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Chapter 7 – The first battle

I sighed and glanced at the clock. 8:15 am.

"Not bad", I thought. I had managed to stay up all night, even after my episode with the Freddy memories.

Suddenly, it hit me. Today was Day 2, the day I had to tell Nancy my decision.

"Katherine." I shook her urgently. "Kath-e-rine!"

"Huh?" she mumbled, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. "What fucking time is it?"

"8:15," I snickered.

She glared at me. "Bloody hell!"

"Where'd you get that from?" I asked.

She grinned. "Spike says it all the time. You know, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer?"

Come to think of it, I remembered a Spike. "He was the hot vampire with the blonde hair, right?" I asked Katherine. She smirked. "Pretty much, yeah."

"Hmmm." I grabbed the army list and wrote 'Spike' down. "He could be another valuable asset."

She shrugged. "Plus, he's hot."

I laughed. "Yeah, guess there's that too."

"Katherine, I need you to fall asleep again."

"What?" she snapped. "You bloody wake me up and then expect me to go back to sleep!"

I nodded. "Actually, yeah. Don't you think we should consult our army members first?"

Katherine blushed. "Oh. Yeah. How're we going to do that?"

"Well, I was thinking about Nancy, Buffy, and Clarice before I fell asleep, and they were there. I figure we just have to think about them and they'll appear!"

Katherine shrugged. "Right." She lay back down and closed her eyes. "See ya in my dreams."

I laughed. "Or mine," I added.

I lay back against the pillow and closed my eyes. I thought about Nancy Thompson defeating Freddy, Buffy kicking vampire ass, Clarice holding Dr. Lecter at gunpoint, Alice fighting with Freddy in the church, Maggie (or Katherine) blowing Freddy up, Lori cutting Freddy's head off, Spike, and Jess and Andrew fighting side by side.

A strong, peaceful feeling came over me once again, and I began to drift off to sleep.

Suddenly, the peaceful feeling disappeared

Pain shot through my body, and a dark, evil feeling crept up my spine. I felt paralysed, and I couldn't open my eyes, or ever scream.

Then it all stopped, and I opened my eyes.

I was in Freddy's boiler room.

"Shit!" I cursed loudly, and tried to move, but I couldn't. I looked down.

I was tied to a bloody goddamn chair.

I closed my eyes and tried to think of Nancy, Clarice, Buffy, Alice, Maggie, Lori, Spike, Jess, Andrew, and Katherine all together. But darkness engulfed my mind.

I opened my eyes again, and this time Freddy was in front of me, smirking.

A thrill ran through my body at the sight of Freddy, but I quickly shrugged it off and glared at him. "What the fuck do you want, Freddy?" I spat.

In one fluid movement, he brought his blades down and slashed my face.

I yelped, feeling four bolts of stinging pain run through me.

He laughed. "You teenagers have no respect for your betters these days," he chided, waving his blades.

"I do have respect for my betters," I snapped. "You're just not part of the 'betters' group."

His eyes narrowed and I braced myself for another attack.

But he simply smiled. "I know of your little plan, my darlin' Alicia. Your little army. You think you can just start an army and I wouldn't know?" he laughed.

But I wasn't listening to him. I was concentrating on my army, and Katherine again. I struggled to push the darkness aside.

"I am stronger than him," I thought fiercely, and with all my mental strength, I pushed aside the darkness and images of my army flowed through my mind.

A blinding light flashed, blinding me, and I heard Freddy roaring in anger, but he sounded far away.

I clenched my eyes shut, trying to picture Katherine and the army, along with me….

A peaceful feeling washed over me, and I opened my eyes.

Katherine, Nancy, Maggie, Alice, Spike, Buffy, Clarice, Lori, Jess, and Andrew loomed over me.

"Alicia?" Katherine cried, pulling me to my feet. "What fucking happened?"

"Freddy tried to intercept me," I muttered. "He brought me to his world. But I escaped."

"What happened to your face?" asked Nancy, frowning worriedly at me.

I gingerly touched my face. "Oh. Compliments of Freddy," I explained.

I turned to Jess and Andrew. For a few seconds, we stared at each other. I opened my mouth to speak, but Jess engulfed me in a hug.

"Oh, fuck, Alicia! I thought you had died, I thought Freddy had gotten you when your cousin showed up without you!" she sobbed.

I blinked dazedly. "Y-You're not mad? You don't hate me?"

