The Dream Team-Part One: Return Of The Dream Warriors

by BazzCatgirl03

It's been eighteen months since the events of Dream Warriors, and Kristen Parker has the feeling that something is on the way till the night her nightmare comes true and the dream stalker comes back, with three injuries and a death, can she, the rest of the dream warriors, their parents and their friends stop him or is that the end of them and the junior population of the town.

3. 3: The First Group

The Dream Team and the Battle For Salvation

Warnings: I'm going to be giving eighty percent of the dialogue from the movies, but the rest is improv to make the story more interesting, as are the added scenes not put into the movie, as things start shifting directions, there's going to be a touch of paternal bonds between her and Gordon, which is where things are pretty light hearted, but the story starts turning serious once it reaches the aftermath of the first murder that week.

Disclaimers: I own nothing of the Nightmare on Elm Street series or the characters, they belong to Wes Craven and New Line Cinema. The story belongs to me everything else belong to the director and the movie company.

Chapter 3: The New Patient and the First Session

After hearing what I did from the kids I knew she'd never tell me what caused that nightmare and if was traumatizing enough I wasn't risking making her worse by that point at I answered Nancy's questions as I looked at her then.

"Two of the boys in group had the same reaction when the nurse tried to sedate them in the middle of it, and it took close to an hour to get it under control, whatever nightmare caused this though I can guess that it must have been traumatizing, because I haven't seen that in months." I told her and she nodded, since she looked like she had been studying pretty hard to know how to deal with a patient who was having a panic attack. "When did the boys get here?" she asked and Max answered that one.

"The others arrived six months ago, and now we got another with the same background. What the heck's causing those nightmares, because this is getting out of hand." he said and I nodded in agreement to that one as I looked at her and Adams to ask the next one, but before I could, she asked about the duo, who were dealing with it right now there."What caused that reaction in their case?" she asked and I sighed as I answered that.

"Kincaid also had his wrist cut and Joey had a scissor slash mark going up his arm and the stitches had torn open both times and one of these two brought it up in front of them and they panicked as well and it took nearly an hour to get it under control." I said and she nodded as I switched it back to what I wanted to know about this as I looked at her and Adams, since I didn't know the reason for this, but before I could, she stepped in a second time and looked at the guys. "Whose the idiot who said that in front of them?" she asked and I had to hide a smile at that as Max and Walter did the same.

"It wasn't me, our newbie did that and it took nearly thirty minutes to get it under control in Kincaid's case and close to an hour in Joey's." he said and she nodded. "Alright, in that case, nobody says that in front of them, because I can take a guess of what keeps causing that reaction with them, especially since you said they were having some very serious nightmares right now." she said and I nodded in agreement to that one as I changed the subject as I looked at her "What other reason aside from the anemia would cause her to collapse though?" I asked and she answered that one and I could tell she was already putting together whatever this was.

"She would have to be up for over a month to hit that, and if this has been gone on for more than four or five than combining that with the anemia would do it." she told me and I nodded. 'Kris I can feel your panic what's wrong?' I heard Kincaid call out and then I heard her voice shift then. 'He's close, I need back up in here or at least somebody wake me up.' I heard her say, before her voice shifted to total panic as I heard a mental scream then as I heard her shouting for help.

But before I could say anything to see what was wrong though, I heard her mental voice as it turned frantic then. 'Oh god, get away from me, help, wake me up, wake me up now!' I heard her mentally shout, before I could think back to her, we heard her scream and headed into the room she was resting in and saw her thrashing in her sleep, as I watched it looked like she was being attacked as I quickly shouted out orders before it lead to her tearing out those stitches a second time and I had to head it off.

'No help, leave me alone, get me out, wake me up, hurry!' I heard her shout again and that did it as I quickly snapped out orders then. "Wake her up!" I snapped, after what happened during the examinations and the stand off, I wasn't going to risk those stitches getting torn open for a second time and whatever nightmare this was-was traumatizing enough to make her want to stay awake for as long as possible and I knew we had another one, as I watched as Nancy took over as she gave her a shake and she sat up automatically Nancy pulled her into a hug at that as I looked at the others.

'Not again, I don't want to see that a third time, let me stay awake, please.' I heard her thinking and sighed as I knew what this meant, I had another one and whatever she was dreaming about was serious. Watching them together, I knew that whatever connection she had with our new patient it helped in calming things down before it got out of hand, as I watched her, I saw her resting her head against Nancy shoulder and I knew this was wearing her out as I heard her think softly as she buried her head into her shoulder,

'Nancy if you know about this and him, I can't take it much longer, these dreams keep getting worse, I need you, end them please.' I heard her think then, with hearing that, I knew she was suffering the same dreams as the sextet then and I also knew I was going to have to add her to the group as well as I motioned to Elizabeth into the corner.

"We definitely have another one here, and whatever last nights dream was about obviously was the trigger for this, forget the sedatives, I'm going to let her stay awake, because if we try to sedate her it will just cause another panic attack." I said to her in a whisper and she nodded as we watched them, the girl was worn out and with what we just figured out, we were going to have to watch over her for a few days in case she had a relapse. "Max come here." I said to him and he walked over to me then.

"What's up?" he asked me and I went into it. "We're going to admit her, she's in serious need of medical attention, so get the file work, and I'm going to have Nancy head over to her house so we can get this set up, for the time being we'll set her up in one of the rooms on the ward, while we deal with this." I said to him and he nodded as we started getting prepared for what this was going to lead to, since she was going to be worn out tonight and it was best if we remained on watch every night for that to, as this kept up since she was going to need time to heal from what went on today.

'Guys I've just been added to the group, I'll see you in a bit, because they just added a few issues of my physical condition so get ready, it's going to be a long week.' she said and I heard Kincaid answer her at that gently. ' Kris what do you remember if you used to call toddler me that, exactly, because one of my trio was a blond haired/blue eyed little girl, and her mother was my dad's best friend when we were little?' he asked and I figured they were now calling her by a new nickname then as she answered him at that.

'I remember a little black boy with chocolate brown eyes, if your father was my mother's best friend what's his name, because I remember a bit of it, but the memories are coming back, but I need to see you face to face to know that, especially if you're looking like a teenage version of him, because if your temper is anything like what I remember in him I'm not taking chances here, because everything I remember here is a piece of it and the duo said they look like their mother and father?' she asked and I heard a smile in his voice as he answered her, and I knew she was exactly what he needed then.

'My father's name is James, I'm Roland James Kincaid Kris, he looks like an older version of me, but if we get released, and we're really who we think we are to each other, this is going to give our parents the shock of their lives if we just found each other now.' he said and I heard a smile in her voice as she answered him at that.

'Well if we are, this means I get to see your parents and the quintet's parents for the first time in eleven years, mom's going to be thrilled at that when she hears I just found you, but first we need to confirm who we are to each other.' she said and then I heard a fourth voice get added to the conversation then. 'Kris, with the fact you just got added to the group, you'll be meeting all of us pretty quickly, if you need us with you, we'll be your body guards as you recover from this.' I heard from a voice I didn't recognize, before I heard Will's tone in shock at that, and I figured it was my fourth male patient.

'Joey, is that you?' Kincaid asked and I heard him answer that. 'Yeah Kin, it's me, but I'd like to know how I'm able to talk to you now when I wasn't able to before here, though we can understand each other right now, even though the bastard turned me into a mute.' he said and she thought it over, before I heard Will's tone of shock at that this.

"What the heck, how is that possible?' he asked and I felt a jolt of shock go through me at that. ' The bond between us activated a link, I can hear what he's thinking, buts it's a secondary connection, and through me you can hear his voice mentally, so we can talk to each other this way, but we better take a break here, I'll see you in an hour guys.' she said and then heard all three of them answer her together. 'See you soon Kris.' they called out together as it went quiet as I looked at her then.

While I was watching, Walter moved over to her and gently rubbed her back and she looked at him, almost like in recognition, before leaning her head against his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her as he held her and I watched her snuggle into his arms and hid a smile. 'Wait I know that hug, same day as the trial and mom introduced me to a friend of her, she said his name was Walter, Walter Bennett, that's just great.'

