Jasper slammed onto the brakes when her got in front of his house. Carlisle, Esme, and all of the others were outside, and waiting for Emmett and Jasper to arrive with Katie.
Jasper was out of the car and around to the passenger side, to open the door for Emmett in no time. Emmett easily and gently carried Katie out of the car.
Carlisle was next to Emmett in an instant.
"What happened to her?" Carlisle asked.
"She fell asleep." Emmett said.
Carlisle put two fingers to Katie's left wrist.
"Her pulse is racing too fast." Carlisle said.
"We have to wake her up Carlisle." Emmett said.
Almost as if on cue, Katie's eyes popped open, and she started screaming. She began struggling, and clutching onto Emmett for dear life.
"Katie, calm down! It's all right." Emmett said.
She heard his voice, and realized that she was awake at last. She looked into his eyes for a moment, then began sobbing hysterically. She buried her face in his shoulder.
Emmett looked at Carlisle helplessly.
"Take her up to my office." Carlisle said.
Emmett nodded, and headed for the office.
Katie was shaking uncontrollably.
Carlisle was right behind Emmett, carrying his doctor's bag.
Set her down on the couch. I need to check her over." Carlisle said.
Emmett tried to set Kattie down, But she had quite the gripon his shirt.
"Katie, you have to lay down so Carlisle can see if everything is okay." Emmett said.
"No! Don't let me go." Katie sobbed.
Emmett looked at Carlisle, for help.
"Jasper, come in her please." Carlisle said calmly.
Jasper walked into the room, and flinched from the fear radiating off of Katie.
"Could you help?" Carlisle asked.
Jasper nodded, then focused in on Katie. Katie slowly stopped sobbing, then loosened her grip on Emmett's shirt, and started sniffling.
Emmett was able to lay Katie down. He knelt down next to her, and wiped the tears off of Katie's face.
"Katie, is it okay if I do a small physical on you?" Carlisle asked.
Katie looked at Emmett, who nodded.
"Yes." Katie said roughly.
"Thank you." Carlisle said.
Carlisle did all of the basic 'tests' that doctors did.
He checked her pulse, her pupil's reaction time, so on, and so forth.
When he was done, he set everything in the bag, and set it on the floor. Then he looked at her.
"Can you tell me what's been going on?" Carlisle asked.
"I can't fall asleep." She said.
"Why is that?" Carlisle asked.
"Because, if I fall asleep, I'll dream. If I dream, I'm going to die." Katie said.
Carlisle looked to Emmett, as if he were asking if it were true. Emmett nodded.
"Why is that?" Carlisle asked again.
"He's in my dreams, trying to kill me. If I die im my dream, I won't wake up." Katie said.
"How did you get this?" Carlisle asked, holding up Katie's right arm.
The arm that had the burn mark on it.
"I got it in English class." She said.
Carlisle looked confused.
"What do you mean, you got it in English class?" Carlisle asked.
"I fell asleep in English. I put my wrist on a hot pipe. It was the only way I could wake myself up. Nothing else worked." Katie said.
"When was the last time you slept?" Carlisle asked.
"I'm safe when I'm awake." Katie said.
"How long Katie?" Carlisle asked.
She hesitated before she spoke.
"I've been awake for over fourty hours." She said.
Carlisle looked surprised.
"Katie, you have to sleep. It's not good if you stay up! You could die from a lack of sleep." Carlisle told her.
She shook her head.
"He will kill me if I fall asleep." Katie said.
"If you don't sleep, your brain will start slowly shutting down, little by little, this is called a micro nap. You'll be dreaming, but you'll be awake. After that, your brain will shut down completely, and put you into a coma. The only thing that you'll be able to do is dream." Carlisle said.
Fear gripped her hard, and strongly.
Jasper gave a little grunt.
Katie ignored him, and kept her eyes on Carlisle.
"I can't fall asleep. You don't get it! Freddy will kill me!" Katie was beginning to get hysterical again.
