I grabbed Eddies hand a little tighter, scared of what's about to come

Mike made it sound promising I just hope he was right

"The ritual, is a battle of wills." He said

I exchanged looks with Bill who looked just as confused as I was

"The first step was our reunion, the second was the gathering of tokens. This is the final step." He said

I swallowed hard, closing my eyes for a brief second, I could also tell that Eddie was tensing up next to me

I opened my eyes as the fire blew out

"What the..." Richie said

I looked to Mike for answers, hoping he knew why this just happened

The air inside suddenly became chilly, a breeze blowing over us

Mike looked up, making us all follow his actions

The top of where we were currently stood opened up, 3 really bright spheres coming out

"The fuck is that." Bill said

"Don't look at them!" Mike shouted, "Don't look at them!"

I shut my eyes immediately not wanting to find out what would happen if I didn't listen to him

I squeezed Eddie's hand, saying I was scared at this point was an understatement

"Turn light into dark." Mike said "Turn light into dark! Say it!"

"Say what?" I asked

"Turn light into dark!" Mike repeated

I looked to Beverly who nodded, following Mike's orders

"Turn light into dark!" I said

We all said it over and over again like Mike told us to as he chanted something that I couldn't quite make out. I don't even think it was in English

"Turn light into dark!" I shouted, "Turn light into dark!"

We all carried on saying it over and over until the balls floated down to our level. Making sure I didn't open my eyes I knew they were getting closer because it was getting brighter around me

"Mike what's happening man?" Richie asked

"Keep chanting!" He shouted back, and I did just that

The room started to get dark again and I heard a loud noise

I opened one of my eyes to see Mike had put a lid on the thing we placed our artefacts in. everyone dropped their hands from each other's

"Turn light into dark! Turn light into dark! Did we do it? Is it working?" Eddie asked his eyes still to shut

"Eddie you can open them, d-did it work Mike?" I asked

The lid started to rise, a weird rubbery sound coming from inside

"Mike..." I mumbled

The thing from inside coming out more, the he more it grew the more evident it became that it was in fact a big red balloon. The hope in me disappeared as I knew this couldn't be a good sign

"Is this a part of it?" Beverly asked

"Mike, is this supposed to be happening?" Richie asked

"I-I don't know, keep chanting!" Mike said

"What?" I asked

"Keep chanting!" he shouted

We all started saying it again, but we all knew it wouldn't do anything

Mike tried to push the lid down with some force, but the balloon burst open, spreading out

Mike jumped back, defeated

"mike what's going on!" I shouted

"I-i- "he didn't even know, confirming we are in deep shit

The balloon carried on expanding until it came to the point where we all had to run back so it didn't come in contact with us

"Hey... hey!" richie said, backing away

We all ran out of the spikes that formed a circle and watched as the balloon grew and tried to grow out of the tight space

I took a step back grabbing onto Eddie's hand once again

"Run!" Ben said

Me and Eddie turned around and ran before the balloon popped making a massive sound

I fell to my knees and held my hands to my ears as all I could hear was a ringing sound, my hearing faint

I groaned in pain

I looked around to see Eddie was holding his head too

I crawled over to him

"You okay?" I shouted

He nodded "I-I think so."

I looked up to see the others were now looking at where we were stood to do the ritual

I grabbed my torch from the floor and flashed it over

"Mike what was that about?" I asked

"Did we do it? Did we do it? Mike?" Eddie asked frantically

"We put all the tokens in the thing that was good right? We did it!" Richie said

Mike was about to talk before Pennywise jumped up

"Woo!" He shouted and started to laugh

I stumbled back, how was it possible he was still alive

"Ooo did it work Mikey? Did it work?" He laughed again "Tell them why your silly little ritual didn't work. Tell them all it's all just a... whats the word Eds?" he looked over to Eddie, who tightened his grip on my hand "Gazebos."

"Mike what's he talking about?" I asked

"Mikey?" Bill asked

"Oh, you never showed them the full side did you. Didn't want them to know what actually happened to the..." He started to mumble the rest, clearly meaning what Mike was telling us about earlier. What he told us that made us agree to this crazy plan in the first place

"Mike you lied to us again?" Bill shouted

"No. i-I they didn't believe! They didn't believe they could kill him that's why it didn't work back then."

"Mike! You lied to us, you could get us killed!" I said

"Are you fucking kidding me Mike!?" Richie shouted "FUCK!"

"Fuck you Mikey!" Bill shouted

In that point we all knew our chances were very slim to getting out alive. Even if Mike's intentions were good, we were in deep shit and I wasn't ready for it

"I needed something, anything for us to remember. Anything for us to believe!" Mike shouted

The balls came back up, hitting each other and they floated back to where they came from

"Deadlights! don't look at them!" Beverly shouted

I diverted my eyes to the floor

I briefly looked up to see Pennywise stood out, revealing what he looked like. He'd changed his form

He was like a giant spider with massive sharp claws at the end of the legs

His mouth was open, saliva dripping out his mouth like he was starving and couldn't wait to feast

The legs that weren't on the ground swung side to side as he took every step

"27 years... I dreamt of you. I craved you. OHHHH I missed you!" he shouted, his voice going high pitched. He laughed and stood up taller, he wasn't the clown we fought 27 years ago, he was stronger. A bigger form that he was back then. He was his true form which made him a lot stronger than he as before. Making it impossible for us to think we could ever defeat him

Ben pushed us all back, making sure we were protected but mike didn't move

"Move back Mike!" I shouted

'Waiting for this very moment!" Pennywise said

"Mike!" We all shouted for him to move back but he wasn't, he just watched Pennywise

"You have to move Mikey! Come on!" Bill said

"I'm sorry guys, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" Mike said

"Time to float!" Pennywise said and raised his right hand, his hand turned into loads of hands before revealing a really sharp claw

"MIKE!" I shouted

He threw his hand towards Mike, but bill quickly grabbed mike away, letting Pennywise stab the floor

"Shit!" I shouted "Run!"

Everyone helped them up and we all ran for it

Pennywise ran after us, every time one of his feet touched the floor it shook the ground. His claws hitting the floor making a sharp pining sound

He started laughing from behind, coming closer every step he took.

He threw his hand up in the air smashing the rocks around us

"Watch out!" I shouted as it went towards Beverly

He threw his arm in the air, slamming it down on the floor

I lost my step and tumbled to the floor

I groaned in pain as I looked down to see a massive cut in my leg

"Y/n!" Bill shouted

Pennywise grinned at me, for the first time in my life I felt defeated. Like I knew this was my ending

I felt a pair of arms around me, quickly dragging me back up

I turned to see Bill

"Come on!" He shouted

I grabbed onto him and we both ran catching up with the rest

"Go go go!" Bill shouted

We all ran into any hole we could, I ran to the furthest one and slid all the way down

I screamed as I landed my stomach on a hard floor

I groaned and looked around to see where I was. But I couldn't make anything out, it was just dark