Fear

ok folks...here's the next chapter...sorry it's been so long since my last posting, real world's been keeping me rather busy. forgive all the typos and errors, they're all mine, but i hope you enjoy it despite them!

Chapter 5

Nicole’s POV

The drive back to the facility was long and boring. Trees, trees, fields with cows and sheep, and oh, look there, more trees! Despite how nervous and jumpy Will had seemed when she and Lori had gotten back to the car, he seems to have calmed down well enough to have dozed back off again. But then these two were some tired little puppies…even Lori herself seemed to be nodding off and she was the one who seemed most excited at the prospect of seeing Jason Voorhees. Ah well…they need their rest. Hell, for that matter, she needed her rest, but she figured she’d be able to get plenty when she got back to the facility. She didn’t have to be on duty again until tomorrow at 1900 hours, so there was plenty ime ime left. The drive should only take another 3 hours, yeah, there was plenty of time for her to sleep. .oO(Okay, stop thinking about sleeping, it’s only making you more tired. Think about…about…the Korn concert. Yeah…that kicked ass.) She heard a whimper coming from the back seat and turned to see Will thrashing his head from side to side restlessly. .oO(great…nightmare… shoulda known he’d be the nightmare type. If he doesn’t stop he’s gonna wake up Lori too…) A moment later the thrashing and whimpering was a moot point as the guy let out a terrifying scream. Lori bolted upright, turning quickly to Will in the backseat with wide, scared eyes. Nicole slammed on the brakes and screeched to a halt on the side of the road to get Mr. Sunshine calmed down so she could drive in peace again.

Will’s POV

He was running down Lori’s street in the dark, the pavement was wet like it had just rained and shadows were playing everywhere around. But he knew it wasn’t a shadow that was following him. He knew it. It was him. It was Freddy! He heard that laughter that he knew so well echoing all around. He couldn’t tell where it was coming from anymore. This was all wrong. He was supposed to be dead. Lori killed him, he saw it. He ducked down a side street and into an empty house, closing and locking the door. But when he turned around, he realized this was no house…it looked like some sort of factory or something…all sorts of pipes and steam everywhere. Oh shit…the boiler room…where Freddy used to take those kids…no way…couldn’t be…couldn’t be. He heard that laughter again and turned back around to leave again but there wasn’t a door there anymore. He broke off at another run down a corridor, ripping down sheets of plastic that blocked his path. He thought he’d put some good distance between himself and the pedophilic maniac until he tripped over an old toolbox sitting there in the hall, ever so innocently. He flipped over onto his back hearing footsteps just behind him now, only to see the burned creature pounce and straddle his waist. “Well, well, well…looks like one of my children came home to me…tsktsk…bad boy for staying away so long…bad! Now come get your spanking…daddy loves you!” With an evil chuckle, he raised the razor-tipped fingers of one hand and started slicing with glee, laughing ever louder at Will’s increasing screams. When the young man stilled finally Freddy sat back and savored the feeling of having felt the flesh of one of his own children parting under his fingers. What a sweet, sweet treasure that had been.

Nicole’s POV

Lori screamed when she saw the bloody streaks starting to appear across Will’s arms, face, and chest, knowing instantly the cause. She dove into the backseat, frantically slapping and pounding on him to wake him up. Nicole sat stunned…she’d never seen anything like that before in all of her life. It was just unreal. Those wounds were just appearing. No one else was in the car and the guy certainly wasn’t doing it himself.

“Will!! WILL!! You have to wake up! You have to wake up, now!! He’s getting to you, Will, you can’t let him get to you!! We can be him again! We can kill him! You have to wake up, though!!” Lori’s voice fell into sobs as she stopped her frantic motions to cradle the now lifeless body of her first love, the boy who had seen her through the terrible things her life had thrown at her. And now he was gone. Freddy had taken away yet another loved one. And he would pay for it. She would make him pay for it. “Did you think this would make me afraid? Did you think this would make me fear you!? It didn’t work! I’m not afraid! I’m angry!!! I’M ANGRY!!!” She screamed it out through her tears at no one in particular.

