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Chapter Fifteen: I Can Do This

Kali sat on the floor in the dark crying silent tears. Freddy begged her to stop until he gave up or went away, she wasn't sure which but she didn't care. Wesley could barely look at her and Angela could no longer be trusted. There was no telling if she told the others everything as well.

Get in bed. Freddy demanded making Kali look up.

"No." She protested out loud. "I'm not ready to deal with you yet."

Enough of this! He screamed and he pulled Kali into a deep sleep. He stood over her as he waited for her to come to. She opened her eyes and glared up at him.

"How can you do that?" She asked sitting up in his bed.

"I'm alot stronger now... thanks to you..." He ran the back of one if his blades down the side of her face making her jerk away from him.

"Don't touch me! This is all your fault! If it wasn't for you I could be having a normal life where I don't have to dread the next time I fall asleep!" She jumped out of bed and began walking away from him. Before she got too far he grabbed her by her scarred wrist and threw her to the floor. He was on top of her holding her wrists down before she could blink.

"My fault? Who was the one obsessed with me in the first place? You! Who pulled me into their dreams? You! And who decided to help me? You!" He rasped barely holding himself off of her.

"I didn't want to pull you in! Now get off of me!" She struggled beneath him and he laughed at her attempts to break free. He knew she wanted him, he could smell it, and it was making him hard. She stopped struggling when he pressed himself completely against her, his lips resting just above hers. Her breaths became long and deliberate.

Kali knew what he was trying to do, but wasn't going to let him get his way. She wanted him and he knew it, but just because Wesley said that they were over didn't mean she would be with Freddy. Thinking quickly to catch him off guard she had her bladed glove appear on her hand and Freddy eyed it closely.

"What do you think you're doing?" He asked tightening his grip on her wrists. Kali glared up at him as she freed her gloved hand from his grasp and stabbed her blades into his chest.

"I said get off me!" She dug the blades deeper and he cried out in pain. She pushed him off of her and slid her hand out of the glove leaving the blades in his chest. He just laid there motionless for a moment then began laughing hysterically making Kali slowly back away from him.

"You really think you can hurt me?" He laughed pulling the blades effortlessly out. He didn't even bleed. Kali watched with nothing but fear in her eyes her back met with the wall behind her. "You're going to regret that." He said darkly his eyes pinning her in place. Kali looked completely lost and he could feel her fear as he advanced on her and stopped less than a foot away.

"Please… I'm sorry…" She pleaded fighting the invisible force that held her to the wall.

"Oh you will be…" He smiled darkly revealing his jagged teeth. Kali closed her eyes tight as he took a step closer and screamed in fear as she felt the cool metal of his blades brush against her neck. He purposely took his time removing her shirt slowly slicing at it. Her fear was becoming intoxicating making him want to stab his blades into her and take her soul. It made him wish there was a way to kill her and bring her back only for the fear that it would instill in her. Instead he slowly ran the tip of one of his blades down her stomach and back up again making sure not to break the skin.

"Just do it already…" Tears streamed down her face. "Kill me." She pleaded and Freddy instantly stopped and pulled his blades away from her stabbing them into the wall beside her.

"No." He said firmly and slid his hand out of the glove leaving it in the wall. Holding Kali's face in his hands he released her from her invisible bonds and she fell limply his hands the only thing holding her up. "Look at me." He demanded softly and her eyes met with his. "Don't you ever say that to me again." His hands trailed down her neck and rested on her shoulders. She slumped forward and rested her head on his chest.

He was unsure of what to do. One half of him wanted to push her away and out of the dream world not wanting her to see the side of him that he kept hidden from everyone else, the part of him that he almost never let out. The other half wanted to just simply wanted to hold her for the first time, but was afraid knowing there was no turning back. Kali closed her eyes tight as a tear streamed down her face and let herself slide to the floor and just laid there. She couldn't believe what he had just said to her. Did he care? Did it even matter now? Her friends had betrayed her and Wesley hated her. She laid there on the floor in a lifeless heap.

