Chapter 7
The H.I.V.E Academy
It was late at night; only two hours before Jinx killed Dalton. Terra was lying in the infirmary at Titans tower. She still had large shards of broken glass wedge into every part of her body except for her head and was bleeding profusely. Beastboy quietly opened the door so as not to disturb Terra, even though the other titans told him not to go in there. He did not car though, he wanted to check up on Terra and make sure she was still breathing. He put gripped the bottom of her wrist with both his index and middle finger, as well as with his thumb. He tried to feel for a pulse and got one, it was faint but still there. Beastboy was still concerned about Terra's health though. If her pulse was that faint that would only mean that she is only inches away from death. He gently lowered her wrist back to her sides then moved his hand to stroke a small lock of hair out of her face. He then began to stroke her face gently as she slept. Terra's eyes were still closed but she managed to form a small grin on her face. She could have been dreaming or something but in her condition there is no she could be dreaming at all. Beastboy knew that she was responding to his touch and she was enjoying. Terra felt much more comfortable that she forgot about her pain. All of sudden, the door flew open with a loud metallic moan sound. Beastboy immediately pulled his hand away from Terra's cheek and sat in a chair in the corner of the room pretending as if he had done nothing the whole time he was in the room.
"I thought we told you not to come in here." Said Raven, flatly, removing her cloak.
"I wanted to check on her and make sure she was still okay." Beastboy explained. Raven looked over to Terra's bleeding corpse. She moved her index and middle finger to Terra's neck to feel for a pulse.
"She has a weak pulse. That's not good. Honestly, she shouldn't have been able to survive this kind of attack." Said Raven.
"You can help her though right? You can't just let her die. She needs our help Raven." Beastboy said, with worry in his voice.
"I wouldn't be in here right now, if I wasn't going to help. Don't worry I'm not going to let her die. Now get out of the way." Order Raven. Beastboy did so and sat back in his seat. Raven lowered her head to Terra's left ear and whispered "Just so you know.... this may hurt…A LOT." She said adding a bit, but not too much volume to the last two words. Terra felt uneasy in her sleep, she heard everything that Raven said.
"Alright let's do it." She said lowering her hands to Terra's body, allowing them to hover over Terra's body but not touch her.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." she whispered. "Azarath, Metrion zinthos, Azarath, Metrion Zinthos, Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos, AZARATH, METRION, ZINTHOS!" she said louder and louder each time. Suddenly the pieces of glass began to wiggle and move instantaneously, making Terra grunt a squeal in pain. The pieces of glass then shot out of her body and formed into a cloud. Raven moved the pieces with her mind to the nearest garbage can. Terra was still grunting and now screaming in excruciating pain.
"And that's only half the battle." said Raven. "Here's round two." Raven then placed her hands directly on Terra's blood soaked body. Her fingers jabbed into Terra's blood soaked skin and the holes in Terra's body began to close up. Terra wiggled around violently, screaming in agony. In the final moment a flash of light exited Ravens hands and lit the entire room in a bright aurora. Terra's body was only a quarter off the stretcher she was laying on. Her body plopped back down and she fell into a deep relieved sleep. Beastboy got up from his chair and ran over to check on her.
"Don't worry…She'll be fine." Raven said looking back at Terra. Raven picked up her cloak and walked out of the room. Beastboy sat back in his seat and waited for Terra to wake up again.
At least three hours have passed and Terra's was still fast asleep. Beastboy left the room an hour ago because he was getting bored and he was absolutely sure that Terra was fine. He returned 45 minutes later with a small shopping bag in his hand. He noticed Terra was still sleeping and walked over to his usual seat. However he looked over at Terra and noticed how beautiful and innocent she looked while she slept. He walked back over to her and moved his hand to stroke her face again. Before his hands could even come within an inch of her face, Terra's eyes shot open and she gripped Beastboy's hand tightly. In one motion she threw him on his back and pounced on his stomach, with her hand in position to throw a punch. She was breathing heavily staring down at her target only to notice it was only Beastboy.
"What happened? Where am I?" she asked.
"Its okay, you're safe." He reassured her. Terra got off Beastboy and helped him up.
"Wait where is Jinx?" anger had returned to her voice and she was searching around the room for her afore mentioned target.
"Terra your back at the tower, you're in the infirmary." Beastboy explained. Terra looked over at Beastboy and nodded. She then looked at her clothes and noticed that they were tattered and soaked in blood.
"Awww…Dam it. That bitch ruin my clothes and these are the only clothes I have." Said Terra, grabbing her shirt. Beastboy walked over to the bag he brought with him and pulled out a black cloth like object. He also pulled out what looked like yellow shorts. Beastboy handed the clothing to Terra.
"For you." He said. Terra looked over the clothing and notice it was the same clothing she had been wearing. She walked over to a bathroom within the infirmary and quickly changed into her new apparel. She walked out and gave Beastboy a short smile.
"Thank you. No one has ever been this nice to me." Terra said, looking down. She looked back up at him a gave him a short nod. She then began to move towards the exit to the infirmary.
"Hey." Beastboy called out. Terra looked back at him.
