A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 6: The Dream God
Disclaimer: I own nothing (unfortunately); all rights to NOES and its characters are owned by New Line Cinema. I'm gaining no profit from this as I'm just a fan wanting to tell the story of what would have been the sixth film
Note: I would like to thank Calluna Rose, ShadowLord and Darkness Takes Over for their reviews again. Also, SlasherFanatic26 I would like to thank for the good review! Thanks!
Rated: 15 (Strong Violence, Psychological Horror and Moderate Language)
Chapter 10: A Plan & A Deal
Sunday 18th June 2005 07:56am
The coroner's back, the neighborhood gawks. Jacob, Karen and Scott sit on the front steps in a daze. But this time there are police barricades up. In another part of the front yard, Mr. and Mrs. Ross are with a social worker, Mr. Silverman. Mary Ross is crying while her husband David is having a heated argument with Silverman. The kids watch on gloomily. The social worker leaves as Mr. Ross walks over to the kids. Mary walks right by them and into the house, to broken up over something to talk.
''Pack your bags, kids''.
''You're kicking us out?'' Jacob asks.
''No. They're taking you away. They say it's for your own good''.
''They can't do that'' Karen gasps.
''Yes, they can. They consider Mary and I possibly unfit to act as foster parents. They're going to find temporary homes for you until this mess is straightened out. I'm so very sorry''.
Karen runs up to David and hugs him desperately ''No, please''
He holds her ''They're not calling it an accident this time. They don't really know what to call it''.
Karen lets go. Scott stands up ''What's going to happen to us?''
''You'll be alright''.
''What's going to happen to you?'' Karen asks.
''I don't know. They're thinking of pressing charges''.
Jacob is shocked ''Aw, Jesus...''
Mr. Ross tries to keep calm ''Come on. A car from juvenile hall will be here in an hour'' He leads them up the stairs.
Inside an office at juvenile hall, Mr. Silverman, the social worker, is talking to the teenagers. Karen and Scott look understandably worried. Jacob looks like he has problems as well.
''I'm sure most of you know how this works already. You'll be assigned new foster homes tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow morning the police will be talking to you regarding the matter at the old house''.
''Are we considered suspects?'' Scott asks.
''You'll talk to the police about that. Don't worry. We'll all try and work this out''.
Karen speaks up ''Will we be able to go back to the Ross's?''
''I don't know. You'll have a place to stay in the mean time''.
She speaks up again ''Will we at least be together?''
''No. We don't have anybody willing to take more than one person. I'm afraid you'll be split up''.
The teenagers walk glumly out of the office. Jacob is still strangely silent, not making eye contact with anyone.
''Jacob, what are we going to do?'' Karen asks.
''…I don't know''.
Jacob truthfully didn't know what to do; Karen was the Dream God the only one who could stop Krueger. But Jacob cared about her too much to take the risk of losing her.
''What do you mean? we have to think of…''
''No Karen there can't be a we; I have to do this alone. No help…just me and him''.
Jacob walks on ahead of them. Karen is flabbergasted. She stops and just stands there with Scott. The two of them watching Jacob walk away.
The 3 kids each had dorm rooms for which they were spending the night. It was around 11 at night, lights were out ages ago; but Jacob is dressed and quietly trying to open the locked window.
''So you don't know what to do huh?'' Jacob turns to see an angry Karen sneak through the door.
''I said I have to do this alone''.
''So after everything we've been through, you're going rouge…why?''.
''Because I'm the only one who can stop…''
''No, you said there was someone else that could kill Freddy. Why can't I help you find that person''.
Jacob was pacing back and forth, he was running out of excuses ''Be…Because…the Dream Police are the only help I need''.
''No that's not the reason''.
''I don't want to lose you like my mum…you want to know the truth, you're the person he's after, you are the Dream God!''
Karen stands there dazed, as Jacob sinks on his bed and puts his face in his hands ''Karen…when I showed you the picture I brought out of the dream you looked like you've seen something like that before…have you?''
