CHAPTER 1 ;

DERRY - THE LAB

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"𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐧" 

number ten was a 14-year-old girl who lived in the derry laboratory. she was dr brenner's prize subject. as she delivered what he wanted most of the time. she was asleep in her tiny room when brenner came in and sat on her bed.

she sat up, he looked at her and smiled softly. "papa?" she groaned. "do you know what today is?" he asked softly. she shook her head, as he placed a hand on her short, buzz cut. "today sweet pea, is the day we make history."

she looks around the room and back at him. "the bath?" she asks. "yes. do you mind having one?"

"no papa."

"good." he then held her hand. dr brenners hand was soft and warm, which made ten feel some comfort. he helped her out of her bed and walked her out of the room.

ten was the only child left at the lab. after her twin sister 'eleven' went missing a couple years ago, she became more fragile. and brenner became more soft, as he didn't want to drive ten to escape. but the lab became more protective. eleven was sent to the 'bath' but then she disappeared. ten heard something about eleven being able to fit through a small sewage pipe, as they are hardly fed. ten prays that she is in a better place, with a nice family.

she walked into the 'bathroom' there were men surrounding her, and taking notes. ten felt a bit threatened and started to shake. "don't worry number ten, these are all friends of ours. they just want to have a look okay?" brenner said leading her up to the top of the tube. she nodded as a scientist placed a glass helmet over her head.

"alright, we need you ten, to find this man." brenner says softly as he holds up an image of a russain soldier. ten examined the man, inspecting every nook and cranny on his face. "you ready?" he asks, a couple seconds later. ten nods and two scientists hold her hands, leading her to the ladder of the tub.

she stood on the ladder, her hands wrapped around it tightly as it lowered her into the water. a guard closes the lid and she looks straight ahead. brenner gives her a nod and it goes pitch black.

tens eyes flutter open and she has arrived in the black void. she looks around and then notices something. she remembers brenners words.

"find this man."

ten then finds herself in front of a tall Russian soldier. she looks around and finds his name tag. she tries to read the name, but she can't. even though its in english. the words are all jumbled, and moving around the nametag.

she then hears a voice, not a russian voice. but a teenage boy.

"ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵃˡˡ ᵇᵒᵃᵗˢ ᵃ ˢʰᵉ"

ten jumps back and turns around on her heels, she sees a red object floating towards her.

a big red balloon that reads 'welcome to derry.' she furrowed her eyebrows and slowly walks towards it. it then pops, which makes her jump back. a figure stands before her.

ten sees a tall thing, dressed in a white clown suit with red lines on his face. he has bright orange hair, and a killer smile.

"hello number ten" it says with a raspy voice. ten's eyes widen, and her mouth hangs ajar. how does it know she is there? no one ever can. the black void is available for number ten, and number ten only.

"want to get out of this place?" she looks at it, gasps of fear. he starts to laugh, "i can help you."

it then lunges at her and grabs her skinny shoulders. She starts trembling from its touch, blood starts trickling down her nose as she struggles to get out of its grasp. "you'll float too!" it chants. she screams, the monitors going crazy back at the lab.

"LET ME GO!" her body screams from inside the tank. the scientists immediately stand up and open the tube ready to get her out.

"you'll float too, we all float" the voice dies down as the light shines onto her. she rips the helmet off her head and jumps out of the tank. dr brenner sighs, and sends two guards out to her. they wrap their hands around her slim arms hoist her up. they drag her out of the room, ten squirming in their grip.

"PAPA! HELP! PAPA!" she screams, tears flooding down her face. dr brenner stands and watch her been taken away. "NO! PAPA!" she screams as they throw her into the dark closet. one of the guards is about to shut the door when ten stands up, her blood boiling.

she screams so loud, a burst of scarlet red smoke comes out of her body, throwing the guard back into the wall.

