Things are about to get deadly again as we slice into action with the first update of the year with the 16th chapter from last we left off with Lori and Erika exploring the peaceful Crystal Lake community, Michael wandered off somewhere after waking up, Steven and Lynda are in the hospital following Michael's awakening, and Jason has met an old man at Pamela's grave.

As we near the heart-stopping final battle you've been waiting for, sit back, relax, and enjoy the body count rise.
Disclaimer: I don't own Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or Halloween.

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The man's steel gaze stayed on Jason as the mass murderer approached him and stood in front of Pamela's grave while barely paying any attention to the elder or the space next to it where his own grave used to be. Either of the men stood looking at the headstone for a time and the only sound that came from them was Jason's breathing.

Crouching down to the headstone, Jason brushed his hand across the top of it and eventually turned around with the old man, Elias Voorhees, looking on. He began to leave while Elias remained with his cane in hand and eyed the hulking man take his leave.

"Take care of yourself, son." Elias spoke to Jason, who stopped walking to turn around and stare at him for a time while cocking his head in a manner he'd normally give to Pamela. Regarding his father for a moment, he started to take his leave from the Eternal Peace Cemetery and finally noticed his long-black nails growing from his gloves.

He brought his hand to his face and observed it before walking over a bird bath to lift up his mask. Staring at his reflection to see he had his other eye back in its socket, he was surprised to see his appearance was akin to his 1984 killing spree and it was after putting his hand to his beating heart that he realized a shocking truth: he had become human again after escaping Freddy's Dream World.

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Elsewhere

"Feast your eyes, Lori." Erika said as they walked on the grounds of the Higgins Haven property and she looked around.

"This is the place your parents housesat for one summer?" Lori asked as she looked at the barn.

"It was once in the 80s before the owner's daughter had a real bad experience here that I never found out about but…." Erika said while whipping out some keys to the house.

"They gave you the keys?" Lori said and Erika grinned before guiding her into the barn and climbing up the ladder before giving her a wide view of the area.

"Nice." Lori said.

"Not sure why the Higgins never came back here, but living out here might actually be quiet." Erika said and Lori smiled at the view the setting sun provided before droplets of rain started to fall.

"Guess that's our cue to beat it." Lori said before the girls climbed down the ladder and took off running.

At the Hospital

"Who was the convey guarding again?" Nancy asked Franklyn.

"It was Michael Myers." Steven's voice mumbled before either of them looked down to see the young deputy open his eyes to stare at them.

"Officer Lloyd, how are you holding up?" The nearby doctor asked.

"Where is Lynda and everyone else?" Steven asked.

"She's down the hall in a stable condition but she hasn't woken up yet and you're in Wessex County." The doctor spoke and Steven's eyes grew wide before he sat up.

"Where's Michael Myers?" He began to ask before clutching his head.

"Deputy, please try to calm down. The injuries you sustained from the accident aren't life-threatening but you'll only strain yourself if you push things without resting first." Nancy said.

"Where is Michael Myers?" Steven asked again.

"Only you and Soles were found alive at the scene with Michael Myers nowhere in sight." Franklyn said.

"If he's here in Crystal Lake, all the citizens are in grave danger." Steven said with another doctor appearing in the doorway.

"You were supposed to give your testimony at the Crystal Lake Sanitarium, right?" The doctor said to Steven.

"Who are you?" Steven said and she held out her hand to him.

"My name is Pam Roberts and I'm the director of the Crystal Lake Sanitarium. Now if there's anything you can tell us about Michael Myers and his MO to catch him…" Pam said while shaking Steven's hand.

"That's what's wrong; he has no MO outside of his evil and is likely to go after the first person he sees at random. We need to set up curfews and patrol every last street and…" Steven said before Franklyn looked to Nancy.

"Go to Code Red and White." Franklyn said to Nancy.

"Code what?" Steven asked.

"Let's just say our history with the Voorhees family has taught us a few tips for being ready if someone like them ever shows their face again." Franklyn said.

"Do you mean Jason Voorhees?" Steven said.

"Yeah, let's just say Wessex County has a bad history with guys in masks in these parts." Pam said.

"I know what you mean since I met Jason back in Springwood." Steven said and everyone in the room looked to him with surprise.

"How is that possible? He's been dead since the FBI blew up him up." Franklyn said.

"You're sure it wasn't a copycat you were dealing with?" Nancy asked.

"No. I shot him several time and he managed to wipe out almost the whole of Springwood's police force alone." Steven said.

"If that was Jason, why would he be in Springwood again after all this time?" Franklyn asked.

"I haven't a clue why unless he was attempting to go after old victims." Steven said before Franklyn left the room and Nancy looked to him.

"So, you met Jason too, huh." Nancy mused.

"You met him before?" Steven asked Nancy.

"When I was a little girl back when Crystal Lake was called Forest Green, I met him face to face one night when he came into the cabins and he stared me dead in the face before leaving without even trying to hurt me or any of the other kids." Nancy said and Steven was dumb-founded by someone as vicious as Jason not harming children.

