Freddy Krueger
Mirror Images.
"Oh shit," Maggie said from the driver seat.
"What?" Doc, Tracy, and Zach said.
"Almost out of gas, we'll have to spend the night here," she said as they pulled up to a roadside motel.
Getting out of the car, the four people walked up to the lobby and asked if they had rooms available
"Why yes we do madam, rooms 102 and 103," said the landlord, handing them their keys.
"Thank you," said Tracy.
An hour later, Maggie and Doc were sleeping in their room as Tracy and Zach were thinking about the choice he would make.
"What should I do?" Zach moaned.
"Well," Tracy said, "if you accepted, you could help us,"
"Help you with what?"
"We're also trying to kill this asshole so if you accepted, you could cover him in the dream, make sure he doesn't kill anyone, while we try to find a way to kill him over in the real world."
"What about you though? What if you dream him up while I'm covering some kid, I can't be in two dreams at once."
Tracy just sat silently for a while when Zach suggested they talk about something else, so that's what they did. They talked almost all night, about friend, their pasts (Zach did find out what her father did to her even though she was reluctant to tell), what they wanted to do in life and eventually what Zach would probably never do. At about 3:30, Tracy and Zach both fell asleep, on the couch, in each other's arms. For in talking about themselves, they had found something in each other and themselves that they had never felt before; love for someone else.
"You know why we're here," Nancy said.
Zach's eyes shot open seeing not only Tracy snuggled up against him, but the three people he didn't really want to see, not now anyway, Nancy, Kristen, and Alice.
"Yeah, I do," he said sadly.
"Your choice? Have you made it?" asked Kristen.
"Yes I have," he said.
"It is?" Alice asked.
Taking a deep breath, he looked at Tracy and said, sorrow dripping from every word, "I accept."
Immediately, the three girls closed their eye and Zach began to glow with a blinding white light. Slowly, the glowing intensified until the entire room was filled with it and then, it stopped and the room was returned to its normal light.
"Thank you Zach, now we can rest in peace." Nancy said as all three of them disappeared.
Zach walked over to the wall and punched it as hard as he could, putting a fist-sized hole in the wall.
"Why did I say that!" he screamed, "WHY!!!"
Suddenly, Tracy jumped up off the couch, looking at Zach.
"You made your choice didn't you?"
Zach nodded.
"Not waking up are you?" she asked sadly.
Zach shook his head.
"I'm sorry Tracy, if I didn't take the offer, everyone I care about would end up dead, eventually."
"I know. Heh, it's funny, you're the first guy I've had these kinds of feelings for and then your taken away. For some reason, I find that funny."
They lean in closer to each other but before they can kiss, a screeching noise cuts through the calm atmosphere like a hot knife through butter.
"Damn, he's here. Hurry Tracy, wake up and then tell Maggie and..."
Suddenly, Krueger burst from the wall behind Zach, who promptly jumped back in answer.
"One more to go, one more..." and just as quickly as he showed up, he was gone.
"Shit," Zach said, "What time is it?"
Tracy looked at the bedside clock, 5:26.
"It's five-twenty six. Why?"
"Damn, that's enough time for someone to dream him up. Tracy, I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way by making the choice I did, but I've got to go now! You'll see me tomorrow night and if there's something you want to tell me, just tell me with your mind, you know how and if you don't, ask Doc," with that, he was gone, to someone else's dream.
In the Nightmare house, Freddy was just about to kill another kid when Zach showed up and kicked him away.
"What's your name kid?"
"Jacob," he said warily.
"Alice's son?"
He nodded.
"Jacob, I want you to listen very carefully. Tomorrow, I want you to look out for a group of people that look like this," Zach put his hand on Jacob's forehead and planted the images of Doc, Tracy, and Maggie into his mind, "when you meet them, I want you to ask why they're here and what you can do to help. It would also help if you explained who you are and how your involved with Krueger. Can you do that?"
Jacob nodded and woke himself up.
"Why do you keep getting in my way?" Krueger asked from behind Zach.
"Because I can," he answered simply.
Krueger stabbed at Zach with his glove but only hit air. Looking around in surprise, he found Zach standing on the second floor banister with both arms folded behind his back.
"Looking for me?" he said.
Krueger jumped up to is level and smirked.
"You've gotten a lot tougher since last time, what happened?"
"Not much, I just became superior to you in every way. I even have more control over the dream world than you?"
That must have touched nerve because Krueger suddenly looked very bitter.
"Maybe, but I have the experience."
"Do I care?"
In response to that, Krueger summoned the same dogs and bees he used last time and sent them at Zach. All Zach did in response to this, Zach held out his hand and the dream creatures burst into flame.
Losing his temper, or maybe out of frustration, Krueger ran forward on punched Zach in the head, Zach head didn't budge and Zach punched Krueger in the stomach. Knocking the dream stalker out cold.
"Bastard, sucks he can't die in the dream world or that would've done it."
Getting sick of this house, Zach decided on checking out Tracy's dreams, concentrated on her, but found that he couldn't feel her.
"Must be awake, Oh well, this gives me more time to test out my new powers. First a change of scenery," waving his hand across his field of vision, his surroundings went from that of Freddy's house, but to that of Disneyland. Not matter how old he got, he would always love this place, it was perhaps the only place where you could become a kid again and not get laughed at all the way to hell. Walking pas the front gates, he decided that it was too deserted, so he snapped his fingers and the park was filled with people.
"Now that's more like it, much more welcoming." He said as he walked forward to enjoy the park, line free if and when he wished.
