Hello people! Sorry for the delay! This chapter took a while because stuff has been catching up with me and I had no idea where to end it till now! I thought the lovely couple deserved a little fluff after little mention of them in the last two chapters. They will have another chapter dedicated to them on their second date. I will explain some of the strange stuff that's going on eventually, just be patient. Also, pay close attention to the Staff of Akasha and the Philosopher Stone. They will come into play once that two week period Question mentioned is up. And a little about question; when she's unmasked I will refer the character as a she, but I will refer the character as a he while the mask is on.

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Raven awoke with a contented moan as she stretched out. Her memories from last night came back to her and she smiled with a slight blush. Her emotions caused the sheets to fold over and allowed her to get to her shower unhindered. She hummed the song Jinx sang to her last night as she scrubbed her hair.

She decided to forgo her leotard with some pants and a dark t-shirt. And donning a hoody, instead of her regular dark blue cloak. She gave herself a once over in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction, "I just hope they don't make a big deal about this... sudden change." She went to the common area to make some tea, but was surprised to see that Cy was already chowing down on a tower of waffles and Star was eating her regular blue, furry breakfast dish. "How long did I sleep in?" she glance at the microwave clock: 10:32. She inwardly groaned, "Great... nice way to not draw more attention..." She prepared some hot water and turned to see the others glancing at the hallway doors expectantly.

Robin took a sip of coffee and gestured to the doors with his eyes. Raven took the hint and made her way down the hall to the changlings room. She found the door with his name and knocked. No answer. She knocked again, but still didn't receive confirmation that he was awake. She sighed and phased through the door, "Beast Boy? Are you up?" She looked around, but found no sign of the young titan. Her eyebrow quirked up, "Okay..." she paused for a moment; then: "Oh gods!" she rushed to his closet and pressed the panel, "Please be alright. Please, please, please be alright!"

The floor opened and she quickly flew down the pipe. She landed in the center of the large holding area and flicked the lights on with a gesture. The room was empty. She released a breath she didn't realize she was holding. "Okay... It's not that bad. Then where is he?" She floated back up and into the changlings room. She returned the closet to it's previous state and walked back into the commons. Robin quirked a masked brow, "He getting up? Or is he sick again?"

Raven shook her head, "He's not in his room and I didn't pass him on the way." the team started to get up from the table. Raven knew the drill, "Where should we start?"

The screen flashed red for an emergency call. Robin ran over, typed the password, and accepted the call, "Robin here, what's the emergency?"

Bumble Bee appeared and looked at something off screen in concern, "Hey Robin, it's Bee. Well- Ches! Don't touch-" the sound of breaking machinery could be heard in the background. Bee pinched the bridge of her nose in exasperation, "Lord almighty, that woman is-"

Robin needed answers and decided to cut off the other team leader to get her back on track, "What's the situation?"

Bee slapped herself into attention, "Right, sorry. Roy went missing."

Raven walked up with a sarcastic answer, "Well, that's it then. Case closed; everyone can go about their day." Robin glared at her and she shrugged, "Sorry, but he's been trying to get me to sleep with him ever since Titans East formed. I'm not really crazy about him."

Bee groaned, "I can relate to that." More crashing noised were head, "Ches! That's not gonna help."

"Fine!" shouted the other unseen woman. "I'll just go pay Beast Brat a little visit!"

Robin was confused and had to inquire: "Um... Bumble Bee, Who's that with you?"

Bee shrugged, "Cheshire... she's pretty upset about this."

Star was curious now, "Why is enemy Cheshire at your tower and what does she want with friend Beast Boy?"

The Titans East leader looked a little confused, "You don't know anything about this?" The shook their heads, "Oh... well, um... Beast Boy sorta... I guess took Roy. I'm not sure how to explain it."

Robin spoke up, "But that doesn't explain Cheshire."

Bee shrugged again, "She and Roy have been dating ever since the whole Brotherhood of Evil scare and joined the team a year ago. She saw BB take Roy this morning and well... She's a little upset." they watched as she glanced quickly downward at a console, "And now she's taking the emergency molecular transporter to your tower to strangle him."

Robin was stunned, then shook it off with slight anger, "WHAT?!"

The Titans East Leader held up her hands in surrender, "Hey, don't shoot the messenger. I just hope the little guy will be alright."

Cy stood beside his leader, "Well it's lucky that he's not here. Bee, call back Cheshire before she uses that machine! It's not completely finished."

