A/N: Just so you guys know, I feel really horrible about this chapter. The lateness, the shortness, the crapiness. Everything. I'm just so majorly unhappy with some parts of this chapter that I don't really know where to begin. But I'll start with saying that I had grand plans for this fic that I'm ashamed to say that I'm cutting short. My interest and time available to donate towards it has dwindled so I am wrapping this up. But don't fear. I will finish it. I estimate about three or four more chapters. Then I'm cutting it loose. I have plenty of ideas for other fics but I'm in my first year of college and I just got a job and physics is kicking my ass but all in all, I will see about that as well. Oh, and just so you know, I majorly SUCK at fighting scenes. There you have it. You have been warned.

Disclaimer, don't own it.

I just wanted to take a moment and shout out Little Creature's Promised II which she just got up over the weekend. If anyone here has read her first installment then you know how absolutely stoked I am that she got this up. It is in part why I'm updating myself. SO, you guys must thank her by reading and reviewing. Moving on...

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LOVE POTION

BY AMBER MYST

CHAPTER 11: REVENGE IS NOT SO SWEET

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Jinx surveyed the damage below her with an air of immense satisfaction, similar to the languid gratification of a feline with a bowl full of cream. A detrimental smirk curved its way onto soft lips and her pink eyes glazed over thoughtfully as she contemplated the on-going success of her strategic prison break. Unleashing a legion of high profiled criminals from the high security prison upon the unsuspecting citizens of Jump City was, as high security implies, not easy. However, between Gizmo's genius and her own brand of magic it was made possible. As she had gleefully anticipated, a prison break of this magnitude was more than enough to drawn all of the Titans from their hole, mainly the birds.

All in all, she couldn't have been more pleased if she were the one down their causing all the destruction. A sharp shake of her head dismissed the thought immediately as a lie. She would be more pleased if she had Robin by her side to look down upon the destruction with her. He wouldn't be there by his own volition of course, but with the right…persuasion once he was hers he would do anything she demanded of him.

Anything.

Jinx fairly hummed in anticipation as her eyes glowed with a feverish exhilaration.

Tonight, she would succeed where innumerable others have failed and not only destroy the Teen Titans but control the fate of Jump City.

Only a slight problem marred her elation and it manifested itself in the knitting together of her brows and the now downward tilt of her gray lips. "Where is that giant idiot?"

A slim foot tapped in irritation as she heard small, swift footsteps approach from behind her. Stiffening as she felt the eyes boring into her back, she growled as she whirled around. "What the hell do you what Gizmo?"

Her anger made her impatient and she did not time for the idiosyncrasies of the mini nerd as she pointed out scathingly. "You're supposed to be with Mammoth."

"Keep your panties on." He replied and if she had been paying any attention to him she would have noticed the fidgeting fingers and darting eyes. She gasped as he did something next that took her completely by surprised. Grasping her hand in his, his thumb gently circled her palm in an intimate motion that made her inwardly cringe.

She stared blandly at their clasped hands, blinking, the only function other than breathing her body was able achieve at that moment. The shock racing through her system was almost enough to repel the revulsion she felt.

Almost.

"Ok, now what the fuck are you doing?"

He flinched but he didn't release her hand. "I-I just wanted to say that…I think that this whole idea is not a good one and that I l-"

His whole confession was cut short by the derisive laughter erupting from the girl he was about to confess his love to. He gawked at her and his anxious, nervous expression fell, morphing into absolute desolation, as he felt his heart crumble into dust blown away by her scornful laughter. He flinched in response to every laugh that floated from her lips, every sound of jocularity landing like a blow across his heart, each one more excruciating than the last, twisting and mutilating what remained of his affection for her.

"You-you're joking you have got to be…thanks, it's just what I needed. God, I was really tense." Her shoulders were still shaking with unreleased mirth and her lips twitched every few seconds. Her dancing eyes did not actually take in his crestfallen expression for what it really was.

He tried his hardest to school his face into a mirthful expression but his smile seemed more like a grimace than a reaction to a humorous joke. "N-no problem." The destitution underlying the forced tones of humor in his voice were undetected by the laughing witch and he slunk out of the room as quietly as he could, his salty, bitter tears reflecting his new feelings for the delighted girl that had crushed his heart.


