Garfield: Boy, sitting in a jail cell with Harley Quinn and Jinx with a lot of people that want us dead. Isn't this grand?

Jinx: Our versions of grand are totally different.

Harley: Could be worse!

Garfield: Oh yeah? How?

Harley: The Bats could be there.

Garfield: Hm…Start the show guys

A Symbiotic Bond: A Venomous Titan Reborn
Chapter Twenty-One

Gotham City – Arkham
Spider-Clown-Pink

With a yell, Garfield's fist slammed into the face of a blond haired male, which sent him to the ground. He turned around and blocked two punches from two large black haired males and rolled beneath them and kicked them in their back, which sent them down to the ground.

Behind him, Harley swung a pipe and hit a female in the face with a pipe before she danced back to avoid a cement block crashing into her and shouted "Batters up!" before she took a step forward and swung her pipe which slammed into the face of a bald man.

Jinx blocked two wild strikes from smaller, thin man before she caught his third punch and pulled him into a knee to the gut before tossing him down to the ground then rolled forward to avoid the clothesline from a larger muscular man before she grabbed his ankle and tugged him sharply, sending the man down to the ground hard.

The minute their cell doors opened, the crowd of villains had attacked but the three were more than enough to handle these none super powered individuals but despite being on equal footing, the numbers game was going to catch up to them eventually.

"We need to get out of here," Garfield shouted as he held two people in a headlock before bringing them down on the crown of their head sharply. He then flipped to his feet and delivered a drop kick to a larger man, who bowled over six of his allies that were behind him.

"Follow me my chick-a-dees!" Harley told them as she smacked a female with her pipe and pushed her forward and began to run, with Garfield and Jinx following behind her.

The trio ran down the trail, combating the various groups of people that looked to fight them before Harley turned a corner…only to be sent flying backwards into a large table. Garfield and Jinx skidded to a stop as a very well-known figure walked from the corner.

"Well, well, well," Killer Croc said with a toothy grin at the pair, but more so towards Jinx, who took a step backwards with fear.

"Oh fuck," Garfield said as he looked back at Jinx. "Of course you put Killer Croc in here."

"I kinda had no choice. He was going to kill a family," Jinx said.

"That's well and good but not at this moment," Garfield said.

"I'm gonna enjoy chewing you up and swallowing you whole!" Killer Croc yelled as he dashed forward towards the pair but the duo rolled to the left to avoid his large body crashing into theirs.

"Sorry, don't mean to kink-shame but Vore isn't my thing!" Garfield shouted as he ran forward and nailed Killer Croc with a hard knee to the face, which caused the larger abomination to skid to the side before Garfield leapt up and punched at the beast but was struck by Killer Croc's tail, which sent Garfield crashing against the wall where he landed beside Harley, who was shaking her head.

"That really hurt, you overgrown suitcase," Harley said as she rose to her feet and grabbed the table she had been kicked into and launched it towards Killer Croc, who roared and destroyed it with a swing of his arm before he leapt towards the pair.

Garfield rolled to the left while Harley danced to the right to avoid the large being crashing into the but it was then Jinx leapt up onto his back and grabbed his head and began to punch it relentlessly, which caused Killer Croc to roar angrily and run forward, with a screaming Jinx still on his back.

"Of fucking course," Garfield said as he scrambled to his feet and ran after her with Harley following him. The pair watched as Killer Croc slid into a wall and crashed through it before coming out and bucking wildly, trying to get Jinx off of his back.

"This is not the horsey ride I was promised when I was five!" Jinx wailed as she clung to him wildly, her body rising and falling with every attempted buck.

'Sym, can we use our web?' Garfield asked as he and Harley neared the feral Killer Croc.

"Yes we can!" Sym replied with excitement.

"Finally!" Garfield said before he leapt up and swung forward and as Killer Croc bucked up, Garfield's feet slammed into Killer Croc's face, which sent the large being down to the ground. Garfield landed on the ground with a skid as Jinx got off with wobbly legs and began to web down Killer Croc to the ground.

"That should hold him for a spell," Garfield said before he turned and saw another wave of people heading their way but Garfield snorted and began to web up a wall to separate his group from the attackers.

"And that should keep them at bay," Garfield said. "No idea for how long but that will buy us some time to think of a plan."