She glanced down at her console, "Too late Sparky, she already activated it and it's about to start."

"Shut it down from there!"

She looked up back at the screen, "How? Won't it tear he apart if it stops midway?"

Cy growled and face palmed in frustration. Then a spark of inspiration came to him, "Can you shut down all the power generators from there?"

Bee looked down at her console again, "Yeah, but it'll take to long. Like five minutes maybe."

He pushed Robin aside to sit at the console, "Give me access."

"Done."

The screen flashed with a bunch of number and the robotic teen plugged himself in and started to type rapidly as his mind worked through the processor codes and security protocols for the Titans East tower system. He started muttering under his breath, "System Comm Link... Sat update... Main root battery... Deactivate power grid; cell D23-519... Authorize remote access..."

Star waved a hand in front of him, but he remained unresponsive, "Friend Cyborg? Are you alright?"

Bee smiled, "He's fine Star. Tin Man's just in the zone is all."

The tameranian looked to him in concern, "I hope that this 'the zone' is a nice place, yes?"

Bee laughed, "Just don't worry to much. He'll be fine."

Cy woke from his technological daze, "Karen, get down and get Cheshire out of there; I'm not sure I can stop it in time!" she ran off screen.

Robin put a concerned hand on the metal teens shoulder, "You sure you can do this?"

Cy shifted, "No, I'm really not sure. The system keeps locking me out and I need to find five different ways to bypass the grind security to the whole tower or it won't work."

Robin cocked a masked brow, "Really? Why not just shut down that one area."

Cyborg waved that idea away immediately, "That takes to long. I'd have to bypass all those security locks and that's after I sweep through the entire networking code. This way's easier... but there is another option."

Robin grasped at that, "What is it?"

Cy continued to rapidly type, "Just pray to any and all gods I don't have to go with that option." he went back into his daze.

Robin turned to the empath, "Do you know what this other option is?" Raven shrugged and the leader took that as a no. If the option scared the eldest of the team so much, Robin wasn't sure he wanted to know.

Lines of computer code blinked across the screen and all that could be heard was the seated teen mumbling under his breath, "Unauthorized access... Alternate grid main shifter... powering down adjacent cell sectors... Power cut from main area..." The teens voice rose in alarm while in the daze, "Additional generators detected... unable to access... cut off from main... auxiliary power use detected... unable to comply with command... main auxiliary cut off... additions still running..." he slammed his hands roughly away from the console, "Dammit!"

Robin was there in an instant, "What is it?"

Cy started to type rapidly again, but this looked out of desperation then determination, "I cut off the main power and all the back ups. I even cut off the back ups for the back ups, but the transporter is still running. It's connected to a power source not connected directly to the tower."

Robin paused, "So... what's option B?"

Cy sighed and turned to the rest of the team in his swivel chair, "Option B, short range EMP that will knock out everything in the tower for at least twenty-four hours. Or until I get the back ups working, but that will still take a while" he scratched his head, "Unfortunately some stuff will need to be replaced afterward."

Robin cocked a masked brow, "I'm sensing some hesitation here. What else will it do?"

The robotic teen looked around the room with sad eyes, "I have an activation sequence for both towers... but they're only supposed to be accessed by a console at the appropriate tower. If I access it by remote then..." he trailed off.

"It'll trigger the EMP in our tower as well." his leader finished for him. Cyborg only nodded. Robin paced and paced as he thought.

Star spoke up, "Will it be alright afterward?"

Cy shrugged, "Sure Star, but-"

Raven floated to the rest of them, gazing at the flashing numbers filling the large screen, "A lot can happen in that time and we won't get any alarms on criminal activity."

Robin ceased his pacing, "How long will it take to get the back ups online?"

The mechanical teen rubbed the human part of his face in exhaustion from last night, "About twelve hours."

Raven quirked a brow at a thought, "What if you had a little help from someone else."

Cy was a little doubtful at the idea, "I don't know... if one of you guys helps me out it might take longer."

Raven resisted the urge to face palm, "I meant someone with your level of expertise."

"Oh." he paused and checked over the numbers in his main processor, "I'd say about five hours... that's only if we get lucky."

Raven pulled out her cell, "I think I have someone who could help."

Cy looked at the internal clock to the transporter, "Not a lot of time." he swiveled his chair to face their leader, "Your call Rob."

