TaintedFlare: I love the way you write fight scenes...and since this is a Teen Titans fanfic, I hope to read more, really, fight scenes are next to the hardest to write, in my opinion anyways...

Agreed; they are the hardest things to write, so I'm glad you like it! I'm always most worried about the fight scenes...

Spikesagitta: Aww...no Jinx and Raven interaction this chapter...maybe the next chapter eh? :)

I do have a storyline to tend to, as crap as it is ;) But it would be unfair to keep you waiting. You and Raven aren't the only disappointed ones, believe me xD

Concolor44: I think it's a good idea for them to mix up who they fight from time to time. Keeps 'em sharp, and keeps things from getting 'rote'.

But ... if she's fighting Giz, she won't be able to beat up Jinx, which was sort of her goal.

haha yeah, trust me, Rae wasn't happy, but then she knows her role within the team.

Raven captured one of the bags of gold Mammoth had previously been tending to, and flung it at the small boy. Gizmo rose up on his mechanic spider legs in an attempt to dodge it and Robin froze the floor so the artificial limb slid out. The bald boy lost his balance and crashed to the floor, yelling.

Raven heard another yell; this one much more familiar, and looked to see Beast Boy in human form trying to run and dodge Jinx's hexes. "Duude! What gives?" He asked. Her powers had always been formidable, but she's never been able to call upon her hexes this quickly. It reminded him of Raven when she had a power trip and went all demonic.

"What's the matter; afraid of a little bad luck?" She smirked. It was one of her more favoured phrases.

Raven glanced back at Robin to see his was easily holding his own against the tiny genius, before moving her focus onto Jinx. Beast Boy would still be there, so she wouldn't get her questions answered, but at least she would get the chance to throw her around a bit.

Picking up another sack of gold bars, she threw this one at the pink haired meta-human. She ducked it with ease, glancing at the empath while aiming one more hex and the ceiling above Beast Boy. Part of the roof collapsed on the changeling's head, effectively knocking him down.

Despite her fallen team mate, Raven smiled darkly. This couldn't have been more perfect. She threw a few blades of dark energy, making Jinx move. She was aiming towards the back of the room, where someone was less likely to over-hear or interrupt them. A smaller part of her was screaming she was going over bored with the angry-demoness thing, but a larger part didn't care. No-one hurt her without paying for it, but no-one, ever, was meant to confuse her to the point where it affected her meditation.

Jinx tried to throw a few hexes at the girl, but she deflected them with a shield. She could tell something was off from the way Raven was smiling. Raven never smiled, and it wasn't a good smile. She glanced at her team-mates, looking for possible backup, suddenly feeling isolated when she saw they were all very busy with two titans each. Trying to shrug the feeling off, she looked back to the girl in front of her.

"Ya' know, it's nice of you to single me out and all, but you could have just called." She tried to lighten the mood. It didn't work.

Black tendrils appeared from under Raven's cloak and grabbed Jinx, slamming her against the wall, making sure her hands were held by her side so she wouldn't blast Raven with her hex energy. Jinx swallowed loudly, shivering slightly at the cold, dead feeling of the tendrils.

"I didn't know you were into the kinky stuff Rae."

The Empath ignored the jibe. She could feel the girl's fear. "What are you planning?" She growled, tightening her grip.

"W-what?"

"You know what."

"Ooh! That." She forced a smile. "I thought you were the smart one Rae."

Loosing her temper, Raven banged Jinx against the wall again, this time raising her up so her feet no longer touched the ground. "Why give me the number? What's it for?"

"My phone – duh! Why else does someone give you their number?"

"You must think I'm royally stupid."

"I'm starting too." She agreed.

"You'd better give me some answers now, or prison will be the last of your worries." Raven growled, leaning forward until her face was inches from Jinx's.

"Maybe I just wanted you to call me back."

Another tendril rapped itself round the meta-human's thin neck, squeezing lightly. "Try again."

"Maybe I don't have another answer-" The last of Jinx's sentence was cut short as Raven's grip tightened.

Her eyes flashed red. "You don't want to do this the hard way."

Jinx started struggling in fear, kicking out with her legs, trying to connect with the empath, high keening noises the only thing able to leave her throat. 'What the hell? This is- Raven is... All over a kiss and phone number?' She couldn't believe it. Friday 13th was supposed to be her lucky day, not the day a superhero choked her to death.

