Chapter 14 'Hunt'

Starfire had always known Robin was all for competition and she also knew that he didn't give up very easily. But watching him run straight towards the middle of the cornucopia was enough to jolt the alien girl awake and practically give her a heart attack. The boy wonder flipped himself up over Kyd Wykkyd and dodged a swing from Johnny Rancid before he reached one of the packs filed with supplies. He automatically grabbed it assuming it would come in handy for whatever lied deeper in the jungle.

From the corner of her eye Starfire noticed Beast Boy and Cyborg making their way out away from the battlefield and into the depths of the trees. She quietly breathed a sigh of relief as Raven dodged a blow from mammoth and took off into the jungle as well. The redhead knew that her friends had the right idea, she needed to get into the green area.

Thinking quickly she zoomed into the midst of the battle and zeroed in on Robin. She was practically four feet from him when she felt something pound into her, knocking her straight to the ground. Looking up she caught sight of Johnny Rancid looming over her with a sadistic smile on her face.

"Going after your boyfriend?" He teased. "Not very likely." In one swift motion the black haired man whipped out a knife that he had no doubt found out of all the weaponry surrounding them.

Starfire's mouth opened to scream but no noise came out. Suddenly as if the world had slowed down a steel boot inserted itself into Johnny Rancid's face. The impact threw him a good seven feet away from the Tameranian and looking up she saw Robin's shocked face staring down at her.

"Star, can you get us out of here?" Robin asked quickly.

She nodded, unable to speak at the moment as she quickly hoisted both her and the masked boy into the air and far, far away from the danger.

Jinx had never thought being a hero would come back to bite her in the future. Turning over a new leaf and being a good guy should have kept her out of all sorts of trouble right? Wrong. So far she'd managed to get by Red X, Kitten, and Mad Mod. She wasn't sure if she should harm them in any way at this point because it seemed to her as if no one had attempted to seriously hurt anyone yet. And she wasn't going to be the one to look like a bad guy if these games turned out to not be the killing spree Slade expected. The titans didn't trust her enough as it was, she knew she needed to prove her worth in some way.

Keeping on her toes she bounded over to the mound of packs determined to retrieve one and then head into the jungle as she'd seen the first five titans do. She assumed they had to have some kind of knowledge on how to defeat Slade by now, and following their lead was better than doing her own thing and losing her life for it.

"Just what do you think you're doing," a female voice from behind her chimed.

Jinxed turned, keeping her fists ready, to see a girl that looked an awful lot like Starfire but with different colored hair and darker clothing. She had to be Starfire's sister…what was her name? Jinx wondered to herself. Ah, Blackfire, that was it! It had to be her.

"Getting what I need," Jinx snapped before noticing the girl's fists beginning to glow a bright purple color. If she was anything like Starfire Jinx knew those were starbolts she'd be throwing.

Thinking quickly the enchantress jumped out of the way of the bags as she dodged the balls of purple fire being hurled at her, and in one swift motion she raised her hand and nailed the black haired girl with a hex, sending her flying into the air.

Jinx smiled to herself feeling content as she marched over to the bags ready to get what she needed and then flee the scene. But before she could do that an awful sounding screech cut her off and pierced the air, making everyone stop dead in their tracks. Mad Mod had somehow contrived a device to spitfire tiny sharp pointed arrows from his cane and picking the weakest target had narrowed in on one of the super fast super twins.

It wasn't Menos's fault he wasn't fast enough without his brother. And the fact that they had to cross the entire cornucopia to get to each other was ridiculous in Jinx's mind. Slade had to have planned that idea in advance.

Now, simply because he couldn't reach his twin in time Menos had become the first victim of the games. Everyone seemed to stand shocked for a brief moment except for Mas who let out a pained yell as the sound of a canon fired. Jinx knew this wasn't good. The first killing by the villains marked that they were in the lead and feeling more powerful than ever.

It was at that moment that Bumblebee swooped in and picked up the stray twin before anyone could pounce on him as well and hovered in the air waiting to see what happened next, not to mention she was ready to dodge any weapon that came hurling itself her way. What happened after that though floored almost every titan and villain alike. Because it was then that Speedy jumped forward, pulling out his bow and placing it at exactly the right angle so as he landed on the ground he pulled back and let it fly. It flew through the air at what seemed to be a hundred and ten miles to Jinx, no one moved as it nailed Mad Mod directly in the chest and brought him down in an instant.

