A New Killer Is Born

Chapter 4: Going To The Hospital PART I

(Author's Note: A Picture of what Erik looks like on the side. And just a reminder, I don't own anything except Ashley Voorhees, Erik and Melissa)

“Hey! What do we have here?”, the boy smiled down at me.
He was a tall man, who had short brown hair that looked like it was never brushed, he was shirtless and wore brown cargo shorts. I looked at his face and saw that his eyes were kind of red and his face was kind of pale. Must have been from that bottle he was drinking out of. The boy reached his hand out to me and I quickly backed away.
“Whoa! Hey hey calm down now sweetie. Where did you come from?”, the boy asked.
I looked at his hand and then back at his face. Just then, I heard someone walking from behind the boy. Happiness spread across my face as I thought it was my father coming to my rescue. I looked past the boy and felt my happiness fade away as I saw a teen girl coming over.
“Erik, what’s taking you so long?”, she questioned. Apparently, she didn’t see, but just soon as the boy stepped out of the way, her eyes landed on me
“Oh my goodness.”, she gasped. “Where did you come from hun?”
I backed up a couple steps away from them. They both were confused as I did this and this time, the girl bent down and reached one of her hands out to me.
“Hi, I’m Melissa.”, the girl smiled at me.
I starred at her and then at her hand. Was she introducing herself to me? Was she trying to be nice to me? Wait a minute, this was a trick. Teens are bad; yeah, that’s it! Teens are bad. That had to be the reason why my father killed them right?
“Honey, what’s your name?”, the boy asked this time. “Where did you come from?”
I wasn’t paying attention to them. All I could think about was my dad. Where was he when it came to times like this. Didn’t he not care that I was in trouble? Didn’t he not care that I could be killed by these teens any minute? Why hasn’t he come yet? Where was he? Why didn’t he come to my rescue?  Just then, I remembered my dream where Freddy slashed me with his blade glove. I remember looking back at my father whose head was down and he was staring at the ground while Freddy sliced me. I remember he looked like he didn’t care. He didn’t care; my dad didn’t care. If my father didn’t care about me then, when Freddy sliced my back, then he didn’t care about me now.  I was alone.
“Sweetie come with us, where gonna get you help ok?”, the boy asked, reaching towards me.
I gasped at how close he was to me and I stepped back, but this time, I tripped out a root sticking out of the ground and fell. I let out a cry as my back hit the ground. The four slashes on my back started to hurt and it started to feel wet. Oh no, please tell me I wasn’t still bleeding. The boy reached over me and I squeezed my eyes shut as I waited for him to kill me. Just then, pair of hands grabbed my arms and lifted me up and stood  me back on my feet.
“Are you ok?”, the girl asked.
Without thinking, I nodded and replied saying, “Thank you.”
The boy looked shocked and asked, “You can talk?”
I nodded.
“Hun, can you tell us how you got here and where you came from?”, the girl asked.
“I walked.”, I replied. “I was looking was my dad, but couldn’t find him. I was sleeping and…when I woke up, he wasn’t there.”
The boy and girl exchanged looks and turned back to me. The boy opened his arms and said, “Well, why don’t you stay with us for tonight and we’ll help you find your dad in the morning ok?”
Without my permission, the boy scooped me up in his arms like the way my father did, and walked me back towards his spot. Everyone looked up from what they were doing and looked at me.
“What the hell?”, one of the girls asked from the group.
“We have a little one here whose been looking for her father, but can’t find him.”, the girl said. She looked at me and smiled and rubbed my back soothingly. I winced at the pain and she noticed this as she looked at my back and gasped.
“Oh my god!”, she yelled. “Set her down Erik, set her down!”, she yelled.
The boy that was carrying me who I assume was Erik, sat me down on the grown and turned me around so that my back was facing him. I felt him lift up my shirt to expose my back. Just then, all the teens were coming over to look at my back. I heard a lot of gasps and mumbles. I couldn’t hear exactly what they were whispering about. Then, I felt my shirt being pulled down to his rightful position.
“Little girl, how did that happen. Who did that to you?”, asked a girl that was dancing with a boy from earlier.
“Freddy did it.”, I responded without even thinking.
“Who?”, asked Erik.
“Freddy.”, I replied.
All the teens looked and exchanged glances with each other and without my permission, Erik scooped me up in his arms again and carried to a truck.
“I’m taking her to the hospital.”, Erik called over his shoulder. Erik opened the passenger door and sat me in the middle.
“I’m coming with you Erik.”, I heard the girl who I assume was Melissa say. Erik opened the door a little more wide so that Melissa could sit beside me. She gave me a soft smile and I couldn’t help, but smile back.
Erik closed the door and went to the driver side. He got in, closing his door and putting his key into the ignition.
“Does your back hurt?”, Melissa asked me.
I nodded. “Not as bad as it did.”
Erik brought the truck to life and started driving out on a trail that led out to the highway. I smiled to myself, thinking that I was close to the highway after all. I remember walking with my dad out to the highway as he chased some teen down. Those were the good times.
“When was the last time you seen your dad?”, Melissa asked.
“In the boiler room.”, I replied.
