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Chapter Twenty: Dreamless Fighter
Kali paced her cell as her heart beat strong and she could hear the footsteps outside her door. All she wanted to do was talk to Sam. She tried many times to throw herself into the dream world. It was impossible for her to close her eyes long enough to even meditate. She couldn't hold still but they wouldn't let her out of her cell. The door opened and Zerset came in with a tray of food.
"I brought you something to eat. Your metabolism must be going crazy from all the adrenaline." He set the tray on her bed and she ignored him continuing to pace her cell. "I'm really sorry about this whole thing. I never thought they'd go this far. But you did terrorize a few patients. They thought it was really him. They even had some of the other doctors convinced. You really know what you're doing in the dream world don't you?" Kali leaned on the wall and slid to the floor and stared straight at him.
"Of course, I do." She said proudly and rested her head in her hands. "Go away. Please."
"Kali, you did this to yourself." He said as he turned for the door.
"You have no right to take away my dreaming!" She screamed at him as he left closing the door behind him. She punched the wall beside her and screamed loudly.
It had been hours and Kali could feel the adrenaline finally starting to wear off. She focused on relaxing so she could fall asleep and get to Sam. Before she could get herself to fall asleep the door to her room opened and a doctor she hadn't seen before entered with Wesley's dad. He was a short burly guy with a large chin and dark brown hair that was parted in the center and stopped just above his ears. H looked like he hadn't shaved his face in a few days. Reaching into his long white lab coat he advanced on her.
"Time for your medicine little girl." The other doctor threatened now holding a large syringe.
"Kali, I'd like you to meet Dr. Durgt. He's second in charge of making the different kinds of Hypnocil we use." Dr. Preston said all matter of factly.
"How do you know it'll even work?!" Kali yelled getting ready to bolt for the door.
"Trevor let us willingly test it on him. So, if you've been talking to your friends outside of here, they can't even pull you into their dreams now!" Durgt laughed coming at her with the needle. She rolled past him and got to her feet kicking Dr. Preston in the crotch as hard as she could. Her foot throbbed in pain from kicking him without shoes on but she continued on and stumbled into the hallway. She didn't get too far when Durgt caught up with her and she kicked and screamed as he held her against the wall. Another nearby doctor assisted him in holding her down. All the patients in the hallways watched as he injected the Hypnocil into her neck. They released her and she slumped to the floor screaming and crying.
It hadn't even been a day since Freddy's last kill but it didn't matter. After seeing Kali like that he knew he couldn't waste any more time. As much as he wanted to go and try and break them out, he was afraid he wouldn't be strong enough. He was already stronger than when he was before Kali was taken, but he knew that if he failed at getting them out it would only make things worse for them in awful place. Wesley seemed to be drinking even more now that he had shown him what they have been doing to Kali making it easier to take complete control over him.
Freddy walked the neighborhood trying to find someone having a party or a sleep over. He was getting sick of just one person at a time. He had walked for awhile and finally came to a brightly lit house with cars lining the street. A car was parking a few feet in front of him and three teens exited the vehicle. They parked three houses down from where the party was going on but it was obvious by the girls' slutty clothes where they were going.
He snuck up on the tallest of the three and stabbed his blades through her making them stick out the other side of her. Dragging his blades down her back the blood splattered his face as she gasped for air and he grabbed the back of one of others girl's necks throwing her with all his strength face first into the concrete. As he pulled his blades out of the first girl, he absorbed her soul and grabbed the third girl by the hair that was too busy applying last minute makeup as she walked ahead to even realize her fallen friends. She let out a shriek but was cut short when his blades sliced at her throat cutting her head clean off.
As her soul rushed into him the girl with her face planted on the bloody cement cried out getting his attention. After throwing the other girls head into the middle of the street he put his foot on the center of her back and slowly applied more pressure hearing the satisfying crack of her ribs followed by her spine and her cries died out. He felt a rush as he absorbed her soul and waited for another car to pull up. After disposing of two more teens Wesley came to and started panicking as he saw all the blood he was covered in.
You think you'd be used to waking up like this by now. He laughed leaving Wesley to wander back home covered in blood.
He sat on the couch in the living room to find Sam in the dream world trying to pull Kali to her. After giving up she left her room and began wandering the halls searching for Kali. That's when she heard the cries coming from Kali's room and a few passing patients were peeking in through the small barred window on her door.
"Move!" She demanded and shoved someone out of her way and looked in on Kali.
