Terra tensed instantly as soon as the voice spoke, but Beastboy revolved instantly. Having her hand clenched inside Beastboy's, she was forced to turn also, shooting icy daggers at the man in the lab coat. He seemed to finally be showing emotion other than amusement; his mouth was curled into a scowl of anger. He was rubbing his gut through the coat, and it seemed that his aura of chilliness had shattered. Terra felt Beastboy's hand tighten around hers, but didn't do anything other than glare at the man in front of them.
With the noises from the battle behind them muffled by the wall, an eerie silence fell over the three. All were tense and quiet, until the man smirked. It wasn't a smug smirk, but an angry, chilly one. "You'll regret trying to escape, Terra," He hissed out her name. "Because I'm not the only one in here." Terra blinked in surprise, suddenly straightening up from the uncomfortable crouch she hadn't realized she'd sank into.
"What? Who else is here?" Beastboy blurted out obliviously, his ears straightening up in surprise and his head tilted slightly to the left. The man snickered, a low and cruel sound, then waved an arm towards a pile of crates on the opposite wall.
"I can't believe you were so stupid to fall for this trap." A familiar, high-pitched and snooty voice echoed around the small room, followed by the appearance of a thin, and delicate-looking teenager. "But then again, Beastboy is here," She commented snidely, standing on the top of the pile of crates with her thin hands placed on her hips and a smirk decorating her face.
"Jinx…!" Beastboy muttered, oblivious to the insult she'd shot. He blinked in surprise at the villain perched on the crate, and Terra tensed at the smug sparkle in her eyes. With a sudden recalling of the insult being shot at Beastboy, she narrowed her own blue eyes up at the teenager, who's smirk grew wider.
"I'm surprised you know my name," Jinx leered, her high-pitched voice making Terra twitch in irritation. Jinx turned her sights to Terra, and laughed evilly. "Aw, did I make Beastboy's little girlfriend upset?" She laughed again with a roll of her eyes, crossing her arms across her chest as she glared down upon the two standing below her.
"Where's my money?" The man in the lab coat suddenly snarled, turning his back to the stunned Titans and looking up at Jinx. She sighed heavily and rolled her eyes, pulling a large bundle of cash from a jeweled belt wrapped loosely around her hourglass waist. She threw it down at the man, who caught it, and his angry scowl turned into an eager one.
"Now go. You've done your job," Jinx commanded, pointing with a thin white finger to nowhere in particular. The man in the coat stashed the money inside of his pocket, his face tightening up at the command, but bowing mockingly. He swiveled around and marched past the crates, instantly disappearing after a few seconds of silence.
The two Titans in the room were filled with shock, both exchanging wide-eyed looks with each other. It had been an unexpected turn of events, but Terra still believed they could beat Jinx. After all, there was one of her against two Titans. "All we have to do is beat her, and somehow find a way past the wall." Terra whispered urgently in Beastboy's elf-like ear, her starvation and exhaustion apparently having been forgotten, along with the bleeding around her wrists, ankles, and cheek.
Before Beastboy could open his jaws to reply, another high laugh filled the room. "You think it's as simple as that?" Jinx retorted, apparently having overheard the conversation. She looked entirely amused now as she crossed her arms over her chest, waiting until Beastboy and Terra divided their attention to her. Once the pairs of green and blue eyes fixated on her, she smirked amusedly again. She didn't bother saying anything, only snapping her fingers sharply.
At the snap, the walls began to tremble and shake, as if an earthquake was occurring. Beastboy let out a shout of surprise but managed to keep his balance as the floor too began to rapidly rumble. Terra gritted her teeth, but nearly collapsed, her knees turned in and wobbling slightly. She let go of her grip on Beastboy's hand and instant grasped his arm, him being her support to help her stand.
"You don't think we'd let HER run off on her own, now, would you?" Another small voice jeered, along with the scuttling of long, spindly legs. Blinking and regaining her balance as the shaking stopped, Terra was slightly surprised to see the small, kid-sized figure of Gizmo. He was perched with his legs dangling in mid-air, spider legs extracting from his backpack and reaching the ground, making him seem about 9 or 10 feet tall.
"Yeah, she'd probably burn this whole place down," A deep voice added, a huge, overgrown man stepping from the shadows. Recognizable as Mammoth, the whole team joined together, Jinx still perching precariously on top of the crates with a smug smirk on her face.
Terra, with her throat tightening with slight anger, heard Beastboy let out a little confused squeak. "Who was that guy?" He blurted out, lifting his free hand to scratch the back of his neck. Terra swiftly shot a 'what the heck?' look at him before grinning fondly. Quickly getting back to the matter at hand, she turned unsteadily to face the three once more.
"Whatsa matter—afraid to get your butts kicked?" Gizmo cockily replied, his smirk growing even wider than Jinx's. Terra glared up at the small genius, her eyes icy and cold; anger bubbling up inside her chest.
"We would be if one of our rivals weren't about two feet tall!" Terra retorted before she could stop herself, a low smirk beginning to cross over her face at the taken aback expression on Gizmo's face. She was barely aware of the muffled laughter from besides her, but was slightly startled to see Jinx and Mammoth collapsing in hysterics.
Gizmos' face flushed red in embarrassment at his teammates laughter. "Shut up." He uttered, folding his arms across his chest tightly, his lips sticking out in a slight pout. Beastboy's laughter finally burst out from his hands covering his mouth, he even kneeled over and laughed harder. Terra straightened up, arching an eyebrow at the gang and smirking.