'I don't believe this, I'm finding people I haven't seen in eight to eleven years here, first Nancy and now Walter Bennett, I wonder if Jeff Brecker is also here, three connections to that day and hopefully that'll help, mom's pissed at not finding 'him' yet, if I can, that will help her later, because if I find him, that's going to help and if I found the sextet finally it's going to put our family back in one piece and I'm now finding and seeing people I haven't seen in eleven years, Jenkins is not going to take it well when he hears I found out where's he's hiding right now, if her remarks bring anything back where the trial was concerned after he nearly committed dad for that, because his department is getting swamped right now.' I heard her think gently as she curled up in his arms then.

'Walter is that really you, remember me, you have to, I'm the little girl who gave you that hug that day.' she thought leaning her head against his chest then. As I watched her with him, I knew she was starting to trust us now, and so far the ones who had earned it were me, Nancy, Max and Walter, and the four of us were going to make sure we kept it over the next few months as well, since with a girl who, from the looks of it was in emotional pain, needed a stable paternal figure and with that, it meant that we'd be taking that position during her time in here.

From the looks of it, she was beginning to trust the four of us already and if I was right about her feelings about me it meant our bond was going to be even stronger than the one with her father, who, if he had anything to do with her current emotions of what went on the night before, was going to be in big trouble with all three of us for the amount of emotional damage she was in to land her in here, since she was already beginning to connect to me, Max and Walter, and was already beginning to trust us as well too, so we just had to keep from doing anything to damage it, before I could think on it further, Walter's tone changed to concerned anger.

"Hang on a sec honey." he said and I moved over to them at that as I saw a nasty bruise covering a six inch patch of her upper arm, and it looked like she had gotten her shoulder squeezed to cause that as she looked at it as well and sighed, 'God not another one, you're going to get it for this, they already think I'm suicidal thanks to my father, if I have dig up everything I can on you, I'm finding out who you are, and then if my sister knows who you are you just gained her wrath.' I heard her think as I looked at it.

'What the hell, that wasn't there five minutes ago, Parker I swear if you're the one who did it you're getting you're head torn off when the guys and I get through with you.' I thought as I thought over the reason for why she put up so much resistance to being put under and decided to read through her record get it, before whatever caused that happened a second time and before she had a nightmare serious enough to tear out those stitches a second time, and I knew I wasn't risking a repeat performance then.

Thinking that over, I moved over to Adams to talk about that. "I think whatever triggered that last night is probably because of her father, from the looks of it her feelings are that of a child who is dealing with a case of paternal abandonment here, if she is turning to me, Max and Walter for this, and if whatever he did to cause this is what I'm thinking, I'm barring him from seeing her, to give her time to heal up from this." I said and she nodded as she passed me Kristen's medical records.

"You had it right, he took off on her when she was twelve, her feelings of abandonment have reached the point to where she needs a stable paternal figure in her life now, hopefully this will help her to heal up from that, before this gets any worse." she said and I nodded as I watched her. "Erin said she knew her parents, did she tell you anything on that?" I asked and she nodded with a sigh as she explained it to me.

"Her father wasn't around that much when they were little and she turned to the fathers of the rest of their gang, I'm guessing here, but I think the kids entire gang wound up in here, but we have to be sure of that once they see each other tonight, Erin turned her medical care over to me and Daniel during her recovery from this though, so we have to keep an eye on things here." she said and I nodded and went on.

"She has a bruise on her shoulder that looks like she got slammed into a wall and it better not be what I'm thinking here, because if her father is the one who did it I'm having him arrested for child abuse, because she is really shaken up from that nightmare." I said and she nodded in agreement, "If had been him, Daniel would have him committed by now for it and if she doesn't explain it to you, we will, but you're going to kill him when you hear this, because that was the last time she saw Donald."

"If it was her father he's probably taken off already before she arrived, but sooner or later we're going to find out what did that and when we do I'm going to kill him or them for hurting her." she said and I nodded in agreement to that one as I watched her with Walter who had his arms wrapped around her and her resting her head against his chest as he rubbed her back and smiled, her bonds with us were going to grow strong if she relaxed this fast as we ended our talk as I watched her gently, I knew she was worn out, but I was going to make sure I was there if she needed me over the next few days.

"Whatever toddler bond they had just reactivated itself here, because I could hear the noise through her of what was going on in the ward a bit ago, I also heard Joey from their mental link as well, his voice sounded pretty amazed that he could to talk to her that way and the duo were even more shocked at that, but they're looking forward to meeting her right now." I said and she nodded in amazement at that.

"Proximity range must have caused that here, she's three floors above the ward, but they can still feel the bond for that to happen and what was going on down stairs this time if you told me that?" she asked and I hid a chuckle as I answered that. "Will managed to hear her thoughts and they were talking it over before Kincaid answered her as well, his tone changing from the tough guy demeanor to a more gentle tone with her, as for the quartet, evidently Philip's been fooling around with the dominos again.

"It's the old chain reaction domino effect here, because the chain reaction jolt landed on something and threw the pillow out the door and it hit Jennifer this time and she started smacking him with his pillow, before Will went to talk to them and then a pillow fight broke out in his room, before Taryn ended it." I said and she nodded with a chuckle as she answered me then. "So what's the decision now where she's concerned?" she asked and I explained that to her.

"With her physical condition it's best she's recovering here, whatever bond I've got with her is similar to the one of her paternal figures had with her, so I'm filling in that spot while she's recovering from it here. It's pretty obvious she's in need of paternal attention. If she needs me, I'll take over here, but hopefully there's no further trouble here." I said and she nodded things had settled so far. "Alright so medical orders in her case if that bond triggers anything?" I asked and she nodded as she explained that.

"With her blood work like it is, nobody bring up the sedatives in front of her any more, because at her level the next big one is going to cut her strength in half, she needs to stay as calm as possible, if the kids hear this, I don't doubt they're going to start doing what you're doing in trying to head it off. And secondly, do not say or do anything that could cause her to panic while she's recovering from this, as for her bond with the sextet, if they're really back together, we better let them go at it for a while."

"Whatever anger she's holding in at Rick, she's holding it in too long and if the kids are really back together, they'll be able to cover that and you and the duo just fill in that portion of it for her, since the duo's fathers, by that I mean Roland and Joey, were just as close to her as Donald is, but hopefully it'll help." she said and I nodded in agreement to that as I watched her and then settled things as I saw Nancy get up then.

After an hour I went to talk to my new co-hart and we started talking about it as she wanted to know more about the kids. "Tell me about the kids." she said and I started on that. "Well they're survivors in a way, they're all severe sleep disorder, insomnia, narcolepsy, bed wetting." I said and she nodded as she read through the other one.

"But the nightmares are the common thread." she said and I nodded as I continued and I could tell she was putting it together while I said this. "Right, they seem to share a group delusion of a boogie man, or lack of for a better word, and they're all so traumatized they'll do almost anything not to sleep." I said and she looked at me at that one.

"Anything?" she asked and I motioned to sit down as I went into that. "We lost a kid about a month ago to Fairview, I don't know where he got the razors, but he cut off his own eyelids to stay awake." I said and she looked spooked by that. "Oh my god." she said and I nodded. "It shook the kids up pretty badly." I said to her and she nodded as I changed the subject. "Oh by the way that was really great work with her, pretty smooth for an intern." I said with a slight smile and she nodded.

"I've had some dealings with pattern nightmares." she said and looked at her watch, I knew with the fact she had to drop by Kristen's house to get the forms taken care of, she needed a check on the others before she got settled into working here, and with the fact she had already connected to our new patient, it wasn't going to take long before it settled into a normal routine.

"I've got to get going." she said and we both stood up before the bag fell over and emptied out, as I was helping her clean her things up I saw the pill bottle with the name hypnocil on it, and got a better look at it as I tried to figure why she would need or be taking that. "Well, be sure you check in with Max, and he'll give you the whole twenty-five cent tour and everything." I said and asked about that song next.

"Oh Miss Thompson." I started and she put a hold on that. "You can call me Nancy." she said and I smiled at that, and knew we were going to be on a first name basis now. "Alright than you can call me Neil, what exactly was that nursery song all about?" I asked and she had a slight smile as she answered that. "That is just something that the kids say to keep the boogie man away." she said and we separated as I looked up and saw a nun staring at me and when I double checked she was gone, and for a sec I though I was hallucinating after seeing that and went to my office to work on her record.

