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Chapter Twenty-Four: Home

Freddy glanced over at Sam as she eyed him up and down. The elevator seemed to be moving rather slow.

"So where is Kali?" She asked curiously.

"She's in my world but she'll be unconscious in there for a day or two then she'll be trapped there for a few days until her body readjusts to everything." He explained and she nodded. Touching the cool metal wall of the elevator he could sense the people waiting impatiently up above for it to arrive and take them down check on the lower levels. They knew that something was going on but they weren't entirely sure what. All they had to go off of was the camera feed that they had seen from Kali's padded cell.

"Stay behind me." He instructed and stood in front of the doors as the elevator came to a stop. Sam did as he said and watched the doors intently over Kali's shoulder.

The doors opened revealing five rather impatient looking doctors standing tall in their long white lab coats. When their eyes set on Kali's body wearing a form of Freddy's sweater with his bloodied blades on her hand they all took a step back. One of them couldn't take his eyes off of Sam.

"Sam?" One of them asked and Freddy averted his attention to him. He recognized him instantly.

"Jimmy…" He rasped making everyone jump especially the one he was addressing. "… don't you remember me?" He laughed and the five of them let out a sigh of fear before they were thrown back by an invisible force. There was a thick glass wall that stopped them. The doctors all slid to the ground and scrambled to their feet. Freddy and Sam stepped out of the elevator letting it close behind them leaving the doctors only one exit. One of them pulled out a large knife and another had a small hand gun. The other three looked to them realizing that they had nothing to defend themselves with and backed away letting the two go forward.

"How did you get in here?!" The one with a gun demanded eyeing Freddy's blades nervously as he shakily held the gun at him. Freddy looked to him with his glowing eyes.

"It was you wasn't it?" Jimmy accused pointing at Sam from the corner.

"I helped." She said proudly.

"He's taken control of Kali." The one holding the knife said. "I told you we shouldn't have kept her here!"

"Shut up Rick this isn't the time or to place to go on about your insane theories." One of the other doctors in the corner spat. Freddy watched them argue and listened to their thoughts.

"Well he was obviously right. Look at where we are now." Jimmy defended him.

"We're all going to die…" The scientist cowering next to Jimmy cried.

"No we're not!" The doctor holding the gun cried as his hands began to shake more.

"He's right you know…" Freddy rasped his voice sending more waves of fear through each of them.

"Well too bad you took over a weak mortal body instead of staying in your own." The gun wielder threatened and straightened out his hands.

Sam hid behind her father and there was the piercing sound of a gunshot. Looking down at herself she found nothing, but there was a low growl coming from her father.

The asshole with the gun had shot Kali right in the chest. Freddy sliced the man's hand off making the scientist holding the knife drop his weapon and retreat to the corner with his friends. He threw the handless doctor to the ground and held him there with Kali's bare foot on his throat. The man screamed in agony over his lost hand.

"So long as I'm with her…" He glared down at him. "She is just as immortal as I am." He growled running a hand over Kali's fresh wound making it disappear instantly. Putting more pressure on his neck there was a cracking sound and the man's cries ceased making his friends dead silent as they watched their fallen friend's soul float into Freddy.

Freddy looked to the glass wall in front of him making it shatter revealing a large room filled with computers and scientific tools. The few doctors and scientists turned in his direction looking rather scared and confused.

"Stay behind me." He warned Sam. "I'm done doing this the hard way…" He growled and Sam noticed the glass shards on the floor as they swirled into the air. They flew in all directions killing them all leaving Sam and her father untouched. All their souls floated into Freddy giving him even more power. It pulsated through him and he knew they were almost out of there. Sam followed as he quickly made his way to the door on the other side of the room.

The door flung open revealing a long empty hallway. They quickly made their way to the other end and came to a large thick door with a key pad. Freddy glared at the door and the metal keypad melted away and the door slowly swung open. They were now in a reception area where there was a waiting room and a front desk. Freddy didn't even stop to look back at the receptionist as she called out to them. He sensed the two security guards coming towards them from either side. They closed in on him and he reached into the closest ones chest ripping out his heart and snapped the other ones neck. Sam watched in awe at how fast Kali's body was moving. The receptionist hid under her desk pleading for her life.

Freddy held his hand out to Sam and she took it. He pulled her out the doors behind him and the receptionist could be heard screaming in pain. The whole place lit up in flames behind them and they began running. They were greeted by the night stars when they made it out of the large awning that led up out to the parking lot. There were several cars and the doors on the car closest to them opened.

"Get in." Freddy rasped and Sam jumped in and slid to the passenger's side. He sat in the drivers seat the doors closed as it started up on its own.

"Where are we going?" Sam asked as the car drove itself out of the parking lot.

"Home." Was his only response and they both stayed silent as the car made its way through former Springwood. As they left Sam looked back to see the building they came out of was labeled 'Dream Research Clinic' before the sign was consumed by flames. They were silent as they drove on and less than an hour had gone by when the car finally came to a stop in front of a house. Her father got out of the car and gave Sam a look that she knew meant to stay put. He stared up at the front of the house with glowing eyes. The sun was starting to break the horizon and Sam watched him disappear inside. She was expecting to hear screams but instead heard the sound of wood splintering and glass shattering.

The house was transforming before her eyes. She watched in awe as the house before her morphed into her childhood home. After a few moments the house settled. The street sign on the corner burst into flames and the street name Township Drive melted away and was replaced with Elm Street. Sam could see her Father's glowing eyes standing in the doorway and she quickly got out of the car and ran to him.

"Are you ok?" She asked as he breathed heavily leaning on the doorframe for support.

"I'll be fine, just a little weak from everything. You should come inside, everything's the way it should be." He smiled at her and she took a step inside. Freddy watched as she took everything in. He could feel how happy she was and after she walked through the living room she quickly ran to her room. Freddy closed and locked the front door behind him and made his way to Sam's room to find her in happy tears hugging two of her favorite stuffed animals and a picture of her mom.

She turned to him and embraced him placing a kiss on Kali's cheek. Freddy was so glad that she was free and back where she belonged. He could spend all day watching her take in the whole place again but he was weak from using so many of his powers outside of the dream world in such a short amount of time. He needed to go back to his world to rest and check on Kali.

"I love you daddy." Sam cried happily and he pulled away from her and kissed her on the forehead.

"I love you Samantha." He tucked a stray hair behind her ear. "Have fun and enjoy yourself. You're free now and I won't let anyone ever take you away from me again. But Daddy needs to rest and check on Kali." Sam nodded her head and walked him to his room. He laid Kali in bed and quickly returned to his world.

He felt more energized as soon as he was out of Kali's body. He had never been out of his world for that long before or use his powers as much as he did. With as much of his power that he used in the real world he was still as strong as he was before Sam pulled him out. He knew it might have to do with Kali's oddly strong power she had in his realm.

Kali laid unconscious in his bed tucked under the white sheets. Her hair was still a mess and she twitched in her sleep. She was dreaming, dreaming in a dream. He lightly stroked her face wishing he could get into her dream. The one place he couldn't go in dreams is into the dreams of someone who was already dreaming. Luckily for him it was so rare for something like that to happen that it would never become a problem for him.

At least he knew that he had gotten all of the Hypnocil out of her system. He couldn't bear having her free and not be able to see her. Now all he had to do was wait for her to wake up then he could finally have her and Samantha back. Once the Hypnocil runs out and wears off of everyone he'll finally have everything he's worked so hard to get. Now all he had to do was wait…