Back to the Nightmare
The speeding car grew increasingly faster as Nancy, Tina, Glen, and Rod banged on the windows, struggling to get out. As their screams pierced the air, Marge tried to help them, only to be pulled inside the car.
The hood started smoking as the car raced down the bucolic country road, driving the passengers to new heights of fear and panic. Nancy's eyes grew wide as she saw the earth before them caving in. Barreling toward the cliff, their death seemed imminent.
Freddy threw his head back, as he released a menacing laugh.
Suddenly, the tires popped. The car spun away from the cliff, careening into the desert.
Nancy hit her head, forcing her back to reality.
She looked around, realizing her friends were gone. She was alone, behind the wheel, and apparently had fallen unconscious while driving.
"Are you OK, M'am?"
The voice jolted her. She looked up to see a guy with a funny-looking hat. She shook her head and squinted her eyes.
"Wh-who are you?"
"I'm Marty. The fate of the world is in danger. We have to go back in time to save your friends. There's no time to explain. Get in the time machine!"
He helped her out of the car and put her into the DeLorean. Stunned, she looked around at the high-tech car's interior.
She could see how the car stopped; a string of nails stopped the car, subsequently saving her life. She rubbed her head where she had hit it, still in disbelief.
As he strapped himself in to the car, he explained what happened.
"Nancy, you and your friends are the only ones who understand Freddy, who know how to kill him. You are the only ones who can save the rest of the world.
"Doc visited the future, and saw what happens. In the future, he terrorizes teenagers and kills them, one by one. He moves from town to town, leaving a trail of murders in his path.
"For every kid he kills, he gains their life force. Ultimately, he becomes all powerful and wipes out the entire human race."
Nancy took a minute to process what she had just been told. She took a deep breath and looked up.
"Let's kill this son of a bitch, once and for all," she pronounced.
Marty set the time back and explained when they were going.
"Doc and I snuck into the Libyans' camp, and stole the rest of the plutonium to fuel the time machine. Then, we took all of their guns and ammunition. And trust me -- you'll need it."
Marty and Nancy went to the sleepover, where Tina was murdered. They snuck into the room where Tina and Rod were about to sleep.
Nancy hid battery-operated alarm clocks under the bed, and in the closet, and everywhere she could think of.
That night, as time Tina and Rod started to drift off, they were jolted awake by the first alarm.
"What the fuck is going on," Rod demanded. He and Tina looked all over to find the alarms. "Is this your idea of a joke, Glen?"
Marty and Nancy hid, watching the agitated teens bicker over the alarm clocks. It seemed pretty juvenile, but they saved lives that night.
The next day, as the kids went to school, Marty told Nancy the second part of his plan.
"You're going to have to bring him into our reality. When you originally did that, you didn't beat him. But I've watched him, and I know how we can take him down.
"We will need you, and Present Nancy, to join forces. There will be unforeseen effects on you in the future, but it's a small sacrifice to pay for saving the world."
When Nancy and her friends got home, Marty greeted them and told them he knew all about Freddy. He then told them where he was from, and introduced them to Future Nancy as proof.
"Oh my god," Present Nancy exclaimed, looking Future Nancy up and down. Future Nancy took her hand and assured her: We're going to get through this. We have to.
Marty showed them his arsenal of weapons, and how to use them.
"Future Nancy is going to fall asleep, then bring him into our world," he told them. "The second that happens, we have to kill him. The fate of the world is in our hands!"
Future Nancy got in on a group hug with Present Nancy, and all of her friends. Then, she laid down, fully aware that it was a suicide mission.
The next thing she knew, she was in a dream world again, surrounded by birthday cake and brightly colored streamers. It was her fifth birthday party, the best memory of her childhood.
She and her friends sat around a table, and the grown-ups brought them cupcakes. She excitedly bit into hers, and a copper taste filled her mouth. She looked to see blood started oozing out of her birthday cake.
She gasped in shock, and looked around to see all of her friends eating normal cake and fully enjoying themselves.
"OK, guys, it's time for presents," her mom announced.
She was excited to see what she got. Her mom brought around a big box that was too big to be carried. It was bright green, with a pink ribbon tied around it.
She couldn't wait to open it! This was the biggest gift she had ever seen!
When she pulled one of the ribbon's tails, the bow came undone and fell to the floor.
"Pop goes the weasel!"
Freddy burst out of the box, fully extending his claws. The children screamed.
"Nancy, I've come for you! I'm here to make sure you have a screaming good time!"
Nancy screamed and ran. She ran down the hallway, tears streaming down her face. She knew what she had to do, but her old fears took over.
She ran into a dead end. None of the doors would open. She turned around to see Freddy looming overhead, ready to strike.
She ducked as he swung, and grabbed him at the waist. As she tumbled, the impact woke her, and she brought Freddy along.
"Nancy, run!"
Nancy did as she was told, and ran past her friends as they pointed their guns at Freddy. They all started shooting. He laughed maniacally as the bullets had no affect.
He slashed Rod, and watched in amusement as his body fell, lifeless, to the floor.
"You want me, come and get me," Freddy sang.
He disappeared, and reappeared behind Tina. Her eyes grew big as the blade of his claw drew a red line across her neck. He disappeared again as her jugular vein spurted her lifeblood all over the room.
Marty ran, looking for Future Nancy. He arrived at the kitchen to find that he was too late. He watched in horror as Freddy carved her tongue out with a paring knife.
Freddy sneered at Marty. "Well, are ya gonna do something?"
He slit open her abdomen, letting her entrails spill out. "Or are you chicken," he mocked as he held up her liver.
A dark pall fell over Marty's face.
"Nobody. Calls. Me. Chicken."
He lifted his flame thrower and let loose on the scar-faced demon standing before him. Freddy screamed in horror, begging it to stop.
He was reduced to ashes. Marty dropped his weapons, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Glen? Nancy? You guys OK?"
Nancy called out, "Is he dead?"
"He is."
Nancy and Glen came out to see the carnage in front of them. She cried as she saw how her future self died.
Glen held her closes as she cried on his shoulder. Marty bowed his head in solemnity.
Suddenly, a giant harpoon pierced all three of them. As the teens gargled, looking around in wide-eyed shock, Freddy's laughter filled the room.
"Did you think you were free? You are all my children. Forever!"
"Freddy," Marty pleased. "That car Nancy and I came in, it's a time machine! You can go back to before all of this happened. To before you were burned. To before all of this!"
Freddy laughed again.
"Foolish boy! Before, I had no power! Now, I have more power than ever! And it grows with every kill!
"I am a horrible, vengeful god! I destroy at will! And nothing can stop me!"
The teens gurgled up blood as Freddy laughed in their faces.
"Did you like how all of this went down, because I sure had a good time," Freddy taunted. "In fact, I think I'll keep doing this! Using the DeLorean, I can travel back in time, and kill each of you a different way each time!"
He laughed maniacally as the three watched helplessly.
As he climbed into the DeLorean, he winked at the teens.
"This is going to be fun!"