Before I left the hospital that night, I left my office and I decided to check on my newest patient, and found her talking to Jennifer and I smiled, I knew she was just beginning to relax, but I wanted to get to know more about her. "Hey girls." I said and they smiled. "Hi Dr. Gordon." they said together. "Kristen, I want to talk to you for a bit." I said to her and she nodded as Jennifer looked at her. "I'll join you for dinner Kristen." she said and Kristen nodded as she sat on her bed and I took the chair across from it.

"How are you doing now?" I asked and she relaxed slightly. "Alright, I'm a little wiped out, but the reason for what happened earlier was because I didn't want to go back to sleep after last night's nightmare." she said and I nodded as my suspicions were confirmed that she was just like the others with the nightmares and that there had to be a connection."How bad do these dreams get?" I asked her and she looked at me.

"Pretty bad, I just spoke to Jennifer and she told me that the others are dreaming about this guy as well, and I don't doubt that they're as determined as I am not to sleep." she said and I knew that the kids were going to be getting along over this, that is if they didn't drive each other nuts after several months in therapy. "What are your hobbies?" I asked her to change the subject and she smiled.

"I'm really good at sketches, and I like to read." she said and went over some of her background as well as I got to know her and I could see a quiet, but kind hearted girl who cared a lot about people, and knew that I wasn't going to have any problems with her, and with her personality, that the boys were going to grow very protective over the next few weeks. I also could see that our bond was going to grow really strong over the next few weeks there, I knew that as time went on I would be able to gain her trust, since I already had with the others, and if she and Jennifer had already connected.

It meant that it would be the same with Taryn and the boys, and whatever there was between them was going to grow stronger as time went on there, as well as the fact that there was the possibility of her growing attached, since I already had that issue with the other girls and I now had another one here as well, and this one I was going to grow close to as well, even if I was just getting to know her, and I could see she still had the young girl look to her and I felt the paternal side of me take hold when I was around her.

As I moved closer she leaned forward and I hid a smile, she was willing to trust me then, "Anything you remember from your childhood if you connected to her?" I asked and she shook her head. "It's there, but it's going to take time to sort through it." she said and I nodded. "Alright , I'll see you in the morning." I said and then gave her a hug and her response was burrowing into my arms and I knew she was beginning to trust me to respond to me like that, as I looked at her with a smile and then left her room.

After getting to my house that night, I decided to check out what that prescription was and put it into the pharmaceutical drive and it came up saying that it was for suppression of nightmares and dreams, after reading that I tried to figure out why she would need to do that, before I remembered she said she had experience with pattern nightmares and if that was the case she probably understood whatever the kids were dreaming about and used to have the same problem before she became an intern therapist.

Whatever it was probably matched up to the kids, but I wasn't sure yet, but after thinking it over I decided to put it out of my mind for the night while I dealt with how to handle things with my newest patient and how it was going to go while I continued getting to know her over the next few weeks there.

After a minute I grabbed her file and read through it a bit and saw the date of her birth as November and as that went through my mind I realized that not only was she the latest, but she was the youngest of the entire group, which meant that if the kids were together they were going to get overly protective of her especially in the case of the boys, so I had to keep an eye on that for a while as she was recovering from what went on that morning and hoped nothing happened.

The following morning after getting there I met up with Max. "Morning Max." I said and he gave me a smile. "Morning Doc." he said and I got started. "How did it go last night with Kristen?" I asked and he smiled at that. "I went to check on her around midnight and she had fallen asleep working on her sketch pad, whatever she was dreaming about gave her a problem, but she relaxed after a few minutes while I was sitting with her, she also turned into me when I started rubbing her back." he said and I nodded.

"I think whatever memories she has of her mother's friends we're bringing them out if she's beginning to connect to the three of us so quickly, Adams said her relationship with Nancy, Kincaid and Joey's fathers was strong, but if they're responding to each other like they know each other, that bond must be waking up now at the moment."

"But I can tell that the boys are going to get protective when they get to know her, how today's session is going to go is anyone's guess, but she seems to have a pretty good hold on her temper, but between you, me and Nancy, I don't think she'll have a problem trusting us, I don't know about Elizabeth though, since none of the kids trust her and Kincaid can't seem to get his temper under wraps when he is around her, so hopefully with Kristen in the group, she'll be able to help him control it." I said and Max nodded.

"Last night before light's out, I found her with Jennifer, Philip and Kincaid playing a game of poker, and he seems to be pretty relaxed around her, they were reacting to each other like they already knew each other, but they only just met, and I haven't seen him like that before, she had her head resting on his shoulder at the time." he said and I got it as I thought it over and decided to look through their family records and see what their connection was as the week started.

"How close are those two growing?" I asked and he smiled. "The bond is shifting from being friends to him acting like her older brother at this point." he told me and I smiled at that, with that information I knew the other boys were going to be the same way. "Anything else happen last night?" I asked and he nodded. "There was a brief dizzy spell, but the boys took care of keeping her from collapsing a second time, and Kincaid had his arms around her to head it off, with the way it's going they are going to be staying with her till she is fully recovered from what happened." he said and I nodded to that.

"If they're been beginning to get this close and he is now acting like her brother, it's a good chance they're are probably from the same background and were together for several years before now, and he's going to get overly protective if something else happens, if Erin's response to Nancy is anything to go by, but if the kids are acting like brothers and sisters, their toddler bond just woke up woke up last night." I said and he nodded in agreement to that after what went on so far and what we'd seen with them.

"Well whatever nightmares the others have, she has them as well, which explains what happened in the exam room yesterday, Jennifer filled her in and she is already making friends with the kids, I just hope nothing happens this week, whatever this about has to do with their shared backgrounds and I still can't put it together, hopefully with Nancy around she can fill me in on it." I added and he nodded with a gentle look then.

"Whatever she was working on the other night has to do with this, and if they are sharing nightmares, than there has to be a connection between them and we just have to figure out what it is." he said and I nodded in agreement as we thought it over, before I went into their first dinner together as a whole group as well."What went on last night during dinner?" I asked him and he couldn't keep from laughing as he answered me.

"Right after she joined them, they started getting into a debate, landed on some jokes and it ended up turning into a food-fight, it's almost like they knew each other before they met up now." he said and I smiled as I listened. "Well going by what we have seen since she arrived, I can tell this is going to be an interesting week, so if this bond keeps up they are going to be inseparable now, so it's best not to separate them." I said and he gave a nod of agreement as we separated and I went to check on Nancy and found her with Kristen and smiled, since Kristen looked like she was feeling a lot better now.

"Morning Nancy, Kristen." I said and Kristen gave me a smile, and I knew than that she was already beginning to trust me now as I stood against the side of her desk, leaning against it with a slight smile and I could see the way she had opened up and knew that it probably had to do with the kids and knew that whatever happened the night before had lead to her opening up as well as being able to relax around me as well and if it lead in the same direction it was going in it was going to get a bit crazy later on that day, and I was now about to act like a parent with what I just heard from Max and tried to keep it from going too far as well.

"I understand you guys got into a food fight last night." I said and she couldn't keep from laughing as she nodded. "Yeah we did, but it just happened all at once." she said with a smile as Nancy looked at her with an amused look."What caused it kiddo?" Nancy asked with a smile and I knew she was finding this just as funny as I was.

"Kincaid started making jokes to Taryn over something and the jokes started flying back and forth between them, Jenny, Will and Philip and she threw a roll at him and it hit Will instead and he retaliated and the next one hit Joey before it started flying back and forth as we went at it, but it was almost like this was normal for us."

"It's strange, but it feels like we already know each other, and when I got added to the group, I feel like they are more than my friends, but I can't put it together yet." she said to us and I nodded as I looked at Nancy and she gave a shake of her head to let me know she didn't remember either. "Well come on, we're meeting up pretty soon." I said and she nodded as she grabbed her sweater and we headed up to the group.

In the case of the new ones the first sessions were usually the meet and greet stage with the kids, but with the fact that they had met the night before it meant they were going through the usual debate contest here. As I looked over my shoulder I saw them in their seats and her sitting next to Nancy with a gentle smile, before seeing her trying not to laugh at whatever they were mentally talking about as I gave the word then.

Since this was routine, but today it meant it was either a debate or we were going to have a new bickering match come up between them, but I knew with their bond it was going to turn into a vocal free for all next. 'You kids better keep from getting too rowdy here, or you're all going to get it.' I thought as I hid a smile as I called out to start the session. 'Kiddo just relax, it's going to be fine.' I thought softly to her then as I said it.