"Well we only have one plan and that is to get out of here," Jinx said with a frown.

"Looking for a way out, my pink haired Pischouette?" A voice said from behind the group, which caused them to turn around. There they saw a Caucasian teenage male with a long grown overcoat, auburn colored hair, black sunglasses, a red scarf hanging around his neck, a black headband which was connected to his skintight midnight blue suit, platinum blue steel boot and steel kick pads that went up to his knees and steel gauntlets leaning against the wall.

"Gambit…" Jinx breathed out with a scowl on her face before she marched up to the taller Cajun male and smacked him in the face hard, which caused him to whip his head to the side."How dare you show your face around me after what happened to Joshua?!" Jinx yelled as Gambit raised his hands in surrender.

"I did apologize about that Jolie Catin," Gambit said with a small grin on his face but Jinx smacked him again.

"Apologies won't bring him back!" Jinx yelled.

"Whoa, whoa, what's going on?" Harley asked as she stepped in between the two.

"He's the reason all of this shit is going on!" Jinx yelled. "Him and that stupid stone was the reason Joshua was killed."

"Who is Joshua?" Garfield asked.

Killer Croc groaned and began to force his way from the webbing, which caused a few strands to burst loose. "Looks like Grande Beede, is getting free," Gambit noted glumly before he looked down to Jinx. "Look I understand you're pissed at me but I found a safe area for you all to hide. We can argue later, alright?"

The trip exchanged glances before Jinx muttered "Fine but this doesn't make us even. Not by a long shot."

Gambit nodded and the foursome ran off as fast as they could.

The Jazzy Bird
Laura "X-23" Kinney

"And there she is! Finally!"

Laura slide off her motorcycle and gave a small smile to the group of people waiting for her outside their usual hang-out spot, the Jazzy Bird. The local bar that for some reason, all of X-Force claimed as their own.

And standing outside of the bar was her friends from the A-Squad.

The first person she laid eyes on was a Native American female with midnight blue hair that was braided down to the middle of her back, black eyes, a brown shirt, tight blue jeans and white sneakers and had a silver necklace with the emblem of a hawk on it.

The second was a African American male with spiky dark brown hair, brown eyes, a pair of black goggles on his forehead, a black button down shirt with a yellow shirt underneath it, black jeans and black and yellow sneakers.

And the last person was a Venezuelan girl with black eyes, long light brown hair that went to the curve of her back, a brown tank top, white pants, while elegant gloves and white boots, floating in the air listlessly with a wide smile on her face.

"About time you made it Laura. We were getting tired of waiting," the African American male said with an impatient frown.

"Sorry David but I got held up back at the mansion," Laura said before she said "Sup Dani, Sofia," with a nod in their direction.

"Ready to go inside?" David asked.

"Duh. I needed this drink like crazy," Laura said before the four entered the bar. The bar itself was bigger than what it seemed like on the outside of the place. There were several large circular tables where many of X-Force members were sitting.

A long bar counter where Caucasian male with medium short black hair, black eyes, a black leather jacket, dark blue jeans, black fingerless gloves, and black shoes stood behind it mixing the drinks and tossing them towards Archangel and Boom-Boom, who raised the glasses in a salute to Laura before drinking and resuming their conversation.

On the stage, Siryn was seen singing a gentle song while Shatterstar sat alone at a table, his legs propped up on the table as he slept.

And their designated table sat a Japanese American female with electric blue hair, black eyes, a electric blue tank top with the words "Shocking" on it, two grey gauntlets that went up to her elbows which had the "X" emblem on the front of them dark blue pants and black sneakers on.

"You're late," The Japanese girl said to Laura as she tossed Laura a beer bottle. Laura caught the bottle and used a claw to pop the top from it and took a swig and sighed in joy before she and her group sat down around the table.

"Late stuff at the mansion Noriko. Nothing to it," Laura said.

"So I heard your team managed to catch Jinx," Noriko said, which surprised everyone but Laura herself.

"Yeah, they did pretty good. Hey Hellion!" Laura shouted.

The teen behind the counter looked to her direction with a raised brow. "Give B-Squad a round on me."

Boom-Boom and Archangel turned from the counter and looked back to Laura and said "Thanks Boss!"