Robin nodded reluctantly, "Alright, go for it. Raven, go make that call."

Raven nodded and Cy sighed as he reluctantly entered the voice command, "Initiate e-call one point zero four; priority alpha slash beta synchronize."

The computer stopped flashing code and the screen flashed green. A cool female voice answered, "Request acknowledged. Would this follow code one point zero four procedure or one point zero four five procedure."

The robotic teen looked strained as he reluctantly answered the query, "Second option."

"Procedure one point zero four five confirmed. Now activating tactical EMP pulse in zones alpha and beta."

Everything blacked out and the only light was offered through the windows by the rising sun. Cy leaned back in his chair, upset about using the pulse, "Now we got a lot of work ahead."

Raven flipped open her phone and was surprised to see that she still had bars, "Hey Cyborg," she showed him the phone, "I'd thought I wouldn't get any bars... Care to explain?"

He shrugged, "It's not connected to any of the towers systems, so it won't get fried."

Raven smiled, "Convenient." she walked past the doors, no all left ajar thanks to the EMP, and called back, "I'm going to make the call, I'll be back when arrangements are made."

Robin turned to the only other male teammate left in the room, "Do you think Raven has been getting more of a social life lately?"

Cy smiled and raised his hand up, signaling his leader to change his train of thought, "Man, if Raven's happy you don't question why. Just wait and she'll tell us about some stuff when she needs or wants to." he started to stroke his console lovingly, "If she's helping me get my big baby back online then I have no problem with it." he glared at his leader, "But you need to keep your grubby little hands away from whatever she's hiding."

Robin was a little shocked that his friend would suggest this, "What? Don't you want to know if she has a boyfriend or some other people to hang out with?"

Cy shook his head and shivered, "You don't want to mess with that girls private life. There's a reason BB and I never talk about what went down when we came into her room uninvited."

"That reminds me... What happened in there?"

Cy shivered again, "You don't wanna know. I still have nightmares about it."

Robin coked a masked brow, as was becoming a habit today, "Nightmares? But I thought you didn't dream."

Cy nodded, "I don't, not usually anyway." he typed away on his built in computer pad to distract himself, "It's that scary. So leave it alone Dick."

Cy never called any of them by their original names or nicknames of that variation. So Robin knew he was serious about this, "Fine," he reluctantly caved, "I'll leave it alone." His teammate smiled as he rapidly went over the towers power grid on his built in computer.

A flash of light and a crackle of electrical energy near the couch alerted them to their new arrivals. They were a tangle of limbs and they scrambled away from each other. Bee rubbed the back of her head, "Ow! Why'd I let you join in the-" she stopped when she found her bearings, she smiled slightly at Cyborg, "Hey Sparky, fancy meeting you here."

Cy paled a little as he carefully observed Cheshire, to see if she would total the living room. Cheshire gripped Robin by his collar and shook him violently, "Where is he? Where is Beast Brat? WHERE'S MY ROY?"

Cy glanced around and face palmed, "Great, we get an ex-villain in our home and half the team is out!" Starfires absence was noted by the teen. Unbeknownst to Robin and Cy as they were arguing, she slipped into the hallway when Robin said the word 'boyfriend' it reminded her that she wanted to have a talk with Raven. The tameranian hoped she was finished with the 'arrangements' by the time she found her friend.

Jinx was eating brunch, she woke up late after her best nights sleep in the history of ever. A small smile never far from her features as she at her toast. The boys were already off at work, even Kyd. Luckily she had the next three days off. She glanced at the clock on the microwave, "Almost half past noon... I guess I should-" her thoughts were interrupted by her cell ringing, "Who the hell-" she grinned when she saw the contacts name, and answered, "How's Edgar Allen Poe doing?"

She detected a slight tone of worry at Ravens' reply, "Jinx, I need some help."

Jinx started to pace the living room, "What happened?"

Raven explained, "Beast Boy went missing and apparently kidnapped Speedy from Titans East. Cyborg had to use an EMP burst to shut down their tower before Cheshire used a molecular transporter that wasn't finished. Unfortunately the EMP wasn't supposed to be accessed by remote, it had to be a console from the building; so that triggered the one in ours as well."

"Huh." Jinx was at a loss for words as she tried to process this.

She could tell Raven was in hurry, but had the patience to placate the feline, "Any questions?"

"A few." she admitted, "First, why is Wild Man missing and why did he kidnap Speedy?"

