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"That is not fair!" Bumblebee was whining over room arrangements to one of the executives. Everyone knew it was useless, but she still felt the need to complain. "So Angie cant stay with Wykkyd because of gender, but Jinx gets to stay with Gizmo and Mammoth?" The cloaked figure repeated that the number of females to males meant that the three to a room arrangements left one female out. That didn't satisfy Bee. "So why did you pick her! We could have talked it over ourselves and picked someone you know." Bee had this problem, she wanted to be in charge, so she often made a fuss over taking orders. It wasn't long before the executive snapped.

"Perhaps maybe we chose Jinx because she can keep those two out of trouble without using force. Or maybe her vow of chastity had something to do with it. Or maybe, Miss Beecher, we were just trying to irritate you. Take your pick. And I suggest you take to your room, you have an outing tomorrow, bright and early."

But dear me, we lost a few hours in here didn't we. Lets rewind and see how the trio spent their afternoon, shall we?

Three hours earlier.

Jinx was dragging the boys behind her through a rather unsavory part of the town, ignoring their protests. "How do you know your way around here?" Mammoth finally asked. "I don't" Jinx responded, making another turn. She had been using the sign language of the street thieves, one that knew no country. 'Dice, cards, where?' It was a subtle art, and she wasn't the most skilled in reading it. Still, she got her response. 'right 3 left stair, lily lion' So three blocks down after a right turn the stairs are on the left, and the lily sign to get in. Easy enough.

"Where are we go-AH" Jinx had clapped her hand over Gizmo's mouth and opened her palm to show a few pieces of uncut jade. "I'm going to roll the dice and double our pocket money." The boys eyes widened, Jinx was going gambling? But she was, what, just over fourteen? How would they even get in? "Now shut up till we get in"

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Jinx tapped out the morse code for lily on the door. A slight click was heard and she proceeded to tap out 'L-i-o-n'. The door slip open a few inches and the thieves cant began. 'You have money, big stakes?' The thug signed. 'jewels, coin' She replied in the same method. 'Armed?' Jinx jerked her head ever so slightly to Mammoth. 'guard' Two blinks later the door opened just long enough for Jinx to pull her stunned team inside.

"How did you -do- that?" Gizmo asked, admiration evident. "I mean, I caught the morse code and a hand sign, but how did you know?"

"My dear Gizmo, when you spend a year of your life hitchhiking through slums, after being raised by thieves, the subtle signs become elementary."

Letting them digest that, she had never told then much about her past, Jinx left them to wonder. Jinx made her way to the roulette. In the cloudy room, no one saw the slight flash of pink that accompanied her wins. She made sure to lose a bit as well, and soon realized how draining this was to keep up. Stepping away with her winnings, she cashed them in and went to wash her face. Once out of sight she removed one of many cheap hand mirrors she had hidden on her person. Stepping on it she shuddered as it powered her. It was like caffeine for her magic.

Hours passed, and soon people stopped betting against her. Her handful of gems had her up to almost ten thousand before someone spotted her powers. Jinx didn't realize until half the room was eying her that she was found out. Gizmo and Mammoth had been blowing their cash at the bar, Gizmo was totally hammered, Mammoth not much better. Swearing in terms to make a sailor wince, she smashed the remaining mirrors and started hexing everything in sight. She was able to drag the two stooges away as the first bullets started flying, and Mammoth had the sense to activate a forcefield to hold them back while the ran for their lives.

Twelve blocks later, winded and panting, Jinx collapsed on the ground in a fit of giggles. Man would she be feeling this one in the morning. "That was incredible! No one will believe it, and I made ten grand! What a rush!"

Mammoth had to carry them to the motel, Gizmo passing out along the way.

Which brings us to where we came in.

"Cheer up Bee" Jinx laughed, still high off the broken mirrors, or else they likely wouldn't have even talked. "You don't gotta deal with whining, an if I'm in there ta kick there asses, nothin'll blow up, 'less I do it" Bee, Angel, and some of the other, noticeably few, girls immediately realized that in her current condition, Jinx would not be a good roomie.

Taking the key and dragging her teammates into the tiny room, Jinx claimed the obviously better of the two beds, tossing Gizmo into the armchair. That woke him up. Jinx was already searching through her things, ready to test out her pocket dimension.

"Whazzat?"

"Pocket dimension" Jinx proceeded to explain the concept to her lackeys.

Warning metaphysics and bullshit to follow.

A pocket dimension is essential a bubble of space time which can be used to hold large masses in a small area. It begins as a part of the mind used to hold memories incorporating all the senses. That is then combined with a miniature nova brought through time acceleration to become a dual black/white hole. This mental storage unit then must be charged with the essence of the physical through a ritual of bonding that requires envoys from the the four cardinal elements as well as a spark of both divine and demonic aura so as to provide the proper balance. Jinx had been lucky enough to capture a particularly malicious pixie for this part, the least dangerous form of demonic energy that could be found. Her own powers had sufficed for divine, and she had learned to call the quarters before her hair had first been plaited. After the space had been made physical, it was simply the matter of diverting the flows of energy within so that time wouldn't touch what she had put in there.

Jinx realized she'd likely lost Mammoth at space/time, Gizmo at essence of the physical. "Forget it. You two morons just let me get some sleep. And if you wake me before noon tomorrow, there will be hell to pay." Not waiting, she snapped her fingers, causing the light bulb to shatter. As the room plunged to darkness, Jinx slipped into a dreamless sleep, fully exhausted.