Stephen King's It Page #9

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...and then I want a flipping

apology from you."

- All right!

- And so you did it.

Yeah, I ran everywhere.

Sometimes I thought I'd pass out.

The first time I ran a mile,

I puked, then fainted.

Finally, I was holding up my

pants as I ran.

I ate salads like crazy.

By March...

...I'd lost 70 pounds and grown two

inches. I felt like I could fly!

- And you went out?

- I went out for track.

The first day I won

the 220 and the 440.

I blew everyone away.

After practice I asked for that

apology, and he hit me.

- After all that?

- It was perfect.

- You beat him.

- And everyone knew it.

I got a letter in track

from El Paso High...

...and the coach lost his job

over that little love tap.

- You should write that one down.

- Bil"s our writer.

- I just write horror stories.

- So, what are we gonna do?

Oh, Mikey, Mikey, Mikey...

Listen, kids...

...it doesn't matter how painstakingly

we go over these sewer plans.

Or how many flashlights

you've got in the box.

When the sun comes up, I'm dust and

I'd suggest we all get out of Dodge.

- I cleaned it up once.

- Cleaned what?

The blood. I cleaned the whole

thing up that very same night.

If I was ever gonna sleep in this house

again, I'd have to know the truth.

To see if anyone besides me

could see the blood.

What happened in here?

Did somebody get murdered?

You see it? You really see it?

Come on. Let's clean this up.

Until that moment,

I thought I was going crazy.

It was strange to be happy about

something so grim.

I fell in love with all you guys

that day.

And after we cleaned it up,

the blood never came back.

It'll be morning soon.

- I'm cold.

- Me too.

I'll get you something.

- There's a shawl in my room.

- Give me your key.

I'll get it.

Richie, do you have a key?

All right, now listen up.

Stay together, guys. No stragglers.

Just get the first thing you find.

- Ben, don't go alone.

- Uh, I need a refill anyway.

I'll join you.

- I'll take care of Richie.

- Be back in three minutes. No more.

Hello, n*gger.

I'll pay you back. Pay you all back.

Oh, good. You found it.

I'm glad we're alone. I've been

wanting to say something to you.

Your hair is winter fire

January embers

- My heart burns there too

- It was you.

I've been waiting a long time

to thank the poet.

- Did you ask Bill first?

- No.

I knew it was you.

I've always known it was you.

I think I must have been waiting until

we were both ready.

I'm ready now. Are you?

Oh, oh, Beverly.

Kiss me, fat boy.

Belch...!

- You all right?

- I got it.

- Get him in there.

- Come here.

Watch it. Easy. Easy.

Hurry up!

Go, go, go, go.

If Mike dies there will be

five of us left.

Who comes next? Which one of us?

Why is It doing this?

Why does It hate?

Why is It so mean?

Oh, Ben.

I want to tell you something.

You remember what my father was like?

I fell in love with a man who...

...turned out to be everything

I always hated in my father.

Why would I do that?

How could I be so blind?

If you see it now,

you're not blind anymore, Bev.

Congratulations. That's a miracle.

Besides, at least you fell in love

with somebody.

At least you felt something.

That's a miracle too.

You have the heart of a poet, Ben.

Your hair is winter fire

- Why'd you say that?

- You wrote it, didn't you?

Your hair is winter fire

January embers... Something.

It was you, wasn't it?

Is that you or the clown?

What's going on?

- How am I supposed to know?

- It's me.

- What?

- It's me.

My heart burns there too

- He's gonna be okay.

- Can we see him?

He's not out of the woods yet.

One of you can go in for a minute.

Everyone else is right outside.

- Henry?

- He's dead.

- Police?

- Not yet.

We can't trust anyone.

If anybody asks, a party got out of

hand, dancing on the table, you fell.

Anyone who's seen me dance

will buy that.

What are you gonna do?

I don't know, man.

I honestly do not know.

My jacket. Outside pocket.

Hey, it's silver. It can kill It.

But we left these down in the se...

You went back?

I was pretty sure It was asleep.

Pretty sure?

You went alone?

Ten years ago my life was going

downhill, close to suicide.

I really wanted It to kill me.

I stumbled around in the dark all day.

I found one.

In the drain trap. The one that hit

Pennywise was lodged in the wall.

I figured we might need that kind

of help again one day.

When I came out

I kind of got my life together.

The only change was this.

Almost overnight.

Fear.

Bill, if you decide

not to use those...

...if you leave, I'll understand.

That is a dead body.

Are you suggesting

we leave it lying there?

- That's right.

- We should call the police.

- Right!

- You don't get it.

This whole town is It in some way.

All of them.

If we call the police,

get the town involved...

...something bad's

gonna happen to one of us.

Have it your way. Stan is dead.

Mike came close. I've seen enough.

- I'm with you.

- You can put this behind you?

I'm a little old for monster hunting.

So was Mike.

- So was Stan.

- Is that how you feel, Ben?

All I know is I can't stay

in this room much longer...

...so I suggest we turn on the TV,

go out and figure out what to do.

I second that.

Police Chief Rademacher

said the victim...

... Danielle Huxton,

had been playing near her home.

Police didn 't say if this was

connected...

... to the recent disappearances

of children.

They did reveal that the body

was severely mutilated.

In other news, a series of robberies

has officials baffled...

You can put that on my card.

- Certainly.

- Me too. Thank you.

- Ditto. Thanks.

- I had loads of fun. Gotta go. Bye.

- Need a ride?

- Where are you going?

- Airport.

- I guess we are too, Bill.

Come with us.

I just saw something.

And I have no idea if it was real...

...if any of you

would've seen it or not.

I can't go. Because if I do I'm gonna

live with this until I go insane.

Until I can't tell the difference

between my life and my bad dreams.

For years I've been getting paid

to scare people.

But I'm the one who's been scared.

All my life. I don't want

to be scared anymore.

I'm going back in.

This time I'm gonna kill It.

Help me. Help me.

Please help me.

Did anybody bring anything useful,

like a machine gun?

I brought this.

It's the only thing I saved.

- You were a dead shot.

- Couldn't miss.

It was like it was supposed to be.

You broke Pennywise's head open.

- Inside was light.

- Bright lights.

Deadlights. We saw them too.

- How on earth...?

- Mike went back down and got them.

These are for him, and for Stan.

- Lucky seven.

- We're all here now.

What the hell are you gonna do now?

Sing "Kumbaya"? Wake up.

Take a breath. You smell that?

That's death.

It's not for Mike, or Stan, or Henry.

It's for us. It's in the air.

Losers fight It, losers die.

You don't have to go down there.

I didn't have to get on a plane in L.A.

I sure as hell didn't have to come out

here. And now I don't have to go in.

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