Carlisle looked at Jasper again.
"I'm trying." Jasper said almost inaudibly.
Carlisle looked back at Katie.
"Freddy? Freddy who?" Carlisle asked.
She shook her head.
"I don't know who he is. He says that he knows me from when I was younger. I'm 'the one that got away', but I don't remember who he is or where I know him from." Katie said.
Carlisle thought for a minute.
"These dreams might just be repressed memories, trying to break through." Carlisle said.
She looked at him in disbelief.
"No. No. No. My dreams are not memories. Memories don't try to kill you when you dream about them!" Katie was almost yelling now.
Carlisle started rumaging through his bag as Emmett tried soothing Katie.
"Katie, calm down." Emmett told her.
"No! They're not memories!" Katie said.
"Okay, okay." Emmett said.
"You believe me, don't you?" Katie asked Emmett.
"I do, but Katie, you have to calm down." Emmett said, taking a hold of her right hand, and pressing his cold hand onto her burn.
The coldness felt great on the burn.
"I won't...survive if I fall asleep again." Katie said, as a tear slid down her cheek.
Emmett wiped it away.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Carlisle fiddling with a needle.
"What's that?" She asked, fear gripping a hold of her insides.
"There's too much fear for me to do anything." Jasper said in a low whisper.
"This is something that will help you calm down." Carlisle said.
"What does that mean, 'calm me down'? You mean, put me to sleep, don't you?" She asked, sitting up.
"That is one effect of it, yes." Carlisle said.
"No! You are not sticking me with that!" Katie said.
"It will help you." Carlisle said.
Katie shook her head.
"It will get me killed! Get that away from me!" Katie said, sliding away from Carlisle and his needle of death.
"This is not for negotiation Katie." Carlisle said, coming toward her with the needle.
All of the sudden, she saw Freddy's claw coming at her. Freddy had replaced Carlisle, and was holding the needle in his left hand.
"It's time to come and play with me one last time." Freddy said.
He began laughing as he advanced towards her.
Katie screamed, and kicked the needle out of Freddy's hand. He brought the knives towards her, and cut her leg. She screamed again as she hobbled to her feet, and tried running. The wound on her left calf made her limp.
She got out of the door, but a pair of arms wrapped around her waist. She scramed.
"Let me go!" She yelled.
The person pulled her tightly to them, and put their mouth to her ear.
"Calm down. You are okay." Emmett's soothing voice said.
Katie stopped struggling, and turned to face Emmett.
"He's here! I just saw him!" Katie said.
"What?" Emmett said.
"Carlisle was coming towards me withh the needle, then suddenly he turned into Freddy. He said that I needed to come and play one last time. I kicked the needle, but, he got me, so I tried running and you caughtt me, then I woke up." Katie said.
Struggling caught her eye. Carlisle was holding back Jasper, who was struggling to get free.
"What?" She asked.
"Don't worry. Everything is fine." Emmett said, putting his finger under her chn, and making her look at him.
"Don't let me fall asleep, or let someone try to put me asleep. Please!" Katie said, as a tear slid down to her chin.
"I will try." He told her, as Edward walked pastt them, and went straight to Carlisle and Jasper.
Emmett helped Katie back to the couch, so she could sit down. He sat down next to her. He brushed away the tear, and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. She couldn't take her eyes off of his. She didn't see Edward take a struggling Jasper out of the room.
She suddenly caught something in his eye.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
He tried smiling at her. It looked like he was in pain.
He shook his head.
"It's nothing, I just get...woozy...around blood. Jasper too." Emmett said, with a frown.
"Emmett, why don't you go and get some fresh air while I take a look att Katie's cut?" Carlisle said.
Emmett looked at Katie, as Katie tensed, fearing the worst.
"I'm just going to fix the wound so she doesn't bleed all over the place." Carlisle said.
Katie decided he was telling the truth, so she nodded.
"I'll be back as soon as Carlisle is finished, I promise." Emmett said.
