"I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin,
I must confess that I feel like a monster!
I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun,
I must confess that I feel like a monster!
I, I feel like a monster, I, I feel like a monster!"- Monster by Skillet
Well, look who finally updated a chapter, me. Sorry 'bout that, school has gotten in the way of so much stuff I like to do. Now, this is where the "M" rating comes in. I've never really written anything this dark before, so it is an all new experience. But I'll get better with the coming chapters. Well, thanks for sticking with my story and waiting patiently for updates, it means a lot. Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy!
~Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~
I sat on my bed, hands covering my eyes. What the hell should I do? I need Adrianna and Kaylie's help, but they would say no if I asked! What if I'm discovered? What if Freddy's plan is for me to be his scapegoat, and he's planned for this all along! But that doesn't explain my dreams as a child! Ugh, I don't know what to do!
I kicked the blankets off of my bed and looked up at my ceiling. I counted the cracks. …4, 5, 6, 7... Four more new ones since the last time I checked. I sat up quickly as I heard my sister open the front door. I also heard Kaylie. Might as well get this done and over with.
I stood up as they opened the door, and before they could speak, I blurted out, "I need your help." They took a quick look at each other and then back to me. "What is it?"
"We need to crash a party. Angela's party." and as soon as I uttered those words, they knew. I saw it in their eyes. Adrianna sat on my bed next to me. Kaylie paced around the room.
"Well, do you have a plan?" Kaylie finally asked, after a minute of silence. I shook my head, and Kaylie paced again, looking thoughtful, as if actually pondering how we could possibly get away with murdering drunk teenagers and nobody recognizing our faces.
Kaylie eventually took her spot on the bed next to us, and finally asked, "Well, I think I should crash here for the night, if you don't mind." Adrianna and I looked shocked as Kaylie plopped herself on the floor, pulling a blanket over herself. She smiled up at our worried faces. "Don't worry guys, I've got this." And with that, she drifted to sleep before we could stop her.
~Freddy Krueger~ Freddy Krueger~ Freddy Krueger~ Freddy Krueger~ Freddy Krueger~ Freddy Krueger~
Freddy's eye twitched a little when he sensed somebody other than Adeline looking for him. Who would even be able to get here in the first place, and then have the audacity to want to speak with him? He sighed, and walked down the hallway leading out of the boiler room.
He stopped at the corner, and leaned around to see who it would be. He turned to see Kaylie, wandering around like a lost mouse in a maze. The one who always refused from the very beginning to acknowledge his existence. This should be fun.
She paced the room, waiting for Freddy to show himself. Kaylie knew he was there, she could feel his presence linger in the room. Shivering, she held her breath as he appeared behind her. Gloved hand on her shoulder, he pulled her ear close to his mouth, so close she could feel the warmth linger as he took slow labored breaths.
"What brings you here Kaylie?" Freddy breathed in her ear. "Going to try to stop me?"
"The opposite, actually." This caught Freddy's attention. He spun her around and looked her in the eyes. Her brown eyes showed no lies, and his grip lessened on her shoulders. Taking a step back, he motioned for her to continue, intrigued by where this might go.
"Though this is against my ethics, I'm able to look over your… hobbies if you promise me one thing." Kaylie looked into Freddy's ice blue eyes. Amusement, with a splash of intrigue. "I don't want you to kill her."
Freddy tossed his head back and laughed, so hard that his hat fell off and toppled to the ground. Kaylie stood, arms crossed, unfazed at the scene. She knew it would happen. It was meant to catch him off guard. Clearing his throat after he was done, he picked his hat back up and placed it on his head, fixing it with his gloved hand.
"You have no control over me." Freddy sneered. "What makes you think I should listen to you?"
"You're stuck in her body, aren't you?" Freddy's eyes flicked over to Kaylie. "You can't leave, you aren't strong enough. She could even kill you now in your vulnerable state, if she was lucky."
Freddy suddenly appeared an inch from her face. Kaylie maintained her calm bravado, even though she wanted to scream. He breathed through his teeth, but suddenly changed to a sweet smile. Kaylie was caught off guard for a moment as he leaned in fast, foreheads and noses touching, lips just an inch for each other. She gave a little gasp, and he smiled and leaned back. Feeling happier after finally getting a reaction out of her, Freddy continued.
"Even if I wasn't strong enough, what stops me from killing her and feeding off of the fear of the rest of the children?" Freddy questioned. Kaylie finally closed her eyes and sighed, but went back to locking his gaze as soon as she opened them again.
