Teen Titans © DC Comics

Elementals

How the heck did she end up on his chest?

Jinx reeled up in shock, practically falling off the bed and stared at Kid Flash's sleeping form in horror. Her eyes seemed to grow wider with every millisecond, and she appeared ready to have a panic attack. Jinx rubbed her eyes, and they were still dilated.

Oh, right. I had to sleep with him. Blasted H'san Natall. Stupid Argent with her problems. Why couldn't she have been a semi-normal human like me? she thought venomously, placing her shoes on.

An arm suddenly wrapped around her waist, and she yelped, being dragged down. Jinx snapped her head to find Kid Flash smiling dashingly to her. He chuckled at her flustered gape, and he swooped down with a quiet kiss to her forehead.

"Good morning, my darling," he sneered.

"You-I-That-You…" Jinx trailed off, realizing how foolish she sounded. Clearing her throat, she hexed him straight out of the bed and frowned as he slumped onto the floor. "Don't do that."

"Aw, c'mon, Jinxie, my love." Kid Flash shoved his boots on, darted right in front of her, kneeling, and grinned. "I wasn't the one who cuddled you into me. You did that all on your own."

Jinx attempted to kick him in the face when he leaped into the air and flipped over her. He skipped over to the front door as she continued to hex his face off. Sneering, he proclaimed that they should wake the others and hopped out the door seconds before the door fell on him.

"I don't know why I put up with this idiot," she muttered, following him out.

"Ya put with me because you're hiding your real feelings for me."

"Shut up!"

They approached Thunder and Argent's room, watching a very awkward scene play out when they peeked in through the door.

"I…did…not…touch…your…chest…intentionally" Thunder evenly growled, glowering down to Argent who glared back. "It is obvious that my hand simply fell over you as we slumbered."

"Uh huh. Sure. Look, Thunder, I'm not dumb. I've been through this before," she hissed.

"What do you mean by that?" he asked in shocked concern, cutting her off.

Argent became deathly quiet. Thunder stared at her with a slight gape until Argent turned away from him. In a quick second, she bopped Thunder over the head with a hammer made out of her plasma repeatedly. Yelping, Thunder covered his head with his hands and shouted at her to stop.

"Are you gonna apologize?" she demanded, still hitting him.

"For something I cannot control, but if you wish it…" Thunder sighed, and Argent kept the hammer over his head "…I am sorry…"

Argent smiled broadly, nodding and depleted her energy. "Okay! We're good."

Thunder sighed in relief, shaking his head before noticing Jinx and Kid Flash spying on them. "Well, good morning to you."

"And an even greater morning to you, buddy," Kid Flash jeered. "So, touched Argent's boobs, huh?"

"I was sleeping," Thunder quickly cried, waving his hands.

Kid Flash nodded with a sly smirk. "Riiight, I got it. Anyway, we gotta go and wake Kole and Lightning up."

The four turned and suddenly yelped, finding a very, very, very angry Tamaranean prince in front of them. Wildfire practically had fire erupting around his head, and he breathed heavily threw his nose and growled, teeth gnashing together.

"…Um…um…Wildfire?" Jinx started before Wildfire groaned wearily and leaned into Kid Flash for support. "You okay?"

"I could not get any sleep," he mumbled.

"Why?" Kid Flash asked, straightening him.

"I was kicked off the bed repeatedly before I ended up sleeping on the cold, uncomfortable floor."

"Was it by the foot of my brother?" Thunder questioned in slight exasperation.

"…Both him and Kole. Right now…they are…" Wildfire bit back a curse and growled like a demon. "…snuggling."

"Oh, this I gotta see," Argent giddily replied, flying off with the others behind her.

Kid Flash hesitated, noticing Wildfire's downing sigh. Placing a hand on the younger boy's head, he smiled. "Hey, man. It's cool. Don't fret if Kole is snuggling with Lightning. Wait, why'd you let Lightning sleep with her anyway?"

"The way he worded his case on how foolish we were acting by letting our selfish desires get in the way of our mission truly was, well, stupid," Wildfire explained and Kid Flash nodded empathetically. "I only wish her happiness and love, but…if that idiot Lightning makes her cry, I will cut him."

Kid Flash cringed at the murderous glower Wildfire wore. Both ran over to Lightning's room, and their mouths dropped. Wildfire looked ready to kill someone, and that someone was Lightning.

Their arms were wrapped around each other, and Kole was snuggled into Lightning. Tiny smiles were plastered on their faces. The blanket was wrapped up to their waists, revealing their chests were touching, and heads inclined towards each other.

