"Titans Go!" yells Robin as Beast Boy, Raven, Cyborg, and Starfire rush into battle against the Hive Five's Jinx, Billy Numerous, Gizmo, Mammoth, See-More, and Kyd Wykkyd. The Hive was up to their old tricks again, raiding a bank vault to steal its precious contents, and in all battle beforehand the Titans would defeat their opponent, but this battle would end rather strangely. The battle goes under way as Billy Numerous surrounds Beast Boy in massive numbers as Jinx Tackles Raven with powerful hexes. Numerous piles themselves aboard Beast Boy but not long before he relieves them by turning himself into a Dinosaur.
Cyborg wages a battle against mammoth matching arm to arm and strength to strength but in vein, Mammoth's strength overcomes Cyborg and throws Cyborg across the room towards the gold deposit. "Whoa, man, you must be working out" exhales Cyborg as he holds his head rising upward giving his arm a clever raise changing it as before into his sonic cannon. "How bout you try my warm up" says Cyborg giving one blast nearly impaling him with the deadly blast sending him through the wall behind him.
As the wall turns to ruble everyone's attention slightly turns towards the commotion. Debris flies uncontrollably in all directions. Jinx facing about face to the explosion hoping to gain a good opportunity against Raven makes a hasty assault only finding her in a terrible situation as stones fly each fast enough with one striking her to the ground. The blow knocks her unconscious at Ravens feet. See-More hides packing gold bars into a sack while the rest of the team fights. A shadow creeps overhead as Robin looks down exclaiming "Didn't anyone teach you not to steal?" Right before Robin kicks See-More driving him onto the floor. See-More responds adjusting his visor "eye see what you mean" he gives off a shinning ray of light striking Robin down on his back looking up as gizmo stares down speaking in his painfully agonizing voice "heads up toad breath".
As the battle continues unknown to all a crowd gathers, few running, a few hiding, but one who doesn't turn away from the heat of battle. This one surrounds itself in a shrouded hood of rags. The fight escalates outside. As everyone leaves Jinx remains unconscious inside out cold on her back. The mysterious stranger creeps inside.
"Where's Jinx" exclaims one of the Hive's members?
"Who cares, looks like it's time for our secret weapon" says Gizmo giving the push of a button to a cleverly conceals device. The floor shakes as Cinder-block uproars bellow the Titans smashing each of them against nearby buildings. Cinder-block had been modified to become stronger and obedient to Gizmo. Cinder-block continued his onslaught on the Titans as inside the hooded figure gazes down on Jinx. It looks at her as she sleeps peacefully. It sees the blood run down her head as he gently caresses her face lifting her up in its arms. A glow of purple light surrounds the two, both in-case in a shinning aura of purple light. It walks forward into the light of the sunny afternoon. It walks out onto the battle as the titans exhausted, kneeling down already calling for backup but just as things looked their grimmest the day just got brighter. "Who's that and what's he doing with Jinx" says Gizmo.
"Yeah…what he said" says Mammoth stupidly. Kid Flash watches from the roof top waiting for the right moment but seems stalled by the sight before him. The glow fades as it lays Jinx down again then steps over her and towards Cinder block.
The battle begins as Cinder-block makes the first move by raising his fists in the air driving them deep and hard into the pavement making the hooded vigilante jump upward resembling moves just like Jinx. It runs straight up giving no time for the bulky Cinder-block to react. It waits on the beast's shoulders where one of the mechanisms for the augmenting is located. Cinder-block tries to smash it but fails, instead damaging its own strength. It leaps over to Cinder's head lining up for the next attack as Cinder's hits arrive only moments after sending it straight into the air.
Cinder wobbles to and fro and just as it moves carelessly. It falls fiercely as its hood and shroud are removed by wind and updraft as an identity is revealed slowly. Long, almost celestial white hair flows carelessly in the wind with blue eyes so fierce and skin so pale it makes snow look envious. His hands glowed bright purple as Jinx's same hexes shot forth out and at the rocky giant sending him in a massive explosion into the ground out cold. The teen looking, white haired boy stands as the Hive vanishes without a trace by Kyd Wykkyd's quiet shade. The Titans rise and look to great this new ally but to no avail as once they rise he falls next to where Jinx laid. The battle grew quiet and it was now in a time for answers but for now the Titans had to rest.
In Titans tower Jinx awakens to unfamiliar surroundings. Feeling the effects of the heavy hitting she took to the head. He eyes rolled around as she glanced at familiar yet unwanted surroundings. She took a glance trying to move her hands finding them stuck and bound in leather straps making sure she remained put. She thinks back remembering not much of what had just transpired. Walls so pale and white and boring make her long for the Hive Five's headquarters. The ocean view was different than the Hive's scenery. She raised her fingers and the just as quickly the shackles broke instantly. With her wrists freed she crept out of bed slowly finding her clothes on a rack in the infirmary shelf.