Cyborg sighed as he powered up his arm cannon to the next level and swept it across the street, taking out the group of prisoners that were rushing him. They were all blasted backwards and hit the ground unconscious.

"Is that most of them?" He asked Starfire, who was swooping about gathering escaping inmates. When she had two, she dropped them dutifully in a cage. It was more of a pen made of laser bars, its diameters approximately forty feet by thirty with the bars reaching heights of fifteen feet. It was one of Cyborg's more ingenious ideas. This way, the Titans wouldn't have to worry about the escapees that they had already apprehended. He only had one so Robin and Raven would have to restrain their prisoners in another manner.

The alien nodded her head, "Yes, most of them in this part of town."

Cyborg growled quietly to himself. They had been out there for about 2-3 hours and the stream of villains didn't seem to be dwindling.

"Where is Beast Boy?" Starfire asked as she hovered above Cyborg's head, her own head whipping from left to right in search of their absent green teammate.

A small frown marred his lips as he scanned the destruction around him. His mechanical eye spotted a patch of green and zoomed in on it. He sighed again, this time with exasperation as he walked over to it and found Beast Boy drooling in a storefront display. He was staring, wide eyed with admiration, at the piece of mechanical perfection standing in front of him.

"Can I have it?"

This time Starfire frowned. "That would be stealing Beast Boy. Shame on you."

"But no one would known, I mean look at how destroyed this street is. Besides it would replaced the awesome moped I lost saving this city. It's just my pay back for risking my fabulous moped you know." He argued although his green eyes never left the gleaming, two-wheeled machinery.

Starfire shook her head. "I am sorry Beast Boy but that would be morally and lawfully wrong and I can not allow you to commit such acts as theft. I would be forced to arrest you would I not?"

"But..." Beast Boy opened his mouth to talk before Cyborg interrupted him.

"No Beast Boy, didn't I tell you to keep an eye out on the birds?" He stepped up to Beast Boy and slipped in the small lake of drool that had gathered beneath Beast Boy's feet. "Ugh!" He exclaimed as he grabbed onto Beast Boy's shoulder to balance himself. The young teen 'eeped' at the sudden pressure on his shoulder and turned into a bird, flying from beneath Cyborg grasping fingers.

Cyborg yelled out in shock as his arms shot out and Starfire grabbed them before he could hit the ground. She moved her half metal companion out of the spittle onto dry ground.

"Thanks Star." Cyborg smiled gratefully at her. "If I had fallen, that would have been just nasty."

Several yards away Beast Boy was bent over in laughter, his giggles echoing in the empty streets as tears streamed from his face. "Man that was funny!"

Cyborg scowled. "That was funny? FUNNY! I'll show you funny!" He shouted at the changeling as BB turned into a bird and flew away. "Let's see if you can morph into a pretzel!"

Starfire sighed as she pursued her belligerent friends. Sometimes she wondered how Jump City had lasted so long with these young men as its protectors. She shook her head and dismissed her thoughts before fate decided to agree with her and change its propitious proclivity towards them.


"All done!" Robin smirked proudly as he dumped a tied up man on top of a pile of twenty or more similarly restricted men. "You need any help?"

Raven rolled her eyes as she turned her back to him to finish up her last man. "Hardly."

Two things happened simultaneously: Raven was hit from behind with an extremely large slab of concrete and Robin was suddenly caught in a stony grip.

He growled as he began his futile struggle against the concrete that held him prisoner.

"RAVEN!" He screamed, his voice fill with worry. She had to be okay.

The boulder crushing the young empath was suddenly thrown backwards and Raven knelt in a pool of her own blood. She stifled a scream as she felt two broken ribs heal themselves after she provided her body with a massive spurt of energy. She stumbled to her feet and took a deep breath, calming herself before she directed her attention towards her opposition.

"Release him now." Raven demanded tightly, her voice filled with a cold anger.

Cinderblock roared his defiance as he tightened his grip on the Boy Wonder clutched in his fingers.

Robin gritted his teeth against the pain, refusing to cry out as he heard the audible snap of bones breaking. If only he couldn't reach his utility belt.

"NOW!" Raven's eyes turned black and power burst from her very pores as waves of black surrounded every object within a one mile radius. The only ones left untouched by her raw power were Robin and his stone captor. Several yards surrounding them were also left unblemished by the dark surging power. Because Cinderblock was holding Robin she wouldn't be able to use her power directly on him or anything touching him.

