Nightmare: Just Wake Up: Difference between revisions

was another boy who shared the same fate.)

 

be best to live in one of those "fancy" neighborhoods. Michael and

his sister Lauren couldn't complain though. A new, better house. What was not

 

"Hello," she said, "I'm Marline; I live

introduce my son." She turns around and calls her son over. "Robert,

these are our new neighbors." Robert said hi and ran back to play in his

 

"Well," said Michael's mom, "I'm Angie, and

birthday. Michael and his sister were about to object, when their mother said

that they would love to. When Michael and his family are done packing, Michael

 

"Mom, why would you invite us to some kid's party? If you

 

"Michael," said his mother, "We just moved

so much a pain, but... a weird feeling. He dismissed it as just some random

feeling. He heard his mother call him down to get his stuff, and he walked down

 

The next day, Michael walked down stairs to get breakfast

walked down to the bus stop. They sat there waiting for the bus, and then, all

of a sudden, some kid on a skateboard jumped over them, only inches above their

 

The kid landed and turned back to them. He kicked his skate

board up and caught it with his hands. The kid seems to be about fifteen; one

 

"Well, well, well. It looks like we got some new

had a dopey face that you would expect a sidekick to have. "And he's John."

They looked over at the fat kid. Talk about a tub of lard. This kid looked like

 

"And I," said the first kid, "am Donavan.

walked up to her with a perverted smile on his face. Michael got that feeling

again. Now, it was truly strong; a burning sensation. He stood up, but Lauren

 

"Listen here you little punk, give back my sister's wallet

 

"Oh? And what will you do?" Just as he finished

knife. He just punched John straight in the stomach and John went down. As he

fell, he puked all over. Lauren could do nothing but look in amazement at

 

"Michael how'd you?" that was all he said. They

day." Next morning, he heard a knock at his front door. He walked down to

find two police officers at the door, his mother looking back at him with an

 

"Michael, these officers tell me that you attacked

three kids. That it wasn't regular fighting, and that they were stabbed.

Stabbed, son!" Michael's gaze fell to the floor, showing his mother that

 

"Mom, they were the ones who pulled the knives on me

 

"Son," said one of the cops," We found three

was no proof it was not them who attacked first. They couldn't say that they

weren't fleeing, because truth be told they were. So Michael couldn't defend

 

"Son, call down your brother." Michael couldn't do

 

"Sir, it...it was me. I was the one who beat up the

kids. Lauren tried to hold me back, but she couldn't stop me." The cop

 

 

"Wait!" says Lauren. They all looked up to see her

 

"It was me, I beat up those little punks. Have the marks

to prove it." She lifted up his sleeves to reveal cuts and bruises, as if she

 

"Miss, just put the knife down," said the officer.

Lauren held up the knife and dropped it to the ground. she put her hands up and

 

"No Lauren, it was me! I did it!" Michael had

 

"Huh, poor bro. Trying to take the blame for what I

 

"Lauren, tell them it was me! Tell them! I was the one who

 

"Michael please, you don't have to lie. We know it's

Lauren, you can stop." Michael watched helplessly as the cop car speeds

off with Lauren inside. A few minutes later Michael's dad pulled into the

 

"Son, son what is it?" Michael couldn't answer.

word from Lauren at JDC. No friends to hang out with. Nothing but sadness and

guilt. That is until Saturday, when Michael is woke up by his mother, with a

 

"Michael, it's the day." she said as she opened up

 

"What, what's today?" asked Michael as he stirs

 

"Why, it's Robert's party." He was now fully

 

"Mom, you're joking, right? You don't expect me to go

 

"Michael, we both know what happened. I think this

ready herself. He fought himself to get up. He picked out a black shirt and

pair of rugged pants and walked down stairs. He saw his mother and father all

 

 

"Better than wearing too much." he said. His

 

"Now Michael, we might be over-dressed, but this is how

you go if you want to make an impression." said his father. Michael grunted

 

"I don't have any fancy clothes!" he yelled down

 

"Just pick out something." called his mother. He

looked around in his closet for what he would call fancy. He found a pair of

black sweatpants and kept the black shirt on. Finally, he found a black hoodie

 

"You're wearing that?" they both said. His mother

Marline and Robert's house. They knocked on the door and at it appeared that

Marline, just like his parents, way over-dressed. As they walked inside all

 

"The kids are out in the yard. Michael, how about you

 

Michael walked outside to a yard full of kids. They were

running around in weird cowboy costumes and shooting each other with plastic

guns. He might as well be standing in a Toys R Us. Suddenly a kid came up to

 

 

"Ah, sorry kid. I'm way too old for this stuff."