The floor was cold like ice as her bare feet dragged amongst the floor. She shivers coldly to the frozen floor. She was only clothed by a loose long sleeved, white shirt and matching long pants. She quickly reached for her clothing finding them blockaded by an electronic lock, specialty of Cyborg. "Like some stinkin lock is going to stop me." She announces shattering the lock with the wave of her fingers. He clothes are put quickly but finding that her Hive Five communicator has been taken. She begins to proceed out of the infirmary and into Titan's Tower.
"Run that by me again Cyborg" shouts Robin. "Yeah what he said" as Beast Boy comments flailing his arms in a cartoonish manner. "Something isn't right about this guys body, his genetic structure doesn't add up. His body may look like he's 16 but it's hard to tell. He also has a strange genetic structure too than I've ever seen" explains Cyborg. "So what you are saying is he is not human" comments Starfire. "It means I should run more tests. We saw him use Jinx's same powers in an amplified form in our last fight and her exact same movements. So I compared his D.N.A to Jinx's and it seems that they nearly match" says Cyborg. "Then I guess we'd better ask this guy more about what's going on and what he knows about this" Says Robin as he faces Cyborg.
Deep down in Titan's tower Jinx sneaks past most of the security cameras destroying a few until she makes it to a room similar to the one she just escaped but this time the walls seem almost a pure white like paper and around are many medical devices. She looks around finding her Hive communicator rested on a medical table like most people find in hospitals. As she ventures forward she find the hero who had saved the Titans resting comfortable on a bed similar to her own above except this one had no straps. She picks up her communicator quickly then moves her way over to him. From her fainting spell she recalls nothing of his heroic duties that day but does recall a light surrounding him and her in darkness.
Suddenly Jinx hears footsteps coming from outside the room. She quickly maneuvers to behind a counter at the far end of the room. Raven enters the room carrying a tray of assorted devices. Raven sets them down on a table next to the teen unconscious. She picks up one of the devices running it over him slowly until she is started by the teen rushing up quickly in seconds as he grasps her hand. A sudden aura of dark blue surrounds them both within seconds sends Raven across the room she felt drained slightly but still intact. The teen rises up and tries to stand on his two feet but to no avail. He falls to the ground quickly just as she has. He raises his left hand struggling hard finding a large box beginning to hover over the ground surrounded in Raven's power.
Raven is shocked seeing her own power in the hands of another. She raises her hand shouting "Azarath Metrion Zinthos" controlling the same box fighting in a sort of tug of war. Jinx sees her opportunity to strike sneaking up behind Raven and conking her on the head with a metal tray from a nearby counter.
Resting on the floor the teen wonder sits tired as Jinx looks at him with her hands on her hips saying "so who are you suppose to be"?
The teen begins to speak in a few different languages until he settles down to English. "I don't know" says the teen.
"You don't know, how could you not know and how do you have raven's powers" blabs Jinx?
His reply is the same but he does rise up to her wearing the same white long sleeve shirt and matching pants she once wore. Jinx supports him seeing that he can't do it himself. He says to her softly "There is an entrance to the garage down the hall outside this room. I think I know the codes to get us out."
"And how do you know that if you don't even know your own name" Jinx sighs "oh well not like I got any bright ideas." Jinx assists her friend down the hall until they reach a door with a lock on the door. He raises his hands and types in a pass code that opens the door revealing a room of gadgets and vehicles. He points to the T car as he they both approach it. They get to the car but find it locked tight. She holds her head "How are we going to get in" says Jinx in a sad and worried voice. The teen raises his hands to the wall and a pair of keys begins to float quickly into his hands. He clicks a button that signals the car to open.
They both get in quickly with Jinx powering up the car as the doors to the Titans tower opening which sends the tower into frenzy and the remaining titans down below into the garage. Jinx floors it as the scream "Whoa" going off in a huff of smoke and dust. The remaining teen titans arrive, except for Raven, just in time to see the two make their escape.
"No no no no no. Not the T-Car. I just waxed it yesterday" says Cyborg dropping to his knees in tears.
"Dude, how did Jinx know which key was the T-Car's and how to drive it" says beast boy in a fit secretly hating the idea that he never got a chance to even test drive it. "Any where my I ask is Raven" asks Starfire looking around eagerly? The door opens behind them as Raven limps through holding onto the door way. "Raven" yells Robin as the team rush towards her giving her immediate assistance!
"Who's this creepazoid" says Gizmo as he gives hard pokes towards the teen.
"Beats me, he was just in the Titans Tower. He helped me escape so I brought him here" Answers Jinx with a stern neutral expression. The Hive Five continued to question the teen. Their lair hadn't changed, from the cold gray room, giant screen over a complex system of computer gadgets and gizmos. In a way eerily similar to the Titans lair itself except for a walkway nearly breaking the room in half.