Freddy stared down at her as he read her thoughts and after much fighting with his inner self he picked her up in his arms and laid her in bed. She was limp like a rag doll and he sat beside her in his bed. Pulling her into his lap she instantly wrapped her arms around him making him tense up, for the first time since he lost his daughter Freddy was scared. They were both completely silent except the sound of their breathing. He lightly stroked her arms and hair until she fell asleep.

Kali opened her eyes finding herself still wrapped around him. He looked down at her. "Finally awake?" He grumbled.

"Why am I still here? How come I haven't woken up yet?" She asked slowly releasing him and sitting up in bed.

"I kept you here. There are some things we need to talk about." He sounded serious making Kali suddenly more alert. She stared back at him with her eyes full of curiosity and fear. He rolled his eyes at her as he read her thoughts. "It s nothing like that. Who in the hell do you think I am?" Kali looked away from him shyly. "This is important." He grabbed her hard by the back of the neck and turned her towards him. "So pay attention!"

Kali perked up and gave him her full attention. His eyes were practically glowing. "You, I need you to bring me more. Not just one anymore. I'm sick of waiting, sick of seeing her rot away in that place, sick of watching that town live like I never even existed. I'm not strong enough yet. I need more." He explained becoming angrier as he went on.

"Wait, so you've been watching Sam this whole time and haven't done anything to help her?!" Kali yelled and instantly regretted it as the room melted away into the boiler room and he grabbed her by the throat lifting her off the ground dangling her over the railing of the catwalk. She could feel the heat of the furnaces below, but there was no telling how far down the fall was.

"You think I'd really leave my daughter to die in that place! I've been trying to get her out since the day they took her! Maybe I should just pull you into a coma until you've made me strong enough!" He smiled demonically before throwing her to the catwalk. She used the railing to pick herself back up.

"I didn't know… please… I want to help, but first, tell me who the Elm Street kid is." She pleaded rubbing her throat. She blinked and he was standing less than an inch off of her making her lean back on the railing.

"You really want to know who it is?" Kali nodded silently and he leaned in closer to her putting his lips to her ear.

"You'll find out when their Hypnocil runs out." He licked her ear making her cringe and he laughed. "Aww don't want to make out anymore?" Kali looked away from him. "That's ok, we can play later…" He tucked her hair behind her ear. "Have fun at work…" He whispered into her ear.

Kali could hear his fading laughter as Paige sat on the edge of her bed. "Finally I thought you were never going to wake up! You slept through the entire day yesterday!"

"Really?" She asked rubbing her eyes as Paige flipped her light on.

"Yes really! Now get up and take a shower. Today is your first day of training and I'm in charge of all your training! It's going to be fun!" Paige smiled big and threw a small pile of clothes at the foot of Kali s bed before heading to the door. "Oh and I plan on leaving in about an hour so if you want a ride with me you have plenty of time to get ready." She disappeared out the door closing it behind her.

Kali held her head, it felt heavy with sleep. She couldn't believe Freddy kept her asleep for so long. She was more than relieved that she was starting her job so she could have some normality and also possibly meet some new people and find victims outside of her school. She thought back to when she first fell asleep while she showered remembering how affectionate Freddy was acting towards her. He stayed with her the whole time she slept. But she knew that it probably wouldn't happen again, not with everything that just happened. She knew he needed to focus on getting Sam out and so did she.

Working at Quizno's seemed rather easy and Kali had already gotten the hang of it by the end of her first shift. She didn't hear from Freddy at all her entire shift. Working with Paige was fun, but the other girl that was there with them mostly kept to herself and barely input into their conversations and did little to help Kali out.

"So what is that other girls name again?" Kali asked on the drive home.

"Tabitha. She's not very social, I don t think she ever had many friends in school. All she ever talks about is her boyfriend that she's been with since middle school and her damn ferret and how awesome it is. She's definitely not a people person, she gets pissed off at customers so easily and she always tries to boss everyone around. Sadly I'd rather work with that stupid pot zombie you replaced. He may have been slow but at least he had some social skills." Paige rambled on and Kali stared back at her sister.

"Why do you work there if it sucks so much?" Kali asked raising an eyebrow taking her work hat off and running her fingers through her hair.

"Because it beats having no money. I've been looking for jobs near the college and have a few waiting for me I just need to find out if I got my cheer scholarship or not first. Because if not then I m just going to do student loans." Paige explained turning up the air conditioning.