"Okay, groups in session, straight talk only in this room." I said, meaning where my patients were concerned, I wasn't accepting any crude language in these sessions, since it tended to lead to a vocal fight next between then them, after closing the door, I headed to my seat and could see her shoulders a bit tensed and gave a gentle squeeze to her shoulder to help her relax and she looked up at me with a smile. "Today I'd like to start by getting us acquainted with our new staff member Nancy Thompson, let's make her all feel welcome." Elizabeth said and I decided to be the one to get it started.

"Now you already met Philip and Kincaid and of course Kristen." I said and they looked at each other with a smile as I continued. 'Somebody better watch the guy remarks guys, we don't need this turning into a vocal free for all.' I heard Kristen say and I knew they agreed with her on that as I finished my next statement. "Why don't you all introduce yourselves, Will how about you first." I said with a smile and he nodded as he got started with a shy smile on his face as he looked at her.

"Hi I'm Will Stanton, and I had a little accident as you can see, ended up in this chair." he said and Taryn responded to that with a defensive look. "Accident my ass, I thought you said this was supposed to be straight in here." she said and before I could answer that Kincaid took the bait. "Hey so he took a jump, at least he wasn't sticking needles in his arms with a bunch of low life's." he said and before I could end that argument Simms did it for me. "Alright save it Kincaid, Jennifer." she said and Jennifer did hers next.

"I'm Jennifer Caulfield and as soon I get out of here, I'm going to Hollywood to be an actor, I'm going to be on tv. "She said and he made another wise guy remark to that. "Yeah life styles of the rich and psychotic." he quipped and she snipped back at that. "Screw you." she said before she did Joey's for him then. "This is Joey, he used to be a debater in school, but now he doesn't very much." she said patting him on the shoulder.

"Taryn White, and the only reason I'm in here, is because it's a tad better than juvenile hall, also, because I'm going through some very strange shit." she said and Nancy turned to her. "Your dreams?" she asked and Taryn nodded. "Yeah and everyone has some bad dreams." she said and I saw Philip shift position as he decided to be the one to say it for all of them and I knew having the duo here was working so far then.

"May I interject here just to save us some time." Philip said and I gave a nod, and decided to let him vent. "Sure Philip go ahead." I told him and he nodded and got started and said it for all of them, his brown eyes blazing in frustration as he vented the first batch of frustration I'd seen in them since they ended up in the hospital at the time

"Well according to our kind hostess, our dreams are a group psychosis, sort of mellow mass hysteria, the fact we all dreamt about this guy before we even met doesn't seem to impress anyone." he said and they nodded as Jennifer said it for the sextet. "That's right." she said and than I heard Kristen say it to him. 'You better just go ahead and vent now Phil, you've been holding it in too long and we're checking our photos tonight. If we're family we just found each other.' She said and I knew they nodded as he finished.

"So we go in circles, making minimal progress with maximum effort." he said and she looked at him. "You won't be making any progress until you see your dreams for what they are." she said and Nancy turned to her, her voice turning cold. "And what are they exactly?" she asked her coldly as I heard the mental tone of anger at this. 'That bastard, all this time and he's the one killing seventy two teenagers around here.'

'Why the hell didn't they put it together sooner and put them on the damn dream suppressant, whoever is refusing to do so is getting charged with murder here. Simms I swear to god you ever say the trigger in front of her and I'm hauling your ass up on charges for nearly killing her that way. If she's my baby sister and they're my baby brothers and sisters, I lose any or all of them and you're being killed by our parents.'

'I don't believe this, my original enemy is now after my charges and she thinks their dreams are nothing but symptoms of personal problems.' I heard her think through Kristen. 'Thanks for giving me that show and tell Sis, don't worry I'm protecting you kids with my life here.' she thought softly as I waited for the alibi default remark then. "The by products of guilt, psychological scars stemming from drug abuse and moral sexual activity." Simms said and Kincaid remarked on that one sarcastically.

"Great, than its just my dick that's killing me here." he said and the quintet started snickering at that one, before Kristen shifted that. "I know most therapists look at things at the act of us being teenagers, and as teenagers we can't control our hormones. And we want the freedom to choose, Correct Doctor?" she said and Simms shifted position at the condescending tone in her voice at the remark as the sextet smiled at her then.

"When a doctor doesn't look further then their own theory, it just shows you don't have what it takes to helps us, Doctor. But let me narrow this down, but injuries that weren't there one day but showed up the next, Joey, check my shoulder." she said and he moved to look at it and his eyes narrowed. "Did he do that?" Will asked and she nodded gently. "Injuries not there one day, but show up the next." Philip said and Taryn went further.

"Sudden over excessive use of the natural stimulates: sugar and caffeine to stay awake." she said and Kincaid went on from there. "Mood swings and irritability, so short tempers and said are due to exhaustion, so we need to sleep, but we're afraid to." he said and Jenny went on from there. "Sticking in groups of five or more and not talking about it unless it's with someone that shares our problem." she said and Nancy added on to that.

"Singing songs from play we stopped doing by the time we hit our early teens." she said and Kristen took it a second time. "Creation of models or drawings of what's connected to that problem, say drawing the house you keep dreaming about." she said as she passed me a picture of the house she drew and I nodded. "Sudden flashbacks to the house in question, and panicking every time they hear the trigger words, and said."

"They're sleep or sedative, now any of this could point to something other then your theory now, but combined together. They point to something so serious that only a true person knowing pattern nightmare and was a victim themselves can understand it. That's why Jenkins asked Harris to send her here, Harris is a friend our grandparents. We're all comprised to the same block now and we all share the same problem here now."

"Learning she understands us, that's our only way to heal and recover." Kincaid said firmly and she nodded as she said it gently. "Kin don't go there, but at the moment you're right, but not in the way you're thinking here, but at times now. The truth is far more frightening then fiction, but every psycho killer in the movie world. They all followed a single pattern where murders are concerned right now at the time."

"Sex and drugs: yes, but the media in music: I don't think so, because all mass murderers, if they're taking on the icon of a movie mass murderer. They choose the movie rules, but break the rules and you end up dead in movies: Michael Myers. Pin head, Leatherface, Jason Voorhees, Charles Lee Ray, they all leave their signature. But Krueger's inspiration over Jesse last year now and Manneheim was his inspiration."

"But that's the root fact, we have the convent sometimes doing volunteer work here at the hospital, but half theology, half genetics. And that locked up facility on the grounds is a piece to his past now, but Krueger had this in him for years. Born the son of hundred maniacs, the psychotics in that tower raped his mother repeatedly." she said and I nodded in shock to how much my latest patient knew, regarding the town history.

"Who is this Krueger exactly anyway?" I asked and she explained that. "His name is Frederick Charles Krueger, to the adults in town, that's the local born adults. They called him Fred, the maniac was a filthy child murderer when he died, disappeared or whatever. But our dream menace adopted his demeanor some how, he killed one teenager, like 17 years ago, and then killed 20 children no older then 10." she said and I nodded to her.

"I see why you consider this guy the boogieman." Will said and she nodded. "Yeah that's exactly my point, whatever he was dressed in when he died that's the question. Who is our dream menace, what's his name and why are we all dreaming about him. That's the question now, if it wasn't for the fact now that Krueger and our dream menace. They're the very same man and he's got it out for us, for some reason now at the moment."

"And I did some added back logs here, but these movies all showed the exact same formula, but every victim ending up dead broke one rule or another right now. What I also noticed here is that every person that died, after Tina, Glen and Rod now. They're all part of one age group: us, how many deaths have there been prior to Nancy arriving?" she asked and Will crossed his arms as he answered her then as Philip smiled.

"In total we lost 108, plus 2 adults and the first was killed in her sleep the other looking like he got shish ka-bobbed in the shower. Jesse had the burn marks all over his right arm, and he also had been stabbed in the shoulder. And when our mystery character possessed him, but that's why he was scared to sleep, because he tries. And it leaves the door open for this Freddy guy to take hold and kill someone else next right now."

