Victor got done using the bathroom and was heading over to Gar's room to say goodbye before he headed to the car. Garfield was reasonably upset, but Victor still worried about him. He hoped he wouldn't get as bad as Raven did, but he also hoped Gar kept trying to get Terra in jail. It would be beneficial to everyone.
When he opened the door to see a peculiar figure heading towards Gar's bed, with a syringe in her hand, he immediately went into action. Quietly, but swiftly, he snuck up behind the intruder and slid one arm around her stomach, and the other around her mouth, and yanked her back. The girl let out a startled cry, and struggled in his grip, but he held her steady until she calmed down. A slightly confused Garfield got up and flipped on the light switch to see Victor with a distraught girl in his grasp.
It was an honest mistake. Jinx should've known his friend would've come back to check on him one last time. She should've known to wait a few more minutes. But she didn't, as she was too eager to get the sinful deed over with to care about the consequences. Now she was in trouble, and probably going to go to jail for a long time.
"Holy shit, dude! Who is she?" Garfield exclaimed, and ran his hand through his hair.
"I don't know, I found her sneaking over to your bed," Victor,obviously panicked, whispered loudly.
"Was she trying to kill me?" Garfield shrieked, now pacing the floors.
"I don't know, how am I supposed to know?" Victor replied, holding the criminal in a death grip.
"Well don't touch her!" Gar acted as if she was some sort of disease.
"We can't just let her go! Call the cops and let's- Ow! She fucking bit me!" Victor shouted and released the girl.
Jinx ran to the door, trying to escape. She was the criminal in this situation. She needed to leave, Terra and the money be damned. But, right as she got to the hallway, she ran straight into another person's chest.
"Woah, slow down. Victor, Garfield. What's happening here?" Richard, who came back with Kori and Raven to see what was taking so long, asked.
"Jinx? Who put you up to this?" A startled Raven stepped forward.
"You know her?" Victor asked.
"She's the one that killed my parents."
"Raven, look, I'm really sorry and-"
"It doesn't matter. Money is money, right?" Raven spat, her voice bitter, "Who put you up to this? Was it the sick bastard that ordered you to kill my parents?"
"No, no. It wasn't Light," Jinx bowed her head in defeat. Her and Raven used to be friends, although Jinx was Victor's age.
"Who was it and how much did they pay you?" Richard, who knew all about Jinx, asked.
"It was Terra. She payed me ten grand," Jinx sighed. Victor and Kori, although they didn't know the whole story, pieced it together. Gar stood there, stunned and bewildered.
"She is in need of being put behind the bars," Kori attempted using slang, albeit poorly.
"Wait. I...I think I know someone who could help," Jinx suggested.
"And why should we trust you?" Gar spoke up.
"Because I hate Terra just as much as you," Jinx answered.
"It's true," Raven admitted, "She hates killing innocents. Killing my mother was an accident. Jinx didn't know she was in the car. She probably only attempted to kill Garfield because of the money."
"I need it, we don't have a place to live," Jinx tried to defend herself.
"I don't care how much you need it. You should be in jail, but if Raven trusts you even after what you did...bring us to your friend," Richard sighed, and Jinx agreed to take them to him.
"We have been walking for half and hour now. How much longer?" Gar complained, making sure to keep a lot of distance between himself and Jinx.
"We're almost there," Jinx replied, slipping silently along the shadows expertly.
"We should've taken the car," Raven mumbled.
"I am not letting a murderer into my baby!" Victor shouted in protest from next to Raven.
"She usually only kills criminals," Richard reasoned as he held Kori's hand.
"That does not matter. Right friend Victor? Murder is murder," Kori asked.
"It's not that simple," Raven answered for Victor, who remained silent.
"We're here," Jinx led the group into an abandoned building and down a flight of stairs.
"Let me guess, we're going to talk to Gizmo," Raven rolled her eyes.
"He's the best I know if you want the job done," Jinx replied.
"He's annoying," Raven argued.
"You think everyone is annoying," Garfield spoke.
Raven opened her mouth to argue, but then nodded her head as if agreeing to that statement, "I can't argue with that one...This one though, trust me. He is a handful."
Jinx ignored that comment and knocked on a broken door. They stood silently for a few minutes and shifted uncomfortably, except for Jinx, who stood patiently. She knew Gizmo always waited a few minutes to answer the door in case the police were around.
"Jinx, I see you brought company. Raven. Richard," he greeted, but Richard and Gizmo were noticeably edgy near one another, as if bothered by the others presence, "I see they brought friends."
"We need you to do something for us," Raven stepped in front of Richard so she could stand face to face with Gizmo.
"Obviously. Why else would you willingly come? Who are your friends?" He sidetracked.
"That's not important, and you know it," Jinx sounded aggravated and exhausted.
"You guys should probably wait outside, this may take a while," Raven turned to her friends and rubbed her temples.
"And leave you in there with two criminals? Right. 'Cause that sounds like a wonderful idea," Garfield stated sarcastically.
"Just trust her Gar, she's known them from before," Victor had faith that Raven knew what she was doing.
"Are you sure you feel safe, friend Raven?" Kori asked.
"It's them that shouldn't feel safe," Raven smirked, and that seemed to put her friends at ease.
"If you could stop with the chit chat, that'd be great. I'm only helping you because Jinx asked nicely, so test my patience again and I'm kicking you out," Gizmo groaned, and Raven pushed past him and into the room.
"Do you have any dirt on the Terra case?" Raven's whole demeanor changed when she spoke to people like Gizmo or Jinx. You had to be straightforward and bold if you wanted to get stuff done with these types of people.
"Of course I do, I've been collecting black mail on her ever since she stole that money from us."
"What exactly do you have?" Raven put her hands against the desk and looked around the room, which contained simply a computer and filing cabinets.
"The security tape of Terra starting the fire. I also have one of her and Mr. Joe Wilson himself making out. That is, if you're interested in it," Gizmo smiled impishly. He knew she'd want that one as well, because it would send Slade to jail because Terra was still a minor.
"If you have all of that, why haven't you given it to the cops yet?" Raven gasped.
"Because we aren't so innocent ourselves, and we don't want to draw attention to ourselves. Besides, wouldn't they want to know how we got the tapes?" Jinx reasoned.
"And you couldn't just leave them there for the cops to find?"
"No, Terra would've destroyed them," Gizmo explained, "And before you ask, no. We can't just drop it off anonymously. We refuse to go anywhere near the cops. They might recognize us."
"If you help us sneak into the station one night to drop off the tapes, I'll convince my friends to do it," Raven suggested. She knew she was getting into a complicated situation, but there wasn't any other choice. She had assessed the whole thing carefully.
"We're going to have to do more than just that if we want to pull it off. We need a map of the station. We need to make a plan. We need to find a new hideout in case Terra tells the cops about this one," Gizmo warned.
"I figured as much," Raven nodded.
"Then it's settled. Come back when everyone knows the plan, and you're ready for the next step," Jinx stated darkly, because she hated how things always had to get complicated.
Author's Note: I apologize for having to do this, but I would like to get your opinion on something. Would you rather have chapters the size of this one fairly often, or larger chapters less often? Thank you for your feedback! I really appreciate it!
-Abby