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Chapter Fourteen: Forbidden & Confused

Kali felt cool metal brush her cheek and she leaned into it. It quickly disappeared followed by the clink of metal. Her eyes were too heavy to open and she was drenched in sweat. She was encompassed by an overwhelming heat and heard breathing beside her, she reached towards it.

"Go back to sleep." She heard Freddy rasp then felt his scarred hand wrap around her wrist. His skin was unusually cold and as much as she shouldn't care it alarmed her. Fighting her eyes they finally opened and she found herself in Freddy's basement lying in the cot. He sat next to her looking deep in thought. "I said go back to sleep." He glared down at her and placed his hat over her face. She removed his hat and set it on her chest wiping the sweat from her forehead with her hand.

"What's going on? How come I'm the one sweating to death and you're as cold as a corpse?" She asked attempting to sit up only to be pushed back down onto the cot. That's when it hit her. Everything that had happened came back to her. The Hypnocil, Freddy was burning it out of her system and it was obviously taking all of his energy to do so. But why would he go through all this trouble to help me?

Freddy rubbed his temples and ran a finger across Kali's cheek. She grabbed his hand and held it to her face. He let it linger there for a moment before pulling away.

"You're not mad at me, and you're helping me…Why?" She asked taking her soaked shirt off.

"Because you fought back, they forced you to take it… why punish you for something you had no control over…" He explained rubbing his temples again.

"Are you ok?" She asked suddenly noticing he didn't have his glove on.

"The Hypnocil, it's made to keep me out, I've burned most of it out of your system but it's not easy. All my energy is focused on getting rid of it. First time I've felt pain in a long time." He explained as Kali sat up holding her heavy head and groaning at the pain in her back. "They also gave you some sleeping pills, but you'll wake up just fine."

"It only lasts a day… why not wait it out…" Kali was officially confused as to why he would even bother to go out of his way for her.

"It's what you wanted, I heard you loud and clear, I was there the second you wished it. You're that strong, you pulled me into you." He sat next to her on the cot and Kali exhaled loudly putting her head in her hands.

"I still can't believe they did that… Wesley… Ang…" She shook her head and rubbed her sore wrists that had been rubbed raw from being tied down. Freddy turned to her and took her wrists in his hands for a moment and when he released them they were healed. He ran his fingers over her scarred arm sending chills down her spine not used to being touched there.

"Some friends… I could always…" Freddy smiled.

"No, they're just trying to help me the only way they know how. They just don't get it." Kali placed Freddy's hat back on his head. "You still haven't told me why."

"Because…" He leaned in close to her and pulled her into a long unexpected kiss. As usual she protested and he won, to his surprise she ended up on top of him. He laughed when she whined as he pulled away. "… I wanted to. Besides you're…" He thought for a moment. "… pretty entertaining to play with."

Kali's eyes went wide as Freddy's hand trailed up her inner thigh. "Too bad you've got to wake up." He breathed in her ear as she heard the faint buzz of her alarm clock in the distance.

"And just so you know…" He pulled her close. "…you were right about the Elm brat… I know who it is I'm just waiting for them to miss their dose…" He whispered in her ear before he faded into darkness and Kali felt someone shaking her.

"Kali wake up!" Paige shouted over her alarm and Kali quickly sat up in bed and hit her alarm off. "Dude gross! You're all sweaty. Maybe you should open your air vent?" Paige made a disgusted face at her and opened the air vent above her door letting in a rush of cool air making Kali shiver.

"We're leaving in about an hour. I'd take a shower if I were you. You reek." Paige scrunched up her nose and quickly left her room closing the door behind her. Kali sat there dazed staring at the Elm Street sign that hung above her Freddy poster.

"I knew it… he knows…" She said aloud. Removing the covers she realized how drenched they were and she felt dizzy as she took a step towards her closet. Remembering everything she had gone through the night before she was surprised she was still standing. In one night she had two drugs burned out of her system. Her throat was extremely dry and she seriously needed some liquids in her body as soon as possible.

The drive there was full of chatter and arguing over which kind of music they'd listen to next. Kali was surprised after everything her body had been through the night before that she wasn't tired at all. It was a seven hour drive and she stayed awake the whole time even driving for an hour when her Mom wanted to take a nap. Paige was only awake half the time and Kali was so busy thinking about what Freddy had said before she woke up that when she was asked about how her and Wesley were doing she didn't have an answer.