She was sitting in the far corner wrapped up in a blanket and hugging her pillow. She looked up and made eye contact with Sam her cries suddenly getting quieter until they stopped. Sam took a step back from her door. As she turned to storm away Kali began to sing.
"Dream… whenever I want you… all I have to do is dream… dream, dream, dream, dream…" And she began screaming wildly again. Sam walked angrily back to her room and sat on her bed screaming into her pillow.
Freddy hated this. Now Kali couldn't even dream. She was already losing her sanity and it had only been one day. Perhaps she wasn't as strong as he thought she was. Then again everyone needed dreams and that's all she had. They gassed Kali to sleep again to keep her from screaming more and scaring the other patients. He started to worry about Sam too.
She would walk past Kali's cell whenever she could. He was worried that someone would notice. A week went by and Kali got worse. Every time she woke up she'd scream and cry. He would give anything to be able to know what she was thinking. He watched her more than he should have looking for any sign of change in her behavior.
She was staring intently across the room before squeezing her eyes shut.
"You're not him! You're not real! Go away!" She screamed and looked around her room frantically. Sitting against her door she began banging on it with her head. "Let me out!" After a few minutes of her screaming and banging a white gas filled the room and her banging stopped and she fell unconscious. Two doctors came in and dragged her off into another room.
Freddy growled as he watched them put a passed-out Kali in a straight jacket and strap her to a table. He ripped the arm of the couch to shreds with his blades in anger. Just then he felt Wesley enter his world making him growl even louder. He had Wesley appear in the living room and he stared at the TV in shock.
"Kali…" He cried and before he could get another word out Freddy wrapped his hand around this throat and lifted him off the ground.
"This is all your fault!" He was beyond angry now and threw Wes across the room. "She wouldn't be stuck in that place if you could have just kept your mouth shut!" The room lit ablaze and shifted into the boiler room. He grabbed him by the ankle and pulled him down the cat walk and lifted him by the throat over the railing. Wesley kicked and groaned looking down in fear at the fiery depths below. "You're lucky I still need you." He said through gritted teeth. "But don't think won't hesitate to kill you once you've served your purpose!"
He threw Wes to the catwalk and disappeared from the dream world.
Kali woke up from the pure darkness that her sleep had become and the bright light above her stung her eyes as silent tears rolled down her face. She attempted to sit up only to find herself strapped down to a table and trapped in a straight jacket.
"Let me go!" She screamed her words echoing off the walls.
"Ah she's awake." Durgt cooed from a chair across the room looking rather bored. "It's been a little over a week now that you've been without dreams. Ready to talk yet?" He asked casually.
"I don't want to talk to you." She growled.
"Then who will you talk to hmm?" He asked and she stayed silent. "Well then I guess we'll have to do things my way then." He lifted a syringe into her view. "You see this? This is filled with sodium pentothal a kind of truth serum." Her eyes went wide making him smile and he strapped her head down to the table then injected the syringes contents it into her neck making her scream.
Durgt sat back in his chair and crossed his legs. Kali looked away from him. She wanted to get free and rip his throat out. She missed her dreams, talking to Sam. She missed him. There was no denying it. What did it matter? There was such a small chance of him even sharing half the feelings she felt towards him yet alone the chance of him wasting his power to help get her out of this hell. But no matter what they did she wouldn't tell them anything.
"Now, tell me Kali, how did he get to you in the first place?" He asked looking at the camera in the corner pointing at her.
"Even if your stupid truth serum works that doesn't mean I'll tell you anything!" She screamed.
"Fine then at least tell me why you won't tell us anything." He glared at her from where he sat.
"Because I don't want to! You really think I'd help you?" She yelled in response.
"There has to be another reason? Come on you can tell me." He cooed.
Kali closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them Freddy was standing on the other side of her looking down at her. She was seeing him again. She knew he wasn't really there, but it was so hard to ignore him. He stared down into her eyes.
"Don't tell him anything." He rasped.
"I don't plan on it. Now unless you can un-strap me and get me the hell out of here leave me alone." She replied firmly getting annoyed with her own hallucination.
"I most certainly hope you're not talking to me." Durgt said staring at her oddly standing from his seat.
"Why would I be talking to you?" She spat at him making Freddy laugh beside her. The door opened and Kali couldn't turn her head enough to see who it was. Durgt straightened up and took a step back from her.
"So this is the girl everyone's been talking about?" An unfamiliar voice asked.