Anger boiled beneath the surface of her skin and red eyes flickered in and out of existence in the depths of her blue hood. Tentacles crept out from beneath her cloak, thin wasps trying to grasp the stone behemoth but failing.

She picked a street pole without even looking at it and launched it at Cinderblock. She cried out and jerked her head to side sharply, barely avoiding the giant when he held out the hand holding Robin's body as a shield. Her eyes narrowed darkly as she picked up a motorcycle and a lamp pole and threw them at him from different angles. How dare he use Robin in such a way?

Cinderblock held up the arm holding Robin, deterring one object as Raven sent it careening into a building and kicked away the motorcycle.

Raven growled as she tried to find away to make Cinderblock relinquish his hold on Robin without harming him. She shook her head, as she furiously stomped down her frustration. She tried her last tactic once more, this time throwing ten objects at him. Once again, Cinderblock used Robin as a human shield, squeezing the Boy Wonder harder than necessary.

Raven's frustration soon turned to desperation. There was no telling what harm would be done to Robin before she could save him and because of the spell she wouldn't be able to heal him at all.

"Fuck!"

"Such naughty language!" A taunting voice blasted from above her. Her eyes shot up as she tilted her head back slightly to see who mocking her, Robin doing the same.

Her eyes were drawn immediately towards the giant screen that was positioned on the tallest building in Jump City, the television tower which broadcasted every television and radio show in the city. Currently display across the giant screen was Jinx's smug, sneering face as she directed her attention towards the empath. "Raven…it's so nice to see you." Jinx purred.

Her voice was thick with sarcasm but Raven could identify an underlying layer of honesty. Raven stiffened immediately, the thread of honesty she detected didn't sit well with her. It meant something deleterious, especially towards her health.

"I'm glad I can't say the same." Raven retorted in her dry voice. It wasn't quite as emotionless as she would have hoped but it was understandable considering the circumstances. "I would ask you want the hell you wanted, but I know exactly what you what. Or maybe I should say who you want."

Jinx smirked. "That is where you're wrong. I will admit that I do want him but as of right now it's not him I want…it's you."

Raven's lips curled in disgust. "As honored as I am Jinx, I think you're out of luck because I don't swing that way. And even if I did I wouldn't touch you with a twenty foot pole unless I was spearing you with it!"

Loud, shrill laughter multiplied by a thousand, reverberated off of the surrounding buildings, shattering hundreds of windows.

Raven winced at the sharp sound and covered her ears, a loud ringing persistent within them. 'They're probably bleeding,' she mused darkly.

"I'm sorry did that hurt?" Jinx crooned maliciously. "And as for your earlier comment, bitch, you wish."

"Sure, as much as I wish for a hole in my head." Raven uttered under her breath. Out loud she shouted, "What do you want from me?"

"Other than your death, you mean?" Jinx asked almost sweetly.

"Yes, preferably anything other than that." Raven replied sardonically in her monotone, although the hair rose on her arms.

"Cinderblock," Jinx addressed the stone behemoth. "Bring Robin to me."

The giant slab of concrete gave a huge roar and began to scale the building with one hand.

Raven frowned as she prepared to pursue him, but Jinx's voice rang out, stopping the dark demoness in flight. "You chase after him and I'll have Cinderblock drop him."

Raven snorted in disbelief, as she crossed her arms over her chest. "You love him too much."

Jinx grinned as she taunted Raven. "If I were you I wouldn't be so sure. After all, are you willing to gamble away his life?"

"If you didn't love him as much as you claim not to then you wouldn't have used such a powerful spell to bind him to you." Raven spat back matter-of-factly but nevertheless she sank back down until her feet touched the concrete. Besides, what could she do? She couldn't touch Cinderblock with her powers nor carry Robin to safety without touching him.

Jinx shrugged. "If you say so. I still want you to come up here, that's a given. How else can I kill you? But I want you to wait until my guest of honor reaches me first."

Raven gritted her teeth as she spoke her mantra in her head. Unfortunately it didn't have its usual calming effects. Her burning eyes followed Cinderblock's process, flames dancing within the amethyst depths and she could barely contain herself from flying up to where Jinx was beating the holy bejesus out of her.

If a fight was what Jinx wanted then that's what she would get. The pink witch should be taught to be more careful of what she wished for.

