These are the ages of Bobby, Melvin, Timmy, Teether, and Raven.

Raven (16)

Bobby (17)

Melvin (14)

Timmy (12)

Teether (9)

Wally and Jinx don't act their age because a) what happened to them that got them in the mental hospital b) in Jinx's case, she hasn't really had a chance to develop in regular social situations c) Wally is immature. Period. Very immature.

#10

"What're you gonna be for Halloween?" Melvin asked. Jinx looked up, surprised, and Wally grinned,

"I'm dunno yet. You got any ideas, Melvin?" Wally asked with a smile. She grinned widely.

"I'm going to be a bunny. Raven said she was a bunny one year when she was little!" Melvin declared, "I think Teether is being a cowboy, and Timmy is being a horse," Melvin added as an afterthought.

She then turned to Jinx, "What're you gonna be?" she asked again.

Jinx shrugged, "Maybe a black cat or something, I dunno. I don't usually do these kinda things."

Melvin smiled and nodded, "That's a good idea!" Raven spotted Melvin and got up, walking over to them, closely followed by Bobby, Teether, and Timmy.

Raven nodded at Wally, then turned to Jinx, "Hi, Jinx," she said apathetically, her hood covering her purple eyes. Teether yawned, watching Jinx and Wally with half-lidded eyes.

Jinx smiled slightly, "Hi, Raven."

Raven handed Melvin a teddy bear, "The nurses finished washing it."

Melvin hugged the fluffy, caramel colored bear to her, her fingers hooking around the chocolaty brown ribbon tied around its neck. The black button eyes stared blankly at Jinx.

"I remember when I was little, a friend and I went trick-or-treating," Jinx said suddenly, "I was the Cheshire Cat, and he was the March Hare."

Raven looked at her, a very slight smile gracing her lips, "My mother and I did something like that. She was the White Queen and I was Alice."

Wally shrugged, "Can't say I ever dressed up as someone from Alice in Wonderland. I usually just pranked people. 'Treating' was not my preferred half. 'Tricking' was waaay more fun."

Raven shrugged, "I don't do either very often."

Jinx shrugged, "I think I did. Obviously, I went at least once."

"You haven't remembered everything?" Raven questioned.

Jinx shook her head, "Nah."

A cuckoo clock on the wall directly behind them chirped merrily- a small, wooden, green bird popped out.

"Cuckoo!"

"Cuckoo!"

"Raven," Melvin turned to Raven, "It's 2 o'clock. The nurse said we could watch the movie at 2, right?"

Raven nodded, "Bye."

The small group walked out of the common room, presumably to go watch the movie.

Wally turned to Jinx, "How'd they get in here?"

"Who?" Jinx asked absently, returning to her drawing.

"Those little kids, and Raven, and the other guy."

Jinx tapped the eraser against her knee, "Mm... I think Melvin, Timmy, and Teether came here about a year ago. Raven told me about it once. Their parents were the heads of various police and law enforcement companies. They had upset some gang, and the gang sent people to assassinate the parents and Melvin, Timmy, and Teether. They succeeded in assassinating the parents, but then decided to hold the children for ransom. After the police finally stopped the gang and got the children back, they sent them here."

Jinx continued, "I don't know how Bobby got here, but I think Raven's father killed her mother and abused her. She was sent to an orphanage, but the people were horrible to her as well. I think she came here around that time... I saw it in the news once. She was here even before me."

Wally frowned, "That's... unfortunate."

Jinx nodded, "Yeah," she then stood up, "I think I'm gonna go back to my room. I'll talk to you later."

Wally blinked, "Uh, ok."

"I can't believe this isn't a blocked domain..." Jinx muttered, scrolling through the digital newspapers.

She sighed, "I don't even know what year I came here, yet alone the day..."

One headline caught her eye:

'Eight Children from H.I.V.E Academy Orphanage Found in Kajiro Mansion: Seven Dead.'

"Bingo..." she smirked, clicking on the article. She paused, "This may be a bad idea..."

Jinx shrugged, and starting reading.

Eight children (Baran Flinders- age 13, Gizmo Spero- age 7, Jinx Spero- age 9, Angelica Ivor- age 11, Billy Hubel- age 9, Seymour Cosden- age 10, Pete Mosler- age 8, Erebus Krechevsk- age 12) were found in the abandoned Kajiro Mansion on January 15, 2009. They had been given permission from the Headmistress of the H.I.V.E. Academy Orphanage to leave the grounds for the day. The children were found nearly a week later.

Four of the children (Baran Flinders, Gizmo Spero, Billy Hubel, and Pete Mosler) were crushed under debris and rubble from an earthquake that occurred while the children were in the mansion; three of them (Seymour Cosden, Angelica Ivor, and Erebus Krechevsk) froze to death after being covered in mud and water from a pipe that burst, also during the earthquake. The children were buried together at the Rose Hill Cemetery.

The lone survivor of the earthquake, Jinx Spero, suffered from a twisted ankle, mild hypothermia, dehydration, and hunger. After she was sent to Queen's Medical Center for Children, she was admitted to the Jump City Psychiatric Ward.

The Headmistress of H.I.V.E. Academy Orphanage, who prefers to remain unnamed, expressed her feelings of guilt concerning the premature fates of the children. After the events at Kajiro Mansion, she resigned her position as Headmistress of the H.I.V.E. Academy Orphanage. The position was taken over by Sebastian Blood, the former Headmistress' cousin.

Jinx leaned back in her chair, letting out a long breath, "That... doesn't ring any bells. I guess it makes a little more sense, now..."

Yeah, I just figured... She has a computer... She wanted to know what happened... eh.

Well, know you guys know what happened! But only what the general public knows. You'll still see the details of what actually happened through nightmares and such.

I wonder... will Jinx look up what happened Wally? *grins*

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