2 hours later, it was still pitch black night outside. After Mr. McKnight, and Mr. Brooks had checked into a motel for the evening, Thorn, Dusk, and the gang all had driven to the park in the Mystery Machine to prepare for the final confrontation with Freddy Krueger.
Inside of the Mystery Machine, the gang all sat in the back of the van in a circle around a chair that was placed in the center of them.
"Okay, Velma. What's the plan?" Daphne asked.
"It's all very simple, really." Velma said. "We're gonna bring Freddy out and defeat him in the real world"
"Yeah, okay. But, what do we do?" Dusk asked.
"Okay, here's how it'll go. Thorn, you're gonna need to sit down in that chair." Velma said.
"Um, alright." Thorn said, getting up and sitting in the chair. "Can I ask why?"
"I'll explain in a minute." Velma answered. "Now, when was the last time you took one of those Desoxyn pills?"
"I don't know. It's been a while. I think the last time I took one was yesterday." Thorn said.
"Great. Then, this should work out perfectly." Velma said.
"Like, could you just explain the plan, so we can get this over with?" Shaggy whimpered.
"Okay, so, Thorn's gonna fall asleep, right? That'll lure Krueger into her dream. And once he gets close enough, Thorn's gonna grab on to him, and at the same time, we'll wake her up. That should bring them both back into the real world." Velma explained.
"And that's when we'll have a chance to subdue him." Fred said.
"Exactly, Freddy." Velma concurred.
"But, like, wait a minute, Velma?" Shaggy asked. "What happens if we all fall asleep?"
"I've already accounted for that." Velma said. "Fred?"
Fred took out an alarm clock, and started to set the alarm.
"Should any of us fall asleep, within minutes of us falling asleep, the alarm'll go off and wake us all up. It can also work as a way for any of us to grab Krueger if he enters any of our dreams." Velma said.
"That's genius, Velma." Daphne complimented.
"Thank you." Velma said.
Fred set the clock down onto the floor. Thorn yawned. She was so tired right now. More exhausted than she had ever been before. Falling asleep, it seemed, was going to be easy.
"Alright, Thorn. You ready?" Velma asked.
Thorn sighed, deeply, to try to steady her racing heart beat.
"Yeah. I'm ready." she said.
"But, like, wait a minute, Velma?" Shaggy asked. "What happens if we all fall asleep?"
"Wait. Didn't you just ask that?" Thorn said, puzzled.
"Why don't we just forget this whole plan?" Daphne asked.
Thorn stared at them all, but they didn't return any looks to her.
"Well, how else are we supposed to stop Krueger?" Thorn asked.
"Yeah. Why risk our own lives, when we could just give the bitch over to Krueger?" Dusk said.
Now, Thorn was scared.
"What?" she asked.
But she was ignored. They all just talked amongst each other.
"I guess it would be better for her to die than us. I mean, she's the one Krueger really wants, right?" Fred said.
"You guys, what are you saying?" Thorn asked, but slowly, her voice was going mute.
The chair she was sitting in slowly drew back away from the Mystery Machine and into pitch darkness. Thorn slowly became aware that she had fallen asleep. After feeling the chair move through black nothing, it came to a stop in the boiler room that was oh, too familiar to Thorn's eyes.
She stood up, out of the chair, and shouted.
"Krueger!" she called.
There was no one there.
"Krueger!" she repeated.
Thorn wasn't going to let him get to her this time. Soon, she would be the one in control. She was ready to end this.
"Come on, you bastard!" she called again. "Where are you?"
From behind her, she heard the deep, throaty voice say:
"Here."
Thorn screamed.
In the real world, Mystery Inc. and Dusk sat around Thorn, waiting for her to make any kind of sign.
"Do you think she's okay?" Dusk asked.
"Yeah, she's fine. Looks peaceful enough to me." Fred said.
"Like, what if this plan doesn't work?" Shaggy asked.
"It should. To be perfectly honest, I'm more concerned about waking Thorn up." Velma said.
"What?" Dusk asked.
"What do you mean, Velma?" Daphne questioned.
"Well, she hasn't slept in about 3 days. Now that she's finally let her body do so, it make be a lot more difficult to wake her up." Velma said.
"Oh, no." Scooby said.
"Don't worry. I've prepared for that, too." Velma said. "It's what the chair is for. If we can't conventionally wake Thorn up, we'll give her a kick."
"Like, you're gonna kick her?" Shaggy asked.
"Not kick her, a kick. It's when a person is startled out of their sleep." Velma explained. "We'll simply push over the chair, and it'll send a jump start to Thorn's head, wake her up. I hope."
"You hope?" Daphne asked.
"I have faith in my plan, don't worry." Velma assured.
Shaggy and Scooby then yawned simultaneously.
"Come on, you guys, stay awake." Fred said. "We can't afford to fall asleep."
Back in the dreamland, Thorn slowly backed away from Freddy, who slowly crept toward her.
"Naughty little girl, Sally." Freddy said. "Looks like I'm gonna have to punish you."
Suddenly, the background behind Thorn changed, into her house in Oakhaven. It was night, and Thorn was now standing in front of a door. The door to her mother and father's bedroom.
Thorn slowly took in a breath, and opened the door. When she walked inside, she saw her mother, laying in the bed, asleep. Her mother had been dead for years. The last time Thorn saw her, was when she was at least 8 years old. Seeing her mother brought a few tears to Thorn's eyes.
Out from another side of the room, appeared Krueger. He walked over to Thorn's mother's bed, and looked to Thorn while putting a knifed finger to his mouth and whispering "Shhhh".
"No. No, you stay away from her." Thorn demanded.
While smirking, Krueger began to use his knifed finger to pull the covers down from Thorn's mother, who stayed asleep the whole time.
"Stop it. Leave her alone." Thorn pressed.
Krueger looked up at Thorn, and gave a chuckle as he held a blade to Thorn's mother's stomach.
"Stop." Thorn yelled.
"Wiccan bitch." Krueger said, as he reared his arm back before thrusting his glove straight into Thorn's mother's stomach.
"No!" Thorn screamed.
She ran over to Krueger, and grabbed hold of him.
"Guys! Guys! I've got him! Wake me up!" Thorn shouted up to the ceiling.
Nothing happened. She remained in the dream world.
"Shaggy! Fred! Velma! Wake me up!" Thorn continued shouting.
"What? No!" Freddy said before slashing Thorn's arm and throwing her off of him.
She fell back and hit her head on a dresser. Blood trickled down her arm.
Krueger chuckled as he walked near her.
Thorn couldn't believe it. Why didn't the guys wake her up? Did they not hear her? What was going on?
Freddy turned his head to the side, as he had clearly sensed something. He then smiled evilly.
In the real world, every last person in the Mystery Machine, Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby, Velma, and Dusk, was fast asleep.
And guess what? The timer alarm on the clock was set for 2:25 am. Right now, it was 2:05 am.
