Chapter 10: Night Terrors

Nancy came into her new dorm room where Marlena was praying in Spanish and sitting on her bed. Nancy sat on her bed across from her and tried not to disrupt her. Marlena finished and opened her eyes. "Whoa!" Marlena exclaimed, making them both jump, "Nancy…You scared the hell out of me." "Sorry about that," Nancy told her. "Ah, it's alright," Marlena said, then smiled at her, "So, did you go and see your Romeo today?" "Yeah, I did," Nancy said, lying back, "He's terrific." Marlena was smiling at her, and then she tilted her head. "What's wrong?" Marlena asked, seeing Nancy was thinking about something. Nancy was deciding whether to tell her or not about Gwendolyn. She decided not to. "I was just thinking about my mother," Nancy lied. "We're all in here for the same reason, Nancy," Marlena told her, moving her black curly hair over her ear, "I've seen him." Nancy's eyes widened. She sat up.

"You've all seen him?" Nancy asked. "Everyone one of us," Marlena told her, "He's burnt…and he's deformed or something. He has this glove with these knives on his fingers. And he's always trying to kill me." Nancy stared at Marlena whose eyes were lowered. "I don't know who he is," Marlena continued, "And I don't know where he came from or what he wants. All I know is that he's real, and he's after us." "His name is Freddy," Nancy began. Marlena looked up at her. "Freddy Krueger," Nancy continued, "He killed all my friends a few days ago through their dreams. He wanted just us at first because we told his little secret to our parents. Now it looks like he wants all of us." "What are you saying, Nancy?" Marlena asked. Nancy's eyes stared off into the distance. Bobby suddenly appeared in their doorway, looking worried. They both looked up at him.

"Oh man, Gary's gonna kick my ass," Bobby said, coming into their room and hiding behind the wall. "What happened, Bobby?" Marlena asked him. "Me and him were arguing in the washroom and it was getting out of hand," Bobby said, wiping his eyebrow off, "I had to do it." "What did you do?" Nancy asked him. "I stuck his smokes in the toilet and flushed them," Bobby said, "That's the last few he got from Darcy." The door suddenly flew open and Gary marched in. "Where is he?" he asked them both. "Get out of here Gary!" Marlena snapped. He looked behind him and grabbed Bobby by his shirt. "Oh you little asshole," he breathed and hit him in the gut. "Fuck!" Bobby yelled. "Hey, get off of him!" Marlena yelled, her and Nancy both getting up and latching onto to Gary. Gary hit Bobby again and he vomited. Gary turned and pushed Marlena who tripped and rolled over Nancy's bed. He then looked at Nancy who was hitting him and shoved her into the wall. She stumbled back and knocked the back of her head into it and slowly slid down it with her head down. Bobby pulled away and pointed at him.

"Look what you did, Gary!" Bobby yelled. Gary was standing there stunned as Max and a few others came in and grabbed him. "Hey, get off me, man!" Gary yelled, "C'mon Max, you know me!" They wrestled him and dragged him out of the room. Everyone else was watching him. "Nancy!" Marlena said, her and Bobby coming up to her, "Bobby, get Dr. Coleman." He nodded his head and went running out. "Hang on Nancy, you'll be alright," Marlena said, pulling Nancy into her arms. Adam and Darcy both appeared. "She didn't take any Hypnocil," Darcy told her. "She'll be fine!" Marlena said back to her. "She's going to die, Marlena," Darcy further explained, "He's going to get her." Kate rushed past Adam and Darcy and looked down at Marlena and Nancy. "Oh my God, Nancy!" Kate said, "Marlena, can you give me a hand with her?" "You got it ma'am," Marlena said as they picked her up.

Gary was placed in a solitary cell and the door was locked shut. He beat his fist against it and yelled with utter defeat. "Open the damn door!" he yelled, "You can't keep me here like some animal! Let me out!" He backed away as Max reappeared beside Kate whom had her arms folded. "Oh Gary," Kate breathed, shaking her head in disappointment, "You know something? You're a good kid, but you're getting out of hand. What you did to Bobby…there's no reason for it." "Then tell him to stay out of my face!" Gary yelled. "Well, you obviously need a night to yourself then, Gary," she said, grabbing a pill from her vile. "I'm a little sick of this shit!" he yelled. "Take the pill, kid," Max warned him. Gary shook his head, staring down at it in the palm of Kate's hand. He paced around, staring at it, then at them both. "Take it, Gary," Kate warned him. "Fine!" he said, grabbing it and pulling it in his mouth, "If it gets you both out of my face!" He then grabbed the cup of water in Kate's hand and swallowed. Kate nodded her head to Max and they both backed out of the room. Max locked the door and Kate peeked in the window.

"Goodnight Gary," she gently said into it. He shook his head and sat down to wait out the night.

As Kate and Max left the door, Gary spit of the pill that he'd hidden under his tongue. "Fucking know it all wannabe shrink," he muttered, "I'm tired of taking that shit." He looked around his cell, seeing the one dim light that lit it up. The intercom started playing The Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do is Dream" and he snickered. "Fuck all these people," he grumbled, "Especially that new girl." He closed his eyes and tried to sleep with his back against the wall. He pulled out a pocketknife he'd hidden from them.