"Yes Dr. Iverson. I've given her some sodium pentothal but she is still reluctant to tell us anything." Durgt explained and an older woman wearing a white lab coat over blue scrubs came into her view. She looked down at Kali with a disgusted look on her face.
"And how has she been reacting to the new Hypnocil?" She asked and Kali tuned her and Durgt's conversation out as Freddy stood over her glaring angrily at the two doctors.
"Don't worry you'll get out of here soon. I'm almost strong enough." Freddy rasped and leaned in closer to her. "I miss you…" He breathed making Kali breath in hoping to smell him but the familiar smell of the hospital filled her nose.
"You're lying! Go away you're not real!" Kali screamed and he disappeared. The two doctors stared at her in shock and Iverson shook her head.
"Being without dreams is obviously not good for you. How about you tell us what we want to know and we'll put you back on the regular Hypnocil so long as you don't terrorize any of the other patients?" Iverson explained petting Kali on the head making her glare at her.
"No, I'd rather go insane than help you." Kali replied coldly. "Now can you un-strap me please?"
"No, we're not done here yet." Iverson threaten and turned to Durgt. "You may leave now." She dismissed him and he disappeared out of sight and she heard the door close. Iverson turned to Kali. "I'm so sorry you've had to put up with the other doctors. They seem to be afraid to do their job right. But don't worry, I'm not afraid." She smiled deviously making Kali eye her suspiciously.
"What are you going to do to me?" Kali demanded as the doctor hovered over her.
"Nothing… yet. First I just want to talk." She smiled above her. "Haven't any of the other doctors told you?" Kali eyed her wiggling in her restraints only making the doctor laugh at her attempts.
"I already know about the murders if that's what you're asking." She replied.
"So you've heard, but lately they've been getting worse, much worse. Something seems to be setting him off and I have a hunch of what it might be." She explained as she started to pace.
"Really now?" Kali asked sarcastically. "Whatever do you think it is."
"You." Was her one-word answer that made Kali's heart skip a beat. She wanted her to be right. But she just couldn't bring herself to believe that he cared for her. "Oh, speechless I see. Well, it makes sense, doesn't it? He spent the last three months with you and now he wants you back. The murders have gotten even more brutal since we put you on dreamless Hypnocil."
"That doesn't mean anything! He's always been brutal. He's probably just pissed because whomever he's been using lately is making things difficult for him. It's just a coincidence. You idiot Hypnocil pushers would just love to have something to have to taunt him with. Stop disillusioning yourselves with false hope and let me out of here!" She explained finally getting a foot loose and kicked the doctor in the chest knocking her against the wall. Iverson got back to her feet and huffed at Kali as she made sure to stand out of kicking range as Kali freed her other foot.
"And you would know about that wouldn't you? Helping him get more victims and cooperating for him. Just why did you help him in the first place? Did he threaten you?" She asked sounding intrigued.
"What makes you think I'll tell you anything? I won't even tell Zerset anything and I kind of like him. At least he didn't take my dreams away!" Kali screamed and she heard the door open. Before she knew it her legs were held down to the table and strapped back down.
"Need some help I see." Mr. Preston said coming into Kali's view.
"I had everything under control James." Iverson said through her teeth. "I almost had her talking." She went on making Kali laugh out loud and both the doctors looked to her with angry eyes.
"You didn't seem to be making any more progress than anyone else has." James retorted and sat in the chair patting the seat next to him for Iverson to sit. She glared at him and walked to the other side of the room.
"Kali, you need to tell us who he could be using now to get new victims. He killed seven people last night! Why is he going after so many? It doesn't make any sense!" James threw his hands up in the air.
"Can I go back to my room now?" Kali asked sighing in annoyance. Iverson quickly walked up to her and grabbed her hard by the face.
"You stupid little girl! Tell us what you know! People are dying! We've tried luring him to us and it never worked! Why does he need to be so strong, what is he planning?!" She demanded tightening her grip on Kali's jaw.
"Ivy let her go!" James pulled her away from Kali. "We all made a promise when we started this place and you better honor it! We all have! I know Kali is different and it's been hard for the other doctors too but no harm is to be done to the patients!"
"I'm not a patient! This is not a fucking hospital! Quit acting like it is! I'm a prisoner here and you all know it!" Kali screamed and Iverson quickly left the room slamming the door behind her.
"You're a prisoner then hmm? Then it justifies me doing this!" James screamed before turning around and punching her repeatedly in the face. She cried out and none of the other doctors came in and stopped him. She knew they had to be watching her but still no one came. As the metallic taste of her blood filled her mouth the painful darkness slowly surrounded her.