The score had been evened. Jinx knew this was bad. The villains would be furious. She had to get out of there. NOW. She glanced to the packs sitting in a heaping pile, she knew she'd probably need something inside to help her stay alive in these games. So pushing herself forward she narrowed in on a bright red one and took off for it.

Just as she was about it reach it however, a massive body came into her view to block her. She didn't need introductions, she knew who it was.

"Out of my way!" She snapped up at Mammoth as Gizmo leered from his shoulder.

"Oh, come on Jinx, you remember how the game goes. We never let the crud munching Titans win!" Gizmo yelled down from his perch as Mammoth reached down to swipe at her.

Jinx's eyes narrowed as she quickly flipped away from them and glanced at the bags with a longing expression. Maybe she didn't need one after all; maybe she just needed to get out of the battlefield. The killing spree had begun and she for one did not want to be a part of it.

As if he could read her mind Kid Flash rounded the corner and swooped her up his arms before sprinting off towards what Jinx assumed was the jungle. She couldn't really tell herself. To her everything was a blur of green.

When he finally slowed down he put the pink haired sorceress down gently before smiling down at her. "Am I good or what? I didn't think you were ever going to get out of there!" He jousted.

Jinx narrowed her eyes at him and his huge ego. "You'd be even better if you'd managed to get one of those packs, why do you think I was hanging around there so long?" She asked in an annoyed tone.

"Oh…you mean this one?" Kid Flash asked whipping out a red object from behind his back with a smile.

"Alright, fine, you're good," Jinx admitted flashing him a small smile.

"Who could it have been Robin, I fear one of our friends has-."

"Starfire," Robin began cutting her off. "It's probably best that we don't know right now."

"But it could not have been friends Beast Boy and Cyborg, I saw them flying away from the beginning of the games. And friend Raven did the same!" Starfire exclaimed feeling somewhat relieved.

"It could have been a villain for all we know Star," Robin answered immediately wishing he would have chosen his words more carefully upon seeing her expression. "I doubt it was your sister either," he added for good measure.

"I know she is…unpleasant and mostly evil," Starfire began looking downtrodden. "But she is still my sister and I do not wish for her to be harmed. Is it wrong for me to think this way Robin?" She asked as she followed the boy wonder through a thick patch of vines as they went deeper into the jungle and farther away from the battle taking place near the water.

"I don't think that at all," Robin answered honestly. "I think you actually caring about Blackfire after all of the awful things she's done to you makes you the amazing person you are."

Starfire's face lit up at this comment and she could feel her feet instantly begin to rise again due to the joyful thoughts running through her mind. "How do we know this area is safe Robin?" She wondered aloud.

"We don't really," Robin answered. "I'm just looking for something that might protect us during the night…assuming there are any villains left by then."

"Robin…I feel as if there will be plenty of villains left for the night. Please, do not do the humoring of me and tell me that everything is fine. Everything is not fine. I believe we all know this now. So please, no more lying," Starfire said as the leader's shoulders slumped from his spot in front of her.

"I'm sorry Star, I'm just trying to protect you and-."

"I believe I am best protected when I know what I can protect myself from," Starfire stated with a smile.

"You're right, I should know better than to try to treat you like you can't handle yourself it's just-."

"It is just what Robin?" Starfire asked looking up at the spiky haired boy confused only to see that he had come face to face with a very large, very unhappy looking green snake. "I do not that think that is friend Beast Boy, correct?" She whispered.

"No, definitely not Beast Boy," Robin whispered.

"I believe the correct term would be that we should 'move it' now, yes?" Starfire asked in a hushed tone.

"That's probably best," Robin responded as he quickly grabbed hold of the alien's hand and fled in the opposite direction just as the snake latched out to ply itself onto its newest victims.

Here's your daily dose of Titans Hunger games Tuesday! Hope you all enjoy and are okay with the turn out so far. I know you all will probably get frustrated later in the games when some of your favorites get killed off, but trust me, I'm going to be just as upset as you are. Anyway, as always, I love hearing what you guys thought, cause it totally makes my day!

I really hope I'm keeping the characters in character for you guys. I assumed Robin would be one of the only heroes that would be hard core during the battle until things get sloppy. And Jinx and Kid Flash, well i love them to death but i don't write much with them in it so i hope I'm okay with their personalities.

Xoxo-Megz