The Nightmare's Return

Chapter 12

After they had gotten out of the woods and were on the way to a main street, Graham was the first to say anything since their escape. "Cool, were out. Where do we go now? He knows about our houses and where we live. He'll find us again, quick."

"He doesn't know about my house." Gavin said. "It's farther away. We can go there, my dad's on a business trip anyways." Gavin got to the main street and turned down the direction that was going towards his house..

After Mr. Tophat and the carnival workers got out of the unintentional flag trap at entrance of the carnival, Mr. Tophat picked his hat up from off the ground and dusted it off before placing it back on his head, grateful that the visitors to the carnival were already gone.

"ROLL THIS UP!" He yelled at the workers. He stormed away, leaving the workers to take care of the giant flag as he went to his trailer. When he got inside he slammed the door shut and slammed his right hand against the top of his dresser as he let his hat fall onto it after he moved it from his head. He sat down and looked at his reflection in the mirror as he took breaths so heavy that his whole body practically moved in and out, his hands curled into fists.

"THATS IT!" He said, face red with rage. "No more chances, no more needing them, no more them AT ALL!" Mr. Tophat slammed his fists on the dresser one more time before leaving his trailer to find another set of keys to magically locate the truck Akiko, Graham, Gavin, and Rachel had left in..

Meanwhile the gang arrived at Gavin's dad's house. Gavin got the spear key from under a nearby rock and let everyone inside. He turned on the lights and everyone sat down, except Rachel.

"Are you cold?" Gavin asked looking at Rachel in her dress, arms folded over each other.

"What?.. Um no, it's pretty warm, it is summer. I guess I'm just a little shook up after everything just now." She answered somewhat uneasy.

"I wouldn't be surprised if you were cold even with this season. I mean damn." Akiko said giving a look to Rachel's dress that hinted strongly at about how there wasn't much material at the top.

"You could borrow a pair of my pajamas later." Gavin told Rachel.

"Thanks." Rachel said, finally moving to a seat in an armchair.

"What do we do now?" Akiko asked out loud. "It's not like we can just walk away from this."

"There's always a way to defeat a villain the second time they come around. We just have to find out what that would mean for Mr. Tophat." Graham said, using his knowledge of horror films. "He doesn't have any help except for those mostly mindless workers at the carnival. We can distract them again and maybe throw a net over him and smash his cane again. Right Rachel?"

Rachel looked up from the floor in thought after hearing her name, while she mildly listened to Graham. "Uh, sure. It could work I guess." She answered him, shrugging.

"Okay so I guess we go and get some rope tomorrow with a net, and see what else we could use to distract the workers." Akiko said.

"Alright, I'll look for something for us to eat in the fridge so we can get some rest before tomorrow." Gavin said, getting up and going to the kitchen.

After they ate some four day old pizza, Rachel went into the bathroom to change. After she was done and opened the door she saw Graham heading her way to visit the bathroom after. He looked at Rachel with a concerned look on his face.

"Hey. Sooo.. You seem kinda lost right now. It must be crazy having to go through all of this, and having to be the center of HIS attention again." Graham said, referring to Mr. Tophat.

"Oh yeah, it's been something. I'm just glad everyone here is okay."

"Don't worry, we'll get him again, for good this time. We'll make sure everything is completely gone. The carnival, the workers, his cane. Nothing will be unturned." Graham said, sounding assured.