After the introductions everyone looked at little Washu who seemed to be
finished with what she was working on. Nancy looked at her for a moment
before deciding to ask.
"Miss Washu is it ready?" She asked politely.
Washu nodded before wiping the sweat from her brow. She looked at them and gave them all the thumbs up.
"What can I say? I am the greatest scientific genius in the universe!" She said with a laugh before she turned to the Dream Machine.
"I designed this to be like Kristin. Right down to your specifications Nancy. But unlike Kristin it can't keep us together. We have to do that ourselves. So how do we beat Krueger?" Washu asked her seeming to be in a little bit of a hurry.
Nancy stood there for a moment and she was took back by her question. Remembering how the others and she had stood against Krueger and brought him to his knees. She remembered how Kinkade had become extremely strong in his dreams, and how Joey could shout so loud that it caused the entire dream house to shake.
"Everyone has a special power that they can do in their most wonderful dreams. Something that makes them feels safe and secure. We have to learn that power and use it. Then we can face Krueger on equal terms." She said.
Katherine looked at her and shook her head.
"What about bringing Krueger out of the dream? I mean that's how I beat him. I made him play by my rules." Katherine said with a little hint of Superiority.
"I've done that before. It doesn't destroy him it only slows him down. No we need to find a way of killing him in the dream. A way so that by his own rules he dies and can't return. That's what we should have done in the first place. Burying him only bought them time." Nancy said her voice sounding full of remorse.
Washu looked at them and nodded. She got the machine up and running and then looked at them.
"Alright take your places in the containment beds along the machine. It will keep Krueger's energy out until we are ready." Washu said has she manned the controls.
"What about you Miss Washu?" Ayeka asked has she looked at her.
"Someone needs to man the controls and keep an eye on Sasami. So I will. Since I am use to staying up nearly weeks at a time it is fine. Now go on. I got everything out here." She said waiting for them to get into the machine.
Tenchi and Ryoko lay by each other. Washu watched this and began to realize that even though this was a horrible ordeal, it was making Tenchi finally choose. And she was glad that Ryoko was his choice. After all her daughter deserved a little happiness.
"Alright everyone Dream time!" She said with a cheerful tone has they all closed their eyes.
By constrating on each other they awoke in a room similar to Washu's lab. Nancy looked at the others and smiled. She then got up and walked over near Jacob who was looking around a bit confused.
"What's the matter sweetie?" She asked him.
"I don't like to dream." He answered. He didn't want to tell her that he still remembered. He remembered Krueger and what he had shown about Nancy.
"Well personally I have gotten to like to dream. Although being back in the land of the living I don't really like it has much has I should." Nancy said with a little bit a sour face.
Tenchi looked at Ryoko and smiled. He kissed her and she grinned at him. Before they could look around Ryoko had changed the entire background of the dream. Everyone looked at her and Nancy walked toward her.
"How did you do that?" Nancy asked.
"It's something that I could always do. I learned how to after being Kagato's slave for a while. Since the only place he couldn't hurt me was in my dreams I learned how to control them. I can make this any place that I want." She said.
"Ryoko that's a powerful gift. Not everyone can change every aspect about a dream. That's what Krueger is able to do. More than that he seems to have control over the Dreamscape." Nancy said.
Ryoko nodded but then she lowered her head.
"I couldn't do this when he was there. When he was in my dreams I felt so helpless. I think it was because he used Kagato's memory against me first. And it made me feel so small." She said to her.
Nancy touched her cheek. She smiled and shook her head.
"He's going to try to trick you. That's what he does. He finds what hurts and uses it against you." She said softly.
Tenchi held the master key in his hands. Even in the dream it activated and he grinned. But then he thought of something else. There had been a movie called Star Wars that he had watched. He already had the master key and when things got back he always dreamed that he was a Jedi knight. It was kind of stupid but he wondered if it would work now. He closed his eyes and his clothes changed.
"Now that's better." He said has he stood there in the Jedi robes.
Ayeka looked at him for a moment.
"Lord Tenchi what is that you're wearing?" She asked.
Katherine looked at him and then she smiled shaking her head.
"So return of the Jedi?" She asked playfully.
"Sort of. Dad watched the Star Wars movies with me. In bad dreams I would dream that I was one of the Jedi. And it always turned out better." Tenchi said with a confident grin.
Ayeka looked at them. She held her hands up and then a purple light covered her. In her left hand she was holding a fireball and in her right she was holding what looked like a ball of electricity.
"In my dreams I am the grand sorceress of Jurai. In my dreams I am able to use the full power of my people just like she did." Ayeka said softly. Her purple hair hang low on her. And her dress was leaving little hidden.
