Here's Chapter 1! I experienced writer's block for a little bit, and then I started listening to music, and next thing I knew, I was writing! :D

Wow, now I know what I'm gonna do the next time I have writer's block. :P

Disclaimr: I don't own anything except for the plot.


Mt. Justice – October 3 – 12: 15 p.m.

Wally sat beside an older looking Jinx, just watching her sleep. Ever since Red Arrow told him and Dick that Jinx was in this room, he had raced inside and there he saw her: pale, and looked like death – for lack of a better description.

Jinx had been changed out of her civvies and now wore a hospital gown that revealed her arms. She had cuts and bruises everywhere, some of them looked fresh, some of them looked as though they've been there for a while. There have been burn marks all along her torso, arms and legs, and had a broken wrist, a sprained ankle a dislocated shoulder, and Wally just can't bring himself to leave her on her own for more than five minutes.

It had been three days since Red Arrow arrived with Jinx and Cheshire, and so far, Jinx hadn't woken up, and Cheshire hadn't said a single word throughout those three days. Dick, Wally and Roy have all been taking turns watching over the pink haired witch—mainly Dick and Wally, Roy was the one who's trying to get Cheshire to talk most of the time, but he still helped them—but Wally had been there with her longer than the other two. He and Dick had been allowed to miss school—after explaining to everyone that she was a former teammate and old friend of theirs—but if she didn't wake up by the end of the week, old friend or not, they were going back to school.

Wally took yet another opportunity to see how much the pink haired girl had changed within the two years he hadn't seen her. Her hair had grown longer, now reaching the middle of her back, but was currently spread all over the pillow, giving anyone the illusion of a pink halo. She seemed really small by her just lying there.

The red haired speedster sighed as he took a hold of her hand.

"You gotta wake up, Jinx," He murmured, refusing to give up on her. Wally hadn't given up on her when he finally got her to leave the Hive, and he's not going to give up on her now.

When the Teen Titans disbanded two years ago, it was heartbreaking, to say in the least. Jinx had been staying with the original five teen titans when that happened. In fact, he never got the full story; all he found out was that they were disbanding. Wally wanted to convince Jinx to stay with him; at least until she's able to afford her own place, but she disappeared before he even had the chance. He went looking for her, but came home with the same result: no Jinx. There have been women who resembled her—different hair and eyes, but the same facial structure, but they're never Jinx.

After a year, he stopped searching. However, whenever he heard some news about a pink, cat eyed woman, his hopes skyrocketed, and tried to reach her, only for her to disappear; thus crushing his hopes once more.

When he first joined the Young Justice League, that kept him busy, it made sure that his mind was away from wondering as to how she was doing, if she's alright, if she hadn't gone back to the path of villainy—although, things don't look so good after Red Arrow told them that Cheshire was with her at the time when he found her. He wasn't that surprised to find Robin on the same team, but in a way, he's really glad that he is.

Wally sighed, and continued to clutch onto her hand. He's really hoping that Jinx would wake up soon, for his sake, and from the looks of it, for Robin's and Red Arrow's as well.

When Jinx had first joined the Titans, everyone was wary of her arrival—mainly Raven and Robin, considering what happened with Terra—but eventually, they all grew to love her. Robin and Jinx helped eachother out when it came to hunting down criminals, while Red Arrow—who was Speedy at the time—became friends with her after she went to help out the Titans East. Raven was the last one to trust her—as expected—but it was worth it to see the two resident magic users come together to tell Beast Boy off when he's trying to start an all out prank war.

Needless to say, the Titans really had grown to love her, and when Red Arrow came to Mt. Justice with an unconscious Cheshire and Jinx, well, Dick and Wally got mad. Of course, they were just as surprised, and confused as everyone else, but they got angry at the sight of Jinx's beaten and broken form.

Red Arrow had yet to fully explain the situation, because most of the time he's been trying to get Cheshire to talk (and she clearly knows more than Young Justice), and unfortunately, she hadn't spoken a single word for the last three days, he heard that she became mute when she woke up.

As much as Wally hated to do so, he had to wait for the answers that he wanted. He has to either wait for Jinx to wake up and tell him—everyone for that matter—the entire story, or wait until Red Arrow had finally gotten Cheshire to talk—something that may not be happening for the next little while.

"Jinx?" He whispered, "Jinx, please wake up. I-Me, Robin and Red Arrow, we really missed you. You remember Speedy? He changed his name to Red Arrow, he's flying solo. He was the one that found you and Cheshire three days ago," Wally paused for a moment.

"I never knew you and Cheshire were friends. How'd that happen?" He asked. All he got for a reply is silence.

