A story by Frost Mage.
Disclaimer 1: I don't own any of the previously copyrighted material used in this story.
Disclaimer 2: This story involves a lesbian relationship. If that offends you, get the hell out.
Disclaimer 3: This story is rated M for violence, colorful language, self-mutilation, sex, torture, rape, and explosions, and should not be read by anyone.
Disclaimer 4: Certain plot elements in this story were borrowed-not stolen-from the story Violently Happy by Khaleda. Kudos to Khaleda for being a good sport about it and not crying OMG PLAGARIZM. You rock!
Chapter 1-Chase
"Okay, so let's go over the plan again."
"For the love of--! We've gone over it like, eleventy-billion times!"
Jinx was not happy. The plan was incredibly simple: she had to sneak into the bank, use the device Gizmo had given her to disable security, and open the front door. Oh, and carry some bags of money--the best part. But Gizmo insisted on going over ever little detail again and again. She folded her arms as Gizmo launched into the exact same speech he'd been giving them for the past week.
"I'm going," Jinx snapped, cutting Gizmo off midsentence.
"Wait, are you sure you remember how--" Gizmo's voice faded as she vaulted down the fire escape and jogged across the street, taking deep breaths of the cool night air. Jinx reached the rear of the bank and pulled the small grapple off of her belt. She ascended quickly, landing softly on the roof. The pink-haired thief suppressed a smirk as she crept to a large AC vent, prying it open and sliding inside.
Jinx hacked as she inhaled a mouthful of dust inside the AC shaft. "Ah, fuck!" She choked out between coughs. Dammit, doesn't anyone know how to clean? Gizmo's gonna get it for making me crawl aroud in this filthy thing. Sliding forward slowly, Jinx opened the panel below her and hung her head upside-down into the bank. Rapidly tapping out a series of commands on the wrist-mounted device, she scanned the room. Just as promised, the tiny red lights on the security cameras went out. With feline grace, she lowered herself to the floor and strode proudly over to the door.
"Bout damn time," Gizmo snorted as he pushed past her into the darkened bank.
"Yeah, you're welcome." Jinx muttered to herself. Gizmo pointed out the vault in the back for Mammoth. The giant meta-human grabbed the massive steel door, and ripped it off with a tremendous heave. He dropped it on the floor with a huge clang, and Jinx and Gizmo both jumped at least a yard.
"Dammit! Why don't you just wake up the whole fucking city!" Gizmo shouted.
"Sorry." Mammoth grumbled and proceeded to stuff bags of coins into the backpack he had brought just for the occasion. Gizmo produced a levitating box, and he and Jinx loaded it up as well.
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An alarm went off on the computer console inside Titans Tower. "Got something," Cyborg said. "KeyBank security systems just went down." He rapidly punched in a few commands, bringing up a short video clip, showing a girl with her hair up in a pair of horns hanging from a celing vent just before the footage went blank.
"That looks like Jinx," Robin said. "Titans, let's move out."
All five superpowered teens jumped up and hurried to make it to the crime scene.
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Gizmo cackled gleefully and rubbed his hands together. "Man, we've never had a haul this big!" His happiness was infectious. Jinx grinned and did a little hopskip as she headed out the door, and Mammoth had a smile plastered across his hairy face.
Jinx's excitement was short-lived as she saw who was approaching the bank. "Uh, guys? Titans coming." Jinx's heart thudded against her ribs. Boy, they sure don't look happy.
Gizmo's face drained of color. "We're fucked. Let's get the hell out of here!" He activated his jetpack and rocketed off. Starfire, carrying Cyborg, split off and followed him. Mammoth took off down the street in the opposite direction, pursued by Beast Boy in pterodactyl form with Robin underneath. Leaving Jinx standing in front of the bank. Alone. Cornered by Raven, who was definetly not the type to just let someone off with a warning. Yeah, right, as if any of the other ones would.
Jinx gave her a sheepish grin. "Don't suppose you could let me go just this once?"
Raven looked at her disbelievingly. "Wow, you must really be desperate."
"Yeah, not so much...catch me if you can!" Jinx sprinted down a nearby alley, vaulting over obstacles. Raven flew after her, preparing to snag her telekinetically as soon as she was close enough.
Damn, she's faster than she looks, Raven thought grimly. And she weaves too much to grab. Better slow her down. Raven lifted a garbage can and flung it in Jinx's path. At just that moment, Jinx glanced backwards at Raven and tripped over the trash can, sending her into a flying dive. Amazingly, Jinx managed to roll as she landed, springing back to her feet and picking up speed. Wow, that was either the best reflexes I've ever seen, or pure dumb luck.
Damn, that hurt. Jinx ruefully rubbed her scraped elbow as she ran, twisting and turning erratically to throw off her dark pursuer. Gotta get higher or she'll trip me next time. Jinx darted into an alley. A dead end alley.
