What up ducks! Yes I just posted but since I finally finished one of my multichapters I decided to publish the first chapter of this idea I had. First things first, I always thought that Jinx and Raven would make good best friends, which they are in the comics. I also like cyborg and Ravens relationship as brother and sister but that's it. And though I don't ship cybee, I get it so no flames for cysarah.
one last thing :I HATE TERRA, But that's just an opinion, I'm ok with those who like her.
now the ages! (They're different from my other teen titans fics)
Raven: 19 Jinx:19. Beast boy: 21. Kid Flash: 22. Terra: 21.
Robin: 28 Starfire: 27. Cyborg: 36. Sarasimm: 35. That's it
disclaimer: I own nothing but the kitchen sink
Chapter one
overnight
"YOU FUCKING IDIOTIC PINHEADS LET GO OF ME RIGHT NOW OR ILL SUE YOUR ASSES OFF!"
A pale girl with jet black hair downcast her eyes. "Jinx your just making it worse" she whispered. the girl clenched her fists together so her handcuffs were slack. Next to her, four policemen had gathered around her friend trying to restrain her.
"eyes forward lady!"
The dark haired girl felt a hard jab in the back as the officer holding her are shoved her.
"my name is Raven" growled the girl, but the officer had gotten muddy snow boot in the back from Jinx and was no longer paying attention. Ravens amathyst eyes flicked once more over to her best friend, who was now a bundle of strawberry blond hair and grey limbs swinging in the arms of the policemen. Raven cringed slightly at the noise Jinx was making before closing her eyes and assessing their situation.
Sirens blared
Jinx grabbed Raven and pulled her off the ground
The two ran together through the shanty town under the highway.
A police car rammed through a lean to and cut them off
"OW!"
Ravens eyes snapped open. Jinx was lying face down on the linoleum floor while the policemen laughed. "Hey you can't do that. You can't do that!" Ravens steady voice growled. Two cops pulled Jinx off the ground and dragged the dazed girl down the hall, followed by Raven who monotonously whispered "you can't do that."
In the room at the end of the hall, a young man with spiky black hair and large sunglasses sat slouched in a rotating leather chair. The plaque on his desk read
Deputy commissioner Richard Grayson
Richard, or "Dick" as he preferred, slowly spun in a circle while staring at a picture. The picture depicted Richard in a fancy tuxedo, though he still had sunglasses on. Next to him was a gorgeous red headed woman in a wedding gown. Dick gave a loving sigh.
"heya Dick!"
caught off guard, Dick nearly fell out of his seat. Quickly he set his chair right and put the picture back. He picked up the phone and pretended to be talking on it. The shaggy red headed officer just chuckled. "Oh Dicky, when did the trust leave?"
"fifteen minutes Wally! Can't I have silence for fifteen minutes!"
Wally held his hands up in surrender. Dick sighed and put his head in his hands. "Sorry West, it's just, it's been a long day. I still have to go through all these bums we halled in and I promised the wife I'd be back by midnight." Giving one last groan, Dick rested his forehead on his desk. Wally nonchalantly strolled over to the desk and hopped ontop next to Dicks head. "How bout this Grayson, after we get this next two registered, you go home and ill takeover for the rest of the night."
Dick lifted his head.
"wouldn't that get us in trouble with commissioner Wilson?" Dick raised an eyebrow behind his glasses. Wally just batted his hand "like mr rich and stupid is ever down here."
"what's the catch?"
Feighning offense, Wally gasped dramatically and pressed his hand to his chest. "Shame on you Richard Grayson! Why must there always be a catch!" Dick didn't look convinced. Wally just laughed. "Seriously, no catch. Just give Kori my best." Wally wagged his eyebrows up and down. Dick hit him hard.
"Owwwie owwwie owwwie o..." "Officer Grayson?"
A man with a orange buzz cut and sunglasses similar to Dicks poked his head in. Wally froze with his arms mid wave and one leg up. Dick stopped laughing mid kick. The two quickly collected themselves and pretended that the last few minutes never happened.
"Yes officer Harper?"
"Last two of the night."
Dick gave a nod and Officer Harper came in followed by a few more officers and two scraggly girls. One had not quite red not quite blonde hair in messy pigtails and was shivering against her black tank top And pink shorts. She was struggling hard against the two officers holding her. The other one had dark black hair, huge blue eyes and a large blue hooded sweatshirt worn open. The officers forced them both into the chairs in front of Dicks desk.