Freddy destroyed the TV as he watched Kali get dragged back to her room by Wesley's mom and Dr. Zerset. The TV reappeared and he watched as Zerset wiped the blood from her face. He was getting stronger everyday but he was still afraid he wasn't strong enough to get Kali and Sam out safely. Zerset refused to let anyone but himself and Wesley's Mom see Kali.
Two more weeks had passed and ever since James attacked Kali she refused to speak a word to anyone even on the rare days they'd let her out of her room. The other patients started to ignore her and Sam was always watching her. Kali would drag herself around and whenever she'd go into screaming fits, they'd put her to sleep and make her spend the rest of the day in a sound proofed padded room so the others didn't have to hear her screams. The only times she wasn't in a straight jacket was when she was allowed to walk freely in the halls.
No matter which room she was in she'd just lay down and stare at the ceiling for hours. The only time anyone would hear her speak was when she would randomly scream at whatever she was seeing. Freddy soon realized that she was seeing him.
"If you're really here then get me out of here!" She screamed at the empty space beside her. "Please… I know you're probably watching… save me…" She began sobbing and screaming again until her voice started to crack.
Another week went by and nothing changed. She only seemed to get worse and Wesley seemed to be drinking less. The next time Wesley came into his world he showed him Kali when she was locked up in the padded room screaming at her hallucination. He stared at the screen with a silent tear trailing down his face.
"See what you've done to her?! See what this has done to me?! I actually miss her! And it's all your fault!" He screamed at him before jumping out of his world and into Wesley's body before he was tempted to kill him.
To his surprise Wes had passed out at someone else's house. Looking around he realized he was at a hotel. Walking over to the window and looking out it he saw a group of girls no older than twenty about to leave the pool. Where he was he wasn't sure and didn't care. It was almost as if it Wes had passed out there on purpose, either way he had a whole bunch of unsuspecting victims waiting to be dispatched.
He played Wes well and had stripped down to his boxers and caught the girls in the elevator.
"You're leaving the pool already?" He whined in Wesley's voice. "I was only coming down there because of you." He smiled a fake smile and the four girls giggled and started whispering among themselves.
"You know… we were planning on playing a few drinking games before bed you could always join us." The taller blonde offered.
"So long as none of you mind." He smiled.
"We don't mind at all." The short red head giggled. "We're in room 428 on the fourth floor come on over in let's say..." She looked to the other girls.
"Twenty minutes." The brunette smiled and he nodded.
He did his best to ignore their stares the rest of the elevator ride up and went back to Wesley's room to find possible weapons and put his clothes back on. Unfortunately, there wasn't much but all he really needed was his strength and slowly made his way up to their room. The shorter blonde answered the door.
"Come on in! I hope you can hold your booze because we're hard to beat!" She said excitedly. Once he was inside he made sure it was just him and the girls there before deciding to make a move. He eyed the small coffee pot on the counter by the sink and slowly made his way to it while the girls all welcomed him and introduced themselves.
"So now you know all our names. What's yours?" The tall blonde asked. Freddy grabbed the coffee pot beside him.
"My name is Freddy!" He rasped and smacked her in the face with the pot making it shatter and she screamed making the other girls gasp in horror. He kicked her to the ground and the brunette made her way for the door but she burned her hand on the searing hot door handle whimpering in pain. The other blonde attempted to run past him in the other room and he tripped her making her soar face first into the vanity mirror shattering it everywhere.
He looked to the pile of mirror shards and growled happily as they all jumped into the air on his command and flew through the two other girls. He grabbed the tall blonde by the hair and pulled her up to him and snapped her neck. Her soul flew into him followed by the two other girls energizing him. He grabbed the blonde whose face was destroyed by the mirror shards and threw her onto the bed by her hair as she shrieked in pain.
Jumping on top of her he lost his temper and began beating her face in with his fists then punched into her chest and crushed her heart with his bare hands. He quickly poured their alcohol around the room and lit the room ablaze before leaving. The door's dead bolt and chain locked on the door after he left and he quickly made his way out of the hotel unseen as everyone rushed to attempt to break into the room the girls were in. He quickly got in Wesley's car and drove back to his house before he regained consciousness.
Once Wes came to he quickly returned back to his world not wanting to deal with his wallowing in self loathing. He watched as Zerset tried to convince the other doctors that Kali was no longer a threat and that she should be allowed some time outside. As they led her to the door that lead outside he could see something in her eyes making him curse them and their Hypnocil wishing he could hear her thoughts again. Everything was too quiet now without her. He could listen to Wes or Sam but it just wouldn't be the same.
