A Night at the Movies

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, duh.


The Titans walked into the living room, falling on the couch in exhaustion. Element came in after them, sitting right at the end, arms up on the back of the chair. Unlike the rest, he looked completely fine, his breathing wasn't even hard.

"You guys okay? You all look beat."

Cyborg stuck up his head, with effort, it looked like. "Well maybe we wouldn't be beat, if you hadn't destroyed the obstacle course.

See, after Element used the obstacle course, and destroyed it, as is evident, the other Titans had to use the indoor training facility, which was obviously pretty difficult.

"I already said I'm sorry, and besides, I'm sure that you would be just as tired if you used the course. I mean, come on, I'm lucky I got through the last part."

"You're right, you're right man, I'm just a little upset. I mean, I spent a lot of time building the thing. It's going to be hell putting it back together."

Beast Boy raised his hand, and like Cyborg, with effort. "I'd like to declare a new rule, Element never goes on our training courses again."

The room was treated from a round of "hear, hear."

"Hey, even I agree to that." Element added as soon as they chorus stopped. "So, guys, what should we do for the rest of the day?"

Robin shakily sat up, "Something simple, that doesn't require a lot of energy, like running or jumping." The whole group of teens laughed at this, coming from Robin, except, of course, Raven.

It was Starfire's turn to struggle to move, "Maybe we should participate in the act of watching movies?"

Element gazed at her with an admiring glance, "That's a good idea, who votes on Starfire's idea." Every hand in the room raised up. "Alright, it's settled, I'll go get the movie guide, you guys can look through. I don't care what movie you guys pick, you deserve to see whatever you want." He got up and walked over to where they kept the guide to movies and other stuff. When he returned and gave Beast Boy the paper, Beast Boy's arm shook with the effort to keep the paper in place.


When the T car drove into the parking lot, night had already fallen, since Beast Boy and Cyborg chose a movie showing at a later time. They were all able to get out of the car without effort, the break doing them good. Element flew down next to them, landing softly next to Raven. "So, what movie are we seeing?" Raven started to open her mouth. "Wait, I want it kept a surprise, tell me when we sit down in our seats.

As Robin was ordering the tickets, the rest of the Titans went in the lobby to wait for him. Cyborg and Beast Boy were over near the concessions, arguing whether to get a large popcorn or super-size popcorn.

While all this was happening, Element walked over to Raven. "So..."

"I'm not telling you the Title, you'll have to wait."

Element chuckled at that, "I wasn't going to ask for that, I wanted to know the genre. What is it, action, comedy, romance?" He said the last part with a little "accent" to it and a smirk.

"I don't see how that's going to hurt, horror."

The smirk was wiped clean off his face, his eyes widened a little bit, and it looked like his face paled a little. "H-horror?"

"Yeah, anything wrong?"

"No, nothing," he said a little fast with a far off daze.

Robin walked in holding a handful of tickets, "Okay, guys, I got them, let's head in."

As they moved, Element followed behind them, moving a little shakier than before. As they entered the theater, they all moved to the top row. Robin was in the seat next to the aisle, with Starfire sitting next to him. Beast Boy and Cyborg were right next to them, already tearing away at the super-size popcorn. At the end was Raven, and seeing that the only spot left was next to her, Element sat down. The lights dimmed and the movie started.


After an hour into the movie, Raven was in a strange position. Every time something frightened her she would jump a little. She refused to scream, but did admit to herself that she was afraid, cause she new what would happen if she didn't. For some strange reason that she couldn't ponder, in the beginning of the movie, when she started to get scared, she scooted close to Element. She could understand choosing him over Beast Boy, but still, she could have just stayed where she was.

She refused to look at him, thinking that it would be extremely awkward. But at the half way point, she decided to look at every one and see how they were doing. Robin had his hands over Starfire's shoulder, not even paying attention to the movie, while Starfire had her hands around him. No surprise there, they do it every move, even comedy, I mean come ON! She found Cyborg and Beast Boy just staring at the screen, popcorn forgotten, well, not forgotten, just completely eaten. Their mouths were agape and their eyes were wide with a horrified fascination. Finally she turned to Element, compared to Beast Boy and Cyborg she thought he'd be taking it all in calmly. What she saw shocked her bigger than anything she'd seen before.

What she first noticed was his face, his eyes were completely shut, being forced to stay closed, it looked like not even a crowbar could open them. His breathing was very deep, slow, and shaky. The color of his face was deathly pale, and it was shaking, actually, his whole body was shaking. His knuckles were pure white from gripping the armrests extremely hard, she was surprised that he hadn't crushed them yet.

Suddenly, a high pitched scream from the movie shouted and he jumped in his seat a foot high. He was afraid, truly afraid, she'd never seen fear like this before. Partly out of a little pity, partly out of a worry out of might happen with his powers, and partly out of the same odd feeling she got when she scooted closer to him, Raven laid her hand on top of his.

When he felt the hand on his, Element flinched, he started to shake more, got even more paler, and his breaths got deeper. He opened his right eye, wildly looking to see what's happening. When he saw that it was just Raven he was obviously relieved. An almost complete change took over him, he didn't shake as much, his eyes opened up, his breathing was more normal, he let go of his grip of the chair, and his skin darkened back to almost his regular color.

Slowly, shakily, he took his hand and gripped Raven's, not hard, but gentle. He smiled at her, and she smiled back, until another scream racked the place, and they both flinched. Throughout the rest of the movie they both sat there, flinching from time to time, but otherwise okay.


The doors of the theater opened, Robin and Starfire were still together, Robin's arm still on Starfire's shoulder. Cyborg and Beast Boy were discussing all of the coolest parts of the movie. Raven then walked out, with Element following calmly, though a little shaky, behind her.

"Hey, Raven?"

"Yeah?"

"Um, I just, uh, wanted to say, well, thanks."

Raven had a little smile on her face, "It's okay, I know what it's like to be afraid, everyone does. But I don't think that anyone I know has ever been as afraid as you were back there." Element looked a little insulted. "I'm not trying to insult you, I'm just saying that when I saw you like that, I knew I should have done something."

"Well, thanks again." Raven started to walk away. "Wait, one more thing, when we get back can you and I meditate straight away?" He laughed at his own joke, even drawing a chuckle from Raven.

Suddenly Beast Boy stopped where he was and whipped around, "What? You laughed, ah man, I've been working god knows how long and got NOTHING out of her!"


I hope you all really liked this chapter, it's definitely one of my favorites. How'd you like Beast Boy's line? I thought it'd be a funny thing to add. First, I'd like to respond to Tamaranean Angel. I don't see how you don't get Ch. 5, it hints at something and tells a little about Element. But I'm glad that you know Element's not a copy. But I was wondering how I could copy from you when you haven't written any stories? Okay, that's all I have, so, you know the drill, read and review.