"why are we here." Snapped the one with the pigtails. Dicks face contorted in immediate annoyance, but Wally couldn't stop staring at her eyes. He couldn't put his finger on what emotion was in them. She noticed him staring and glared at him. Dick interrupted Wally's thoughts. "Miss, you're here because you and your friend here were living illegally underneath the highway."
"Well if we had anywhere else to go we would." Grumbled the one with the dark hair.
"look, we can set you up in a shelter if you just let us help you " Dick folded his hands on the desk. "We aren't addict or anything we don't need your help!" Snapped pigtails. "In fact I prefer addiction to a slave house where you have to work in a factory to earn your own beatings!"
The officers were shocked by this outburst. "Miss I assure you that the homeless shelters in Jump are some of the best in California." Eyes slitting, Pigtails leaned closer. The rest of the officers in the room jumped. "Oh really?" She asked almost playfully. "Have you ever been in one?" Dicks mouth dropped as he searched for things to ssay. Wally was slightly impressed by this girl. "Uh... Um.. Ill need you two to fill out these forms for us." Dick awkwardly handed the girls each a clipboard. Pigtails looked like she was about to say something else, but the dark haired one silenced her before turning to Dick. "We aren't filling out anything unless you uncuff us."
"very well."
Dick motioned for Wally to take off the handcuffs. Smiling, he gently took the girl with the pigtails wrist and started to remove the cuffs. Her muscles tensed at his touch. Giving one last smile to meet her glare, he went to the other one. The girls filled out the papers and handed them back to Dick. He quickly scanned the papers.
"And is Raven R. Roth and Jinx Haddix your full legal names?"
"yes"
"seriously!" Blurted out officer Harper. Everyone glared at him. "Ok Miss Roth and Miss Haddix, we are going to have to keep you here overnight while we make arrangements with the homeless shelter."
"WHAT! NO!" Yelled Jinx. Wally and officer Harper grabbed Raven and Jinx, pulling them out of their chairs. Jinx tried to push away. "C'mon your just making it harder on yourself." teased Wally, spinning Jinx back around and pushing her forward. They arrived at a cell block meant for temporary confinement. Officer Harper opened the door and pushed Raven inside so hard she stumbled. Wally let Jinx into the cell a little more gently. The cell was concrete on three sides and bars on one. There was a bunk bed and a regular bed but not much room in between. Suddenly, Wally grabbed Jinxes arm through the bars. Jinx gave a yelp.
"you are not permitted to tou..." Jinx stopped when she met his gaze.
"is it really like that in homeless shelters here?" He asked. Jinx just turned away. Wally let go and was about to turn away himself, when he noticed a half moon scar behind her ear. Wally got closer, inspecting it, until he was pressed against the bars.
BANG!
Jinx brought her forearm down in the bars causing them to vibrate. Wally jumped away, holding his jaw. "It's rude to stare" snarled Jinx. Grumbling, Wally turned around and ran to catch up with Officer Harper. "You didn't have to shove that girl so hard Roy." Said Wally. He just shrugged.
"Officer West! Officer Harper!" yelled Dick from his office. The two ran in where Sick was at his desk. "Just got a call about a disturbance at some bar. Cystones? I'm gonna turn it in could one of you handle this?" Wally smiled. "Shore thing Dick." He winked and ran off to get some guys together.
The creepy red headed officer jogged off to meet the other. Jinx rubbed her now sore arm and went to sit on the bottom bunk next to Raven. "I. Can't. Believe. This." Groaned Raven. Jinx pulled her knees to her chest. "What do you think they'll do to us?"
"don't worry. We're over eighteen. There is nothing they can make us do." Raven pulled her hood up and sunk her face into it. "do you think they got the others?" Raven asked suddenly, shoving her fists in her pockets. Jinx looked away. "I don't care about those idiots." Then her face softened. "I think I saw them take Argent"
"oh god."
Raven put her head in her hands. Jinx put a arm around her best friend. "don't sweat it Rae. We will get out of this. We always do." Jinx gave a large grin. Raven couldn't help but give a tiny smile back. "By the way, good job with that officer guy." They high fived and relaxed on the bed.
Outside the Cystone bar, a young man with a shock of green in his sandy blonde hair staggered out of the building half supporting himself, half supporting a golden haired woman with a sterling silver butterfly comb.