"We don't know."

"Okay." she paused and rubbed her temple as she plopped onto the couch, "Second, isn't Cheshire a villain?"

"She was, but after the whole Brotherhood of Evil scare she started to date Speedy. A few years later she was accepted into Titans East."

Alright then." Jinx focused on her remaining questions, "Third and final question, what can I do to help?"

Raven talked fast, "Cy needs to make repairs, but it will take a while. So we need someone with his level of expertise on this... preferably not Gizmo."

Jinx snorted in disapproval at her roommate, "Please! I wouldn't trust chrome-dome with this. But I do have someone else in mind... Let me call him and you can meet us at the park in an hour."

"Okay I will-"

Another voice entered from Ravens end, it was Starfire, "Raven? Are you finished with your call?"

Jinx was cackling with muffled laughter as she heard the awkwardness on the other end, "AH! Oh, um... Star, I'm almost done here."

The opportunity was to good to pass up so Jinx put up her best sensual moan, "Oh gods, Raven! I didn't know you were into leather!" She moaned louder, "What you'll do-"

The line clicked off as Raven disconnected the call leaving a trembling Jinx on her couch. Finally she couldn't take it and laughter bubbled up from her. "I'm soooo gonna pay for that!" a visualized blush from the object of her affections left her grinning, "But it'll be worth it. Mmmm..." her thoughts trailed to perverse musings, "what if she's into that? Or maybe..."

She shook of the dirty thoughts, "Focus... gotta call Mark. Yeah, Raven needs help." she dialed the number before erotic scenes resurfaced again.

It rang for half a minute before she got a cranky answer, "What do ya want Jen? It's the crack of noon!"

"Can it." she chided, "I got a job for you that you won't refuse."

He was suddenly interested, "What's the pay?"

"Zilch."

He sounded grumpy, "You wake me up so I can work for no charge? Jen, I'm not hurting for money or anything, but it's nice to at least get paid. My services are expensive to begin with and you don't seem to appreciate it!" she sighed as he continued to gripe, "What you do this time? Crash your security system? Laptop get Trojaned again?"

"No Mark." she smirked at the thought of what info she held over him, "A friend of mine needs help."

"And I should do this gratis because...?"

"Because it's worth your time." she glanced at the clock, "Look, just meet us at Geiss park in an hour, okay?"

"Fine." and he hung up.

She looked at her phone with a frown, "I hope he shows up..." and grinned as more dirty thoughts surfaced or resurfaced, "What will you do to me My Pretty?" she shivered in excitement. God, the things Raven did to her...

When Jinx met Raven at the park she did not look happy. The empath looked flustered, if Jinx was reading her usually cold exterior correctly. She smiled with fake innocence, "Why Raven, I do believe you look slightly flustered. Why?"

Raven glared daggers at her, "You know why. That's going to cost you."

Jinx wanted to take Raven to a more private area of the park, but resisted, "No! Let's just see what she'll do..." she cocked her head to the side, still faking innocence, "Really?" leaned forward till she was centimeters away from the titan, "What will you ask for?" she traced a finger up Ravens arm, "I wonder..."

Raven shuddered, but regained control buy gripping Jinxs' hand and making sure there was adequate distance between their lips. She smirked, "No. You don't behave and you don't get this."

"Wha-" her voice trailed off with a squeak as Raven pulled her close and nuzzled her neck. The titans close proximity and breath on her neck getting to her. "Ah- Mmm..." she couldn't vocalize her thoughts as Raven traced patterns into her side and planted a lingering, soft kiss on her neck.

She withdrew, smirk still evident, "That is what you need to earn back."

Jinx was still high on the rapture Ravens' action brought on, "Mmm... What?"

She sighed, "Jinx, do you have any idea of the compromising situation you put me in?" The feline smiled and this made the empath growl in frustration, "She thought I wore a lot of leather and wanted to see my closet!"

Jinx laughed, "Wow! I didn't expect Starfire to be that dense." her sides hurt from laughing and she finally managed to calm down, "Well at least it was her instead of anybody else."

The empath bit her lip in contemplation, "True... but you're still in trouble!" she was forgiving, but Jinx needed to learn her lesson so there wouldn't be a repeat.

"Aw!" Jinx whined, Raven turned her back on the puppy dog look the feline ironically donned, "C'mon! You know you're gonna give in... sooner or later."