Were they ok? She wasn't sure after last night. He told her he loved her but there's no telling what things will be like when they get back. So many things could change in just a week. Freddy could get to the Elm Street kid and have killed all her friends. Would he still make her bring him kids from her school?

Of course. Freddy's voice rasped in her ear. Kali quickly looked in the rear-view mirror to see Freddy staring back at her. Luckily for her Paige and her Mom were fast asleep in the back seat so they couldn't see the look of shock on her face.

Go away I'm trying to drive! She shouted back at him.

I'm not that distracting am I? He laughed.

I thought you were too weak to enter my body again? Kali asked curiously.

I am, but I'm used to you now making it easier on me. Have fun driving princess. See you later. He winked at her in the mirror and his voice faded away. Kali let out a relieved sigh once she didn't hear anything else from him and continued to focus on driving.

It was still day light out when they arrived at their hotel and they unpacked their things. Kali found a bottle of Hypnocil shoved into her bag, rolling her eyes she threw it back into her bag. Once they got settled their mom resigned to bed early so Kali and Paige put on their swimsuits and went swimming in the hotel pool for awhile playing a few games of pool in the game room until they were tired.

Kali sat on Freddy's work bench waiting for him to dispatch of the newest victim she had brought him. He came through the large metal door with blood dripping from his blades looking rather happy. She eyed him questioningly.

"Thank you." He said the last words she ever thought she'd hear out of his mouth and stared at him confused. "Due to your idiot friends I was temporarily weakened." He appeared right next to her. "But, I feel better now…" He breathed in her ear and she quickly pulled away.

"Get away from me! I don't want you!" She screamed trying to convince herself it was the truth and appeared on the opposite side of the room.

"Then what do you want? Your stupid Hypnocil pushing brat of a boyfriend?!" His voice echoed and the room shifted into the boiler room and the heat encompassed her. Kali found herself with her back to the corner and Freddy was advancing on her. But before she could even attempt to get away he had his bladed hand around her throat and pinned her to the wall.

"Well I don't care what you want. The only thing that matters is what I want! And I want you…" The angry tone in his voice died as he said the last part. He loosened his grip on her and pressed into her his lips barely off hers, so close she could almost taste him. After hesitating for a moment he slammed her hard against the pipes and she bit her lip trying her best not to scream.

"I want you to forget about all your stupid little friends especially your worthless excuse for a boyfriend. You're mine now. They can't help you and they can't stop me." He growled in her ear before releasing her. Kali took in a deep breath as he took a step back from her.

Kali cursed herself for wanting him the way she did. She did really like Wesley. He told her that he loved her, but does she love him back? Freddy was always the man she wanted in her dreams. Now she really had him, but he wasn't at all what she had imagined him to be. Could she live with herself if she really chose to be with him?

Freddy stood watching her breath heavily his breathing matching hers. Was it wrong to want her? He read her thoughts partially relieved she was just as confused as he was, yet disappointed she didn't automatically want him over what she already had. Why was she so damn appealing to him? Was it the power she has in the dream world that's drawing him to her? Is it because she is the first and only girl to want him after he died? Or was he just finally sick of being alone in his world not wanting her to leave afraid of never finding someone else? She definitely doesn't compare to the girls he's created to play with out of boredom over the years.

Suddenly the both of them locked eyes and their thoughts stopped instantaneously, they quickly closed the gap between each other. Freddy slammed her hard against the wall dragging his blades down the pipes beside her making a loud screeching as sparks flew right past Kali's face. She almost melted beneath him from the heat caused by the sudden rush of desire that ripped through her.

He moaned as he pressed up against her and caught her face in his ungloved hand as it lolled to one side and held it there. Before he knew it she wrapped a leg around him and pulled him by the collar of his sweater into a kiss. She tasted so sweet and her passion threw him over the edge. He pushed off the wall and quickly sliced the back of her shirt open with his blades. When she finally released him from the kiss they both fought for air for a moment before Freddy grabbed her hard by the waist and turned throwing her behind him.

The boiler room shifted into his bedroom and Kali landed right in the middle of his bed. Before she could even blink he appeared on top of her straddling her waist. He cut the rest of her shirt off and ran the back of one of his blades down her body starting at her cheek slowly making his way down her stomach and hooked it under the waist of her pants slicing them open causing her to arch her back in anticipation.