"Have you heard from the others?" He asked her, "BB, Cyborg, Star, Raven, Bee? I heard that the Titans East are still up and running. I think Cy and Bee finally got together, 'bout time too," Wally chuckled, "I still keep in contact with BB, and some of the other honorary Titans, but Starfire's kinda difficult to stay in contact with, y'know, her ruling her home planet an all, but I still talk to her every now and then. She said she might be visiting soon, but I don't know how to tell her that we still haven't found Raven, and that you disappeared for two years,"

Wally was silent for a moment.

"To be honest, after the Titans split up, I wanted you to come with me, but before I could ask you, you disappeared. Why didn't you tell anyone where you were going, Jinx?" he asked her. Wally sighed once more.

"I really hope you'd wake up soon, Jinx, I…I really missed you, y'know?" Wally whispered. He reached out and brushed a strand of pink hair out of her face.

His stomach suddenly growled, and he sighed.

"I'm just gonna go grab something to eat," Wally murmured to her as he released her hand. He got up and ran out of the room, intending to find something to eat, and bring it back to Jinx's infirmary room, and eat it there.

He doesn't like to spend more than three minutes away from her. Everyone else thought that it's because she's an old friend of his and he wants to make sure that she's alright, and they're partially right on that one. Truth be told, he was terrified that she'll disappear again. From what he knew about her, she's incredibly good at cutting ties with people, and he has a feeling that once she leaves, he won't be seeing her for a long time, maybe it'll be the last time he'll ever see her.


Meanwhile, Cheshire silently laid on her bed, staring blankly at the wall in beside her. That's all she's been doing for the past three days—aside from eating, and being questioned by both the Young Justice and members of the Justice League, and eating. Her condition very similar to the conditions of the girl who was currently sleeping in the room across from hers.

Cheshire had cuts, bruises, and burn marks all over her body. However, she knew that it isn't as bad as her friends'. She had been changed into a hospital gown while she was asleep, and now she's completely defenseless. Well not exactly defenseless, but she doesn't have all of her weapons, and her comfortable Cheshire outfit.

Cheshire let released a silent breath and shifted on her side, wincing slightly at the pain on her arms, and started staring at the wall beside her. She felt her eyes slowly droop, but forced herself to stay away.

She hasn't been sleeping much lately. She doesn't want to have to deal with nightmares that reminded her of the reason why she's in an infirmary room at the Young Justice base, while her friend had been out cold for three days straight.

Cheshire hadn't plucked enough courage to tell the heroes what happened. Especially since it concerns Slade, and especially since three of the Young Justice members had once been a part of the Titans, and more so since Robin had dealt with Slade more so than anyone else. Every time she tried to tell them, her words choke up, and memories of what happened began to flood into her mind, and she loses any courage that she had managed to pluck.

The two resident aliens attempted to look into her mind, and see what happened for themselves, but—whether they realized it or not—when they tried, she saw them too, and for that, she just about freaked. She hadn't said a single word, but she couldn't stop shaking, and (thankfully) Red Arrow knew her well enough that whatever she's seeing is pretty terrifying for her to re-live, and told the two to stop.

"We either wait for Jinx to wake up and tell us herself, or we wait until Cheshire's able to tell us herself," She heard Red Arrow tell everyone outside.

For once, she reluctantly admitted to herself that if there was one hero that she likes to encounter on a regular basis, it's Red Arrow. From all their encounters, he knows her well enough to know that nothing shakes her easily. So when he saw how much she began to shake at the memories, he knew it was really bad.

For the past three days, Red Arrow had been trying to get her to talk. She had to commend him for his attempts, but Cheshire no matter how much she tried, she just can't bring out the words that she needed to say. Hell, she can't even think about the words without remembering what happened.

Cheshire let out a silent breath, and was about to push some hair out of her face with her left hand, but soon realized that her arm had been cuffed to the bed. She let out another breath and used her other hand.

Red Arrow had punched her, making her unconscious for several hours, and the next thing she knew, she woke up, her hand cuffed to the bed, and inside the infirmary located at their base. She could've easily escaped, but no one here knew Lucy and what she had gone through these last two years. Cheshire can't just leave her friend here. If you're fighting in the other side of the law, friendships never last, they're not real most of the time, because if you trust someone, they can easily break your trust, thus getting you killed in the process. It's always you before others, it's how Cheshire and Lucy had survived before they met eachother back at the Hive Academy.

However, if they did find a friend, a real friend, not a person who just uses you, then they value their friendships. To put it in simpler terms, if you're fighting in the other side of the law, everyone has almost few to none amount of friendships. For villains, they're generally the type of people who has few but close friends.

