Chapter 3

Eddie was frozen in fear. In any moment, the sharp blade could slit his throat and he would bleed to death. Eddie glanced up at an old dusty glass window and saw a small vivid reflection of a small child-like arm wearing a yellow raincoat and was covered in dirty sewage stains. Eddie's eyes wided with terror as he saw two glowing eyes that glowed like hellfire and the devil himself. His stomach dropped when he saw Georgie's face.

"G-G-Georgie?" Eddie choked.

"I am not Georgie! He is gone. I am controlling his soul; he is mine!" he boomed laughing.

"W-Well then, w-who am I s-speaking to?" Eddie gasped.

"My name is Pennywise." he answered.

"W-What do you want? Why are you here?" Eddie asked.

"Well i'm glad you asked. You see, I need a new body and Georgie has done his job of serving his purpose, but I also have other reasons." Pennywise said gleefully.

"And what are those?" Eddie asked.

"Well, its not like you're going to know or remember any of this." Pennywise sneered.

"N-No! I...I won't let you control me. Do you hear me? I won't!" Eddie threatened.

"Oh, that's not how it works. You see, hosts don't get a say on whether or not I can control them. All they can do is pray to God that I don't make them hurt their loved ones." Pennywise snarled.

He placed his right hand on Eddie's forehand and Eddie begin to feel frozen. He couldn't move or talk. All Eddie could do was move his eyes and breath. He felt terrified and feared for the worse. Pennywise leaned a bit closer to him.

"You know, It took me weeks to finally get you. You always went home on your bike with your friends and your overbearing mother made it even more difficult, but that doesn't mean I had spare time to seek out your other friends. Maybe I can get Richie after this." he sneered.

Tears started to stream from Eddie's eyes when he said that. Pennywise opened Eddie's mouth and got a bit behind him.

"Now hold still, you're going to feel a bit...dizzy." he smiled.

Eddie's eyes wided and Georgie's mouth opened. Pennywise left his body and entered into Eddie's. Georgie's eyes rolled back when Pennywise left his body and Eddie's eyes rolled back when Pennywise entered his. After a few seconds, Georgie fell to the ground; unconscious and lost his grip on the knife. Eddie collapsed on the ground; unfrozen, but possessed. Pennywise opened his eyes, got up, and looked into the window and could see that he was in Eddie's body. Pennywise laughed maniacally and looked around the room to find the blade. When he spotted the blade, Pennywise approached Georgie and snatched the blade from his limp hand. Pennywise stared at Georgie for a few moments, knowing he had gone far to achieve his next target and now his plan would stay in motion. He kneeled down to observe his first victim.

"Oh Georgie, you have served your purpose so wonderfully. I don't think I could've had a better host. It's a shame you won't be able to remember it." Pennywise grinned.

Suddenly, he heard the door open and could hear footsteps walking slowly inside.

"EDDIE EDDIE!" a voice yelled.

Pennywise smiled evilly. He got up, took off Eddie's curfew watch, asthma kit, took out his inhaler, and threw them on the ground. Pennywise then looked at Georgie.

"Well Georgie, it seems that your big brother has come to your rescue after all. Ta da Georgie, i'll be back." he sneered.

Pennywise quietly left the room and headed towards the old basement where the well resides an entrance to the sewers. He climbed into it and crawled like a spider until Pennywise accidentally slipped on a stone and fell to the ground; hitting his head and breaking his arm in the process. When he hit the ground, Pennywise was knocked unconscious and was lying there until Henry came and dragged him back to the metal door.

Meanwhile

"EDDIE! Where are you?! Come on this isn't funny!" Richie yelled.

He, Bill, Ben, Stanley, Beverly, and Mike looked around the house. Everyone shivered that they were in the wellhouse; the oldest and creepiest house on Neibolt St. No one knows where it came from, but some have speculated that it was built when the first pilgrims came to Maine, but no one knows exactly who had built it. In the house was graffiti, old furniture, spiderwebs, dust, broken glass, and loose boards on the windows. Mike was confused; he and his friends had found Georgie's boat and walkie talkie outside, but the front door was open. Mike's curiosity took a toll on him when he saw footprints that led upstairs. He followed them, but stopped when he realized something.

"Guys, have you noticed that Georgie's boat and walkie talkie were just left there in plain sight? Anyone could've taken them, but they didn't...why?" Mike asked.

"Yes, it does sound strange." Beverly agreed.

"Like, they were just left there, in plain sight! Anybody could've taken them; a hobo, a passing motorist, the police, a street kid maybe. Do you think this was set?" Mike asked.

