{"id":6089,"date":"1992-09-01T00:01:03","date_gmt":"1992-09-01T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2012-08-03T03:19:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T03:19:27","slug":"a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-adaptation-excerpts-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-adaptation-excerpts-5\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master \u2014 Adaptation Excerpts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Adapted by Bob Italia<br \/>\nTranscribed by Rob Nimmo<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<div style=\u201ddisplay:block;float:right;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 16px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0772942500851985\";\n\/* 250 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3976876457\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A few days later, Rick sat on a bench at school wearing dark sunglasses. Alice, Debbie and Dan were seated around him. Everyone was silent, respecting Rick\u2019s somber mood. \u201cHey, man,\u201d Dan finally said, \u201cwe\u2019re all sorry.\u201d \u201cShe knew she was gonna die,\u201d Rick said. \u201cYou mean it was like, suicide?\u201d Debbie asked. \u201cI thought it was an accident,\u201d Dan said. \u201cSmoking in bed.\u201d \u201cIt was no suicide,\u201d Alice stated. \u201cIt was not an accident. It was Freddy, and he\u2019s coming back for seconds, and thirds, and fourths.\u201d \u201cCome on,\u201d Debbie said, \u201cFreddy\u2019s not real. She couldn\u2019t have been serious.\u201d \u201cI was there, in the dream. He took her. It was awful.\u201d \u201cIn her dream?\u201d Dan said. Alice got up and walked away from the bench. Rick removed his glasses and watched her. \u201cSomething\u2019s very wrong here.\u201d \u201cWhat?\u201d Debbie said. \u201cFor a minute, she&#8230; well, reminded me of Kristen,\u201d Rick stated. \u201cWeren\u2019t they close?\u201d Dan asked. \u201cNot that close,\u201d Rick said. Alice entered the restroom and stared at her reflection in the mirror. She took out a cigarette, popped it in her mouth, and lit it. Then she coughed violently. \u201cI don\u2019t smoke. Kristen, what did you do to me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheila, one of Debbie\u2019s friends, entered the restroom and stood at the faucet next to Alice. She splashed her face with cold water. \u201cOoohh, baby, I am dead on my feet.\u201d \u201cWe have matching luggage,\u201d Alice said, quoting Kristen. \u201cWhat?\u201d Alice pointed to the bags under Sheila\u2019s eyes. \u201cYou\u2019ve been up all night?\u201d \u201cThat obvious, huh?\u201d \u201cThen you saw him, too?\u201d \u201cSaw who?\u201d Sheila said. \u201cI was up all night cramming for this physics test, and I was putting this little baby together&#8230; look!\u201d Sheila reached into her purse and withdrew a small gadget that looked like a joy buzzer. She squeezed it. It emitted a high-pitched whine. \u201cYou know how Debbie\u2019s afraid of bugs?\u201d Sheila said, wheezing slightly. \u201cI made this for her. Ultra high sound waves. Make \u2018em run screaming their antenna off.\u201d Sheila stuffed the gadget back into her purse. Then she held an inhaler to her mouth and breathed deeply. \u201cSee ya in class.\u201d When Sheila was gone, Alice stared at the mirror, wondering about the cigarette. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alice sat next to Sheila in physics class waiting for the dreaded exam. Sheila started to wheeze again, but took another deep breath from her inhaler and settled down. While the teacher placed the test papers face down in front of each student, Sheila looked around and spotted Rick and Dan. She smiled. \u201cAll right,\u201d the teacher said. \u201cYou have forty minutes. Good luck and go for it.\u201d Sheila stared at her paper. She held her eyes open wide, but then they shut momentarily. She was tired and wondered how she would get through the exam. Sheila snapped her eyes open and shook her head. Then she returned her gaze to the paper. She glanced around. All the other students were working, except Alice. Alice\u2019s pencil was poised over her paper. Her eyes got heavy and her head drooped forward. But then she snapped to attention. Sheila put her pencil to the paper. She tried to fill in an answer, but no writing appeared on the paper. The equations started to dance about on the paper like acrobats. Sheila blinked in confusion, yet the equations still moved. Blinking again, the equations continued to dance. Slowly the letters rearranged themselves into other words:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Learning is fun with Freddy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sheila shook her head and looked around. Suddenly a mechanical claw reached up from the desk and grabbed her arm. Sheila screamed. Alice turned and saw Sheila struggling. She was about to rise when a bar shot across her lap and restrained her. Alice struggled to help Sheila. All the other students were calmly involved in the test. Sheila looked to the teacher\u2019s desk. Freddy sat in the chair, peeling an apple with his knives. \u201cSchool\u2019s out,\u201d he said. Then he headed down the aisle. Sheila\u2019s breathing became ragged. She tried to scream, but could only choke and wheeze. \u201cSave your breath,\u201d Freddy said. Alice saw Sheila lying across her desk, choking for air. The teacher and students saw her, too, and gathered around. Alice reached for Sheila\u2019s purse and withdrew the inhaler, forcing it into Sheila\u2019s mouth. But Sheila\u2019s head just drooped to one side and she stopped breathing. Everyone was in shock. \u201cI\u2019ll get the nurse,\u201d the teacher said, rushing from the room. Sheila\u2019s home-made zapper fell out of her purse. Alice quickly scooped it up. Then she became hysterical. \u201cDidn\u2019t you see it? He was here! It\u2019s too late for help. He killed her!\u201d Everyone stared at her strangely. As Alice wept, Rick led her carefully from the classroom. The other students stood around Sheila, wondering what they could do. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alice stood emotionless in the parking lot with her friends as she watched the paramedics lift Sheila\u2019s covered body into a waiting ambulance. As the vehicle pulled away, it sounded its siren to part the crowd of teenagers. \u201cAsthma attack,\u201d Debbie said tearfully. \u201cWhat 17-year old has a fatal asthma attack? She was gonna be a doctor.\u201d \u201cIt was Freddy,\u201d Alice said glumly. \u201cEnough of that,\u201d Debbie snapped. \u201cI saw it,\u201d Alice said. \u201cIt was my dream. I brought Sheila in. I brought her in just like Kristen did with me.\u201d Rick touched Alice on the shoulder. \u201cC\u2019mon..\u201d Alice turned away. \u201cNo, don\u2019t! I gave Sheila to him and now she\u2019s dead!\u201d \u201cKristen\u2019s story really got to her,\u201d Dan said to Rick. \u201cI\u2019m not so sure it is a story,\u201d Rick replied. \u201cI mean, look around. We\u2019re dropping off like flies here.\u201d Alice walked away. No one said a word. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That night, Alice bolted awake in bed, sweaty and short of breath from a nightmare she had about her father. Rick burst in and hit the lights. \u201cI heard you screaming,\u201d he said. \u201cWas it a bad one?\u201d \u201cIt was bad,\u201d Alice said. \u201cDoesn\u2019t the dream master work for you anymore?\u201d \u201cI can\u2019t find him.\u201d Rick noticed Sheila\u2019s gadget on the vanity and picked it up. \u201cHey, since when do you play Thomas Edison? This looks like Sheila\u2019s.\u201d \u201cIt is&#8230; was. It\u2019s a zapper. It might help me stay awake.\u201d \u201cYeah, or turn you into toast.\u201d Alice snatched it from him and hung it by its wires on the mirror frame. \u201cI can\u2019t go to sleep again.\u201d \u201cI haven\u2019t slept much, either,\u201d Rick said, \u201csince Kristen&#8230;\u201d Alice looked sympathetically at her brother. \u201cI miss her, too. She gave me her ability, but I don\u2019t know how to use it. I can bring people into my dreams, but I can\u2019t protect them. Freddy lives in my dreams, Rick\u2014like he did with Kristen. My dreams\u2014the one thing I had to myself!\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ll figure it out,\u201d Rick said. \u201cFigure it out? I\u2019ll be insane before I figure it out. The only thing I\u2019m sure of is that I can\u2019t go to sleep. Not while he\u2019s using me.\u201d \u201cThen we\u2019ll stay up together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-adaptation-excerpts-4\/\">Chapter 4<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-adaptation-excerpts-6\/\">Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adapted by Bob Italia Transcribed by Rob Nimmo FIVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,339],"class_list":["post-6089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merchandise","tag-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master","tag-bob-italia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6264,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions\/6264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}