Karen walks over slowly and sits by Jacob on his bed ''Sometimes, I dream of swimming in a lake, a lake of liquid crystals. Sometimes when I wake up, the paper says how a lake or a river in other countries lose all pollution and actually grow crystals. I remember one time, about 2 years ago; I dreamed I was swimming in a lake in the early 20th century I can't remember when exactly. And then I heard about this lake that was discovered in a place called Higgins Haven; where crystals were discovered in the early 20th century. I didn't know what exactly, but I knew something was wrong with me''.
Jacob moves a strand of hair from her face, Karen turns to him.
''Nothing is wrong with you. To me, these powers are incredible; I love them and so did my mum. But Freddy loves them to. And he will kill to keep them…and I don't want you to…cause…I really care about you a lot''.
Karen smiles back at him ''That is the exact same reason why I want to help''.
''I know. But I can't fight him, and protect you from him at the same time. I need to get as far away from you as possible; he doesn't know it, but he still needs me to get to you. If I'm too far away…he can't get you''.
Karen brings out Alice's bracelet and gives it to Jacob. He takes it, holds Karen's hand and fits it down her wrist.
''It's as if destiny wants to pull us apart'' Karen said.
''That happened with Romeo & Juliet, they ended up together''.
''Dead''
They both laugh quietly, Jacob speaks ''This ending is going to be different. I'm not giving up''.
''If you did, I'd kill you myself'' They both quietly laugh again and look in to each other's eyes again. They move their heads closer, and their lips touch. They share a tender kiss together for a few seconds, they pull back for a bit; and Karen whispers.
''We still have one night together'' They kiss again more passionately this time, and lie down onto the bed, hand in hand, sharing what might be their last night together.
In Scott's room, he is sitting on his chair thinking about everything that has happened. He thought about Gina and Wesley; they were like family (or at least better than his old one), and yet he treated them badly. He stands up, gets a cigarette out of his pocket as well as his lighter and is about to light it. But stops and tosses the lighter and cigarette away. He sits back down and falls right through the chair, not appearing underneath. He just disappears.
Outside of Jacob's dorm, he finally manages to unlock the window. He climbs out and makes his way across the road; on the other side he stops and looks up to see Karen looking out the window, watching him as he smiles one last time at her, then runs. Jacob has been running for an hour nearly. Soon the buildings he passes become less frequent, and he starts smelling country air. Tired and thinking he's far enough, he stops and sits on the ground next to an old barn house. Getting his breathing back to normal speed, he begins to do some meditation his mum taught him. His breathing slows; his head becomes numb until finally…he's asleep.
His eyes blast open straight away, he gets to his feet. He is standing in the middle of a road; he stares down into the darkness, fixed on the gloominess in front of him; a look of vengeance beginning to grow.
''I'm home''.
FLASH! In 5 bursts the Dream Police appear directly across from him. Jacob holds his ground. Kristen moves forward ''Where is Karen?''
''Change of plans, we take Krueger down ourselves''.
''Jacob, we need as many allies as we have to stop him''.
''No, Nancy said I can beat him myself if I use my full power. I know I can beat him…I'm not losing Karen like my mum''.
Kristen stares heavily at him for a second until ''Okay. Your plan?''
''I draw him out…then we jump him''.
KABOOOOOOOOM! A huge brick wall, 100 feet high and spreading out across the street and through the houses, blasts up from the asphalt. Right between the Police and Jacob. Jacob has hardly any time to react before a perfectly round hole opens up underneath him…and Jacob falls into darkness. Sound Cop stands up and his body begins to vibrate. A new noise emits from his mouth, a high pitched squeal.
And like the walls of Jericho, the bricks in front of them fall apart and tumble to the ground. Dust settles and the Police walk over the rubble to the other side. They see that Jacob is gone.
''Fan out'' Kristen yells and the Dream Police break formation and scatter.
A hole opens up in the road and whoosh, Jacob is shot up into the street. He spins around, trying to get his bearings. It doesn't take him long. He knows exactly where he is.
