CHAPTER 2- Enemy Lines
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN TEEN TITANS!
Special thanks to the person who beta'd my story: Lynx Traveller
-Titans Tower-
"What are they doing here?" Robin asked, obviously pissed off that the H.I.V.E Five had barged in uninvited.
"Slow-poke?" Kid Flash asked, his voice wary but concerned.
She glared at him. "Who are you calling slow?" She asked in a threatening tone.
"Jinx? What is wrong, friend?" Starfire asked reaching her hand to Jinx, "tell us and we shall help you."
"Wrong?" Jinxed Smirked." What's wrong is that I'm here with a bunch of goody two-shoes. Oh, and I'm not your friend either," she said, launching a hex at Starfire who shrieked as she slammed into the wall. "Let's trash 'em!" Jinx yelled as the H.I.V.E members began their rampage.
"What's wrong snot brains?" Gizmo asked, sneering at the titans, "mad because we got Jinx back?" Gizmo had mostly raided their games when Cyborg and Beast Boy took notice.
"Dude!" Beast Boy and Cyborg yelled simultaneously, "nobody messes with my games!"
You're games? They're my games!"
Kyd Wyykyd said nothing as usual as he and Raven faced off. Billy Numerous had multiplied and run off, re-entering the room with an armload of the Titans' belongings. Jinx was about to join their game of looting when an object, controlled by Raven, dropped in front of her path.
"What's wrong with you?" Raven asked in a blunt voice, still slightly preoccupied with Kyd Wyykyd.
"She's working for us, duckies," a voice stated from the back. Mad Mod, who'd escaped during their earlier encounter, was hovering by the entrance.
"What do you mean?" Robin asked through narrowed eyes.
"Thanks to my prototype, she thinks she's still one of us," Mad Mod replied, tapping his staff against the floor. "I'd say this device was is much better than I'd expected."
"Prototype?" Robin demanded, "what do you want with her?"
"Her skills will prove quite useful to us later," a shadowed voice said. Right before them a highly well-known nemesis appeared from the shadows. Slade.
"I should've known that YOU had something to do with this Slade," Robin growled, preparing to attack.
"What did you do to our friend?" Starfire demanded. She blasted glowing pinkish purple bolts at Slade, who dodged without even trying.
"Nothing except bring her back to her...senses if you will," Slade finished with a slight chuckling in his voice, "Jinx," he began smugly, "why don't we give them a little 'gift' before we go, apprentice?"
"Jinxy! Don't do this." Kid Flash begged as he ran to where she stood and reached his hand to her, his eyes begging her not to leave. She looked as if she was going to reach for it, but the feeling immediately faded. Her hand briefly illuminated, blasting Kid Flash clear across the room.
Jinx somersaulted onto the stereo speaker Raven had tossed in her path, launching hexes around the room and laughing manically ."Fools," she said as she turned away from them and rejoined the HIVE Five at the door, leaving Kid Flash and the other Titans staring in disbelief.
"Bye losers!" Gizmo yelled, blowing a raspberry at the Titans. Jinx, Slade, Mad Mod, and the H.I.V.E five disappeared into the shadows.
"Uh, what was that?" Cyborg asked, staring at Beast Boy who was still grasping the situation himself.
Everything that had occurred finally clicked in Beast Boy's mind. "Dudes, we got our but kicked, our place is trashed, and why was Jinx with them? I thought she was the good guy now?" He flaunted his arms as he spoke.
"I don't know," Robin said, "and why was Mad Mod with Slade? For now just get some rest. We're too wiped to go after them right now."
"We can't just leave her!" Kid Flash yelled.
"Calm down, Kid." Robin said calmly, "we'll get her back but you rushing into things won't solve anything. Running headfirst into a blind battle will only get us in more trouble."
Kid Flash sat stood there frowning. He said nothing as he stared at the empty doorway. "You okay?" Raven asked the sulking Kid Flash after everyone left the room.
"I just can't stand seeing Jinx like that," Kid Flash said as he moped about. "I should've helped her! I should have tried harder to wake her up from…whatever that was!"
"Don't worry," Raven said, "you heard what Slade said. Jinx isn't her….current self right now. You tried your best. It'll be okay."
"I hope so," Kid Flash said as Raven silently exited the room.
-NEXT MORNING-
-Titans Tower-
"What are we gonna do?" Robin asked, "I'm just itching for the "reunion". Besides, we have to figure out how to get our friend back."
"How?" Cyborg said," We don't even know where she is. All we know is that he's controlling her mind somehow. Besides I don't think that the H.I.V.E Five busting in here the exact moment Jinx went all loco on us was merely a coincidence."
"It's possible it was planned," Robin said, "I've already figured that much out. We've gathered that they're looking for something, but that's all we know."
The Titans were lost in thought until Beast Boy suddenly said, "Hey, has anyone seen Sir Zooms a lot?" Silence echoed through the room. "No. He didn't." Beast Boy said.
"Oh, yes he did," Raven said calmly, but clearly agitated by Kid Flash's stupidity.
Robin mumbled, "that idiot," under his breath before he and the team dashed away.
-H.I.V.E Hideout-
"Good to have you back from those stupid snot munchers," Gizmo said as Jinx pressed buttons on the HIVE Five monitor.