"Gar! Gargargargargargargar." Slurred the woman between kisses. "Gggggaaaaaarrrrr, I ii wwanna go home and, and get in bed" she turned Gars face to hers and kissed him messily. Gar giggled slightly, playing absentmindedly with the chain on his black jeans. "Sure Terra, whatever, whateve, whatever you sssaasaayyy." Gar pulled his car keys out of his pocket and pressed the button. A dark green Porsche blinked on. The two grabbed hands and Gar started to pull Terra to the car.
"hey babe!"
Stopping short, Gar spun around, nearly falling over if he was holding Terra. Behind them was a musclely man in a red T shirt was standing behind them. He was giving Terra a flirty smile which Terra was giving back.
"why dont you ditch shrimpy and hang around a little longer? Names Andrew, but you can call me ADONIS" He flexed on the last word. Terra giggled. "Hey you can't talk to my girlfriend like that!" Yelled Gar, marching up to Adonis, he was half his height. "What are you gonna do about it little boy." Smirked Adonis.
"im not a boy, IM A ANIMAL" Gar lunged at Adonis, pulling them both down. Terra laughed and twirled around with her short white dress billowing as Gar and Adonis rolled around the grass.
Adonis was on top of Gar and gave him a big punch across the face. Suddenly a large African American man was standing over them. Gar recognized him as the bartender. "Break it up you two!" He shoved Adonis off Gar. "Now scoot, my kids can here you from the top floor!"
Standing up, Adonis gave a watery grin. "C'mon Vic, I was just tryin ta..." Adonis took a swing at Vic mid sentence. Vic grabbed Adonises wrist. "Oh no man! You did not! yo! Grass stain, get up and lend a hand!" Gar staggered up and jumped back on Adonis, who was already wrestling with Vic.
Having been hit a couple times in the head, Gar didn't realize when the police showed up until he was getting hand cuffs put on.
"had a little to much again, didn't ya Garfield?"
"Gghhhheeeee, how didja guess Wally?" Groaned Gar. Wally rolled his eyes and ushered Gar into the car. In the background he heard officer Harper argue with that Vic guy.
"aw c'mon Harper, I was just trying to break up the fight!"
"I know mr stone, we just need you to answer some questions."
Vic rolled his eyes and threw up his hands "alright Roy, but when Sara kills me I'm blaming you." He got into the other cop car.
As they were driving away, Gar turned around back to the bar. Terra was still at the bar, tripping over herself. Adonis cane out from where he hid when the police came and pulled her up. The image of them kissing got smaller and smaller as the car drove away.
Back at the station, Raven sat cross legged in the small space between the bunk bed and the wall, murmuring to herself. Jinx hung upside down from the top bunk. The door crashed open causing them both to jump, in Jinxes case, fall. A large, bald African American man in a yellow t shirt was shoved in, followed by a skinnier man with green in hos hair.
"I can't believe I have to stay here overnight because of you!" Shouted the bald one. "Well I didn't ask you to get involved! Wait a minute. There are girls here!" the two finally noticed Jinx and Raven. "Um hi? I'm Victor?" Offered Victor.
"WARDEN!" Screeched the other man. "Wewwwwarden! Warden warden!" He slouched over the bars until a stray cop came over. "what is it now Garfield?" He said, annoyed. "There are girls in here." He slurred. "Sorry Gar, we had a big day, we are running out of cells."
"Wait! Your not even gonna fix this!" Shout Gar after the cop. He turned to the rest and gave a flirty smile pointed towards Raven. "So, you come here often?" Inside her hood, Raven raised an eyebrow. "Garfield? And people say I have a weird name." Jinx sniggered. Victor looked confused. Rolling her eyes, Jinx stuck her thumb towards herself. "Jinx, Raven" he gave them a smile. "Vic"
Vic moved and sat down on the bed. "My wife's gonna kill me." He groaned. His eyes flicked over to Raven, who had resettled in her position and had her eyes closed.
"What's up with her?"he asked, sticking his thumb out to Raven. "Rae likes to meditate sometimes. Clears the brain." Vic nodded in understanding. Underneath her hood, Raven blushed slightly. Vic noticed. "I think that's a cool thing to do." He offered.
"UFHVCVGFHKKFFVVDXBUF!"
the three turned their attention to Gar. Suddenly the young man whirled around and vomited on the floor. Ravens eyes snapped open. Cyborg jumped away and Jinx let out a yelp, scrambling to the top bunk.
Raven stood up and gave Gar a stern look. "Some ground rules, no one..." She points to the vomit. "... Touches that, no one uses the toilet and no one comes near me except Jinx." She turned again to Gar. He was giving her a drunken, perverted look that made her zip her sweatshirt to cover her black tank. "Especially you."
