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Belongs to Wes Craven and Canadian Television. I only own characters you don't recognize. This chap is pretty much like NOES 3. Unintentional, but it happened, sorry.

The teens tried to grab onto something to break their falls, but to no avail. As the floor came up fast, Derek instinctively put his hands out in front of him to break his fall. To his surprise, what seemed to be some sort of box enveloped the entire group. They all grunted as they landed.

"Oh, terrific," Joey grumbled.

"Hey, that's a cool power," Rod noted as the box disappeared.

"What was that?" Sam wondered.

"That's his dream power," Nancy answered.

"Now where are we?" Derek wondered, changing the subject as they each helped each other up.

"I think it's another part of the boiler room," Rod said. They looked around.

"Okay, so where's Casey?" Sam questioned. All of a sudden, they heard a chuckle. They all gasped.

"What was that?" Emily wondered.

"It's Krueger," Nancy responded. Scree! Emily screamed in fright. Scree! The others looked in the direction of the sound. Everyone's eyes widened when they saw Casey chained to a wall above what seemed to be a bottomless pit.

"Casey!" Emily screamed. There was a chuckle and the man came into view.

"Well, well, well. The gang's all here," he smirked.

"Let go of her, Krueger!" Rod shouted.

"As you wish," Krueger stated with a smile. Then, with a wave of his hand, the chains came unfastened.

"NO!" Joey immediately started down a pipe, and it began to wobble. Rod quickly went over to keep it steady as Joey continued his descent. Nancy charged Krueger, doing a series of flips in the air. Derek, Emily, Sam, and Kendra looked at each other.

"What do we do?" Kendra wondered.

"Emily, Kendra, you help Rod. Sam and I will help Joey," Derek answered.

"Right," everyone agreed. Then, they quickly went to do as they were told. Meanwhile, the last chain had fallen and Joey quickly grabbed Casey's hands as she gave a startled yelp. When Krueger had released Casey from her bonds, he had apparently also restored her voice.

"Come on," he groaned, straining to pull her up. They struggled, and Joey leaned forward.

"Joey, you're gonna fall with me if you don't let me go!" Casey warned. He didn't answer, only grunted as he tried to haul her up. Suddenly, two other hands joined him. Joey, Sam, and Derek quickly pulled Casey up.

"My hero," she said, giving Joey a quick peck on the cheek. Then, "Nancy!" With that, she jumped into the air, did a flip, and knocked Krueger to the ground. Rod and Joey quickly joined the fray. Again, Derek, Emily, Sam, and Kendra looked at each other. What should they do? They weren't used to this. Krueger lashed out at the kids, who quickly ducked out of the way. Suddenly, Casey took off.

"What is she--" Emily's question trailed off, as her friends immediately followed her. Krueger gave chase.

"Come on!" Derek said. The quartet quickly followed them. As they ran, Joey, Nancy, and Rod saw Casey indicate that they should split up and they did so. Krueger kept his gaze locked on Casey. So the little Warrior thought she could escape him, did she? He'd show her.

"Come on, Krueger! Come and get me!" she called.

"Gonna kill you slow!" he growled. Casey looked around. Just a little bit further. All she had to do was get to the boiler. Luckily the others had followed her instructions without asking questions. She could hear the freak coming after her. She could hear his heavy pants. She just had to get a little further. Finally, she was right where she wanted to be: in front of the furnace. She tugged on the door. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on! she thought to herself. Man, it was too bad Rod wasn't here. Finally, she heard the hinges scrape and the door slowly moved. Yes! she silently cheered. Concentrating, she continued to open the door. It wasn't as effortless as it'd be for Rod, but she got the job done. Suddenly, she was grabbed from behind!

"Think you could fool me?" Krueger sneered in her ear.

"Dude, brush," Casey responded. She felt the coolness of a blade on her cheek.

"Told ya I'd kill you slow," he taunted. Without warning, Casey felt a jolt of energy surrounding them. Krueger roared in pain and released her. Casey jumped out of the way. As Krueger shouted, Casey, Rod, and Joey looked at each other, and then nodded, each coming to the same decision. As one, they flipped through the air and let out a kick, which knocked Krueger closer to the furnace. Seeing her chance, Nancy pushed him in and they all closed the door. Krueger screamed in pain.

"I'LL BE BACK!" he shouted. With a gasp, Derek and the others woke up.

"Casey," Joey said. They all scrambled out of the room, ignoring the startled nurse. In her room, the EKG beeped as Casey's eyes fluttered open.

"Casey?" her mother gasped softly.

"Joey! Where's Joey?" she questioned.

"Right here. We're all right here," they heard him answer. Nora and the other members of the MacDonald/Venturi family turned around.

"Everyone okay?" Nora questioned.

"We're good," Joey answered, as he moved through everyone to stand in front of the bed as Casey sat up.

"I'm glad you're okay," he told her.

"Why didn't you let me go?" she wondered. He took her into a hug.

"I will never let you go," he said emotionally.