"Grady saw him as he was possessing him, the night of the riot at the pool party, and after two murders. He's scared out of his mind right now. That he tries again, and someone else could end up dead, are you skeptic when it comes to possessions, doctor?" he asked and Kristen covered her eyes. "I take it he told you that as well, because Lisa and Kerry were traumatized that night?" she asked and they all nodded to her gently.

"Yeah they did, Jesse's the one that put himself in Fairview here, though he finds out you replaced him and Dean they're not taking chances right now. If you guys know each other, then again it shouldn't surprise me right now as what link we have. That's the key, but it might have to do with the house, but that's what it looks like, now. And after ten months of deaths and murders here too." Will told her and she nodded to him gently.

"Yeah it's linked to the house, but there's ten pieces that fall into it and here's the exact truth as every adult town born obviously never wanted to remember what they did. Blocked it out and then made a pact that what happened was never to be told to us as the next generation, but here's a question for you. Why am I the last of the block to end up in the hospital right now guys?" she asked and the sextet exchanged looks at that.

"No offense Doctor, but I'm not so sure of that, your theory, like Grant's, because if you looked at the clues more closely now. But these dreams are not the symptoms or problems, they're the cause of them, for us who were born on the block. That's the link and checking out addresses, I discovered their previous owners at every house. And on the block, starting with the previous owners of 1428, which happens to be Nancy now."

"Glen, Rod and Tina are across the street from his old house and the seven of us were scattered around the block. But Joey lived next to me, Taryn across the street from me and the quartet just up the block from us. That the real connection now, but injuries that weren't there one night, but showing the following morning. Panic attacks at hearing the trigger word, the fact that us seven grew this close this fast right now. So one night."

"Nancy, what's this saying to you, if Tina told you the exact same thing, as you tell her you have these dreams as well?" she asked and Nancy smiled. "It says that we can't talk about our dreams to anyone, but someone that shares that same problem. You hear me finishing off that song and then what happens last night ties us together. You know I know just who this lunatic is, as you heard his remark, followed by mine, Kris."

"Pattern nightmares, just another word for we're all linked and I come back at the peak of his situation here, and just in time to get reunited with you guys. I share your dreams, I'm one of you." she said and the seven nodded in agreement smiling at her. "Mom hasn't seen your father in 4 to 5 years Nancy, but I think your quartet and mother. Is the reason for that and as a result right now here at the moment now, as to why."

"It's because of several blows to the heart emotionally, but your father hears that our possible old neighbor and family nemesis is at it again. And he's going to finish whatever it was he started, but it's these psychiatrists that have low opinion of us. But every psychiatrist that was theorizing it and my previous one, Grant, said it to your theory." She said and Nancy smiled as she answered that as I hid a smile as she answered her.

"Which was what exactly?" she asked and she smiled. "Sex, drugs and rock and roll, but running my own studies the last ten months since the nightmares started. I discovered something interesting here, regarding psychological disorders of a horror movie. And the masked murderer, and this is what I discovered now, but her theory, his theory. Now is connected to the horror movie genre survival rules." she said and he smiled at that.

"But 1) you can never have sex, 2) never drink or do drugs and 3) never, ever say I'll be right back, because you won't be back. And I bet Gillis or the cops never did forensics on that switchblade, but here's my view of Rod Lane, who I saw three years prior to that. But though he had the bad boy demeanor, he'd never hurt anyone, and it's because as a result of his arresting and putting anyway Adam he bought that knife to protect himself."

"From Reynolds hired hands at the time, but if we have a leak in the precinct and it's enough that it's going to get someone killed here. But the members of the gang at the trial were me, you, Philip, Jenny, Taryn, Rod, Tina and Glen, or in adult version..." she said and Nancy nodded as she finished that. "Our parents, and my dad was sergeant when we arrested Adam at the time." she said and Philip smiled at her gently at that.

"What you want a bet that with three dead, who's left on that guys hit list with us back together Kris?" he asked her and the girls exchanged looks at that. "You, me and the trio, little brother, so Anderson, as in Judge Anderson?" she asked and and he nodded. "Yeah that's me alright Nancy, but if you turned our parents into children and exchanged eye colors, that's us, her mother and my dad as kids now." he said as she finished that.

"We're them as teenagers, but one night together and here's the result, we're acting like our parents again, but the added truth is our parents were twins. Mom's maiden name was Anderson, but I took after my mother so much now. Here's the result, so you here the amount of racket later, that's our parents when when they start going at it." she said and he started laughing at that as he looked at her with a brotherly look in his eyes.

"But everything's compiled to the fact that truth is far more frightening the fiction, and, until 10 months ago, Philip never sleepwalked either. So Nancy, what's the root cause for that exactly?" she added and Nancy nodded firmly. "The nightmares themselves right now." she said and they both nodded. "Bingo, every situation regarding sleep disorders, it's all centered around these nightmares as a result, but until they started now."

"We grew up normal, after the pool party things get started and one by one, everyone of us gets admitted to the hospital here. But these dreams are not the symptom now either but the cause, but the fact we all dreamt about him, before finding each other is simple. He's targeted the entire block and as a result, we find each other, and learn we have someone that understands our feelings, as a result, it's we start bonding like this now."

"But as the bond gets deeper, we discover something else right now, and it's that unknowing or not, he just reunited us, the seven of us. And it's because we're not simply just meeting, we had been together, from birth, raised together, since we were born. Our bonds are that of siblings, so nightmares and in turn we get reunited with each other." she said and Philip and Will exchanged grins at her way of putting it as he said it.

"Thank you, that's what I've been trying to say all along here, but the connection between us, what's the connection?" he asked and she looked at him smiling. "Same block, Freddy Krueger lived at 1428 Elm Street before whoever got the house next. Leading into when Jesse moved to town." he said and I watched Simms shook her head. "This character was a piece of that psychosis." she said and Kristen shook her head.

"Anybody better double check this right now, but our families have been friends for years, and for whatever reason this guys haunting us. It's because of single thing, or more accurately two now, but 1) our parents and the town government. They take his child away from him and in turn he takes us away from our parents. In the worst way possible, 2) his block kills him and he starts with us." she said and Philip finished that.

"And he's a real person, as to how I know, my friend Lisa Polletti did research on him, as well you ever wonder why the plant looks like it got burned to to the ground. Because that was 12 years ago, and the only thing left is the metal catwalks and such?" Philip asked and she shook her head. "Lisa, you know Lisa?" Kristen said and he nodded. "I do and Jesse was my best friend, before I met Kin." he said and she nodded in amazement.

"Then I guess with our friend in common with each other now, your dad's an army ranger and his dog was his partner. But K-9 unit, just before he got Jerry II when we were 12." she said and he smiled and nodded to her. "Yeah that's what happened, and if you know that, then I guess you got a photo of my grandfather. And when he was our age?" he asked and she nodded. "I do, but he looks like you." she said and he smiled.

"Then I'm the cub version of dad and our grandfather, if I just got you back sis." he said and I looked at him at that. "Sister?" I said and she smiled. "Cousin actually, if you add the thirty years to each of us, you got us looking like the parent we take after the most. To us, him and me, we were closer then close, more then cousins, but like brother and sister, he was born first and I was next, but to keep this going right now."

"Philip has a point though, we were all dreaming about this guy before we met, so there has to be a connection between us." Kristen said and I watched as Philip gave her a smile. 'Thanks I needed someone to say that, I've been holding it in since I met this woman and having you back is helping me get it out finally.' he said and she smiled as Jennifer answered her aloud as Kristen said it for her at that remark smiling.

"Hold up Doctor, look at the facts here, where horror movies are concerned the first of the series covers two of three things in your theory. Sex and drugs, Tina's biggest mistake was giving up her virginity and it kills her, life's one big movie. And our genre just got chosen for us, the second piece was, in the follow up and that was last year. But the body count is always bigger, I'm jumping over rule two, as we lost 20 people."

"At the pool party along with our gym teacher, but never think the killer's dead, or you're going to get a nasty surprise and I think we hit a trilogy here next." Kristen said and I exchanged looks with Nancy at that. "How do you know so much about this?" she asked and she smiled. "Mom was teaching me in criminology, the last time I saw you and your dad was at Adam's arraignment." she said and Nancy nodded as she went further.

"But 1) the killer's going to be superhuman, so if shooting or stabbing him doesn't work, it's explosions, decapitation, or cryogenics, I'm talking liquid nitrogen in that area. But a person's past is going to come back to haunt them, and finally anyone including the main character is open season. With what we saw last night, I think that explains his anger at seeing you, because you're the title character." she said and Nancy nodded to her softly.