"She's an Elm Street grandchild isn't she?" Kaylie uttered, and Freddy's gloved hand twitched. She had him. "That's why she's had those dreams since a child right, her and Adrianna both?"
Freddy paced in a circle around her, pondering his next move, like in a game of chess. The board used to be in his favor, but Kaylie just flipped it over to face her. "So what if she is?" Freddy finally asked. "Though she would have the connections, it wouldn't matter. I could have easily taken over that Lindsey girl too, but I didn't, so what makes little Adeline so special, hmm?"
"She's related to one of those girls in the movies. Adeline's mother is their daughter. That's the only logical explanation." Freddy smirked a bit as she continued. "Adeline means something to you, and you have a bone to pick with her because of the torment you put up with having to deal with her grandmother. You also have pet names for Adeline and Adrianna, and-" Freddy interrupted her with a finger on her lips.
Kaylie's eyes widened as he put on sunglasses and smirked as he pulled out a pen. She rushed to cover her eyes as a red light came out of the pen, temporarily blinding her. Freddy snickered, and watched her pupils dilate. Leaning in, Freddy spoke.
"You won't interfere with me again, or try to question my motives. Understand?" Kaylie nodded her head against her will. "And if you tell little Adeline and Adrianna our conversation, I'll personally kill you, do you understand?" Nodding with tears forming in her eyes, still blinded, Freddy let go of her shoulder, and she felt herself falling.
~Kaylie Privatera~ Kaylie Privatera~ Kaylie Privatera~ Kaylie Privatera~ Kaylie Privatera~ Kaylie Privatera~
Kaylie felt footholds and items to stop her descent moving steadily upwards, and she screamed as loud as she could, when suddenly she felt herself slam to the ground. Sitting up quickly, with a tiny squeak coming from her throat, she noticed Adeline and Adrianna's bedroom. Looking to the side, Kaylie saw Adrianna propped up against Adeline, the both of them asleep. Probably waiting for her to get up, Kaylie thought.
Kaylie crossed her legs and sat up the rest of the way, running her fingers through her long brown hair. She thought of her experience, and how Freddy continued to mind fuck her, only this time with Men in Black references. She sighed angrily, and moved to the living room. The pictures on the TV set seemed to glitter and catch her attention.
Looking at the photos, Kaylie noticed a picture of Adeline's mother in her mid-twenties. Pam was smiling with a group of friends at a bar, looking like they were having fun. Kaylie studied the picture for a minute, and decided to do something unthinkable. Pam had to have a picture of her parents somewhere, but it would have to be hidden, of course.
Over the next hour, Kaylie scoured the apartment for any clue to Pam's parents. She thoroughly checked the files on her mother's laptop, she looked through her desk drawers and vanity looking for some sort of sign. She was lucky the rest of the family wasn't home, or else the need to know would have eaten away at her.
Then, Kaylie spotted a bright pink USB drive in one of the vanity drawers. She plugged it into Pam's computer and gasped. They were all of a beautiful woman, with the exception of one of them being a boy with this woman when she was a teenager. Kaylie stared at the pictures, and breathed slowly, as she made a connection. This woman obviously had the character based off of her, but still had an odd resemblance to her anyways. It was haunting.
Pam's mother looked like Alice Johnson from the fourth and fifth Freddy movies.
~Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~
Woken up by a soft melodic sound from the other room, Adrianna began to wake up. She could hear Adeline and Kaylie talking softly, watching Glee maybe, presuming the music was coming from the TV.
Adrianna quickly got dressed, and went to the bathroom to fix her hair and makeup. When she got out, Kaylie was waiting for her with her backpack slung over her shoulder, Adeline held Adrianna's bag. Reaching for her bag, Adeline looked her in the eye, and asked, "We are going through with this tonight, right?"
"I don't see any choice, I'm afraid." Adrianna sighed, looking over to Kaylie for support. She looked dead tired, like she hadn't slept all night. Wouldn't blame her, with all of this shit going on and all. "The party will be at seven, so we will have to be ready by then. Do we have a plan yet?"
"Freddy will have one, I'm sure of it." Kaylie mumbled before Adeline could get a word in edgewise. "What we have to worry about is staying out of his way, and not getting caught there. Everything else doesn't matter."
"You're right." Adeline sighed, and hugged her best friend, who returned the favor. "I'll come up with disguises, or something. You guys go to school and try not to think about it too much, alright?"
"Of course." Adrianna replied, joining in on their hug. They waved to Adeline on their way out the door, and the walk to school began.
Kaylie was being strangely quiet this morning, kicking the rocks that lay in her path on the sidewalk. Adrianna decided to pipe up after a few minutes of dead silence.
