I can't just leave something like that hanging for long! On with the story.

Beast Boy's eyes moved side to side as he watched Jinx. He was sitting on her couch, having just finished explaining the unfortunate turn of events that had occurred at the tower. The hexer was currently pacing back and forth in front of him at a rather quick pace, trying to fully comprehend the situation. To say she looked upset was quite the understatement.

"I know, I should have noticed him there. I just don't know why-

"Logan, please." Jinx held a hand up to quiet him. "I'm not blaming you for anything. Robin happened to walk in at a bad time." Jinx saw no reason to be mad with the shapeshifter. Besides, there were more important things to worry about. "So… You told them the same story?"

"More or less. They still don't know it's you. Doubt that will last much longer though…" Beast Boy slumped a bit, sighing. "They're probably looking for me right now. left my communicator, but I can't help but feel they'll find a way to track me down."

"You think so?"

"Probably." He stood. "If you want me to go so they don't find you…"

"No. You're staying right here." Jinx stopped pacing, a determined look on her face. "Let them come."

"Seriously!?" Beast Boy cried. "But who knows what they'll do with you?"

"I don't care!" She suddenly threw off her wig, her voice rising. "I'm just so SICK of hiding!" She began moving back and forth, wildly flailing her arms as she ranted. "I've been sneaking around for so damn long. Oh sure, I got this stupid disguise but it's not like I can really DO anything! I don't have money, family, friends…" She paused. "And I can't even spend time with the one person who actually gives a damn about me because some asshole has put me on top of the Titans' most wanted list for no damn reason!"

"Jinx…"

"So let them find me! I don't give a shit anymore what happens. Maybe we'll convince them I'm innocent… At least mostly. Or maybe they won't buy it and I'll get locked up until they realize they have the wrong person! Maybe I get to join the Titans again, maybe not. Who knows?" She threw her arms up. "I'm just DONE with it all!"

This was certainly not the reaction Beast Boy was expecting. It sounded like this was something that had been bothering her for a little while, and she was finally letting it out. He wasn't too sure what to say. But he knew he had to do something.

"I…" He walked up to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. Before he could say anything else, she suddenly embraced him, burying her head in his shoulder. Beast Boy gingerly wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.

"I don't care what they do," she repeated. "Because I know no matter what happens…" She pulled away a bit, now looking up at him with much softer eyes. "…You'll still be by side, won't you?"

Beast Boy felt his heart melt at these words. She really had that much trust in him? They had been together for such a short time, yet she had so much faith in him. He could see just by looking into her eyes how much he meant to her.

And of course, those feelings were all mutual. Her trust was well placed.

"Oh, Jinx…!" He pulled her in again, feeling her grip tighten. "Of course I will." She nuzzled him as they now rocked back and forth a bit. Neither said anything; neither needed to. Their embrace felt more fulfilling and meaningful than previous ones; it seemed their brief time away had only strengthened their feelings for one another. The novel, superficial excitement of being in a new relationship had worn off, letting more powerful emotions take over. While it was obviously far too early to call it love, they were starting to form a bond stronger than most couples their age did.

Forgetting all their troubles for the moment, the two continued to hold each other in silence.

"Thank you… Thank you… And thank you!"

Mumbo hummed a cheery tune to himself as he walked through the museum hall, occasionally stopping to put a valuable-looking item into a small bag. Mysteriously, no matter how many object were put inside, the bag didn't seem to show any signs of being filled. Stranger still, it was somehow able to hold thing several times the size of it.

"Ah, there you are," He said with a grin as he approached a case holding a decorative rod. It was the same rod that the mirror had shown him. Pulling out his wand, he tapped on the glass case 3 times. There was a flash of light, and the case was suddenly gone. The magician casually grabbed his prize, putting it carefully in the bag. With another wave of his wand, the case suddenly reappeared, completely unharmed. Satisfied, he turned to leave.