Jess pulled away and smiled sadly. "I don't hate you! I know you didn't do it on your own free will!"

I grinned, and looked at Andrew. "Um, I-I'm sorry," I said awkwardly. "I didn't mean…. I didn't want to kill you."

He smiled. "It's okay. I know it wasn't really you." His hand brushed against mine, and I blushed slightly.

"Anyways!" I said in a loud voice. "Katherine, did you explain to everyone why they're here?"

"She didn't." Maggie spoke up. She crossed her arms. "Can you explain to me why I'm here, and not in my world?"

"Yeah," added Clarice. "Is there a good reason?"

I nodded. "A very good reason. Freddy Krueger is the reason."

Maggie flushed slightly.

"Look, Freddy has to be defeated. I don't know how he became real, and it doesn't matter. All that matters is we kill him-"

Nancy cut me off. "We?" she asked, and blushed. "I mean…. I explained to you what you had to do, didn't I?"

I nodded coolly. "You did. But what if it doesn't work? What if I die, and Freddy finds someone else?"

Nancy didn't answer.

"Freddy is just one person. True, he's supposedly immortal, and he's strong. But together, we are too! If we all join together and combine our power, there's no way Freddy can defeat us! Freddy is a problem that threatens us all, in a way. He could destroy your world, too," I said, nodding in Maggie's direction.

"And how do you think we should go about killing Mr. Krueger, love?" asked Spike, raising his eyebrows.

I blushed under his stare. "W-well, obviously, I was thinking we could form an army-"

"And whose army would it be?" asked Lori.

"W-well, mine-"

"Yours?" snapped Maggie. "Why yours? We've all had some experience here with evil beings, except you and your mortal friends! I think it should be my army!"

Buffy glared at Maggie. "I'm the Slayer!" she snapped angrily. "I should be the leader!"

"No, it should be mine!" exclaimed Lori.

"Right, love. I say it should be mine. I'm the bloody immortal one," declared Spike.

I stared at my army arguing. Jess shot me a sympathetic look, Andrew looked somewhat amused, and Katherine glanced at me nervously.

Nancy and Alice scowled. "SHUT UP!" they both screamed, and everyone stopped arguing.

I smiled at them. "Thanks."

Alice grinned. "No problem."

I glared at them all. "What is your bloody problem?" I snapped, catching an amused glance from Spike. "All you care about is controlling everyone! It's MY army! I'm the one who was supposed to die to kill Freddy. Yeah, maybe I'm taking a risk attacking him, but it's a risk we have to take to make sure Freddy never comes back! I'm not saying I'm going to boss you around or anything, but I will be the one that leads you. If you have a problem with that, then leave."

There was a silence.

Nancy spoke up. "I'm in," she said firmly.

"So am I!" declared Alice.

Jess and Andrew smiled. "Us too."

Buffy smiled. "You have spunk, kid." She looked around. "I'm in too."

"Same here," said Clarice shyly.

I glanced at Spike. He sighed. "All right. I guess I'm in too. But if we die, I'll kill you."

I grinned. "Deal."

Lori looked around. "Me too!"

I fixed my stare on Maggie. "What about you, Maggie?"

She looked uncomfortable, then straightened up. "Let's kick my good old dad's ass!" she cried.

Everyone cheered.

"Now, I think we should start thinking about how to atta-" I stopped.

A cloud of dark smoke suddenly appeared and engulfed everyone.

"What the bloody hell?" I heard Spike cry angrily.

As suddenly as it had come, the smoke disappeared. But we weren't alone anymore.

Everyone grouped behind me. I stared at the figure in front of me.

Freddy smirked. "What? No hello?" his eyes rested on Nancy.

"Miss me?" he asked, clicking his blades. Nancy flushed and glared at him. "You wish," she spat.

He laughed. "What about my dear princess?" he asked, looking at Maggie. "No hug for your daddy?"

Maggie narrowed her eyes. "Too bad you didn't stay dead," she commented.

Freddy frowned. "Now, now. Did I interrupt something here?"

I stepped forward. "Yeah, you did. Now fuck off and die," I snarled.

He laughed. "Oh, but I think you should meet my army, Alicia."

A cold feeling crept down my spine. I glanced behind me and saw that everyone wore the same expression of fear and suspicion.

Freddy grinned. "Let me introduce the members of my army, bitch," he hissed.

A crowd of people (a better word would be monsters, actually) appeared beside Freddy.

