Rurrlock & ShadowLord's A New Nightmare
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Characters created by ShadowLord 1329 and Wes Craven
Story created by Rurrlock-God of Power
Chapter 5: Looking Death in the Face
Sunday 15th March 1981
Steven and Ryan sat in their chairs, staring into space. Their minds fixed on Nick's final moments; his scream, the cuts and the mystery behind it. Weasel paced back and forth still trying to take in the story he's just heard.
''This is messed up!'' He says.
''It was the scariest thing I've ever seen. I can't even explain it'' Ryan stuttered, he then looked over to Weasel. And before he can even look back, Ryan charged at him and started to strangle him.
''This was your fault! You told Tabatha and Megan about the date, and I couldn't watch Nick while they were there!'' Weasel was chocking, his face was turning blue. Steven grabbed Ryan and slammed him to the ground.
''Listen this was no one's fault! He was torn apart by nothing, what could we have done if we were there?''
''Did he fall asleep?'' Steven and Ryan turned to see Weasel get his breathing and voice back.
''What?'' Steven asked.
Weasel asked again ''Did Nick fall asleep?'' Ryan just nodded and Weasel face seemed to turn blue again.
''What's so important about falling asleep?'' Steven asks him.
''Well being the street ki...a...street rat, I've heard alot. And apparently in the last six years they have been many reports of people going to bed and then their parents finding them in the morning...dead!''
''You're saying they died in their sleep?'' Steven asked.
''It is possible, and there are no other ways; the doors and windows are locked. But the bodies that are left behind...like there was this one kid who apparently was afraid of his own reflection, he went to the bathroom late at night. He never came out, so his parents went in to check...and...he had become a part of the mirror...He was glazed in with the glass.''
Steven and Ryan didn't know what to say, how is that possible? Can you really die in your sleep like that?
A ceremony was held at Nick's house; his parents were talking to friends and relatives, all eyes watered, all their hearts as dry as bones right now. The table was littered with pictures of Nick, and looking at all of them was Nancy. She had been crying since she first heard about Nick. She wasn't sure what to do; this was her first real handle of someone close to her dying. She was too young to miss her parents.
Teresa watched and walked to her hoping to cheer her up ''I'm sorry''.
''Why you didn't know him'' Nancy spat at her.
''I'm trying to help you here!''
''Well thanks but I don't need it!''
''You do!''
Nancy bashed her fists on the table drawing everyone's attention to her, as she stared to walk up to Teresa.
''What? Did you think that you would help me, comfort me in my time of need and then we'll be happy, like real life sisters...''
''No...I mean...''
''Well sorry, the world doesn't work like that. Some things people can't fix. They couldn't save my dad when he was in a coma; no one could stop my mum from killing herself. And no one, could give a damn about watching Nick...he was all I had. I've had many boyfriends in my life but he was different, he was loyal to me...''
''But you weren't'' Teresa said without thinking. Everyone was walking by to stop Nancy from lashing out, but instead she just laughed.
''Funny, but let's talk about your personal agendas shall we! You go on about how hard it'll be for me to settle down and find someone when really you're going to find it harder...''
''Nancy don't...'' Teresa pleaded.
''No let me finish! No matter how kind or how loyal, smart, funny and pretty you are it's going to be hard for you because you are a freak for what you like!''
''I'M NOT A FREAK! AND I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU OR ANY ONE ELSE THINKS IT'S UNATURAL!''
''Then why don't you tell sweet mummy and daddy?''
Teresa stood tense her face boiling, the room stayed quiet as Teresa's mum came forward ''Nancy what are you talking about?''
Teresa walked up to her ''Mum just let me explain...''
''She's gay!'' Nancy spat out. The room stayed quiet except for the few mumbles between a few. Mrs. Kinner stood looking at Teresa with a fiery rage. Teresa couldn't take it, she just ran. She ran out of the room, out of the house down the street. Mrs. Kinner then approached Nancy.
''How long have you known about this?'' She hissed. Nancy avoided eye contact as she walked past her while whispering ''What does it matter? You now know''.
Nancy was the next to walk out of the house, as Mrs. Kinner looked around trying to fit in the crowd again. And soon no one payed any attention to the front door the two distraught girls ran out of, except one who had only just arrived and was in fact looking for them until eavesdropping on the fight...Wendy.
Steven was walking back to his house, his thought still replaying the words Weasel had spoken. Was that how Mora and Nick died? In their sleep? His attention turned to his front door, where Becky stood.
''You okay?'' He asks.
''No, I'm not!'' She responds, and Steven looks at her confused.
