A/N: Standard Disclaimers Apply

A/N: Party on!

Chapter Nine: Thrills and Chills

The girls collapsed on Starfire's circular bed in a fit of giggles. Bee and Jinx were gasping for air, Raven smoothed down her dark hair, Donna rolled to her stomach and kicked her feet in the air, Star straightened her pajamas, and Argent tumbled off the bed. The girls laughed hysterically and Bee helped the silver-skinned girl back to her feet.

"Has anyone seen my fillings?" Argent joked. "I think that last hit I took knocked some loose."

Donna smiled broadly, "Sorry about that."

Starfire swept her cinnamon colored bangs out of her eyes. She laughed breathlessly, "That was very, very fun!"

"Oh, I know!" Argent exclaimed. "Let's tell ghost stories!"

Her suggestion was met with several pillows to the face.

"Hey!" Agent protested.

Starfire turned to the others. "Friends, I did go to the store of videos today and procured a variety of movies. We can choose from the latest horror release, or comedy, or what Beast Boy would surely call a 'chick flick.' Oh, wait! I just remembered that Raven wanted to rent a… cake beef movie?"

Raven suddenly felt everyone's incredulous eyes on her, and all she wanted to do was hide. "Thanks, Star," the pale witch mumbled, "thanks heaps."

Jinx grinned almost maliciously at Raven. "Oh, we have to do the beefcake thing."

Jinx, Argent, and Bee practically danced out of Star's room heading back to the common room. The three were already dividing their responsibilities: Argent was getting the popcorn, Bee, the sodas, and Jinx, the chips and salsa. The pink-haired sorceress grinned broadly and pulled out Cyborg's homemade "Call Out the Whole Damn Fire Brigade" salsa. She spooned out great heaps into a wide dish and poured out a bag of tortilla chips onto a platter.

"Is nothing here diet?" Bumble Bee complained as she found a case of colas in the cabinet.

Starfire flew in, rummaged around the entertainment center for the movies, and squealed in delight as she found the selection. "I have found it! Friends! We shall view The Pirates of the Black Pearl: Caribbean Curse!"

"Um, Star, it's Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl," Raven corrected as she walked into the room along side Wonder Girl.

"Ohmigod, that Orlando Bloom is too cute!" Argent cooed. "I just love him in… everything!"

Jinx swooned on the sofa dramatically, "And Johnny Depp! Mmm… yummy! I so adored Chocolat!"

"No way!" Donna exclaimed. "That's one of my favorite movies!"

Jinx perked up. "Mine too!"

The two girls sighed in unison and giggled madly. Starfire frowned as she fumbled with equipment. All the buttons looked the same, and which remote did what again? The willowy girl gnawed on her lower lip and turned toward the others. Raven rolled her violet eyes and sorted Star out.

"Huzzah!" Star exclaimed as she flew back to the sofa. "Friends! The movie is about to begin!"

Argent hurried over with a giant bowl of hot, buttery popcorn and flopped on the sofa between Donna and Jinx. Raven sat at the edge, and Star folded her long legs under as she sat in her usual place, just to the right of center. Bumble Bee sprawled across the remainder of the sofa and propped her head up with her hands.

The fun of watching a movie with friends, where each one had seen it many times was not lost on the girls. All of them but Raven sang the opening song together, and laughed airily at each other's renditions. Argent, Bee, and Starfire sighed and cooed as they saw Bloom's Will Turner make his appearance, and Donna and Jinx (and Raven, although she wouldn't admit it openly) waited for Depp's Jack Sparrow to ride in triumphantly on his sinking skiff.

Suddenly the television went to static.

"Hey!" Bee complained. "What gives?"

The picture returned, and a short, fat man with long, stringy hair and sallow eyes dressed as Jack Sparrow appeared.

"Titans!" he announced. "Your greatest nemesis-is-is-is-is has returned… again!"

The six girls, bedecked in their sleep ware, simultaneously rolled their eyes and groaned as the squatty man burst into maniacal laughter.

…..

The world slowed around the Teen Wonder as he analyzed his situation. He stupidly allowed himself to be thrown off the top deck of a four high stack of containers. If Slade had done it, Robin wouldn't have any problems, but a loser like Kitarou? Robin would contemplate that all later. He ordered his mind and looked around quickly for anything his lifeline could snag. The Titan's leader pulled out his grapple gun and fired it at a light pole. The line zipped through the air.

He missed.

The grapple line clanged against the side of the container and bounced off.

"Well," he told himself calmly, "this could suck."

…..

"Over there!"

The three gunmen turned and fired a wall of lead at the crimson clad Speedy who ran across the road, firing his bow. The arrow flew in a high, arching shot and exploded over the thugs in a blinding light. Speedy gave a quick thumbs up to Beast Boy. The elfin Titan turned into a cheetah, closed the distance, and retransformed into a Tyrannosaur, crashing into the gunmen ferociously.

Beast Boy let out a triumphant roar, not realizing he was in the sights of the last thug.

The final gunman adjusted the stock of the high-powered rifle and took a deep breath. He held it as his finger wrapped around the trigger, squeezing slowly.