19. DEMON FROM HELL PT6

BEA HAD BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN LIFE. The beatings, the bullying, Pennywise. Yet she could confidently say the worst point in her life was watching her boyfriend being impaled.

"No!" She screamed as Eddie was lifted higher into the air, blood starting to rush quickly out of the wound in his stomach. And a small trickle coming down from his mouth.

She started to run forward towards him but was stopped by arms around her waist. "No! Stop let me go!" She cried trashing around trying to get out but the arms only tightened more.

"Bea, Bea stop you can't do anything right now." Stanley begged her from behind where he was holding onto her for dear life.

Pennywise cackled down at them and then threw Eddie over roughly to the other side of the room where he landed crying out in pain.

They all ran quickly to the crawlspace, Pennywise close behind them laughing tauntingly. Bea stumbled down the rocky slope letting out an ear piercing scream as she saw Eddie.

"Eddie!" she cried running over to him quickly and kneeling by him quickly. He looks up at her from where he lies and coughs once more. She lets out a broken whimper at the blood that comes up when he does so.

The others are by them quickly helping Eddie up so he's leaning against the wall. Richie crouches at his other side, worry clear in his eyes as they all crowd around him.

"Shit man, you don't look so good." He jokes but his voice wobbles and his hands shake.

"COME OUT AND PLAY LOSERS!" Pennywise yells causing them all the jump and scoot more protectively infront of Eddie.

"He's hurt. He's hurt really bad." Bill mumbles as Stanley shrugs off his jacket, placing it on the wounded boys stomach. Eddie groans in pain coughing up more blood causing the losers to share frantic glances. They have no idea what to do.

"And how do we do that, Bill?" Beverly asks worriedly but Bill doesn't reply.

Mike suddenly perks up, "The Shokopiwah!" he exclaims as they all look at him.

"What?" Bea asks quietly as she throws worried looks down at Eddie.

"All living things must abide by the laws of the shape they inhabit." Mike tells them all making them share relieved looks as they realise what he means.

"GUYS!" Ben suddenly shouts taking off towards a tunnel close by them. They all look over quickly seeing what he sees.

Beverly stands up quickly going to join him. "The tunnel! Pennywise has to make himself small to get through the entrance of the cavern, right? So if we get back there, we can get force him back down to his size."

"Beverly you genius." Stanley tells her grinning.

Eddie coughs before speaking up making them turn to him worriedly. "So, we make him small. Small enough so we can kill him!"

"I CAN SMELL THE STINK OF YOUR FEAR!" Pennywise calls breaking the moment, the losers exchange worried looks with each other and start making their way to the crawlspace.

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Richie and Bill carefully lower Eddie down to the ground in the new crawlspace. Bea is by his side instantly brushing his hair out of his face as she stares at him worriedly.

"Im okay." He tells her. But they both know he's lying.

The passageway had led them to a new cavern, a little smaller than the other but definitely safer for now.

"We need to get up there." Beverly announces talking about where the Mikaelsons are currently waiting on them. "Like it or not they can help us."

"We can't leave Eddie." Bea protests shaking her head fiercely.

"We won't." Stanley says from the opposite side of Bea. "The rest of you go ill stay with him."

"Me too." Richie volunteers.

Bea frowns worried, looking around at them all. "Its too dangerous. Ill go, the rest of you wait here."

Eddie sits up slightly letting out a curse at the pain. "Bea, NO!"

"We need to go together, Me and Bill will come with you." Beverly said sternly looking around at them all desperately. When she noticed the look on Bea's face she spoke again. "For Eddie." She added making them all look back down at him in worry. Bea looked over towards the opening, you would have to be fast to make it. She was willing to take that risk if it meant Eddie would be safe.

"No Bea!" They screamed when she suddenly stood up and bolted, Beverly reaching out to grab her but Bea quickly dodged out the way. Speeding up been more as she heard Pennywise stomping towards her.

Bea ran quickly trying to make it to the opening where she would be able to be heard by the Mikaelson's when she was suddenly in the air being pulled backwards.

She shrieked in surprise, her friends yelled out in fear for her. Eddie the loudest of all screaming her name.

Bea couldn't help it and a piercing scream escaped her when she saw his face grinning down at her.

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The Mikaelson's paced nervously waiting for any sounds or calls for helps. So far they has heard nothing.

"This is taking too long." Kol muttered sharing looks of worry with his family.

Hope started nervously down where her sister had disappeared. She opened her mouth to speak when suddenly a piercing scream cut them off.

"Dad." She began to say but he was already by her grasping onto her arms tightly.

"Hope. Stay here. Davina, Keelin you stay with her." He said sternly as they all crowded around the ladder leading to Bea.

Hope shook her head wanting to help but she paused seeing the fear in her fathers eyes.

"Dad?" She questioned feeling like a scared child all over again. Klaus looked over at his daughter worriedly. "Keep her safe."

He nodded.

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Bea shook with fear as Pennywise started to open his mouth. She closed her eyes tightly preparing for the worst.

One minute she was in the air the next she was being cradled to a chest as Pennywise let out a cry of pain.