''It was just meant to be a simple evening, just you and me...'' Becky has a hard time getting the words out.
''I don't know what happened, Nick was fine until...''
''I'm not talking about Nick!'' Becky said. And then Steven knew what she was talking about; an ex and a stalker.
''Wait, my friend's died and your more concerned with them?''
''If they hadn't arrived maybe Nick wouldn't have died!''
''Your acting as if I asked them to come!''
''Who knows!'' Now Steven was bewildered as Becky continued ''I mean, you and Megan use to date...''
''And it didn't work out, I've told you and her already'' Steven cut in.
''Tell me something, honestly as if you were speaking your heart''.
Steven nodded as Becky asked ''Is there something inside that wishes you two were still together? Is there a part of you that wishes you could take it all back and be with her again? Look me in the eye and tell me...do you still love her?''
Steven stuttered, he tried to answer but couldn't. She was right, there was a part of him that wants to go back to the way it was. Becky took the silence as an answer and walked away leaving Steven to stand; he didn't even chase after...because there was nothing he could say to her without lying.
This would be a heart-breaking scene to many, but to Tabby who was watching from afar this was perfect.
''Looks like he's single!'' She whispered with an evil glee.
''How could you?'' She heard a voice. She turned to see Megan come up behind her; she too had watched the drama.
''Don't know what's bothering you?'' Tabby said.
''Maybe the fact that someone died because I tried to get back with Steven!'' Megan chocked.
Tabby wasn't sure what to say ''Didn't you hear, he just practically admitted he still loves you...''
''And didn't you hear, someone...died!''
''And why does that bother you?''
''Because that could have been my sister. That could have been Becky in that chair! If I have to choose between Steven and her...I always look after my sister!'' Megan turned and walked away, Tabby just stood and tried to look proud, but she actually felt insulted.
''Fine, that just leaves him for me. I don't have to worry about competition...I've got nobody...I'm on my own...I'm...alone!'' Tabby didn't have anybody; no siblings, no friends (real ones anyway), and not that many relatives. She always wanted attention, growing up alone she wanted people around her. And Steven was who she wanted to be with. Whatever it takes!
Night was in full darkness, but Kristin wasn't budging. She just typed away on her computer; writing and writing. Since the phone call and the window message she was more determined to stay awake, but it was getting harder, especially with her parents urging her to get some rest. But making friends with coffee was what kept her going.
She finally finished whatever she was writing and sent it to someone; she quickly shut down her computer and quickly ran into the kitchen for some more of the sweet brown waker-upper.
Nancy stared at herself in her bathroom mirror. She was alone in the house; Teresa didn't come home, and Mrs. Kinner was probably trying to keep her reputation at the party. Nancy saw her reflection, but she thought of herself as a monster, for the first time in her life she hated herself.
What she did to Teresa was cruel. She remembered when she first found out about Teresa's sexuality when she told her she had a crush on a girl that she saw knew. Since then, Nancy couldn't make out why Teresa was like that. It was against the law of nature; there was Adam and Eve...a boy and girl. Why would she like her own sex?
But then Nancy thought that maybe, she would find true love before her. She was to kind to argue, to loyal to hate, always there to help others, sees the good in people...even her. But whenever she would try to help, Nancy would just throw it back in her face.
Nancy stared at herself once more, before picking up the knife she got from the kitchen and placed it on her wrist. She couldn't take it anymore, her life was a wreck and there was no chance of redemption. She closed her eyes and steadied the blade, her final thought...''I'm so sorry Teresa!''
SLIT! She cut and yelled in pain. She collapsed to the floor, slowly losing consciousness. But in the end she didn't' (at least she thought), she looks at her wrist to see the cut gone. She gets up and looks around for the knife, it was gone to. She looks in the mirror to see herself, but also not see herself. It was another Nancy, one that could have been; she looked the same except her hair was tide back in a ponytail. And her face was one of care and bravery. Was this me? Nancy thought.
She then turned to the bathtub to see it was full. She didn't do that; no one else was here. She approached it slowly, she could hear splashing noises from it, yet the water was still. Nancy stood over the edge. Maybe she was in heaven, or hell, a limbo? Or maybe...
BOOM! A hand bursts from the water grabbing Nancy by the hair; she screams in pain and plead as she is dragged into the tub and in the water. She looks to see herself in a never-ending sea; she swims desperately to the surface. When she does she hangs on to the edge, gradually climbing out. Then she notices where she is...a large boiler room.