"Hey wait, I think this is the snot nose booger face that thrashed my latest invention" said Gizmo bruting over the loss of his newest toy.
"He seems kind of scrawny Billy" said one Billy "you're right Billy" answered another Billy replica.
"What's his name anyway" says See-More adjusting his visor focusing on the teen's pupils and nostrils. Jinx pushes See-More aside as she closes in on the teen's face. Her gazes rests on his body where he clenches tightly with his hands in his lap, his teeth grinding and his cheeks blushing as he feels Jinx's fair breath on his lips nearly.
"Well he's got to have a name" says Jinx as she backs away in an about face position towards the screen. The Teen sits patiently in the chair eagerly awaiting the response of the HIVE.
"What is your name runt" says Mammoth clenching the Teen's head with merely his two fingers rattling his cranium like a baby's rattle. "What…is…your…name" says Mammoth again shaking harder making the Teen nearly faint from abuse. The Teen looks at Mammoth and regurgitates back verbatim Mammoth's same sentence back with Mammoth pulling a question mark. "I'm the one asking questions here pipsqueak" says Mammoth again holding the Teen's arm. Quickly Mammoth and the Teen begin to glow with an orange like aura that just as quickly dies. The Teen picks up Mammoth over his head wielding tremendous strength much like his oppressor then throwing him clear across the room over the two Billys.
"Crow" exclaims Jinx as she turns about with on hand on her hip, "I'll call him Crow. Suits him since all he seems to do is steal powers and knowledge from others".
Crow clenches his hands and then points to himself "Cr…ow".
"Yes Crow, now get some change of clothes. If you're gonna hang with us you got to at least dress in something other than pjs" says Jinx as everyone runs their eyes over Crow's thin yet tall physique. Jinx takes Crow by the wrist and pulls him through a door as she leads on leaving the rest of the group confused.
Jinx searches her room desperately, throwing things across the room in wild manors searches desperately for a certain article of clothing. Crow sits at Jinx's beauty parlor staring into the mirror staring at his extremely long, white hair. Jinx takes a long purple cloth of polyester and wraps it around Crow's body up to his neck. She removes one pair of scissors and one comb. Shi begins to snip away the edges of his hair. "So tell me about yourself Crow, where are you from, how did you come to Jump City" says Jinx removing a major section of his hair.
Crow says nonchalantly "I…don't know. I only remember waking up in this city". Jinx stops cutting staring into the mirror speaking calmly with question
"Well that's weird". She continues to take more and more off each end. Crow looks at the room moving his head around unaware of his movement.
"Quit moving" says Jinx adjusting Crow's head resuming the cut. Jinx asks casually "So how do you do that"?
"Do what" answers Crow looking up at Jinx through the dimly lit mirror?
"Your power, how do you copy powers and use them" says Jinx taking the final snips off a few more snips.
Crow responds with a simple "Don't know, I just use them. And apparently I even know things they do like their past or security codes."
Jinx finishes with a few more snips of the beautiful white hair and looks into the mirror sighing in a serious overtone "Well I guess we'll have to find a use for that here. And those powers could come in handy too if you can learn to use them".
Crow nods and exits the chair shaking off a few of the dandruff and hair particles left behind. "Thanks I really needed that" says Crow with a small smirk on his face "I guess I've never had a hair cut before. Wasn't so bad" says Crow as jinx crosses her arms running her eyes over his extremely skinny physique, blue eyes and perfect complexion only complimented by his moonlight white hair.
Jinx sits down on her bed extending her hand out. "Show me" asks Jinx? Crow gives a strange look to Jinx as he sits on the floor in a boyish manor
"What"? asks Crow with a puzzled look on his face.
"Your power of course, duh. Show me someone's power, like Raven's" emphasizes Jinx with a firm pat to the bed with her fist. In a slow motion Crow rises up extending his arm towards a doll on a nearby dresser.
His stare so focused and his breath steady he puts his mind into only that which is himself and the doll. But in vein as nothing occurs. In failure he pouts a little in a small fit similar to one of Jinx's own usual outbursts. But not long after the very same doll begins shaking and not long after bursting in an eerie purple-pinkish light. Jinx stands in awe wondering what other abilities he may be able to harbor. Crow smiles with quick snaps of his fingers he makes several more objects explode using the same ability. Jinx looks calmly as she quickly ceases his joyful activity.
"Let's get you some different clothes ok, after all you shouldn't be running around in you PJs" says Jinx pushing Crow out of her room before he can do anymore damage.
