"One would tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel."The words rang in mind as a pair of bright orange eyes read them. The dusty small book is shut as the teen smirks. Is that right? He leaned against a large wall of rock, scarce plant life around, colored blue. The sky was a sickly green, but was bright enough to tell it must be daylight at the moment.
The teen smirked, a full head of red hair. Slight freckles. He had a simple unzipped blue jacket with a navy colored undershirt. His pants were black. He placed the small book in his back pocket. That saying proves true. Imagine how many horrible awful things occur back on Earth. Yet, they keep going. All for the sake of what they hope to be. All angels. The teen chuckled. He had a band aid on his cheek and his right arm still had bandages under his jacket sleeve. It's more fun to be a demon in my opinion.
His senses caught something. Something powerful. He looked lazily to the side. "He's late. . ." A few feet away, directly in front of his vision, a golden ankh made of pure shining energy appeared. The glow intensified for a second, blinding the view. The light subsided as a man stood in the place of the symbol.
He had golden boots, gloves, belt, cape, and helmet. The rest was black. He spoke with two overlapping voices. The primary one was deep and old as time itself. "I believe you are merely early. Something I would not expect out of you."
The redhead chuckles. He speaks as a truly awful liar. "True. I often find myself lost and distracted on the path of life." He meets the sorcerer's gaze. "How are you, Nabu?"
Dr Fate looked impatient. "I did not come here to give small talk. We may have put our differences aside centuries ago, but don't mistake that for trust or friendship."
The redhead pursed his lips. He spoke in a bored tone. "So. . . about the same as always, huh?"
"State your business, Wolf."
Wolf sighed. "Fine. You saw through my sloth." He nudged his head off to the left, Fate following the look to see a cave. "I know your busy schedule helping out the Justice League back on Earth, so I do appreciate you coming. More or less I needed your second opinion on something."
Fate approaches towards the cave, noticing demonic markings carved into the rock and ground around it. The cave itself emanated a dull feint purple mist of energy. "This is a place of sealing."
Wolf steps up beside him. "Yup. Azerall's. About a week ago, the Titans killed him." He then smirked at the Dr. "Kind of like they managed to kill Trigon. Not the League. Losing out to kids these days, good Dr?"
Fate narrowed his eyes, but ignored the insult. "You already know what this is? Then why am I here? You called me out to another dimension for something this small?"
Wolf stepped into the cave. "Well, yes and no. Yes, because there's a specific detail I wish to ask you. No, because depending on your answer to my question, this could end up being something big."
Fate nodded. "Ask then."
"About. . . how strong was the seal that was placed here? I can tell its power, but this leads to another question." Wolf asked, his face serious.
Fate glances around, a slight shot of golden energy firing from his hand into the cave. The energy shot back and into Fate after a few moments. "This seal was extremely powerful. I doubt many sorcerers could ever hope to break it. How could it have been broken?"
Wolf's eyes narrowed. "Trigon died. Trigon was the one to make this seal. I was going to ask you how it broke next. For some reason, Trigon's death released it."
Fate nodded. "I see. That would be how then." Wolf almost has a visible question mark. Fate continues. "Demons are beings that heavily rely on their own survival and immortality. Magics cast by them tend to leave the physical realm whenever a demon dies."
Wolf asks. "So this is something common to all demons? Including me?" He frowned. "The only demons I ever fought with were my father and siblings. . . and Azerall, but not too proud of that one."
Fate nods again. "Once a demon dies, most, if not all, their ongoing spells will be erased. It happens slowly at first, but it does occur." Fate then glares at Wolf. "Why?"
Wolf had an apologetic grin on his face. He remembered the fight. He fought his brother Zane. He sacrificed himself to save Jinx. . . "Did I mention that I died a week ago?"
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Location. . . Jump City Police Department.
"You promised to be on your best behavior."
"He's being rude."
"Please, just sit down."
"I am."
". . . in an actual seat."
