Chapter 13

Dave comes into the boys' room to see what they found out from the computer.

"So who is this Freddy Krueger?", Dave asks.

Alvin responds, "He was a child murderer who killed 20 kids in a town called Springwood, Ohio."

"Was?", Dave asked.

Simon answers, "He basically got away with murder due to improper police procedure, but the parents of his victims took justice into their own hands. They followed him to the boiler room where he worked, which doubled as a murder chamber, and used Molotov cocktails to light it on fire, which burned him alive."

Dave asks nervously, "So, he's dead?"

Alvin says, "Yes he is." Simon then says, "According to this information, Krueger often used a knife-tipped glove that he made to kill his victims." Dave then says solemnly, "That's him alright." He then says, "How is he doing this? He's dead!"

Simon replies, "I don't know. I don't know if he's a ghost, demon, or some other kind of being." Theodore then exclaims, "We need to tell the Chipettes and Ms. Miller everything! They need to know too!"

Alvin says, "I agree. We should also bring the hat as proof."

Dave then says, "Good idea boys, but before you go, I need to bandage Alvin's arm."

"Okay, but please do it as fast as you can. The sooner the Chipettes and Ms. Miller know, the better!", Alvin says.

Dave takes Alvin to the bathroom to clean and bandage the cuts on his arm and also gets him a new shirt since the right sleeve was torn. After Alvin gets his arm bandaged, he grabs the hat he brought out from his dream and he and his brothers run to the Miller house.

After the boys knock on the door, Ms. Miller answers it and says, "Hi there! What are you boys doing here? Also where did you get that hat Alvin?"

Alvin says, "We'll explain in a little bit. We need to also talk to the girls."

The Chipettes, hearing the boys at the door, come to the living room. "Hey there. What are you guys doing here?", Brittany asks the boys as they come in the house.

Alvin answers, "We need to tell you, Jeanette, Eleanor, and Ms. Miller something urgently." Eleanor sees the hat in Alvin's hand and asks, "Where did you get that hat?" "I pulled it out of my dream. I got it from Freddy when he attacked me a while ago," Alvin says. "Here's proof of the attack," Alvin then says as he reveals the bandages on his arm. The Chipettes and Ms. Miller gasp. "Oh my!", Ms. Miller exclaims.

Simon then says, "Look inside the hat." Ms. Miller is the first one to look in the hat and see Freddy's name written inside. "Freddy Krueger? That's Freddy's full name?", Ms. Miller asks as she gives the hat to Brittany.

"Yes it is," Simon responds.

After the girls look inside the hat, Jeanette asks, "So who is this Freddy Krueger?" Alvin says, "He was a serial killer who killed 20 children in Springwood, Ohio. He would usually kill them with a glove he fitted with knives. He was caught, but due to improper police procedure with the search warrant, all the evidence was thrown out and he was free. We found this information on our computer."

"Where is he now? How is he getting in our dreams?", Eleanor asks. Theodore hesitates before saying, "He's dead. He went back to the boiler room where he worked, which also was his murder chamber, and the victims' parents followed him there and set the place on fire. He was burned alive."

Ms. Miller then asked, "If he's dead, how is he doing the things he's doing?" Simon responds, "I don't know. It's like he's some sort of dream demon or something to that nature. That's the best explanation I can come up with." Simon then adds, "It's also going to be hard to get rid of him since you can't kill something that's already dead."

Brittany chimes in, "I don't care what he is! All I know is that he is a crazed murderer and I don't want to be his next victim!" "Nobody wants to be his next victim, Brittany," Alvin says. "We still need to find a way to stop Krueger before he gets us or anyone else," Simon then says.

"You don't have to tell us twice," Ms. Miller responds. Alvin then says, "I just realized, something doesn't make sense." Jeanette asks, "What would that be?"

Alvin then responds, "From what I heard, wherever someone dies, their spirit should remain around that area. If Freddy Krueger died in Springwood, how is he here in Los Angeles?" Simon then says, "I can't believe I'm saying this, but your monster knowledge actually brings up a good point. How is he here?"