"Is something wrong?" She asked, and Kaylie gave a little sigh and rubbed her temples. After a minute of silence again, she answered.
"I'm just shook up from Freddy, you know?" She muttered, Adrianna nodded solemnly. "As a child I always wondered what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wondered who I would be now. I never would have thought I would soon become a serial killer. Not once in my life."
"Nobody thinks that. Kids don't really understand the concept either, you know?"
"I know, but Freddy obviously did." Kaylie sighed, and heard her cell phone go off.
"I'ma chase this whiskey with Patrón, I want a girl in my lap and a jägerbomb, I'm comin' in hot you heard me, and I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves me!" The Hollywood Undead song rang from her phone loudly, probably enough to wake up the dead in the process.
"Hello?" Kaylie finally answered, Adrianna pondering the song for a bit. "Yes mom, I'm fine, I crashed at Adeline's. I'm sorry I didn't call, I'm heading to school now, I borrowed some clothes."
Adrianna zoned out for a while, listening to Kaylie shouting at her mother to stop patronizing her. At least she had a mother who worried. Kaylie finally hung up and shook her head.
"And she has no fucking clue what we are about to do tonight." Kaylie said in monotone, and laughed a bit when Adrianna nodded.
When they approached the school, they breathed a sigh of relief to see the news crews being rounded up and being taken off of school grounds by the police. Adrianna noticed Detective Graham ushering Diane Willows and her camera guy off of the lawn. The girls laughed silently for a bit, but once they walked in the school, they became silent.
When Adrianna came to her homeroom, she gave a silent nod to Kaylie, and she did the same. Tonight would be the start of their new lives, so they might as well deal with one more crappy school day. In case they were caught it would be their last day, that is.
~Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~
Adeline wasn't too worried though, as she was dancing to the end credits of the third Hellraiser film. It was a cover of Ozzy Osbourne's Hellraiser, by Moterhead. Freddy was amused by this, and decided to let it slide as she began to air guitar. He chuckled to himself. The living were so funny.
After the song, she got up and stopped the DVD. Before she continued her marathon though, Freddy cleared his throat, which caught Adeline's attention. "So, do we have an idea of what we are going to do tonight?"
"I have no clue, I figured you'd fill me in Krueger." Adeline snapped open the DVD case and put the next DVD in the machine.
"You won't need to worry about a thing, princess." The hair on the back of Adeline's neck raised when Freddy called her that name. "All you need to do is follow my lead, and have little Adrianna and Kaylie watch your back."
"Wait, why my back?"
"Because you might get hurt, and it would ruin our whole operation. Now can I trust you to do this?" Freddy rasped, and Adeline nodded. "Goodie. Now you can watch your pussy Cenobites again."
Adeline grumbled a little bit as she put in the next DVD. Something about the Cenobites being huge ass kickers, but Freddy wasn't really paying attention. He had other things to worry about, and slipped back into his domain.
Adeline wasn't paying attention to the movies anymore, as she began to worry about her family's safety. As much as she hated Derrick and Kaden, they were her brothers, even if they were only half-brothers. And her mother, well, she was even worried about her too.
Adeline fought back tears as she thought how she would never really get to know her mother. Let's face it, she knew virtually nothing, other then her present affairs. No mention of grandparents, no talks of the good old days, no discussions of 'strange new feelings and changes,' and most of all, no real mother.
As the tears fell, she thought long and hard. Why was Freddy after her again in the first place? She didn't know, and didn't really want to delve deeper, as she rocked back and forth on the couch a bit, hugging a throw pillow, and crying to her heart's content.
~Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~ Adrianna Bennett~
The day was going by agonizingly slow, as Adrianna sat on the school steps for Kaylie. She heard kids gushing over Angela's party, and how amazing it would be. Yeah, it would be amazing, but not what they would expect it to be.
She was still uneasy about the whole idea of crashing this party. The angel on her shoulder told her to stop Adeline and Kaylie, and bring them into the police. The devil told her to go and run with it. See how far she could go without tripping and falling. Neither were good ideas. She would have to try to find some sort of middle ground between the two, if there was one.
Kaylie walked out of the building, looking worse than this morning. She was sipping a Monster, which she probably snuck in her bag. As they began to walk back to the apartment, Kaylie offered her drink to Adrianna. She accepted it and took a gracious sip and handed it back. Kaylie spoke first this time.
"Well, I guess there's no going back after tonight, huh?" Kaylie muttered, and Adrianna nodded.
"I guess this is just our destiny."