"How did you survive?" Steven asked.

"To this day, I don't know. So many counselors and police died that night but for some reason, he never did anything to us thanks to Tommy Jarvis." Nancy smiled and Pam smiled at hearing his name.

"What happened to him?" Steven asked.

"I'm not sure; I haven't heard or seen anything about him since that time." Nancy said.

"Knowing Tommy, I'm sure wherever he is, he's safe and sound." Pam fondly smiled and Steven looked after her as she left the room.

"In the meantime, get some rest." Nancy said before taking her leave and Steven still remained upright for some time in worry about Michael roaming freely throughout the area. Even with his proposition to have the police at large, he knew deep in his heart this would change little about the situation at hand and stayed lost in thought as thunder loudly boomed outside.

Rain started to fall out on the window and Steven continued to scratch at his chin in thought at how Michael's presence could turn the area upside-down. Though he would be against the idea becoming a reality, he wondered about what Jason could do to his granduncle given the amount of damage he inflicted on him in their encounter and pondered the silent monster's whereabouts in Springwood.

Meanwhile

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Jason arrived at the Packanack Lodge area and ferociously made his way through the area as he took to heading through the trees until he arrived at his shack. Going inside, he came to his mother's alter and couldn't believe his eyes to find that Pamela's head was gone with his next reaction being complete rage at the desecration.

It was then that his head snapped to the outside as he marched out of the shack and speed-walked deeper into the forest. As rain poured down on him, he kept moving in unstoppable fury and headed as if stalking live prey until he came to the road where he came across Abel.

"Holy brother, bask in the rain our heavenly Father graces us…" Abel began to say before Jason thrust his machete into his shoulder and tossed him onto the road with it still. As the man groaned, Jason grabbed his shoulders before hoisting him from the pavement only to launch him further up the road and Abel moaned as blood ran from his shoulder wound as his attacker began to stalk away into the wounds with sirens sounding ringing nearby.

Just then, Jason looked at Abel before stomping his way towards the downed elder and he glanced at his shoulder before the machete was ripped out while his foot completely crushed his hand. As the murderer once again started to leave, Abel grabbed his bleeding shoulder and looked after the hockey-masked being.

"You just wanted your machete back? Then by all that is good, Brother, it is yours." Abel weakly said before one of Jason's throwing darts was launched at him and marked him dead in the chest with enough force to knock him down onto the road. While Jason trudged through the mud and rain thinking that Abel's question was incredibly stupid, he had no clue he would be asked the same question again in the far future and continued on his way while ignoring the closer siren noises.

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Elsewhere

"Just my luck; we go sight-seeing and get caught in the rain." Erika said as she and Lori ran back to the Higgins household and entered it.

"It's not all bad luck; least we have somewhere to ride out the storm until we can call for a lift." Lori said while looking out the window.

"Yeah, and my folks know where this place is so coming here should be no problem." Erika said before taking out her phone to find no bars on it. After holding up and awaiting a bar to appear, nothing came from it and she looked to Lori.

"Does your phone have any bars?" Erika asked Lori and as either of them tried to get a signal, they heard a nearby creaking sound coming from the kitchen before going to investigate only to find it shut with the locks in place as if no one had laid a hand on it.

"Weird." Lori said.

"Still nothing." Erika said at her undying attempts at getting her phone to function.

"Let's try upstairs." Lori suggested before the girls headed upstairs and stood in Chris's room with no such luck. Listening to the thunderstorm crackling about outside, they knew the Cravens were worrying about them and kept trying at calling them.

"What next?" Erika said before the lights dimmer and she looked to Lori, who couldn't help but chuckle at the coincidental timing. As the rain whirled about outside, they decided to see if there were any umbrellas or raincoats they could use.

The pair looked around upstairs before finding some towels and drying off with them before noticing the room that belonged to Rick's door was slightly opened. Heading into it, they looked around before their eyes settled on Pamela's rotting head facing them on the bed and scratch marks on the wall behind it making out: BEDTIME, BITCH!

Erika and Lori both shierked in terror before Michael, who had been standing in the shadows of the corner the whole time but appeared as though he had just materialized out of nowhere, grabbed Erika and tossed her out into the hallway against the wall where she went limp.

Before Lori could either call her friend's name or attempt to run, Michael grabbed her by the throat and lifted her before bashing her backside against the window a single time with enough force to break it. The now weak Lori groaned as Michael slammed her down onto the bed right next to Pamela's head and stared at her through the eyeholes in his mask while keeping his newly claimed Chef's Knife over her throat.

"Your eyes still say no-no but my mouth and this guy say yes-yes, Lori." Michael spoke in Freddy's unmistakable voice and Lori's fearful eyes widened.

"Freddy…" Lori tremulously said and Michael only lifted his mask to where his mouth was seen with his tongue rolling at her face before he fiendishly chuckled.

"Aw, you and ol' Mikey here ought to be happy to pop both of your cherries together." Michael, or rather Freddy possessing him, chuckled keeping his knife above her throat.

