SHOUT OUT/ANSWERS

Sue1313: Yep. We'll see. Thanks.

DISCLAIMER

Belongs to Wes Craven, New Line Cinema, and CBS. I only own the plot. I'm not sure whether to use Dr. Reid or just Reid, so I may interchange them. One scene inspired by Dream Master. From what I gather, Kristen had been trying to use the pain to get Alice to wake up.

Derek panted, trying to calm his pounding heart as Dr. Reid and Rossi jerked awake. The door flung open to reveal Prentiss and JJ, who both had their guns drawn.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Girls, it's all right," Rossi assured.

"Are you sure? We heard screaming," Prentiss said.

"Everything's fine. I just had the weirdest dream," Morgan answered.

"Yeah, I was having a bit of a bad dream myself," Prentiss commented.

"Yeah. What was it about?" Morgan asked.

"Oh, I was in this weird place with pipes and steam, and there was this horrible noise--like--" Prentiss began.

"Likes nails on a chalkboard," Morgan finished.

"Yes," Prentiss confirmed.

"Did--did you see anybody there?" Morgan asked.

"See anybody?" Prentiss echoed.

"You know, like a man, or a--a little girl--or anyone?" Morgan pressed.

"No. I didn't see anybody, but I heard someone--a man. He was laughing," Prentiss answered.

"Morgan, what happened to your shirt?" JJ wondered.

"Huh?" Morgan asked. He looked down and then groaned. "Man, I really liked this shirt," he complained.

"You said you had a dream. What'd you dream about?" Prentiss asked.

"I was also in that place you mentioned--I think it might have been a boiler room. Anyway, I'm walking, and I hear these kids start to sing. It was this really weird, really freaky rhyme. And then there was the little girl, and she told me to follow her, so I did, but she just led me to a dead end. Then all of a sudden she turned into this weird guy with knives for fingers," Morgan told them.

"Oh! How creepy!" Prentiss said, shivering.

"Prentiss, did you see anyone in your dream?" Morgan questioned. She shook her head.

"I didn't see anybody, but I think I might've heard your weird guy," she answered.

"Dreams are sometimes brought on events we go through in the day, or whatever he or she may have seen. Can you think of anything that could've manifested itself into your dream?" Reid queried.

"Kid, I have never watched anything that had a boiler room, and I have certainly never been in a boiler room," Morgan replied a bit harshly. Then, before Reid could say anything, "But it was a good hypothesis." Reid nodded, indicating that he realized that Morgan hadn't meant the words how they had sounded. Meanwhile, the Dream Police was patrolling the Dream World. Joey silently walked down the steps of the boiler room. So far, it was pretty quiet. SCREE!

"So much for the quiet," he muttered to himself. A girl screamed! He quickened his pace. His eyes widened when he saw Krueger cornering a girl about fifteen.

"NOOOOOOO!" he yelled. The room shook and Joey took the opportunity to swing himself down the stairs and knock the man away. He then turned to the girl and slammed her against the wall.

"Wake up and get out!" he told her, using a hand to slap her across the face. She gasped and looking down, she saw her body dematerializing.

"Thank you," she said, before she disappeared. Krueger growled and lunged at him. Joey grunted as he was knocked to the ground.

"Bad little Piggy," Krueger spat out, his knives clacking together and straddling him.

"Guys, help!" Joey shouted. He raised an arm in defense. A shot rang out. Krueger roared in pain and toppled away. Joey scrambled to his feet and ran to his friends.

"You're getting better all the time, Dr. Thompson," Joey said. Nancy smiled and un-cocked the gun.

"Nice trick, Nancy," Krueger chuckled, standing up. "Now see mine!" With that, the room began to spin and the group was knocked in different directions. When they all landed, they found themselves in different rooms. Rod looked around in confusion. Where was he? This didn't look familiar. He didn't have a room like this. Then, it hit him. He did know the room. He just hadn't seen it in years. Not since…the incident.

"No," he said in dread. The bed began to shake. Unable to stop himself, Rod walked up to the bed and pulled back the bedcovers. Just as he expected, Tina was thrashing about on the bed.

"No. No, Tina, wake up!" he shouted, running to her. However, he was pushed back by an invisible force.

"ROD!" Tina shouted as she was lifted into the air.

"NO! TINA!" Rod screamed.