"Who knows, but being friends with you guys has been the best experience of my life." Kaylie took another sip. "I would have never traded it for the world, even if I knew what I did now."
"What do you mean, what you know now?" Adrianna questioned, and Kaylie took a deep gulp from the drink.
"I mean, Freddy coming after us, you know?" Kaylie smiled. "Don't tell me you could forget that?"
"Oh duh, of course not!" Adrianna giggled. Kaylie sighed a bit, and sipped her drink again. "I'm not even thinking right now. I must be just stressing out too much."
"Yeah, maybe." Kaylie sighed again.
They finally arrived at Adrianna's apartment, and when they walked in the door, the living room was full of clothes. Kaylie set her bag on the floor, and went to look for Adeline. Adrianna looked in the mirror that sat in the room, and put some of the clothes against her, trying to figure out what looked best.
Adeline came in with Kaylie a minute later with wigs. Her eyes were red, like she had been crying for a while, but it was to be expected. Adrianna had cried a little bit today too in the bathroom stalls at the school.
They spent a while choosing what to wear, listening to music while they worked. After a while, they finally cheered up a bit. An hour to the party, they were finally ready.
Adrianna wore a white button up shirt with a slim black tie, and a purple tank top underneath. She also wore a black plaid skirt with thigh-high purple socks, and covered her blonde hair with a brown wig. Adeline wore black skinny jeans with her wallet chain hanging out. She also had a nice pink blouse on, which she saved for special occasions, and a black flower head-band in her red wig. Her makeup wasn't caked on either, and she thought she looked so plain. And Kaylie wore a leather jacket over a black dress with pink lips over the whole thing. She also wore a pair of black skinny jeans too, and hid her brown hair under a black wig.
They looked at themselves in the mirror, and stared in awe at how much they didn't look at all like themselves. Kaylie puffed her wig out a bit, and Adrianna worked on pulling her skirt down a bit. Adeline frowned at her stupid pink blouse. It was the only thing she was able to wear without being noticed as a fraud.
Finally, Adeline sighed. "Let's do this."
~Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~ Adeline Bennett~
Adeline sat in the passenger's seat of Kaylie's uncle's old truck. It was a crappy truck, but it was all they had to work with for a quick getaway. Adrianna sat in the back seat, cracking her knuckles in anticipation, when she was taking breaks from pulling her skirt down.
Three Days Grace was playing through the CD player, as they drove to Angela's house without speaking a word. Unfortunately, Freddy's mind was going a mile a minute. She could feel how anxious he was getting, and her stomach started to turn a bit. Adeline motioned for Kaylie to stop the truck. Once she got out, she held the side of the truck for support and felt her dinner come back up.
Kaylie handed Adeline a packet of mint gum once she got back in, and she took two pieces. The next few minutes were coated in silence as they finally arrived at the house.
Angela's house was just as they imagined, snooty and high class. Apparently the parents were out of town, so they were allowed to get away with anything. Not many kids were on the lawn, but a few collage kids were smoking on the steps. As the three passed, one of them tried to reach for Adeline, but he saw something flicker in her eyes, and put his hand back to his side.
Once they were in the house, it was strobe lights and crappy pop and rap music. There were drunks on tables dancing. There were girls on tables dancing. Kaylie giggled a bit as she saw a drunk fall down, and took a whole row of them to the ground with them, just like dominoes. Adeline felt the corners of her mouth curl up mischievously. Adrianna was fixing her skirt for the fiftieth time that night.
Adeline began to scope the rooms for Angela, with Adrianna and Kaylie close behind. She turned to look at them.
"You guys wait in this room, this is where the most kids are." Kaylie nodded, and Adrianna blushed a bit after noticing the guys behind her checking her out. "I'll see what I can find elsewhere, hopefully in the weapons category."
As Adeline slunk away from the girls, Freddy chuckled a bit. "Eager aren't we?"
"Damn right Krueger." Adeline looked from room to room in search of Angela, when she heard a voice behind her.
"Who's Krueger?" Adeline spun around to find Chazz standing there, grinning as he shoved her into the next room. Adeline grunted as she quickly tried to pick herself off of the ground, but he grabbed her jaw and led her onto the bed. "Baby, you can call me whatever you want, as long as you stay right here with me."
Adeline struggled to get away, while he reached for something. Not wanting to know what, she grabbed the first blunt object she saw, and bashed it on his head. Chazz grunted, and fell to the ground. She immediately got up and continued to beat him. She felt warm specks on her face as she continued to lift the object over her head and swing down. He eventually stopped making any noise at all, but that didn't stop Adeline. After a couple more minutes, she looked at the object in her hands. A child's metal bat. Angela's brother's bat perhaps?