Nancy turns to see the puddle start to change shape and move; taking the form of a man with a cloak, a hat and a glove with knives...Freddy. Nancy stared at the man, but can't see his face from the shadow under his hat; Freddy looked at the poor girl, knowing who she was all too well.
''Love the new look...Nancy!'' He remembers her!
''How do you...who are...'' She stutters crawling from him, but he slowly walks towards her.
''You don't know me! But you did once, or will? It doesn't matter...now you're mine!'' Nancy looks to see his face for the first time, but before getting a proper look, his face lights on fire. Nancy watches horrified, as the flames die to see Freddy's burnt face. In one life, she looked upon this face and turned away from it. Now she couldn't take her eyes away as she starts to scream. Freddy smiles again.
''Knew you would prefer the original look. HAHAHA!''
Kristin took a sip of her coffee as her father walked in on her. Normally he would have a worried look, but he seemed quite calm today, Kristin knew something was up.
''How was work?'' She asks.
''A real bitch. So you got any sleep?''
''What's it to ya?''
''Don't think I haven't noticed you haven't been sleeping young lady, that has got to stop honey''.
Kristin just walks past him, but stops feeling a bit drowsy ''I feel weird?'' She looks at her coffee to see it was slightly more murky and different colour.
''Oh God! What did you do?''
''Sleeping pills. Kristin, you're going to drive yourself mad unless you get some sleep!''
''Why?''
''Is this about what that prankster did to the window? Kristin...why is falling asleep so bad?''
''Have you ever been so scared that it just disrupts your life completely. And you feel like there is nothing you can do about it, that's how I feel!''
''Look, Kristin. I'm sorry I did that...''
''Sorry? Dad, you just murdered me. Try to say sorry at my funeral!'' She tries to keep herself awake but soon she falls to the floor, everything was going blurry. Soon Kristin was asleep.
Becky sits on her bed looking through photos of her and Steven, and then came to the pictures of her and Megan; she thought who was the real victim of Steven's love? She lay back, holding the album in her hands. Becky was asleep.
Megan was in the other room, the thought of Nick dying. Was it her fault? Soon the guilt helped her drift off. Megan was asleep.
Tabby was lying in her bed, but kept her head up to look around her room to see only her stuff. She was always alone. She hated it. As a tear trickled down her eye; Tabby was asleep.
Teresa cried on the park bench. She couldn't go home, how could she face her mother and father now that they know. But she didn't have to worry about that, for soon, Teresa was asleep.
Wendy was tired, she had been looking for Teresa all evening; but couldn't find her. She collapsed on her bed, and the tired girl gave in. Wendy was asleep.
Ryan paced back and forth. The memory of Weasel's stories still buried in his head, and weren't going to be forgotten any time soon. That is why Ryan held on, and he didn't fall asleep.
Steven lay on his bed thinking about what Becky said, did he still love Megan? Was love too strong to simple ditch? Going deep into his thoughts he lost reality. And finally, Steven was asleep.
SCREECH! The horrible sound of metal scrapped against stone blasted Steven's eyes open. He tries to get up but can't, he looks around to see himself in a cave of some kind, and he's strapped to a stone slab.
''HAHAHA!'' Steven looks in front f him to see Freddy (his not burnt self) stand watching him.
''More lambs for the slaughter!'' Steven hears moaning and looks to see Becky, Megan, Tabby, Teresa and Wendy all asleep strapped on their own stone slabs. He struggles trying to get free, but he can't. The others are sleeping like rocks, but soon they started to twitch and grumble.
Freddy looks at each of them ''Just like old times...only better!''
Becky bolts up, sweat covering her face. She sits on her bedroom floor, where her bed should be. She starts to cough and is chocking on something. She coughs harder and finds it hard to breath; then a thick black string emerges from her mouth. She grabs it and starts pulling it out. The feel of it was sickening. She carries on pulling; already it was about three feet long. Then she feels something bigger in her mouth, attached to the string. She gently tugs, and it starts to scurry. She has a rat in her mouth. She screams and vomits the rat out. The horrible creature, thrice the size of a big rat slowly walks toward Becky, hungry for fresh meat.
Tabby bolts up to see herself on the bay of a lake. She was somehow in a bikini. She gets to her feet and immediately hears a cry for help. That's when she sees in the lake, a little boy drowning. His cries of help were heart-breaking to Tabby, but she would be no help she couldn't swim, she was deathly afraid of water since a bully pushed her in a lake when she was little. ''I'm sorry!'' She says to the boy as she turns and steps into more water. She backs up, and steps in more water. She wasn't standing on the edge of a lake anymore, she was standing on an island in the ocean, and island that just managed to fit her feet. Now she was the one calling for help.