"What's wrong with-"
She's cut off. Raven's annoyed voice ringing. "Get off the desk, Jinx!" Raven, with her hood down, sat in a chair, a vacant one beside her. The police commissioner sat patiently, though seemingly angered, behind a desk. Jinx, of course, was sitting ON the desk, back turned to the chief.
Jinx looked back at her girlfriend. Of course, the police didn't know about that. She smiled innocently. "He was being rude. This is how I deal with rude authority figures. Just ask any of the prison psychologists."
Raven tilted her head. "By sitting directly in front of them with your back turned?"
"How else are they supposed to know I'm ignoring them?" She speaks like it's plain logic.
Raven and the commissioner give a unison sigh. Raven states. "I'm sure he'll be more polite if you listen to him."
The commissioner, a bald man with brown eyes and black eye brows, replies in a deep voice. "If she can be controlled, I won't care about being polite. Just get her off my desk."
Raven looks back at Jinx, the two giving stubborn looks. Raven gives her the patented 'For fucks sake, just do it!' glare. Jinx back down with a chuckle. "I love it when you're mad." She hops off the desk and sits in her seat, crossing her legs. "Okay! Negotiations."
Raven, without looking at her, simply says. "Shut up." She meets the gaze of the man. "Robin's already discussed the situation with you, correct?"
The commissioner nods. "Jinx wishes to work off her criminal record and give back to the community by working with the Teen Titans. A form of community service instead of straight jail time." He spares a glance at the pink haired girl in question. "In actuality, you did not need to bring her here to the meeting."
Jinx smiles. "Mini bats thought it'd be a good showing of cooperation if I came myself. No criminal in their right mind would happily step into a police station."
Raven mutters sarcastically. "The key words there were 'right mind'." Jinx stiffens and looks at Raven slightly irritated at the insult. Then Jinx chuckled, confusing the chief. It was her way of saying 'okay, I see your point.' Raven directs herself to the commissioner again. "It wouldn't be too hard to arrange. We just want to know what terms and conditions the police would like to make on her switching sides."
The commissioner sighs. "Well, before I say what those terms and conditions are, I would like to discuss a few minor details with Raven. . . alone." He looks at Jinx. "There are details that we can't really have you here directly for, I'm afraid."
Jinx chuckles, getting up and heading for the door. "Okay. Okay. I'll hop outside-"
The man interrupts. "I'm afraid one condition is that you cannot be left alone. You can't simply wait outside unsupervised."
Jinx pales. "Wait. . . that means." She looks at Raven, who smirks slightly. "Just send Cyborg to look over me. Don't-"
Black energy engulfs Jinx and sends her away. Raven looks back to the man. "She's back at the tower now."
The man tilts his head. "What was that about?"
Raven doesn't realize he noticed the her smirk. She gets rid of it and answers. "Sorry. It's my way of getting even with her. For some reason, she finds my method of transportation extremely unsettling and distressing."
The man gives a small chuckle. "Good to know." He looks at Raven with a comforting smile. "Before we start, I'd just like to ask. How are you feeling, Raven?"
Raven seemed confused. "I'm sorry?"
"A month ago?" He said, pointing out the obvious. "You were severely injured protecting the city. Several people thought you'd die until the Titans announced you'd make a full recovery."
Raven just blinked a few times. Had it really only been a month since she met her brother? 'Met' being the loosest term for it, but still. She smiled. "Your concern is appreciated. I am fine."
"Must be some damn good medical care in that tower." The man joked. His smile went away. "Now, back to business. I wanted to ask you exactly WHY Jinx has changed sides all the sudden."
Raven had expected that question from people, so she was prepared. "For a time now, we'd noticed that Jinx is a different case from most of the villains. She never intentionally harms someone in any severe way, and always made sure her old team, the HIVE FIVE, did the same. However, just before the last crisis with the villains attacking our tower under mind control, Jinx split from her team of her own free will. She has not committed any crimes, not expressed any interest in doing so. Her own personal goal is actually much simpler than money. She simply loved to test her abilities. When the criminals started all being mind controlled, who else did she have to turn to?"