"…Oh, my God. This is best scene I have ever seen in my life," Argent muttered. "Everyone, you need take your communicators, put it on camera and take pictures."

Took pictures they did, later to be used as blackmail or to post on the internet to make Lightning and Kole seem like an official couple. It was also to make Robin and Starfire seem like they were simply holding hands instead of sleeping together like Lightning and Kole.

"…Why must you all mock me?" Wildfire muttered sadly as the four Titans smiled deviously.

Jinx gasped. "They're waking up! We gotta go!"

The four dashed off, but Thunder snatched Wildfire's ponytail and dragged him away much to his chagrin. Lightning groaned slightly, eyes slightly blinking to life. Rubbing his eyes, Lightning grasped whatever was clinging to him rather tightly and realized who was lying next to him.

"…Wow," he mused.

Kole woke up instantly, finding their faces to be nearly touching. Both reeled away from each other, sitting up with their knees touching their chests. They remained silent for a few moments, occasionally glancing over to each other.

"You!" they shouted simultaneously and stopped. Looking away, they muttered, "What?"

"Um…you know how we got like that?" she asked.

Lightning shook his head. "I suppose…our subconscious merely took over as we slept."

Kole nodded, glancing back over to him and grinned. "Well, it was sorta nice."

"Indeed." Lightning smiled over to her gently before looking down to the bed's edge. "Where is Wildfire?"

She shrugged, and they both stood up, and Lightning's eyes trailed down to her skirt that so happened to be rolled up and stuck inside her light blue underwear. His mouth opened, staring at her flawless legs. Gasping, Kole tucked her skirt back down and aimed a large stake of crystal to Lightning's head.

"You pervert!" she shrieked, tossing the crystal stake at him.

"Hsuan!" Lightning wailed, flying away just in time. "It is not my fault you are capable of wardrobe malfunctions!"

Kid Flash dashed into the room, stepping between the flustered duo with his hands raised. "Okay, enough of that! We already saw you guys being all cute together in bed so don't ruin that."

Lightning left the room with most of his dignity intact. Greeting his snickering brother, he instantly frowned. "Hand over your communicator. The photograph you took of Kole and I shall be blasphemy."

"Against Hsuan? Dear brother, you speak nonsense," Thunder sneered.

"…Give me the blasted communicator before I blast you!" he shrieked, clutching Thunder's armor and charged up his hand.

"Enough."

The dry voice of Jinx cut between them, and she revealed the photograph of Lightning and Kole snuggling. Lightning's mouth dropped to the floor. Making a wild grab, he fumed as Jinx nimbly leaped over him.

"Accursed witch," Lightning grumbled, crossing his arms. Feeling a tug at his armor, he looked down and wished he had not.

Wildfire was streaming. If possible, smoke would have been spewing from his fiery hair. Jabbing an accusing finger, he snarled, "Voyeur!"

"That is not of any language I have heard of! You are making words up!" Lightning barked.

Kole popped up next to Lightning. "When Wildfire kissed me, he learned all of the languages I know: English and a little bit of French."

Lightning frowned deeply. "Feh. What is that word's meaning?"

"A creep! A pervert! A voyeur!" Wildfire shouted, glaring at him. "The lewd act of that oh-so cuddly embrace must be punished!"

Thunder placed a restraining hand on Wildfire's shoulder. Glaring back at the blue elemental, the prince gulped immediately. Thunder's smile was tightly sewn to his face, and his grip tightened like a bear claw on prey. Wildfire fidgeted, meekly whimpering as Thunder's small eyes locked onto his emerald orbs.

"Now, my young friend, you were not about to harm my brother, no?" he questioned darkly.

Wildfire cringed, slowly shaking his head.

"Marvelous!" Thunder jeered happily, releasing him.

Lightning smirked as Wildfire trembled. Thank you, brother.

You are very welcome, Thunder thought back.

"What time is it?" Kid Flash asked suddenly, running back. "It tried to read their clocks, but they're all wonky."

Argent sighed, shrugging. "King Ch'ah wanted us for dinner. We've rested, and we're ready and eager to go. C'mon, guys and girls, don't wanna let the good king down."

