Well, welcome to OB&M chapter 3! This is where I think the two clashing personalities will start to show. Oh, and I apologize if there's any slight formatting issues in the chapters here, this site tends to be real shallow when it comes to formatting done in a document writer!

Chapter 3

Mirror, Mirror

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Ezkabach went the next day through her classes, trying her best to be normal again. Okay, normal by human standards. Her normal was definitely not walking around with no horns and hazel glazed eyes, being super friendly and nonchalant. As she was sitting at a desk towards the back of the classroom, she grew increasingly irritated. It was probably going to be absolute hell trying to work with Krueger. She could already tell he wants to be in charge, call the shots and will take a whole continent if she gave him an inch. She twitched her fingers and tapped them on the desk. Half of her wanted to tear his head off at the shoulders and literally eat it; but the other half found his twisted, arrogant violence strangely alluring. But it couldn't be all that strange, she wasn't human herself. She didn't have much concept of human emotion and human wants, her emotions were a tad bit different and she was sure his idea of...attraction, per se, was an entirely different and deadly breed than what the humans labeled it as. He was human once, however, and that made him more human than she had ever been. The thought made her chuckle to herself, that was probably something she could use against him. As she looked up, the professor dismissed the class. Damnit. She thought to herself. She didn't pay attention to a single thing said in the entire lecture. As she gathered her things, she swung a backpack over her shoulder and exited the hall. She thought that maybe, it'd be best if she dropped out. There was no way she could try and balance trying to bring back nightmares and dream demons with 16 credits and orchestra practice. And besides...human mathematics, history and science didn't interest her in the least. The only enjoyment she got out of this whole experience was the biology, she loved learning what makes her prey tick. She also took some religion classes on demonology, that was always fun. As she was walking back to her car, she decided to give Jakovi a call and let him know what had went down last night. She took out her cell phone, and dialed his number. She always wondered how these advanced pieces of technology could reach the planar worlds, but she figured it was the same properties that make mirrors and televisions gateways of sorts. Jakovi picked up after the first ring.

"Ezka?" He asked, for some reason sounding worried.

"Yeah Jak, it's me." She replied, raising an eyebrow at his tone.

"Hey. I was getting worried, I figured you would have called me immediately after you met up with the dreamer." He said, explaining himself. Ezkabach rolled her eyes.

"By the time I woke up, I had to get ready for classes. And I wanted to take the time to think about how I'm going to go about trying to get along with his infuriating sarcastic, pissy ass." She snorted, and Jakovi sighed.

"So what all went down?" Jak asked, in a calmer voice.

"Well. He agreed to..assist me, or rather probably agreed for me to help him. Though it took me a minute to convince him that it would be a good idea. We had a little disagreement but, it was settled. I am meeting him again tonight. What should I do?" She asked, actually unsure of what to do next. Jakovi was silent for a minute, probably wanting to ask her about said disagreement, but he digressed.

"Bring him here, to our plane. I need to speak with him as well, and make sure he realizes the gravity of the situation." He said in a low voice.

"How am I going to bring him there? I thought he couldn't leave the dream world." Ezkabach asked, thinking they might be stuck.

"The dream world is just another plane. And planar travel between planar beings, like demons, is much easier than traveling to anywhere else. I will assist you. I'm pretty high up in the hierarchy, I can override his...travel restrictions. All you need is a mirror. Grab him, and have both of you place your hands on the mirror. Call me when you're ready and I'll phase both of you through." Jakovi said, his voice speeding up as he was explaining. He always got a little too excited about filling someone in. Ezkabach thought about it and then nodded.

"Alright. I'll do that. But just a warning...I'm pretty sure the only reason he listened to me is because he thinks I'm...nice to look at, if you know what I mean. And female. If I'm basing this off of what I've seen, he's not going to be inclined to listen, much less obey, anything you say Jak." She said, thinking back to the sensation of Freddy's hand closing around her windpipe for being sarcastic. Jakovi sneered, cackling into the phone.

"I'm thousands of years old. He's what, like 85? He's just a cub! I'll handle him if necessary." Jak replied, sounding amused. Ezkabach sighed again.

"Don't underestimate him. Even though he was weak he was still...very, very strong. Just don't ruin things before we get a chance to do anything." She said.

"Hmmph. Fine. Strong as he is, his class is below both of ours. Just remember that, and I'll see you later. Mkay?" He said with a serious tone to his words.