There wasn't another conscious person in the museum. Any guards that had tried to impede Mumbo's progress had found themselves getting subdued one way or another. They had hardly posed a threat to the villain. The civilians, meanwhile, had all fled from the scene. He had been "browsing" the museum halls for about 20 minutes now.

As he approached the exit, he could already hear the sirens outside. Smirking, he pulled off his hat as several police officers began storming through the doors.

"Hands up!" One of them shouted as they trained their guns on him. He seemed to not notice them as he reached into his hat.

"It's in here somewhere…"

"I said hands up!"

"Ah, there it is!" He exclaimed as he pulled out a large black circle. He dropped it on the ground.

"This is your last warning!" Mumbo put his hat back on.

"Sorry kids, you'll have to catch the next show!" He tipped his hat to them before stepping back onto the circle…

…And fell through it as if it were a hole.

"What the hell!? After him!" The officers ran over to the hole, determined to follow. However, the circle was no longer a hole; it was just a black paper circle sitting on the floor.

The Titans had wasted no time getting to the museum. Unfortunately, it was extremely far from the tower and took about 30 minutes to get to. Robin and Cyborg were in their respective vehicles while Starfire and Raven flew. They hadn't bothered to look for Beast Boy; there was no time.

"But how could he have kept that up for so long? Doesn't he need his wand?" Cyborg was still trying to accept that Mumbo was the one behind everything.

"Perhaps he is being helped?" Starfire suggested.

"Look, it doesn't matter right now. We need to worry about stopping him before he gets away," Robin said. "We'll figure out the rest later."

The museum came into view as he finished speaking. The place was already surrounded with police cars, with a crowd of civilians being held off by officers. Robin got off his bike and approached.

"Thank god you're here!" One of the officers greeted the young hero. "We've got a real situation in there."

"Is he still inside the museum?" Robin asked.

"Well… We don't really know," the cop admitted. "We had him cornered, but then he pulled out this weird circle and… Jumped into it." Robin raised an eyebrow. "I know it sounds ridiculous but-

"No, that sounds like Mumbo…" He pulled out his communicator. "Raven, come in. I need you to-

"Way ahead of you. I've got something, but it's not coming from the museum."

"Where?"

"He's moving west, about a mile from here."

"Perfect…" Robin muttered. "Everyone hear that? Start heading west. "He turned to the officer.

"You going after that lunatic?" Robin nodded. "Good, we'll get the situation under control here. There may be injured civilians in there." Someone like Mumbo was obviously a bit out of the police force's league.

Wasting no time, Robin and the rest of the team began heading to where Raven had said.

About a mile away from the commotion at the museum, a construction site stood. Nobody seemed to be around at the moment, but there were a few vehicles, piles of building materials, and scaffolding for a large building. There was also a manhole cover on the site.

Said cover was currently being moved.

"Houdini, eat your heart out," A man said with laughed as he climbed out of the hole. Mumbo stretched, dusting himself off. His magical hole had dropped him into the sewer system below the museum, which he simply followed to an exit. Confident that he was far enough away from the law enforcement, he took a look at his surroundings. "Coast looks clear. Now to get back to… Oh."

He frowned as his eyes finally found the four figures standing nearby.

"Show's over, Mumbo," Robin said, arms folded. He was flanked by the rest of his team, save for one. Mumbo seemed to pick up on this.

"Let's see, three, four… Aren't we missing someone here?" He didn't seem particularly phased about the fact that he had been found. "Where's the little guy?"

"So you're the one behind all those robberies then?" They ignored his remark about Beast Boy's absence.

"Sheesh, fine. Don't answer me then." He grinned. "And I have no idea what you're talking about. I've been locked up this whole time."

"We found out about your little spell."

"Haha! Give the kid a prize!" The blue-skinned man laughed as he clapped. "I still can't believe you all fell for that for so long! I mean, sure the spell was good, but come ON!" Robin grit his teeth, his patience wearing thin. "Oh… But yeah I've been putting on a few performances here and there," he admitted. "What are you going to do about it?"