The commissioner raised an eyebrow, but otherwise his expression remained stoic. "You're saying she helped with that crisis. But, as you say, that was out of personal need. How do we know she could be genuine?"
Raven responded. "Cooperation and common goals can cause people camaraderie. We were able to convince her to come to our side since we knew she was different from other villains. I would also like to add that she's expressed numerous times care for human life. That event a month ago where I almost died would have ended in my death had she not been involved." The commissioner's eyes widened. Raven said quickly. "Though I would prefer that remain silent. She's also intentionally undermined her teammates whenever they tried to take the fight too far. We believe she is worthy of a chance."
The commissioner nodded, satisfied. "You may bring her back."
Raven nods back as her soul self appears. The black energy surrounds the chair next to her and disappears. A pale villainess clinging to the back of the chair. Jinx immediately snapped at Raven. "Stop that BULLSHIT!" She then realizes she yelled, straightening herself in the seat with an apologetic grin to the commissioner. "Um . . . I mean nice to see you again."
The commissioner grunts. "Being good or evil doesn't mean we don't have pep peeves. Your outburst is fine."
Jinx sighs. "Okay." She looks at Raven. "How bad did you make me sound?"
"On the contrary, she gave you a glowing review." The commissioner said in slight disbelief. "Now, we shall state the terms of your. . . situation."
The two girls sat straight, giving him full attention. A grin decorated Jinx's face.
"First stipulation. Jinx must at all times remain with a Titan during the full duration of her parole."
Jinx smiled. "Kinda guessed that." She sent a small glances at Raven. Raven suppressed a blush.
"Next, she must remain a part of the Titans until she has protected or recovered an equivalent property value to how much damage she's caused since she started here." He stated.
Jinx went bug eyed. She paled. "Wait. . . that's several million dollar's worth. . ." Property damage. Stolen goods. I have to save that much?!
He smirked. "Guess you'll be working for redemption then."
Jinx's face fell in horror as she looked at Raven. The empath smirked as she turned away. "Don't look at me. You chose this." Raven ignored Jinx's jaw drop as she looked back to the man. "Agreed. Next."
The man continued. "This is the big one." Jinx whips her head towards him. The. . . big one? "Jinx has no form of identity. Everything from the day she could walk has apparently been a part of the HIVE. No family history. No nothing." He looked at Jinx. "She's going to have to build up a new identity. Something to register as a citizen. Etc. etc."
Jinx pursed her lips. "Well, that doesn't sound too bad-"
Raven cut her off. "Absolutely not." Jinx whips her head towards Raven. The empath stated the problem. "While it's true that all heroes have secret identities, their identities are exactly that. Secret. Having her make a new one under these circumstances puts her personal life at great risk, since anyone within the government or sufficient hacking skills would be able to find her out, along with everything else. All they'd need is this parole case."
Jinx paled. "Thank you for mentioning that. I'd rather not be thirty years old and answer the front door to see a bunch of old HIVE students sent to kill me for betrayal."
The commissioner nodded. "All valid points. I never said that you'd be making your identity through us." The girls were confused. "She will need to cooperate with a third party to make her own identity. This third party will know her identity, yes, but it will be secure. That way, once her parole is done, she's just another hero. No personal danger."
Jinx asked suspicious. "What third party? I don't know who I'd trust with that information."
"Other heroes of course." The commissioner stated.
Raven sighed. "So we have to help her make an identity."
"Actually no." The commissioner states. "Since she is joining your team, you, Raven, had confirmed to me how she's been bonding with your team already. While I trust the Teen Titans, the only way to be fair is to put this in the hands of someone who won't falsify any information, no matter how little the chance of that is."
Raven argued. "You mean to say no matter how trustworthy we are, you aren't going to chance us helping her out excessively?" Her eyes narrowed. "I see now."
Jinx looked between them. She was slightly worried. "What? Who's going to know exactly who I am and where at all times?"