Kali was reeling and could see how hard he was. She pulled him on top of her and ran her hand up his arm to his glove and he let her control his hand. She ran one of his blades down the middle of his sweater and quickly removed the glove from his hand throwing it up above her head.

Freddy was actually surprised by her actions and eyed his glove above her as she ripped the rest of his sweater off. He closed his eyes in pleasure as she put her hands on either side of his face. That was something that no one had done since he was alive and it was the most amazing feeling having her soft hands on him.

"Come here." She breathed pulling him completely on top of her they were skin on skin and despite the fact they both still had bottoms on nothing could compare to that feeling. The odd texture of his skin the softness of hers, it was intoxicating for the both of them. Freddy kissed her hard and as they pulled apart he sucked hard on her tongue making her moan beneath him.

With strength she didn't know she had Kali managed to roll ending up on top of him. Her hands nimbly unzipped his pants and pulled them off tossing them aside leaving him in only his boxers.

"Your turn." He said seductively sending a chill through them both. He quickly got up on his knees and as he pushed Kali down onto her back she suddenly vanished into the sheets leaving only an impression where she would have landed.

He screamed out as he no longer felt Kali in the dream world. Someone had woken her up. His glove appeared on his hand and he began slicing his bed to shreds.

"Dude Kali come on you gotta wake up and come see this!" Paige said sounding rather excited as she shook her sister.

"No!" Kali stared angrily at her sister breathing heavily. "I can't believe you woke me up! I was about to…" She stopped herself before finishing her sentence realizing what had just happened. They both wanted each other. They weren't just going to have sex like they had before, they were going to make love. She put her hand to her chest to try and slow her breathing.

"Hello? Earth to Kali?" Paige waved her hand in front of her face and she shook herself.

"Yes?" Kali finally replied trying to clear her head of everything that just happened.

"Dude sea turtles on the beach it's awesome! Come take pictures with me!" She smiled big holding a camera out to her. Kali took in a deep breath.

"Alright let me change into something more beachy and I'll meet you in the hall." Kali explained and her sister skipped excitedly out of the room. She exhaled loudly resting her forehead in the palm of her hand.

Throwing the covers off she found that her clothes had been sliced off in the real world as well. Shaking herself one last time she quickly hid the remains of her pants and shirt throwing on her swim suit and a long sleeved mesh shirt that went down past her knees hiding her scarred arm and the rest of her body. She grabbed her camera out of her bag and was met by a bouncy Paige in the hallway who practically skipped the whole way to the beach.

The rest of the day seemed to pass rather quickly as Kali replayed everything that happened over the past week in her head trying to figure out what to do and convince herself that she was just losing her mind. She was afraid of what would happen the next time she fell asleep. Would he still pursue her or will he pretend like nothing ever happened? She finally decided that she wanted to be with Wesley. He was normal and that's what she needed and what she wanted, no matter what her fantasies used to be.

Fantasies are fantasies for a reason, because they never work in real life and even if they did it always ends badly.She told herself over and over again until she believed it. She sat in bed reading a book prolonging sleep as long as she could.

Freddy had been watching her all day and he forced himself to agree with her reasoning. He had been thrown off track by the last few days with her further delaying his plan for revenge. As much as he would have loved to finish what they had started, he knew that neither of them would let it stop there. He watched her as she sat in bed reading struggling to stay awake as long as possible.

He pulled at her consciousness for a few minutes before she got up and splashed her face with some water. On her way back to bed she nearly tripped on her bag making the bottle of Hypnocil roll out. Picking it up she stared at it for a few moments before quickly opening it and without a second thought flushed them down the toilet. Freddy let out a deep breath relieved as he watched her rip the label on the bottle to shreds.

"I don't need you." She said aloud and put her book away and began playing her Nintendo DS. Freddy watched her intently wondering what she was referring to. After awhile he pulled at her consciousness until she put the game away and finally turned the lights off. In moments he felt her enter his world. He could have just appeared before her but he took his time and walked through the house and found her sitting on the couch in the living room. Her back was to him and he put his hands on her shoulders making sure she could see his blades.

"I got rid of the Hypnocil." She didn't look up at him.