"How many times have we kicked your blue butt before?" Cyborg asked as they got into fighting positions. "Hell, you couldn't even beat us in your hat-world."

"Ah, true… But see, I've been practicing my act, and I've picked up a few-MUMBO JUMBO!" Hoping to catch his enemies off guard, Mumbo suddenly launched 4 white blasts of energy from his wand. His plan worked, as all 4 Titans were knocked back by the blasts. "You should really pay more attention, you know." The attack didn't seem to do much, as the heroes were back on their feet and moving to attack. Mumbo had to move quickly to avoid a flurry of starbolts, birdarangs, sonic cannon blasts, and levitating objects. His body defied physics as he bent and stretched in ways no human should be able to.

"I always hated fighting this guy," Cyborg muttered as their attacks continuously missed the laughing villain.

"Not enjoying the show?" Mumbo mocked, pulling off his hat. Cyborg growled, firing another blast from his cannon. "Well how about this?" He turned the hat so that the bottom was facing the Titans, and held it out towards the blast.

"What the heck is he...?" Cyborg trailed off as the hat sucked in the cannon shot. Mumbo grinned as he actually cocked the hat like a gun. "Uh oh."

"Abra…" The inside of the hat began to glow.

"Titans, move!"

"KA-BOOM!" The hat fired a massive blue-white beam several times larger than Cyborg's cannon. The Titans scattered as it shot, barely avoiding the attack. "AHAHAHAHA!" Mumbo's crazed laughter could barely be heard over the roar of the hat-laser.

"Since when could he do THAT!?" Cyborg cried.

"I told you I've been practicing my act, didn't I?" Mumbo said, firing another shot at Cyborg. "Now hold still and-Ow!" His hat was knocked from his hands by a green blast of energy. He had been so busy gloating he hadn't noticed Starfire on his flank. "People please, one at a time!" He cried, waving his wand. A translucent block appeared in front of him, blocking the next wave of starbolts. With another wave, the block suddenly shot forward, slamming into Starfire. As it hit her, it began to bend around her.

"Starfire!" Robin cried, running at her. However, he could do nothing as the construct formed a sphere around the Tamaranian, trapping her. Mumbo didn't have time to mock her, however, as the other Titans quickly went back on the attack. Cyborg decided not to try more cannon blasts, opting instead for melee. The other 2 continued to assault with ranged attacks, giving Mumbo a difficult time with their metallic teammate.

"Booyah!" Cyborg cheered as he finally landed a solid hit on the slippery magician, knocking him off his feet. Mumbo recovered almost immediately, however. He rubbed his chin.

"Hey, not bad kid." To Cyborg's shock, the punch barely seemed to affect him. "But you'll have to do better than that."

"Oh, I'll show you-huh?" He hadn't noticed Mumbo wave his wand while he talked, and Cyborg found himself stuck to what appeared to be a gigantic magnet that had been conjured behind him. "How in the-

"Hey, you know the drill. Good magicians don't reveal their secrets," Mumbo tipped his hat before springing away from more attacks from the others.

"Hold on Cyborg, we'll get you and Starfire-What!?" Robin barely had time to speak before a giant bird cage materialized around him.

"Robin!" Raven's eyes glowed as she held her arms up. "Azarath metrion zin…Mmph!" She was unable to finish her incantation as she felt something cover her mouth. Reaching up to feel it, she realized it was tape. She pulled at it, but could tell that it was being held by powerful magic.

She didn't understand. Mumbo was never this powerful. What had happened since they last fought? Had it really just been "practice", as he called it? The magical energies from his attacks felt very different.

"Take my advice, kid: Less syllables. Like this… Mumbo Jumbo!" He pointed his wand at her, and she found herself trapped in a cage just like Robin. It obviously wasn't a normal cage; a magical force field surrounded both her and Robin's prisons. Mumbo just went with the bird theme as a joke.