Bea looked up startled and noticed who was holding her.

"Mum?" She questioned surprised.

Hayley looked down at her tears in her eyes. "I've got you."

"Thank you." Bea stared as they shared a quiet moment. Klaus sped over quickly looking her over worriedly.

"You okay?"

Bea nodded at him warily.

Hayley helped her up and Bea turned to see her friends and birth family running around trying to defeat Pennywise.

"Eddie!" Bea gasped suddenly turning towards where he was.

"Go." Hayley told her, "I'll keep them safe."

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Running over Bea collapsed by Eddie's side again cradling him close to her. He looked up at her relieved. His hand coming up to hold hers. Richie and Stanley smiled thankfully at her before running out to help the others leaving Bea, Eddie and Klaus.

Bea studied Eddie, her worry only growing when she realised how pale he had gotten and how he was struggling to breath. She turned to Klaus desperately. "You have to help him!"

When she got no answer she tried again. "Ive never asked you for anything. Please I can't lose him. I love him. Please you have to save him."

"Dad please!" Bea begged looking up tears in her eyes as she cradled him close to her. "Please." She repeated her voice breaking and only a whisper.

Klaus stared at his daughter quietly. "Go." He said.

She shook her head closing her eyes as tears fell down her face. She shook her head a sob escaping her.

Eddie looked up at her. He knew no matter what happened to him Pennywise needed to be stopped. "Bea they need you."

"You need me." She cried getting impossibly closer.

"Bea they need you, they can't do it without you. Cant you hear them."

Bea closed her eyes focusing on her friends and birth family in pain and fear.

"I love you." She cried.

"I love you too."

She leaned down and kissed him, not caring in the slightest that her birth father was watching it all unfold in front of him.

"I'll be right back I promise."

She gave them one last look before running over to her friends. Eddie leaned back wincing in pain and looking up at the man towering over him.

Klaus stared down at him a blank look on his face and Eddie resigned himself to the fact he wasn't going to make it.

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"You got a plan B, man? What the hell do we do now?" Bill yelled to Mike as Bea joined them standing in between Richie and Stanley, as Pennywise continued to approach them.

She looked over noticing her birth family bloody and unconscious laying around the cave. She winced looking back to Pennywise instead.

Pennywise glared at them all as he stomped closer. "You die! That's what you do!"

They are silent for a few moments, fear encasing them before Bea speaks. "There's more than one way to make someone feel small."

Pennywise freezes tilting his head to the side confused as the other watch her. Beverly's racing breath falters as she catches on. "Make him believe he is!"

Pennywise snarls starting to move again, "Oh? Me? Small? I AM THE EATER OF WORLDS!"

Bea stared at him blankly, her childhood flashing in her mind, She was going to make him feel small. Like her birth family did. Like Mr Thompson did. Like the bowers gang did.

Stanley speaks the words surprising everyone, suprised and proud that he's standing up for them all and himself. "Not to us, You're not."

They all pause in place despite Pennywise continuing to approach them.

"You're a weak old women." He taunts.

Pennywise roars angrily but Bea notices him hesitating slightly at the words. "IM THE EATER OF WORLDS!" he hisses as he stumbles back.

"You're a headless boy!" Ben roars walking closer to him.

"Imposter!" Beverly yells as she copies Ben walking closer to him.

"A scared bully!" Bea calls walking forward as well, causing pennywise to stumble back.

"You're a mimic!" Bill yells angrily. As they shout the insults Pennywise shakes and his face transforms into what he's being called.

"You're a fucking Bully!"

"Bully!"

He shrinks and shrinks getting smaller as he retreats backwards into the craters as he is backed into a corner.

"You're a fucking clown!"

"Bully!"

"A dumb motherfucking Bully!"

Pennywise sinks backwards sliding through the spikes, The losers follow him in continuing to scream at him. The deadlights shine brightly above them, but are dulling as they get closer. His back hits one of the spikes forcing him to stay where he is. He's the size of a toddler as he looks up at them all fearfully.

He tries to hit them as they get even closer but lets out a whimper of pain when Richie rips his arm off making it disintegrate. He slumps backwards in defeat.

"You're a clown." Mike speaks up softly, "With a scared beating heart."

The sound of a beating heart thumping loudly is suddenly heard. Pennywise chest thumping harshly as he looks down at it scared.

Mike reached forward cautiously arm reached out towards pennywise chest. He lurched forward trying to scare them one more time. They all stared at him coldly and he slumped back down pitiful whimpers leaving him.

Mike reached into his chest pulling out a small black beating heart, Pennywise reached out in one last desperate attempt to grab onto it but failed.

Mike brought it over to where they all stood, Bill reached out grabbing onto the heart as well. The others quickly doing the same. Bea winced at the cries it let out as they began to crush it.

"Look at you." He spoke one last time causing her to look over. "You're all grown up."

Bea looked back at the others and knew it was true. They weren't children anymore and honestly she didn't think they had ever really had the chance to be children.

The heart disintegrated and floated upwards, Bea watching it go feeling free for the first time since that fateful summer. Pennywise was finally dead.

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