Chapter 5: The Powers of Darkness

"Raven, are you coming," Starfire smiled, and asked her, "Do the club with us, won't you?"

"It's called clubbing, Starfire, and no, I'm not much for the dance scene," Raven replied, and began walking to her room.

Star's eyes teared up, and her mouth became a frown. Robin and Beast Boy ran over to her, to calm her.

"Star, come on. Don't get sad now. We are going to go, so we can get our minds off those dreams. Raven hasn't had any, and even so, if she doesn't want to go, she doesn't have to," Robin told her.

Star wiped a tear away, and smiled at him.

"Then go we shall!" she exclaimed, and jumped into the air.

Cyborg jingled the keys to the T-car, making them all look up at him.

"Well, then lets go!" he smiled, and took off running down the hall.

"I got shotgun!" B.B. said, and took off running after Cy, but stopped suddenly by Raven's room. "Raven, are you sure," he said, staring at the closed door, "I'd like you to."

"No, I don't want to. Now, please, go away," Raven said from inside.

Beast Boy frowned, and continued on towards the elevator to the garage. With a quick look back, he went down to meet the others that were waiting.

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Two hours later, the others were still out, and Raven sat quietly in her room. She hadn't slept in two days and was growing quite weary as she continued to meditate. Her head pounded, and she finally, after a brief struggle to stay awake, decided to go to bed. She set the alarm on her clock, and proceeded to lie down. All thoughts about what her friends had said left her, and she was soon sleeping soundly.

"Little Raven, my last tester. I have looked forward to meeting you, and your...powers," a voice said, sounding as if it came from everywhere at once.

Raven was walking down and old street, in the suburbs of an unknown town. She looked at the street sign, trying to see if it gave an clues to her location.

"Elm Street," she said in an unfeeling tone, "Like I haven't heard that street name before, and it's not like there aren't a hundred more out there."

"Very predictable," the voice said, "From my observations of you, you don't seem to show much interest in anything."

"You've been watching me?" she asked.

"I have, and all your friends, but you seem to be the one I'm most interested in. You will be the one that will defeat him for me."

"Whose him?" Raven questioned.

"Oh, you'll find out in due time," the voice said.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning struck which made Raven jump somewhat. She looked around, seeing nothing unordinary, and turned back forward. Suddenly, three small girls were there, jumping rope.

"One, Two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four better lock your door. Five, six grab a crucifix. Seven, eight better stay up late. Nine, ten, never sleep again," the children sang.

Raven backed away, disturbed by the site of what she was seeing. A second flash of lightning light up the surroundings, but when she looked to where the girls were, they were no longer there. This time, however, a man was standing at the end. Raven suddenly felt afraid, for the first time in a great while. The man came closer, and revealed his claws on his right hand with a flick of his wrist.

"Azaroth Metrion Zinthos!" Raven shouted, and shot a black ray of energy at the man.

It struck him dead in the chest, and he fell over. He started to stand, then fell back onto his knees. The man looked up, but not in pain. Raven could clearly see a smile on his face, even after such an attack.

"Ah, that felt great," he laughed, "I can't take much more of that," he snickered again, and looked at Raven evilly.

"What are you!" Raven screamed at him.

"The names Freddy Krueger, and I'm here to kill you bitch," he laughed.

"No!" Raven gasped, and began to back away.

She turned to run, and suddenly, Krueger was standing right there, in front of her. He raised his claws, and brought them down near her chest. She screamed as the tips scrapped across her chest.

"Raven!" a voice yelled, waking her up.

"Help me!" she screamed, and sprang up.

Somewhere in the garage, something exploded. Cyborg let out a yell somewhere else as well.

"Raven, are you ok?" Beast boy asked, looking down at her chest, and four long, not too deep cuts across her chest.

"I'm...fine," she breathed a heavy sigh, "Thanks," she continued, and gave a small smile at B.B.

"Are none of us safe?" B.B. asked.

"I don't know," Raven said, and frowned.

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"I got a little bit ahead of myself," Freddy groaned, thinking of what he had almost done. "She is the one I want, the one with the powers of darkness I can use to destroy Voorhees once and for all. Some of those others I might have use for, but I can do away with them," he sneered, and paced his boiler room. "I can't help but want to kill. It's been a year, and I can't return to Elm Street yet, like nothing happened. Jason has to know I am the only undead killer on this earth, and that means he cannot stay here. Hell has plenty of room, and that is where I intend to put him!" Freddy laughed, and disappeared deep inside his realm.

(Author's Note: Thanks for the review, NNY273000. I took your advice and added some better Freddy dialogue. I recently re-watched Freddy vs. Jason, and I see how my dialogue was a little less dark and such. Anyway, though, I might redo the first chapter soon, after a couple more updates. For some more dialogue options, I think I'll go re-watch all of my Nightmare movies again. )