''Okay Krueger…you want to play your rules'' He starts to run, he jumps over a procession of rats making their way across the street and just keeps on sprinting. Until he reaches a certain house. He catches his breath as he looks at the building, pain registering on his face. He moves towards the house, past mailbox; a mailbox that reads JOHNSON. Jacob opens the door and walks in. He turns on a light switch. A lamp sputters into semi-life, and keeps sputtering, casting a candle-like glow over the interior. Cobwebs and dust cover everything. Rats and tarantula spiders skitter about. Jacob grits his teeth and walks in deeper.
Scott falls out of a tree and lands with a THUD. He groans, slowly gets to his feet and takes in his surroundings. The road is dark and desolate. The street lights emit a grim brown glow and there are no stars or moon in the sky. Sounds echo through the trees and buildings. Weird moans, odd gurgling, eerie whispers, and an occasional unearthly howl.
''Oh, this is lovely''.
He starts cautiously walking down the sidewalk. Something flies by with a flapping. Scott ducks. Was it a bird or a bat or what? It's already gone. Then a deep (Tony Todd) voice calls out from behind a tree.
''Youth''
Scott turns, he is understandably jumpy ''Who's there''.
The dark figure of a man starts walking towards him. Scott backs away.
''Youth…the curse of mortals. The shrine of pure spirit. The infants of nature…And the feast of the Dream Demon'' The Man steps out into the light. He is 9 feet tall, has 3 eyes and a hump back. Scott yelps.
''Holy Jesus Christ''.
The Man grins and Scott starts stumbling away.
''I…am not of Christ. This place is not of God's. He lives here, he breathes here, he feeds here''.
''W…wh…who?''
''He made a deal with them…the Demons. They gave him eternal power. And yet…he needs more, wants more. He has only swum half the river. And you can stop him, before he reaches the other side''.
Scott was starting to get the feeling Jacob wasn't as crazy as he seemed. And maybe if this guy does know how to stop Freddy…it'll make him look cool in front of Karen.
''Okay…so what do I do?''
The man/thing points to a building behind him. Scott nods to him wearily, and staggers toward the saloon. He looks back to see the man step back into the shadow. A puttering neon sign, ÔSPRINGWOOD TAVERN', marks the local saloon. Muffled music seep through the cracks of the double doors. Scott goes in the entrance.
Dump is too clean a word, dive is too nice…abomination is more like it. A greenish haze covers everything. Instead of sawdust on the floor there is a collection of debris that looks like a compilation of human teeth, crushed bugs, and pools of unmentionable goo. Then there are the people. Imagine any profanity, any obscenity, and any blasphemy, add them all up - then double them. It wouldn't even come close to the patrons of this joint.
They dance, they yell, they drink bloody bubbling mixtures. There's a guy to the right that doesn't seem to mind that half his brain is showing. That girl over there has no jaw. In a booth is a couple that is connected at the lips. A ventriloquist on stage is entertaining the troops with his hand up the back of a real body.
Scott steps through the door and blinks about a dozen times. He then carefully moves forward, trying to keep his eyes in their sockets. He slides up to the bar next to a mutant who's head is on backwards, his arms lean on the bar while his face looks out into the crowd. He has to twist his neck to sip his vile drink.
The bartender fills a twisted glass with a sickly brown liquid and gives it to Scott. Chunks of matter float amongst the foam. Scott takes the drink warily and looks up at the bartender.
''Compliments of the man at the end of the bar''.
The bartender walks away and Scott cranes his head to look down the bar. The crowd blocks his view, but he can see a hand tapping nonchalantly on the surface of the wood. Scott picks up his drink, holding it at an arm's length, and heads down the bar. At the end of the bar, sits a man and thankfully for Scott a normal looking man.
But this man doesn't always look normal, right now he was wearing a red and green sweater, a brown hat and the nails on his right hand seem sharper than his left. Other times, he would have a glove of knives on that hand and his whole body would be burnt…this was Freddy without the things that made him terrifying.
Scott sits down in the chair next to him. Freddy sips coolly on some hideous concoction before speaking.