She stepped out of the puddle of blood soaking into the carpet, and looked at the damage. Adeline shivered a bit when she saw what his hands were reaching for. She used the bat there next, and after a good couple of whacks, she felt satisfied.
Freddy was completely silent. She didn't even need to ask, Adeline knew that he was dumbfounded. But then he began laughing as hard as he could possibly stand. After a while, Adeline began laughing with him. They both laughed for a bit, the music covering hers up.
Freddy finally regained his composure, and said, "Well damn, I knew you would be interesting, but I didn't think you would beat the word 'interesting' to death!"
"Well, I'm glad to know that you would have let me get raped, Mr. Krueger." Adeline sighed, as she looked in the mirror on the wall. "Damn, I look like I ripped a chainsaw through him, now my clothes are ruined!"
"Boo fucking hoo. They can always be replaced." Freddy scowled. "Now, continue with the plan."
Adeline slowly reached for the bat on the ground, and began to walk to the living room, where Kaylie and Adrianna would be waiting. Now what exactly did Freddy want her to do now? He hadn't told her a single word about this party since he first mentioned it to her.
As she walked into the living room, the door closed and locked behind her. Adeline looked at the kids partying. Angela was stripping on the couch with some boy from Adeline's Trig class. So much for Chazz being your one true love, huh?
Kaylie's eyes widened as she noticed Adeline walk in, and calmly walk up behind Angela. Adrianna wanted to scream, but covered her head on Kaylie's sleeve. Adeline's arms swung behind her head and then-
CRACK
Angela fell to the ground, and the boy looked at Adeline, like he couldn't understand. The rest of the room began to look at her. Nobody made a move. All that could be heard was the song "Moves Like Jagger," and even though the stereo was in the room with them, it seemed quieter all of a sudden.
Adeline shifted her eyes back and forth across the room, looking into everybody's eyes. Blood began to pool into the carpet. With a swift movement, she was on the coffee table, kicking the vase of flowers off with a crash, onto the ground. The silence became intoxicating.
After what seemed an eternity, Adeline pulled the disgusting red wig off, with Kaylie and Adrianna following suit, even though nobody paid attention to them. There were some gasps, and silent murmurs. Adeline shot a look at them all, and began to command the room's attention.
"Quiet!" She screamed. Everybody froze. "Now that I have your attention you fuckers, why do you think I did this?"
The students looked at each other, and Adeline's eyes flickered a bit. One kid piped up, that boy from her Trig class.
"Cause you're a fucking freak! Why else!" He shouted, and Adeline's face froze for a moment, before she stomped her foot into his neck. Blood gurgled in his mouth, and he slumped back onto the couch, with a stunned expression on his face.
"Because I'm not treated fairly you bastards!" Adeline shrieked, while unknowingly scratching her skin. "I-I-I" Adeline began stuttering as she noticed her nails were scratching into her own flesh. She screamed, and the students looked on in horror.
"Adeline!" Adrianna tried to reach Adeline, before Kaylie pulled her back a bit, but Adeline answered back.
"Stay right there you bitches, and don't make me have to deal with you too!" Adeline's eyes had a reddish tint to them, and Kaylie ushered Adrianna behind her. Adeline's voice came back and she screamed as she saw what was coming out of her right hand.
The strobe lights glittered against the metal of the blades emerging from her fingertips, and Adeline started to feel a searing, burning pain, and began to shriek again. Her right hand reached across her left shoulder, and tore her skin down. Blood leaked out, as he began to step out of the gaping hole in her chest. People began to scream now, if they hadn't already. They were trying to smash the glass with chairs and fists, but it was no use.
Adeline's body fell to the floor, and she gasped in pain. She held her chest, and then noticed the wound heal on it's own, like an illusion. She looked up at his back, clinking his knives hungrily. He'd finally have his chance to make a comeback, literally.
"Do you mind if I crash the party children?" He lifted his arms up in the air, as if to give someone a hug. His knives clinked again. "I've been told I have the 'Moves like Jagger!'" He threw back his head and laughed, as he faced his children again and licked his lips.
"I forgot how much being forgotten sucks."
Wow, I never knew I had it in me to write this. My stomach was turning as I was writing Chazz's death scene, no joke. It felt so dirty, but I feel my story has a bit more… more I guess then before. And you guys won't believe what I have in store next, now that I've filled the gap I created while figuring out what to write. Writer's block is over, I can't wait to write more! Thanks a bunch for reading, and I hope you liked it as much as I liked writing it!