Jinx spent the next few days alternating between incredibly confused and violent. She had destroyed a lot of the surrounding furniture after her thirty-second crying spell, and now, four days later, she was pacing in circles around her room. Kid Flash's flower lay on her desk. She was unsure of what to do with it. Keeping it meant she wanted to see Kid Flash again (which she certainly didn't) but something inside of her was stopping her from shredding it to pieces like the last one. Thoughts like these were driving her crazy, and they weren't the worst of it.
"I just trust you."
His words ringing through her head, over and over.
"I just trust you."
He shouldn't trust me, though. Jinx thought miserably.
What, does he just think that he can trust me, I'll see the 'error of my ways' and just be good and we'll save the world together with our Golden Retriever and 2.5 children?
Jinx groaned, and flopped back onto her bed. She hated this feeling, the uncertain confusion. Jinx had always known what she wanted, what she needed. She'd had the same goals since she was eleven! Join the Brotherhood of Evil, take over the world, and laugh ominously as she watched the people of the world writher under her control.
"You don't need to hurt people to feel good about yourself,"
Again, his words were running through her mind, causing her to put her pillow to her face and scream. Jinx needed to do something, steal something or go somewhere or- She stopped. The villainess knew what she needed to do.
She needed to never talk to Kid Flash again, because only when she stopped talking to him, could she stop the confusing thoughts. If she could avoid him forever, she would never have to face the glaring truths that he showed her. Hiding from him was the only option and there was only one way to make sure that she never saw the speedy super hero again.
The resolve firm in her mind, she swung off of her bed and glanced into her mirror. The villainess looked terrible, and not in the evil way she would have liked. Turning back around, she scooped up the rose stem and the newer, undamaged rose and held them in her hand. Grinning maliciously, she attempted to fry them with her eyes. Like the last time she had tried, nothing happened. The flowers looked exactly the same as before. Infuriated, Jinx strolled over to her desk, wrenched open a drawer, and pulled out a pair of scissors. She took the scissors to the flowers, and cut them up into itsy bitsy bits. Satisfied, she tossed the massacred flowers into her trashcan, and proceeded to the bathroom.
Jinx stared at herself in the mirror for a moment, before deciding that she terribly needed a shower. Ten minutes later, she emerged, fresh, wet, and smelling like soap. She would have to wait for her hair to dry before she could put it up into its horn shape. Jinx left the bathroom, climbed a mllion stairs, and walked into the kitchen. She was starving; she hadn't eaten much over the past few days. Opening the fridge, she noticed that it was empty. Suddenly, the villainess felt very weary.
They had to come back sometime, I guess,
Jinx had no sooner thought to herself, before she heard a loud bang. Slamming the fridge door shut, she ran to the source of commotion, coming from the workout room.
"Come on, you snot-brain! Lift it, or I'll have to zap you again!"
Jinx walked in on Gizmo, shouting his head off at See-More, who was trying to lift two one-hundred-fifty pound dumbbells.
"Oh, um, hey Jinx!" See-More sputtered, suddenly very self-conscious about the fact that, hard as he try, he couldn't lift the weights.
"Hey," Jinx answered, crossing her arms, "When did you guys get back?"
"Those crud-munching police officers let us out yesterday afternoon." Gizmo said, aiming some type of device that shot electrical charges at See-More.
"Come on," The mechanical genius goaded, shocking him with the zapping device. "Don't be such a wimp!"
"Ow, hey, stop it!" See-More dropped the dumbbells, and began to chase Gizmo around the room.
Jinx sighed, shook her head, and left the room. Imbeciles.
Next, Jinx came upon several copies of Billy Numerous, all complimenting each other.
"You're the most handsome Billy!"
"Oh no, you most definitely are!"
"Billys, please, we're ALL the most handsome!"
Jinx didn't even bother stopping to talk to Billy; it would have been a pointless conversation. She glanced sympathetically at Kyd Wyckyd, who seemed to be observing the mutual admiration society that was the Billys. Jinx continued onto the game room, where Mammoth was absorbed in, of all things, Pac-Man. Jinx paused in the door way, willing Mammoth to take notice of her. She stood there for nearly five minutes before sadly turning, and walking back to her room.
Looking into her mirror again, she noticed something different about herself, besides the fact that her hair had dried into a big pink puff ball. She looked changed.
He's right about one thing, Jinx thought,
I'm better than this
It was nearly seven P.M. when Jinx got the last of her stuff packed up. She sat down on her bed, careful to avoid the bulging suitcase perched on the edge. With a sigh, the soon-to-be-former Hive Five leader looked around at her room. It didn't look much different, except that her posters were taken down, and her drawers full of black and purple clothes were empty. Jinx heard a knock on her door, and composed herself before getting up to answer it. Jinx strategically placed herself so that whoever it was wouldn't be able to see the suitcase on her bed. The door slid open, and she was surprised to see See-More there, fidgeting.
"Hey Jinx, nice day, isn't it?"
Jinx stared at him blankly for a second, and answered,
"Yep."
See-More stood there awkwardly for a few more seconds while Jinx relaxed against the doorframe.
"Well… have a good night See-More" Jinx said, getting ready to shut the door.
"No, wait!" See-More nearly shouted. Jinx raised her non-existent eyebrows.
"Well, I was wondering, I mean, uh, the Science Exhibit at the museum is open tonight, and I wanted to know if maybe you wanted to go there…I mean, with me. Together. Like…a date?"
Jinx's bored expression softened. She was quiet for a moment before she said anything. See-More looked as though he was about to faint. The villainess began to blush as she answered,
"See-More, I don't think that's a good idea."
"Oh, okay then. Yeah, I get it, I mean, you're you and I'm… I understand."
Jinx's guiltiness grew as she watched See-More babble embarrassingly. She wasn't paying much attention though; she was busy having an internal battle with herself.
If there's anyone to tell, it'd be See-More
But what if he tries to stop me?
Yeah right, like you wouldn't be able to take See-More
No, but I wouldn't be able to take the rest of the Hive once they heard what was going on
See-More wouldn't do anything to hurt you.
See-More was still nervously babbling, when Jinx interrupted him.
"See-More listen," Jinx dropped her voice so that he had to lean in to hear her,
"I'm leaving tonight, quitting the Hive Five. I'm not coming back. I can't stand being here, everyone is…" She stopped herself. Jinx didn't want to isolate one of the only friends she had by calling him an idiot. "I want to try my hand at being a solo villain. I wanted you to know, because I think we're friends, and I didn't want you to be upset when I just disappeared."
See-More listened, stunned into silence, as Jinx continued,
"Tell the others I left for bigger and better things, and when the Brotherhood of Evil calls, like Madame Rouge told me they would, tell them I've disappeared. They won't be too concerned. I want you to have my communicator, it's not like I'll be needing it."
The villainess handed over her bright yellow Hive communicator to See-More, who took it, stunned. He glanced at it for a second, and then pushed Jinx out of the way to step into her room. He took in all the bare walls, and empty drawers that were wide open.
"I'm gonna miss you, Jinx." See-More whispered.
"I'm not leaving until midnight," Jinx ignored his comment. "When everyone is asleep. You'll cover for me when they find out I'm gone, right?"
See-More nodded mutely, as Jinx sat down on her bed. A thought seemed to strike See-More suddenly, because he stared oddly at Jinx for a moment.
"What?" Jinx asked, easily getting irritated.
"Where are you going to go?" See-More asked gently, sitting down besides her.
Jinx paled, completely and utterly unsure of an answer.