"And if these guys at the precinct had bothered to watch prom night, that would save time as well. Because the formula is pretty accurate as to why those of us that were born or raised on that block are the target and of 11, we lose 3." she said and Nancy nodded. "I'm guessing that explains why you were talking this over last night, as one by one all of you end up in here and then I arrive as well." Nancy said and she nodded to her gently.

"Yeah and I heard that after a dream test at the Katja center for sleep disorders, that the girl that got the test ran ended up with several knife marks her arm. Before pulling out our dream menace's hat." she said and Nancy looked at her in shock. "How'd you find out about that exactly?" she asked and Kristen smiled. "Because right after your mother called your father, she called my mother and I was in the room for the phone call."

"I'm guessing the rumors about 1428 elm street are not rumors, but 60% true aside from the fact you never saw Glen getting killed by this guy. And your mother died in her sleep, right, and as for reason #2, that explains the panic attack yesterday. Because I didn't want to see whoever it was that he killed here, we all share the same link. And you understand us, because you dealt with it too?" she said and Nancy's eyes softened then.

"You didn't know what happened to the rest of the block until you saw me yesterday, followed by the guys. But two of three are connected to you, in fact your father's quartet are me, Kin and Joey." she said and Nancy nodded to the news. "Your father's, guys and your mother, Kris, it's coming back now?" she said and Kristen nodded. "Yeah it is, but my bond to Kin, it's the same for our parents here, which explains last night."

"But the last memory I had of mom and his father going at it, was him scaring her enough she backed into Jared and knocked them both into the pool at my house. But my place is where Pollettis live now." she said and sextet started laughing at that. "Whatever happens next better not end up in the showers here guys. Because we wind up in the middle of it and get hit, whoever did it is big trouble." I said in response with a smile.

"If this was hereditary, get ready for the reaction, because when mom went firebird, it took five minutes for the guys to call a cease fire. But what you see between us is what our parents were like at this age, Doctor." she said and Joey covered his eyes and I knew he was trying to keep from laughing at that. "Then I hope Walter tells me some of that, before the guys and I end up in the line of fire." I said and the trio nodded smiling then.

"Joey come on pull yourself together, man." Kincaid said with as he tried to get it together. "Alright subject change, before he dies laughing." Taryn said with a chuckle then. "Taryn at the rate this is going if we just found each other again, and I know that you two were my best friends as toddlers, but my mother had a picture of me. And ten others in the living room here." she said and Taryn nodded as her eyes narrowed then.

"Wait, wait, wait a second here, Taryn you said your last name was White, Jenny, yours was Caulfield, right?" she asked and they nodded. "Here it comes, what are you thinking exactly?" Nancy asked and she smiled. "I'm thinking that the last time I saw all of you was 8 years ago, but not you two specifically, but your mothers. You two, Sarah, John and Peter as well as your dad, Nattie and Jeff." she said and Nancy smiled at the remark.

"And it's starting to come back, but add the years from 8 year old me to this me now Nancy." she said and Nancy nodded as she got a better look at her and covered her eyes and I knew she was trying to hold it in at that. "As well as your dad Philip, like I said my maiden last name was Anderson and my grandfather. His name was Judge William Dragon Anderson, your father's old high school nickname was Cannonball as well too."

"But Raging Bull Kincaid, Daredevil Thompson, Hardball Crusel, Cannonball Anderson and Rock Stanton. And as for the the two of you, it's Whiplash White and Rocket Caulfield and, as to why, when she does pitching you better stand back. Because her fastball is enough it could break every bone in your hand or wrist. And Claire let's you have it then results, if you're the goalie, it's like you got a whiplash from the strength of her kick."

"But do the names sound familiar in high school to college here guys?" she asked and the trio nodded with smiles at the news as the girls exchanged smiles. "There a reason Damian got that name in the first place?" I asked and they started laughing as she answered me. "He tended to act like the human cannonball in the circus when doing plays and to the point the head but resulted in a cannonball type of blow to the head."

"As a result here, so any person seeing him getting ready to charge down the field quickly got out of the way." she said and I nodded with a chuckle. "I know I'm going to regret asking this, but what's yours?" Taryn asked and she chuckled. "Firebird Anderson." she said and I nodded with a bemused smile at that. "Well that explains the food fight, alright who started it last night?" Nancy asked and she chuckled as she said it.

"Kincaid did, but he turned the Phoenix flame on himself, Nancy." Will said for her as he and Taryn started laughing at that and we nodded. "Yeah and it results in a free for all here, but get that under control before she beats the crap out of you son. And with the pillows, would you please, I mean come on, one night together and already it's turning madhouse here, guys I know we just put you together or your gang back in one piece."

"But I see a blow up when you guys are going at it and you're going to get it, and I mean that, young lady. Especially if I'm the one getting hit by whatever was thrown and I mean it here." I said as I looked between the seven as I tried to keep from smiling at the playful looks on their faces at this. "And never mind the blame game, whoever started better fess up or you're really going to get it guys." I added as I looked at her gently.

"So firebird, as in Phoenix flame, explosion?" I asked her and she nodded as Philip started laughing. "Kin whatever you do, don't turn tick her off or you're getting the flame on full blast for testing her patience right now. Though I bet if our fathers were pulling several crazy stunts at work our mothers were ready to put them in traction for it." he said and she started laughing at that and nodded as she answered him smiling.

"Yeah and that's why we're acting like this together, now, but that's the link, the connection snapped back into place guys. But the link is hardwired to two things, but one, same block and the other, the other is a familial connection. Whether your parents know it or not by my being the last to arrive the gang is back together, now. Our parents are the best of friends, you five specifically are my adopted relatives."

"But first was the Thompsons, then the Kincaids, Crusels, Stantons and Caulfields, whatever reason caused the separation it's tied to the fact. Now, that whoever this Freddy guy is, it's linked to the block and why our parents told us never to go there. And for whatever reason, possibly bad memories, but 2 murders on the block 6 years ago. Jess gets hit next and it turns into brushfire." she said and the sextet nodded to her.

"Jess, who's that exactly?" Taryn asked and she sighed. "Who ended up at Fairview exactly, because two of my friends have been missing. And for the better part of seven months and Dana's boyfriend was Derek Jacobs, but Jesse Walsh, Dean Philips. And Derek Jacobs, the riot at the pool party was just the beginning. But that explains this, but next question is why put us together, now?" she said and the girls nodded to her.

"Jesse Walsh, you don't mean what happened last year is connected to this, he never told us the added truths to that. But is Jesse Walsh this same Jesse who was a member of the group here?" Will asked and she sighed as she explained to him. "Yeah and every time he blacked out the bastard took total control and Schneider. If Freddy is this Freddy Krueger and I had this on me, Lisa gave me the diary." she said and I took it then.

And read the pages as I felt the trepidation growing in me as it started making sense now to me what this was. "That's my diary when I was your age guys, I guess Jesse chose my bedroom, but he's linked to us like you are. But that block is a minefield if you cross the threshold of the house, and let me take a guess. Your dreamscape is the house, if that's how I ended up inside it." she said and Kristen nodded as Jennifer said it.

"Well whatever connection is between us, has to do with whatever our parents are hiding from us, then again I'm not surprised right now." Jennifer said to her and Will nodded, and I could tell that this conversation was from the night before. And it now landed it in the room with us and it was getting interesting as well and I watched her. As she got into the conversations as well now, and was hiding a smile as she got involved in it too.

"How did you guys wind up in here?" she asked and Will told her the truth, but the way she asked it told me she was trying to keep from laughing and I figured that they had already told her. "You remember when Kincaid said that I took a jump, well he wasn't lying, the guy through me out of my bedroom window." he said and she nodded as Kincaid started on his. "I wasn't sure of what happened but I woke up with my wrist slit open." he said and before Philip did his, Simms put a hold on it.

"Guys, I think we better go into this later." she said and we restarted on the current argument, as Kincaid looked at her with a smile. "I take it you want to be a detective?' he asked and she chuckled. "Kind of, but considering that we are in this together, it's best if we know what we are dealing with before it starts getting out of hand." she said and Nancy and I exchanged smiles as we listened to the kids banter, it was obvious to me that her connection with the kids was going to grow strong.

