Author's note: Damn! Thought those tests were never going to end! I once again apologize for my lateness with this chapter. I also apologize for my inexperience in writing. HOWEVER I am now going to be able to work with greater energy, so updates and better quality should be a result (more creative deaths also). To everyone who is reading: Thank you! Please review so I can hear you're opinions! Now, enough with my oversized ego! On with the story!
Chapter 3: Message
Asuka's eyes were open wide with terror. It was hard to believe that mere moments ago, she had been peacefully sleeping, a first in days, and had woken up when she felt a shaking next to her in the bed. She had turned over, expecting to see Hikari having a nightmare (probably one about rats, Hikari hated those critters), and instead, after pulling the covers off, found Hikari with a torn pajama top, breasts exposed, writhing in agony as cuts appeared all over her chest. As the cuts opened, blood oozed out of the wounds, covering Hikari's skin in dark red liquid.
Although almost terrified to the state of utter madness, Asuka noticed something. Although Hikari seemed to be struggling with all of her might, her legs and arms were not moving an inch! How could this be? Surely her wriggling would have some effect on her limbs, even if she was trying to keep them as still as possible. It was almost as though something had hold of her. Asuka quickly applied pressure to the cuts with her hands, but quickly pulled her hands back when she realized the cuts were growing even with her attempts at stopping the flow of blood. In wild frustration born from her already fractured mind and being faced with this impossible event, Asuka grabbed hold of Hikari's shoulders and screamed:
"STOP IT HIKARI!"
In Hikari's nightmare, Freddy admired his work. He watched as Hikari grew pale from the blood loss, her face strained and covered in blood and tears.
"Hmmm…time for the finishing touch!" Freddy exclaimed, he raised his bloody claw and pulled it back, readying for a thrust. At that moment however, a girl's scream cut through and Hikari disappeared.
"Shit!" He exclaimed, "Who the FUCK ruined my masterpiece?" The room dissolved around him, no longer being needed. Left in the darkness, he began to ponder on what to do. True, his message was going to be delivered, there wasn't any doubt about that, but what should he do about the girl? He could take her when the doctors put her under, but what if they didn't? The next time she slept? What if she died before that? A smiled formed on Freddy's burnt lips, an idea had formed in that withered head of his, a much more sinister, more profitable. He looked at his blood-covered glove; the way the blades gleamed made it seem as though it was enjoying the fresh red fluid that now ran down it.
"I'm glad you like you're drink sir, don't worry, you're food will be out shortly! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Asuka! Asuka! Help me!" Hikari screamed as she saw her friend hunched over her. Asuka looked at her friend. So much blood! Her face and torso were covered in it, her pajamas were stained with it, and it even poured from cuts on her lips. Asuka froze, she had to help her friend, but the fright kept her still.
"Please Asuka! Help me!" Hikari said, sounding weaker than before. Her eyes gazed at Asuka, tears falling down, and looked at her with such sadness and fright. Her begging eyes broke Asuka out of her frozen state; within seconds, Asuka had peeled her own shirt off and tightly wrapped it around Hikari's midsection, the location of most of the bleeding. After making sure it was as tight as was safe, she grabbed Hikari's phone and dialed. While she waited for someone, she grabbed Hikari's first aid kit ("I'm always prepared for anything," Hikari had once told Asuka, if only she had known) and started wiping the blood off of Hikari's face and disinfecting what cuts were there.
"What is the nature of your emergency?" The operator asked.
"Help! My friend is cut real bad please help her!"
"Where is your current location?"
Asuka gave the address. As she did, she looked at the t-shirt she had wrapped around Hikari's mid-section. It was soaked with blood, but, as Asuka noticed, the bleeding had stopped for the most part, she peeled the shirt off and noticed that most of the cuts had been very shallow, it was the sheer amount of cuts that had made it look so bad. She looked at Hikari's face, her poor friend was breathing rapidly, her face was very strained, nothing at all like the girl who had blushed mere hours ago when Asuka had asked her if she was still making Toji lunch.
"All right miss Sohryu, stay with your friend, paramedics should arrive in a few minutes. Make sure to keep something wrapped around the wounds"
Asuka hung up the phone and got a clean sheet to wrap around Hikari's wounds. As she got ready to wrap the wounds up, she noticed something very odd about the cuts; though there were many slashes and the blood obscured spots on her skin, the cuts made a pattern. As she looked at the cuts, she realized they were words! She looked at the cuts and read the message.
The cuts spelled out: FREDDY WAS HERE
Author's note: Yeah Yeah, not the greatest way to come back to the writing, but please keep reading! I promise to do better. I don't think Freddy will make another appearance for two chapters at least, but I will do my best! Now: time to answer questions. Remember: PM or review and I will answer all the questions I can.
Where's Jason?
He isn't going to show. Freddy crossed dimensions, so Jason will be left plaguing his world.
Does Asuka have wicked bad dream powers?
Maybe, but she woke Hikari up normally, anyone caught in a nightmare can be woken up just like normal sleep.
Shouldn't Asuka be more of a head case?
Well, this is right after the 15th angel, so she has a little, though not much, sanity left. Remember, it wasn't till after she couldn't get 02 to move in the fight with the 16th that she completely lost it.