"Yeah." Ezkabach said before she ended the call. Now she was worried about the two big headed males getting into a fight, and she just knew that Freddy's already looking for one. She shook her head, and as she reached her car she got in and drove home. It took about an hour; her house was on the outskirts of town. A much better place to be in seclusion. The heavily wooded area was perfect for her. She pulled into the driveway and got out, locking her car and stepping into the house. As she walked into the kitchen, her stomach growled. She paused and looked at the fridge but resisted the urge to eat absolutely everything in sight. An all too familiar itch started from within, and she shuddered visibly. It had been about a month since she last let her wolf out to play, and with each passing day the hunger inside of her grew more impending. She wouldn't have a problem with it if she could actually control it; and she hadn't been in the mood lately for mindlessly slaughtering and eating people like a damn animal. She liked her civilized, proper stature and it was like a battle of fire and ice trying to fend of that damn wolf. She knew sooner rather than later it'd happen, but she thought that the more she fought it off the better she'd get at it. She opened the fridge with a large exhale, and pulled out a bottle of water. When the itch started; it was best to not eat any food at all. It made it worse, especially meat. So she drank a few gulps of water and headed upstairs to the bedroom.

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Freddy Krueger had been watching her. The TV in his dream world prison was like a one way mirror, following her every move. He was connected to her now, and could feel her presence as well when she was falling asleep. He observed how she tried to act human; and even he was almost convinced. But there was something else about her that he had yet to discover, and he couldn't put his finger on it. Something that made her very powerful. He cursed under his breath, shutting his eyes as he tried to control himself. As much as he wanted to just kill her, he knew it wouldn't even be worth it. Even if he could kill her, he'd still have no way out of this jail of stale memories. Plus, she was the image of feminine perfection and that was never something he'd get bored of looking at. He thought about what it might feel like to see her begging underneath him as he tortured her with his blades...how her lips might taste. How she might feel if he was inside of her...

"Shit." He said aloud, shaking himself. If there was one thing he learned from being defeated by measly teenagers all those times is that it was always the fucking girls that got the best of him. With the guys he was brutal; with the girls he made mistakes. Nope, not this time. He really had to keep his mind clear so that he'd never be on the bottom again. Especially now; he could not lose this chance to be forever broken out of the dream world. He wasn't going to give her the ability to manipulate dreams without her giving him something in return. And that was a sure thing, he knew she couldn't move forward without him and that made him feel so incredibly powerful. He looked back to the TV and saw she was laying down on the bed, trying to get to sleep. She kept stirring, looking almost worriedly out her window at the bright moon that shone between the clouds. Freddy narrowed his eyes. He wasn't stupid, but he still didn't have a clue as to what the other side of her was. But he was certain now it had something to do with the night, and that was confirmed when she got up angrily to slam the curtains shut before returning to the bed. After a few minutes he could feel the gravity-like pull as she fell into sleep, and he smiled. "The bitch came back."

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Ezkabach opened her eyes, and knew she was asleep. She was back in that dirty, stark living room and could feel him close to her. As she turned to her left, he was literally right next to her. An animalistic snarl escaped her lips as she screeched and threw herself backwards, her teeth lengthening. Freddy tilted his head back and let out a deep, sincere laugh of genuine amusement at her reaction. Ezkabach growled, her face fading back to normal as she put her hands on her hips.

"You asshole." She said calmly, aware of how stupid she just made herself look. She walked back over to him and sat on the couch, lowering her eyebrows as he continued to laugh.

"Ahaha, oh, I'm sorry...did I scare you?" He asked with a tone that made her want to pluck his eyes out.

"No, you startled me. Idiot. There's a difference." She replied, and the tone she used made him stop laughing. He narrowed his eyes. He dragged his gaze down her body, and observed the bruising on her neck he had left. With a claw he pointed at it.

"Wanna go for round two, bitch?" He said with a sneer, holding her gaze. Ezkabach's eyes flashed a bright yellow, a different color than before. And he could have sworn her ears got pointy for a second. He narrowed his eyes again and sat down on the couch. "Didn't think so." He said, ending the confrontation before it started. Ezkabach seemed to be visibly fighting herself as her eyes faded back to a more orange-ish color. He observed her, tapping his claws on the back of the couch. After a few seconds her breath caught up with her and she joined him on it.

"There's someone we need to speak with to figure out exactly how to go about this." She said, watching him closely.

"Who is this someone, and why do I need his help?" Freddy asked. Again with the arrogance.

"We need his help, because I can't do a damn thing for you until I know exactly what I need to do. It was his idea that I seek you out in the first place. He knows more about what's going on here than either of us. And he has the solution." Freddy snorted, digging a blade into the fabric of the couch.

"Let me guess; another piece of low demon scum." He bit out, his teeth slightly showing under his raised lips.

"Demon, yes. Low and scum...hardly. His name is Jakovi and he is a rage demon. Or war demon, whichever term you prefer." Ezkabach said as she watched Freddy's eyes glow. He knew what a rage demon was. One of those fuckers was in charge of keeping him locked up in this superb hellhole of an existence. Freddy growled and jolted himself upright, slashing through the back of the couch with his claws.

