Chapter 7:

Watchdog Riddles

"Hey, Jinx! You'll never guess what I found!"

"Does it have anything to do with our job?"

"No, it-"

"Keep your eyes on the screens. Not your phone."

"But Jinxy..."

Jinx's eyes narrowed in annoyance as she heard one of Kid Flash's many nicknames for her said in the most annoying way. He really liked to drag it out whenever he said it because he knew it annoyed her.

Jinx and Kid Flash had been assigned by Robin to keep an eye out for trouble in Jump City's biggest museum. It was no easy task since there were about thirty different cameras in front of them. She had to watch at least ten of those while her partner watched the other twenty plus however many cameras were on either side of them. It wasn't going as well as she had hoped, though, because said partner had been playing on his phone for ten minutes of their watch.

"Eyes on the screens." she hissed, keeping her eyes focused straight ahead.

"What if I am? You don't know since you won't even look at me!" he pointed out, and actually sounding annoyed. Jinx rolled her eyes and then focused yet again on the screens.

"First of all we have a job to do. Second, I know you're not because I'm still hearing you tapping the buttons at lightning speed." she replied easily. She heard him grunt and roll his seat around the room for what seemed like the fourth time already. He really hated to sit.

"It's only a song, Jinx. Can you please listen to it?" he pleaded, dragging out the 'please'.

"No."

He sighed loudly. "You take work too seriously."

"And you take it too lightly."

"True. Very true." he agreed and sighed boredly as he added, "Must be a leader thing..."

"What is?"

"Taking your job too seriously." he answered plainly and began tapping on his phone again.

Jinx shrugged. "Probably." was all she said. She was clearly still too focused.

Silence filled the room once again, but as usual it didn't last long. Not with Kid Flash around.

"Sooo do you want to play a game?" he asked eagerly, interrupting the silence.

Jinx frowned as she replied, "What game did you have in mind? Because if it's the quiet game I would love to play."

Kid Flash laughed, "Nooo, you'd win too easily at that game!"

Jinx laughed a little as well. "True. So? What game?" she asked again.

"Well, to put it bluntly, we just tell eachother riddles."

"Riddles? That's it?"

"Yep! Whoever gets stumped first loses!"

"Hmm... Any prize involved?"

He shrugged. "I dunno. What kind of prize do you want?" he asked curiously. Jinx shrugged and thought about it for about half a minute.

"Before I say what, I'd like to know what you want first. We won't have a prize if the one you want involves me getting you something." she answered, her eyes still fixed on the screens in front of her.

"You think I'll stump you?" he asked, gaining a little confidence. Jinx grumbled as he continued, "Well anyway, all I want is a date with you. And I'm sure you knew that already."

Jinx nodded, "Yeah, I figured that was it..."

"So? What do you want?" he asked again, hoping for an answer this time. But Jinx was silent just like the last time. She knew what she wanted, but she wasn't sure if she should ask for it. 'He'd probably think it was a weird idea for a prize... I bet he'd tease me while he was at it.' she thought crossly.

"I'll say what I want if I win." she concluded, "Now before we begin... why riddles?" she asked, hoping to get his mind off of the previous topic.

"Oh, me and Robin used to do it to pass the time when we were put on missions like this together." he answered simply before adding with a chuckle, "Robin told some really good ones! Whenever he stumped me I would ask if it was a riddle he had heard from the Riddler, and most of the time he said it was."

"Riddler, huh? I've heard of him... During my time at the H.I.V.E. academy I hoped I would become as clever as he was." she explained as she thought about the essay she had to write about him one time. It was always hard writing about villains and their good points since they always lost.

"Really? I would think you'd want to be as clever as Batman. He always solves the riddles!" he pointed out.

"I guess so. Is that the guy that made you and Robin do jobs like these?" she asked curiously. As she said that she couldn't help but be quite proud of herself for coming this far and still not taking her eyes off of the screens.

"Yep, but he usually only sent us on them as punishment for when we had misbehaved... or were annoying him." he explained and chuckled at the memory of him and Robin playing a prank (that failed) on the tall, dark, and brooding man.

"I can see why. This does make for a good punishment." Jinx said, still rather angry with Robin for making her do this. Along with Kid Flash of all titans. Although it had come to her attention that he was probably the only titan that didn't mind being near her. Or talking with her for that matter. 'Bumble Bee probably wouldn't mind, but she's got enough to deal with already...' she thought and sighed.

"Sooo... do you want to start, or should I?" he asked and took off his headphones. Jinx continued to stare straight ahead as she gestured for him to start first.

"Alright, I'll start with an easy one to get you warmed up." he said before asking the first riddle. "What is always coming but never arrives?"

"Tomorrow." she answered quickly and easily.

"Good job! Now you say one." he said excitedly. He hadn't gotten to do this in awhile, and he had honestly missed doing it.

Jinx thought for a moment before finally giving him one. "You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?"

Wally was dead silent as he thought about it. It didn't take as long as it had with others she had told the riddle to, though. "Corn on the cob?"

