A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2
Written By: JMD Nelson
"The Sleep of Reason Gives Birth To Monsters…"
- Francisco de Goya
Chapter 1: That Same Night
The Holbrook home had been quiet for most the night. Both Dr. Gwen Holbrook and her daughter Nancy had had a strenuous & exhausting night that had taken so much from either of them. The front door unlocked and gently swung open. Both Gwen and Nancy now returned their home, both looking strung out. Nancy had lived quite the nightmare that night. She and her friend Quentin Smith had just barely survived the attacks of something they found hard to believe. A burned and deformed monstrosity of a man with a misshapen and swollen face and a glove of sharp razor bladed claws.
His Name was Freddy Krueger.
"I want you to go straight to bed, Nancy," Gwen said to her exhausted daughter who carefully walked by the hallway entrance. "Hey mom?" Nancy said weakly. Gwen stopped what she was doing and looked surprised at her. "Thank you," Nancy said, giving her a weak smile. Gwen smiled in relief, passing by a mirror as she went to put her coat down. Gwen stood up in front of it and started to say something to her daughter when Nancy saw the twisted and burnt figure of Freddy, wearing the same Christmas sweater stand up in the mirror behind her and bare his teeth like an animal. "Nooo!" Nancy screamed, as Freddy stuffed his sharp gloved right hand out of the mirror and into the back of Gwen's head, causing her eyes to explode into crimson red sludge. With her mouth locked in a mute scream, Freddy growled and pulled Gwen by her head inside the mirror, the glass that shattered outwards suddenly flying back into place. Nancy screamed, seeing thick globs of blood still smeared across it.
Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital
Dr. Kate Coleman's Office
3:33am
Dr. Kate Coleman was sitting in her office, reading about the murders that took place in the past few days. It had shaken up the town of Springwood to know of what happened to the 3 of these kids. "All these deaths are so close together," she whispered to herself, "Dean Russell, Jesse Braun and Kris Fowles, all deceased." She shook her head as she stared down at their obituaries, seeing that they were still so young. The newspapers had already deemed the still unknown killer as The Springwood Slasher. It freaked her out to think about, knowing that a killer was still out there with no physical description. That meant it could be anyone out there and the rest of society wouldn't know who it was. She heard the phone ring and answered it quickly. She heard a crazed wailing on the other side of the line.
"Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Kate Coleman speaking," she said softly. "Goody doc, you're still there!" Said a frantic voice on the other line, "This is Captain Isaiah Rousseau. I have kind of a large problem down here, I'm going to have to ask for your help!" "What seems to be the problem, Captain Rousseau?" she asked, sitting up. "We have a young girl down here that's hysterical!" Rousseau said, "Her name's Nancy Holbrook. She claims The Springwood Slasher attacked her. Her mother's disappeared and we found her blood soaked and screaming murder." "Oh God, you don't think she did it, do you?" She asked him, "It sounds like that kid's been through hell." "That's why I need your help, doc," he said, "You're the only one who can do it." "Alright, I'm on my way down," Kate said.
As she came out into the parking lot, all she could think of was the screaming on the other line that she heard. The poor girl sounded damn near catatonic from the sound of it. Kate knew she was going to have to be extra sensitive to this one, as she knew the unpredictability of one's lost sanity. She'd dealt with many patients in her field of expertise, so she knew how to handle them. This Nancy however, felt a little different from the rest of them. The way she screamed and fought the police at the station, she knew that Nancy actually believed that the Springwood Slasher was real. And if he was as real as everyone said he was, then the town was still in serious danger.
Kate sped up, anxious to meet young Nancy Holbrook.