Note: I don't know why I can only write these entries late at night. I haven't done anything productive all day! Oh well, now we're getting to the nitty-gritty ending to our wonderful story. And I'm already planning out the next one. I think it's gonna be the best one yet! Like I said, after the story is over I'll be posting an Author's Note section and a Preview, and I would be delighted to have feedback. As for now, you can read chapters 20 & 21, (and probably two more after I post these).

-Riley

PS: Ghostwriter, you're right, Freddy can possess anything he wants to really. But personally I would still at least feel better knowing that he'd have a hard time trying to get a big-ass 1990's TV off his head. Lol, think: Matthew Lillard's death in Scream.

Chapter Twenty:

Sleepy Dreaming

"Dr. Gordon, there's so much to tell…" Joey admitted, watching little Ellie uneasily dream. Neil was preparing to administrate heavy narcotics to both Kristen and Harry who lay in single beds in the isolated room. Overhead lights illuminated the room while the rainstorm grew vicious outside. A flash of lightning lit up the windows. Joey and Neil sat between the two, Ellie was sleeping in a cot beside them. Having seen her for the first time, Joey was amazed at how small she was. From what he had heard, the Legion had made somewhat of a monster out of her. But she was just a child. His heart ached in guilt.

"I'm amazed that you've been able to infiltrate this group of people for so long. Why did they come to you?" Kristen asked groggily, as Neil poked the serum straight into her arm.

Joey sighed, running his hand through his thick dark hair, "I'm the only one of us who didn't leave Springwood. I tried to live a normal life, and I did…for a while. But when the Legion began to reassemble after their demise two years back, they tracked me down."

"What's going to happen if they find out that you're helping us?" Harry asked, the weight in his eyelids growing increasingly heavy.

Joey didn't reply immediately, but Kristen placed her hand on his, she sympathetically said, "We'll try to keep you safe."

Although in truth, no one really believed any of them were safe.

Ellie felt like her skin was melting away. She sat at the top of a stairwell looking down into a red-tinted boiler room. Freddy had been gone for a while, he had told her to stay where she was. However, she couldn't help but wonder away, trying to look for an escape of this incinerating room. She heard voices, mostly young children calling out for help behind the walls. She didn't know where they were, but she felt equally as lost as they were. The farther she wandered along the grated floors she found herself merely allowing her feet to take her away.

When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she found herself looking at a burning inferno within the boiler. She could see arms and faces of victims within the flames. The short pain in her should from where she was attacked throbbed. In another instant, she could hear a distinct voice above the rest. But suddenly the flames rose higher and brighter, the burning corpses disappeared and were replaced by raging flames. She fell back on her bottom, looking desperately around.

"Hello?"

There was a menacing cackle rising from the hollow walls. She scampered to her feet and began to run. He was back. Looking left and right, she only saw shadows and metal, merging into one as she searched for a way out. A sensation in her mind told her that he was closer, not just to her, but to her foster parents as well. They were dreaming, she knew that now. For hours she had been stuck in the realm by herself, mentally separated by the two people who cared for her the most. But they were looking for her now.

"Here little piggy…" Freddy's voice shuddered in the walls.

Her legs began to ache she had been running as fast as possible. She almost ran into the door that sat just in front of her, she reached out for it the closer she got. The handle was hot but she clenched it in both of her tiny hands and flung the door inward. She found herself in a bedroom, one that she had seen before. In a sequence of déjà vu, she saw two figures, her real mom and dad, sleeping.

"Mommy!" Ellie gleefully let out, but found herself immobilized. She could see a grey complexion in her father's face, he had clearly already been dead for some time. However on the other side, she saw Freddy Krueger taunting her mother with his claws. She was dreaming, but thrashing aimlessly in the bed.

"Stop it!" She cried, as Freddy began to laugh evily. Out of the shadows, Ellie saw a face that she hadn't seen in years, Sara the witchy lady from the Legion. Her eyes twitched happily as a wicked grin spread across her face. She pulled back the covers and began to carve the malicious message in Ellie's mother's skin. Ellie found herself screaming, loudly enough for them to hear.