And that's why Cheshire refused to escape. She's not leaving Lucy here on her own, not when Slade's after her, and not with the people who hadn't given her the help she really needed for the last two years.

Cheshire pushed the thought to the back of her mind, and focused her attention elsewhere. She had already looked around the room, and was unhappy to find that there was no window for her to look out of, so she resorted to glaring at her cuffed hand.

Cheshire had no idea as to why Red Arrow had brought her here, well she did, he wanted to know what happened to her and Lucy—Jinx is what the others know her as—but what she didn't get is why he brought her here of all places.

She's a wanted assassin, so why did Red Arrow brought her to the Young Justice base, and not somewhere else? Like a hospital for example. Lucy needed professional medical help, not Cheshire—well she does, but not as much as Lucy.

"Cheshire," Her head snapped up at the mention of her name—habit of hers—and saw it was just Red Arrow. She sat up, though remaining silent as she continued looking at him.

"Brought you your lunch," He said gruffly as he walked over to her, placing the food on the table next to her. Cheshire nodded her thanks, as she warily eyed her "rescuer".

He took a seat next to her—something that he had been doing for the past three days—and silence enveloped them.

"You're going to have to talk at some point, Cheshire," He said. Still, Cheshire remained silent.

"We have to find out what happened to Jinx," Red Arrow began, "You may not realize it, but Jinx was—is—my friend, she's also Kid Flash's and Robin's. We all want to know what happened to her, we want to help her this time," He said.

Cheshire glared at him.

Where was your "help" when she was being hunted down for the last two years! She thought angrily. She opened her mouth to yell at him, and yet, she can't get the words out, and soon enough, her anger became despair, and she closed her mouth. The black haired woman looked away from the hero and looked down at her lap.

Red Arrow sighed, not surprised at her lack of answer. After when J'onn and M'gann tried to look inside her mind, the elder alien claimed that she's currently undergoing trauma induced muteness, and that it will take time—and a lot of encouragement—before she could start speaking. Basically, they have to wait, before finding out what happened to Jinx and Cheshire.

He had never seen her look this scared in his life. He has seen her look angry, annoyed, happy—and not by her mask—but never has he seen her look scared.

Suddenly, M'gann's voice entered both their heads.

Guys, Jinx is gone. Red Arrow's eyes widened. He shot up from his seat, and ran out of the room, leaving Cheshire on her own.

Cheshire let out a smirk.

Over the last two years, Lucy had found out that she has magical heritage, something that Lucy had always suspected, but always denied—she always claimed that her powers are just science; that she's able to bend molecules to cause damage to any other person.

When she found out that she is a magic user, she took it upon herself to learn as much as she can: to heal, defend and attack. She, Lucy and Raven spent a year together, all of them teaching one another the basis of magic (turns out that Cheshire is able to do magic as well, but only small bits), and teaching one another martial arts (something that Cheshire should teach to them).

Right now, Lucy had more than likely casted an invisibility spell, which would explain her sudden disappearance from her infirmary room. She looked over at the open door that Red Arrow left open, and sensed another's presence in the room. The door itself slowly shut, not making a noise.

Cheshire smirked as a pink haired young woman revealed herself. Her cat-pupiled eyes landed on her as she let out a relieved smile at her friend.

"You're ok," She said quietly. Cheshire shrugged and Jinx—no, Lucy; she made that clear two years ago—walked over to her and sat on her bed.

"I heard what the others said, Jade," She began quietly, using Cheshire's real name, "That you have trauma induced muteness. Is it true?" She asked. The black haired assassin looked away and nodded, and began speaking to her in sign language—just because she can't talk, doesn't mean that she can't communicate with her friend.

"No matter how hard I try, I just can't bring myself to talk," she said. Lucy—after living with Kyd Wykyd—understood what she was saying, and pulled her into a hug.

"We should get out of here," Lucy said as she broke the hug. Jade nodded understanding her reasons why and pointed to the handcuff that prevented Jade from leaving. Lucy nodded and hexed the handcuff off of Jade.

"Wait," Jade signed before pulling the blanket off the bed and taking another spare blanket.

"We won't be discovered if we use them," She explained.

"Good idea," Lucy said as she took both of them.

"occultus amiculum," She chanted and soon enough both blankets became invisible, and she handed one over to Jade. The two quickly wrapped themselves inside the blankets, thus making them invisible.

"Let's go," Lucy said.


Well, whattya think? :P

I've already gotten an idea of how I'm gonna write for the second chapter, now all I gotta do is to actually write it :P

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