(Y/n pov.)

There's a rustling as everyone pulls something out. Beverly runs her hands over what seems like an old postcard and Ben glances at her nervously. You realize it must be the poem and you can't help but smile to yourself a little as you fish the peice of glass our from you pocket giving it a little squeeze to ground yourself. "Ah, t-this is the, uh boat I built with, G-... Georgie". Bill says tossing a paper boat into the fire. "It's uh, my inhaler". Eddie says next taking one final hit. "Come on dude..." Richie says and Eddie throws it in. "Something that I wish I had held onto". Beverly puts the postcard into the fire and you make eye contact with Ben him breaking it quickly. "Uh, this is a page from my yearbook, that only one person signed." Beverly looks up at Ben. "And I probably should have forgotten it, but I couldn't cause I kept it in my wallet, for 27 years". He sighs. "This is a token from the Capital Theater," "You brought an actual token?" "Yeah, man, that's what we were supposed to do a-hole". "Do you have any idea how long that's gonna take to burn?" "Yeah, but so is your inhaler, dude". "Guys come on". "All the toxic fumes and plastic and shoot, so..." You roll your eyes, that's your boys, forever fighting each other huh...can't just let something go. But you love it don't you Stan's voice pipes up in your head as he glances at you, you snicker and he shakes his head slightly. "Look closely Bev". Mike holds up something red and cone shaped "You see it?" She nods. "That's where you hit Bowers," "rock fight." "The day these bonds were forged." "That's not gonna burn either". Eddie whispers as you hold out your hand "neither is mine, but hey, a promise is a promise", you drop the shard of glass into the fire after Mike's rock. "These are the book ends to what made us family". "Oh, wait! Eddie says turning to Stanley. "Couldn't forget about Stan... again". Stan drops the shower cap into the fire. "Okay, grab hands... come on". You all shuffle a bit and grab hands. "The Ritual of Chud, it's a battle of wills. The first step was our reunion, the second was the gathering of tokens. This is the final step." As soon as Ben finishes the flame inside the artifact goes out. "What the..." There is a plastic like groaning noise and then sudden light from above. "What the frick is that." "Don't look at them!" "Are those the dead lights?" "Don't look at them!" From the one glance you shoot upwards the upper part of the cavern which previously was shrouded in darkness seems to have taken on or always had the appearance of a throat like mouth with many rows of spine like teeth the lights depending from the center pulsating with death. "Turn light into dark. Turn light into dark. Say it!" "Say what?" "Say it!" There is a finality that hangs upon the words as Ben speaks them and you find yourself joining in along with the others. "Turn light into dark. Turn light into dark. Turn light into dark!" As you squeeze your eyes shut you think back to the side of the artifact that was scratched up obscuring the Anchient depictions. You wonder once more what was there but shake off the feeling. If today is the day of your death, so be it. You are among those who you most love in the world at last, and once again you have found your purpose that you are whole heartedly alright with being your undoing. You feel the heat of the lights and the brightness comes through your lids as you squeeze Richie and Stan's hands. The chanting has become more desperate yelling at this point and you now hear a buzzing as the heat becomes more intense. You hear the buzzing suddenly grow fainter and hear rustling and the dull thud if wood on leather. "Is it working did we do it?" Eddie all but yells into the quiet. Then you hear it, the rubbery squeeking and groaning of an expanding balloon. You open your eyes to see Mike struggling to put a cap on the artifact only for red rubber to be pushing its way through. "Is this part of it? Mike is this supposed to be happening?" "What? No, no, no, no. Keep chanting!" "What?" "Keep chanting!" Pandemonium ensues as the chanting semi reissues punctuated by questions and wavers of fear before the balloon throws Ben back startling everyone. "Hey! hey!" It is now expanding with extream speed and force causing everyone to flee the ring of rock. "Move! move! Woah!" The thing finally explodes once it's about the size of a hot air balloon with the power of a bomb throwing everyone to the floor. You try to regain your since of bearing as wave after wave of neausa pass over you. Your head is spinning and everything is blurry the rising in your ears blocking out all other sound your own breath sounding muffled and far away. A very familiar and unsettling feeling. You begin to get up and stumble seeing the others lights congregate not too far away. They seem to be making their way towards you before they stop and you hear their muffled screams echo around your head as you lift your bleary eyes to the place they are directing their shaking flashlights. You shake your head trying to clear it and noises come back to you like your being pulled slowly up from water. A scream, "frick you!" "Lie-" then suddenly the dead lights burst up again but this time their blue, and larger than before encircled in smoke. "27 years..." The voice is muffled accompanied by dull thudding noises as you try to clear your vision once again looking into dark space only for colors to flash before your eyes. "I dreamt of you. I craved you. Oh, I've missed you! Waiting for this, very moment." You push yourself up moving towards those who have suddenly moved back yelling for Mike to join them. You hear Mike apologize as It pulls back one of its appendages covered in multiple hands at the end. "Time to floooat!" The multiple hands become one giant long curved tooth and thier are cries of shock from the losers as you finally manage to pull yourself to your feet. And then, Bill saves Mike.

(A/n) Heyooo! Ya girl finally finished this chapter its probably rough so sorry about that but I'm gonna keep this short so I can atleast start another chapter before my head and eyes ache so bad I gotta hit the sack. So love for now see you in the next one!