"I won't let you hurt her! Stop it now!" Her voice howled. A crack in the sequence rippled across Sara's carving knife. She stopped in motion, and found her arm breaking away like fiberglass. She began to mouth a voiceless cry as her entire body erupted into a mess that shattered away from Ellie's mother. Freddy stopped laughing, and finally acknowledged Ellie's presence.

"Impressive Piglet. In here, you and I are equals." He said coolly, stepping away from her mother.

"Why did you let Sara hurt my mom and dad?" She softly asked, shaking as she watched the Dream demon approach her. He did not have Danny's body to cover himself with, in here, he was who he was. He knelt down, his face looking into hers. He gently reached out his non-gloved hand and stroked her side, "I needed to have you for myself Ellie. You see, you're special to me. Your Mommy didn't know what powers you had. She never knew. She had forgotten all about her life with Freddy."

"Why's that?"

His hand caressed her cheek, slowly guiding down her neck onto her shoulder. The grazing of the knife in her shoulder was slowly healing, she cringed when he touched it. A trickle of blood leaked from her wound, and she watched in horror as Freddy licked his finger.

"Ah…blood is thicker than water." He murmured. Ellie shied away from his expression, "You did that to me."

"I did and I apologize. I don't want to hurt you Ellie, I want to embrace your power."

"Why me? Why do I have power?"

Freddy smiled, his teeth were crooked, "Like I said, you and I are equals. My blood runs through your veins."

"No, I don't want that…"

"Well tough shit Piggy, it's the truth. You're my soul heir, and I will make you even more powerful than you could possibly imagine."

She sternly replied, "No."

He grabbed her by the neck, clenching tightly, "Shut your mouth you bitch before I shut it for you!"

Grabbing his wrists with her hands she dug her nails into his arm. Struggling away, a scowl crossed her face, her eyes became darkened just by looking into his. A stench of flames began to pierce Freddy's skin, causing him to yelp in sharp pain. He dropped her, but she held fast on her concentration.

"Go away Freddy." She whispered.

He gasped, rubbing his wrist, "That fucking hurt!"

"Go away!"

Freddy hissed, "We're not done yet Piglet!"Before he disintegrated into shattered pieces like Sara, but Ellie didn't listen. As he disappeared a coldness came over her. She had gotten him to leave and found herself running over to her mother. Wiping the hair out of her eyes, she saw that her mother had not yet been killed by Sara's mutilation.

"Mom?" She whispered, waiting for her eyes to open. A murmur escaped her lips, but it didn't make any words.

"She's not suppose to be alive Ellie." A young woman's voice came from behind her. Turning around she saw a woman with silky blonde hair and pretty blue eyes looking down at her.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Kristen. Harry and I have been looking for you in here. You need to come with me."

"But my mom." Ellie protested, still anxiously waiting for her to awake. Kristen shook her head, "Do you want me to wait with you?"

Anxiety sprung tears into her exhausted eyes, "I know she'll wake up! She has to! I saved her!"

But her mother remained motionless. Staring at her body, Ellie weakly said, "I still don't remember who I am. I just want to go back to the way things were."

"What were they like?"

Ellie bit her lip, she was shaking as she quietly sobbed. She muttered, "I…I don't remember. Do you know Ms. Kristen?"

Kristen sighed, staring down at the young girl. She asked solemnly, "Would you like to know?"

Ellie nodded, "Please."

She didn't want to be the one explaining this, she had only just learned the information from Joey before falling asleep. However she sighed and took Ellie by the hand, "Your name is Ellie Burroughs. Your mother's name was Maggie."

The name ran across Ellie's lips, somewhat miserably.

"The truth is though, Maggie was born Katharine Krueger. She is Freddy Krueger's daughter."

Ellie's heart skipped a beat, maybe two. She shuddered, "That means…"

"You're his granddaughter."

The darkness she felt earlier, when trying to get Freddy away from her returned. There was no solace in this information. The tears had stopped flowing from her eyes, she seemed to blank out for a moment.

"Ellie, are you alright?"

"I want Kate and Harry…now." She whispered. Feeling herself be picked up by Kristen, she said, "We'll go find them. Right now."

She began to guide the girl away from the murder scene, into another dream. Ellie lifelessly hung in her arms, thinking about what she had just learned. But a decision had been made in her mind. After a minute of silence she announced:

"And Freddy…I want him dead."