A bright light forces Teresa to wake up. She can't even see where it was coming from. She puts her hand out to block the light, but it just goes through her hand. The light then takes the form of someone ''Nancy? What do you want?'' Teresa spat at Nancy who was walking to her, her body glowing before soon the light was gone ''I want you!'' She says seductively. And before Teresa can ask, Nancy leaps onto her and begins kissing her. Shocked, Teresa throws her off, and then gets a slap from her. ''You are a disgrace Teresa!'' Teresa backs away as Nancy changes into Mrs. Kinner ''Why can't you just be a normal girl?''. ''I am normal!'' Teresa shouts at her. Then she hears laughing and looks around to see faces floating around her, just the eyes and mouths laughing at her, and chanting ''not normal, not normal, not normal'' and then she sees Wendy with the faces, chanting and laughing as well. Teresa curls into a ball, begging for the noise to stop, but it won't.
Wendy hangs on for dear life, she was hanging by a thread literally, and she was hanging onto a giant spider web. She looks around the web cavern, looking for spiders, she sees none. But that is the least of her worries, she tries to climb on the thread, but it was so sticky that her hands were stuck on it. She tries to move her leg, that is when she falls. But the stuck hands keep her hanging. Below her are just more webs, so thick she can't see what's below, more webs? Never-ending hole? Then she feels a little tickle on her hand, she looks to see a tiny black widow move on her hand. She gasps, she tries to move her hands but they won't budge. From inside the thick webs more black widows scurry and climb onto her hands, down her arms and cover her body. Wendy closes her mouth trying to keep them out. But that didn't stop them from her eyes, ears or nose.
Kristin wakes up from where she fell. She gets up and quickly runs into the kitchen to see her father, but he wasn't there. Instead on the table were three large kitchen knives. Why would her dad put them there? He knew she had a problem with knives. The knives then stood vertically and started to spin. The scraping noise reminded her of the man again. She runs down the hall, from behind her knife burst through the floor. She quickened her pace, as the knives grew bigger and moved faster. She made it to the stairs and started to run up. CRASH! From the top of the stairs hundreds of knives tumble down the stairs. She runs back down to the hall, and seven huge knives burst from the floor trapping her. She can't fit through, trapped she closes her eyes hoping to wake from this nightmare. CRASH! She jumps as a knife falls from the roof; but when Kristin looks up there is no roof, it's a sky that is raining knives. They fall to the ground, some landing point first just missing her. They start to land closer, but she can't go anywhere.
Megan opens her eyes. She was lying in her bed. Then she feels something else in her bed, she turns quickly to see a surprised Steven ''Whoa babe you okay?'' He asks drowsily. ''Steve? What...what...''. ''I'm going out, check on the baby okay!'' He gets up and leaves the room; he shuts the door and instantly BANG! Megan jumps back at the sound of thunder; then she hears another sound, a baby crying. She walks over to a cradle at the end of the room, just below a window. Outside, it was horrible; but Megan was more concerned with the baby in the cradle. She noticed the little bracelet the baby had, she read the name on it...Megan. This was her. THUD! Megan looks behind her to see the bedroom door creak open; but this was now a different bedroom, it was her old bedroom. ''Oh no!'' She gasped. She know remembers; her, the room, the weather this was a night that would scar her forever. She quickly grab a torch from the drawer and looked under the cradle; if this was what she thought it was...''AHHHH!'' It was. Under the cradle, a large rat. Megan backs away, and watches it scurry up the side of the cradle, reach the top and look down devilishly at the baby. Megan was too frightened to even save herself.
''WAKE UP! GUYS WAKE UP!'' Steven screamed, but the others remained asleep. They moaned and groaned, but didn't wake. Freddy walked up to Steven, knives at the ready.
''Do worry, this won't hurt. Not one...little...bit!'' He taunts. Freddy brings his claw back and slashes. Steven's last thought ''Don't do this'' And then something happened, Freddy's hand stopped, centimetres from Steven's face. Freddy tries to slash, but something is preventing him from cutting the boy. Then he hears what Steven is thinking ''Let me go!'' With no control, Freddy obeys. He cuts at Steven's restraints, Freddy tells his body to stop; but it's not listening to his thoughts, it's listening to Steven's.
Once free, Steven uses this to his advantage whatever he was doing ''Don't move!'' Freddy remained still. Steven ran to each of the group ''GUYS WAKE UP PLEASE!'' Nothing, there was no way to wake them. Then Steven tries something else; concentrating on everyone he thought ''Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!''