Jinx nodded, "Correct. Your turn again."

"Okay, what can you catch but not throw?" he asked with a grin on his face. Jinx didn't even have to look to know that he was.

"A cold."

"Yep! Should I give you a harder one next time?"

"Please." she said dryly. "...What flies without wings?"

"Heh, easy. Time."

"Correct, now give me a harder one."

"Fine, here's one Robin told me: You can see it, but you can't touch it. It may disappear, but has never really left you. It grows throughout the day. What is it?"

Jinx smiled as this one actually required a bit of thought at first. But in the end she found the answer was simple. "Your shadow."

"Very good! Your turn."

"The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?" she asked with a smirk.

Kid Flash was clueless for a good solid minute as his mind raced for the answer. Then it hit him. "Wow, pretty dark there, Jinxy." he said before answering, "It's a coffin."

"Yep," she said and let out a soft yawn, "Okay, next."

"What has one horn and gives milk?" he asked confidently as he crossed his arms.

Jinx raised her eyebrows. "What kind of a riddle is that?"

"One with an answer believe it or not." he replied, grinning. He was really hoping he had stumped her this time, since he really wanted that date with her, but she figured it out after about two minutes of quiet. And no, Kid Flash had not stayed silent that long. He began to whistle after one minute.

"...Oh wow. Is it a milk truck?" she asked, hoping she hadn't lost yet.

Kid Flash laughed, "Yep! That's right! You're really good at this."

"Thanks, you are too. Anyway, this next one I have is much longer than the others..." she trailed off, wondering if she should pick a shorter one. But she knew all of the shorter ones she had were easy.

"I'm fine with that. Go on and tell it!" he replied, eagerly awaiting the riddle.

"Okay. One morning a man was leaving on a business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman there stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancels his trip."

"Yikes, that's some crazy stuff right there." Kid Flash comments before she continues.

"Mhm, anyways, the man's dream happened. The next morning the man gives the watchman a one thousand dollar reward for saving his life... and then fires him. Why did he fire him?" she said, smirking at him as she finished.

This time he was really puzzled. "Wait, he fired the guy that saved his life?"

"That's how the riddle goes. The answer is funny, I promise." she replied, feeling rather confident about this one.

"Hmm..." Kid Flash thought, and thought some more, but he wasn't getting any good answer. Not a funny one anyway. He thought he would have it by one minute, due to his powers affecting how fast he thinks as well, but it was well over a minute by the time he figured it out.

"Oh!" he gasped excitedly after being silent for a record time of three minutes. Jinx bit her lip as she waited for him to answer. 'Did he really figure it out?' she wondered nervously.

"It's because he was sleeping on the job!" he finally answered, then smirked at the pinkette as he continued, "Did I get it right?"

Jinx sighed angrily and turned her attention back to the screens. "Yes, you did." she replied and grumpily added, "I really thought you wouldn't figure that one out! No one else ever did..."

Kid Flash laughed, "Well it was funny anyway! I didn't think you'd actually tell a funny riddle!"

"I can be funny when I want to be." she said while crossing her arms, getting back into the habit of not looking at him.

"Okay, here's my long riddle." he said and waited until Jinx looked over at him again. To his surprise she actually did, and as expected she gave him an impatient look.

"A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him is rich so he says to the rich man, "I have an amazing talent: I know almost every song that has ever existed." Kid Flash began, confidence beaming out of every word he spoke. He knew she would never figure this one out.

"Every song? That's not possible!" Jinx interrupted, annoyance clear in her tone.

"Our powers are not "possible" in most people's eyes, but we have them anyway. Besides, it's just a story. Any more questions?" he asked, pleased that he had her attention.

Jinx shook her head, and so he went on. "The rich man laughed at him, but the poor man continued. He said, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it." The rich man laughed again but said, "Okay, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?" In the end the rich man goes home poor, and the poor man goes home rich. What song did he sing?" he asks, smirking slyly at Jinx. She looked completely clueless.

"Wha..." she gaped, unable to accept that the poor man actually did sing a song with that name in it.

"Okay, that is seriously impossible, Wally!" she said angrily after thinking about it for five straight minutes.

"It is possible. The answer is funny, I promise." he replied and winked at her.

Jinx remained silent for another minute before he spoke again. "Do you give up? Are you stumped?" he asked, hoping and praying that this was it.

Jinx sighed, and could hardly believe what she was about to say. "Alright, alright... I give up." she admitted, and then added like she was going insane, "Just tell me the darn answer already!"

Wally grinned, and rolled his chair a few feet back in case she decided he should be hexed for doing this to her. Then he finally said the answer.

"He sang the happy birthday song."

Hey! I finally got another one up! XD Sorry for the wait, and thank you for your patience! :)

This one I came up with recently and thought it would be funny. No, I didn't come up with the riddles myself. I found them online. My riddles would've sucked! XD

This chapter was just meant to humor you, but hopefully the next will turn out to be a little more romantic. ;) I hope you enjoyed it, reader!

Hugs and cake,

~Panda-chiiii