She looked around. Starfire had exhausted herself trying to break out of the strange sphere that had trapped her, and Cyborg wasn't able to move.

"So now what? You gonna put us back in your crazy hat-world again?" Cyborg asked.

"Sorry, no backstage trips today." Mumbo took a moment to admire his work. That guy had really come through for him. "I think I'll just close the curtain here… Starting with you." Mumbo's voice became a bit more sinister as he turned to Raven. "The one who ruined my last big show…" He was of course referring to the time the Titans had been sucked into his hat and turned into animals, or in Beast Boy's case, a lamp. The "hat-world" Cyborg mentioned. Raven had orchestrated the plan to defeat him and escape, and he hadn't forgotten that. She said nothing in response, as her mouth was still covered. He lifted the wand above his head, concentrating. "Mumbo…"

Raven shut her eyes. Nobody noticed the pink blast that flew from the shadows at the wand.

"JUMBO!" Mumbo vigorously pointed the wand at her, intending to fire a lethal spell at her. However, nothing seemed to happen. Raven was half-expecting something to come up from under her, or for the cage to implode or something. But when Mumbo suddenly looked at his wand in frustration, she realized that something went wrong. "Hey, what's the matter with you!?" He shouted at his wand. "I said Mumbo Jumbo, so-AH!" The wand seemed to respond to that incantation, as it fired another magical blast in Mumbo's face, knocking him over. "Ooow…"

"Oooh, that had to hurt."

Everyone turned as a new voice spoke up. The 4 trapped Titans' eyes widened at the sight of the figure standing before them.

"Well it's about time!" Cyborg cried. Robin said nothing, his face blank. Raven was obviously silent. Starfire was overjoyed.

"Beast Boy!"

Earlier…

Beast Boy and Jinx finally separated after about 10 minutes. Neither had said anything during that time, simply enjoying each other's warmth. But the reality of their situation was sinking in again, and they needed to focus.

"So, um…" Jinx recomposed herself. "Now what?" Beast Boy shrugged.

"I guess we should just go to the tower at this point. I'd rather we tell them ourselves, you know?"

"…Yeah, that's what I was thinking. But they're probably not there right now," she said, reminding him that they were probably looking for him.

"True." Beast Boy sat back down on the couch, thinking.

"Well we can decide in a bit. One way or another they're finding out today." Jinx walked to her room as she spoke. "I'm gonna go change… No need to be wearing this anymore." She had thrown off the wig, but she wanted to put her normal outfit on. Beast Boy decided to turn on the TV for some background noise as he collected his thoughts. He and Jinx had accepted that the secret was out, but he'd want the team finding out the whole truth on his terms if possible.

He was shaken from his thoughts when he realized what was on the screen.

"…Thankfully, no civilian casualties have been noted as of yet." The reporter on screen was in the middle of a news piece about some sort of incident downtown. Beast Boy leaned forward as he read the headline.

"Mysterious Break-in at History Museum!"

He sat up. Could it be what he thought it was?

"We have confirmation that the Teen Titans are on their way to the scene. As far as we know, the thief is still inside the museum," she continued.

"…Jiiiiinx!" He called.

"I'm right here." He turned his head to find that she was standing above him behind the couch, back in her usual attire. She was staring intently at the screen. One question was on both of their minds: Who was it?

They were about to get their answer.

"Yes… I have just received confirmation that the one responsible for the attack is none other than the infamous supervillain Mumbo." A picture of the man appeared on screen as she spoke.

"…No way." Beast Boy's arms went limp as his jaw dropped.

"Seriously? Mumbo!?" Jinx cried, anger in her voice. "Of all the low-life, no good, rotten…"

"Yeah, I can't stand the guy either," Beast Boy said, turning off the TV and standing. "Well, you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Damn straight." Jinx was raring to go. "I've been waiting for this."

