Cyborg crawled through the ducts of Brother Blood's underwater base. "Spiky headed know it all...It's my blueprints, my bad guy, and my-" The duct opened and dumped Cyborg into a wide open area.
Brother Blood's face appeared on a large screen. "Cyborg. So nice of you to drop in."
Someone stepped up behind Cyborg, and he turned as Brother Blood continued. "Say, you remember Jinx, don't you? You were my two top students at Hive Academy." Jinx approached Cyborg, smiling. "But of course, JINX WASN'T A SPY!"
Jinx leaped to the attack, striking with her energy blasts. Cyborg managed to dodge several blasts, but then Jinx caught him by surprise when she spun her hand in a circle and released a concussive shockwave of her magic, impacting not unlike his own sonic cannon.
"Whoa...where did you learn that?" he shouted in shock.
"I learned a lot from you, Cyborg...before you betrayed us...betrayed me!" She suddenly leapt into the air, spinning on her side. Wheels of cutting pink light launched from her body, and CYborg dodged and stared as they sheered effortlessly through anything they encountered before dissipating.
The battle continued, Cyborg desperately trying to fight Jinx off, but he was quickly getting his ass kicked. Then he got another shock as one sweep of Jinx' arm cut through several boxes a good distance from her. "Woah! You've got an invisible sword or something?"
"I had a lot of tricks I never showed you. After all, why would I show anything to a TRAITOR!" She blasted him again, knocking him back. "DO you have any idea what your betrayel did to me? Do you know what it's like to picture a future with someone, then watch them betray everything you stand for and hold dear?" A massive concussive blast sent him slamming into the screen shutting it down. He started to get up, but found Jinx in his face, her magic glowing around her hand at his throat.
"Didn't think so," she said with a smile, before backing up. "But then, neither do I."
Cyborg stared at her, confused. "Huh?"
She shook her head. "Aqualad told you there was an agent on the inside, right?" She smirked at him. "YOu're a little slow on the uptake, Stone."
"SAY WHAT?"
"Did you really think you were the only spy at Hive Academy? I've been undercover there for years!"
Cyborg glared at her. "And Blood couldn't brainwash you because?"
She tapped her forehead. "Mind control effects can't effect a partitioned mind. Come on, let's shut down that sonic resonator." She turned and headed inward.
"Sorry, Jinx, but I need more details." Cyborg stood in her path. "What the hell is a partitioned mind?"
She sighed. "Blood couldn't control you because your cybernetic mind wasn't fooled by what he showed you. THus, you were somewhat protected. A partitioned mind works much the same way. YOu take the essence of who you are - the core of your mind, everything you want to preserve - and lock it away deep inside of you, where it can't be touched. Then..." she shuddered.
"Then...?"
"You sacrifice the rest of you to whatever they're going to do to you. It's a great way to protect yourself from being broken, be it through torture, brainwashing, or straight mind control. Unfortunately..." she shuddered again. "It leaves you completely helpless to stop yourself from being used against your will. It was necessarry to infiltrate for Blood to believe he had me completely under his control, but..." She shook her head. "Never mind. Let's get a move on, before the city ceases to exist."
CYborg nodded. He wasn't going to press further, not with what he could interpret on his own. He suddenly found himself with an all new reason to hate Blood.
Blood smashed his viewscreen. "Well, Cyborg, it seems you've destroyed my little 'friend'," he said, giving a peculiar emphasis to the word 'friend'. "I guess I'll just have to destroy all of yours."
Cyborg and Jinx walked along the corridors, heading for the sonic resonator. When they reached the intersection, they both ran though their independent calculations, and tried to lead in seperate directions.
Cyborg looked down at Jinx after bunmping into her. "The resonator core is this way. I'm the one with the high tech sensors, remember?"
"And I helped build this place," Jinx said.
"You must be so proud," Cyborg said, and was caught off guard by a slap to the face.
"That was uncalled for. I've been tracking Blood and his ilk before you even knew who he was. THat means I call the shots here, got it?"
"NO!" Cyborg, although apologetic about his comment, was vehement in his stance. "Because it's my tech, my mission, and without me, you wouldn't have a clue how to shut this thing down." He turned down the corridor heading to the resonator.
Jinx smiled as he walked down. "Actually, I'd just boost the wavelength in the transmission matrix triggering a meltdown in the amplification system."
Cyborg froze, then hung his head. "I never told anyone about that glitch. How did you-"
Jinx walked forward, holding a disk. "I pulled your blueprints off the Hive mainframe. Blood can never use em again. Wasn't that nice of me?"
"Gimme that!" Cyborg shouted, snatching for it, but Jinx pulled it back.
"No way! If you fail against Blood, I might need this to shut down the resonator."
"Please," Cyborg begged. "They're not just plans, they're me. Everything I am. My body, my brain, my feelings!"
"...I know," Jinx said sadly. "I wouldn't invade your mind uninvited. I know how painful that is." They walked down the hallway a ways. At a doorway, she asked, "Would I have really been worth it?"
Stepping through the doorway, Cyborg turned towards her. "Huh?"
"...never mind," she said, hexing the controls, causing the door to slam shut between them. Cyborg continued on his way.
As Cyborg was slowly being torn apart internally by Brother Blood, pink light suddenly slammed into the villain, sending him flipping towards the resonator. Jinx landed out of a cloud of warped light, and offered Cyborg a hand up. Then they made their plan.
Blood stood up. "Another spy? Tell me, was anyone at my school actually there to learn?"
"I learned all I'd care to from you," Jinx said, taking a combat stance. "Now it's my turn to teach you."
Jinx leapt to battle against Blood, making pink platforms from her feet and hands in midair to gain an aerial advantage.
Cyborg caused the resonator to overload. Blood shouted out, "NO!" before Jinx kicked him off the platform. The Titans all made it out safely.
Jinx announced back at the Tower that she'd be going to help Aqualad track down Brother Blood.
As everyone headed out, Cyborg stopped Jinx. "Jinx, what you asked me down there...what did you mean?"
Jinx averted her gaze. "When I swiped this," she handed him the disk with his blueprints, "I saw a few things I shouldn't have...like what you remembered of the dance."
Cyborg paused, realizing what she was talking about.
"You...you were thinking about turning your back on the Titans...on being a hero...just to be with me..."
Cyborg nodded. "YOu were asking...if I really thought you'd have been worth that?"
She nodded. He opened his mouth to answer, and she put her finger to his lips.
"No. DOn't tell me now. I'm not sure I want to know." With that, she turned and left.