Brittany says, "At this point I don't care how he's here. We need to find a way to stop him!" Theodore says, "I definitely agree. He has to be stopped!" Alvin then suggests, "What if we grab him and wake up to pull him out of the dream? That's how I got the hat! Maybe it will work on him and we can stop him that way!"

Brittany says, "That sounds like a good idea Alvin, but it is definitely easier said than done. But I'll admit that is actually a good idea." "See, Simon isn't the only smart one," Alvin says pointing at his head with a smirk. Simon, Theodore, and the Chipettes just roll their eyes.

Simon then speaks up, "One problem though. How will we stop him from coming after us after he's pulled out?" "Us and Dave can outnumber him and take him out! Same with the girls and Ms. Miller!", Alvin says.

"That's definitely stretching it Alvin. One of us needs to actually get a hold of him and wake up to pull him out, but that will be difficult with him chasing us and trying to kill us. Also consider those powers he has and the fact that he won't make it easy to pull him out anyway," Simon says.

"Good point," Alvin then says. Ms. Miller then says, "Thanks for telling us about this creep. I think you ought to get home before Dave starts worrying." "Alright see you later," Theodore says as he and his older brothers head for the door.

"See you later," Jeanette then says to the boys as they are walking out the door.

After the boys get back home, they sit down to eat dinner. "We told them everything," Theodore says to Dave. "Good. At least they know now about who Freddy really is," Dave responds.

"I feel like there's more to know about Freddy," Simon says. "Well you can find out after we finish dinner. I'll even join you," Dave says. "Thanks Dave," Simon says gratefully.

After Dave and the boys finish dinner, they head to the computer to look for further information about Freddy. "Oh no, this is not good," Simon says as he's reading the information on the computer screen.

"What's wrong?", Dave asks. "According to these articles, Freddy Krueger apparently already has a lot of experience killing in dreams. There are reports here from Springwood of people dying in their sleep under mysterious circumstances. A decent amount of these people before they died reportedly claimed to have nightmares about someone who resembled Krueger and some of them even woke up with cuts," Simon explains. Dave reads through the articles and says, "Oh my! That's terrible!"

Alvin then says, "If Krueger has this much experience already, it's going to make it even harder for us to pull him out!" Dave then asks, "What do you mean by that Alvin?" "I mean grabbing a hold of him and waking up to pull him out of the dream," Alvin replied. Alvin then goes on to say, "That's how I got his hat! I accidentally grabbed it, woke up with your help, and there it was in my hand!" "I would normally question that, but after what I've seen for myself, I'm more inclined to believe it," Dave says.

"Either way, we have to stop him one way or another. Especially before he kills again," Simon says. "Definitely behind you on that," Alvin says.

"I definitely don't want this monster to kill anyone else," Theodore says.

"I definitely agree with you boys, but I think we should take a little break from thinking about Freddy before we stress ourselves out really bad," Dave says. "Now that you brought it up, that's a good idea Dave," Simon replies.

Alvin then goes and puts Freddy's hat in a drawer on the nightstand that's between his and Simon's beds. The boys are able to get their minds off of Krueger by playing video games for a good while.

Later on, it gets late and it's time for bed. Dave tucks the boys in for the night. "Goodnight fellas. Remember, try not to think about him," he tells the Chipmunks.

"Goodnight Dave," the boys respond. "We'll try," Theodore says. Dave closes the door and goes to bed himself.

Later in the night, Alvin hears the door open and footsteps coming into the bedroom. He opens his eyes and immediately cowers in fear under the covers when he sees Freddy walk to the nightstand, open the drawer, and retrieve his hat.

Freddy notices Alvin cowering and smiles evilly. "I would say my hat's off to you for surviving this long, but you took it," Freddy chuckles evilly to Alvin. Alvin then says fearfully, "We know everything Krueger. We know about what you did."