"I'll fly us there. I should be able to find them pretty easily." Beast Boy's heightened senses would make tracking Mumbo and his team trivial.

"Wait, fly US? Oh no, you don't mean…" Beast Boy was already heading for the door as she spoke.

"It's not that bad, just hold on tight!" He exclaimed as he opened the door and practically leapt outside. Once he was in the open, he quickly morphed into an enormous pterosaur. Jinx followed, hesitating as he motioned for her to get on.

"Are you sure about this?" She was not entirely comfortable with riding a flying dinosaur bare-back. He simply nodded. She sighed, and reluctantly climbed onto his back. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. "No flips or rolls, or Mumbo will be the least of your problems," she threatened. The giant reptile gave out a call that almost resembled laughter before taking off. He made sure to be as gentle as possible, though Jinx still found herself yelping in fear as they rose into the air. She could've sworn she saw Beast Boy smile when she did. "Ha-ha." She rolled her eyes. She would have hit him but she was too frightened to move anything.

It didn't take long for them to reach the museum. The two landed nearby as Beast Boy morphed back. Jinx was a bit shaky as she got off him.

"See? That wasn't so bad was it?" Beast Boy asked with a grin. An elbow to his side shut him up.

"Bring a saddle next time," she said, crossing her arms.

"Hey, I went as steady as I could. Now then…" Beast Boy morphed into a bloodhound, sniffing around. His eyes narrowed a bit as he morphed back. "Hm… They were here, but they moved on." He pointed west. "There."

"Lead the way." Beast Boy could tell Jinx wouldn't want to fly anymore, so he morphed back into a dog and began to follow the scent trail. Jinx hurried behind him. After about 10 minutes of running, they stopped as Beast Boy changed back.

"The trail ends over there," he pointed to a construction site in the distance.

"Do you really think they're-AH!" Jinx leapt back in surprise as a massive beam of energy shot out from the site. "…Nevermind." She looked around, seeing an easily climbable building nearby. "We can get a better look up there, come on!" She ran to it and began quickly climbing various ledges and outcroppings, showing off her physical abilities. Beast Boy opted to simply fly to the top. They both took a moment to survey the fight as they got to the roof. Starfire seemed to be trapped in a sphere of some sort, while Cyborg was being stuck to a giant magnet or something.

"Jesus…" Jinx whispered. "Doesn't look like they're doing so well."

"Yeah… Any ideas?" They watched for a few more seconds. Jinx took note of his wand as Robin was suddenly trapped in a large cage.

"Hm… I think so. That wand is the source of his power, right?"

"Yeah, he uses it to channel all his magic. Without it he's powerless."

"Thought so. I should be able to 'disrupt' it with a hex.

"Hm…" Beast Boy thought. It sounded reasonable enough; her hex magic could probably cause plenty of problems. As he pondered what to do, they noticed Raven also get put in a cage.

"Alright, time's up. We need to act now." Beast Boy nodded.

"Okay, here's the plan…"

"Beast Boy!" Starfire happily exclaimed. The fifth Teen Titan had entered the scene, standing at the entrance of the site with his hands on his hips. He appeared quite confident.

"Sorry I'm late, I had some errands to run." He looked at Robin, who was still staring at him blankly. "Look, we'll talk after, I promise." He returned his attention to Mumbo, who was getting back on his feet. The supervillain glared his newest opponent, his usual carefree demeanor gone.

"Why you little…" He pointed his wand at the shapeshifter. Beast Boy didn't seem afraid as he started walking towards Mumbo. "Alakazam!" The wand almost coughed in response, a tiny bit of glitter-like powder flying out. Mumbo growled, shaking the wand a bit. "Come ON!"

He didn't notice the green ram charging at him.

"Aaaaah!" He cried out as Beast Boy impacted, sending him flying. Whether it was because of his loss of concentration or his wand's apparent malfunction, the objects holding the other 4 Titans all vanished in puffs of smoke.