"Yeah," Billy chimed in, "those darn do-gooders make me sick! Good to have you back Jinx!"
"Yeah," Mammoth grunted as he continued raiding the fridge.
"Shut up you idiots. I want to rob something. It's been ages and I'm sure the city missed its favorite trouble makers," Jinx said as she glanced behind her, a devious smile spreading on her face. She clicked a few more buttons before she said, "There." A jewelry shop popped up on the screen.
"That's what I'm talkin' about!" Billy and Gizmo said in correspondence with each other as they took off from the hideout.
-Keystone City-
Jinx smirked as she blasted the window to Darcy's Jewelers, the same place Kid Flash met her ex-boyfriend, the same place Kid Flash and Jinx shared their first kiss. Too bad she didn't remember that.
Kid Flash had his hands full with Billy Numerous, who kept multiplying and shouting, "Run, run! You can't get away!" Bam! Kid Flash dashed face first into a street lamp. Billy Numerous double over with laughter as Kid Flash dazedly shook his head and attempted to take off again. There was a bright pink line down the dead center of Kid Flash's face.
Left, Right, Run, Run, Run. Right, Left, Left again. Each route Kid Flash took was blocked as he continued forward in a weaving pattern of turns. Wham! Billy hit the floor when a laser blasted him. Now it was Kid's turn to laugh as he temporarily rounded him up, tying him to the street lamp Kid had greeted with his face only moments ago. "That oughta hold ya," Kid Flash said as he zoomed off.
Jinx had decorated herself with jewels when the Titans dropped right in front of her. "Don't you just love window shopping?" Jinx asked as she outstretched her hand, ready to strike.
"Jinx," Cyborg pleaded, "don't do this. You're not like this anymore! You've changed!"
"Oh look," Jinx smirked, "some stupid do-gooder thinks he's going to change my mind. What a waste of time."
"Listen Jinx! You're one of us! You have been for a long time now!" Beast Boy said. Jinx mumbled something under her breath before exploding the fire hydrant right next to him, spraying water all over Beast Boy. "Dude!" He yelled, "NOT. COOL!"
"Looks like reasoning won't help," Robin said drawing his boomerang, "we don't want to hurt you, Jinx. You're not giving us much choice, though."
Kid Flash appeared in front of Jinx, arms sprawled out protectively as he yelled, "No!"
"Why are you helping me?" She prodded, "aren't you supposed to be the good guy?"
He grabbed her shoulders as he whirled around to face her. "Jinx, listen to me you're-," She cut him off in the middle when as she hexed him sending him into the street.
"Oh great another attempt at a pep talk," she sighed crossing her arms, "you tights bore me."
Kid Flash stood up and ran right at her. "You're one of US!" He yelled grabbing onto her arm and catching her by surprise, "a Teen Titan and my girlfriend!"
"Don't make me laugh," she said, scoffing at his audacity to lie to her. She shrugged him off and batted him away. "Me? One of YOU? ESPECIALLY not with YOU!" She stepped back to where her group had gathered. "H.I.V.E Five!" She commanded, "Let's bail!" The HIVE Five ran for the hills.
"Jinx!" Kid Flash yelled as he bolted after her. He was determined to try one more time. She tried to throw him back, but he dodged and quickly closed the distance. "Stay away!" She found herself yelling frantically, but he continued his advance anyway. He was so close to her now that she could feel the heat of his breath. It felt so odd to her. He was so close! Why couldn't she just get rid of him?
He stopped her mid stride, grabbed her chin and pulled her lips to his. She looked at him wide eyed, but found herself unable to break free. To her surprise, she realized she was kissing him back, enjoying it entirely. Kid Flash reached for her neck where a device, so small it was almost invisible, began blinking.
She broke the kiss, and began freaking out. "What are you-?" Kid Flash yanked the device off of her neck tossing it to Robin who sneered at the device before crushing it with his shoe. Jinx sighed with relief as her eyes fluttered shut and her legs buckled under her. She fell toward the ground but was caught by Kid Flash. A few minutes later, she reopened her eyes and looked around assessingly. "Oh my…what happened?" She asked. She glanced upward at his face and started laughing, his face turning slightly red in response.
Cyborg muttered something like, "now his face matches his costume," and Beast Boy busted out Titans exchanged a silent glance chuckling slightly.
"It's a long story," Raven finally told Jinx, amused by her confusion. "We'll tell you all about it at the tower. The HIVE Five got away."
-Slade's Hideout-
"Stupid do-gooders! Stupid device! I told you that we should have made it smaller!" Gizmo yelled,
stomping on the controller.
"Don't worry, apprentices," Slade chuckled cunningly, "she'll come back to us in due time. Just do exactly as I say. You uphold your end of the bargain and I will mine. Find it and you can have whatever and whoever you want." Slade disappeared into the shadows once again.
"Do you really trust that guy?" Billy Numerous asked Gizmo as they exited the hideout. Kyd Wyykyd shook his head while Mammoth scratched his.
"Nope," Gizmo said grinning evilly, "but it's all going according to plan."
(A/N: Jinxy and Slow-poke are nicknames Kid Flash gave Jinx in the comics for those who did not know that)
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