SHOUTOUTS/ANSWERS
Windyfontaine: Thanks. Well, she does. True. Thanks, enjoy.
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DISCLAIMER
Okay, okay. I know I haven't the jump rope song in a dream. Relax. It'll happen. Everything belongs to Wes Craven and New Line Entertainment. I only own the plot and characters you don't recognize. I use a piece of dialogue from NOES 3, but only 'cause it fit the scene. Resubmitted yet again for another mistake I made.
Minutes later, Alicia and her mother were at the Elm Street Jail. The woman pulled her daughter up the stairs and into the building.
"We need to see Captain Thompson," Holly declared to the desk sergeant, Ken Parker.
"Well, he's at Westin Hills right now," the man said.
"Thanks," Holly responded. She then led Alicia toward the door.
"He's in the middle of an investigation!" Parker called after them. The only response was the slam of the front door. Meanwhile, Nancy, Rod, Wade, Capt. Thompson, Dr. Gordon, four of his sixteen-year old patients, Luke, Emily, and Jack had met at Nancy's house.
"You have a beautiful home," Emily noted as they all looked around the living room.
"Thank you," Nancy said. Just then, Dr. Gordon noticed a doll on the mantle.
"Hey, that's pretty. Where'd you get it?" he wondered, taking it down.
"Oh, that's the Malaysian dream doll Rod bought for me," Nancy replied, taking the doll and holding it close.
"It's supposed to bring good dreams," Rod added, pulling Nancy close to his side.
"Maybe we should get something like that," Kelly Robinson suggested.
"Yeah, maybe it'd keep that freak away," Matthew "Matt" Harper agreed.
"Matt, no one's trying to hurt you," Dr. Gordon stated.
"Does he even have to be here?" Terrie Mallone questioned.
"He doesn't even believe us. He's just going to get everyone killed," added Ben Williams.
"He has a point," Nancy agreed. Then, "Tell me about your dreams."
"It always starts out the same. With that horrible song," Luke declared. "One, two, Freddy's comin' for you," he continued, in a sing-song voice.
"Three, four, better lock your door," Emily continued,
"Five, six, grab your crucifix," the kids sang together. Dr. Gordon's brows furrowed in confusion. Yes, Matt, Kelly, Ben, and Amy had all talked about having horrific nightmares and Nancy had known the ending of this rhyme, but he had never heard it from the beginning before.
"Seven, eight, gonna stay up late," Nancy and Rod joined in.
"Nine, ten, never sleep again," they all finished.
"So, who is he?" Kelly wondered.
"When he was alive, he was a filthy child murderer. After we killed him, he became something much worse. Now---unfortunately---you're all paying for what we did to him," Capt. Thompson told them. Meanwhile, Alicia and her mother were once again on the road, after the woman had forced the receptionist to give them Dr. Thompson's address.
"What does he want with us?" Luke questioned.
"Revenge," Capt. Thompson said.
"On us? But we didn't do anything!" Emily exclaimed.
"I know. And it's really not fair," Nancy agreed.
"But you're not in this alone," Rod assured them.
"So, how do we fight him?" Jack wondered.
"Mr. Thompson, may I talk to you?" Dr. Gordon requested as Nancy answered Jack's question.
"It's Captain Thompson, and yes, we can talk," the man answered. They went off to the side.
"Has your daughter suffered from these delusions long?" he asked in a whisper. The other man's eyes blazed.
"Don't you ever call my daughter crazy," he growled in a low tone.
"I didn't say she was crazy. I'm just saying that she might have some problems telling the difference between fantasy and reality," Dr. Gordon defended himself.
"She's the sanest person I know. Now, I let Nancy down before. I am not doing that again," Capt. Thompson told him. Before Dr. Gordon reply, there was a sharp knock on the door.
"Who could that be?" Rod wondered. Capt. Thompson opened the door.
"Uh-oh," he said when he saw the sight. A woman was standing outside with her daughter, who had four large slashes in her nightgown.