And Raven was the perfect instructor.


Starfire and Cyborg raced after Beast Boy. Not to catch him this time but instead to keep up with him. Jinx's face and voice were being broadcasted across the entire city and it was coming from only one place, the broadcasting tower. Raven and Robin were in danger and their team was all the way on the other side of the city. Raven was in more danger, the threat of death heard by everyone and made her companions run even faster.

Cyborg and Starfire were stopped abruptly as a green Ford pickup truck cart wheeled across their path, igniting sparks and trailing metal scraps as it skidded across the pavement. Starfire had let out a small startled scream and Beast Boy, in the form of a cheetah, stopped and wheeled back around to face his friends, finding truck particles blocking his vision, a quick look to the left confirmed a truck lodged sideways into a brick building.

He morphed back into his humanoid form and looked around bemused. "Where the hell did that come from?" He inquired as he scratched his head.

Another car, a red Toyota, came crashing down the street and Beast Boy transformed into a hawk, flying out of the car's trajectory.

"Whoa. Dude!" He cried once he was out of harms way and back into his natural form, his arms waving in wild gesticulations of 'wtf'. "Where the hell did that come from?" He repeated.

A roar split the night, as a large stone figure stepped into their way. It was Cinderblock.

"No freakin' way!" Beast Boy screeched, his hands wild waving escalating as he tried to comprehend the fact that Cinderblock was in two places at once. "Dude, how'd he do that?"

"Please, is it not impossible to be in two places at once?" Starfire asked Cyborg, a questioning look upon her face as she floated about his shoulders.

"You forget that Raven isn't the one who knows magic in this city." He said grimly, as he stared warily at the concrete replica standing before him. "I bet that this is Jinx's doing."

The sharp of sound of applause suddenly erupted and the group looked around wildly as they searched for the source.

"Congratulations Cyborg. You're not as stupid as I took you for." A masculine voice rang out. Mammoth stepped out of the shadows, a rabid smirk dominating his shaggy facial features. "You won't go any farther."

"Right who's gonna stop us?" Cyborg mocked.

"I will" was his simple answer.

Beast Boy cackled as he quirked an eyebrow. "Yeah, you and what army?"

His smirk turned into a full blown, maniacal grin which made the Titans shift worriedly from foot to foot. Cyborg exchanged glances with Starfire who look slightly concerned. This couldn't be good.

"Me and my stone friend here." He gestured behind him and the Titans passed among themselves confused glances. Cinderblock wasn't behind him.

Mammoth stepped to the side and everyone gasped, Beast Boy's mouth gaping open. For the first time in a long while, Beast Boy was struck silent.


Raven gasped in pain, and then gritted her teeth to make certain other annoying noises would not escape. She was currently in a full blown battle with Jinx and crouched down behind a large desk in an office. It must have belonged to someone very important within the corporation because it was once very pretentious, fitting one of high rank or achievement.

Raven flinched as another blast collided with the desk that was currently shielding her from the torrent of blasts coming from her adversary. Once being the key word. The current state of the office would have made its previous owner go into cardiac arrest. Their battlefield was once a large office, window panes lined almost 2/3 of the office, the glass having been blown out a while ago. Plush, debris littered carpet lined the floor, and several destroyed potted plants were once strategically placed decoration. Diplomas and certificates lining the walls had been obliterated who knows how long ago and expensive marble statues were now worthless dust.

At the moment, she should be more worried about her own condition and not that of the office. She had numerous bruises, cuts, burns and abrasions covering her body. In other words, she looked like crap and the situation was steadily getting worse. Robin was chained to the far wall to her left but she couldn't reach him, not with her on the defensive. Her powers were quickly draining, and she was constantly using them to heal the more critical wounds. She didn't need blood loss to add to her already hebetudinous and lethargic state.

If she had taken on Jinx while she was still fresh then it wouldn't have taken as much effort. However after fighting villains for three or four hours and having a boulder dropped on top of her and repair the damage done…it was understandable that she wasn't playing her 'A' game.

"Aw, poor Raven. Come out and play." Jinx purred as another shattering blow fell upon the desk.

Raven gritted her teeth as a plan flashed with celerity through her head, as her eyes locked upon a giant statue to her right that was still intact. The statue was about four feet tall, and nearly as wide weighing at the very least 200 pounds. Her plan wasn't foolproof of course, and a lot of things could go wrong but at that point in time, anything was better than waiting for Jinx to get tired of playing cat and mouse and finish the game. She took a deep breath, tensed her muscles and waited.