"So Taryn, what's your area?" she asked and Taryn couldn't keep the smile off her face and I could tell she was about to start laughing and they were messing with each other as well during this conversation as I tried to keep from smiling as I listened to this and knew Nancy was as well, but this was getting more and more interesting as we watched. "Self induced therapy, better stand back now." Nancy told me and I nodded with a smile.

"Same issue as yours actually, although why I chose this is beyond me, it seems like what ever the connection between us is, it has to do with the model you built the other night and this lunatic, and he is targeting us for some reason, and if I have to guess, it has to do with the street that house is on." she said and before the guys got involved in their conversation I decided we better call it before Simms lost her temper before the end of this, though Nancy and I were both trying to keep from laughing at this, before I could say anything though Jennifer looked at her with a grin.

"So you think this will cause a problem?" she asked and Kristen grinned back at her. "Maybe and maybe not though in our case who knows." she said and the seven of them started laughing at that and I decided to end that before they started getting into a playful fight as I looked at Nancy who had a smile on her face knowing she found it just as funny as I did and I knew this was about to start getting out of hand in the conversations, because I could see it in Kincaid's face he was ready to go at her and knew she was going to lay into him for teasing her like that.

"Okay you two, that's enough of that." I said as they nodded and I could tell they were trying to keep from laughing as she answered me with a playful smile on her face, 'Oh boy here it comes, guys enough already.' I was thinking as she got started and I could see that the kids were about to start laughing at this. "Guys I know where this conversation is going next, don't try it." I said to them and she smiled at me at that.

'Kiddo you are asking for a serious tickle torturing now watch it or you're going to get it.' I was thinking as I looked at the duo and she had a smile on her face as she answered that and I knew she was holding in her laughter and so was Taryn who had a smile on her face as it started. "She started it." Kristen said and I was now holding in my laughter at that one, "No I didn't" Taryn said and it started going back and forth a bit.

"Yes you did." Kristen said and I was holding it in as Taryn started "No I didn't." she said with a grin and she started heating up for this. "Yes you did?" Kristen repeated and Taryn smiled and I knew they were both trying to keep from laughing as she answered her, "No I didn't." she repeated and that started things between them. "Did" Didn't" "Did" "Didn't" "Did" "Didn't" "Did" Didn't", before it switched gears. "Didn't" Kristen said and Taryn responded to that. "Did, aw man, alright you got me here." she said smiling.

"Guys that's enough of that." I said again and it started a second time. "She started it." Taryn said and they went at it a second time, but before it could go further I said it again as I tried to keep from laughing as I did it, since I had never seen the kids like this before and from the looks of it, with her in the group their bonds as a gang and maybe brothers and sisters had started and fallen or re-fallen into place for them to act like this and it was now getting out of hand in the conversations between them, as I tried to keep my voice under control as I ended that bickering match.

'Oh man I haven't seen them like this is in a while, but kiddo you keep that up and you are going to get it big time, so watch it or you're going to get it.' I thought as I hid a smile as I looked at my youngest in a playful sparring match with who was probably her older sister. "Guys enough." I repeated and the boys and Jennifer started laughing at that and she gave me a smile and I hid mine knowing she was going to try it with me now and if she did I was really going to let her have it, as I looked at her I thought it over, as I hid a smile as I looked at her then.

'Young lady, you keep that up or try that with me and I'm going to give a round of tickle torture you'll never forget, now watch it.' I thought as I looked sideways at her and knew she was holding in her laughter, since I knew she could hear me thinking that to her and I also knew she was trying to get it started for a second time, this time with Kincaid who had a smile on his face and I knew he was going to go at with her, and I tried to hold in my laughter at this entire conversation between the trio as I watched them, knowing if she kept it up I was going to give it to her for playing games with me like this.

'Here we go again.' I was thinking as I decided to head off a playful bickering match and end the session while I was at it, since my youngest was now trying to start something, as I tried to hold in a smile and knew if she kept it up with me I was going to let her have it later, since though I didn't know if she was ticklish or not, I was going to let her have it for playing with me like that, since this happened every time I had to deal with a new member and I was used to it, but in her case, I was going to push it up a bit to really cause her to start laughing as I did it. While I was thinking this she looked at me,

'Keep that up kiddo and I'm going to get you later.' I said to her and she nodded with a smile, our bond was growing stronger by the hour and I knew she understood what I was telling her with just my eyes to know she was on the edge of getting tortured a bit if she kept up the wise guy attitude with me, though I was going to drop by her room before I left that night to see her again and give it to her for playing with me like that.

Because if this kept up I was really going to let her have it, and I wasn't the only one either, the guys and I had the same response to being hit in the middle of their fooling around and it lead to being tickle tortured and the kids tried to stay out of range in case one of us wound up in the line of fire, but we've gotten hit a few times and it always resulted in the same consequence.

While I was thinking that I decided to end things for the day and I knew the seven of them were going to start playing around for a while, and just let my patients just go at it for a while, knowing we were going to have a bit of a warzone in the ward later on that morning and if it kept up that afternoon as well, but either way if she kept it up I was going to let her have it, and if she was as bad as they were when it came to being ticklish she was going to have tears in her eyes from laughing so much when I got through with her, since I was really going to let her have it that night.

"Alright you guys session is over, we can pick it up in the morning." I said and they nodded as they left the room as a group. Before I saw Philip move to her and she wrapped her arm around his back and I hid a smile. As I listened to his conversation with her then. "You got those photos, though Kris, I want to see them, if there's one of us four together, you, me, Aunt Elaine and dad." he said and she nodded to him gently.

"Yeah I do, but all I need is what's in my heart to know I just found you again cousin, I'm not losing you after I just you back." she said and he pressed his forehead to hers in response. "Me too, I'm not losing you again, Kris, I'm glad we just got back together, you're my sister in addition to cousin." he said and I hid a smile. "Hey guys, group meeting in our room, we better go over this." Kincaid said and they both nodded to him.

As they left the room together at that and I smiled at that. "Well I can see she is going to be the ring leader for the group." I said with a chuckle and Nancy nodded. "Is there a connection between them and you though?" I asked and her and she nodded. "Well that's a switch up from the norm, her arriving eased up things right now. And you with her, I've never Philip and Kincaid like this before." I told her and she nodded, smiling.

"Like I said I've had dealings with pattern nightmares and there is a connection between them." she told me before Simms looked at her in confusion. "In truth, if they're cousins, their brother/sister bind snapped back into place, but we got to read that part of her medical records." She told me in a whisper and I nodded to her. As Simms looked at her and I knew she was getting suspicious of the fact she was able to connect to the kids.

And so easily and why Kristen and the kids were now joking around with each other or the fact she and Kristen had grown so close and I knew if it lead in the direction it was going in, we were about to have a few pranks come up that morning and later on that day, on top of practical jokes and whatever else they had planned, and knew my youngest was healed a bit emotionally to make that remark to me a lot.

Though I was used to the new ones getting smart with me in these sessions, I wasn't expecting it on the first day in her case and I wasn't letting this keep up, because if I had to deal with another wise guy response from her or another playful bickering match with her, I was going to let her have it and keep it up till she said she would end it, I was now pretty sure she was growing even more attached than any other new patient would have and if I was right about her father, he was going to be in big trouble with me later.

For whatever emotional damage he inflicted on her I knew I was going to have to reverse during her time here as she recovered from her condition that week while she healing up from the amount of damage her system had taken, while I was thinking that one over, I decided I was going to have a look at her record. "I take it her playing with you like that is going to get her a bit tortured later?" she asked with a smile and I nodded with a chuckle as I answered her.

"I've had to deal with kids who give off that kind of playful attitude a few days in and I get it on the first full day she's here, and I think Kincaid is rubbing off on her for that, because if she keeps that up I'm going to let her have it later, and I will drop by her room tonight before I leave to give that warning." I said and she nodded with a smile.

"How many times does that happen with the new ones?" she asked and I smiled. "A lot, and with her hanging out with what looks like her brothers and sisters, she is going to get cheeky with me and if she tries that, I'm going to let her have it and keep it up till she decides to not do that any more." I said and she nodded and I knew she was trying to keep from laughing at that.