"Oh shit," Maggie said from the driver seat.
"What?" Doc, Tracy, and Zach said.
"Almost out of gas, we'll have to spend the night here," she said as they pulled up to a roadside motel.
Getting out of the car, the four people walked up to the lobby and asked if they had rooms available
"Why yes we do madam, rooms 102 and 103," said the landlord, handing them their keys.
"Thank you," said Tracy.
An hour later, Maggie and Doc were sleeping in their room as Tracy and Zach were thinking about the choice he would make.
"What should I do?" Zach moaned.
"Well," Tracy said, "if you accepted, you could help us,"
"Help you with what?"
"We're also trying to kill this asshole so if you accepted, you could cover him in the dream, make sure he doesn't kill anyone, while we try to find a way to kill him over in the real world."
"What about you though? What if you dream him up while I'm covering some kid, I can't be in two dreams at once."
Tracy just sat silently for a while when Zach suggested they talk about something else, so that's what they did. They talked almost all night, about friend, their pasts (Zach did find out what her father did to her even though she was reluctant to tell), what they wanted to do in life and eventually what Zach would probably never do. At about 3:30, Tracy and Zach both fell asleep, on the couch, in each other's arms. For in talking about themselves, they had found something in each other and themselves that they had never felt before; love for someone else.
"You know why we're here," Nancy said.
Zach's eyes shot open seeing not only Tracy snuggled up against him, but the three people he didn't really want to see, not now anyway, Nancy, Kristen, and Alice.
"Yeah, I do," he said sadly.
"Your choice? Have you made it?" asked Kristen.
"Yes I have," he said.
"It is?" Alice asked.
Taking a deep breath, he looked at Tracy and said, sorrow dripping from every word, "I accept."
Immediately, the three girls closed their eye and Zach began to glow with a blinding white light. Slowly, the glowing intensified until the entire room was filled with it and then, it stopped and the room was returned to its normal light.
"Thank you Zach, now we can rest in peace." Nancy said as all three of them disappeared.
Zach walked over to the wall and punched it as hard as he could, putting a fist-sized hole in the wall.
"Why did I say that!" he screamed, "WHY!!!"
Suddenly, Tracy jumped up off the couch, looking at Zach.
"You made your choice didn't you?"
Zach nodded.
"Not waking up are you?" she asked sadly.
Zach shook his head.
"I'm sorry Tracy, if I didn't take the offer, everyone I care about would end up dead, eventually."
"I know. Heh, it's funny, you're the first guy I've had these kinds of feelings for and then your taken away. For some reason, I find that funny."
They lean in closer to each other but before they can kiss, a screeching noise cuts through the calm atmosphere like a hot knife through butter.
"Damn, he's here. Hurry Tracy, wake up and then tell Maggie and..."
Suddenly, Krueger burst from the wall behind Zach, who promptly jumped back in answer.
"One more to go, one more..." and just as quickly as he showed up, he was gone.
"Shit," Zach said, "What time is it?"
Tracy looked at the bedside clock, 5:26.
"It's five-twenty six. Why?"
"Damn, that's enough time for someone to dream him up. Tracy, I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way by making the choice I did, but I've got to go now! You'll see me tomorrow night and if there's something you want to tell me, just tell me with your mind, you know how and if you don't, ask Doc," with that, he was gone, to someone else's dream.
In the Nightmare house, Freddy was just about to kill another kid when Zach showed up and kicked him away.
"What's your name kid?"
"Jacob," he said warily.
"Alice's son?"
He nodded.
"Jacob, I want you to listen very carefully. Tomorrow, I want you to look out for a group of people that look like this," Zach put his hand on Jacob's forehead and planted the images of Doc, Tracy, and Maggie into his mind, "when you meet them, I want you to ask why they're here and what you can do to help. It would also help if you explained who you are and how your involved with Krueger. Can you do that?"
Jacob nodded and woke himself up.
"Why do you keep getting in my way?" Krueger asked from behind Zach.
"Because I can," he answered simply.
Krueger stabbed at Zach with his glove but only hit air. Looking around in surprise, he found Zach standing on the second floor banister with both arms folded behind his back.
"Looking for me?" he said.
Krueger jumped up to is level and smirked.
"You've gotten a lot tougher since last time, what happened?"
"Not much, I just became superior to you in every way. I even have more control over the dream world than you?"
That must have touched nerve because Krueger suddenly looked very bitter.
"Maybe, but I have the experience."
"Do I care?"
In response to that, Krueger summoned the same dogs and bees he used last time and sent them at Zach. All Zach did in response to this, Zach held out his hand and the dream creatures burst into flame.
Losing his temper, or maybe out of frustration, Krueger ran forward on punched Zach in the head, Zach head didn't budge and Zach punched Krueger in the stomach. Knocking the dream stalker out cold.
"Bastard, sucks he can't die in the dream world or that would've done it."
Getting sick of this house, Zach decided on checking out Tracy's dreams, concentrated on her, but found that he couldn't feel her.
"Must be awake, Oh well, this gives me more time to test out my new powers. First a change of scenery," waving his hand across his field of vision, his surroundings went from that of Freddy's house, but to that of Disneyland. Not matter how old he got, he would always love this place, it was perhaps the only place where you could become a kid again and not get laughed at all the way to hell. Walking pas the front gates, he decided that it was too deserted, so he snapped his fingers and the park was filled with people.
"Now that's more like it, much more welcoming." He said as he walked forward to enjoy the park, line free if and when he wished.