A blast came from her right and she sprung towards her left, a bolt missing her feet by inches. She rolled to her feet and with her mind's eye she engulfed the statue and launched it directly at Jinx's turned back as hard as she possibly could.

Her adversary gave a sharp, painful cry as the hard marble collided with her, tumbling her to the ground. Raven heard the unmistakable crack of breaking bones and the sharp scream that followed only cemented her grim conclusion.

Raven turned carefully, mindful of her many painful wounds as her muscles screamed out in protest. She blinked rapidly as blood, gushing from a head wound, ran into her right eye, almost blinding her. Her impeded vision took in the sight before her, and she couldn't help but heave a small sigh of relief before her face hardened, rage suffocating her pain and weariness, drowning it all out. She struggled briefly as she began to lose control, but her pained and weary mind could not stamp down her rage. Raven felt herself losing and renewed her struggle, as she paused in her advance. She didn't know what would happen if she lost control but it would not bode well for Jinx. However, thinking of the reason of her struggle did not help to calm her down, only to infuriate her more. So when her amethyst eyes blinked out of existence and the tendrils of dark, greedy power began to escape her, Raven was not all that repentant.

Jinx was imprisoned beneath the giant slab of marble, blood from what Raven assumed was a broke leg, pooled beneath her, soaking the surrounding carpet an angry crimson. The young witch pushed futilely, desperation in every painful twitch of her muscles. Horror filled eyes looked up at Raven before the horror was buried beneath fury and indignation, her face becoming a mask of defiance, in spite of her imminent defeat. She forced her horror to slide away from her because Raven was a hero and she was confident that the empath would not kill her. Almost. Jinx forced away the shudder that threatened to consume her. The cold rage reflected in Raven's scarlet eyes was not too reassuring of her safety and seemed to have her demise reflected within them.

A black aura enveloped the marble, lifting it about four feet into the air. Jinx struggled to move, propping herself up onto her elbows, as she prepared herself covertly for a magical attack. The teen screamed in shock at what happened next. The block of marble, once suspended in the air, fell suddenly, crushing her other leg. Her arms buckled and she fell back to the debris littered ground. The pain, which was previously buried under shock and defiance, clawed its way viciously through. She gasped, as the agony ripped through her, silent tears weaving their way down her twisted face.

The trapped witch glared murderously at the slowly approaching teen, her fear barely controlled as she fought against the raising bile in her throat. Her throat was dry, and she swallowed painfully past the lump in her throat as she tried to lubricate it. However, fear left her parched and her erratic heartbeat seemed to pulse in time with Raven's slow deliberate footsteps. Red, scorching eyes burned into her body and she felt their disgust, rage, and intentions like a brand on her skin, causing it to crawl with barely suppressed emotions.

The marble lifted up once more, this time ten feet into the air, as the shadow it created slowly crept up her body. Her eyes widened in abject terror and realization as she stared her own death in the face. The pink witch trembled as the shadow engulfed her face, and the only thing she could see was her impeding death. The marble began to rush downwards and she forced her wide eyes to shut tightly as her life seemed to flash across the inside of her eyelids. Visions of her mother's indifferent, almost fearful face, a face that never cared, her father's sneering profile as he abused her. The first eight years of her life flickered past, the time when she was taught the harsh rules of survival, the unfairness of life as she tried desperately to cope with her inexplicable gift. Being beaten by her inebriated foster father as her screams were ignored by small frightened faces. Her first glimpse of her salvation in the form of the syndicate H.I.V.E as she vowed viciously to inflict even more pain on the world than it had on her. Forms ran rampant through her mind, first of Gizmo, then Mammoth, Slade, all the different people she had met during her seeming brief time as a villain.

Then finally, the vision of Robin slammed into her and the only things she could feel were unbearable longing and remorse. She really did love him, felt more for him than she had for anyone else in her entire existence. But they weren't meant to be, never could be. She was too evil, too tainted for him to ever love her. He was a hero for crying out loud. An unintentional sob broke free from her dry, cracked lips as she quieted, accepting her death more easily and completely than she had ever accepted her broken life.

A scream pierced the dark and she wasn't sure if it was her own or not.


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