"What's the capital punishment for getting smart or getting hit with whatever they were playing with here when it comes to you guys and any other orderly who spends time with them?" she asked and I started laughing as I answered that, because out of the members of his staff who spent time with the kids it was Walter, Jake and Eric, and they all had the same response to being hit with a pillow or smart remark we did, while Jeff tended to get involved and it lead to it getting out of hand in the process if the pillow fights start getting more rowdy in the process and I've gotten hit a few times when that happened and I went after my twenty-five year old friend and gave it to him for that since he was as ticklish as they were.

"A round of tickle torture and if they keep it up, Max and I just add on to it the point to where they try not to do that twice, since the others got hit about fifteen times each, and in her case she's about to get and if she keeps it up we're going to go at her later on." I said and she nodded as Simms changed the subject as she looked at me and went into the changes in the group and where it would lead here, knowing this was part of the bonding process between me and the kids and it tended to get out of hand, and in our newest ones case she was reaching the point to where I was going to give it to her and keep it up till she tried not to get smart with me any more as things kept up.

"I think whatever happened last night started something between them, because she is a lot more relaxed now than she was yesterday and I haven't seen them that comfortable with a new member in the group, let alone Kincaid answering a question that easily without a blowout, either her bond with them changed something in him or there's something else going on, but whichever it is, I hope this doesn't start getting dangerous." Simms said and I looked at her at that statement, since I could easily see that their bond had changed to a brother and sister bond, and so could Max and Nancy, and we all could tell the bonds between the group were getting stronger every hour now.

"With the fact that she has had a chance to rest and whatever came up, it's going to help in case anything else comes up, but there won't be a problem and it won't get dangerous, she has already managed to curb his temper and with the way it's going I don't think it will cause problems, the girls are growing closer, and the boys are getting protective of her, and now the next question is why." I said to her and she looked at Nancy with a suspicious look.

"The kids aren't usually so relaxed around new comers, so what is going on here?" she asked and Nancy sighed as she looked at her and I could tell she didn't trust Simms either. "Why the heck would it get dangerous the kids are enjoying just being normal teenagers for once, and whatever is connecting them together probably has to do with their background." I said to her and Nancy added on to that with an irritated look on her face as she looked at her as well.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you, and Taryn was right that it had to do with the model that the house was based off of, as for things between me and them, I'm not sure yet, and I'm still trying to figure that out." she said and left it at that as I looked at her with a smile, since we already knew the reason and where it was leading, and in Kristen's case it was going to get very strong as a result, because if I was right, they were more than friends and probably had grown up together. "Elizabeth we need to talk." I said to her firmly and she moved into the corner for that as I walked over there and dropped my tone while Nancy moved into the hall.

"Was that really necessary, the kids are growing closer because of whatever is connecting them together, and there is more of a chance of someone else getting hurt than one of them hurting each other right now, the boys are getting even more protective of her, because I don't doubt she probably told them the reason for why we have been watching over her and they're now helping in keeping her from getting worse, if what Erin told us yesterday is true they did spend a lot of time together."

"There is an even bigger chance they were probably raised together and that bond got re-established now that she is here with the way they are with each other, so stop being overly critical." I told her and she sighed as she told me her thoughts on this and I waited to hear her excuse on it. "I'm just getting worried with his gentleness with her, I'll try to take it down a bit, but something is going on and I'm trying to figure this out." she said and I nodded as I answered that I looked at her.

"My best guess here is they probably did grow up together before they met up now and if that is the case, then they found each other again, which could explain this. I know you're worried about this, but it's not going to be a problem, Kincaid is probably the one she was closest to out of the group when they were little if he's that protective of her now and it's probably the same with rest of the boys. So for the time being I'm just going to watch them as they hang out together as things keep up today, but by the looks of it it's going to lead in the direction of one of them starting something in the bedrooms and if that's the case, stay out of range later on."

"Max said that they were messing around last night, but I don't think it's going to further than practical jokes or anything else along the lines of normal teenage fooling around." I said and she smiled at that one, since we hadn't seen it going too far yet, but if it lead in the same direction, it would and if it did it was about to turn into a war zone on the floor if they started something, the kids were only just adapting to a new member and by the looks of it.

"I just hope it doesn't turn into a mad house because if it does we are going to wind up in the line of fire, she's barely been here for 24 hours and the changes have been working out so far, one of the four of us is going to have to tell them to keep it under control though." she said and I nodded as we ended our conversation before I turned to Nancy as I went into the hall with her.

"I think that their bond must have triggered something here, because I haven't seen them like this in three months, and with her as a member of the group, I'm sure things are going to get interesting today as a result of it." I said and she looked at me with a smile at that. "Yeah well, if what we heard over what happened at dinner is anything to go by it's going to be like that all day." she said and I nodded as we went into what she told us in Nancy's office before the session that day, and I was glad she was beginning to relax around me now, I also knew that she was beginning to grow attached and if it kept up she would never want to let me go.

"With what she said before we had today's session is anything to go by as well, I think their bond must have established itself after what happened at dinner last night, and she probably opened up to them over her feelings of what those blasted dreams were doing to her, and Kincaid is now acting like her older brother and I can tell it's the same for the boys as well as Taryn and Jennifer are now acting like her sisters and if this keeps up they're going to be inseparable now." she said and I nodded in agreement to that as I thought that one over, as I left the room and was heading into the ward I heard a couple tones of laughter and I tried to stay out of range in case something went flying out the door, in their portion of the ward and dorms, and made sure I was where I wouldn't wind up in the line of fire if one of the kids started something over there.

When it came to the teenage ward most of the adults treated their rooms as dorms and in our case, we were their guardians when they were under our care and with the current group, I had grown really close to them and vice versa, and was determined to keep them safe, even if I didn't know what landed in them in here yet. For the current moment, making sure none of them tried anything too crazy at the moment was my concern and if what happened the night before was any indication, it meant these kids were about to start acting like they were ten rather then their real age and it would lead to a lot of fooling around that morning and afternoon.

With the kids now a whole group again from the looks of it, because if I was right they had found each other again and this meant they were finally a whole group or gang again after eleven years of separation, and if that's what it meant than it was about to turn into a mad house on the floor and with the bond between them, which was strong and from what I'd seen so far would only get stronger if they kept it up like this.

And I knew it was going to even stronger stronger as the day went by, but whatever was going on between them was going to lead to Max and I winding up in the cross fire, and we had to stay out of range in case anything went flying out of the rooms in the middle of it while they were talking or whatever was going on in there, and I could tell that sooner or later the food-fight could start a second time and I didn't want to get hit if something was thrown out the door, after hearing Philip's chain reaction pillow toss the day before and I wasn't risking being the next one who got hit by it as I checked it out.

After heading into the hallway I was going to talk to Max and saw Kristen coming out of the boys bedroom and saw something go flying past her and went to see what was up and got a better look at what it was and saw a paper ball on the floor, and I could tell she was ready to throw it back at whoever had thrown it at her, after hearing their conversation in session that morning, I was sure the one who threw it was Kincaid and she was about to lay into him as I saw her getting ready to throw back at him.

"What was that about?" I asked her with a gentle smile and she turned to me with a grin and I could tell that she was having a good time so far as she answered that, as I got a better look at her, she had gained some color back, but I knew it was going to take time for her to completely recover from what happened the day before, but I was going to be on hand if she needed me if something happened during the week.

"Kincaid tried to restart the jokes that came up in the cafeteria over dinner before the food-fight, and I had to head it off before it started a second time, which explains the paper-ball on the floor." she told me and I nodded as that confirmed my thoughts as I looked at the others. "Guys, before this goes any further, wait till we are out of the building before you start messing around alright." I said and they all nodded to me.

After I went back to my office I thought over the fact that I may have headed this one off, but knew things were likely going to be like this all day, as I waited for the next thing to come up, knowing it was about to turn into a war-zone if this kept up, and it was going to lead to me and the others winding up in the line of fire to. 'Guys I swear you get into it and we get hit and you're all going to get it and young lady you keep it up in getting smart with me and I'm really going to let you have it.' I thought gently as I went to my office then as I waited for the other shoe to drop that morning.

And that's chapter three, the next one is going to cover their fooling around as the team hears them and they go over what the seven teenagers bonds and friendship, as they're going at it and we see a glimpse of what type of trouble is running around the ward, as the orderly' drug habit becomes known and what it's doing to the medical doctor duo.