I saw Erik and Melissa exchanged looks once again and this caused me to feel stupid. A boiler room? Seriously? Yeah, like anyone would believe that. I pushed that thought away and looked around inside the truck. I smiled, liking the sights of it.
“This is really pretty.”, I smiled. This was actually my first time riding in a vehicle. I mean, I see cars, trucks and other vehicles all the time, but I never been inside one. They look so small on the outside, but on the inside, there actually pretty big. A lot of gadgets and buttons to play with.
“Thank you.”, Erik smiled. “At least someone likes my good Ford.”, Erik smirked over at Melissa.
Melissa rolled her eyes and muttered Whatever.
“I honestly never been in a vehicle before.”, I said out loud. I thought about what I said and wished I never did say it.
Erik and Melissa  both gave me a look of shock and confuse faces. I couldn’t tell if they thought I was lying or if I was actually telling the truth.
“You never been in a vehicle?”, Erik asked.
I shook my head.
“But, how did you get in the woods? How did your leave you? How did…”
“I live in the woods.”, I cut him off. “My dad and I do. We live in a cabin which is big enough for the two of us. The cabin is on a camp ground, Camp Crystal Lake I think is the name of it.”, I replied.
Erik and Melissa both had fear across their faces this time and neither one of them said anything. Erik kept on driving and within ten minutes, we were at a huge building with other cars and lots and lots of people. I gasped.
“Come on, it’s going to be alright.”, Erik gave me a smile.
For the first time in my life, I actually believed this teen and let him carry me inside. Melissa followed close beside us.
“This is a hospital?”, I asked.
Erik nodded. “Yup.”
I looked at the huge building and suddenly my eyes grew big as we walked in. There was all kinds of people here. There wasn’t any teens in sight, but there was older people here.
“Excuse me nurse!”, Erik yelled, running over with me in his arms. “I have a child here who has been severely hurt.”
“I’m sorry sir, but we have other patients waiting to be…”
“Damn it! Look at her back!”, Erik yelled in anger as he sat me on the floor and lifted my shirt to expose my back to the nurse. The nurse gasped in shock and shouted out loud for a doctor to come. I looked around and saw an older man with a long white coat rush over towards the nurse. I clutched Erik’s shoulders as a feeling of fear spread over me. I haven’t been to this type of place before. Was it bad? What were they going to do to me?
The nurse said something to the doctor and the doctor looked at me.
“Follow me quickly please.”, the doctor said to Erik and Melissa. Erik held me tighter and followed close behind the doctor. We followed the doctor towards the end of the hall and he opened a door for us. Erik walked in with Melissa following close behind. Erik sat me on a cold, hard table and turned back towards the doctor.
“Is this your child?”, the doctor asked.
Erik and Melissa shook both their heads. “No sir.”, Erik replied. “We found her in the woods. Me and a group of friends were out partying in the woods next to the Camp and…we found her, well Melissa and I did.”
The doctor looked over his shoulder and at me. He had the look of disbelief. I felt chills run down my spine as I saw him walk over towards me with a needle in his hand. I gasped and clutched onto Erik’s arm without even thinking.
Erik grabbed my hands and rubbed them. “Shh, it’s going to be ok.”, Erik reassured me.
“Yeah sweetie.”, Melissa came over. “There just going to help you get better and get rid of the pain.”
I trusted their words and slowly let Erik go. I looked over towards the doctor as he came over and lifted up my shirt. I tensed as his cold hands touched my warm, bare skin.
“Oh my goodness.”, I heard the doctor say. “Dear, who did this to you?”
“Freddy.”, I replied. “But I think it was only an accident. He only did it to wake me up.”
“Ah, I see.”, the doctor mumbled. “Well, at least the bleeding had stop. It’s not as deep as you think it is, and you do need to be stitched up.”
“Stitched up?”, I asked.
The doctor nodded. “Yes dear.”
I looked at him with a confused expression and asked, “What is stitched?”
The doctor gave me a confused look and looked at Erik and Melissa who shrugged their shoulders. The doctor then looked at me and chuckled. I didn’t get it, what was so funny?
“I’ll be right back.” The doctor said.
Just as the doctor went to leave out the door, he handed some papers to Erik and told him to fill them out. The doctor left and shut the door behind him. Now it was just Melissa, Erik and I. I looked at the table that I sat on and wondered if I could lay back on it.
“What’s your name sweetie?”, Melissa asked me.
“Ashley.” I replied.
“And your last?”, Erik asked.
I shrugged. I didn’t really know my last name. Whatever my dad’s last name was, was my last name. I didn’t even know my dad’s first or last name. He never talked before so I couldn’t complain.
I heard Erik sighed as he scribbles on the papers. Once he was done, he sat the pen down on the counter and turned to Melissa and I and said, “Imma go turn these in and I’ll be back.”
Melissa shrugged and closed the door after Erik walked out. She turned to me and smiled. “So?”
I waited for her to finish the sentence, but she never did. Maybe I was supposed to say something.  What should I say?
“Um.”, I began. “I just wanted to thank you and Erik for being so nice to me and taking me here to get well.”
That sounded kind of cheesy, but something told me to thank the teens for doing this for me. It was really…nice of them.
Melissa looked at me and smiled. “You’re very welcome.”
I couldn’t think of nothing else to say so Melissa and I just stood in silence and waited for Erik or the doctor to return.