"lights out!" Yelled the warden. The lights flickered out. "Dibs on the bottom bunk." called Vic. Raven hoisted herself onto the top bunk from where she she was. Gar just collapsed on the bed. Raven crawled under the scratchy covers next to Jinx. "G'night Rae." Murmured Jinx. "Gnight Jinx." the two fell silent.
"Jinx?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think Malchior will bail us out?"
"Malchior, what about Jinx?"
"I don't care about her!" a white haired man in a black t shirt towered over Raven. "Raven, dearest, we are lucky to have a chance at this apartment. There just isn't enough room."
Malchior took Ravens shoulders and slid his hands into hers. "Itll have to be just us. Together forever just like we said."
"but I just feel bad about..."
"DAHMMIT Raven! Why don't you ever think about me for a change!" Malchior suddenly pushed Raven hard. She toppled over and hit a concrete support. Raven let out a small scream and grabbed her shoulder. Crumpling to the ground, she looked up, but Malchior was gone.
A red light flashed and sirens blared. Raven lay on her side clutching her shoulder.
Suddenly Jinx was standing over her. "Rae c'mon!" Jinx pulled up Raven and dragged her behind. "The police are here! They say we're loitering!" Jinx yelled over the sirens. "We have to get out of here!"
they ran through the shanty town underneath the highway.
A police car came barreling through a stack off boxes. The girls lunged out of the way and fell to the ground.
A gun was pressed to Ravens back
"Freeze!"
Raven awoke with a start. Her slight gasp woke up Gar. Still in bed, the hungover mans eyes flicked to the top bunk. Raven unzipped her sweatshirt and threw it off. It might have been the hangover, but Gar was sure he saw some blood on her white skin. Raven climbed off the bed and got into her criss crossed position again. Gar watched from his bed wondering if he should get up and comfort her.
"are you alright?"
Raven looked up. Vic had woken up and was standing over Raven. "I'm fine just couldn't sleep."
"Ya sure?" Vic tilted her head up. It was tear stained. " you don't look fine"
Jerking her head away, she glared at the large man. "Please don't touch me." She grumbled. Vic held up his hands on surrender. "I swear I'm not a pedophile. Now what's bothering you? Talking might make you feel better ya know." Vic started to back up towards the bed. Raven sighed.
"I had a bad dream alright."
Vic Kneeled down in front of Raven, since there was no room beside her. "Yeah bad dreams suck. Wanna tell me what happened?"
Gettting uncomfortable, Raven asked "why are you being so nice to me?" Vic shrugged."cause I'm a nice person." In the cover of darkness, Raven cracked a smile. "I'm just worried, before this I, I had a... Argument with my boyfriend Malchior before me and Jinx were brought here."
Gar felt weird at the mention of a boyfriend, till he reminded himself of how he only just met this girl. And of whatsherface... Terra.
"I don't think he's gonna come for me after this." Continued Raven. Even in the dark, Vic noticed that Ravens shoulder was bleeding, along with a variety of bruises. "Well he sounds like a jerk."
"No he's, he loves me that's enough. " Vic was about to say something but Raven suddenly had a far away look to her. "They held a gun to me. They can't do that."
Both Gar and Vic felt a shock. Vic pulled Raven into him and hugged her. Raven was surprised by this action but didn't pull away immediately. she pulled away after a few seconds and looked at the ground. "Thanks mr Victor."
Vic just smiled "stone but please call me Vic." The large man stood and turned to the bed, then he turned back. "You know, your about the same age as my daughter Karen. You should get some sleep."
"I think I'm just gonna meditate some more."
"suit yourself"
He got back in bed and Raven repositioned herself. Despite the cloud of alcohol hovering over his head, Gar kept an eye open on Raven. She seemed to float. After what seemed like forever, his suspicions that Raven was asleep were confirmed when she rolled over and leaned on the bunk bed pole. Gar didn't know what to do or if he should do somthing. Vic seemed to think the same. He got up and crept over to Raven. Gar felt his muscles tense. Vic scooped up Raven and laid her down on his bed. Gar was about to do something when Vic turned around and tapped him.
"Yo ass wipe move over." He whisper yelled. "What? Gar groaned. "I'd sleep on the floor but I don't want to accidently roll into your puke."
Not wanting to argue with that logic, Gar rolled over. Vic got into bed next to him. "Whyda give her the bed?" Asked Gar. Vic rolled over to face Gar.
"Earlier this night, a bunch of homeless people from under the highway were cleared out. This is probably her first bed in a while."