She nodded.
He leaned foreward, and gave her a little kiss, then left the room.
"I'm really sorry." Carlisle said, sitting down next to her. All she did was nod.
He cleaned, stitched, and covered the four claw marks. It was finished in no time. The doctor was good. A couple minutes later, Emmett walked back into the room, and sat next to her.
"Is there anything that I can get you?" Emmett asked taking her hand in his.
"Caffeine. Coffee, Caffeine pills, anything with a lot of caffeine in it." Katie said.
"I'm sure that someone will get something for you. Why don't we go down stairs, and watch some t.v., to keep you awake." Emmett said.
Carlisle looked ready to say something, but Emmett shot him a look, and Carlisle gave a small nod.
Katie stood and followed Emmett down the stairs. She walked into the living room, and sat on the couch. Emmett handed her the remote.
"Watch whatever you'd like." Emmett said.
"Are you sure?" Katie asked.
"Of course." Emmett said.
"Even if it's really...girlie?" She asked, with a hint of a smile.
He gave a laugh.
"Whatever you want, if it will keep you awake." Emmett said.
"Okay, but it's only your fault if you get bored, you told me to pick anything." Katie said.
"I won't get bored, distracted maybe, but not bored." Emmett said.
"Okay, then." Katie said, as she started flipping through the channels.
The Nationa News Channel caught her eye. The reporter was reporting on a small town massacre. The town was called Springwood. That name, for some reason, sounded familiar. Too familiar. She didn't know why though,. She'd never been to Spring wood before. Maybe she'd seen it on a map? She didn't think so, but she couldn't be sure.
She was about to change the cannel when the reporter said something that made her heart skip a beat.
"All of the kids died in their sleep. That's not the weird part though. The weird part would be that all of the kids reported having bad dreams, in which a man with knives for fingers on his right hand was trying to kill them. They called him Freddy. Freddy Kreuger." The reporter said.
Katie stood, and walked closer to the t.v.. She put her hands to her mouth, as the name sank in. His name.
"Freddy Kreuger." She said, ever so softtly.
She heard laughing, and she spun around. Freddy was sitting on the top of the couch, with his feet on the cushions.
Katie gasped.
"You called?" Freddy said.
"No." She said.
"But you did. You remember everything now." Freddy said.
Katie shook her head.
"No." Said.
He came closer. She was shaking with fear. He leaned in close and put his nose to her cheek, and took a deep breath.
"You smell different that you did before." Freddy said.
"What?" Katie whispered.
"Let's jog that memory of yours." Freddy said.
Freddy spun her around so that she was looking at the t.v. again. A picture appeared on it. It was her at five years old. She was playing in her front yard. Alone. Her parents were nowhere to be found. A man walked up to her. He smiled at her, and she returned it. He spoke to her, and she nodded.
Katie couldn't hear what was being said, Freddy didn't have the audio on for her.
The man took the girl's hand, and brought her to an old clunker car. The little girl got into the backseat, willingly.
Katie shook her head in denial. The scene changed to an old, run down factory. The clunker pulled to a stop. The man got out, and opened the door for the little girl. she got out, looked at the building, then back at him. She suddenly looked unsure. The man knelt down beside her, and it looked as if he was trying to talk her into something. The girl shook her head. The man got mad, he grabbed the girl, and hurried inside the factory.
Katie leaned over, and put her hand on the edge of the t.v.
Emmett had just sat down next to Katie, when she stood again. Emmett looked at her, then at Carlisle.
"She's sleeping again." Edward said quietly.
"What? We need to wake her up!" Emmett said.
"Don't." Edward said.
"Are you serious? Edward, you heard her! She's scared to death of sleeping! You've seen her dreams, what this guy is doing to her, why the hell would you want her to stay asleep?" Emmett demanded.
"For one, she needs sleep, for two, she is watching a news broadcast about a town called Springwood. The kids have all died in their sleep, by a man with knives for fingers." Edward said.
"Who is it?" Emmett asked.
