"You again?!" The guy in the clown suit shouts at Alissa.
Her eyes widen as she starts walking backwards,
"Give me that camera." The guy says, but this time, in a clown-like voice as he remembers to stay in character. Alissa notices other guys in casual clothes arrive in the same pick up truck she saw the other night,
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Alissa angrily responds,
"Be nice, miss, and give me the camera."
One of the boys clamber out of the truck and starts walking, "Trust me, you don't want to end up like her. Just give us the camera, and we can call it a day."
Alissa looks at them in confusion. Her?
"What are you talking about?" Alissa watches them slowly walk towards her, "What-her-who?"
"Shut up, bitch!" One of the boys shout, "Stop playing games."
"Don't you dare come near me." Alissa warns them, her camera away from their side, "Don't you dare."
Alissa pauses for a second and starts running away, holding her camera tightly. The boys start clambering into their truck to follow her. Alissa escapes from the same road and into a different one, attempting to confuse them of her real location. She couldn't go straight home, she thought. If she did, they'd know where to find her. She stops running and decides to go to a random street to start running. She starts screaming, "Help! Someone!" she tries to scream in between pants,
She hears the truck's engine roar as they appear in front of her. Alissa starts running towards a dead part of town. She curses under her breath, the camera still in her hand.
She keeps running and ends up at a dead end, forcing her to stop at her tracks. The night is slowly devouring the sky.
The truck stops, flashing its bright light against her, giving her the difficulty to see. But she sees shadows moving in front of her. She hears one of the boys, "I fucking told you to give me the damn camera."
She notices it's the guy in the clown suit, "You think you can get away with it?"
"She wants to play hero, Jack!" the driver shouts and sneers, "Show her what she deserves!"
"Looks like...you want it too, don't you?" The clown-suited guy slowly approaches Alissa, "Lemme give you that treat."
"Don't fucking touch me!" Alissa dodges the guy's arm, but he grabs her and grips on her arm tight, "Don't touch me!"
Another boy approaches her and takes her camera away. He starts checking the photos.
The guy in the clown suit holds Alissa tight, "You want it, too, beautiful?"
Alissa struggles to move and see who the guys are. But she's sure they aren't as young as she thought they were. They sound like adult men. Predators, she thought. "What the fuck are you talking about?"
The guy with Alissa's camera shouts, "Jack!"
"What?"
"She only has one photo. She doesn't have Myers'."
"Myers?" Alissa mumbles, she glances at the guys and realizes in one flash. Myers. Trixie Myers was one of the missing kids. "You fucking monsters! You killed the little girl?!"
Jack grabs Alissa tighter and closer, grabbing her mouth. He squeezes her mouth, shutting her up, "Be fucking quiet!"
"Jack, we have to go. She doesn't have anything. The photo's useless anyway."
"She's seen our faces, you idiot! I say..." he starts pulling her waist closer to him, "We give her the same treat we gave Myers."
"You disgusting assholes! Let me go!" Alissa struggles to shout, but Jack slaps her across her face, making her body hit the ground. As Alissa hits the ground, the sudden force makes her instantly dizzy. She struggles as she looks around. Her hand explores the ground, trying to support her own body, until she touches what seems to be someone's shoe. She looks at the funny looking shoes in confusion. Slowly, Alissa looks up and sees a clown standing in front of her. He playfully waves at her, wriggling his fingers.
She hears Jack behind her, "What the fuck?"
Alissa is more confused when she hears him behind her.
Pennywise, she instantly thought. She forces herself to look closely. Pennywise walks past her. She notices the driver of the truck running away and leaving the other two. She unconsciously closes her eyes, feeling more dizzy. Her palms sting in pain.
She hears men shouting from behind her but she forces herself to close her eyes as she looks away and crawls out of the scene. Finally, she makes herself stand up. Alissa turns around and sees Jack and Pennywise on a stand off, but Jack is shaking. The other guy is inside the carseat, not moving.
"You really got the paint wrong, dummy!" she hears Pennywise tease,
She watches them but decides to look away,
"And the clothes, too!"
She hears something rip apart. Alissa quickly turns and sees Pennywise had stabbed Jack. He stabs him again and again and again. Her eyes widen at the sight of murder. She keeps her feet on the ground as her hands support her weight, holding on to the fences behind her.
She shuts her eyes, "Stop it, Pennywise!" she starts screaming, "Stop that now!"
Alissa opens her eyes and sees Pennywise looking at her. The headlights of the truck still on and flashing at her makes it difficult to see the clown. Alissa musters all the guts she has and walks in front of the truck, hoping she's see a better view of Pennywise.
Pennywise groans as he slowly approaches her.
"Please just stop." She says quietly, watching him walk over to her. Alissa tries to catch her breath,
They both fall silent. All they could hear is the sound of the engine humming. Night came fast and the only source of light they have is the headlights.
Alissa turns around trying to calm herself down, telling herself that the dead bodies should not scare her. Telling herself that she's safe now.
"Alissa?" Pennywise calls her,
She turns around,
"I didn't need you to help me." She suddenly sounds stern, "I could have handled it myself. You didn't have to kill them." She says subtly, a slight hint of doubt in her own words,
Pennywise smirks, "Silly Alissa, do you think I'd just stand here and watch them play with my food? You still owe me a dance." He tells her,
She shakes her head, looks away again, and sighs. That's not true. If anything, he'd want to kill me. He'd do anything to get to kill me so he would finally have me, she thought. But then again...he didn't let them kill me.
"Those kids were going to hurt you, Alissa." he says, slowly stepping closer to her,
"Kids?" Alissa furrows her eyebrows and quickly glance at the lifeless body on the ground, and inside the truck. "They didn't sound like kids to me."
Pennywise starts laughing, "Silly Alissa!" he stops, "Mister i-wanna-be-a-clown here is surely too old for ya," he sticks out his tongue then chuckles, "but those two, they're just a year younger than you!"
"And you killed them!?"
"-Would you have preferred them to kill you first?" Pennywise snaps but with a calm, cold voice,
Alissa pauses, unable to form her words. He's right.
"Anyway, I didn't kill all of them. But..." Pennywise mumbles and Alissa shakes her head,
"They're bad, bad kids." Pennywise says with anger, "They're an abomination! They deserved to die."
"Did they?"
"Well, If you wanted to be Jack-o's treat of the week, you could've told me sooner, so I wouldn't have to rip through his organs." Pennywise says without pausing in a monotone,
Alissa pauses again. He's right again. Without thinking any further, she looks at him and says, "I'm going home."
Pennywise just watches her as she pauses, turns around and start walking. Then, she stops. Alissa turns to look at Pennywise and see him holding her camera. He reaches his hand out to her,
She walks back, grabs her camera and walks away again.
"Can't this dancing clown get a thank you?"
As Alissa walks, she scans the dark road. She feels fear creep up in her. But she reminds herself not to be afraid or else the clown will find something against her. She closes her eyes and suddenly has an idea,
Without a doubt, she says without turning around, "I'll thank you when I get home alive and safe."
There's silence. She turns quick and sees that Pennywise is gone. She feels him behind her, and she slowly turns to see him standing there. She rolls her eyes. Pennywise stares at her, and before he could say anything, she speaks up, "Take me home."