Starting off, I'd like to say thanks to all the people who have reviewed my previous chapters. I never dreamed I would receive this much attention! And, as my friend Ally pointed out to me, she has helped immeasurably with this story. Her account is Nevermore the Living, so be sure to read her amazing stories (If you haven't already). Finally, I'm accepting ideas for new stories, so if you can spare a few thoughts, it would be most appreciated. Now, back to what you've all been waiting for...

"I wanna watch Animal Planet!"

"Pro-wrestling!"

"NO! THE INDIGENOUS FUNGI OF NORTHERN BULGARIA!"

"JUST SHUT UP!" Jinx screamed over the arguing Titans. They turned to her frustrated face as if surprised she was there.

"Oh, sorry, Jinx!" Cyborg apoligized, the rest nodding their agreement. "When it comes to T.V, it's like World War 3 around here."

"Why can't you just watch the news?" Raven looked up from her book that she had been reading the entire time. "Perhaps something that will actually affect something other than my stomach will be on."

They looked at her disgustedly, but flipped to the news anyway. For five minutes all was quiet as they watched the latest disasters in government.

At least Kid Flash isn't here. Jinx thought, twirling her pink hair around her finger. But I suppose anything's better than watching this crap.

For years afterward Jinx would agonize over what would happen next as the absolute worst time to "jinx" herself, believing in some wild way that if she hadn't thought those words her mind would not be scarred for eternity. But, being the cruel, evil monster that I am, Jinx and the rest of the world will just have to suffer. Horribly.

At that moment, the sequence of political garbage was interrupted by a blond news reporter. Behind her raged the Niagra Falls, a beautiful scene of blue and green tumbling into the river below. But there was something amiss in this picture, something that didn't quite fit... Jinx's and everyone else's eyes opened wide in disbelief.

"We interrupt your usually irrelevan-, I-I mean scheduled politics program to bring you this special broadcast from Niagra Falls! Here, we have quite an unusual show, because it appears one of our very own resident heroes is preparing to perform a daring feat!" the reporter explained, gesturing to a figure perched atop a rock on the falls. Do I really need to tell you who it is?

"THAT IDIOT!" Jinx exclaimed. "He's going to get himself killed!"

But the camera zoomed in on Kid Flash, and all thoughts of his safety disappeared from her mind. Only shock remained.

It was Kid Flash alright, but he had abandoned his usual costume and only his mask remained of his outfit. Instead he wore a red and yellow Speedo. Divert thine eyes from the appaling blasphemy!

"Ahem." he coughed, but no one for twenty miles was speaking anyway. "I am now going to jump off Niagra Falls. First of all, it isn't a suicide attempt or a publicity stunt. I'm just an average guy trying to get a date."

The Titans stared from the screen to Jinx. Jinx was turning an ugly shade of red.

"This girl said that she would fall for my charms only if I jumped off Niagra Falls. So here I am!" he laughed. "After she kills me, that is."

As if on cue, his Titans Communicator starting beeping the "Death March".

"Hold on a sec." he said to the camera, pulling the object from God-knows-where and clicked the on switch.

"What's up, Jinx?"

"WHAT"S UP?! MY FOOT UP YOUR ARSE IF YOU DON'T GET DOWN FROM THERE RIGHT NOW!"

"Hey, calm down. I'm just doing what you told me."

"I never meant this! I just wanted to get rid of you! And you know it! Don't you play stupid with me!" she snarled at him, the Titans watching in awestruck silence.

"Okay, I guess I twisted the facts a little, but it's only because you won't go on a date with me. But you just had to play hard-to-get and act like a third-degree snob."

"Me?! A snob?! You're the arrogant, self-righteous jerk! And why in the name of all that's good did you dress in that-that thing?!"

"I just thought this would be a good chance to show you ."

Jinx and Kid Flash continued to argue, oblivious to the fact that they were on national television.

"Kid Flash, if you don't get off Niagra Falls and take off that loincloth right now I will-"

"Jinx! You have a sick mind!" He did, however, sport a teasing smile.

"Wha- Ugh! That's not what I meant!!"

"Well, if you really want me to-"

"THAT'S IT! SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!" she screamed, and several T.Vs exploded from the sheer sound. She even managed to make the rock holding him up shatter into tiny fragments, even from miles away, sentencing Kid Flash to the wrath of gravity. And gravity was pissed off.

The Titans watched in horror as Kid Flash, in all his Speedo-clad glory, plummeted off Niagra Falls. He did it gracefully, though, in a swan dive. He hit the white water with a splash, and then all was silent.

More silence.

"Jinx?" Robin asked shakily, his team hiding behind him. Jinx turned towards them, her eyes still an unusual shade of neon pink. Her hair looked spikier than normal, and her hands were clasped in tight fists.

"Guys?" Beast Boy said softly. "He isn't coming up."

The Titans swivelled their heads to the screen, and saw that no one resurfaced from the water. It seemed the reporter had noticed this as well, and was now crying out to the camera men for footage.

"No! Kid Flash!" Robin exclaimed, kneeling in front of the television set.

"He can't be..." Raven breathed, and both Starfire and Beast Boy burst into tears. Cyborg pounded the nearby couch in denial. "He isn't dead! He can't be dead!"

Jinx stood, stunned, her eyes wide in disbelief. Nothing in all her training at the Hive Academy or years of experience could have prepared her for this, this horrible pain that lashed out and destroyed her from the inside out. As grief settled in she held out her hand, staring at the pale skin that had unleashed this monster.

No, I didn't make a monster. I am the monster.

"Hey, what's on T.V?"

The Titans instantly turned to see a fully intact Kid Flash, abeit soaked, trying to dry himself off with a hand towel. He had a beach towel wrapped around his lower body, thank pancakes.

However, his clean bill of health didn't last long because he was bearhugged by his teammates.

"Thank Flechnarf you are all right!"

"Idiot."

"Don't ever do that again!!"

Jinx watched the reunion, with her face stiff from shock. Tears welled up in her eyes.

"Hey, leggo, guys!" Kid Flash laughed, pushing them off and then turning his gaze to Jinx. She stomped up to him, blinking back tears.

"Don't ever get my hopes up like that again!" she growled, but her anger disintegrated into hysteric laughter.

He started laughing too, and soon everyone (excluding Raven) was laughing as well. But they all stopped as they saw the elevator doors open, and their eyes turned to an unusually large silkworm sliming his way to the T.V, oblivious to the stares. Silkie promptly ate the remote and then wiggled his way back to the elevator. Then they all started laughing again, from the sheer stupidity of the situation.

Later, Jinx took a baseball bat and gave Kid Flash a new nickname : Dead Flash Walking.

Wow! I haven't updated in so long! I am putting this story on hiatus so I can get started on another I'm starting, so keep your eyes open!