"At least I get to spend more time with you." Kali smiled at her sister who smiled back. When they got home both of them argued who got to use the shower first and Paige won. After Kali had taken a shower she sat on her bed and stared at the Elm Street sign that hung above her Freddy poster.

Three. Freddy rasped in her head.

"What?" Kali asked out loud.

From now on,everynight, bring me three. He said as Kali felt her body temperature go up.

"Three? That's too many. Someone is going to notice, what if they're already watching us? They could take me away to their lab and then you'll have no one to help you." Kali explained as she stood in front of her small mirror hung by her closet.

You really think if those assholes were watching they'd wait this long? If they had any idea at all you'd already be locked up in one of their little rooms pumped full of Hypnocil! He yelled pointing a blade at her in the mirror. Besides, if one of them was near I'd be able to sense them. So let me worry about them andyouworry about bringing me more souls.

"All those…"

It doesn't matter anymore! He cut her short knowing what she was about to say. Bring meany kid. I'll be waiting…And he disappeared giving Kali a chill as her body returned to its normal temperature. She stared at the mirror for a few minutes half expecting Freddy to return.

Kali sighed as she looked at the clock, it was only six. She still had a few hours before people started falling asleep. She sat in her bean bag chair and played a few video games. After playing for a few hours she began to wonder what Angela was up to. Could she trust her anymore? Did she tell Andy too? Just thinking about it upset her and a silent tear streamed down her face as she remember the last thing Wesley said before he left.

That s when she remembered what Angela had said about trying to stop Freddy. Pull him into our world and lock him up…her words echoed in her head. Could he be pulled out? The clock read nine fifteen, it was late enough for a few people to be asleep. She turned her light off and turned her fan on before getting in bed. Before she even had time to get comfortable she found herself in Freddy s bed.

"Can you at least let me enjoy laying in bed for a few minutes before pulling me in?" Kali grumbled at Freddy who stood beside the bed.

"No…" He replied quickly and Kali s body flew towards him and he caught her by the shoulders so their faces were only an inch apart. "Now bring me someone." He demanded.

"No." She said firmly her expression blank. "First we're going to talk."

"What?" He eyed her for a moment as he read her thoughts. "We'll talk about it after you bring me someone." He smiled his wicked smile showing his jagged teeth as he listened to her mind jump from name to name trying to pick someone.

"Fine." She replied and pulled someone in. Freddy laughed as he felt them enter his realm. He slammed her against the wall and pressed into her. Making her go rigid and slightly lean her head closer to him.

"Be right back." He breathed into her ear and released her disappearing before she could look up from where she collapsed on the floor. She sat there for a moment and caught her breath. That's when it hit her. She still had to bring him two more before waking up. There had to be a way out of it. As much as she wanted to help him it wasn't easy offering him up all these kids that she knew and went to school with. She sat on the floor thinking up all the possibilities she could give him.

Freddy stood over the lifeless body of the boy Kali had brought him. He licked his blades and kicked the lifeless body off the catwalk and watched it fall to the fiery furnaces below. He could hear Kali's thoughts from where he was. She was rambling on about so many different things and one thing stuck out the most. Her mind wouldn't stop going back to the night they almost…

Freddy shook his head to clear it stopping himself from thinking about it any further. As much as he wanted to, he couldn't finish that night, at least not for awhile. Kali had some interesting ideas on new victims for him and he appeared next to her on his bed. She slowly turned to look at him.

"Can you be pulled out of the dream?" She sounded genuinely curious.

"Yes, but it s not worth it unless I'm strong enough to still control the things around me like I can do in here. What I could do at that party with your body was nothing compared to what I could do on my own. That's why I need to be stronger. I need you to pull me out." He explained.

"How is that going to get Sam freed?" Kali asked leaning against the head board of the bed pulling a pillow into her lap.

