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Chapter 9 – So this is how it's gonna be

Kat gazed at me, mouth wide open. "Wh-what?"

I sighed. I really wasn't in the mood for this. Actually, I wasn't in any mood. I was just… there.

"You heard me."

Katherine shook her head violently. "No."

I laughed; a cold, cruel laugh. Kat winced. "Don't," she muttered.

I snorted. "So now you give a shit about me?" I snarled. "You drove me to this. You, and everyone of those pitiful imaginary characters." I got up off the bed. "I'm going to die, and for the rest of your life you'll have to live with the fact that you killed me!"

Katherine looked at me with wide eyes, tears brimming. "N-no…"

I glared at her. "I hope you hear my dying screams for the rest of your life," I spat, and strode past her, opened the bedroom door, and slammed it shut behind me.

Kat stared at the door and began to cry.

Meanwhile, I stormed down the stairs, ignoring my aunt's questions. I didn't know where I was going. I just had to go. I needed to think.

Okay, I thought to myself. Okay. So, you're going to die. Good. You've accepted that.

I shook my head and laughed. God, this was insane. Freddy shouldn't be real. None of this should be real!

But it was. And I had to face it.

Sighing, I turned around and headed back to the house.

Kat looked up, startled, as I opened the bedroom door.

"Hey," she whispered.

"Hey."

She stood up. "Alicia, I'm so-"

I cut her off. "I'm sorry, Kat. I just…"

Kat shook her head. "Don't be sorry. It's my fault. I abandoned you, a-and now you're going to d-die!"

I cocked my head. "Nancy."

Kat sniffed. "What?"

"Nancy. I need to talk to Nancy."

"Why?"

"Knock me out, Kat."

"What?"

"Just knock me out, okay? I know I won't be able to fall asleep. Just do it."

Katherine laughed. "Seriously?"

I nodded, and she stopped smiling. "With what, Leesha?"

I shrugged. "Something. Anything." I picked up a picture frame. "With this."

"I'll kill you!"

I tossed it to her. "Come on. Time is running out." Kat gave me a look, but she picked up the frame. "I-I'm sorry."

I smiled. "Forget it."

She swung the frame and caught me on the side of the head. I vaguely heard her terrified scream as I fell into the darkness.

I opened my eyes and stood up uneasily. "Shit," I muttered, gingerly feeling the side of my head. My fingers came away wet and sticky. "I said knock me out, not fucking scar me," I muttered.

I looked around. I was in Nancy's room, from A Nightmare On Elm Street. I knew I had to be careful, because Freddy could easily infiltrate my dreams.

"Nancy?"

A white light blinded me, then disappeared. In it's place stood Nancy, looking good as new.

She smiled. "Alicia."

I regarded her cautiously. "Nancy, is that you?"

She frowned. "Good. You're being careful."

I stepped forward and swung my arm at her. It passed through her easily.

She looked down sadly. "I don't even exist in dreams anymore," she whispered softly.

I regarded her quizzically. "What?"

She looked up and smiled. "Never mind. What's on your mind?"

"It's Freddy."

Her features darkened. "I thought so."

"I need to know how to kill him."

"I told you-"

"Does Jess have to kill me?" I asked. "Or can I just kill him myself?"

Nancy sighed. "Alicia, you can't kill Freddy. No one really can, for good."

"How can I kill him, permanently?"

"You're his power source. If he himself kills you, he'll be commiting suicide. That has a good chance of working, better than anything else."

I raised my eyebrows. "So I have to let him kill me?

Nancy smiled. "No. He's not stupid, whatever else he may be. He won't kill you himself."

"Then what…?"

"You have somehow get him to kill you. He doesn't have to stab you, but in some way he must cause your death."

I looked down. "How the hell do you know this, Nancy?"

She looked sad. In fact, she looked sad a lot lately. "I'm… connected to Freddy, in some strange way. At one time I was his power source. He just didn't know it, and he killed me. Now there's this bond, this dark, evil bond. I know things." She sighed. "He has complete power over me."

I put my hand to her face, but it passed through. "I'll save you," I vowed. "I'll set you free."

She smiled and began to fade away. "How can you free something, Alicia, that doesn't exist?"

I woke with a start.

Katherine was standing over me, looked horrified. "Jesus, Alicia, I thought you were dead!"

I stood up gingerly. "So did I."

"Are you okay?"

I nodded. "I'm fine."

"Did you see her?"

I nodded. "He has to kill me now. The rules keep changing… I don't know why… maybe she's lying."

Katherine looked shocked. "What?"

"Never mind."

"How are you going to get him to kill you?" Kat asked. "He won't do it."

"I know. So… I'll just have to make him cause my death, accidentally."

Katherine looked at me sadly. "So this is how it has to be?"

I nodded. "This is how it's going to be."

Kat burst into tears. "N-No one will even know how brave you were," she sobbed. "Y-you'll just be another dead teenager, no one will know how y-you saved everyone!"

Tears filled my eyes. "Oh, Kat," I whispered, hugging her. "I don't want to be a hero."

"B-but you deserve to be!"

I shook my head. "I caused the death of Jess, Andrew, and Jess's parents. Maybe even my own parents too. I'm just as bas as him. I don't deserve anything."

Katherine pulled away.

"W-when…?"

I shrugged. "Tomorrow, maybe. When I'm ready."

"How the hell can you be ready for this?"

I shrugged. "I guess I can't be."

Sorry it's such a boring chapter, but it's getting to the end. I think there will be one or two more chapters, then it's finished! Then I can go finish my other fanfic.