They slowly removed her straight jacket and led her outside. Three guards went in before her and took their posts. Zerset led her outside and shooed the guard that was following her away.
Kali looked up at the looming fence walls squinting her eyes against the harsh sunlight that they were no longer used to. The fence had to be at least two stories tall and the top five feet had barbed wire weaved into it. On top of that there was a thick green fabric lining the outside of the fence making it a straight drop down on the other side no telling what you would land on. She noticed a few patients looking from her to the guards then up to the barbed wire as if they weren't used to it and she stifled a laugh knowing that they probably put the barbed wire up just for her and never had guards out before either.
She made her way over to the swing set. There were only about ten other patients out with her. There were a few staring out the only two windows in the entire place that faced the outside play area. Among them was Sam. She seemed to be telling her something with her eyes. Kali followed what her eyes were staring at. The fence met with the building next to the window Sam was watching her from. Then she understood what she was telling her. If she climbed the fence beside the wall she could get on the roof of the facility. She gave her a slight smile and slowly made her way to the swing set.
Looking around the area as she swung she saw James standing by the door next to Zerset making her uneasy. Zerset had said he wasn't allowed near her anymore after what had happened. She had spent the last month hoping he had been sent home and Freddy had used Wes to kill him by now. He stood there with his arms crossed glaring at her. Seeing him there made her want to attempt to escape even more.
She watched the other kids play basket ball and soccer. Looking around at all the other activities they had out there her eyes hurt in the sunlight and she began swinging with her eyes closed.
"Having fun?" The familiar voiced rasped and she opened her eyes to find him standing beside the swing set. "Why aren't you trying to escape? Even Sam wants you to get out. This might be the only chance you get." He urged her.
"You really think I'm strong enough to do that? I've been locked up in here for I don't even know how long anymore." She asked as she noticed James staring at her oddly along with Zerset as she talked to herself.
"Yes you are. Don't you want out of here? Don't you miss the way things used to be? Don't you miss me?" He asked and disappeared before Kali could scream at him. She stared at the empty space for a few moments before jumping off the swings and landing on her feet. She walked up to the tether ball and began angrily batting it around the pole until her anger turned to sadness and she began crying.
"Damn it Kali! Do you want out of here or not? You have to try!" He rasped in her ear as she leaned on the pole in tears. She looked up at him she could tell he was angry his eyes glowed a fierce red.
"I do want out of here, I miss you, I miss dreaming, but I don't want to leave her here." Kali looked to Sam in the window.
"She'll be fine we can get her out of here together once you're free! Now go!" He demanded before disappearing and Kali took a look around the place again. The guards were all on the fence wall furthest away from the building. James and Zerset were locked in conversation and Sam was urging her with her eyes from the window. Kali ran at the fence with all the force she could muster and jumped onto it clinging on for dear life. There was the sound of panic behind her and she began climbing as fast as she could.
She had a lot more strength than she thought she would and made it up to where the barbed wire started. Taking in a deep breath she grabbed the barbed wire and held back her screams. There was shouting below her and she glanced down to see them all standing there watching her in awe. It was as if they didn't know what to do and that's when it hit her, they had never had anyone actually try and escape before.
Continuing her painful climb, she was only a foot away from the top. Her hands were in so much pain but the desire to be free was stronger. Something hit the back of her leg and bounced off. She soon realized it was a basket ball. They had nothing long range to use on her. The fence started to shake slightly they were shaking it from below. Looking down once more she saw James beginning to climb the fence after her. She continued to climb and just as her bloodied hand grabbed the edge of the roof her foot hit the barbed wire.
Her heart was racing wildly and she lifted herself up with both feet now throbbing in pain and with one more step up she pulled herself onto the roof and rolled onto her back. Her feet and hands were cut deep from the barbed wire and bleeding. She painfully got to her feet and saw Freddy standing at the other end of the roof and she hobbled as best she could towards him falling over several times.
She heard a door open and turned around to see a few doctors coming towards her screaming at her to stop but she kept on. They were getting closer to her and she fell once more. She eyed the edge of the building and began to roll and crawl towards it. Before she made it to the edge a hand wrapped around her arm and she felt something being pushed to her neck, a Taser, she twitched and convulsed from the powerful jolts of electricity being sent through her until darkness took her.