Freddy then says with an ugly, twisted smile, "So you figured out who I really am. It still won't do you much good because I still would love to put you into the eternal sleep." Freddy then raises his right hand and goes to stab Alvin with his knives. Alvin is able to dodge the blades and runs out of the room screaming.

Freddy puts on his hat and, with an evil smile says to himself, "Now it begins again."

Alvin runs for the front door only to find it locked and in addition, the doorknob burns his hand. Krueger runs down the stairs after Alvin and again tries to slash him.

Alvin is just able to dodge and runs for the back door and is able to get it open. He runs out and slams the door and turns around only to see that he isn't outside. He's back in the dreaded boiler room.

"Alvin," he hears Freddy's raspy voice say. He looks in the direction it came from and sees Freddy standing on a flight of stairs drumming his knives on the railing. Freddy then scrapes his knives on the railing as he comes down the stairs and Alvin immediately runs to look for a hiding place.

Alvin hides between two walls and sees Freddy run by. Alvin breathes a sigh of relief only for Freddy to peek in between the walls. "Peek-a-boo!", Freddy says before laughing a raspy evil laugh. Alvin scratches Freddy on the face and is able to get away as Freddy yells in pain and holds his face.

Freddy quickly recovers and says to himself with a wicked smile, "He's a fighter. That will make this kill even more entertaining."

Alvin is running by a boiler when the boiler door swings open and a burned hand reaches out and grabs his shirt. He screams in fear with he sees a burned and slashed child come out of the boiler and say, "Help me."

Alvin is able to break the child's grip and run. Unfortunately he runs right into Freddy. Freddy evilly chuckles as he looks down at Alvin.

"How are you here? You died in Springwood! You should be there!", Alvin says in fright. Freddy goes on to say, "Killing in Springwood was fun for quite a while, but it got a bit too routine. Let's just say I needed a change of scenery, but there were ties that bound me to that town, until I broke them. I saved a really good amount of power I gathered and created a force strong enough to break the bond that kept me in Springwood. Now I can go anywhere I want."

Alvin backs up as Freddy steps toward him. "I decided to come here knowing that there were many children I could make mine," Freddy rasps sinisterly. "Looks like you're about to become one of my children!", Freddy says before laughing evilly.

"No! Stay away!", Alvin yells in fear. "Too late! You're in my nightmare, chipmunk! I will see to it you never wake up again!", Freddy snarls evilly. Freddy raises his right hand and laughs evilly as Alvin yells, "No! No! Get away!" Freddy goes to slash Alvin as he screams.

Alvin wakes up in his bed screaming in fear. Simon and Theodore are awakened by the screaming. Simon asks, "Was it Freddy?" Alvin responds, "Yes it was."

Dave, who heard Alvin's scream, runs into the bedroom. "Are you okay Alvin?", he asks his oldest. "Freddy Krueger attacked me again! He somehow was able to break away from Springwood with a great amount of power!", Alvin exclaims. "How do you know this?", Theodore asks. "He told me. He says he can go anywhere now," Alvin answers.

Dave then says, "At least he didn't get you, thank goodness." "Yes, it's very good he didn't get me, but he could get me at any time," Alvin says with obvious fear in his voice.

"I know we need to stop Freddy, but obviously with what he can do, we may not be able to pull him into our reality," Simon says. "I realized that," Alvin says solemnly.

Dave then says, "What counts right now is that you're all okay. We still need to think of a way to stop him, but we do need to sleep."

Alvin says, "What if he comes back? What then?" Dave responds, "I don't know. I hope he doesn't come back." Dave then kisses Alvin on the cheek and says, "Goodnight again boys," before walking out. Simon and Theodore are able to get back to sleep while Alvin is too afraid to go back to sleep and is awake for the rest of the night.

The boys know more about what kind of menace Freddy Krueger is. Will they be able to stop him, or will they meet the eternal sleep? Please review!