Chapter 7

"Georgie I don't understand. What do you mean the clown's not human?" Stanley asked.

Georgie gave a straight look at Stanley. The kind of look you would get if you said something stupid or if you didn't get the obvious.

"I mean that Pennywise isn't a actual clown. He's a demon!" Georgie said annoyed.

"H-H-How do you k-k-know this?" Bill asked.

Georgie looked down; ashamed and full of guilt.

"His eyes glowed red Bill and when I looked into them, I felt like I was in a trance." he admitted.

Bill, Mike, and Ben stared at him; shocked and in disbelief. However, Stanley and Richie were disturbed.

"You..you remember all that?" Stanley asked terrified.

Georgie nodded. His head felt a sharp pain in his head again and placed his hand on it to stop the pain.

"It's a bit fuzzy, but I remember most of it." Georgie mummered.

"What do you remember?!" Richie urged.

The pain stopped and Georgie looked at the guys with a sad, but unfazed look.

"The boat did fall into the storm drain Billy, I wasn't lying about that, but then I saw Pennywise's eyes." he begin.

"Were they glowing red?" Stanley asked.

"No they were normal. They were...amber I think, maybe orange? I'm not sure, but they were normal. Pennywise got closer and I could see his face. He held the boat and then we started talking." Georgie continued.

"What did you talk about?" Mike asked.

"He asked me about my friends, if I liked the circus, and if I liked popcorn. I asked him about what he was doing in the sewers and he told me this story about how a storm had blew away his circus and he's been all alone ever since. Now I feel kind of stupid believing in that." Georgie said guilty.

"You're not s-s-stupid G-G-Georgie. I think we all would've be-be-believed such a story w-w-when we were kids." Bill said comforting.

"Yeah like Ms. Granger's." Richie muttered.

Bill gave a glance at Richie then at Georgie.

"Please continue." he said.

"After a few minutes of talking, Pennywise gave me this look... it was like he was fascinated in me, like he was interested in me. I started feeling uncomfortable and I told him I had to get going, but then he offered me my boat back. I should've said no, but I reached it anyway. Then Pennywise grabbed my arm and told me to look into his eyes. That's when I felt like I was in a trance. The last thing I remember was Pennywise turning into mist and..." Georgie finished.

"That's when he p-p-possessed you." Bill finished.

Georgie nodded. He looked away after that, then he buried his face into his knees and started to cry. Bill gave Georgie a big hug to cheer him up.

"I'm so sorry Bill. I shouldn't have talk to him Bill, I shouldn't have taken the boat from him, I...I..." Georgie sobbed.

"Shh shh shh it's okay G-G-Georgie. None of this is your f-f-fault, it's okay." Bill comforted.

While Bill and his friends were comforting Georgie, Bill and Georgie's grandmother wasn't sleeping. In fact, she had heard the entire conversation; how Georgie met Pennywise, how he managed to gain Georgie's trust, and how Pennywise possessed him and took control of him. Bill and Georgie's grandmother was in disbelief; she'd thought that the demon that had caused families so much misery was gone. Unfortunately, she was wrong, she was so wrong.

"Noo it can't be." Bill and Georgie's grandmother said horrified.

Meanwhile

Mr. Keene had just got off the phone with Mrs.K. He was horrified to hear that Eddie had gone missing and that his inhaler and asthma kit was left behind. Mr. Keene knew that if Eddie wasn't found within the next 24 hours, he wouldn't likely survive, but for now, all Mr. Keene could do was keep an eye out for Eddie in case he managed to escape his kidnappers; which was also a unlikely chance. Mr. Keene signed and walked into the back to check off the inventory. Greta was sitting at the front desk literally doing nothing. All she could do was read a boring old magazine or help check out items for the customers. It wasn't the best job, but at least it was better than doing nothing. Greta was reading a magazine when she heard the door ring. She looked to see if anyone was coming to the front desk, but she didn't. Greta continued reading, but then she heard muttering coming from the medicine section. It wasn't unusual since customers really just muttered to see which product was a better deal, but this was different. This wasn't the kind of muttering you would hear from customers in a quiet pharmacy. It was low and deep, and Greta thought she heard snarling and growling too. Greta got up and walked slowly to the medicine isle. When she got there, she saw Eddie scavenging through boxes and bottles; looking through stuff with just one arm. Eddie looked terrible; he had a cast on his right arm, he had an ice pack on his head, he was limping, and he was dirty. Eddie was covered in dirty water and sewage stains plus he smelled terrible. Greta gave a surprised, disgusted, and horrified look at Eddie.

"Eddie are you okay?" You look terrible." she said disgusted.

Eddie stopped in his tracks, but ignored her. He kept scavenging through the bottles until he found what he was looking for; the pain med's. Eddie grabbed them and looked at the label to see if this was the right one. Greta got a bit closer; trying to see if she could help, but Eddie could sense that Greta was getting closer.

"Back...off." he growled.

Greta backed away when Eddie said that. She was shocked to hear a deep, raspy voice come out of him, but was enraged to see that someone as weak as Eddie would talk to her like that.

"Who do you think you are?! I'll have you know that my dad is in the back and when he finds out that you were being rude to me, he'll kick your ass big time loser!" Greta threatened.

Eddie stopped and looked at Greta; enraged and annoyed. Greta stood back when she saw Eddie's face. This wasn't Eddie; at least not in his normal self. His eyes glowed like hellfire and brimstone and his expression just looked like he wanted to start a fight. Eddie walked closer with his fists attached and eyes focused on Greta.

"I SAID BACK OFF!" he roared.

Eddie pushed Greta; so hard that she flew to the wall and fell to the floor. Shelves broke and stuff fell down on her. Eddie grabbed his arm in pain. Mr. Keene heard the commotion and rushed out to find Greta on the ground and Eddie standing over her. He couldn't believe that he was seeing Eddie; all injured and dirty.

"EDDIE!" Mr. Keene called out.

He turned and Mr. Keene was horrified to see Eddie's eyes glowing. Eddie panicked; he grabbed the bottle and limped out of the store.

"Hey HEY!" Mr. Keene shouted.

He chased after Eddie, but decided to help his daughter. Mr. Keene ran over to Greta and checked to see if she had any cuts or bruises. Greta was crying and was screaming to her dad for comfort. Mr. Keene gave Greta a big hug to calm her down.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

Greta stared at her dad; horrified and terrified. Tears were streaming from her eyes and she was close to crying again.

"Dad, something is wrong with Eddie." Greta said terrified.