"I was wondering…would…would…you." Beastboy couldn't find the words he was looking for or the proper way to use then . Sure he and Terra have gone out before, but it was usually short meetings and lunches. They had yet to actually go out during the night to, say, catch a movie. As Terra began to giggle at Beastboy's loss of words, Beastboy managed to finish his sentence.
"Would you like to go out with me and catch a late movie tonight?" he asked.
"No, no not tonight. But we will…sooner than you think." Terra said with a reassuring smile. With that she was left the room. Beastboy went from disappointed to moderately happy. He did not get the girl today but he may tomorrow or the next day.
The next day, was beautiful and sunny. The kind of day where one knows that nothing can go wrong that life is truly beautiful and worth experiencing. However, evil was still lurking in the shadows. Even during the day time a powerful terrorist/criminal unit known as the H.I.V.E Academy was having a meeting at a Lex Corp. corporate building. The group was using this building as a front for their secret meetings under the authorization of Lex Luthor himself. The leader of this unit was Brother Blood. A man in his 70's with grey hair and powers of mind control. He wore a grey dress suit and carried a golden walking stick, which was funny because he had no difficulties with walking.
"So what are we to do about this?" Asked Blood, addressing everybody at the round table in Lex's private meeting room.
"I don't know. The titans already broke up one of our biggest drug smuggling rings last week and I got word that we just lost our arms smuggling ring in downtown Jump City." Said Blood's body guard. Brother Blood had two body guards one was a juggernaut like man with long red hair and a mustache beard combo. This was Mammoth. The other was a dwarf like figure with no hair at all, yet skilled in engineering and computer hacking. This man's name was Gizmo. These two were in there thirty's and both were Brother Blood's top agents as well as his bodyguards.
"In other words we're fucked." Said Gizmo.
"Maybe we should try moving to another town, like Gotham City or Metropolis." Suggested Mammoth.
"You moron, they can get us there too. We would have the Bat and Superman to worry about if not the titans." Said one of the mobsters. Mammoth shot this mobster a dirty look and let out a slow silent growl. Just as he was about to charge Brother Blood quickly placed his hand over Mammoth's fist.
"As much as I hate to admit it he is right. The titans now have us cornered. It won't be long before we all get incarcerated. Said Blood. Suddenly they all heard one of the guards let out a loud grunt near the door. The room went silent for a moment, then a slim figure walked through the door wearing a tattered jean skirt, lace up black leather combat boots, spider web like stockings, and a purple and black striped long sleeve shirt under a black spaghetti sting top. The figure also had white face paint with black lipstick and eye shadow that was drooping down her face to form tear drops. She had a deranged smile on her face.
"So that's it?" she asked. "You're all gonna give up without a fight. Jesus I thought I was the bearer of bad news." She remarked.
"Hey, who the hell are you and how did you find us?" said Mammoth.
"I have my ways." She answered. "Oh and my name is Jinx." She added, pulling up a sit and joining the group of criminals at the round table.
"You still didn't answer my question. Do the Titans really have you guys down so much that you're just going to give in and give up?" she asked. "Where are your fucking balls?" she asked.
"If you think it's so easy, why don't you take out the titans?" asked Gizmo.
"I never said it was easy. But it isn't that hard either. Besides to take them down I'll need a small team. As one person I could be destroyed, I can be confined, I could be contained. But as an entity, I can grow, I could take over. Like a virus." Jinx explained. Mammoth moved towards Jinx pressing his knuckles, making them crack.
"Mammoth, sit." Ordered Brother Blood. "Let's here what this…charming young lady has to say." He added. Mammoth snorted angrily and moved back to his spot near Brother Blood.
"I really have nothing else to say." Said Jinx. "All I'm asking for is a spot in your organization in exchange for the Titans lives and this cities sanity." She adds.
"How do you propose to deliver those two things, when we ourselves failed to do so?" asked Blood.
"The problem is you and you're…" she looks around, eyeing each person in the group. "…Friends are going about this all wrong. You see, you all are taking on the titans as one entity. When you should be breaking them one at a time then kill them." Jinx explained.
"How do you expect us to do that?" asked one of the members in an orange and black steel plated mask, Kevlar body armor covering his body. Jinx's smile grew even more.
"We should start with their newest member, Terra. I've fought her, which gave me time to secretly psychoanalyze her. She's a warped teenager that thinks her powers make her a badass, therefore putting her above the law. If we can turn her against the law and against the titan's people will lose hope in them. Then and only then can we close in for the kill and get back our city." She answered. Brother Blood formed a satisfied smile on his face and gave Jinx a round of applause, the rest of the group followed.
"Who among us would you need to carry this task out?" asked Brother Blood. Jinx looked around the room and finally came to a decision.
"I want muscles and the midget." Said Jinx, pointing at Gizmo and Mammoth.
"Hey watch the midget insults bitch!" shouted Gizmo.
"Hell I'm in." answered Mammoth.
"Good. You will also have the full support of all of us in this room. Meeting adjourned." He said. Everyone left to room including Jinx. At the end of the day they were all sure of themselves and that a new face of evil would be cast over Jump city. A new generation of evil.