Tracy looked at them and walked forward. She grinned looking just like she did when she went into the dream with John.
"In times of trouble I always go back to being me. The me that went in with John and the me that faced down Krueger before." She said.
Nancy looked at them. She smiled that many of them had figured out their powers. She noticed that Doc had formed a baseball bat and was hitting rocks far away from them. She watched him and every hit was a home run.
"So your power is being able to hit homers?" Nancy asked him.
Doc shook his head.
"Naw but this bat saved my life. So I figured that I would be able to use it again. See in my dreams I can call forth want I want to use. I can dream that I am holding a bat or that I have something that can be used has a weapon for a little bit." Doc said has he swung and hit another home run.
Jacob remembered his dream power. He remembered it kind of well, but it was hard to describe. Finally he looked at them and formed it. His power was that of illusion and of redirecting power toward someone else. Nancy watched him do this and she clapped.
"Jacob that was wonderful. Where did you learn that?" She asked him.
He shook his head not wanting to talk about it. She respected his wishes. The boy that Katherine and doc had brought with them was also powerful. But his dream power was different than everyone else. They looked at him and noticed that he was glowing a brilliant Gold.
"What is that?" Nancy asked.
"It's how I am when I dream." He answered simply.
Slowly the background tried to change on them and Ryoko was forcing it to stay like it was.
"He's close!" She shouted has she kept her head clear and tried to keep them safe In the peaceful place that they where in.
"I can feel him too." Nancy said has she looked around.
"Nancy long time. Lets see last time I saw you I looked like your daddy. So tell me bitch who's your daddy?!" Krueger said with a maniacal laugh.
"Show yourself Krueger!" Nancy shouted toward nothingness.
"Oh I will. Believe me and your going to be taken back for a ride down memory lane you lousy bitch!" he shouted toward her.
Ryoko grabbed her head and the entire dreamscape changed. They where on Elm Street. And there was the house that Nancy knew all too well. The door swung open and she looked at them.
"He's inviting us in. I'm not going to lie this is going to be dangerous. If you die in here then you are gone for good." Nancy said
They all nodded and started toward the house.
(Back in Washu's lab)
Washu looked over the controls. How was he able to get into them? Then she noticed that he had somehow changed his energy. She looked at Sasami and realized how. He used her alfa waves to enter the machine and now he was going after them.
"Oh God. Please be safe everyone. Be safe my little Ryoko." she said softly.
"Miss Washu is it ready?" She asked politely.
Washu nodded before wiping the sweat from her brow. She looked at them and gave them all the thumbs up.
"What can I say? I am the greatest scientific genius in the universe!" She said with a laugh before she turned to the Dream Machine.
"I designed this to be like Kristin. Right down to your specifications Nancy. But unlike Kristin it can't keep us together. We have to do that ourselves. So how do we beat Krueger?" Washu asked her seeming to be in a little bit of a hurry.
Nancy stood there for a moment and she was took back by her question. Remembering how the others and she had stood against Krueger and brought him to his knees. She remembered how Kinkade had become extremely strong in his dreams, and how Joey could shout so loud that it caused the entire dream house to shake.
"Everyone has a special power that they can do in their most wonderful dreams. Something that makes them feels safe and secure. We have to learn that power and use it. Then we can face Krueger on equal terms." She said.
Katherine looked at her and shook her head.
"What about bringing Krueger out of the dream? I mean that's how I beat him. I made him play by my rules." Katherine said with a little hint of Superiority.
"I've done that before. It doesn't destroy him it only slows him down. No we need to find a way of killing him in the dream. A way so that by his own rules he dies and can't return. That's what we should have done in the first place. Burying him only bought them time." Nancy said her voice sounding full of remorse.
Washu looked at them and nodded. She got the machine up and running and then looked at them.
"Alright take your places in the containment beds along the machine. It will keep Krueger's energy out until we are ready." Washu said has she manned the controls.
"What about you Miss Washu?" Ayeka asked has she looked at her.
"Someone needs to man the controls and keep an eye on Sasami. So I will. Since I am use to staying up nearly weeks at a time it is fine. Now go on. I got everything out here." She said waiting for them to get into the machine.
Tenchi and Ryoko lay by each other. Washu watched this and began to realize that even though this was a horrible ordeal, it was making Tenchi finally choose. And she was glad that Ryoko was his choice. After all her daughter deserved a little happiness.
"Alright everyone Dream time!" She said with a cheerful tone has they all closed their eyes.
By constrating on each other they awoke in a room similar to Washu's lab. Nancy looked at the others and smiled. She then got up and walked over near Jacob who was looking around a bit confused.
"What's the matter sweetie?" She asked him.
