Nightmare On Elm Street: The Nightmare Child

Chapter Eight: Stitch These Wounds

Samantha POV
Liliana is in there taking lives one by one and I know she doesn't want this, if only you told me sooner, she wouldn't be in there, but I always wouldn't have met her. I looked at Alice and she put her hand on her heart,”Mom, you could've told me, we both know that I'm the only one who can bring him back, I've figured out the connections, I've spent nights trying to bring her back, now this is something I need to do because sooner or later, it's going to spread just like it did to Springwood” She nodded,”I just didn't want to lose you” You didn't lose me physically, but my sanity is gonna seem like it's gone,”I have her, she can help and everyone that are going through it as well” I let go of her hand,”Just be careful” I'm always careful,”Okay I will try”
“I know its no ordinary dream Samantha, please” I nodded and I grabbed my bag, I was breathless, I honestly couldn't believe that I'm going through this,”I'm actually doing this” Holy shit,”I'm sure after this, it'll be over” I nodded as I bit my bottom lip,”Are you sure you can do this?” I sighed,”Yes, yes I'm sure” I just know it was going to hurt like hell or more than hell, just as long as Lili is safe in the end,”Do you need coffee?” She could possibly tell by my eyes,”And you have school tomorrow, don't you?”
“Shit right, I do” I was so tired that I forgot about school tomorrow,”But this might take up my time” She gave me that look that I might do what I have to do,”Are you serious Alice? No”
“You know it’s the only way, well not really” Fuck I can’t believe I have to do this,”Unless if there’s another option, so I don’t have to get in trouble”
“Samantha, you’re 15, you should just be a kid doing this, not an 17 year old trying to-” I knew she was about to compare herself to us, but maybe she was right I guess, I mean the last time I got in trouble for real was last year for being a smart ass to a teacher and I got ISD for a week, it was a defense mechanism, he was picking on me and he was asking for it. “Ah what the hell? We can tell the others about this, you are far different from what I expected” She shrugged,”I'm unpredictable” I guess it runs in the family, well some.

Joey POV
“We need to form a plan to defeat Freddy” Taylor said to us,”C’mon you guys, how are we going to kill him? He lives in our heads, he killed Kyle, Ben, Tina and has Lili in there with him because, fuck I don’t know why”
“I don’t know why either, but why us? Why did he have to take her? I mean, look at us now, we are a bunch of high school kids going up against a fucker that can’t be killed” Jordan stated that fact,”But all the other kids before did it”
“Where are they now huh? Is it just Alice or…?” Jordan didn’t finish the sentence,”Maybe he has some unfinished business, that’s why he’s still lingering around”
“Or revenge”
“What makes you think that Joey?” Taylor asked and I pulled out a file for them to see it,”I did a little history research on Krueger, he was a child murderer before he died, he was released on technicality, parents got together and roasted him like a Thanksgiving turkey, it all started in Springwood with his child” They looked at me weird,”Wait, so you’re saying he killed his child?” I shook his head,”No, he killed his wife for finding out his secret, the daughter, Catherine saw her own mother getting murdered by her father and she was forced not to tell, but she did and they took her away, that’s how it all started with the murdering children, they took his child away, so he did the same for them and here we are: Possibly the last of the Elm Street children, he was supposed to be done with it, but they just keep bringing more in” They looked through the documents,”How did you do this? I thought they blocked everything about him” Let’s say I have my ways, I found it when I was in Springwood in my dream and I saw a file about him, by the time I panicked and woke up, I still had the folder in my hand and retraced it,”But this doesn’t change the fact that we can’t kill this fucker” Jordan threw the file down on the coffee table,"You’re thinking that because you’re not thinking straight”
“No you aren’t thinking straight” Jordan raised his voice,”Jordan, calm down, this happens, your life is depended on this now, you can’t back out on this, even if you tried, this will still follow you forever, LIliana needs you” Rachel said to him, he took a deep breath,”I just don’t know why he has her”
“We know why” Sam and Alice were back,”What is it?"
“I thought it was me that was able to pull people in, but it wasn’t me, it was LIliana, that’s why he has her and not only that, well Alice you tell them”
“Liliana is the little sister of my best friend who died in 1988, Kristen Parker, she had that ability to pull someone into her dreams, except she gave that part to me, I haven't had one nightmare since I've had Jacob”
“Maybe this is possible that you released her soul and then she passed it down to Liliana from beyond the grave, that's how I think of it, I mean, it is possible because Freddy almost got to my dad, but you saved him, maybe on some level, he must’ve remembered Freddy, even if he didn't remember and then it passed down to me”
“That is possible, but this is just…” I can tell Alice didn’t want this to happen to any of us,”Alice, it's not your fault” Sam tried to tell her that it's not her fault over and over again,”We can do this, can we?”
“We can be the generation that ends Krueger” Rachel said,”What if he comes back even after we kill him” Jordan asked still stressed out,”We need to make sure he's dead forever, make sure that no kid will dream of him and the other way to prevent that is to find his fear and use it against him, but how?”
“One of us has the key to his mind, I can feel it, but we need to know who by going back in and somehow get close to him” I stated that fact to everyone in the room,”Who's going to get close, the only person that has been close to him is Alice and Liliana, Alice you do know his fears, don't you?”
“They didn't work out, so how is it possible that this time it'll work”
“It will, just believe and what my friend Kyle said to me: Don't fear him because that is what he can feed off of, just him getting to you is just a bonus, it was our screams and our terror giving him the satisfaction’ Don't you see? He's becoming more vulnerable by the minute because he knows we're getting stronger and smarter to defeat him, so he is giving his absolute best to scare is, why do you think we're still here?” Mark smacked his lips and he looked up,"She's right, take Rodney and Christina for example, they were under the influence, they didn't know any better, Sydney and Ben was just weak and vulnerable because of their past, Paul wasn't able to take him because of how he was when we were all in there for the first time, his fear was an invitation for him to feed off him. Freddy is watching our every step and every action, he even tried to kill me but never had luck with it. He's tried to take me, Liliana, Sam and Alice, but couldn't so he took someone that is Alice's best friend’s younger sister because she could have her dream power, he knows. He was feeding off of the weakest, now he is trying to get to us with everything he's got”