Someone else obviously heard her struggles, and the boy wonder came to her rescue. "Raven, stop!"

The black energy dissipated, and Jinx collapsed to her knees, coughing as she deeply inhaled. Mammoth noticed the attack on his lead and ignored his current opponents as he charged at Raven. She sorceress, not completely recovered from her 'bad spell', met the challenge with an energy coated fist, sending the giant sprawling backwards. That was something they hadn't seen her do before.

Mammoth rose to his feet, ready to try again, but Beast Boy took advantage of his confusion and ploughed into him. Raven did know when he'd woken up, and she didn't care.

"Know what day it is?" Jinx asked the empath as she used the wall to help her stand. She flinched slightly as the girl turned her attention back onto her. Sure, Raven was scary, but it had to be done, it was their only way forward – or so she kept telling herself.

The unexpected question threw Raven off and she thought for a moment before finding the answer. "Friday 13th."

"It's your unlucky day." She chucked, her hand moving towards Raven, a strong wave of pink energy hit her before she could react, throwing her backwards and down onto the floor.

Raven noticed some of the excess energy hit Robin as he moved to finish of Gizmo. Jinx walked towards her, and her brain flashed back to earlier. She was worried the pink haired girl was going to kiss her again. And disappointed when she didn't.

"But seriously, call me. You don't want to keep a girl waiting. Gizmo!"

"On it!" The small boy replied, and there were two loud bangs before smoke began to fill the air.

Robin cursed as he tried to stand up, his stomach throbbing in pain. Jinx's hexes usually hurt, but he was aware he'd only caught the edge of it. He didn't understand where all this power had suddenly come from. Feeling helpless, he listened to the scuffled footsteps of the Hive Five leaving the building. At least they'd prevented the robbery.

"Everyone re-group outside by the t-car!" He shouted, probably louder than necessary.

"Dude that's twice in one day. Twice!" Beast Boy complained as he stumbled forward, before walking into a column. "Ouch! Who put that there?"

"I think I know why." Raven winced as she made it out of the building. Robin and Cyborg were already by the car, but the changeling and Starfire were finding it harder to navigate through the thick smoke.

"Yeah?" Cyborg asked.

"Well, she pretty much told me. It's Friday 13th. Jinx is bad luck. She must be getting some sort of... energy charge."

"I doubt it." Robin frowned. "It's just a load of superstition."

"So are demons." She muttered. "It's a plausible excuse for why we're suddenly suffering so much. We don't always beat them, true, but we don't fail this badly."

"Talking about demons." Robin changed the subject, and Raven already knew she stuck. After all, her explanation wouldn't make sense unless she told them about today's earlier events. Which was never going to happen. "What happened back then?"

"Ummm... Sorry. It won't happen again." She replied lamely.

"That isn't an answer."

"Maybe I don't have one right now." She replied in a heated tone, head snapping up to look at her leader. Seeing the guarded if not slightly scared expression on his face, she sighed and looked away again. "I told you earlier I was having problems meditating."

"Why?"

"Does there have to be a reason for everything?"

"Yes; and usually you think that way too. You're hiding something."

"Well then why don't you figure it out, detective boy?" She snapped, before shifting into her soul self and vanishing through the floor.

"Way to go." Beast Boy muttered, finally immuring from the building. "You should know by now irritating Raven when she's in this mood is never good for your health."

Gizmo laughed from a near-by roof, passing Jinx his binoculars. "Looks like we don't need you to date the creep to break them up – they seem to be fine doing it by themselves."

"But we still have the rest of the team to separate her from. What's one team member compared to three others?" She sighed impatiently.

"Yeah but, bird boy's their leader. He can kick her out." Mammoth spoke up.

"I doubt the other titans would allow it, and it's not that bad yet."

"Yeah well, if there aren't any big results in a few days, I saw we forget this stinking plan and go back to old fashioned robberies." Gizmo snatched his binoculars back. "We aint got anything from these past two robberies. We need stuff to live off too ya' know."

"We'll head just out of town tomorrow morning and rob one of the smaller banks where the titans won't bother to come." She told him. "But then we get back to the serious stuff."

"Whatever."

Ahh this may be my longest chapter yet! I'm actually getting frustrated with how long it's taking for the 'fun' *wink wink* to start (oh dear) but I guess I have to follow the plot. Man, I should have made it a 'one-shot'. Whatever. So how'd it go?