Nicole watched thou guys. That was a pretty smart move.”

“You don’t understand. Freddy knows him. He’s still out there…he’ll get to Jason. He was in Jason’s dreams before. If Jason can’t pull him into the real world and kill him, Freddy will kill Jason. Hekillkill him. Jason barely survived fighting him in the real world…I had thought he hadn’t survived at all until you showed up and told me otherwise. Jason doesn’t stand a chance in the dream-world. Freddy…Freddy’s like a god there or something…”

“Well, he seemed alright when I left…”

“And Will and I had been alright until just now.”

Nikki looked over at Lori with a stunned expression. .oO(Great…so granting all this is real shit…and I’m not going crazy…then not only are we using him as a big ass lab rat in the real world with all our poking and prodding, but we’ve set him up to be tortured by some crazy psychic guy, too? Well aren’t we just the knights in shining armor for mankind…). “Well then…we won’t know ‘till we get there will we…” She reached over and patted Lori on the arm in an attempt to comfort her, not feeling the least bit sure of anything at the moment. She turned her attention back on the road, driving as quickly as possible without drawing undo attention to them from the cops.

Some few hours later and no more odd occurrences, she was pulling into the facility parking deck. A bit of sneaky maneuvering and quick talking with some other guards and she had Lori tucked away safely in her quarters. She hadn’t been in the room 5 minutes and barely had Lori changed into fresh clothes that were just a little too tight across the chest, because hey, not everyone can be a double-D, before the intercom began buzzing. She sighed and answered, more than a little bit of irritation seeping into her voice. “Yeah, what?”

“Where the hell have you been Sherriden? I’ve been trying to get in touch with you all day.”

“Nunya, Clarke. What do you need?”

“Yeah, well, you’re lucky I’ve been covering your ass all day, so you could be a little less bitchy.”

“Whatever…what you need?”

“The CO changed some scheduling around. We’re on duty tonight. 1700 hours. And don’t be late this time. You’re always friggin’ late.”

Nikki glanced over at the clock on the bedside table reading 1650. “Shit. Yeah, I’ll be there.” She glanced over at Lori and a farfetched idea struck her. She hoped she didn’t run into their CO, or she’d never pull it off…but if it was just her and Clarke… “Hey, Clarke, who’re we relieving?”

“Uhm…lemme see…Mike and Maria were on today.”

Nikki rolled her eyes at the mention of their names. Oh yeah…she could pull this off with these morons. Long as it was just them. Sure, not likely forever, but at least for tonight...maybe up to a week. The worst that would happen would be getting some demerits and some sort of punishment…probably scrubbing the toilets with a toothbrush again. “Alright then. I’ll be there. And I’ll be on time.”

“See ya, babe.”

“Call me babe again and I’ll rip your tongue out!”

She got no answer from that so she moved around the room, collecting some clean clothes. “Okay, Lori, here’s the deal…I’m gonna put you in one of my uniforms and I’m gonna sneak you onto guard duty with me and Clarke tonight. I’ll tell him and the folks we’re relieving that you’re a new recruit or something. I’m sure they’ll buy it. They’ve never been mistaken for the brightest bulbs in the batch. Just sit tight, I’m gonna grab a quick shower and I’ll be right back. With that she ducked into the tiny bathroom, leaving her ‘guest’ sitting in a hard chair in the main room. She couldn’t have been in the bathroom more than 10 minutes, but by the time she stepped back out, Lori was leaned back in the chair, sleeping.

Lori’s POV

Lori stood in the street staring at the house. A cold sweat broke out over her body as she recognized it. It was her old house. Where Freddy had killed her mother. And her friends. As she stared the front door drifted open and she felt compelled to enter. She couldn’t let him win.ou guys. That was a pretty smart move.”

“You don’t understand. Freddy knows him. He’s still out there…he’ll get to Jason. He was in Jason’s dreams before. If Jason can’t pull him into the real world and kill him, Freddy will kill Jason. He’ll kill him. Jason barely survived fighting him in the real world…I had thought he hadn’t survived at all until you showed up and told me otherwise. Jason doesn’t stand a chance in the dream-world. Freddy…Freddy’s like a god there or something…”

“Well, he seemed alright when I left…”

“And Will and I had been alright until juow.”ow.”