Samantha POV
“Mark, he could be doing the same thing that we're gonna do to him, that's how he can kill us by using our fears against us”
“What? Like that fucking creepy ass clown? C'mon this guy is for real, I need a cigarette” He grabbed one from my bag then Alice looked at me,”You smoke?” I shook my head,”No not anymore, I only snag a cigarette or 2 every now and then, I found that pack in my bag the other day”
“When did you start?”
“January last year” I was able to be honest with her for some reason, Mark lit one and opened the window,”We obviously can't get away from this liquor because we'll pass out and he'll take the advantage to murder us like he did to Chris”
“Self Destruction is no longer the answer to this anymore, we need to face him” After our discussion, we went to school the next day

Samantha’s Nightmare
I was falling asleep again, I looked out the door and saw bloody footprints on the red tiles in the hallway,”Sammy” A girl under a white sheet and a face that you couldn't see, as if she was ashamed,”Help us” I got up, the teacher was working on something, the aide was on her phone and the kids were talking and laughing, I walked outside,”Hello?”
“Follow me” I wasn't so sure, I walked around the corner and bumped into a student,”Hey how's it going?” I noticed he was wearing a red and green sweatshirt, I looked at that same person, she was in her jeans, white shoes and a denim jacket, her short blonde hair, she looked retro,”Excuse me” I looked into her reflection, she still had that sheet over her except her face exposed, she looked at me, her face in the reflection was gruesome, she was so pale, bugs were all over her, she walked towards me, her hands were reaching out to me, then next thing I saw was she fell, her ankles were twisted, she looked up at me, her face was cracked like glass, she was trying to grab my ankles, she had strength to pull me down and she was on top of me, she growled and opened up her mouth,”No!” I kicked her and did a backwards somersault, she got up, cracked her head and transformed into something so disturbing, her body was disfigured, she was dirty and she took long strides towards and I started running. She shrieked and I kept on running without looking back, except when I did, I bumped into him,”No running in the hallways” He grabbed my ankles and that girl grabbed my arms and almost tried to pull me apart, I struggled then I began screaming,”Sam, Samantha”
End Of Samantha’s Nightmare

“Let me go you fucking-!” I woke up and realized I just cursed out the teacher,”Principal's Office” Shit man, I walked to the office ashamed of what I accidentally did in my ELA class,”You know, I've heard how you were in Middle school: Quiet, kind, good grades, I could go on and on, but this is not like you: Moody, grades are going down and you called Mrs.Lexmark the f word, What were you going to call her?” I looked out the door and I saw Freddy holding Lili with a razor piercing her throat,”Go on Samantha, do it or she gets it”
“I was gonna call her a bitch”
“Very very good” My principal, Mr.Thompson took a deep breath,”Well you have been skipping school, using vulgar language and smoking in the bathroom, is that true?”
“Yes that is true” My voice trembled from seeing Freddy holding Liliana,"Okay, you're suspended for a week and do you have someone picking you up?” I nodded,”Mr.Thompson, just one question”
“Sure” He leaned in his chair,”Did you ever see your birth parents?” He looked at me like he was offended,”My God!”
“Please, I know I might have an answer for you” He took his glasses off. Soon I found out, his real name was Glen, not Liam, he never knew who his parents were because he was given up for adoption at birth,”I think I might know who your mother is”
“You're out of your mind”
“Her name was Nancy Thompson, your father was Glen. Your father passed away at the age of 16, your mother passed away also at the age of 23” He looked at me offended again,”Ms.Johnson!”
“I'm telling you Mr.Thompson, it's the truth, ask your adopted parents, I'm sure they'll say the same thing” I grabbed my bag and skateboard, I ended up walking back to Joey’s place where Alice was still staying at,”Did you?”
“Yes”
“I know it's hard, but you could save millions of lives of children and teenagers” But I won't be the only one, but what I did was an accident, that cursing out wasn't towards Mrs.Lexmark, I mean yeah she tends be a bitch, but I wouldn't disrespect her in that way,”Yeah, I know it'll be worth it” But then every single of my friends came back before school ended for the day,”Why are you guys back so early?”
“Well we heard you got your ass handed to Lexmark, so we all did what we had to do” I groaned,”What? What did you guys do?
"Let's just say that Lexmark and Thompson got our message and some of us went a little obnoxious"
"You guys got in trouble, why?”

“If you're thinking about going by yourself, you're obviously out of your mind. We did not come this far for you and Alice to be on your own” I sighed,”Thanks I really really….appreciate it”
“Holy shit, we're actually going to do it aren't we?”
“Yes it seems like it. We are about to take down the most dangerous motherfucker all over dream land"