 

He put on the hat and started to pretend shoot at the kids. At first he thought

it was totally ridiculous, but then he started to actually have fun. It might

heard a noise. A weird rolling noise. Then it hit him. Donavan, John, and Kevin

all jumped over the fence on their skateboards. Jeff dropped the fake gun and

 

"Hello, Mike, is it?" he said. "We have some

unfinished business." Michael saw his bruised nose." I think we're

 

Donavan got an angry look in his eyes. "Oh no, I don't

ears and head butted him. Michael pushed Donavan off of him and both rose to

their feet. Kids were screaming and parents were running out of the house. John

 

"No one interrupts or guts will fly!" they said. Donavan

 

Michael screamed and fell to his knees. Donavan started

foot and twists it, causing Donavan to fall to the ground. Jeff stood up and

 

"Need some help?" He picks Michael up by the back

of the collar and throws him through the patio door. As Michael tries to stand

he is kicked down to the ground. Donavan repeatedly starts kicking Michael,

 

"Come on Michael, fight me!" He picks Michael up

and throws him into the kitchen. Donavan sees a bottle of vodka on the counter

 

"Fight!" He throws Michael back into the living

 

"Come on Mike, look at me!" Michael glances up,

his face riddled with blood. "I was the one who got your sister sent to

JDC! And now you're just gonna sit here and let her rot in there for a whole year!

 

"Oh, finally! you stand and fight!" Michael is now

as he runs at Michael. That's when it happens. Something inside Michael snaps.

His psyche is destroyed, all rational thinking is gone, all he can do, is kill.

He gets on top of him and punches him straight in the heart. The punch causes Donavan's

heart to stop. As Donavan gasps for breath. Michael hammers down on him. Punch

after punch, blood gushes from Donavan's body, until he takes one final breath,

 

Everyone is looking at Michael now. The parents, the crying

kids, even John and Kevin. Although they easily break from their gaze and point

their guns at Michael. Michael see's the guns trained on him and runs for the

him, each shot missing. Michael runs up the stairs. He hears John and Kevin

follow up behind. As they let out their final rounds of bullets Michael ducks

into the bathroom. He grabs the towel rack and rips it off the wall. John and

 

John swings his knife at Michael, who backs away and bangs

they both started to scream. Michael wiped his eyes as best as he could. He

pulled back the towel rack and swung it straight into Kevin's head. As he lay

 

"What's so funny?" asked Michael. Kevin pulled out

they saw Michael, now a man on fire, drop to the ground, nearly dead. The last

thing Michael saw was his mother and the other parents trying to extinguish the

 

When Michael woke he had a cast wrapped around his face. It

and stitches all over his body. He tried to stand up, but he realized that

there was some tube in his arm, and when he tried to get up it fell out, and a

 

"I don't think you can get out of bed just yet."

she said as she put him back in his bed and re-inserted the tube. Michael sat

 

"Honey, are you okay?" she asked. Michael was

Lauren go." This made Michael almost bolt up, stopping halfway,

remembering the tube coming out of his arm. "He'll be out by tomorrow, and

 

Michael's mother hugs Michael and says her goodbyes. The

to see it, what he would look like. As the doctors unwrapped the bandages from

Michael's face everyone was on the edge of their seats. They waited until the

 

"Let's hope for the best," said the doctor. He

 

Michael's mother screams at the sight of his face. Lauren

 

"What? What happened to my face?" Michael said. He

turned to leather, his left eye was boiled and his hair singed from brown to

black. He slowly put his hand to the left side of his face. It had a sort of smooth

 

"Michael," said Lauren, "It's not that

 

"Not that bad?" said Michael," It's

perfect!" His family was equally surprised. Michael started laughing

uncontrollably His parents noticed that his left, dead eye and hand were

 

 

"Okay? I've never felt more happy! Ha ha ha ha ha

himself

 

was fighting Donavan something in his mind, his sanity, snapped. Now he was

 

"Doctor," said Michael's mom, "Is my son...

 

"Oh yes, this behavior is typical for patients that

have taken very large amounts of pain killers. If his behavior doesn't change

in a few weeks, bring him back here, and we'll give him a psychological

 

"Oh thank you doctor." Michael's mother went over

 

Michael looks away from the mirror, his face still formed

into a crazy smile. "yes mother, ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaa!" his mother

 

"This is what came in," said the lady at the desk.

wore. Now they were clean of blood and now stitched together. Michael's mother

led him to his room and made him put his clothes on. Then they left, not

 

Later that night, Michael's mother woke to a sound coming

over to see what it was. When she looked into the bathroom she saw a horrendous

sight. Michael had taken a heated knife and carved a strange symbol on his

 

 

 

"I wanted to fix

 

 

as if it would matter." Michael's mother slowly started to back away,

seeing that her son was going insane. "What's wrong mother? Aren't I

 

"Yes son," she said, "Yes you are. L-let me

go get daddy, so he can see your face." She ran into the room and shook

Michael's dad from his sleep. "Honey, get the gun we..." She stopped

 

"Liar!" That's the last thing they hear as Nightmare

 

His sister Lauren woke up, startled by some noise. She

someone was watching her. She looked up, before Nightmare's hand covered her

mouth. He slowly raised the machete ready to plunge it into Lauren. Lauren

 

"Shhhhhhh," Nightmare said. "Just wake up."