"Have you find the lab and bring me out in there. Then I can kill all those bastards for what they did to me and for ruining Sam's life..." Kali could feel the temperature of the room rise with his anger. "Every day I can hear her thinking up ways to try and break free, but she never tries anything, not anymore... I keep an eye on her. They stopped giving her Hypnocil years ago once they were done testing it. They let her out of her room now…" He voice became less demonic as he went on. "… but none of the other patients know who she is, only the doctors do. So long as she stays quiet and doesn't mention me or who she really is they leave her alone. Now that they've stopped testing Hypnocil all they do is tests on the other patients with their dreams and make sure that the town stays pumped full of Hypnocil so no one ever knows that I existed." He became angry again and Kali took him by the wrist of his gloved hand and turned him towards her.

"You do exist, you're real, and if it kills me I m going to make sure that they all get what they deserve for trying to erase you from this world." He could see in her eyes that she meant it and he ran his free hand down the side of her face making her lean into his palm. He quickly stopped himself from going any further making her groan in protest as he pulled his hand away. She released his wrist and shook herself.

She knew why they shouldn't do what both their bodies were begging them to do, but it was really starting to drive her crazy, and she knew it was doing the same to him. They both took in a deep breath to calm themselves and Kali turned back to him.

"Have you ever went to Sam in her dreams? Does she even know what they did to you?" Kali asked the one question he didn't want to answer. He turned away from her. "You should at least go talk to her..."

"I would… but I don't want to get her hopes up if something goes wrong…" He looked back at her with his human eyes.

"Nothing will go wrong. I promise." She put her hand on his shoulder and he shrugged it off. He didn't like Kali seeing him like this, acting human. He loved his daughter and would do anything in his power to help her, and now this girl was bringing out the softer side of him more and more. He reached out and grabbed her by the throat and pulled her close.

"You still have two more souls to bring me. Where are they?" He rasped his eyes returning to their demonic red. Kali glared back at him.

"No… I have a better idea." She said barely flinching at his sudden proximity.

"What?" He asked angrily staring into her.

"Why not instead of bringing you kids from here, I bring you kids from Groveberg? Just show me what they look like and I'll pull them in." She explained and Freddy looked her up and down. He released her and sat back against the headboard. It would make him stronger faster…

Kali watched him closely awaiting a response from him.

"No." He said firmly looking rather pissed off.

"What? Why not?" She asked confused on why he'd refuse to go after the kids he wanted to get to in the first place.

"If I start killing anyone in that town they'll know it was me, and then they'll start testing the Hypnocil again. They'll use Sam…" His voice became less demonic. "…I can't let that happen again."

"Alright…" Kali looked down and fidgeted with her hands feeling stupid for not considering the consequences. "… I can do this…" She pulled two more in and Freddy looked up at her.

He could see the guilt and sadness in her eyes. As much as she didn't want to offer him these people that she knew she also didn't want to see him suffer worrying about Sam. He placed a comforting hand on her cheek and slowly pulled it away as he got off the bed letting his fingers trail across her chest. Kali sank into the bed trying to control her breathing as he left the room. She rested her face in the palm of her hands as she tried to think up other kids to bring him for the rest of the week.

Kali had wandered into the living room and sat on the couch staring at the blank TV. Freddy walked into the room looking rather satisfied with fresh blood on his blades. He sat on the arm of the couch reading Kali's thoughts.

"Yes this is where I watch you, along with everyone else." He answered her thoughts and she turned to him.

"Can I see her…" She asked and he stared at her for a few moments before the TV switched on. Kali stared intently at the young girl on the screen.

She knew Sam had to at least be thirty or so but the girl on the screen looked to be no older than Kali, as if all the sleep they forced on her over the years had somehow preserved her youth. She sat at a small table drawing intently. Her skin was very pale and her frame was the same size as Kali's. Her long dirty blonde hair stopped just past her shoulders and was tucked behind her ears. She sat alone at her table and a young boy attempted to sit with her until she gave him the death glare and he slowly retreated away.

This poor girl had been stuck in that place almost her entire life. She was robbed of her childhood, her parents. From how pale she looked it was obvious that they rarely let her go outside. The more Kali sat and watched her the more she knew that she needed to free her and destroy that place no matter how many lives it took.

"Are you sure?" Freddy asked as he read her mind. At that Kali turned to him with a fierce look in her eye and leaped on top of him knocking him off the edge of the couch tackling him to the floor.