Thunder watched her swiftness as she flew off at a pace for them all to follow. While the others went straight ahead, he hesitated and summoned his cloud. Hopping on uncertainly, he went behind the group, but his mind was plagued with troublesome worry. His thoughts rounded on the other H'san Natall hybrids. He knew they were being controlled, but how they speak, how they acted, Thunder believed their minds had been poisoned. King Ch'ah and Prysm's control on them must have heightened to a point of omnipotent rule over their thoughts, not just their bodies. Yet, what if one of his friends, the humans and Wildfire, were caught?

Thunder paused to think. If the controllers, the black collars Hot Spot and Risk donned, were the cause of their sickness, could he not just remove them? Alternatively, had their minds already been lost, and there was no return? Biting his lip in terror, Thunder glanced over his shoulder, but found no one. Believing his mind to be playing tricks o him, Thunder dotingly followed his friends.

"They're up, sire," Risk reported, hiding in a hallway with a small microphone by his mouth that was attached to a device in his ear.

"Excellent. I'll just have to keep them company with my daughter," the king sneered into his ear. "Fetch Hot Spot and Fringe. Set up the videos. First of the brothers and then of Miss Monetti."

"Yes, sire," Risk replied, cutting the connection. He smirked, pocketing his headset. "The Titans won't know what hit 'em. People, you heard the king. Let's get to work."

Fringe and Hot Spot nodded, coming out of darkened hallways. In his powered-up form, Hot Spot took to the skies with a grin. "You're right, Driscoll. They won't know what hit 'em."

"Welcome, welcome," King Ch'ah greeted amicably.

"Shove your greeting up your-"

"Kid Flash," Argent warned, glaring over to him.

"Whatever," he muttered.

Ch'ah frowned to a split second before resuming his regal stature. "Petty insults mean nothing to me."

But being an egotistical jerk does, Jinx thought bitterly, rolling her eyes.

Prysm flew over to her father. All of them were no in the king's throne room where they originally met Ch'ah. Argent glared over to her, and the princess quirkily smiled back. She flinched at Argent's cold glower, feeling a tint of flushed red overcome her body. Regaining her composure, Prysm knelt before her father, bowing her head respectfully and humbly, stating the dinner was prepared.

"Wonderful! Rise, daughter…" When she did, he smirked. "…and we shall feast on this glorious occasion to celebrate."

"What exactly are giving cheer over?" Thunder asked suspiciously.

"Why, the H'san Natall hybrids reuniting, of course," Ch'ah explained.

"If that were true, the other three would be here," Kid Flash snapped. "What about the rest of us that aren't?"

A grim expression dampened the king's blissful mood. "You are valuable friends to our hybrids. Your stay will be brief."

"What's that mean?" Kole demanded.

Ch'ah stepped past them, walking towards the center of the room where the large, New York block-sized table was laid out. Several fully clothed from their heads to their feet or whatever was done there. Their clothing was a leather garment with splotches of random color that they all deducted was blood from some unwilling animal. A massive white cloth adorned the table, covering the food as they stepped up to it.

"…For some reason that I really can't understand, I've got a feeling we're gonna drink pig's blood," Kid Flash murmured.

"Agreed," Wildfire acquiesced.

"Chefs!" Ch'ah commanded. "Remove the cloth!"

Jinx groaned. "If it's anything like Tamaran, I'm going to barf."

"How rude!" Wildfire indignantly cried.

"What? You guys eat so barbarically," she pointed out.

"She speaks the truth," Thunder chirped. "…Argent?"

Argent, who had been in her own little, chaotic world, gasped and took to attention. "Oh, sorry, blue boy. What's up?"

"It is nothing, but does anything trouble you?" he asked in concern.

"Something's up," she whispered as the chefs gathered around the tablecloth.

Thunder lowered his voice to a soft, musing tone. "How so?"

"Nothing feels right. My skin's crawling and itching. I think…I think I'm actually…"

"What?"

"…scared. It's like I know something's going to happen, something's gonna come up, but I can't figure it out…"

Thunder gently smiled with black orbs capturing her ruby gems. Giving her shoulder a light, reassuring squeeze, he muttered, "Everything shall work out for the better, my dear, Argent. We will all be safe."

Argent looked up at him with reluctance before managing a grin. "I guess you're right. Thanks for the little pep talk, blue boy."

He smiled. "Anytime."

"…Ew," Jinx whimpered, staring at the flourished table filled with food. "It's worse than I thought. It's like a drive-thru gone so wrong."

Scattered through the table were many assorted golden buckets filled with what appeared to be the black breast of chicken along with night sky colored soup. For drinks, there was an ebony liquid in silver cups.

"It's like moldy KFC," Kid Flash commented with a green tint.