"Gotcha." Raven smirked.
"Not quite," Jinx replied, hurling a hex bolt at the psion. Raven threw up a shield to protect herself, and Jinx used the distraction to grab the fire escape. Jinx kicked back and forth, bouncing between the two metal structures on the sides of the buildings. She flipped agilely onto the roof...
...and froze, enveloped in dark energy. Damn, I should have seen that coming. Jinx tried in vain to break free before she was slammed hard onto the roof, knocking the wind out of her.
Raven stood over her captive. "This time, you're not getting away." She arched an eyebrow as Jinx started laughing. "What? What's so funny?"
Jinx glanced at her wrist, which had previously held the device Gizmo had instructed her to be so careful with. Man, he's gonna be pissed when he finds out I lost it. "Oh, nothing. I'm just cracking up, is all." The pink-haired girl grinned roguishly at Raven. This is weird. Normally I should be upset about getting caught, but I feel kinda good about it. Was I trying to let her catch me?
"Why am I not surprised..." Raven muttered. She reached for her communicator in her belt--
--and stopped when Jinx called out, "Hey, don't I get a last request?" I almost said last kiss. Kiss? Raven's not like that, is she? Am I even like that? Besides, I'm a thief and she's a vigilante. No way that could ever work.
"Only if you're being executed."
Jinx smiled winsomely. "Can I have one anyways?"
She looks so cute and innocent, it's almost hard to--wait, did I just think that? Raven shook her head. I've gotta be crazy to do this..."Fine, you can have a last request. What do you want?"
"Let me go for a minute." Raven looked at her skeptically. "I promise not to run off. See? No fingers crossed or anything." The imprisoning energy around her faded and Jinx climbed to her feet slowly. Here goes nothing...
"That was your last request?" Before Raven could react, Jinx slipped in close and kissed her. Raven stiffened in shock at the feel of the soft lips on hers. Just as quickly, Jinx took a step back, tilting her head to one side. Raven touched a finger to her lips, felt them tingle. "Why did you do that?" She hoped the other girl couldn't see her turning red beneath her hood.
"No reason." Jinx lied. She hasn't attacked me yet...maybe that wasn't so suicidal after all. Looks like I paralyzed her, actually. Raven was just staring oddly at her. She snapped her fingers in front of the empath's hooded face. "Earth to Raven, you there?"
Raven jumped slightly. "Yeah, yeah. What did you say?"
Jinx giggled at Raven's predicament. "Jeez, looks like someone's never been kissed before." She leaned in and brushed Raven's lips lightly with hers before going to the edge of the roof and mounting the fire escape. "See ya!" And she was gone.
Wow, what just happened? Did she do what I think she did? Wait, I let her get away! Raven paced back and forth briefly before sitting on the corner of the roof. Jinx was nowhere in sight. Now, was that a trick, or did she just take advantage of me being stunned? It didn't seem like a trick...Her hand drifted up to her lips. No! It must have been a trick. Jinx doesn't actually like me...does she?
"Raven, come in." Raven was startled by the voice coming from her comm.
"I'm here."
Robin's voice. "Beast Boy and I lost Mammoth, but we recovered the money. Did you have any luck?"
What should I say? I had her and she kissed me to distract me? "No, Jinx got away."
"Alright. I'm going to check in with Cyborg and Starfire. Meet you back at the tower."
"Right." Raven flipped the communicator shut.
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Jinx finally slowed to a walk, panting and holding her side. She was several blocks from the building now, and she was fairly sure Raven hadn't followed her. Okay, time to think about this situation. I definetly just kissed one of my enemies. I liked it, and from her reaction, I'd say she did too. What the hell? I've never liked girls before. Raven's just...just...just I don't know what! But I'm strangely attracted to her for some reason I can't fathom. Bah, this whole situation's just fucked up.
Before long, Jinx arrived at her apartment. She flopped onto the couch with a sigh, trying to puzzle out just why she had kissed the dark titan. Her thoughts were interrupted by the insistent buzzing of her two-way pager. Wonder who that could be.
"What?"
"Where the fuck are you?" Gizmo said angrily.
"At my apartment, why?"
"Did you get any cash?"
Jinx rolled over exasperatedly. "I didn't have any cash, remember? What happened to all the stuff you guys had?"
"This idiot dropped his, and, uh, I guess I left mine at the bank."
"Brilliant. Next time you come up with a half-assed scheme, leave me out of it, huh?" Jinx shut her radio off over Gizmo's protests and demands. A loud rumble in her stomach made her hop off the couch and head to the fridge. Opening it to find...nothing. Great, I'm broke and starving. What to do...eh, I'm too pissed to just lay around here. I need to vent, and I know just the way. Jinx grinned as she headed out to write grafitti and break some windows.
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