Raven turned and snapped back, "It's not about me forgiving that or not! It's about the principle." and she snapped back, her back again facing the ex-criminal.

Jinx turned to her seductive charms and crept toward the empath embracing her and whispering, "I know you can't keep this up long." she gently took an earlobe between her teeth and puffed her breath on the moist lobe. Jinx swayed their bodies side to side as she tried again, "It's going to happen... sooner or later. And there is nothing," She planted a peck high up the neck. "you can do," she planted another lingering kiss near her collar, "to stop it." and she planted a final one on her exposed shoulder, giving it a little nip before retreating.

Raven shuddered and had her eyes screwed shut, trying not to give away how much she was enjoying the show of affection. She spun around and surprised the feline, which she used to her advantage. Raven pulled her in close and with the barest brush of lips Jinx was putty in her hands. Jinx tried to pull her forward to deepen the motion, but Raven pulled back smirking at the look of want, of need, on the other girls face. "No. Maybe, but only if you're good."

Jinx pouted, "Fine." she pulled away and slumped against the tree and her expression brightened, "Hey, did you enjoy the music last night?"

Raven leaned at a spot near the feline and smiled that small adorable smile, "Yes, it was very... captivating." her smile reached her eyes as she turned to the feline, "I especially liked your performance. Bravo by the way."

Jinx straightened up and gave a few mock bows, "Thank you! Thank you! I'm here four days a week!" she tilted her head up and smiled in that cheshire fashion, "So what kind of music do you like?"

The empath pondered the question and held up a finger when she didn't immediately respond, "Good question. Hmm..." she formed a small list, "I guess classical and maybe a little classic rock, some blues, um..." she blushed as she admitted it, "Some pop and rock I guess." She saw Jinxs' brow knotted in deep thought and amended, "B-but I don't listen to specific genre all the time. I just like a song because... well-"

Jinx waved a hand, "Hey, don't justify your tastes." she smiled and bumped the empaths shoulder with her own, leaning slightly on her, "You like what you like, I get it."

Raven let out a relieved breath, "Thanks, I guess."

"So how often do you listen to music?" her faced scrunched up as she discarded that thought, "Scratch that. Who do you listen to mostly?"

Raven blushed slightly and admitted her favorite bands, "Um... This odd band called Blind Guardian," when Jinxs' expression remained blank she continued, "Jeff Williams and Casey Lynch, Marty O'Donnell, Journey, Aerosmith-" she was interrupted by Jinx glomping her.

Jinx smiled as she peppered Raven with small kisses. She pulled back so Raven could see the happiness radiating from her eyes, "Gods woman! You're perfect!"

Raven chuckled, looking at anywhere but the woman that held her, "I don't know about that..."

Jinx slipped her arms around her waist to get her attention, "Hey! Look at me!" Raven did and saw the trademark grin, "Don't sell yourself short, you got great taste... but we could expand your taste a little bit."

Raven quirked a brow, "How?"

"Another date. Today!"

Raven groaned in irritation, "I could barely stand that club until the classical came on!"

Jinx slipped away and dug in the back pocket of her jeans, "Don't worry, I got that covered." she held out a pair of ear plugs. "Here, these block out background noise and muffle loud noises."

Raven took then and turned them over in her palm, "Have you tested them?"

"Yep. Bands usually play with the amp turned wayyy up, but these babies will make the sound tolerable for someone like you."

Raven rubbed the earpieces, "Someone like me?" she put false annoyance into her voice to see the feline squirm.

It worked;Jinx floundered, "Um... You know, someone who doesn't like a lot of noise."

Raven grinned, letting her off the hook, "You know me well." she frowned, "but I can't believe you know me this well and it's been about... what? A week? A week and a half?"

Jinxed tilted her head quizzically, "From what?"

"From our meeting at the Drinks and Dregs."

Jinx smiled and her eyes had the faraway look as she recalled the memory, "Yeah... Time flies huh?"

The empath nodded, "Yes," she quickly turned and pinned the feline to the tree. She pinned her arms above and held her there, the felines breath catching as she stroked a few fingers against Jinxs' side as she slowly kissed the neck. She grinned against the ever heating skin, "but only when you're having fun."

Jinx squirmed beneath her and tried to pry her hands off. She only succeeded in amusing Raven further as she nuzzled her neck. Raven nipped her this time and she gasped, "Gods! Have pity on me woman!"