"Do not be discouraged, young ones. They food is delicious," Ch'ah urged, clamping his hands down onto Lightning and Kid Flash's shoulders.

"And quite a party it will be," Prysm added cheerily.

Her tone's disgusting, Argent cynically thought as silver chairs came up from underneath the floor. Prysm…Audrey was never like this. I guess she really is Daddy's Little Girl. She did try to do us in before. I should've known this would happen. Stupid Audrey. What kind of name is 'Audrey' anyway? Sounds like a name for a mutt.

"Sit, sit down," Ch'ah happily ordered as a small throne chair popped up, decorated in jewels and fine, rich linens. Adjusting himself in his seat, another came beside him for Prysm. Once she sat at his side, he narrowed his eyes down to the Titans, and they reluctantly sat in the chairs presented. "Now, that everyone is accustomed to their seats, our dinner show will begin."

"What dinner show?" Jinx questioned, refusing to touch the food.

"You believe you know the Storm Twins, bringers of thunder and lightning in order to conjure the rain, correct?" Prysm asked as Thunder and Lightning became deathly silent.

"What vileness are you planning?" Lightning hissed.

"How do you know what we call ourselves fully?" Thunder slowly wondered.

Ch'ah grinned. "I shall answer, daughter. Walter Williams, your father, told me all about his beloved sons before they turned around and murdered him. He watched you two grow by those." He pointed down to their wrists. "The bracelets have a transmitter and a camera built inside to monitor you for the majority of your lives."

"You spied on them? How…low," Argent snarled, biting a black delicacy. "You never did that for the rest of us."

"There was no need, too. Walter was there to watch you all and ensure you were all transported here, but Thunder and Lightning weren't as they doing there own damage by having 'fun'. Still, the decision to spy on them was wise," Prysm interjected.

"We were able to watch you both grow, but we lost track after you two encountered the Teen Titans. When Cyborg's sonic cannon connected with Thunder's fist, the electrical current along with Thunder's namesake, deactivated the bracelet. Later, when Thunder struck Lightning on the same day, the same issue occurred. Both incidents happened the day you both turned fifteen, and that was the day you were to be transported here. Very…unfortunate to how the Titans interfered and turned the two of you into little responsible boys," Ch'ah informed.

"My brother and I were humbled that day. We are very pleased with ourselves now," Thunder retorted quickly as Lightning glared at the king.

"I see, but your past was very intriguing to watch over." Ch'ah pulled out a remote and pressed a button. A large screen came down slowly from above, and it stopped at the opposite foot of the table with an ominous black hue.

Brother, I believe I prefer Tamaran's feast far more than this one, Thunder thought in worry.

It cannot be so horrid, my brother. Wait…is that…? Lightning trailed off, mouth opening in surprise.

"…Oh, my gosh," Jinx muttered.

Kole squealed loudly, smiling brightly. "Man, Zap! You're so cute as a kid!"

"Yeah, they look…normal. I like 'em the way they are now," Kid Flash commented, blinking in surprise. "I can't even tell them apart."

Thunder and Lightning really wanted to shoot themselves. The screen exposed a gargantuan view version of Thunder and Lightning when they were Gan and Tavis Williams at the age of eight. The then-normal brothers donned blue and yellow karate uniforms with black hair and eyes. They were speaking for a few moments before getting into a fight that Tavis won through cheating.

"That was an unfair tactic!" Wildfire cried.

"Shut up! No one desires to hear your thoughts on our past!" Lightning snapped, silencing the Tamaranean.

Lightning's outburst surprised them all as he attempted to throw one of his electrical blasts. Prysm dashed in front of him, absorbing the blast and redirected it back at him. Lightning gasped, staring at his own beam coming back with a vengeance until Kole leaped onto the table and crystallized herself. Electricity surged through her and remained there until she thrust out her hands, and the blast was sent off in twin spirals. Opposed to Prysm's blank look, Kole sympathetically looked back to Lightning who stood just as aghast as the princess.

"You're okay, right?" she asked, stepping back into her seat.

"I…am," he replied uncertainly. "You saved me…Thank you."

The rose-haired heroine grinned cheekily. "Next time, don't overreact to a comment."

Snorting, he crossed his arms and glared at her. "Do not patronize Lightning."

"Zap, why do you refer to yourself in the third person?"

"'Third person'?"

Kole smirked. "It means you call yourself by your first name, not I or me. It sounds kinda strange and cool at the same time."