Edward didn't have time to answer. Katie answered for him.
"Freddy Kreuger." Katie whispered
Emmett walked over to Katie, but looked at Edward.
"So help me Edward, if she get's hurt-" Emmett stopped midsentance, when she turned around.
She was looking right at Alice and Jasper, who were standing behind the couch, watching Katie.
Emmett looked at Edward, for the commentary.
"He's here. He's coming closer. He's talking to her." Edward said.
"That's it! We need to wake her up right now!" Emmett said.
"Wait." Edward said.
Just as he said that, Katie spun around to face the t.v. again.
"What's going on?" Emmett demanded.
"He's got her watching..." Edward couldn't finish.
"What? What's he making her watch?" Emmett was worried.
Edward shook his head, and flinched.
Katie bent over, closer to the t.v. and put her hand on the edge of the t.v., as if she was trying to get a better look.
"Damn it Edward! Tell me!" Emmett snarled.
Edward didn't say anything for a minuted. He was looking at Katie, then he looked at Emmett.
"He's making her watch her abduction and..." Edward paused as he flinched.
Jasper suddenly fell to his knees. Emmett looked at Jasper.
"Her pain is overwhelming. It feels like I'm dying." Jasper said, between gasps.
Alice was on her knees next to Jasper.
"What else is he making her watch Edward?" Emmett said.
Edward closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. Everyone was watching him, waiting for his answer.
"Everything he did to her after the abduction." Edward whispered.
Emmett froze, connecting what Edward had said.
"He...he didn't?" Emmett couldn't finish the sentence out loud.
Edward read the question in Emmett's thoughts. Edward opened his eyes, and looked straight into Emmett's eyes when he answered.
The answer was one word. It was the one word Emmett prayed it wouldn't be.
"Yes." Was all that Edward said.
Emmett shook his head in disbelief.
"I'm sorry." Edward said, quietly.
"I'm going to rip him apart!" Emmett said viciously.
Katie suddenly slumped to her knees, hanging her head.
"I remember." She said, barely above a whisper, but everyone in the house heard her clear as day.
Emmett fell to his knees beside her. He felt helpless. He wanted to help her, but didn't know how.
Katie's head suddenly popped up. She slowly stood up.
"Edward, commentary, now!" Emmett said.
"She's looking at him, watching him laugh because she remembers. Now she's...Oh no!" Edward said, worry peppered his tone.
Before Emmett could ask, Katie yelled.
"Fuck You! You mother fucker!" Katie screamed.
Before Emmett made it off his knees, or anyone could move, Katie sprang. To everyone watching, she lunged on thin air. She began punching at the floor, her fist not toucing the floor boards.
"What the hell?" Emmett said.
"She's pissed, and she's punching him." Edward paraphrased.
Katie suddenly started to choke on what looked like thin air. She looked up to the ceiling, and called out.
"Wake me up! Someone, please! Emmett!" She screamed.
Emmett had barely gotten to his feet, when Katie was flipped over onto her back. She sounded as if she was choking. Emmett was at her side in an instant.
He grabbed her shoulders, and tried to shake her awake. She wouldn't move. She was pinned to the ground by an unseen force that was severely stronger than Emmett was.
"I can't move her." Emmett said.
"What?" Carlisle asked.
"He's not strong enough." Edward said. Emmett felt helpless even more.
Katie was suddenly flung from the floor into the t.v. set.
"Katie!" Emmett yelled.
He ran for her, but before he could reach her, she was flung over the couch, over Jasper and Alice's head, and to the opposite wall as the t.v. She hit with a thud. Emmett was off after her, still trying to grab her out of the air. As soon as he reached the wall, Katie was flung back into the t.v. set, breaking it even more. Katie screamed out in agony. Emmett snarled, and took off after her.
Before Emmett could even reach her, she was flung to the ceiling. She gasped as she hit. Katie began struggling. Her hands flew above her head, as if Freddy was holding them there.