Nikki looked over at Lori with a stunned expression. .oO(Great…so granting all this is real shit…and I’m not going crazy…then not only are we using him as a big ass lab rat in the real world with all our poking and prodding, but we’ve set him up to be tortured by some crazy psychic guy, too? Well aren’t we just the knights in shining armor for mankind…). “Well then…we won’t know ‘till we get there will we…” She reached over and patted Lori on the arm in an attempt to comfort her, not feeling the least bit sure of anything at the moment. She turned her attention back on the road, driving as quickly as possible without drawing undo attention to them from the cops.

Some few hours later and no more odd occurrences, she was pulling into the facility parking deck. A bit of sneaky maneuvering and quick talking with some other guards and she had Lori tucked away safely in her quarters. She hadn’t been in the room 5 minutes and barely had Lori changed into fresh clothes that were just a little too tight across the chest, because hey, not everyone can be a double-D, before the intercom began buzzing. She sighed and answered, more than a little bit of irritation seeping into her voice. “Yeah, what?”

“Where the hell have you been Sherriden? I’ve been trying to get in touch with you all day.”

“Nunya, Clarke. What do you need?”

“Yeah, well, you’re lucky I’ve been covering your ass all day you you could be a little less bitchy.”

“Whatever…what you need?”

“The CO changed some scheduling around. We’re on duty tonight. 1700 hours. And don’t be late this time. You’re always friggin’ late.”

Nikki glanced over at the clock on the bedside table reading 1650. “Shit. Yeah, I’ll be there.” She glanced over at Lori and a farfetched idea struck her. She hoped she didn’t run into their CO, or she’d never pull it off…but if it was just her and Clarke… “Hey, Clarke, who’re we relieving?”

“Uhm…lemme see…Mike and Maria were on today.”

Nikki rolled her eyes at the mention of their names. Oh yeah…she could pull this off with these morons. Long as it was just them. Sure, not likely forever, but at least for tonight...maybe up to a week. The worst that would happen would be getting some demerits and some sort of punishment…probably scrubbing the toilets with a toothbrush again. “Alright then. I’ll be there. And I’ll be on time.”

“See ya, babe.”

“Call me babe again and I’ll rip your tongue out!”

She got no answer from that so she moved around the room, collecting some clean clothes. “Okay, Lori, here’s the deal…I’m gonna put you in one of my uniforms and I’m gonna sneak you onto guard duty with me and Clarke tonight. I’ll tell him and the folks we’re relieving that you’re a new recruit or something. I’m sure ’ll ’ll buy it. They’ve never been mistaken for the brightest bulbs in the batch. Just sit tight, I’m gonna grab a quick shower and I’ll be right back. With that she ducked into the tiny bathroom, leaving her ‘guest’ sitting in a hard chair in the main room. She couldn’t have been in the bathroom more than 10 minutes, but by the time she stepped back out, Lori was leaned back in the chair, sleeping.

Lori’s POV

Lori stood in the street staring at the house. A cold sweat broke out over her body as she recognized it. It was her old house. Where Freddy had killed her mother. And her friends. As she stared the front door drifted open and she felt compelled to enter. She couldn’t let him win. She couldn’t let him win. She chanted that in her mind over and over again, like some sort of mantra. As she stepped in the door a movement to her left caught her eye. There was a boy sitting in a chair there, rocking back and forth, arms wrapped around his chest. She moved over to him and knelt down in front of him, eyes widening in shock as she recognized him. “Jason…” The sound of steel scraping over glass behind her made her jump and turn quickly and there was Freddy, evil grin on his horrid face, sliding those razor fingers along the glass coffee table. “Welcome home sweet, sweet Lori…” A hand clamped on her arm and shook her hard and she startled awake with a frightened gasp.

“Hey…hey it’s alright girl…just me…Nikki…you remember me…”

Lori sighed in relief and shook her head at Nikki’s worried expression. “He has him. Freddy has Jason. I know it.”