Chapter 11

It was Friday morning, and the Chipmunks had just come downstairs for breakfast. "Alvin, you don't look that good," Dave says to the red loving chipmunk after noticing how tired he looked.

Alvin responded, "After Freddy came after me again last night, I couldn't go back to sleep."

"I know Freddy is a murderous creep and he is scary, but you need to sleep," Dave says. Alvin says, "I know I need to sleep, but you just said it yourself Dave; Freddy is an absolute monster and I'm positive that one time, he will get me."

Dave responds, "Alvin, you still need to sleep one way or another. Now go eat breakfast with Simon and Theodore before you guys are late for school." Alvin then goes to the table to eat breakfast with his brothers.

At the school, the boys meet up with the Chipettes and Nathan. Brittany asks, "Why do you look so tired today?" Alvin answers, "I was attacked by Freddy last night and I couldn't go back to sleep." Jeanette then says, "Ms. Miller was also attacked by Freddy last night!" "What?!", the Chipmunks and Nathan exclaimed at the same time. "Isn't Ms. Miller your mother?", Nathan asks the girls. Brittany responds, "She is sort of like that. Either way, she takes care of us."

Alvin then asks, "Is Ms. Miller okay?" Eleanor answers, "Fortunately yes, but she did get cut and was really shaken up." Jeanette adds, "She was so scared by the nightmare, she couldn't go back to sleep. She admitted that to us."

Theodore chimes in, "I'm glad she's okay. I know how terrifying Freddy can be." "We all do, Theodore," Simon says. He then adds, "Uh oh, we better get to class or we'll be late." "Alright, see you at lunch," Nathan says to the Chipmunks and Chipettes.

Later in science class, Mr. Anderson is going over how plants make their food. "Alright, what is very crucial for plants to be able to make their food and live and why?", Mr. Anderson asks. Simon replies, "Sunlight, because without it, plants won't have the ability to make their food since sunlight powers the food making process." "Yes, that's correct," Mr. Anderson says. He then looks at Alvin and says, "Are you paying attention to this Alvin? This is going to be on the final exam." Alvin answers, "Yes I am."

Mr. Anderson then says, "You look more like you're ready to fall asleep." Alvin replies, "I couldn't sleep very well last night because a scary guy was in my dreams and was trying to kill me. He is actually real." Mr. Anderson then says, "Alvin, you've told some strange stories, and this is easily one of the strangest. Dreams are dreams, they can't hurt you."

Alvin quickly realizes that there is no chance of Mr. Anderson believing him and doesn't say another word about it for the rest of the class.

At lunch, as the boys are eating with the girls and Nathan, Theodore screams, "Ahh! Get away!" Alvin quickly sees what Theodore is scared of. It's a spider and spiders are one of Theodore's worst fears. Alvin flicks the spider off of the table and Theodore says, "Thanks Alvin. I don't like spiders." Alvin says, "No problem Theo." Brittany then says with a shudder, "At least you didn't squish it. That would be so gross!"

Alvin replies, "I know. You hate bugs. You've let us know that plenty of times." Alvin then says, "Wait, what's that on you?!" Brittany screams and jumps up only to find nothing on her. She glares at Alvin as he laughs. "Alvin!", she then says. Alvin says with a mischievous smile, "I had to get you once!" Brittany then says, "That is so not funny!" Nathan then says, "Nice of you to lighten the mood a bit. Especially considering we all have to deal with Freddy." Alvin says, "Thanks. I definitely know Freddy needs to be stopped before more people die, but neither me, Simon, or Theodore know how to stop him." Brittany then says, "Same with me, Jeanette, and Eleanor."

Jeanette then says, "I'm scared to think of who could be Freddy's next victim. It's even scarier since that creep attacked Ms. Miller last night." Eleanor replies, "I hate to think of what it would be like if Ms. Miller became a victim of Freddy." Nathan chimes in, "I know neither of us wants Freddy to claim another victim." "You don't have to tell me twice," Alvin says.

After school at the Seville house, the boys are doing some extra studying as well as any homework they had when Dave walks into the room and says, "I scheduled your next recording session with the Chipettes. It'll be next Saturday." Simon replies, "Thanks for that information Dave."

Dave then says, "Ms. Miller told me about what happened last night. She was attacked by Freddy." Theodore asks, "How was she?" Dave responds, "A little shaken up, but she was fine." "Thank goodness. Could we go talk to her when we're done with our homework?", Theodore then says.