One by one, they all wake with a start. Steven helps to untie their restraints. But he doesn't realise that in using his mind on others, he lost his control over Freddy. Once he frees everyone, he helps Becky to her feet, not noticing Freddy behind them about to strike!
''STEVEN...BECKY!'' Megan screams. And then the impossible happens, from her hands she fires green kinetic energy. BOOM! The blast strikes Freddy sending him flying.
The group all look at Megan. She just stares at her hands ''How...did I do that?''
''We're still asleep!'' Steven says ''This is a dream, we can do what we want here...''
BOOM! ''AHHHHH!'' Freddy blasts from the rubble. He fixes his rage onto Megan, they have dream powers.
''NOOOO! NOT AGAIN! I KILLED THE LAST ONES, I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU AS WELL!'' He teleports in front of Megan, his claws about to hit.
''NO!'' Becky screams. A blue light emerges from her body, and takes the form of a panther. The panther leaps onto Freddy, pushing him past Megan. The group all gather around Steven.
''What do we do?'' Tabby asks.
''Anything! Just think and do!'' Steven shouts. Freddy grabs the panther's throat and drives his claw into its gut, and it disappears into a blue sparkle.
Tabby takes a deep breath and focuses on the stone slab/beds. She lifts them with her mind and throws them at Freddy. One connects, but Freddy cuts through it and charges at the group. Teresa closes her eyes and the group back away from her, as she grows and shape-shifts into a huge bull elephant. BOOM! She slams her trunk into Freddy's side and he flies into a wall. She then turns back, and stares at the others.
''Cool!''
Wendy then hears Freddy she did like before inside her head, she hears his thoughts ''Your mine little piggy!''
''TERESA DUCK NOW!'' She calls. Teresa does so; Freddy teleports and slashes at her head but misses. He then looks forward to see Kristin; one hand covered in fire, the other in water. She blasts a huge flamethrower and water gun at him BAM! And hits him in the gut.
Freddy crashes and lands on his hands and knees. He gets to his feet, but can't move. ''You will not move! You will not move!'' Steven commands in his head. Freddy seems subdued for the moment, but Wendy reads his mind.
''Come to Freddy!''
''STEVEN!'' She runs and pulls Steven to the ground just as Freddy teleports and tires to slash him. He teleports again. The group huddle up and get ready for the next attack. Five seconds pass, nothing. Ten seconds pass, nothing. They wait and wait, but still nothing. Maybe they did it?
''AHHHH!'' They look up to see Nancy hung by a rope around her neck, with Freddy floating beside her.
''At least I get one of you! And it's my favourite!'' He prepares to slit her throat, but a shadow catches his attention. He looks to see a crow fly into his face, and claw his eyes out. Freddy yells in pain, and as he swings his hand, he cuts the ropes and Nancy falls. Tabby then levitates her a bit, slowly bringing her gently back to ground. The crow lands and turns back into Teresa.
''What now?'' Becky asks.
''I'll try to wake us up!'' He starts to use his power, but then a circle of fire surrounds them. Freddy floats above them, the scars on his face slowly healing. Steven then seems more concerned with the fire.
''Steve come on!'' Megan shouts.
But Steven stands terrified of the flames around them; the heat, the look Steven was terrified. Becky grabbed his face and forced him to look at her.
''STEVE PLEASE!'' She begs.
Steven looks into her eyes and nods. He closes his eyes and concentrates ''Wake up! Wake up! WAKE UP!''. They all disappear, and Freddy's grin turns into pure anger.
''NOOOOOO!''
The kids all awake from where they were asleep. Steven quickly gets out of his bed, Becky and Megan check on each other and leave, Tabby as well, and Wendy, and Kristin. Nancy covered her cut wrist, it wasn't too bad, and she left. Teresa woke up on the park bench and waited for the others to arrive. They all just waited for a moment seeing who was going to speak first.
''That was the guy!'' Kristin said.
''He is real'' Teresa stuttered.
''And he's in our dreams'' Tabby cut in.
''But how?'' Megan asked.
''Don't know!'' Becky answered.
''He seems to know us'' Nancy gasped.
''And we don't even know who he is!'' Steven finished.
''I do!'' Wendy spoke ''When I read his thoughts I heard his name...Freddy Krueger!''
So the group's first battle with Freddy; don't worry if you thought it was too short, there will be plenty more battles ahead. Next time- The group discover Freddy's origins, Teresa and Wendy have a little talk, as do Steven and Becky, and another death...who? You'll find out soon enough!