A Nightmare on Elm Street: Perchance to Dream by Natasha Rhodes

Author:Natasha Rhodes [Rhodes, Natasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781844163229
Amazon: 1844163229
Publisher: Black Flame
Published: 2006-02-26T11:00:00+00:00

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The wind ruffled Jacob's blood-caked hair as he gunned the Kawasaki down the dark highway, leaving the town center far behind him. The orange street lights of the highway washed over his face—dark, light, dark, light. He had long since stopped feeling the cold of the night, and now all he could feel was the rumble of the road beneath him and the tension in his arms as he gripped the handlebars, squeezing them tight in a vain attempt to get the screaming out of his head.

His bloodstained gown was gone, and in its place were a pair of black trousers, belted at the waist, and a white vest top with the police department's official seal stamped across the chest. His feet were snug inside a pair of thick-soled army boots, which were a couple of sizes too big but still serviceable. Patches of dried blood adhered to his forearms, but he'd scraped his hair back off his face with a rubber band, and now looked almost presentable.

If not entirely sane.

Jacob glanced into his rearview mirror, then shrugged his shoulders to readjust the backpack slung across his shoulders. The bag contained his two new pistols wrapped in a tan jacket, a couple of boxes of ammo and a box of Crispy Cream doughnuts that he'd found on the back seat of the second cop car.

For the first time in over five years, he had a purpose.

The glove box of the cop car had provided him with more than enough quarters to call a cellphone. Kane's voice on the other end had been strained, but Jacob had a very strong feeling that he'd been expecting his call. They'd spoken briefly and then Kane had given him the address of a nearby strip joint, with strict instructions to ring him again from a call box across the street before entering the parking lot.

He hadn't said anything about Freddy.

Jacob stared ahead at the road while his head swam with a thousand conflicting thoughts. Why had Kane helped him escape? What did he want? How had he managed to smuggle the gun in past security at Westin?

Something nagged at Jacob's attention, and his focus snapped back to the road. The Kawasaki was slowing down, the engine whining as though something was dragging behind the bike. Jacob glanced into the rearview mirror, but saw nothing.

He applied the brake, then twisted the throttle again. The engine snarled at him and the bike jumped, its frame rattling as though it were being pelted by invisible blows.

Seriously freaked out, Jacob braked again and edged the bike into the slow lane. They were approaching Springwood's town limits and he was going slower and slower by the second. He peeked at the dials in front of him—he had almost a full tank of gas, so why was he slowing down?

It was almost as if the bike didn't want to go any further.

A road sign loomed in the darkness and a very familiar name jumped out at Jacob. A shock of realization passed through him.

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