Chapter Eight
Encounters and Caffeine
Cave beneath the ocean
"Here," Jinx felt a hand over her mouth, the hand opened it and put (whatever it was) on her tongue She felt strong fingers rub her throat. Whatever she had on her tongue, Jinx swallowed it. Her vision started to clear, she saw Kid Flash standing over her with a boy who had black hair and...were those gills?
"Jinx!" Kid Flash helped her to a sitting position. "I'm glad your awake," a voice said behind him. Jinx looked at the girl, didn't she see her somewhere? In the Hive-
"Bumblebee?" Jinx knew her because she was in one of her Hive Academy classes. "Yep...that's me," Bumblebee replied. Jinx looked at her, surprised. "So..." Jinx looked at Kid Flash. "She's the leader of Titans East. She use to be a spy for us, she invaded Hive Academy and pretended to be a student." Jinx suddenly remembered and nodded. "Right...sorry. Um...what are we doing here. In fact, where are we?" Kid Flash looked back at the boy with black hair. "Aqualad was it?" He said. He looked back at Jinx. "Bumblebee's tower was invaded. They manage to get out in time, since Aqualad heard something from the fish and well..anyhow...they came Titans Tower and barely managed to escape attack. Oh, and Mas y' Menos found Robin. Robin told Bumblebee about us and they planned to save you by attacking themselves but seeing as we arrived kinda early and it was unexpected...well they couldn't and they saw you jump and-"
"and we took you and Kid Flash here," Aqualad finished. "We're sorry we couldn't save you ourselves but Speedy was having a little disagreement with Bumblebee." He looked at someone leaning against the wall. Speedy had red hair and had, strapped on his back, a small row of arrows in a case. "Hey!" Speedy said. "I was trying to suggest we let Mas y' Menos in the tower to help get Robin and the others out of there! Jeez, can't anyone listen to me?" Bumblebee rolled her eyes and grabbed a towel from a table. "Here," she said, handing it Jinx. "By the way, for the record...we're in a cave like what? Twenty feet below sea level, something like that. It's the cave Robin and the others use for their submarines." Jinx took the towel and got up. Kid Flash wrapped it around her and held her in his arms. "Jinx and me need to get back to Keystone City," he said. "But if you need us," he held up his communicator. "Call us." Bumblebee stepped forward and shook her head. "We'll never be able to get-"
"your forgetting I'm the fastest boy alive," Kid Flash
"And how will that help?" Aqualad said.
"Makes me a great swimmer." Kid Flash he smirked. "And I have a plan."
Mas y' Menos said something in Spanish, it sounded like a protest.
"They said the security is thick, they have their best warriors," Aqualad translated.
"No!" Jinx jumped away from Kid Flash and took out her communicator . "Trouble in the city," she said. Closing it. "What? I have it hooked up to multiple security around town." Kid Flash raised an eyebrow. "Why didn't know about this?" Jinx smirked. "Because I know how you don't like to be woken up from a nap."
"Hey!"
"We going or not?" Jinx asked. Kid Flash looked at her. "I'll need a lot of java."
Keystone City National Bank
"Get down this is-"
"let me guess, a robbery. Or is it a party? I'm guessing me and Jinx are two heroic to invite?"
"Who are you!" The robber screamed at Kid Flash
"I'm the fastest boy alive with a caffeine rush and ready to take you down."
Before Jinx could move, Kid Flash had the robbers in handcuffs. Jinx stepped her platform boot on one of them. "Yeah he meant that," she said smiling. "He had like six cups of coffee." She frown and looked at his shirt. "No Hive sign," she whispered to herself. Aloud she said, "good. Kid Flash!" Kid Flash jumped, he was flirting with a girl, talking fast. "Um...sorry...we came from a cave down below the Pacific. Yeah...wet." She grabbed Kid Flash by the arm. "Let's get to the beach," she said in a whisper to him. "Okay!" He said.
Keystone Cit Beach
"Here...we...are...boy, running...like that...wears you...out." Kid Flash sank in the sand, under their umbrella (which was still there) and fell asleep. Jinx looked at he, sleeping soundly, and sighed. The sorceress reached down and saw the stick she had laid there still well...laying there. Jinx reached down and removed her diary from the sand. "Bye Kid," she whispered. And then she ran off.
Outside of Keystone City
"Thanks. Here you go." Jinx handed the taxi man money and got out. "You sure you wanna leave this city?" The taxi man asked. "Yeah," Jinx replied with a sigh. "I...I have a long journal ahead of me."
"Just be careful. The outside of the city can be dangerous."
"Yeah...I know."
The taxi drove away. Jinx stood still, watching the city reflect on the outside what it had on the inside within a small puddle of water. Jinx began her journey. She walked towards the next town, planning much to come. She had plans, the Brotherhood of Evil had plans to destroy her. They could very well do that, but somehow they're refusing. And then there's Luck.
"If Luck was here...I'd ask her a million and one questions," Jinx whispered.
"Maybe you can."
Jinx jumped. "What the...?" She stopped and let her small black book bag she had packed (Kid Flash thought it held her bathing suit...it didn't) fall to the ground. "Where are you!? Show yourself!" Jinx hexed a small cam. "Were you aiming for me?" Jinx got into a battle stance. "SHOW YOURSELF!" Her voice echoed. "Jinx...relax it's only me."