Raven released her and quickly put herself out of the felines range, "Sorry, but you still need to make it up to me."

Jinx shivered and bit her lip, restraining her ever mounting desire, "I'll make sure you have a good time." she promised.

Raven smiled, "Good," she held up a finger, "but you at least need to give me a small idea at what we are going to do."

Jinx groaned, "But-" Raven quirked a brow, this time her eyes took on a challenging tone, "Fine!" she conceded with thrown arms, "I'll tell." she glanced at Mark coming to meet them with a large back pack and satchel. "But later, we have company."

Raven glanced over her shoulder, "Is that your friend?" Jinx nodded, "Okay." she snapped back, "But don't think you're off the hook."

Jinx gave a salute, "Yes ma'am!" she gave the empath a wink, "It'll rock your world. I swear!"

The titan leaned back against the tree to watch Mark trudge up the small hill, "Good." she muttered.

The lanky form reached their tree and gave Jinx a wave and Raven a once over. "This your friend that needs tech support?" he smirked as he adjusted his satchel, "Gotta say, she's a looker."

Raven turned to Jinx with a questioning glance. Jinx mouthed the word 'sorry' before she answered the lanky, brown haired male, "Focus, down boy."

He rubbed the back of his neck as he cracked it, "Sorry, just woke up. Didn't have enough time to-"

"Anyway," Jinx interrupted before he could embarrass further, "She needs a complete overhaul."

He sighed, "I figured it wouldn't be easy." his eyes lingered on Raven before turning back to Jinx, "So if I'm not getting paid in cash," he pointed to Raven, "what's she gonna do?"

Ravens' eyes darkened and she smiled a dark, knowing smile. This set off alarm bells in Jinxs' head, "Get him out of here now Jinx!" her mind screamed.

Raven didn't kill him though, she decided for a different tactic, "I'm sorry, but would you like to see the full extent of the damage before we negotiate?" she said this sweetly and Jinx let the tension creep out of her.

Mark smiled apologetically, "Sorry, getting ahead of myself. Let's go to your place." he chuckled, "Never thought I'd say that to a woman." he grinned at Jinx, "Sorry Jen. Hormones, you know how it is."

"Don't I ever." she muttered under her breath.

Mark nodded to Raven, "Lead on to your place beautiful."

Raven smirked at the inevitable, "Close your eyes and hold your breath."

He laughed, "Why-" darkness consumed the three of them and they appeared on the roof of Titans Tower. Mark rushed away from the two and flailed, eyes shut, "AHHH! Get it off! Get it off!"

Jinx slapped the back of his head, "Knock it off!"

Mark snapped out of it and looked to the grinning women, "Who the-" he shut his trap when he saw where they were. They could see the gears turning in his mind.

Three.

Two.

One.

He dropped his bags and gripped his hair, "HOLY SHIT!" his cry of exclamation echoed across the bay. He turned with a bewildered expression to the two females, "Jen, we're on top of Titans Tower!" he gestured for her to join him and look out at the city.

She did with Raven on his other side, they all looked across the bay and onto Jump, "Nice view isn't it?" the feline inquired.

Mark caught her tone of nonchalance and suddenly remembered how they go there, "Hold on... what was that black stuff? And how did we get here?" The truth dawned on him as he slowly turned to Raven and he gulped nervously, "Um... S-sorry, but I didn't get your name."

The empath grinned, she decided to have a little fun and use a video game reference she heard a while back, "Most people call me witch or Raven. But you... you can call me Ann Marie" he adopted an expression that said 'WTF?!' but she pressed on, "But only if you enjoy being flailed mercilessly and having a titan skip rope with your entrails."

He nodded with a slight grin, "Skyrim, nice."

Jinx was busting out with laughter and tried to compose herself, "Gods! You should have seen your face!"

He was rather contemplative after he calmed down, and another truth was pieced together, "Jen," he cleared his throat and she stopped laughing, "You wouldn't happen to eh... be the ex-thief Jinx would ya?"

She snorted, "No, I'm just some other pink haired woman with cat eyes."

He gasped and screamed, "HOLY SH-" before the empath covered his mouth, muffling his scream.

"That's enough profanity for one day." she chided. "If I take my hand off will you stop screaming your head off?" he nodded, "Good."

She took her hand away and Mark was gaping at Jinx, "Bu- but-" Jinx stomped on his foot, "Ow!" he bent down and rubbed the sore are through his shoe, "What was that for?"

