Disclaimers are in the prologue.
Ok, I know I left you hanging in the last chapter, as AshW23 pointed out to me in a recent review. Sorry about that, but in all likelihood, there may be a few more chapters with cliffhangers. What can I say, that's how I roll. Glad you're enjoying it so far.
Thanks to InTheseSilencesSomethingMayRise for reviewing. In response to your suggestion about The Ring...there is a story called Nightmare Ring somewhere on this website, which I read just prior to writing this story. Nightmare Ring is about the unholy union between Freddy and Samara. It was a well written story (by livingdeadgirl) and is listed as one of my favorites. If you're interested in a Ring/Nightmare on Elm Street crossover, read it. There's even a sequel.
Once night had fallen on Springwood and people began to dream, things went out of control rather quickly. Students of Springwood University were slaughtered in their sleep. Blood, guts, and body parts flew as Freddy Krueger sliced his way across the campus, leaving none alive. Only the few who hadn't heard about him still remained, and after witnessing the slayings of their classmates while they slept, they ran in fear of their lives.
Back in the Dream world, Freddy had collected more souls in one night than ever before. His power was unimaginable, and he knew that the time to defeat Jason was rapidly approaching. This time, things would be a lot different. No one to interfere with his plans...
But he sensed something. Make that someone. Someone was coming for him, someone familiar. He felt it.
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The Creeper and Michael Myers landed on the soft grass. He released Michael, who simply stood there. The Creeper was waiting for word from Freddy on what their next move was to be. They waited for about five minutes, and still no word. The Creeper growled at no one in particular, becoming restless. Michael looked over at him.
"Waiting for someone?" a voice asked.
The Creeper's head snapped up. He looked in the direction of the voice. It was the demon who had cut off his head with the chains, Pinhead. Behind him stood a very large and disfigured beast, its teeth exposed. Michael turned to look at them as well. The Creeper growled again, this time in anger as his eyes narrowed.
"Where is Freddy Krueger?"
The Creeper and Michael only glared at him. Slowly, the Creeper began to circle around Pinhead and Pumpkinhead.
"If you will not tell me, then you will also accompany me back to Hell. That is the fate of anyone who opposes the Master."
Incredibly, Michael Myers stuck out his hand and shot up his middle finger.
"Very well. Pumpkinhead?"
Pinhead stepped aside and Pumpkinhead moved forward, going straight for Michael. Pumpkinhead was slow, but his size and appearance were very threatening. Michael only cocked his head slightly to one side, as if he wasn't sure what was going on. Pumpkinhead's large claw began to wrap around Michael's neck, but he swiftly gave a double-handed shove, knocking Pumpkinhead away. Pumpkinhead shrieked and actually leaped high into the air. Michael looked up, seeing the demon come straight down towards him, claws pointed down.
Suddenly, he was jerked off his feet as the Creeper nabbed him by the shoulders just as Pumpkinhead crashed into the earth where he had just been standing. As the Creeper flew away, he looked over his shoulder once and with one hand, threw some sort of projectile.
The projectile struck Pinhead right in the chest. Pinhead grunted, but his expression did not change. He looked down and yanked the projectile out of his chest. He looked at it. It was a mock ninja star, made out of preserved human skin and sharpened bone. He tossed it aside and looked toward where the Creeper had flown.
The Creeper wasn't sure how far he had to fly. With Freddy out of the picture, he was lost on what to do next. Where the hell was Freddy?
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Lori awoke on the grass. She pushed herself up and looked at her surroundings. It was dark and misty, and she saw that she was in the front yard of the house at 1428 Elm Street. Only this was not her father's house, the house where she had spent her teenage years...it was rundown, abandoned. The windows were boarded up and the condition of the house was nothing short of horrendous. It was the old house.
She knew he was in there. She could sense it. Lori walked cautiously up to the front door and turned the knob. She started to push the door open, but Freddy's gloved hand shot out of the small window on the door. Lori screamed as Freddy's arm wrapped around her head and yanked her through the window.
As soon as she was inside, Lori was on her feet again within a matter of seconds, trying to look everywhere at once. Freddy was nowhere to be seen, but his laugh echoed through the old house.
"Freddy!" she yelled.
"Lori, Lori, Lori," Freddy said. She still couldn't see where he was. "You came back to me."
"I came to kill you!"
He laughed again. "You can't kill me, Lori...you should know that by now."
"I found a way!"
This seemed to intrigue Freddy, as he stopped laughing. Lori suddenly heard footsteps and she looked toward the top of the stairs. Freddy was slowly descending, his claws clicking together.