''Welcome to my favorite haunt''.
''So you're the man?'' Scott asks.
''At your service''.
''What's on your mind?''
''A deal''.
Scott seems a bit puzzled ''A deal? I thought I was going to get info or…''
''Kill Jacob'' Freddy interrupts.
Scott, valiantly holding on to his nerve, raises an eyebrow.
''Why would I want to do that?''
''I thought you wanted to know how to kill who's causing all this''.
Now Scott was confused ''That kid isn't a killer''.
''Really, so Jacob arrives. Out of no-where, no records, saying he's from a place that doesn't even exist. He starts talking of people dying in their sleep. And when your friends for asleep…they don't wake up. Sounds a tiny bit suspicious''.
Scott is giving this some serious thought, and is losing track of what to say ''He said it is someone else…''
''And have you ever heard of this killer. I mean, if he was a child murderer like Jacob said…don't you think you would have heard about it?''.
This was the moment Scott was actually starting to believe him.
Freddy speaks again ''First Wesley, then Gina. If you don't hurry, I'm afraid you're next''.
''What about Karen?''
''Oh, he'll probably hold onto her for a bit; she is a beautiful young lady, he will have years getting sexual pleasures out of her. But soon, he will start getting violent towards her, and then once he feels her little body can't take anymore…''
''Shut up'' Scott shouts, pounding his fist on the table. All the mutants turn towards them, but Freddy just gives them one little glare and they all go about their business. Scott gives serious thought about this, maybe Jacob was the killer. There was nothing to say he wasn't. He then thought about what Freddy said he might do to Karen…
''There's a catch isn't there?''
''No catch. In fact, if you kill him you can have anything. Power? You deserve it; you're a take-charge kind of guy, Scott. Like when you took charge of your father'' Suddenly Freddy is spinning a gun on the bar with his hand. Scott grimaces.
''Leave my father out of this''.
''Alright…but we'll bring back Karen in to this''.
That was Freddy's trump card. It really hits a nerve in Scott.
''Karen's everything you ever wanted. I know about your dreams of her…'' Freddy then waves his hand in Scott's face, and he suddenly shape-shifts into Karen ''…I know how you can use your dream power to pretend to be anyone you want…'' Scott shape-shifts back to himself.
''…And yet, you only turn into her, why? Is it cause she only loves you in your dreams?'' Scott looks into his drink to see his dreams in the reflection. His dreams of switching back and forth between himself and Karen; the Karen part telling him how much she loved him.
''Imagine this as a reality, where she loves you for being yourself. And not fearing your rage''.
Scott is forming tears in his eyes, one tear drops into the drink and the dream in the reflection vanishes. He grabs the drink and stares inside wanting it to come back. He then slowly turns to Freddy.
''How do I find him?''
Freddy smiles as he picks up Scott's drink take a quick sip and throw the juices in Scott's face. He screams in agony, as it looks as if the drink is burning his face. Steam coming from his eyes; in his pupils he can see Jacob sleeping next to a barn house. The pain disappears and Scott gets back to his feet, he then looks around to see he is back in his dorm-room. Imprinted in his mind is the location of Jacob.
Karen is walking down the hallway, making her way back to her dorm-room. She looks out the window to see Scott making his way across the road, the same way Jacob went. Karen sensing trouble climbs out the window and follows him. She is too far away to be noticed and too far away to see the gun in his hand; the gun Freddy had in the dream, the gun he used to kill his father…and the gun he will use to kill Jacob.
I really enjoyed writing this chapter; but the last chapters are my favourite. A little preview: Chapter 11-You will see a full fight between the Dream Police and Freddy. Chapter 12-Jacob and Freddy will have the battle to end all battles. Chapter 13-Will be the final chapter, who will win? Also I will make a Chapter 14 for Behind-the-scenes; such as the diffrences between the original script and my version (the story you are reading), the actors I would cast for the roles, Q&A so if you want to ask any questions about anything I will answer them in that chapter, and finally a teaser trailer for an upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street project by me and fellow fanfic writer ShadowLord!