"Sure thing, but be back for dinner, ok?" Dave answers. The boys get to the Miller house and are invited in and talk to Ms. Miller about her experience with Freddy.

"He was actually trying to kill me! He is a pure monster like you and the girls have said," Ms. Miller told the boys. Alvin asks, "Where did he cut you?" "Right here," Ms. Miller says as she pulls up the left sleeve of her dress and reveals the bandages on her shoulder.

Simon then says, "At least you're okay. Something needs to be done about Freddy." Ms. Miller says, "I totally agree. I also can't get that weird, disgusting face out of my mind." "We know how you feel Ms. Miller," Theodore then says.

"I'm glad you boys came to see if I was okay," Ms. Miller says. "Thank you for that. We would hate for Freddy to get you," Alvin responds. "I would hate for him to get me too," Ms. Miller adds. "Oh, we better go. We have dinner to get to," Simon then says. "See you later," Ms. Miller says as the boys head out the door.

Back at the Seville house, the boys are having tacos for dinner. "Did it go well with Ms. Miller?", Dave asks. "Yes. She seems better now; although she admitted that she can't get Freddy's face out of her mind," Alvin answers. "I can definitely understand that. I still sometimes think about my experience with Freddy," Dave says. "It's hard to not think about it even a little bit after something like that," Simon chimes in.

Theodore then speaks up, "We need to find a way to stop him. He most definitely will claim more victims, maybe even us!"

Dave responds, "I know that Freddy is a horrible murderer, but you boys have to get at least some sleep." "It's a lot easier said than done," Alvin says.

After watching TV for a while, it's time for the boys to go to bed. Dave tucks the boys in for the night and says, "Goodnight fellas." The boys respond by saying, "Goodnight Dave." The boys struggle to stay awake for a while before giving in to the tiredness and fall asleep.

Later on, Theodore feels something prickling him and goes to brush it away. He then feels more prickling sensations on him and to him, it feels like they are moving. Theodore opens his eyes and, to his horror, sees that his bed is infested with spiders and screams. "The itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout," Theodore hears a raspy voice sing. He then looks up and sees Freddy standing by a window with a sinister smile on his face. "Down came Freddy to make the little munk scream!", Freddy adds.

Theodore screams and runs out of the room, only to run into mutant spiders. "Spiders aren't all bad, once you get to know them," Freddy says sinisterly. "Get away you murderous creep!", Theodore says in complete terror. "Why would I do that when we're just starting to have some fun?", Freddy says with a twisted smile.

Theodore runs down the stairs and tries to open the front door only to discover that it's locked. Theodore then runs for the back door and runs into Freddy. "You want to run faster? Here's a way," Freddy says before pointing at Theodore with one of his knives. Theodore then feels intense pain in his sides and goes down on his knees. He then sees four spider legs sprout from his sides, two on each side.

Theodore is terrified and screams at what has sprouted from him. He also begins to cry as Freddy evilly laughs at him. Theodore is able to get through a window and run down the street. He then stops at a tree and fearfully looks at the spider legs that came out of him. "I-I-I am becoming a spider!", Theodore says with tears in his eyes. Freddy then comes out of the ground and pulls Theodore into the ground.

Theodore opens his eyes to see that he is in the boiler room again. "Now let's really have some fun!", Freddy says before letting out a chilling evil laugh. Theodore screams and runs. He turns a corner and sees kids jumping rope and throwing a ball while singing:

One, two Freddy's coming for you

Three, four better lock your door

Five, six grab your crucifix

Seven, eight gonna stay up late

Nine, ten never sleep again

After hearing the song, Theodore runs again and as he is running, he hears Freddy scrape his knives on some metal pipes. Freddy then walks out from behind a boiler and evilly says to Theodore, "There you are Teddy. Time to put you into the eternal sleep."

Theodore runs again, only to get stuck in a large web that was made by several monstrous spiders. "Now, you're mine butterball!", Freddy then rasps after appearing in front of Theodore. "Looks like you're stuck, literally with me. Said the spider to the fly," Freddy says before laughing evilly. "No, get away!", Theodore screams out in fear. "Looks like my friends were nice enough to leave all of you for me!", Freddy snarls with an evil smile. "Sweet dreams Teddy!", Freddy says as he raises his right hand and is walking toward Theodore. "No, no, please no!", Theodore yells as Freddy is right with him. Freddy lets out another raspy evil laugh as he is about to slash Theodore.