"...I'd never enlist the help of his kind. They were the ones that locked me up in here once I failed to keep my job for the final time, they sit there on their thrones with nothing to show for it besides blood royalty and I'd love nothing more than to fucking cut all of them into tiny, pathetic little pieces of meat!" Freddy yelled, growing more and more angry. Ezkabach remained seated, deciding to continue to be calm as to not fuel his fit of rage.

"You have no quarrel with Jakovi. He had nothing to do with the decision made on your behalf." She calmly explained, watching his head snap down to her.

"I don't give a fuck what he did and didn't do, the fact remaining is that I'm still stuck here!" He said, turning to stab straight through the coffee table. She was half relieved he was using the furniture as an outlet instead of her throat again. As he reared back to slice through the table again, Ezkabach spoke.

"He is releasing you from here." She said, and almost smiled to herself as he stopped mid-strike to stare at her.

"He's doing what." He said, more of a statement than a question.

"He's overriding the planar restrictions. It probably won't be questioned. And we're going to the plane he and I share, to talk." She explained, watching him as he lowered his arm.

"If the restriction is lifted...I can travel through dreams again." He said with an evil grin, his eyes glowing.

"Well, that'd be true if there were dreams for you to fucking pry yourself into. But there's absolutely none in your range of influence. And that's why we are going to see the damn rage demon, alright?" Ezkabach said, suddenly angry. She was getting sick of his petty selfishness. Freddy lost his grin and glared at her, but didn't do anything.

"Whatever bitch, how do we get to Mr. Horny?" Freddy said, referring to the massive horns rage demons carry. Ezkabach blinked slowly. Don't lose control. Don't go all dog soldiers on his ass. She said to herself as she wiped a hand over her face. Freddy could tell she was thinking something, but could not read her mind as he's able to do with his human victims. That was irritating. Ezkabach sighed and reached into her pocket, pulling out her cell phone. She clicked the power button and the screen lit up, making Freddy's eyes widen.

"The fuck is that?" Freddy said, still staring at it. Ezkabach looked at his expression, and laughed out loud. He saw her laugh and snarled. She forgot he grew up in the 60's.

"It's a cell phone, Krueger. It's 2015. These little things have the ability to basically do just about anything." She said, swiping her hand over the flagship smartphone to bring up the voice command. "Call Jakovi." She spoke into it, and Freddy stared at it as the phone screen turned to a picture of the demon and started ringing. Ezkabach smiled at him and put the phone to her ear. Freddy could hear Jakovi's voice on the other end.

"You two ready?" Jakovi asked as soon as he picked up.

"Yeah. Just give us a minute and be ready on the other side." Ezkabach replied, running a hand through her hair.

"Alright. I'll be there. Just do what I told you to do." Jakovi said and hung up the phone. Obviously he was in a hurry. Ezkabach hit the end part of the screen, and the phone went back to the homescreen before shutting off.

"What are we doing?" Freddy asked, still seemingly caught up in the image of modern technology.

"Where's the closest mirror?" Ezkabach asked. Freddy took in a breath and pointed to the bathroom.

"Come on." Ezkabach said, getting up and gesturing for him to follow. He grumbled and got up, following her into the bathroom. Once in there, she placed a hand on the mirror while closing her eyes. She could feel Jakovi on the other side. He must be touching the mirror. "Give me one of your hands, and put your other hand on the mirror next to mine. You need to take the glove off for this. We both have to be touching the mirror and I have to be touching you for this to work." She explained.

"...no." Freddy said shortly, clicking his blades on the counter.

"What are you, five! You can take the damn thing with you, just tuck it into your pocket or something. You wanna get out of here or not, Krueger?" She said, growing increasingly impatient. Freddy growled and brought his gloved hand down quickly to swipe just in front of her face, nearly cutting her. Before she could say something he removed his glove slowly, tucking the fabric part into his pocket with another growl. Ezkabach held back her glowing eyes, and held out her hand for him to take. He blinked at it with a mean look before taking it. The softness of her skin even on the palm of her hand almost made him shudder. How different it was compared to his. He shook himself and placed his other hand on the mirror next to hers. He felt a wave of something unseen take him over, the area around them blurring. The feeling of being on a roller-coaster and falling hit him, making him gasp before the both of them were yanked out into the shared plane of Jakovi and Ezkabach. Freddy blinked, his eyes re-adjusting.

"You'll get used to it." Ezkabach said from right next to him, making him almost relax. He realized he was still holding her hand, and sneered as he yanked it out. What was this, a chick flick? Ezkabach rolled her eyes at him as he quickly replaced the glove back onto his hand.

"Well well, Mr. Freddy Krueger. How nice to meet your...acquaintance." Jakovi said, approaching them from the right. The both of them turned, and Ezkabach smiled while Freddy growled.