I heard heavy breathing beside me and I glanced over at Katherine. She was staring at Freddy's army with wide eyes.

Freddy looked at Katherine and laughed. "Aw, is the little baby scared?" he teased.

I glared at him. "Fuck you."

He shot me a dirty look and turned back to his army. "I think introductions are in order."

A tall man in a blue (prison) uniform stepped forward. He was wearing a hockey mask over his face and he held a large knife in his right hand.

"Jason," Katherine breathed beside me.

Freddy chuckled. "Right, little Katherine. Jason Voorhees. I didn't even have to offer him anything, he just came along!" Freddy shook his head. "Idiot," he muttered under his breath.

A short, white-haired balding man stepped up beside Jason. He too was wearing a blue prison uniform.

"Hannibal Lecter," I whispered in dismay. Shit.

He met my eyes for a horrible second, but then rested his eyes on Clarice, who fingered her gun nervously.

"Hannibal Lecter," Freddy repeated me, grinning.

A large winged creature growled and came beside Hannibal. Jess gasped. "That's the dude from 'Jeepers Creepers'!"

The Creeper turned his head and fixed his stare on Jess. She shrank back slightly.

A man, again in a blue prison uniform and a white plaster mask for a head, stepped up. Buffy snorted. "Him? Come on!"

Freddy glared at her. "Michael Myers," he hissed.

An ugly figure stood beside Michael. I narrowed my eyes. "Who the hell is that?" I wondered.

Maggie snickered. "The Boogeyman," she said disdainfully. "Nice, Dad."

Freddy merely waved his blades. "Next up, Samara." A young girl with long black hair that covered her face slid forward.

A man with pins sticking out all over his head stepped forward. I heard a cough and turned around. Nancy flushed. "Pinhead," she said, glancing at me.

A man with an extremely screwed-up face and holding a large chainsaw came forward.

"Leatherface." I heard Lori's voice.

"And finally," said Freddy, "my last recruit."

A small doll came forward, grinning and holding a knife. He had scars on his face and orange-red hair.

I heard snickers behind me.

Chucky glared at us. "What the fuck is your problem?" he snarled.

Spike laughed. "Come on, mate? A bloody doll? What're you going to do, hug me to death?"

Chucky came forward, brandishing the knife.

Spike stepped forward, but Buffy jumped in front of him. "Back off, Spike," she said. He looked at her, frustrated, and stepped back.

I couldn't help it. I burst out laughing.

Freddy looked at me. His eyes were burning with rage. If looks could kill, I'd be dead in a second.

"I-I'm s-sorry, well actually I'm not," I gasped. "I-It's Chucky! He's a f-fucking doll! That the best you could do?"

Freddy grinned, despite himself. "What can I say? I'm the best Hell has."

For a second, everything seemed normal. Freddy was his old self: funny, charming, and mine. But reality crashed down on the moment, and I wiped the smile off my face.

"Now I'll introduce my army," I spat.

"Katherine, of course." I gestured towards Katherine. "Then there's Alice Johnson, Maggie Burroughs, or as you know her, Katherine Krueger, Lori, Nancy Thompson, Buffy Summers, Clarice Starling, Spike, Jess Roberts, and Andrew Jackson."

Freddy just stared at me.

I looked around awkwardly. What was I supposed to do now?

Suddenly, Chucky leapt forward and slashed Katherine's leg with the knife.

After that, we all sprung into action. We rushed forward, attacking the first hellish being we saw.

I closed my eyes and visualized weapons in everybody's hand. A gasp of surprise told me I had succeeded.

Jess slashed at the Creeper's wings with a long sword, Andrew held two small knives and was taunting Pinhead, Nancy leapt at Freddy and fastened her arms around his neck, Maggie swung a spiked ball at Jason, Lori held in her hand a large knife and was dodging Samara, Katherine was on Boogeyman's back tugging at his head, Clarice had her gun out and pointing at Dr. Lecter, Spike was kicking Chucky, Buffy was avoiding Leatherface's chainsaw, and I was left facing Michael Myers.

He raised his knife, and I raised my long, large sword.

Michael came at me and I ducked, slashing at his back. He grunted and turned around, and was knocked over by Buffy, who had been thrown back by Leatherface.

"You okay?" I called to Buffy. She nodded. I ducked under Leatherface's legs and sliced off his chainsaw arm. His arm and the chainsaw fell to the floor.