"You bastard…" Lori's eyes furrowed at him and he only sneered at Lori.

"That mouth of yours still works like charm; since things are about to get nasty for you and my dessert bitch over there." Freddy said and Lori's eyes worriedly looked over to Erika still laying motionlessly before her attention returned to her assailant. As he lowered the knife and brought his lolling tongue closer, a loud clash was heard before Jason appeared in the doorway holding a hammer in hand.

*Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Main Titles plays*

"You!" Freddy venomously hissed at Jason before he hurled the hammer at him and it flew just over Lori's head into the wall where it made a dent. Though unsure why the Hockey-Masked fiend was there, a burst of adrenaline ran through her as she grabbed the hammer and struck the back of Freddy's head with the claw.

"GAAAH!" The Dream Demon roared as Jason barged into the room and sank the claw deeper as he pulled him off Lori though not before he clutched Pamela's head off the bed. Dropping it to the floor, he stomped it beyond recognition and Jason snarled at this action before jerking him into the air.

Thanks to his repeated ventures in the Dream World, Jason somehow gained the ability to sense Freddy's presence if he was tormenting someone in his powerful realm and knew that Michael was in his clutches. Now angered over having lost the only connection he had left of Pamela and her shrine being ruined, he squeezed with all might to where his fellow masked assailant began twitching and squirming in his powerful grip.

In the Dream World

While roasting over a bonfire in the Samhain Festival, Michael felt the claw going into his skull in the real world and saw he was vanishing as Freddy roared in agony. He grabbed Freddy's throat as he completely disappeared from the world holding his tormentor as the demonic festival stopped altogether.

In Reality

Michael reared his head back before Freddy appeared in his hand still maintaining his double-clawed demonic appearance. He dropped him as Jason squeezed at his brain and he swung his arm back into his similar foe's chest a few times until he was released from his grip.

Lori watched as Michael struck Jason's chest with the knife only to be grabbed and pushed out the doorway as Freddy lunged at the pair by digging his claws into his backside. The murderers all moved into the hall as Michael clutched Jason's throat while he pushed against him like a linebacker as Freddy tore into his backside until they all went tumbling through the railing to crash against the floor and Lori forced herself to her feet before limping over to Erika.

"What happened?" Erika asked as she was helped to her feet by Lori.

"Try to keep quiet: all of Freddy, Jason, and Michael are in here and if we're going to make a run for it, we've got to keep out of their sight." Lori said.

"What?" Erika said in disbelief as she and Lori leaned on the other before they cautiously looked downstairs to see Jason get to his feet with his prized machete and axe in either hand. Michael still held onto his butcher knife and did the same while Freddy started to crawl to the door only to be blocked by the heavily breathing Jason.

It was then Michael took his gaze off Freddy and looked to Jason with either of their grips on their weapons tightening as they stared the other down in shared anger. Freddy flexed both his claws and hissed at either of the towering mute slashers standing on either side of him like two dogs about to wrestle over a bone.

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Yet another short chapter but I hope it got you pumped for the next one in which promises to be the most violent, bloodiest slashdown ever and it'll definitely be worth the wait.

First to address Jason, it's as exactly as I described him to be in this chapter: he's not a zombie anymore; he's the same hard-to-kill human he was back in Friday the 13th Parts 2-4 and this'll leave you wondering if he still kept his zombie strength as well for the final battle. You'll find out next chapter and having Jason be able to hunt Freddy down by being able to sense his presence in the Dream World was something I cooked up for more surprise.

Many fans have asked me from the beginning if Jason and Michael are going to team up to fight Freddy and given I'm sure the latter isn't pleased his body was nearly used to defile against his will, there's no telling if they're going to join forces or fight over who gets Freddy's head but again, we'll see next time.

As most of you guessed, the old man turned out to be Jason's father Elias who we never had a chance to see in the movies apart from the alternate ending in Jason Lives which served as inspiration for his mostly quiet character shown here and he's played here by Ted White; as a treat to both the Friday fans and the fact that he's the same age the late, great Betsy Palmer would be if she were still alive today.

While their relationship is unknown, the two of them have a respectful silence around the other in visiting Pamela's grave and he looks to care for Jason enough to tell him to take care of himself.

Since this is Crystal Lake, I figured it'd be nice to have Nancy tell Steven about how she met Jason as a little girl and Tommy Jarvis coming to save them; if I ever make a sequel to this story, he just might show up to finish what he started while another treat is that we see he didn't kill Pam from Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and that she might know where he is.

I left Abel's fate up in the air in case I decide to make a sequel and kudos to you get the Machete reference he did and having the girls be at Higgins Haven was another surprise for horror fans who remember that this is where Jason first got his Hockey Mask. Despite being at Higgins Haven, the fight might go through Higgins Haven all the way back to Crystal Lake to up the ante of three unstoppable killers if I can come up with an effective plan to do it and I'll see you folks next time for one hell of gut-wrenching brawl.