Chapter Seven
"What did you do to him?" Daniel shouts, glaring around looking for the source of Freddy's voice.
"Nothing I can't do to you. Although I suppose it wouldn't hurt to show you." Freddy says, sounding as though he stood inches behind Daniel.
Three Hours Earlier...
"KRUGER!" Ryan shouts, breathing deeply to steady his jangling nerves. "COME OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF YOU SPINLESS SON OF A BITCH!"
"Spineless? That's interesting coming from the coward who ran and left his family in my hands and the most crucial moment." Freddy whispers, from behind him.
Ryan's jaw clenches with the memories. He remembers his younger brother being turned inside out as he sat helpless then fled from the monster standing near him. Tears leak from his eyes as he gathers what courage he has left turning to face the creature of his family's demise. Whirling in a circle he searches the immediate area looking for the tell tale fedora and that ugly stupid sweater. Nothing out of the ordinary catches his eyes. He sighs and slightly relaxes just in time for a giant black cat to leap from a nearby trash can and land on his head. With a scream he flings the cat across the street and starts dabbing at the cuts on his scalp.
A cold wind stirs across his body and he hears a deep ragged breathing inches from his ear. The breathing turns to that deep manically singular chuckle.
"Didn't anyone ever warn you that those creatures were bad luck?" Fred says, leaning almost against Ryan
"FUCK YOU." Ryan breathes, looking down at his feet where the cat sits smiling at him. "I am sorry guys I wasn't strong enough to take hi-"
His last words are cut short as Freddy's tell tale glove explodes through his lower chest, bits of rib and intestines flying out in front of him. These small bits are then grabbed and twisted before being pulled back through his spine.
"As a friend would say 'I've got your back, dude'" Fred says, looking at what he holds in his hands before chuckling manically.
The ringing of Freddy's chuckle brings back the harsh reality of the situation they are standing in. Daniel looks around looking for Freddy with the goal of ripping him apart in mind. Only one small problem presents itself, Freddy has gone and disappeared again with that annoyingly menacing chuckle that is ever prevalent.
"MOTHER FUCKER!" Daniel shouts, spinning in circles trying to look in all directions at once.
"Daniel... calm down he will be back somewhere..."Sarah says, shifting her eyes around in slow cautious movements.
Daniel looks around and then starts walking up the path behind them. Sarah turns around and instantly sees what Daniel has planned. The house at 1428 elm looms ahead of them looking like the classic horror house. The front windows were dark and cracked the door a dark peeling red and every moving thing in the neighborhood was silent as the grave.
"All right lets go see where this bastard lives." Daniel mutters, breathing deeply before stepping up to the door.
"Are you sure you want to go in there?" Sarah mutters, looking at the door with fear showing plainly on her face.
"The best place to find a spider is in his lair right?" Daniel says, gulping down some more air before reaching for the doorknob. Daniel pauses hand extended then backs up a step and with a running start kicks the door off its hinges.
"I just always wanted to do that." He says, looking over his shoulder at Sarah.
"Boys!" Sarah mutters fiercely, shaking her head.
They step into the big open room looking down one hall to the kitchen and to their left is the living room. The stairs line the right side of the hallway that shows the kitchen. Looking around nervously at the step towards the door that is set in the wall beneath the stairs, the pair of them walk towards the door. Daniel's hand extends a few steps nearer to the door and then the floor falls out from beneath the both of them.
"AHHHH" Sounds the united scream.
The open pit beneath the floor is lined by spikes, razor blades, knives, and a dozen other assorted sharp objects, the walls are similarly lined. The pair of them fall and slice themselves in many places. Inches before they hit the floor a pair of alarms from the real world snaps them to wake fullness.
"DANIEL!" A pounding on his door makes him come to realize the horrendous amount of pain that wracked his frame.
His screams bring his mother crashing into the room where upon she sees the amount of blood and cuts running across her son. Five minutes late an ambulance is screaming away from his house. Along the way it meets another running from Sarah's place both aiming for the hospital.
The ride passes nicely enough until the paramedics decide to give each child a dose of low power morphine. This causes both of the would-be warriors to slide back into Freddy's realm of power.
