Learning to Trust Jinx

The following day, as Jinx got a little extra sleep (not having reach a full recovery), the team was talking about whether or not they could trust her.

"She may have you all fooled," said Raven, "but she doesn't fool me. I would rather date Beast Boy than trust her. She will turn on us, and when she does, I'll be ready."

"Dudes," said Beast Boy, "were you all asleep yesterday? She saved thousands of lives, and thanks to her, Cinderblock isn't gonna be wreaking too much anytime soon."

"I can see where you're coming from," said Robin, directed at Raven, "but I think Beast Boy's right. She was beaten and left to die, and now, if any HIVE members see her, they'll kill her. I'm not saying she should join us, but we should let her stay here until she finds a way to avoid the HIVE on her own."

"What's so wrong with her joining us?" asked Cyborg, "My truth detector has been going berserk ever since we brought her here."

"I agree with Cyborg," said Starfire, "Jinx has shown us that she HAS good in her, and she seems to like it better than bad."

"Cyborg," said Beast Boy, mischief in his voice, "I think you have a little thing for Jinx."

"WHAT?" said Cyborg, defensive, "What makes you think that?"

"I can hear your pulse from here," said Robin, before cracking a smirk, "I think you want her to become Mrs. Cyborg,"

"Oh please," said Cyborg, "That's gonna be you and Starfire LONG before it's me and Jinx." he smirked while Robin and Starfire blushed. Beast Boy was in a fit of laughter. Even Raven's lips curled into a smile.

"Cyborg," said Raven, "you just admitted to crushing on Jinx." Cyborg's face turned Cherry red, as everyone else laughed,

"What's so funny?" asked a voice that made everyone shut their traps: the voice of Jinx. She had a pretty wide grin,

"How long have you been standing there?" asked Robin,

"Long enough to hear Cyborg admit he likes Me." said Jinx. Raven gave a look to Cyborg that said have fun with your future wife. Cyborg was blushing so hard the others could feel the heat radiating off his face.

"Now if you'll excuse me," said Jinx, breaking a long silence, "I have some business to take care of." She left. Before any more shots could be fired between the Titans, they heard the sound of Shattering glass. There was a huge flash and a loud bang; a Flash bang had been thrown in through the window. Before the Titans could ponder what was happening, a metal capsule was thrown in as well, and a yellow gas came from it: Sleep Gas. The Titans were knocked out cold. Then a huge figure as well as a scrawny figure came in and scooped up the Titans.

When Jinx came back from her business, the Titans were gone, and there was a faint smell that she recognized: Sleeping Gas! There was a pile of glass on the floor, and Jinx began to search for evidence. She eventually found it: A carelessly left behind HIVE communicator! The huge footprints left on the floor and a spill of oil left only two culprits: Mammoth and Gizmo. Rage filled Jinx; she had to find them, regardless of the consequences that may follow. Jinx used what she learned back at HIVE to find them; they were at an old water tower. This was a massive Water Tower, big enough to hold seventy five people comfortably.

Gizmo had set up massive energy cages, which were designed to hold someone down by their wrists with a big metal tube held down by sheer energy. For whatever reason, the Water tower had lost all its water. There were pipes that anyone could see on the ceiling, as well as pipes you couldn't see in the floor.

"That was too easy," said Mammoth,

"You stink faces are just getting lazy," said Gizmo, in his usual adolescence.

"Brother Blood will look upon us with pride; we're going to take down the Titans."

"Not if I have something to say about it," said a voice, and the seven pairs of eyes looked at the threshold: Jinx was there.

"Brother Blood will be even more pleased if we take down Jinx," said Gizmo, and the two charged. Jinx shot out a purple beam, and a pipe ripped from the ground and hit Mammoth in a place that won't be written down.

"Right in the dumbbells," said Mammoth, needing time to recover from that. Gizmo was flying toward Jinx, but she put her bad luck on his backpack, which caused him to fly around uncontrollably, barely able to avoid getting himself hurt in his own trap. Mammoth was back up, but Jinx was able to make a pipe on the ceiling plummet and land right on Mammoth's head. Then it went up and hit him again and again and again.

"Knock it off," he said. Meanwhile, Gizmo finally found control of his jetpack and flew toward Jinx. Jinx had no trouble kicking Gizmo in the side of the face, thereby sending him on a crash course toward Mammoth. The crash was so hard, Mammoth broke three teeth, and Gizmo's goggles broke. The pair fled the water tower. Jinx then threw the switch which turned off the energy, allowing the five Heroes to escape the trap without severing fingers.

A few hours later, Jinx was confronted by Raven.

"I'm only going to say this once," she said, "I misjudged you, I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it," said Jinx. Raven nodded, and left. Soon after, Cyborg came to her,

"You've won the whole team over completely," said Cyborg, as he handed her a small, round object: It was a Teen Titans Communicator!

"We'd like you to have this," said Cyborg, "and that means: You're an Honorary Teen Titan." Jinx was filled with joy, throwing her arms around Cyborg. Jinx felt her sense of belonging return to her after what seemed like years.