"You think you're so smart...using Jason to fight me like that, that was genius. So what do you have up your sleeve this time, bitch? I don't see anyone with you."
"I came alone," Lori said, trying to keep calm as he came ever closer. Finally, he reached the bottom of the stairs and slowly began to circle her. Lori did not move, but she kept her eyes on him.
"Hmm..." Freddy remarked, looking her up and down. "I've been waiting for this for a long time, Lori. After I kill you, I'm going to butcher your pansy boyfriend and use his guts to decorate my Christmas tree."
Freddy lashed out to strike, but this was the opportunity Lori was waiting for. She quickly ducked under his arm so she was standing behind him. Freddy saw her out of the corner of his eye, but it was too late. She had him locked in a bearhug.
"This is your plan? Hug me to death?"
"You're fucked, Freddy," Lori said savagely in his ear.
"No, dear...you're fucked!"
Freddy's arms began to slither around behind him, elongating. They wrapped several times around the surprised Lori's waist. She began to scream as he squeezed tighter and tighter. Freddy began to chuckle, but then he stopped suddenly, his eyes going wide. He was beginning to disappear, along with Lori.
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Finally, Candyman and Chucky had arrived at Crystal Lake. All was silent except for the crickets. The cabins that had once been there were now a ruined mess, a pile of debris. Apparently, no one had bothered to reconstruct the place since Freddy and Jason had demolished it.
"Wow, some good shit must've happened here," Chucky marvelled, looking at the smashed cabins.
"Jason should be at the bottom of the lake," Candyman said.
"Ok...but, ah, how are we supposed to wake him up?"
Candyman froze. He hadn't thought of that. He didn't have Freddy's ability to project himself into the dreams of others. He was about to curse loudly when he felt Chucky tugging at his leg. He looked down and saw the doll pointing towards the woods. Candyman looked over to see the hulking Jason standing there, holding the severed head of a teenage boy. Clearly, Jason had been busy. At the moment, he was standing there, machete drawn, glaring at the two killers.
Candyman grinned and slowly began to approach Jason. Jason also walked toward him, but in a faster and more menacing way.
"Jason Voorhees..."
Jason showed no sign of slowing down or stopping, and he was headed right for Candyman.
"I'm Candyman, and behind me is my associate, Charles Lee Ray."
Chucky briefly waved. "Chucky'll do." He seemed nervous about the fact that Jason was still coming at them, looking ready to kill. Jason was only a few feet away now and he raised his machete.
"We're here because of Freddy Krueger."
Jason had drawn back, prepared to slice Candyman's head in two, but then he stopped. The mere mention of Freddy's name caused him to hesitate. He slowly lowered his blade.
"I thought that might get your attention. I have a deal I want to make with you..."
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When he came to, Freddy Krueger was shocked to find that he couldn't move. Looking down at himself, he saw that he was tightly roped to a chair. He tried to break free, but in the real world, he was pretty much powerless.
Freddy tried to use his claws to cut the ropes, but he soon realized that his glove had been removed. He looked forward and noticed a large black man aiming a gun in his direction with one hand, Freddy's glove dangling from the other as he held it up.
"Looking for this?" Detective Hobbs asked.
"Are you with Candyman?" Freddy asked.
"What? Oh, what, 'cause I'm black?" Hobbs was becoming agaitated.
"That fucking crybaby, it's not like I killed him. Did he send you for revenge?"
Lori and Will stepped between Freddy and Hobbs and Lori backhanded Freddy across the face. Freddy slowly turned his gaze up toward her.
"We'll ask the questions here, you fuck."
Freddy suddenly remembered that he could use his power to draw himself back into the dreamworld, but why run? Answer a few questions, reveal the plan. His ego was too big not to. He would reveal the plan and then he would disappear back into the dreamworld, and the next time any of them fell asleep, he was going to rip off their heads and fuck their eye sockets. At this thought, he grinned.
"Ask away," he said.
Author's Notes: Yes, you are still hanging! I gotta say, I love ending chapters this way, because it's almost like the drama in a TV show right before a commercial break. Of course, I like to this of this whole thing as a movie, and you should, too.
For those of you who might be wondering, Jason clearly came out of his hibernation at the bottom of Crystal Lake long before Candyman and Chucky got there. He was on his way back to the lake when he noticed the intruders. Yes, Freddy got kidnapped by Lori. Seems like she's grown a brain, doesn't it? Except that she doesn't know yet just how powerful Freddy has become. More surprises in the next chapter!