Raven answered with a sigh. "Justice League. . ." Jinx might as well be the same skin tone as paper. Raven looks at the commissioner, who looks slightly apprehensive. "This is a non-negotiable term isn't it?" He nods, much to her disappointment. "Then we'll have to agree."
. . . . .
"FUCKING BULLSHIT!" Jinx scream is heard throughout the tower.
Beast Boy and Cyborg barely register it as they play their game. BB smirks. "Jinx is home."
Cyborg sits scrunched up in pure concentration on the game. After a minute, Jinx and Raven walked in. Raven had a frown while Jinx scowled. Cyborg didn't look from the screen. "Raven get ya bad with that last teleport?"
Jinx sends a small glare at Raven. "Well, yes, but that wasn't the whole reason."
Star flies into the room with a smile. She heads towards Jinx. "Friend! You are back from the meeting. How did it go?"
Robin walks into the room, business face on. "What did they say?"
Raven answered. "She has to remain in the presence of a Titan at all time-"
BB interrupted. "Not hard for you two." He then thought a moment. "I guess it would be hard if one of you was a guy- HEY!"
Cyborg won the game. "YEAH! That's what you get when you don't pay attention." He smiled at the girls. "Go on?"
Raven continued. "She also has to work out the total amount of property damage she's caused. Until then, she can't leave the team."
Cy chuckled. "So the big bad news is that she has to hang with us 24/7?"
Jinx then spoke frustrated. "I have to make a US identity and citizenship, and all records of who I am have to be put into Justice League records." Everyone was silent. She didn't notice. "Great. . . I get to have Batman sending me hate mail by email or some shit."
That caused her to get a few weird looks.
"Okay, maybe nothing like THAT, but still." She mutters. She sighs as she finally gets a smile. "Oh well, you!" She points at Raven. "Be ready in five minutes. We're going out." She exits the room as Raven shows a smile.
After the empath leaves, Robin sighs. "Guess I'll talk to Batman. . ."
Star looks questioningly at him. "May I ask why?"
"I doubt he knows about this yet, but when he does, I guarantee he'll be the one in charge of Jinx's information." Robin says with slight irritation.
Cyborg tries to lighten the mood. "Just tell him not to harass her with emails." He looks back to the game screen. "What?!" It showed BB winning.
The green teen smirked. "Gotta pay attention Cy!"
Jinx makes her way through the halls, finding three different halls to go down. She scratches her head. "Okay, Raven's room is that way." She points to the left hall. "Which means my room is. . ."
"Lost again?" Raven mutters behind her.
Jinx gives a sheepish grin. "Yeah. . ."
Raven smiles and points down the hall ahead. "What are we doing? I'll let you decide."
Jinx smiles. "Swimming." She laughs at Raven's immediate frown. "No more excuses. I'm seeing you in a bikini." Raven's frown turned to a look of defeat. Jinx chuckled and pulled the half demon in for a kiss. They broke after a moment as they silently went to their rooms.
Jinx made it a small way through the hall before a voice called.
Help. . . me. . .
Jinx whips around. However, nothing's there. She glances around, confused. Now, I'm hearing things? Heh, guess I really am crazy for Raven.
She continues towards her room.
AND I'm back. Actually soon than intended. I will be starting two stories and doing them at once, so I'll only update maybe once a week for either. This is because I really don't want to lose the inspiration for either one. This one, and I will be doing a new DBZ Bardock story for any readers who also read my 'History of Trunks, Part 2' story. Sadly, the DBZ story will not contain romance, even as a background effect like in that Trunks story. The romance will stay here.
A possible third story I may start is also a slight romance, though. Anyone feel free to comment, but who would be interested in a Rogue/Shadowcat story for X-men evolution? I re-watched that and they totally bicker like a married couple(Also I hate Gambit while Rogue is my 2nd favorite Marvel hero. Fuck that pairing.). But I also know that that particular pairing has like no following. Why write it if no one reads it right? Just a thought.