I turned to see Katherine backed into a corner by Jason. I leapt on Jason's back. He stumbled backwards, swinging his knife, trying to hit me. Katherine picked up her metal baseball bat and swung at Jason's head again and again. I leapt off; satisfied that Jason was being taken care of.

Clarice screamed. Her gun slid across the floor. Dr. Lecter was on her, and she was desperately trying to keep him off.

Before I could move, Buffy jumped forward and slashed Dr. Lecter's head off. His head and body disintegrated.

Buffy pulled Clarice up, and in the next moment ducked as the Creeper flew over her, chased by Maggie.

Something tackled me and I fell to the ground. I looked up and saw Freddy's claws, stained with blood, rise over my body.

"NO!" I screamed, and kicked upwards. I kicked him right between his legs and he groaned, backing up.

I jumped to my feet. I jumped and kicked Freddy's head, sending him flying backwards.

Andrew raced by me, chased by Pinhead. I stuck out my foot and Pinhead fell, crashing to the ground.

I heard a scream of anguish and saw Jess leaning over Nancy's body. Samara seemed to be biting Jess's neck.

I raced over and slashed Samara's back, but she didn't budge. I grasped her around the waist and tugged hard. She still didn't move.

Full of rage, I summoned a lighter and set Samara on fire. That got her moving. She released Jess and turned on me.

Lori dived forward and knocked Samara, now fully on fire, over.

Blood trickled down Jess's back. I squatted down beside her.

Blood covered Nancy's stomach. "Freddy," I thought hatefully. Jess turned to me, tearfully. "Will she be okay?"

"I don't-" a yell interrupted me. I turned to see Creeper leaning over Clarice, slashing and tearing at her.

"NO!" Buffy cried, and brought her sword down on Creeper. Fuelled by rage, she stabbed him over and over until he stopped moving, and disintegrated.

Buffy fell to Clarice's side. "Clarice! Clarice!" she said, over and over.

I ran to her side. Clarice's breathing was shallow. "I didn't even know I could die," she said, struggling to smile.

I cradled her head in my lap and closed my eyes. "Clarice Starling will not die. She will NOT die. Clarice Starling will return to her world, unharmed." I felt a tingling all throughout my body, and there was a flash of brightness, and I was no longer cradling anything. I opened my eyes.

Clarice was gone.

Buffy looked at me. "What did you do?" she screamed.

"I tried to save her!" I screamed back, insulted.

She stood up, glaring at me, and stabbed Michael Myers in the back. He disappeared.

She turned and vanished in the battle.

Grumbling, I stood up, only to feel razor-sharp pain in my back. I swung around to face Freddy.

I quickly ducked another slash of his blades. I swung my sword at his legs and he fell, grabbing onto my leg and pulling me down as well.

I tried to get up but he dug his claws into my right ankle. Yelping in pain, I struggled to break free, but he continued to dig his claws in.

"HELP!" I screamed, feeling the pain shoot up my leg.

Suddenly, his blades were wrenched out of my ankle. I looked back to see Spike throw Freddy into a wall.

He helped me up. "You okay, pet?" he asked.

I flushed. "Y-yeah. My ankle kills, but I'll be fine."

He nodded and went to Freddy and started kicking him.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and I spun around. Jess had an anxious, fearful look on her face. "What's wrong, Jess?" I asked.

"O-oh, Alicia, it's N-Nancy," she sobbed. "She's not getting better, and I can't keep a watch over her!"

I grabbed her shoulders. "Jess, go fight. I'll watch Nancy."

"But-"

"Just go!"

She scuttled off. I hurried over to Nancy, who was propped up against a wall.

"You okay?" I asked.

She smiled weakly. "He got me again. Just like before."

"Shh. Don't say that. He didn't get you. You'll be fine." I looked around. Lori and Andrew were fighting Jason and Michael, Alice was busy with a newly burned Samara, Katherine was dodging Pinhead, Buffy had Leatherface's chainsaw and had just slashed off his other arm, Jess was trying to get the Boogeyman off her back, and Maggie was hitting Chucky with her spiked ball.

I saw Spike, alone.

"SPIKE!" I yelled. He came over. "What is it?" he said, breathing heavily.

"Watch Nancy. Don't let anyone hurt her. Okay?" Spike nodded. "I can't find that bloody Freddy."

I smiled. "Leave him to me."

I ran past the others into the darkness of the boiler room. I knew Freddy would be here, hiding like the coward he was.