"You mean like a trap?" Ben said.

"Its possible, but look at this place. It's all dirty and dusty, there's no way Eddie would go in here." Stanley scoffed.

"Not u-u-unless something l-l-lured him here." Bill pointed out.

"Yeah, but what?" Stanley asked.

"Shhh guys do you hear that?" Richie asked.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened. As time went on, they begin to hear the sound more clearly. It sounded like a beeping sound; the kind of beeping you hear if it was an alarm clock or a watch.

"It sounds like...Eddie's curfew watch." Stanley spoke.

Everyone's stomached dropped. Eddie never went anywhere without it nor his inhaler or asthma kit. Something was wrong and whatever it was, it wasn't good. Everyone walked slowly towards the source until they stopped at the bottom of the stairs.

"Its coming from upstairs." Ben whispered.

Everyone was hesitant about what to do. Either go upstairs and investigate, but risk getting attacked or stay down here and feel dumb or sitting ducks. Everyone glanced at each other, then Bill stepped forward and headed upstairs.

"Bill what are you doing? Richie asked.

"C-C-Cmon, i'm not gonna stand around here d-d-doing nothing." he said.

"But what if someone's in there and he's armed?" Stanley asked.

"Well, we'll f-f-fight him. There's 6 of us and o-o-one of him." Bill answered.

"Unless there's more of him." Richie retorted.

Bill and his friends went upstairs and turned left to the hallway. As they got closer to the source, Richie, Ben, Beverly, Mike, and Stanley walked more slowly behind Bill; hoping to god that they weren't in for the worse. When they reached the source, they stopped and Bill took a peak inside the room. When he did, he saw Eddie's inhaler, asthma kit, and curfew watch on the ground, but then, he saw Georgie lying there unconscious; not moving a muscle.

"GEORGIE!" Bill screamed.

Everyone was alarmed when he screamed. Bill rushed over to Georgie and picked him up. He shaked him uncontrollably; worried, pleading, and fearing for the worst.

"W-W-Wake u-u-up! Pl-Pl-Please G-G-Georgie w-w-wake u-u-up!" Bill pleaded.

Tears streamed from his eyes; ready to cry. Bill felt helpless, he didn't know what to do. Bill had never seen his brother like this furthermore he didn't know whether or not Georgie was going to die. Bill felt a hand on his shoulder and looked to see Beverly; wanting to help and was looking at Georgie.

"Stop Bill, let me help." she said.

He stopped shaking Georgie and allowed Beverly to look at him. She kneeled beside Bill and put two fingers on Georgie's neck. She could feel a pulse however it was small and she could see shallow breathing coming out of Georgie.

"It's alright Bill, I've got a pulse, but we need to get Georgie to the hospital now." Beverly urged.

"Um guys, I think you need to see this." Richie said alarmed.

Everyone looked to see Eddie's asthma kit, inhaler, and curfew watch on the ground. Everyone looked at each other; shocked and worried.

"That's not good." Mike spoke.

"Alright l-l-listen up, i'm g-g-gonna take Georgie to the h-h-hospital. The rest of you can st-st-stay here and l-l-look for Eddie alright?" Bill said.

"Oh no you're not. I'm coming with you." Beverly said.

"So am I." Richie volunteered.

"Alright Mike, Ben, Stanley, do you guys think you'll be al-al-alright staying here?" Bill asked.

"Of course. You just take your brother to the hospital okay. We got this." Mike assured.

Bill nodded a thank you to Mike, which he nodded back. Bill ran downstairs with Beverly and Richie behind him, left the wellhouse, got on their bikes, and rode off down the street; petaling as fast as they could.

"Please God, don't let Georgie die on my watch please." Bill prayed.

In Eddie's Mind

Eddie woke up on Neibolt St and looked around. He was next to the wellhouse and for some reason, everything just felt that time had stopped. There were no birds flying by, no cars were driving by, there wasn't a cloud in the sky, there were no sounds to be heard, and for some reason, Eddie felt like there were no other humans in sight. Eddie looked at the wellhouse confused.

"Haven't I been in there?" he wondered.

Eddie got up and approached the wellhouse, but the door opened by itself. Eddie backed up; terrified and surprised. There was no way he was going in there not after his encounter with Pennywise and the confusion of waking up in the middle of the street. Eddie wanted to get his inhaler, but realized that it wasn't on him. He looked to find it on the street with his pills scattered on the ground. Eddie got over there and started picking them up, but as he did, Eddie felt a hand on top of his hand as he grabbed a pill.

"Do you think this will help me Eddie?" a voice rasped.