"Wake up," Batgirl demanded. Robin jumped slightly, standing quickly.
"What is it?" he asked, surveying the alley for intruders. Batgirl rolled her eyes, shaking Superboy.
"We're clear," she replied. "They didn't track us. It's the communicators." Robin smiled.
"Then we'd better get going," he replied.
"Huh?" Superboy groaned groggily.
"We're getting a move on," Batgirl announced. "So you might want to wake up before we leave you in an alley."
"Thanks so much," he grumbled, getting to his feet. "I can just fly this time, we're heading to that giant t-thing you've got, right?"
"Titan Tower," Robin corrected. "And we're staying together, just in case."
"Did I mention you two are…"
"Call us paranoid again and we'll let you fly there by yourself without a communicator," Robin snapped. Batgirl rolled her eyes, climbing onto her motorcycle once more. Superboy and Robin exchanged a look.
"Aren't you two coming?"
~0~
"ROBIN!" Starfire exclaimed, enveloping him in a bone-crushing hug, yanking him off his motorcycle and knocking Superboy to the ground.
"WHERE WERE YOU TWO?" Cyborg demanded, rushing up after her.
"We were just making sure we weren't followed," Batgirl replied calmly, removing her helmet and dismounting.
"Oh, I'm fine, don't bother with me," Superboy grumbled as he picked himself back up. Cyborg and Beastboy turned towards him.
"What's he doing here?" Beastboy snapped. Cyborg just glared.
"Apparently he's a member of your little group," Batgirl remarked. Cyborg and Beastboy exchanged a skeptical glance.
"Since when?" they demanded. "Robin…" The trailed off, turning to their blue team leader.
"Starfire!" Beastboy yelled as they leapt forward to prevent Robin from choking. Starfire looked up then hastily released him. He gasped, falling onto the ground.
"Are you okay?" Cyborg asked, helping him up. Robin nodded, still doing his best to catch his breath.
"Fine," he choked out. Starfire frowned.
"Are you sure?" she asked. Robin nodded and smiled hesitantly. Starfire was immediately back to her bubbly self. Several more people streamed out of Titan Tower.
"What's going on?" Speedy demanded. As soon as he saw Robin, he broke into a grin.
"About time you showed up," he remarked. A girl in a red jumpsuit brushed by him, her black hair flowing behind her and walked over to Superboy.
"You get lost on your way here or something?" she asked him. "And lose your communicator too?"
"The communicator thing was not my fault," he retorted. She grinned.
"Of course not," she replied. "So what's with the communicators Batgirl?"
"They found some way to track the communicators," Batgirl replied. The girl nodded, turning back to Superboy.
"So what happened?" she asked.
"Some nut job attacked me," he replied.
"Always good Batgirl is willing to save your butt," she replied. Superboy raised an eyebrow. She smiled at him. "And I'm glad you're okay, muscle-head."
"Would you two just kiss already and get it over with?" quipped Kid Flash. They both blushed momentarily.
"You did not just say that," she growled. Kid Flash paled.
"Nope, no I didn't…I'll just be going now," he declared, turning and whizzing back into the tower.
"I'll hold him while you punch?" Superboy suggested. The red jump-suited girl returned his grin and they raced off after him.
"Okay, so what's up with those three?" Beastboy asked. "And how the heck did they wind up on our team?" The eyes of the Titans East and West turned to Robin.
"Well…it seemed like a good idea at the time," he replied. Suddenly a small purple and pink figure walked up towards the group. The Titans turned, staring at her in surprise.
"Um…hi," Jinx said, waving slightly at them. The Titans continued to stare.
"What are you doing here," Raven finally asked. Jinx looked around the group again, then stared down at her feet.
"Well, I…uh… I want to help," she finished lamely.
"You what?" Beastboy asked.
"I want to help," Jinx repeated. The Titans looked at each other again. Batgirl started forward.
"Babs," Robin reached out to stop her, but she sidestepped him, walking forward until she was just a few feet from Jinx.
"Why?" she demanded.
"Because…well, I realized I might have…uh I mean… well, the Brotherhood are real jerks, and I thought I could help you to get rid of them maybe," Jinx spluttered, still refusing to look up at any of them.
"What makes you think we want your help?" Cyborg demanded. "After all those times you attacked us and fought us, why would we trust you?"
"Because…" Jinx caught herself. "I really couldn't expect you to, but I still want to help."
"What brought this on?" Batgirl asked.
"Well…" Kid Flash reappeared in his usual blur of red. Immediately he smiled.
"So I was right, wasn't I?" he asked. Jinx finally looked up, smiling at him.
"Maybe just a little," she replied.
"Awww, just a little?"
"What the heck is going on here?" Robin asked, finally recovering. Kid Flash turned back around.
"Well, when Madam Rouge came after me, the HIVE Five were trying to help. But Jinx switched sides and helped me," he explained sheepishly.
"That does not mean we're trusting her," Beastboy demanded. Cyborg nodded. Raven just smiled grimly. Speedy, Bumblebee, Aqualad and Mas y Menos all looked at each other carefully.
"But…" Jinx started, but stopped instead, staring at her feet. "Never mind."
"Hang on," Kid Flash said, grabbing her arm. "Why not?"
"Well…" started Cyborg. "I don't think we really need any more help." Batgirl frowned. Immediately Robin raised an eyebrow at her. She walked back over to him.
"Well, we could use her knowledge of the other side," Batgirl remarked in a low voice. Robin glared.
"No," he snapped.
"Why not?"
"Because she's attacked us too many times," Robin retorted. "We can't trust her."
"We don't have to trust her, we need her help."
"Why?"
"You're really asking that?" Robin frowned. Just then, Superboy came flying back out of the tower, followed closely by the red jump-suited girl.
"Will you two just hang on for thirty seconds?" Kid Flash exclaimed. They stopped, exchanging a quick glance. Both of their glances settled on Jinx.
"Who are you?" asked the girl.
"Wondergirl, Superboy, this is Jinx," Kid Flash introduced them. Wondergirl and Superboy looked around at the assembled heroes.
"What's up?"
"We've been explaning that we don't need Jinx's help," Cyborg snapped.
"Except that we do," Batgirl retorted. Cyborg rounded on her.
"What?"
"She knows more details than we do, we could use her insight," Batgirl explained. Beastboy rolled his eyes.
"You're not going along with this, are you Robin?" Robin frowned. "You are?"
"She does have a point, we really don't know enough to stand a chance as is," Robin reasoned. Starfire glared at Batgirl.
"I think this is a bad idea," she snapped. Cyborg and Beastboy both glanced back at Jinx.
"Well, I guess we could keep a closer eye on her if she stays here," Cyborg conceded. Beastboy nodded.
"But we cannot trust her!" Starfire exclaimed. "Friend Raven, do you not agree?"
"They're right, like it or not, Jinx has useful information," Raven repeated in her monotone. "If she gets out of line, we can deal with her." Robin nodded and turned to face Jinx once more.
"We've decided that maybe we could use your help," he anounced. "But you'd better not be trying to trick us." Jinx grinned.
"I'm not, I just want to help," she assured them. Superboy looked around.
"So are we done here?" he asked. Kid Flash immediately ran back into the tower, followed by Superboy and Wondergirl.
"Get back here!" Superboy exclaimed. Jinx looked after them skeptically.
"Will he be alright?"
"Oh, they wouldn't actually hurt him," Robin brushed it aside.
"Plus they can't catch him," Speedy reminded them.