Theodore wakes up in his bed screaming. He immediately looks at his sides and is relieved to see no spider legs. Alvin and Simon run over to Theodore to comfort him. Dave then runs into the room and asks, "Who screamed?" Alvin then says, "It was Theodore." "Theodore, what happened?", Dave asks the chubby chipmunk. "It was Freddy. He came after me! He made spider legs come out of me and tried to kill me! He also made a lot of spiders come after me!", Theodore answers.

"That creep somehow knew that spiders are one of your biggest fears!", Alvin exclaims to Theodore. Dave comes over to Theodore to comfort him. "It's okay Theodore. It's over now," Dave says comfortingly as he rubs Theodore's back. It takes a few minutes but Theodore is able to calm down. Dave then says, "I know Freddy is scary and is pure evil, but I'm not going to let him get you boys." "I know you're not, but that won't stop him from trying," Alvin then says. "It's okay now. At least try to sleep a little bit," Dave tells the chipmunks. "We'll try, but like Alvin said, it's easier said than done," Simon says.

"I know. But at least try. Goodnight again," Dave says as he walks out of the room. The boys, especially Theodore, are too frightened to go back into a comfortable sleep for the rest of the night.

At the Miller house, Brittany hears something moving around downstairs and goes to investigate. She hears the noise the loudest coming from the kitchen. When she turns on the light, she screams at what she sees: a large colony of bugs all over the kitchen floor. "Eewww!", Brittany exclaims. She then hears a raspy, evil chuckle behind her and turns around to see Freddy. "I hope I'm not bugging you too much!", Freddy says before letting out an evil laugh.

Brittany screams and runs for the front door and tries to open it only to discover that it's locked. The doorknob also burns her hand. Freddy runs after her and Brittany goes for the back door. It miraculously opens and she runs outside and slams the door shut. She turns around and discovers that she is actually in the boiler room. Brittany, in a state of intense fear, immediately starts trying to find a way out. She runs and has to stop when she sees Freddy in front of her, drumming his knives on a boiler.

"Hey, want to see a trick?", Freddy asks sinisterly. He then points at Brittany with one of his knives. Brittany starts feeling itchiness inside her face followed by crawling sensations. The healing cuts on Brittany's face open up and hundreds of bugs start coming out of her face and getting all over her. "AAAHHH!", Brittany screams as she starts wildly swatting at the bugs trying to get them off of her. Freddy is evilly laughing as Brittany tries desperately to get all of the bugs off of herself. Brittany makes a run for it. She goes around a boiler only to run into Freddy, where she gets knocked down. Freddy picks her up by her nightgown and pins her against the boiler. "Time to say goodnight…forever!", Freddy rasps before raising his right hand and slashing at Brittany.

Brittany wakes up in her bed screaming. Jeanette and Eleanor wake up to Brittany's scream and Ms. Miller runs into the room. "What happened?", Ms. Miller asks with great concern. "I had a nightmare. It was Freddy, he attacked me and terrorized me with bugs!", Brittany says. "Brittany dear, will you be okay?", Ms. Miller asks the pink loving chipette. Brittany answers, "I don't know. I can't sleep comfortably knowing Freddy could strike at any point." Ms. Miller then says soothingly, "I know it's hard, but I will protect you no matter what." Jeanette then says, "Aren't you concerned that Freddy will come after you again? We don't want him to kill you!" "Oh yes, I'm very concerned about Freddy and I definitely don't want to end up as another victim of his, but I still want and need to protect you girls," Ms. Miller answers. Brittany says, "I know you'll try to protect us, but Freddy will still come after us no matter what!" Brittany looks around and asks, "Does anyone see any bugs?"

"No I don't," Eleanor responds. "Neither do I," Jeanette adds. Ms. Miller then says, "Don't worry, there's no bugs in here. I wouldn't lie to you because I know how much you hate bugs." "Thanks," Brittany says to her sisters and Ms. Miller. "I know Freddy attacks you in dreams, but try not to think about him and get at least a little bit of sleep," Ms. Miller tells the Chipettes. "We'll try," Jeanette says. "Goodnight again girls," Ms. Miller says as she walks out of the room and turns off the light. Jeanette and Eleanor are able to get back to sleep, but Brittany is too scared to sleep for the rest of the night.

Freddy strikes again! How long before he potentially claims his next victim? Please review!