Author's Note: I think there is some confusion about the storyline. This is a Raven/Kyd story with Red X and Angel as side characters. For some reason, no matter the order I put the names on the character listings it shows up as Red X and Raven. If you know the way to fix this please let me know! Sorry for any confusion!
My lungs filled with stale, dusty air. I was in a room filled with precious artifacts, and there was nothing and noboby stopping me from taking them all. I looked about the room, trying to find what lucky item would become part of my collection. Then I spotted it, a old wooden staff with an elaborate craving down the side. I walked toward a glass case that held the anceint staff. This was it, that moment that drives me to do what I do. My skin prickled with adrenaline and I breathed in- "ALL RIGHT YOU NITWITS, FINISH UP IT'S TIME TO SHAG ASS!" shouted Gizmo. I sighed, Gizmo always seemed to have inpecable timing with ruining my perfect moment. I opened a dark vortex on the glass case and grabbed the old staff. 'Better be worth something,' I thought as I tossed it back and forth between my hands.
I turned to join the rest of my team, Gizmo had sack on his back filled with jewels and other priceless items. Mammoth and all of the Billy Numerous' where hauling an arm load of stuff with Jinx walking by their side holding the biggest necklace I've ever seen. See-More high fived me, "Man! That was some raid Kyd! Nice staff!", I nodded in aggreement. 'Almost too good' I thought to myself. We made our way the front steps of the museum, I smiled to myself 'Nothing beats nights like this.' Suddenly a bright flash of orange zoomed by my teammates. I looked at my friends who where just as bewildered as I was, I opened my hands where the staff used to be held. It was gone. "Hey! Where'd all our stuff go?" exclaimed one of the Billys. Gizmo started too grumble under his breath. "What's thats ya got there, Jinx?" Mammoth asked. Jinx held up her hand, a red rose layed where the necklace used to be. "Whoever that was, he took the necklace but left me this" she said holding the rose firmly.
Back at base we all sat in the common room. Mammoth eating like normal, Gizmo complaining about something Billy had said, while See-more and I sat quietly on the couch. Jinx paced in front of us, obviously not happy with losing the necklace to some do gooder. "What's a matter Jinx? Not use to a boy's attention?" Billy said knodding at the rose. Jinx blushed immediately, "Shut up Billy" she growled, the rose desinagrated in her hand. "I wanna find out who this guy was, I will not put up with my team being humiliated like that!" she stomped. "It's alright Jinx, just cool off a bit. The Hive five can deal with whoever did this, give it some time," See-More said calmly. "I know I know..- Gizmo! Can't you look through the list of Titans, he's got to be one of them!" Jinx chirped. Gizmo got up and did what he was told with Jinx looking over his shoulder. I sat in silience, 'Well I can't be surprised that even a hero would fall for Jinx. Attractive enough in her own right, and probably one of the smartest to come out of the Hive Academy. It's about time for someone to make a move on her. That still doesn't change the fact that the prick who gave her the rose stole my staff that I stole.' I scoffed. I shook my head at my own thoughts, 'I'll let Jinx deal with that.'
Jinx was all in a tisy. They had caught the culprit, Kid Flash. And as soon as the Hive caught the Kid they had lost him again and at the expense of their base being half destroyed. Jinx and See-More went out to find him again for Madam Rouge. Mammoth, Billy, Gizmo and I sat in the common room or should I say what's left of the common room. Walls were torn apart, wires everywhere, furniture smashed and crashed all over. Gizmo picked up a bunch of torn wires, "Aww maaan!" he exclaimed, "It's gonna take weeks to repair this!"
I sat back on my chair and closed my eyes, 'This is just great, we've got a trashed base, Jinx on wild goose chase with the fast kid and we failed at stealing everything we attempted to steal tonight. The Titans are really getting on my nerves, even when they are off fighting someone else!' I thought as I sank lower in my seat. 'Well gloating is not getting me anywhere' and I teleported to my room for the night.
The next morning I walked down the hallway to see if team was still in one piece. Jinx had her bedroom door open and I poked my head in to see if she was alright. Jinx was sitting on a big pink chair staring at herself in her mirror. She looked up at me, "Hey Kyd," she started, "sorry about getting caught up in the whole Madam Rouge thing," she sighed, "I'm over the whole Brother Hood thing." I took a couple steps into her room, 'Uh oh something must have happened last night' I thought. I sat on the edge of her bed, I had never seen this much of her room before now. Pink, pink, and more pink, it made me shiver I was so uncomfortable. Way too many bright colors for my taste. I looked up at her so she would know I was listening. She bit her lip, "Can I ask you something personnal Kyd?" I nodded, Jinx closed her eyes tightly trying to gather her thoughts, "Do you ever feel like this criminal thing is getting old? It's just always the same, we steal, we get caught, we get thrown in jail," she frowned,"I just feel like we could do so much more, you know, actually have a life. Have a romatic life.." I just stared at her, trying to process what she just said. 'Jinx thinking about leaving the Hive Five? Is she crazy? She is the sanity that holds us together!' I respected Jinx, but this was the craziest thing I have ever heard her say. 'That Flash kid must really flirted hard' I thought. I gave her a shrug. Jinx exhaled and slid down in her chair. "I just thought that since you and Angel have something going on you would sorta understand. Just forget I said anything." Jinx finished. I nodded at her and got up off her bed and exited her pink wonderland of a room.
Angel. Her name rattled around in my head as I walked down to the common room. I missed her greatly, sometimes too much for me to bare but lately something had be lost between us. 'Nothing that can't be repaired.'