Nancy's eyes opened in an infirmary a while later. She looked around, seeing that she was alone in the room. "Hello?" Nancy called out, holding her head, "Dr. Coleman, I think I need something for my head!" She slowly slid off the gurney and hissed through her teeth as the throbbing pain worsened. She looked up at the lights as they flickered around a bit. "Dr. Coleman!" Nancy called again, hearing it echo. She had a bad feeling that she knew where she was. "Wake up Nancy, wake up!" she breathed as the paint on the walls began to peel away and float upwards. The blue on the walls began to burn and melt away, revealing a rusted metallic surface in their places. The tile floor tore away into a million pieces of burnt material and a metallic grated floor stood in its place. She shook her head slowly, realizing where she was. She heard smoke begin hissing from the walls and it clouded her vision. She then saw huge machinery and pipes appear beyond the blinding smoke and she screamed in horror.

"Oh God, no!" Nancy breathed. She looked around the industrial environment she was in and began walking through it. Everything she'd went through a few days ago was all starting to return all at once. She knew that she didn't take her Hypnocil before Gary had knocked her out. "Oh my God, I've got to leave this place!" Nancy said, hurrying through the giant maze of pipes and machinery. She stopped as she heard a cackling overhead that made her blood freeze. "Nancy…" she heard a deep and distorted voice growl from all around her, "Here piggy, piggy, piggy." She was looking towards a long dimly lit corridor and didn't see a silhouette rising up on top of a giant machine behind her. "Heh, heh, heh!" the silhouette chuckled, holding up his gloved hand with the blades on his fingers. "Hello, Nancy" he breathed. She spun around as he jumped down at her and swung his gloved hand at her. She screamed and dropped down to the ground, holding her side. "Ah, fuck!" she hissed through her teeth. She looked up as the figure kept rubbing their index and middle finger blades together.

"Miss me?" Freddy asked her, stepping into the light. She started screaming as he began laughing loudly. "I sure missed you," he said, walking towards her. "You're dead!" Nancy yelled, crawling backwards, "We both killed you!" "You can't kill me!" he snickered, grabbing her with his other hand, "How can you kill what's already dead?" He brought his head closer to hers and his tongue slid out, flickering towards her face. "Nooo!" Nancy yelled, trying to turn away. "Nancy Holbrook," he sneered at her, "The love of my life. You never forget your first kiss." He then pressed his wrinkled burnt lips against hers as she moaned and struggled against him. Her eyes closed tight as she grabbed his clawed arm. "I'll give you a piece of my mind," he growled in her ear, reaching behind her with his finger blades. He stopped, sensing someone else nearby.

"Hello?" Gary yelled out, holding himself as he walked through the maze, "Oh fuck, what is this place?" He heard a faint singing in the distance, but he couldn't make out the words. "Hello?" he called out. He turned his head as he caught movement out of the corner of his eye. He spun around and saw a small blonde curly haired 6-year-old girl running away from something dark and fast chasing her. She screamed in a tiny voice as she ran from the shadow chasing her. "Hey, little kid!" he yelled, "Wait up!" He began running after them, trying to find a way out of here. He chased the kid who kept screaming, before she disappeared into the shadows. "Wait up, you stupid kid!" he yelled, racing into the darkness where she disappeared. "Aw shit, I can't see anything," he muttered. Suddenly, the area lit up. He looked around, seeing that he was in a small isolated space in some pipes with no way out. He looked down and saw the little blonde girl sitting in front of him in her short-sleeved white dress with her head down.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?" he yelled. She didn't lift her head up. "Hey, I'm talking to you, kid!" he yelled, kneeling down to her height and grabbing her shoulders, "You look at me!" She slowly lifted her head up, staring at him with her sad gray eyes. "Oh Jesus!" he breathed, seeing a deep cut under her chin across her neck. She began to slowly cry, rubbing it. She signed something in sign language to him. "What the hell are you saying?" he asked. She then pointed behind him and he spun around. "Hey there!" Freddy roared, slashing Gary's arm. He screamed as the monster in front of him began to viciously slash him with his right hand repeatedly and stab in the stomach. Freddy grabbed Gary who was vomiting out blood. "Trying to save face, Gary?" he asked, swiping at Gary's head. Gary screamed as his facial skin was torn off by the swipe, his crimson skeletal face showing as he screamed.

He threw Gary down hard and kicked him in the side. "Nancy…I know you can hear me!" he growled, "They're in your hands now. I'll let you choose what order they die in. Maybe I'll keep you alive after all." Nancy's eyes opened wide as she gasped for air. She awoke lying on her side. She stared down at the bed and blankets, which were stained with blood. She looked down at her waist, which was scratched and open. "Oh God, help!" she yelled, showing her teeth. Kate appeared and screamed in horror. "Nancy!" she yelled, "Hang on, sweetie!" She took out a medical kit and opened it.

"What the hell's going on in there?" Max yelled from out side of Gary's cell. Marlena, Bobby and Darcy appeared behind him. "Man, don't make me have to put you under again," Max warned, taking out a needle. "That doesn't sound normal, you guys," Bobby told them. "You know him, Bobby," Max told him, "He's tried to escape before." "I'm really scared, you guys!" Marlena told him, "Just open it!" Max nodded his head to his other orderlies and he opened the cell. They all stared in and screamed loudly, seeing what remained of Gary. He clung to his pocketknife with one hand and held his facial skin in the other. His slimy red skinless face was steaming and his eyes were rolled up.