back, and when he sat up slightly, they took his glasses off and set them on the sink. It was Bev.

"Eddie?" He whispered.

"The guys are in the living room with him. You know how they are, can't handle a little puke." Richie would have laughed if it was under different circumstances. "He's fine though, just still catching his breath." She put a hand on his cheek, using her other hand to push his hair out of his eyes. "What happened, Rich?" She asked softly. He swallowed, making a grabby motion towards the toilet paper. She handed him a wad of it and he wiped his eyes and then his mouth and flushed it. He didn't want to say it. He made a move to get up and she stood up, taking his hands and helping him up. Wrapping an arm around his back, she led him back out into the living room and he sat beside Eddie, wrapping his arms around him.

"Are you okay?" Eddie asked him softly. Richie nodded.

"You guys look like you've seen a ghost." Mike H said, sitting on the other couch.

"You could say that." Richie mumbled.

"We...We saw IT." Eddie said, biting his lip.

"Saw what?" Ben asked, confused.

"IT, guys, IT."

"IT as in..." Richie and Eddie both nodded and Bill's face went pale. "B-But it hasn't b-been twenty seven years y-yet." His stutter was back.

"Guys... All those missing children, was because of IT. We confirmed it only a little while ago." Eddie told them.

"IT was there, on the side walk." Richie took his glasses off and threw them on the coffee table, running a hand through his hair and over his face. He sat up, leaning forward on his knees, covering his face with his hands. "What the fuck. One of the missing kids, Holly's best friend, was apparently torn in half. Like Betty Ripsom, Bill."

"Are you sure it was IT?" Stan asked nervously. Eddie nodded this time, squeezing Richie's shoulder gently.

"Positive." Because Richie was physically unable to admit the fact that his little sister had come face to face with Pennywise, Mike had told them the story, Eddie filled them in on everything that happened in the last hour. "We both saw it, so it wasn't just our imaginations." He finished.

"But how? It's been seven years." Bev asked, looking at Bill.

"It seems to me that we're not the only small town group of friends that's had to deal with fucking demons." Richie said. "Will said something about being trapped in some other dimension and then getting possessed. I don't know, it's all he said. They're coming over in like an hour and we're gonna talk."