"what the fuck?" the other guard mumbes. he jumps up and points his gun at her. ten stares at him and flicks her head, snapping the guards neck. ten falls down, leaning on the wall with blood coming out of her ears and nose. dr brenner rushes in, to see her on the ground. she starts whimpering, tears falling onto her cheeks. he kneels and glasps her head in his hands.

"fascinating" he whispers in awe. brenner then scoops her up in his arms.

"papa..." she chokes. dr brenner then carries her to her room and lays her down in her bed.

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ten wipes the tears on her face and turns over in her bed. she then notice something squeeze under her locked room door.

a red balloon.

she sits up, and starts to breath heavily. the balloon then pops and the figure pops out.

"hello again ten" he says with that raspy voice. "who are you" she shakes.

"i'm pennywise the dancing clown!" he smiles. "and i promised to get you out."

she arches an eyebrow at him when he starts laughing and then disappears. she stands up, hearing sudden gunshots and men screaming. she fixes her hospital gown and stares at the door. she moves her fingers a bit and a small scarlet aura forms around the small lock. suddenly the door swings open. she wipes the blood on her nose and steps out.

she walks down the hall and turns. when she gasps. blood was spilled everywhere, guards and scientists lying dead on the walls and floors. they lay dead, with their bodies shredded to bits. ten runs out, tears falling down her face. she steps outside to be met with pouring rain. she winces as the rain touches her skin.

she hears the alarms go off behind her and then brenners voice. ten immediately starts to sprint as fast as she could, to get away. far away.

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"why do you always stick to one flavour! you need to mix things up stanley!" richie argued while getting his bike out of the bike rack at a diner. "we aren't even supposed to be here, and it's started to rain" he complains, pulling his hood up and wiping his glasses.

"yeah, what happened to that search for georgie bill?" eddie asks pulling his raincoat over his head. "it's-started to rain and then you guys got h-hungry" bill replies, clearly annoyed. "well i'm sorry. its midnight and at least 5 hours after curfew. and the only open place was the diner!" richie yells mounting his bike.

"if our parents found out we were out here, we would be brutally murdered." eddie adds, with some worry. "we are supposed to be staying at yours stanley!"

stanley rolls his eyes and finishes doing up his raincoats buttons. "well, we can start heading back to mine then."

the boys walk their bikes along the road, richie driving his around them like usual. they hear a sudden crack in the woods. the boys stop and turn towards the noise. bill drops his bike and grabs his flashlight and runs in.

"fuck" richie sighs and follows. the other two catching up. "what the fuck bill!" eddie yells turning on his light. "georgie!?" bill shouts into the forest. "if the murderer is here we are so dead!" eddie yells.

"guys, we should turn back!" eddie says, shaken. "seriously eddie, if you want to be a baby then go home!" richie shouts. "that's what we were doing numb nut!" eddie argues. stan then hears some leaves rustling.

"shut up!" he says, richie and eddie still arguing. "guys s-sh-shut up!" bill yells at the two. they turn their attention to a tree. nothing.

then there's a loud crack next to them, they gasp and turn their flashlights towards the noise.

there stands a girl, soaking wet. in a hospital gown and short, brown hair. her eyes squint at the bright light while the boys stare at her, mouths hung ajar. they stare at each other for a while when richie whispers to the boys.

"we should get out of here..." bill then elbows him, and walks towards the girl. "are you o-o-okay?" he asks. she looks at them blankly. she then looks down and falls to her knees, crying.

stan immediately takes his jacket off and puts it on the shivering girl. he grabs her arm softly and helped her up. she looks at him, scared. "its okay, w-we can help." he smiles at her. she then nods and stan leads her back to the boys bikes. "we can't just take a weird girl in! w-what if she has a disease! we could all get sick. she probably is sick from the cold!" eddie rambles as they reach their bikes.

"here, sit down" stan instructs, patting his bike. she does as shes told, gripping his arms as she sits. stan then hops on and instructs her to hold onto him. she wraps her arms around his waist. they pedal back to stanley's house, as the losers we're going to have a sleepover there after their search for georgie.

he puts her down on the couch in the basement and wraps a coat around her. the four boys stand back and stare at her, star struck.