She flicked his forehead, "For being so thick for four years."

He rubbed the other abused area, done with his foot, "So what do I call you?"

She smiled, "I didn't really lie to you Mark. My real name is Jennifer Kamalia Wrangler; I just went by Jinx during the whole villain thing. The name stuck with me though.

Mark was still in shock, "Does Shelah know?"

She nodded, "Yep, right from the moment we met."

Raven interrupted, "If you two are finished, we have a job to do."

Mark muttered, "Cold bitch, could've waited for five minutes." Jinx elbowed his ribs and he winced in pain.

Raven quirked a brow, "I'm sorry Mark did you say something?"

"No ma'am!" he squeaked.

"Good." and they walked through roof door.

Jinx got marks attention by elbowing him again, "Still wanna get paid?

"Shut up you milk obsessed tomcat!" he muttered back.

Raven turned her head slightly, looking at the two of them without breaking pace, "Is everything alright back there children?"

"Yes ma'am!" they both nervously replied. Scared at what the mistress of the dark would do to them if they indicated otherwise.

She turned back, "Good, were almost to the main room."

Mark whispered to Jinx, "Is she always this scary?"

Jinx chuckled and whispered back, "This isn't scary... at least not yet. She does have her soft moments though." she saw the gleam in Marks' eyes and decided to rain on his parade before he became the empaths' dinner. "Don't even think about it lover boy."

"Why not?" he whined.

Jinx chuckled darkly, "She'll eat you and spit you back out just to eat you again. And that's if she's in a good mood."

Mark was lost in lusty thoughts, "I wouldn't mind eating her..."

Before Jinx could advise him otherwise, she felt a head poke between the two, "I would have so much fun tearing you to pieces." They both jumped at the voice and realized that Raven had slipped behind then as they became distracted with their whispered conversation.

Mark shivered with something akin to fear, the need to run, "Um... you know what, never mind. I'll keep my distance."

"Good boy." she nearly purred out. She stroked Jinxs' jaw lovingly, "I have others that distract me. But if you insist on me breaking you..."

Mark paled, "I'm good!" she shook her head and stepped in front of the pair again, they were almost at the living room.

Mark, still pale, muttered to Jinx, "Chicks are scary."

Jinxs' lips twitched in a small smile, "I'm a chick too Mark."

"I know. She's almost as scary as you. In a 'dominatrix wanting to break and kill you' kind of way. You're just plain scary."

Jinx laughed, "She's a lot scarier than you give her credit for."

He groaned, "Doth she hath wrath hell hath no?"

Jinx donned her cheshire cat grin now, "Only to those who cross her. Or to most men that are complete pigs. I'm on her good side. Her really good side."

He grumped, "Lucky." he paused, "How'd you do it? Get on her good side I mean."

A memory crossed her mind, "I bribed her with tea and Angel Food Cake."

"That's it?"

"No."

He groaned, "Dammit." he glanced up at the empath, "I always have the worse kind of luck with this kind of thing."

Jinx pat his back consolingly, "Hey, focus on the job and we'll see if we can find you someone down at the club.

"I suppose..." she nodded when he looked a bit more confident. She was sure he was the right man for the job. All he needed now was a good Cup of Joe and he'd perform his duties and might even throw in a few additions for the hell of it.

Raven stopped at a door, "We are here." the door slipped open and they walked into the commons. Little did they know what events had unfolded in the small time Raven had been absent. The retold events would make Jinx chuckle when she thought of them for years to come.

I hope that's enough fluff for you... What?! You demand more?! How dare- you know what? F**k it! I'll just add a whole chapter dedicated to the couple and their second date! I'll have to add BBs story about where he went in the beginning and about the repairs at the end. But by god I'll have more Rae and Jinx Fluff added! After that though things will start to get serious and many people will be strained to their breaking point! Look forward to all of this to come!

Like I said before I posted the start of another different story, 'Amortis Rationem' and will be updating it with a frequentness to within a few days of COI. I'll also work on my other stuff before posting it... What? I just want to finish a least one story before I post a lot more of my ideas! Don't expect anything fancy like rapid updates! Like I said earlier, stuff is catching up with me. But I swear I'm dealing with it and will not ignore my readers. Please Read and Review if you have the time!

Zaan is out for a while! See ya!

Zaan- Crow Claw all the way!