"I don't like to dream." He answered. He didn't want to tell her that he still remembered. He remembered Krueger and what he had shown about Nancy.
"Well personally I have gotten to like to dream. Although being back in the land of the living I don't really like it has much has I should." Nancy said with a little bit a sour face.
Tenchi looked at Ryoko and smiled. He kissed her and she grinned at him. Before they could look around Ryoko had changed the entire background of the dream. Everyone looked at her and Nancy walked toward her.
"How did you do that?" Nancy asked.
"It's something that I could always do. I learned how to after being Kagato's slave for a while. Since the only place he couldn't hurt me was in my dreams I learned how to control them. I can make this any place that I want." She said.
"Ryoko that's a powerful gift. Not everyone can change every aspect about a dream. That's what Krueger is able to do. More than that he seems to have control over the Dreamscape." Nancy said.
Ryoko nodded but then she lowered her head.
"I couldn't do this when he was there. When he was in my dreams I felt so helpless. I think it was because he used Kagato's memory against me first. And it made me feel so small." She said to her.
Nancy touched her cheek. She smiled and shook her head.
"He's going to try to trick you. That's what he does. He finds what hurts and uses it against you." She said softly.
Tenchi held the master key in his hands. Even in the dream it activated and he grinned. But then he thought of something else. There had been a movie called Star Wars that he had watched. He already had the master key and when things got back he always dreamed that he was a Jedi knight. It was kind of stupid but he wondered if it would work now. He closed his eyes and his clothes changed.
"Now that's better." He said has he stood there in the Jedi robes.
Ayeka looked at him for a moment.
"Lord Tenchi what is that you're wearing?" She asked.
Katherine looked at him and then she smiled shaking her head.
"So return of the Jedi?" She asked playfully.
"Sort of. Dad watched the Star Wars movies with me. In bad dreams I would dream that I was one of the Jedi. And it always turned out better." Tenchi said with a confident grin.
Ayeka looked at them. She held her hands up and then a purple light covered her. In her left hand she was holding a fireball and in her right she was holding what looked like a ball of electricity.
"In my dreams I am the grand sorceress of Jurai. In my dreams I am able to use the full power of my people just like she did." Ayeka said softly. Her purple hair hang low on her. And her dress was leaving little hidden.
Tracy looked at them and walked forward. She grinned looking just like she did when she went into the dream with John.
"In times of trouble I always go back to being me. The me that went in with John and the me that faced down Krueger before." She said.
Nancy looked at them. She smiled that many of them had figured out their powers. She noticed that Doc had formed a baseball bat and was hitting rocks far away from them. She watched him and every hit was a home run.
"So your power is being able to hit homers?" Nancy asked him.
Doc shook his head.
"Naw but this bat saved my life. So I figured that I would be able to use it again. See in my dreams I can call forth want I want to use. I can dream that I am holding a bat or that I have something that can be used has a weapon for a little bit." Doc said has he swung and hit another home run.
Jacob remembered his dream power. He remembered it kind of well, but it was hard to describe. Finally he looked at them and formed it. His power was that of illusion and of redirecting power toward someone else. Nancy watched him do this and she clapped.
"Jacob that was wonderful. Where did you learn that?" She asked him.
He shook his head not wanting to talk about it. She respected his wishes. The boy that Katherine and doc had brought with them was also powerful. But his dream power was different than everyone else. They looked at him and noticed that he was glowing a brilliant Gold.
"What is that?" Nancy asked.
"It's how I am when I dream." He answered simply.
Slowly the background tried to change on them and Ryoko was forcing it to stay like it was.
"He's close!" She shouted has she kept her head clear and tried to keep them safe In the peaceful place that they where in.
"I can feel him too." Nancy said has she looked around.
"Nancy long time. Lets see last time I saw you I looked like your daddy. So tell me bitch who's your daddy?!" Krueger said with a maniacal laugh.
"Show yourself Krueger!" Nancy shouted toward nothingness.
"Oh I will. Believe me and your going to be taken back for a ride down memory lane you lousy bitch!" he shouted toward her.
Ryoko grabbed her head and the entire dreamscape changed. They where on Elm Street. And there was the house that Nancy knew all too well. The door swung open and she looked at them.
"He's inviting us in. I'm not going to lie this is going to be dangerous. If you die in here then you are gone for good." Nancy said
They all nodded and started toward the house.
(Back in Washu's lab)
Washu looked over the controls. How was he able to get into them? Then she noticed that he had somehow changed his energy. She looked at Sasami and realized how. He used her alfa waves to enter the machine and now he was going after them.
"Oh God. Please be safe everyone. Be safe my little Ryoko." she said softly.