Lightning blankly stared at her and smiled very slightly, and it could have been misinterpreted as a sly smirk. "I am very…intrigued by your response."

"Shut the heck up, guys! I wanna watch this! We can learn about T and L for the first time in a few months," Kid Flash barked.

"Why?" Thunder inquired.

"Because I love you guys. You're awesome. Like, like so awesome that I want to go and give you a hug right now because you're that awesome."

Thunder and Lightning slowly looked over to Kid Flash who was simply grinning from ear to ear. The brothers quietly faced each other in blunt surprise, and Lightning sat back down.

"I wish to go back and watch our past be retold," Lightning murmured, glancing over to King Ch'ah who grinned bemusedly and pressed the play button once more.

Thus, their lives were played on a screen like a play. It was a tragedy, but also a comedy of brothers who fought through the world to find their places. They were rascals, but noblemen who knew when to stop their sense of 'fun'. They watched their exile, their separation from their mother, to meeting Chan To and his wise and amusing ways who became their father. The happiness for five years was not meant to last, however, as no happiness was for them, it seemed. His death tolled heavily on them, forcing them out into the world once more, alone, scared, but with each other forever. Nothing would break them apart, it seemed. Even later, as they strived out in their fifteenth year of life, they encountered the boy who would change: the green one, Beast Boy. Then, as the blasts that impaled their bracelets, they all remained silent as the screen turned to static.

Lightning was trembling, shivering like from a sudden chill. The yellow elemental gripped his knees, quietly taking in uneven breaths. Watching Chan die all over again tormented him. His father murdered him, but he still felt some sort of semblance of love for Walter, who repented in the end. Still, his heart ached and beat erratically as he attempted to come to terms with his inner turmoil.

Thunder placed his hand onto his shoulder, whispering, "It is fine, brother. We have overcome this."

"I am fine, brother," Lightning reassured, nodding for a few moments. "It will all be fine now. We have overcome as you wisely placed it."

The other Titans were silent, staring at the somber brothers. Kid Flash suddenly dashed over and hugged them both tightly. Thunder froze, and Lightning's eyes widened in surprise as Kid Flash backed away, wiping his eyes.

"That's so sad," he muttered in a near silent tone. "That's way worse than my junior high's burrito incident. I mean, yeah, I knew the gist of it, but seeing all of that…sitting on my butt for thirty minutes…it was so hard. Man, I got nothing on you two."

"It is…better now, Wallace," Lightning soothed, rubbing his forearm sheepishly.

"…Your name is Wallace?" Thunder asked as Kid Flash glared over to Lightning. "…Really? It is Wallace?"

"There's nothing wrong with my name!" Kid Flash quickly blurted.

Jinx quietly clapped for them, lowering her head in respect. "I had no idea…Maybe I should stop stealing their armor and dying it pink."

"…That was you?" Lightning demanded haughtily, charging up his hand.

"You heard that? Whoops, sorry," Jinx murmured, glancing away with a sheepish shrug.

Wildfire flew out of his chair and glommed onto Lightning, and nearly broke his back in the hug, a trait he acquired from Starfire. Looking over to Thunder who flinched, he embraced the blue elemental just as tightly, resulting in a sickening crack. Thunder grunted painfully, falling over and cringed as Lightning knelt down and poked him.

"You two have suffered through so much!" Wildfire cried, bulbous tears streaming down his face. "I feel so ashamed! I have mocked Lightning without knowing him, and I am so sorry!"

Lightning stood up, gently patting Wildfire's head as he continued hug and sob into his chest. "It is better now, like I stated a few times previously. Do not fret any longer, Wildfire."

Kole and Argent looked to each other and gave a subtle nod. Both went towards the brothers and shoved Kid Flash and Wildfire out of the way and stared down to them. Thunder opened his mouth to speak when Argent kissed his forehead. Thunder just sat there on the floor with his mouth slacking.

"…What of myself?" Lightning pouted as Kole simply ruffled his hair.

"Don't worry, you'll get something soon," Kole snickered and hugged him.

Wildfire felt a twinge of jealously, but he kept his mind strong. Looking over to the king and princess, he asked, "We have seen their past, but what was the purpose of it?"

"But who said the dinner show was over?" Ch'ah questioned, raising everyone's eyebrows, except Prysm's.

"What else do you have planned?" Argent hissed.

"Simply a meeting between young ones before they 'met' in the Titans. Otherwise known as Thunder's first love," Prysm sneered.

Sorry, school got in the way of updating, so it may take a little while for the next few updates. Please, review!