"I'd say the same, goat, but I don't associate with your kind of self entitled blood." Freddy said with a menacing tone, his voice deep and demonic. Ezkabach brought a hand up to her face. Already it starts. Jakovi continued to approach, his hands behind his back in a sort of classy walk. He was tall and lean, but muscular. His hair was black and cut a little short, with well kept aftershave complimenting his masculine facial features. The man was absolutely beautiful and would blow those fireman models out of the damn water. Freddy just found him annoying and girlish.

"Aww, still upset about what my brothers did? You know that would never have happened...had you knew when to stop and didn't let your judgment be clouded by pubescent teens." Jakovi said with a grin. Freddy anchored his heel behind him, ready to throw himself at that smart-talking snake, until Ezkabach got in front of him. She glared at Jakovi, a deep growl forming in her throat.

"Both of you are about to fucking send me over the edge. We have a situation here that could get us ALL erased from the minds of the mortal, and all you can do is fuel your fucking egos. Get over yourselves!" She spat out, showing her sharp teeth. Jakovi narrowed his eyes, but backed off.

"...my apologies, Ez. This way." Jakovi said, ad turned to walk down the corridor. Ezkabach turned to Freddy, who was standing straight. She gestured, and they both followed the rage demon down to the library. Once there, he stopped in the middle. Freddy leaned against a towering bookshelf, slowly sliding his blades together. Ezkabach folded her arms, letting out a short breath.

"So what do we do." She said shortly, watching the both of them.

"You need to bring Freddy into the real world." Jakovi said, and Freddy stopped fidgeting with his claws.

"I'm not strong enough to be there." Freddy said lowly, glaring at Jakovi. Jak returned the glare, but kept on going.

"You'll survive. Ezkabach will help you make kills. And do make certain they look like your kills. People need to believe you've returned, and it'll spread like wildfire. They'll probably release the Hypnocil by the thousands, and Ezkabach, you need to find the source and track it down. Destroy it. And I mean wipe it out, all the plans and formulas and everyone with the knowledge to make it." Jakovi said, his voice still low and serious.

"If I die out there, I'll just go right back to..." Freddy began to say, before Jakovi cut him off.

"Then I guess you probably shouldn't die, then. You get the opportunity, you kill, you leave behind your mark, and repeat. Don't sit there and fuck around!" Jakovi barked, and Freddy came at him. The rage in his eyes was hot enough to burn the whole mansion to the ground. Ezkabach snarled and leaped in front of him, grabbing him by the shoulders and shoving him forcefully back to the book shelf. He slammed into it, books falling on both sides.

"You fucking bi.." Ezkabach flashed to right in front of him, glaring with an intensity that matched his own.

"Yeah, I'm a fucking bitch. But you're gonna want to watch yourself, Krueger, you're barely out of your dream world and you are about to pick a fight with the wrong demons. Get a hold of yourself and think! He's fucking helping you!" She said, and he stopped breathing hard. She was right.

"Well then tell him to shut his stupid mouth before I slice it off and feed it to a fucking sheep!" He shouted, about to actually do it. Ezkabach was shaking, she couldn't believe how childish these two were getting. She turned to Jakovi.

"You're about to step over a line, Jakovi." The seriousness in Ezkabach's tone was enough to make Jakovi widen his eyes. There was a connection between the two, and Jakovi did not want to lose her. She was more than just a student and friend to him, though it was harshly one-sided. He stepped back and turned away.

"I'm sorry. My...opinions get the best of me. Both of you, go into the real world. Do what I instructed. Return to me once you've both accomplished the tasks, or if there are any...setbacks." Jakovi said, turning to eye Krueger one last time. Freddy growled. Ezkabach ground her teeth and grabbed a hold of Freddy.

"Come on. You two can sort out who's alpha later, when this shit's taken care of." She said, closing her eyes. Jakovi saw the contact between the two and fought back the urge to bash Freddy's skull in with his horns. Instead, he gave Ezkabach a mental push. It was easier this time, all she had to do was wake up. Freddy gasped again as the falling feeling rushed into his body, and his teeth snapped together as he hit a hard surface. As he opened his eyes, he realized he was on a floor. Everything felt weird, he could feel the air on his mutilated skin and the scent of a girls bedroom hit him. Above him, Ezkabach leaned over the bed.

"Welcome to my world." She said with a chuckle. Freddy glared at her, getting up to stand. He looked around, the fresh air from the window filling his lungs. He forgot how vivid the real world was. He was going to have a ton of fun here. But first...

"Well then, bitch. Let's go see what's on the...menu for tonight." Freddy said tauntingly, throwing his head back to let out a laugh that rang outside into the fresh young night.

The nightmare had returned.

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Well there it is, I hope you enjoyed it! 3 demons in one place is a sticky situation, huh? We'll see what happens once Freddy starts to gain his powers back! A whole lotta violence and gore coming up, you have been officially warned. Stay tuned! Or...online...or..subscribed? One of those is right lol.