"Scared, Freddy? Are you scared you might lose?" My voice echoed off the wall, but I didn't receive an answer.

I came to a dead end with a ladder going up the wall. I sighed, and climbed it.

I made my way carefully down the long walkways above the fighting. I looked down and saw Spike warding off Chucky as he tried to finish off Nancy. Maggie tore the Boogeyman off of Jess and began bashing his head in. Michael stabbed Lori and she fell, disappearing as soon as she hit the ground. Andrew thrust his two knives into Michael's eyes, and he fell over. Jason came forward and Andrew began stabbing him, forcing him into a corner. Buffy was still cutting off Leatherface's body parts, but he refused to die. Samara seemed to be choking Alice.

My eyes filled with tears. I wasn't even there to help Lori, to try to make sure she would go back to her world.

"The price of war," came a deep, raspy voice behind me.

"Shut up, Freddy," I said, turning around gulping back the tears.

He gestured below us. "They're all going to die, you know that? Katherine, Jess, and Andrew will. The rest will simply cease to exist."

A pang of guilt shot through me. "You mean Lori….?"

He smiled. "Yes. Lori doesn't exist anymore. She was never the hero of that 'Freddy vs. Jason' movie. She was simply uncreated."

"What about Clarice?"

He narrowed his eyes. "Thanks to you, she may have just returned to her world. But it doesn't matter. You're going to lose. No matter what, you will lose something. Whether it be your precious Katherine or your heroic Nancy, you will lose something."

That was it. "Go to hell!" I screamed, and threw myself at him.

In his surprise, he backed up, and we fell over the railing and fell to the ground, struggling.

I groaned. It hurt. Dazed, I saw Freddy rise. I heard screams. Freddy was going to kill me, and we would all die.

Just as Freddy brought his claws down, a figure threw itself over me, and I felt the blades penetrate them.

Freddy growled in anger, and I struggled to push the person off of me.

It was Nancy.

She was smiling. "It's not over yet," she whispered.

The tears I had held back broke loose. I cradled Nancy in my arms. "N-Nancy Thompson w-will not die," I sobbed. "Nancy Thompson w-will return to h-her world." I concentrated on Nancy being alive, Nancy being okay.

A bright light blinded me, and when it cleared, Nancy was gone.

I got up, still sobbing. Everyone had stood still. Freddy had his blades raised in defence, Andrew stopped trying to rip Jason's mask off, Spike stopped trying to rip Chucky's head off, Alice let go of Samara, Jess and Maggie threw Boogeyman to the ground and stared at me, Katherine and Pinhead stopped slashing at each other, and Buffy dropped the chainsaw.

A sick feeling rose in my stomach. "They really are going to die," I thought. I closed my eyes. "We're going home, for now, "I announced clearly. I concentrated on sending everyone but Katherine back to their worlds.

I could feel everyone leaving, and when I opened my eyes, only Katherine, Freddy, his army, and I were left.

Freddy stepped towards me. "You can't do that," he snarled. "You can't just leave because your precious Nancy died!"

I glared at him icily. "I can do whatever the fuck I please," I spat. "We'll finish this, don't you worry."

I walked over the Katherine and grabbed her hand. "We're going, Kath," I said without looking at her.

The last thing I saw before I closed my eyes was Freddy's expression of anger and confusion.

Then, I was whirling, my whole body was tingling…. And it stopped.

I opened my eyes.

We were back in Katherine's room.

Katherine looked at me. "What happened?"

I began to cry. "F-first Clarice, t-then Lori, and n-now Nancy!" I burst out. "I j-just think we need some time to r-recuperate."

Her eyes filled with tears as well.

"Yeah," she whispered, hugging me as I sobbed into her shoulder, "Yeah. We need to recuperate. That's a good idea."

"Oh, Kath," I sobbed. "They don't exist anymore. At least, Lori doesn't. I don't know about Clarice and N-Nancy. I tried to help them. I tried!"

"Alicia, well, you had to know this would happen, didn't you? Didn't you realize somebody would die?"

I nodded against her. "I know. I did. I just didn't expect it to feel like this," I sobbed.

I heard Kath sniffle. "I know, Alicia. I know."

Oh, God. Nancy, Clarice, and Lori were gone. They didn't exist anymore. "But I'll never forget you," I thought fiercely. "Especially not you, Nancy. I'll never forget. We'll defeat Freddy. I promise you, Nancy, Clarice, and Lori, for you, we'll make sure he never hurts anyone again."

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