"I know… thank you." He released one of her shoulders and had to stop himself from running his fingers across her cheek.

"There is no reason to even need it. You'd get back to me no matter what I do. There's no point in trying to get away from you." She finally looked up at him. He knew she was right but couldn't help but catch the double meaning in her words. "Freddy…"

"Don't even bother, I already know what you're going to say…" He cut her short and she looked up at him with fear in her eyes. She's still afraid of me… good, that'll make things easier. He thought making the room shift into the basement.

Freddy wrapped his hand around her throat and slammed her down onto the top of the work table straddling her.

"I figured you'd choose that brat boyfriend of yours over me. Because he's normal and good for you." He leaned into her making her tense up beneath him. "Now bring me someone or else it'll be your blood I'm licking off my blades." He rasped into her ear and he instantly felt someone enter his realm. "Good girl." He licked her face before slowly getting off of her and he disappeared out the door locking it behind him.

Kali laid there on the table with her hands over her face. She sobbed into her hands and rolled onto her side into the fetal position. She knew he would do something like this but it still hurt. There was no doubt that he knew she was lying to herself when choosing Wesley over him, but there had to be a reason that he just let her go, unless she was really losing her mind thinking that he even wanted her in the first place.

She sat up on the edge of the table with her feet on the bench and continued sobbing into her hands. After a few minutes had passed the door swung open and was quickly slammed shut followed by heaving breathing. Kali looked up to see the boy that she had pulled in. He was a junior and she often ran into him near the lockers. He had blood dripping down his arm and he looked frantically about before spotting her.

"You have to help me! This guy is after me! He's trying to kill me!" He said out of breath as he grabbed the bench from beneath Kali's feet and dragged it across the room shoving it against the metal door. "Please you have to help me! I don't want to die!"

Kali looked at him from where she sat and wiped the tears from her eyes and he stared at her for a moment. "Hey don't I know you from school? Is he after you too?" Kali looked away from him wanting to push him out of the dream, but she couldn't, she couldn't face Freddy if she did. All she did was stare back at him in silence. There was a loud screech outside the door and the bench moved itself out of the way of the door and the door flew open.

Freddy stood in the doorway smiling evilly with blood on his blades. "I see you've found my little helper." He laughed and the boy looked to Kali who looked away from the both of them. Kali could hear the boy screaming behind her accompanied by metal ripping through flesh. She turned just in time to see Freddy pull out the boy's spine. Freddy had blood all over him and Kali shuttered at the sickening thud of the boy's body hitting the floor.

The boy's soul floated into Freddy and he breathed in deep. "I'll never get sick of that feeling." He said sounding extremely satisfied. "So you better keep them coming." He sat next to her on the worktable resting his bloodied glove on her shoulder. She eyed him cautiously with her eyes puffy from crying.

Freddy wiped a tear away with his bloodied hand leaving a small smear of blood on her face. He lightly trailed the back of his blades down her cheek leaving small lines of blood and slowly turned her head to face him and he leaned in close his lips just barely off of hers. "When you want this torture to stop…" He grabbed her by the throat and pushed her to the nearest wall trapping her there with his hands on either side of her head. Kali took in a quick breath and stared into his demonic eyes fighting what her body was begging her to do.

"When you want a real man." He leaned in her and she sucked in a quick breath. He could feel how much she wanted him and he loved pushing her. He wondered what it would take to break her. "I'll be waiting for you."

Kali had her fists clenched tight at her sides digging her nails into her palms fighting the urge to attack him. She hated that he could get to her like he was. He looked at her thoughtfully and lightly pressed his lips to hers. She moaned and slid down the wall to the floor with her eyes closed.

Freddy laughed above her knowing how hard this was for her. He crouched down next to her and tilted her chin up to look at him. "You shouldn't fight it… you know I'll win eventually…"

"Eventually… but not now…" She said through clenched teeth.

"Won't this be fun…" He chuckled and pulled Kali close. "I suggest you enjoy the rest of your little vacation. It may be the last one you'll have for a long time." He licked her lips and pushed her out of the dream world before she had time to react.

Kali bolted up in bed breathing hard. She made her way to the bathroom cursing Freddy under her breath.