"is there a number we can call for your parents?" stan asks. she looks up at him confused. "your hair, do you have cancer?!" eddie asks stepping behind richie. "did he r-ru-run away?" bill asks stan. "are you in some kind of trouble?" stan asks.

"is that blood?" richie asks, leaning and pointing to her nose. stan slaps his arm. "stop it! you're freaking her out!" ten looks at the boys a bit scared and confused.

"her?" eddie whispers getting a nudge from stan. "she's freaking me out!" richie argues. "i bet she's deaf!" eddie whispers. he then claps at her, she jumps back eyes widened at him. "not deaf" he shrugs.

"alright t-t-thats en-enough!" bill sighs. "she's just s-s-scared and co-cold."

stan then walks over to a laundry basket and takes out some clothes. lightning crackles down which makes her jerk up, closing her eyes. the three boys look at her confused. "don't tell me she's afraid of everything" richie mumbles.

"here, these are clean okay?" stan says passing them to her. she then stands up and puts her hands on the gown, about to take it off.

"no, no, no!" stan yells holding her arms stopping her. "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!" eddie shouts, turning away with bill and richie. "see, over there?" stan points to the bathroom. "that's the bathroom, privacy. get it?"

she picks up the clothes and walks over to the bathroom swiftly. stan starts to pull the door shut when she stops him. "you don't want it closed?" he asks.

"no."

"oh, so you can speak" he smiles brightly. "okay, well. why don't we keep the door like this?" he pulls the door closed, but open about 3 inches. "is that better?"

"yes."

he smiles and walks back to his friends, whispering about the girl.

"this is m-mental!" bill sighed sitting down. "well she can talk.." stan says. "she said no, and yes. a three year old could say more!" eddie argues. "she tried to get naked too!"

"something seriously wrong with her, like wrong in the head" richie says. "she just went like-" eddie does a demonstration, miming the actions she made, making bill roll his eyes. "i bet she escaped from the nut house in curly county."

"you got a lot of family there?" richie chuckles. "bite me bitch" eddie hisses. "seriously though, think about it. that would explain her shaved hair, and why she's so crazy."

"why she went like-" eddie does the motion again, bill burying his face in his hands. "she's probably a physco!" eddie whispers. "like michael myers" richie says, eyes wide.

"exactly! we should have never brought her here!" stan rolls his eyes, "so you just wanted to leave her out in that storm?" he argues.

"yes! we were supposed to go home when bill got side tracked at finding georgie. what's the bet she killed him!" eddie complains. "hey! g-g-georgie is not dead, and s-s-sh-he might be able to help us find h-him!" bill says standing up.

"i think we should tell your mom" richie sighs, "i second that" eddie sighs. "whos crazy now!" stan yells at them. "how is that crazy?!"

"because we weren't supposed to be out tonight, and the curfew is at 7. so, if i tell my mom and she tells your mom and you guys mom-"

"o-oh man." bill sighs. "our h-h-houses become a-alcatraz"

"we will never be able to find georgie again!" stan says. eddie turns to bill and richie and mimes her about to take her clothes off again. "okay heres the plan. she sleeps here tonight-"

"YOU'RE LETTING A GIRL--?" eddie starts.

"yeah, how come stan gets to have a girl staying overnight before i do." richie sighs, bill elbowing him.

"just. listen. in the morning she sneaks around my house, goes to the front door and rings the doorbell. my mom will answer and know exactly what to do. she will send her back to the crazy place or where ever she comes from, and we will be totally in the clear." stan explains.

she then walks out of the bathroom all dressed. "done." she mumbles, getting the boys attention. "we will be in your r-r-room stan" bill says, signaling the boys to go upstairs.

"you really think she's psycho?" richie asks. "wouldn't want her in my house." eddie snaps, walking up the stairs.