"Gonna feel that in the morning…" Mumbo sat up, rubbing his head painfully. He stared at his wand, which was still sparking and sputtering, indicating it wasn't going to work. "What the hell is going on?" He looked up, and his face fell. "Uh oh."

All 5 Teen Titans stood over him. Cyborg's cannon was out and aimed, Starfire had starbolts charged and ready as her eyes glowed, Raven floated with a menacing aura, and Beast Boy was now morphed into a large gorilla. Robin stood in front of them all, arms folded like they were when he first arrived.

"Uh… Mumbo Jumbo?" Mumbo timidly held out his wand, which of course did nothing in response to his incantation.

"Guess you need more practice," Robin said. He pulled out a pair of cuffs from his utility belt. "You're through, Mumbo." He reached out to grab the villain. However, as he did, a bright light suddenly errupted from the wand. It enveloped Mumbo, blinding the Titans. It only lasted a few seconds, but when the Titans could see again Mumbo had completely vanished. They looked around before realizing what just happened.

"DAMN IT!" Robin screamed, kicking a small rock.

"Guess he still had one good spell in him," Cyborg said with a shrug.

"Spread out!" Robin barked. "He couldn't have gone far, we can still catch him if we-

"Robin." Raven cut him off. "There's no point. I don't sense him anywhere." She paused. "That was a teleportation spell. He's gone."

"Augh!" The leader let out a frustrated yell as he threw his arms out, walking a few steps away from the group. He turned to look at Beast Boy. "You," he said, walking up to him. Beast Boy held up his hands.

"Yeah yeah I know. Look, can you just give me a second to explain?"

"Oh, absolutely!" Robin said sarcastically, a rarity for him. "But first I want to know just how you managed to do that to Mumbo?"

"Do what?" Beast Boy feigned ignorance.

"His magic didn't stop working until you got here. And you knew it wasn't working too!" He exclaimed. "The way you walked up to him as he tried to attack…"

"Yeah, what gives B? Since when did you know magic?" Cyborg asked.

"Hey come on, you know I can't do that."

"Then how did you know!?" Robin demanded, losing his patience.

"Must have just been a lucky guess," A new voice said. Everyone but Beast Boy frantically looked around before noticing the grinning young girl sitting on one of the vehicles in the lot. They immediately recognized the pink, horn-like hair.

"Jinx!" Robin pulled out a birdarang and readied himself.

"Woah woah woah, easy!" Beast Boy quickly grabbed the birdarang, lowering Robin's arm. "I told you I can explain."

"Explain what?" Robin glared at him, not appreciating his teammate grabbing his arm. Beast Boy walked out in front of his teammates as Jinx got off the car and walked over to him. "Beast Boy, what are you…"

"So… 'Jess', huh?" Raven asked, raising an eyebrow. She had already figured it out.

No wonder she felt something strange when he said that name…

"Wait a sec," Cyborg was starting to piece it together. "…Ooooooh boy." He held a hand over his mouth.

"What?" Robin, on the other hand, was a bit oblivious.

"Heh…" Beast Boy rubbed the back of his neck, grinning with a blush. "Yeah, sorry about that… I couldn't exactly say who it was given the circumstances."

"Say who… Wait, Jess? But she's…" He couldn't seem to comprehend the idea of Jinx and Beast Boy being together.

"Does he seriously not get it?" Jinx whispered, trying not to laugh. Starfire remained silent; of course, she had figured it out as well, but she was so happy for the two of them that she couldn't speak. She simply stared with big, joyful eyes. Robin finally was starting to understand.

"Wait, are you telling me Jess is actually…" Beast Boy grabbed Jinx's hand, pulling her close.

"Hey, you said you wanted to meet my girlfriend didn't you?"

Well the cat's finally out of the bag! What will happen next? Find out soon!