The rest of the week passed without incident. Freddy only demanded one person a night and to her surprise didn't challenge her any further. She noticed that he seemed rather distracted by other things. What those things were she didn't know and it made her uneasy. She called Wesley and Angela on their third day there and they weren't happy to know that she wasn't taking the Hypnocil, but she'd deal with that when she got home.

When they got home at the end of the week Kali instantly collapsed onto her bed. She refused to sleep the whole ride home and it finally hit her. Before she knew it she was standing in the middle of the catwalk in the boiler room. There was a clink of metal behind her and she turned running right into Freddy. He grabbed her before she fell and wrapped his arms around her holding her with her back to his chest. He lightly laughed in her ear sending chills down her spine.

"Now that you're home I need some assistance from you and your little friends. I need you to figure out exactly where they've been holding my daughter and how to get in, if we can get there we can stop them and put things back the way they should be." His lips were right at her ear now. "I'll be waiting…" Kali closed her eyes and leaned into him. When she opened her eyes she was in her bed again.

"Asshole…" She muttered under her breath feeling her heart thumping loudly in her chest. After she unpacked and threw on a load of laundry she enjoyed a nice long shower. When she got out of the shower Angela and Wesley were waiting for her in her room.

"Um… hi." She looked at them confused holding her towel tighter. "Can I get dressed please?" They silently left the room and Kali slipped on a pair of pajama pants and a tank top before letting them back in.

"Kali… we need to talk." Wesley said looking away from her making Kali's heart sink when she caught a glimpse of guilt in Angela's eyes.

"What did you tell him?" Kali demanded.

"She told me everything. Kali… why didn't you tell me… you lied to me." Wesley looked hurt. "How could you even… with him."

"I never said that I…"

"You didn't need to say anything. It's obvious what's been happening." Angela cut her off.

"You had no right to tell him these things!" Kali was furious now.

"He needed to know. We've been searching for ways to get rid of him since you told us you weren't taking the Hypnocil." Angela explained. "But we couldn't find anything. The only thing we could think of was to pull him into our world and lock him up somewhere." She looked disappointed.

"I wouldn't help you anyways. He deserves to get revenge on those people. They took his daughter and used her as a lab rat! They probably still have her locked up in there!" Kali said a little louder than intended and her door cracked open.

"What's going on?" Paige asked poking her head in the door.

"Nothing." Kali glared at Angela and Wesley. Wesley was leaning against the wall looking completely lost.

"Well keep your nothing down please, Mom is trying to take a nap." Paige replied before disappearing and closing the door behind her. The room was silent after Paige left. Angela and Kali were glaring at each other from across the room and Wesley looked like someone had ripped his heart out.

"So this whole time we've been together you've been with him." Wesley broke the silence. "Did you even want to be with me? Or were you trying to convince yourself that I was what you wanted so you'd feel better about being with him?" He finally looked her straight in the eye. Kali stared back at him not knowing how to answer.

"I… I've always wanted to be with you. He jus…"

"No don't, I don't even want to hear it." He cut her off leaving her completely speechless. She stared down at the floor, she wanted to die. Wesley obviously didn't trust her anymore and her best friend had betrayed her. She knew that Andy would act like Angela was towards the situation if not worse. Who could she tell? No one… only him.

Why couldn't you just let me kill them? Freddy rasped in her mind. I could've saved you from all of this. They don't understand and theyneverwill.

They were just trying to help me the only way they knew how. Kali shot back at him.

You keep telling yourself that… now… it's my turn… He laughed.

No! She screamed. Leave them alone!

Just try and stop me, I just want to talk… And he took over.

"Where's my glove?" He rasped making Angela and Wesley jump. He could already smell their fear.

"You let him take over… again." Wesley stared at Kali with hatred. "You just can't leave her alone can you?" He glared.

"You make it sound like I have a choice." Kali snapped at him.

"Don't you?" Angela asked.

"Not anymore…" She said solemnly.

"I'm too strong now." Freddy chuckled. "She can try and fight me all she wants. I'll always win."

"You bastard…" Wesley advanced on him and punched Kali hard in the jaw making her fall to the floor. Freddy chuckled evilly while Kali cried out in his mind.

"I didn't know you hated me so much you'd hit your own girlfriend." Freddy taunted him and Wesley took a step back as Kali got to her feet.

"I no longer have a girlfriend." Wesley replied coldly and left without even looking back. Angela ran after him taking one last look at Kali before disappearing down the hall.