They regained their composure, however. Jinx straightened up, still grinning, and Mammoth was continuing to chuckle loudly. However, Gizmo did not look the slightest amused. "Let's just hurry up and kill them already!" He whined loudly, making everyone in the room roll their eyes with the exception of Beastboy, who was still giggling to himself.
And with Gizmo's words, the group sprung into action. Gizmo scuttled forward, heading towards Beastboy, an expression of seriousness replacing the anger. Terra didn't get a chance to exchange one more parting look at Beastboy before a huge fist was swung at her. Thankfully, she leapt out of the way just in time, skidding on the ground and bumping gently into another stack of crates. Mammoth lumbered forward towards her, scowling and cracking his gigantic fists. Terra closed her eyes, concentrating on summoning up the biggest chunk of rock she could find.
When a strong pull tugged on her hands, she knew she'd received her prize. With a small grunt, she swung her hands upward with the little strength she had, her eyes flying open and pure yellow. She quickly noticed the huge chunk of rock that had been forcefully yanked from the ground, but pushed the thought aside. Swinging her arms back down between her legs and letting the force that held the rock in the air go, she panted and tried to regain her breath. She looked up just in time to see the rock smash Mammoth into the wall, the giant's eyes spinning and several moans following before his head plunked down against the rock. He was knocked out.
"Well, that was eas-" Terra smirked, but was interrupted when sharp pricks of pain stabbed her in the back. With a yelp, she spun around and found herself face to face with Jinx, her back still burning with slight pain. Her blue eyes narrowed as Jinx's black ones locked onto her.
Before either girl could say anything, Terra heard the roar of a bear. Quickly, for an instant, turning her gaze away from Jinx to search the small room, she could feel slight hysteria creeping up on her when she saw the green bear pinned to a wall by Gizmos' electronic legs. He was cackling creepily, and Terra knew something was going on. She quickly swiveled her head to face Jinx, forcing herself to insist that Beastboy would be alright.
However, as the two continued to glare at each other, a small voice in the back of Terra's head insisted that he wasn't. Terra pushed the voice aside, even though doubts were continuing to churn inside of her stomach. The blonde Titan quickly focused her attention on Jinx, her hands balling into fists and eyes narrowing. "What's your intent of killing us?" She questioned, hoping to stall for time while she wondered about Beastboy and got more energy back.
Jinx rolled her eyes. "We don't plan on killing you, just fatally injuring you enough so we can run amuck for at least a few months. I came up with it so we could sound dangerous." She smirked, seemingly proud of herself. Terra arched an eyebrow under the mop of hair flopping into her eyes, but she continued to breath deeply and summon her energy back.
"So, that's it. You just want to rob banks, and make children cry, and stuff like that?" Terra quickly retorted, half-sarcastic but half-serious as she straightened up and placed her fists on her hips. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a green kangaroo deliver swift kicks against Gizmo, causing him to be pushed backwards. She felt relived at this, but quickly drew her attention back to the conversation with Jinx.
"Well, I guess that's it in a nutshell." Jinx grinned widely for no apparent reason, but it vanished a few seconds later. "Let's get down to business." She twirled around, thrusting her hands at Terra, a pink wave lashing out at the rock-bending Titan.
Terra quickly leapt out of the way, summoning small chunks of sharp rocks and throwing them at Jinx, but to no avail, she literally danced out of the way. Jinx lashed out once more, this time the wave approaching her more swiftly. Terra once again darted out of the way, but the wave brushed against her shoulder. She let out a startled cry of pain at the burning sensation in her shoulder and she instantly gripped it with one hand, having lost her focus.
Before Terra could quickly shake off the pain, she was shoved to the ground but a white, pale, and dainty hand. With a grunt, she sat up instantly on the ground, looking up with a glare at Jinx, who was smirking down upon her. "Stay." She ordered when Terra tried to get up, but her shoulder was still stinging with great pain.
Terra simply gritted her teeth and continued to struggle to get up, but was instantly met by a pink wave to the stomach. This time, the pain was unbearable in her gut. She let out a muffled howl of pain, her teeth clenching together as her hands automatically curled around her gut protectively. When she withdrew her arms only to experience more pain, her heart began to pound. She had been wearing her normal, short black t-shirt, but directly underneath it she was bleeding. The pink wave had cut open the flesh like scissors tore into paper, blood clinging to her arms and making her feel woozy just looking at the thick liquid.
Terra couldn't resist staring at the blood flowing from her stomach, despite her head reeling and her ears ringing. She let out a last moan of pain, and quickly lay on the cool floor, unable to move without the burning pain. As her gaze grew more and more blurry, she noticed Jinx's face.
"I would say sorry," She smirked, and Terra's eyelids slowly slid closed, the teenager slipping closer and closer to fainting, or something worse.
"But I'm a villain. You know how it is."
Author's Note: Three words for my absence: Disneyland, beach, vacation. -_- Sorry I haven't updated in forever, but I've just been so busy..! Dx Those excuses are always used? Eh? But whatever, I'm updating for the heck of it. :P This chapter has a lot of twists and turns, so I don't think I'm done with the story yet….and I'm thinking about including an epilogue. But I still have like, a couple chapters left, so yeah. :P Enjoy this update, and sorry if it's a little confusing. Thanks to the people who reviewed; I once again appreciate it. My author's notes are getting way to long, so I'm prolly gonna shift it to the bottom. ._. Yeah, that's what'll I do. Sorry for endless rambling.