In Titans tower Raven applies a small bandage to a small bump on her forehead. It swelled from the hard hit she took to the head from Jinx. "What happened" says Robin as each listen in to her story. "I was just in here doing a routine scan on that guy's vital signs but then he suddenly woke up and grabbed me, throwing me across the room with my own powers. After that I think someone hit me on the head" she says in small bits and pieces putting tension on her recent injury. Cyborg stands nearby finishing a scan on another hair sample found from the fleeting teen. With a few beeps and clicks he stands pondering "Guys you got to see this. I picked up some of that hair of that guy who escaped with Jinx". "What did you find Cyborg" says Robin with an attentive face towards Cyborg. Cyborg looks with concern "Well aside from having Jinx's D.N.A, he's got Raven's too". Robin rubs his chin wondering what to make of this bizarre story. "We should make finding this guy our top priority. Titans, move out!"
"Try this" commands Jinx as she fits on a hat out of a nearby closet. The hat fits snug on the teen's head as she fixes the musketeer like hat, but in the end finding it unfitting, discarding it just as quick. She tries on a number of ensembles but to no avail.
Crow's eyes wonder to and fro till he lands his gaze on a cloak that he finds faintly familiar. "How bout that" Announces Crow with one point to the estranged cloak in the corner?
She walks over, hand on hips giving the old cloak a look over then a glance back giving her esteemed judgment. "You don't want that old thing" she says taking it off the hanger.
Crow walks over taking the lone piece of clothing in hand. "I like this one" says Crow showing true liking towards it.
Jinx gives a simple "Fine, whatever".
He fits it on finding it a tad short only reaching up to half way slightly covering his calves. "I might have to make a few slight changes" says Crow extending his arms to demonstrate its mal fitting. She sighs taking out a sewing machine a pointing to it with a firm flick of her finger. "Sit" she commands taking other articles of clothing that would be used in the creation. Crow touches the machine slightly before getting small flashes of images through his sight. An instant impulse moves him to pull thread and string machine instantly without hesitation.
"Hey how do you know what to do" asks Jinx watching the Einstein work with professional quality?
"Don't know, it just feels like I've been doing this all my life. My hands just move by themselves in a way" answers Crow with a confused Jinx giving a curious gaze slowly exiting the room taking a slight glance back at Crow before leaving.
"How long is bolt brain gonna be cooped up in Jinx's room" questions Gizmo sitting on the coach hugging a pillow as Jinx thumps him on the back of the head.
Gizmo begins to rub his head viciously to dull the pain. "He'll be out when he's ready" and with Jinx's last breath the door behind them opens suddenly. A hooded figure emerges, dressed head to toe in a full, black, hooded, trench coat with matching gloves with the fingerprint area exposed by small holes. Crow pulls down his hood revealing his new hair and new outfit. The cloak was dyed nicely turning into a jet black, adding sleeves and extending the length to a little above his ankles. He walks over taking a few steps sporting new black boots for men also dying his previous clothes black as well.
The HIVE stood in awe at the drastic transformation. "Look Billy, it's one of them undertakers" Says Billy Numerous with a sarcastic smile as the band of misfits all begin to laugh except for Jinx. She turns her body around facing her crew giving a screeching wail to stop.
"So you look the part but that's not going to help you against the Titans" says Jinx giving Crow a glance from the corner of her eye.
"The Titans, who are they" says Crow scratching his head?
Right before Jinx speaks another work See-More cuts in "They're the worst" with the HIVE agreeing.
Jinx places her hand on Crow's shoulder giving a firm squeeze. She calls over Gizmo, Kid Wykkyd, and See-More over. "Now you guys are gonna let him copy your powers" which causes a small bit of fear from the three. Crow takes off his glove and reaches for Billy first giving his skin a soft touch causing a small red glow to surround the two and quickly fade. The same happens to the rest except with different colors.
"Well" says Jinx standing impatiently waiting for a reaction. Crow puts his glove back on looking around himself as if something was planted on him. He looks up at the HIVE and shrugs feeling the urge to sneeze. He cocks his head back giving a strong sneeze towards everyone finding that he was quite literally behind himself.
"Woah" says both copies to one another scratching their heads. "Amazin" says Billy Numerous "Can you make any more"?
Crow looks at the other Crow and closes his eye and focuses grunting hard but eventually arrives at nothing. "Guess that's all I got for now" with that said Crow returns back to normal combining with his doppelganger.
"I think Crow's "gifts" will come in handy in our next heist" says Jinx as she walks over to the central computer pressing several buttons and the screen turning on revealing the schematics to a building.
"I don't think this cheese head is ready for anything" says Gizmo grunting over Jinx's decision.
Jinx looks over Gizmo giving a scary face to the little genius. He quickly is sedated and retracts his outburst. "Anyone else wanna say something" says Jinx looking down on her team. "Good, then tomorrow night we'll be going to rob the Diamond reserve" says Jinx crossing her arms as crow looks at her. He closes his eyes for a few moments thinking to himself about the troubles to come.