"You guys earned it," Laura said with a nod of approval before she looked back to the group around her and said "Yeah. They caught Jinx and the Spider from Champion City as well."

"Now that is interesting," David said as he leaned back in his chair. "But what was the Spider doing here and why was he protecting Jinx of all people?"

"Could be that he knew her?" Sofia suggested.

"Either that or he didn't and was doing his job as a hero but now they're both in Arkham," Noriko said with a frown on her face.

"Whoa, we sent them to Arkham? But doesn't Jinx know the location of the Infinity stone?" Dani said with a small whisper.

Laura nodded and said "She does. He didn't even question her either. He just ordered B-Squad to put her in there and left it at that."

"I don't understand Batman's thought process," David said with a frown on his face. "He said that the stone was important but he sent her to what is essentially a death sentence without getting the location? She's the only one who could know the location of the stone so why send her there? I don't get it."

"Something seems fishy about Batman and all of this in general," Noriko said as she took a sip of her beer, a frown on her face as well.

"We need to find that gem as quickly as possible. Professor is counting on us to find it before any of the Brotherhood does," Dani said.

"Or worse," Laura added with a sigh.

Just then, a grey skinned female with a black circle shape around her left eye, red lipstick, navy blue colored hair with grey eyes who was wearing dark slate grey skin tight leather suit which had various firearms on her body walked to the table and said "Team, we need to get a move on."

"Oh, Domino, what's going on?" David asked with confusion.

"There is a bank robbery in progress by some super powered beings that need to be stopped," Domino explained before she looked to Laura and said "B-Squad captain."

"A-squad Captain," Laura responded with a nod.

"Heard your team captured the traitor. Good work, I'll put in a good word to see you promoted to A-squad," Domino said.

"I don't need that. My team deserves the promotion. Not me, I really don't care about advancing," Laura said with a bored tone.

"Then I shall see to it that they are promoted," Domino said before she looked to her team and said "Move out."

"Yes Boss," The four said before they all rose from the table and made their way out of the bar but it was Dani who looked back to Laura briefly before she ran out. Laura turned back and took a sip of her beer with a frown on her face.

'Where could that damn stone be?'

Gotham City – Arkham
Spider-Clown-Pink

"Through that door," Gambit said as he pointed to a double steel door, which currently was open, revealing an empty room. The four ran into the room before Gambit and Garfield ran towards the doors and pulled them shut.

The four panted as they looked towards the door. "I-I've been hiding out in here for about a week. This room doesn't have any cameras and it seems to hide the signal our collars give off," Gambit said as he slumped down on a chair.

The trio looked around and noticed a small mattress placed against the wall along with several candles. There was also a long silver pole leaning against the far corner of the wall. "Must be good to be able to stay separated from everyone," Garfield said to the Cajun.

Jinx remained silent but her glare at Gambit told volumes.

"Okay, I may be the new guy in Gotham," Garfield began. "But it seems like shit is going down and you two are somewhat in the middle of it so before we get out of here and potentially die, I want to know what exactly is going on."

At the silence, Garfield felt a burst of anger hit his veins and without warning, punched the steel deep, causing the three to jump in alarm. "Start. Talking," Garfield said, his eyes narrowing.

"Fine…Fine…You saved my life and got into this shit and Harley, you helped my ass too so you guys deserve to know everything," Jinx said softly before she took a deep breath and said "I used to be a part of X-Force but there was an ulterior motive in joining…I was originally a part of a thieving crew known as "Thieves of the Cobalt Wind" of which Gambit was a member as well…Our crew was hired to come to Gotham to find something called the Infinity Stone."

Garfield's eyes widened while Harley tilted her head in confusion. "An Infinity Stone?" Harley asked. "What's that?"

"It's complicated," Gambit said with a wave of his hand. "We knew from a source that the big bat himself had it so we were ordered to get it. Downside was, he's very secretive so we had to find a different approach and that was to have Jinx join the newly created X-Force."

"So you were a double agent?" Garfield said.

"I was," Jinx said. "Until I wasn't…"

"I see…" Garfield said with a nod and a cross of his arms. "What else happened?"

"Things were going well at first. I kept my distance from their goodie-goodie events and feel good moments until this glum guy joined the team," Jinx said as a wistful smile appeared on her face. "He was such a mope and sad-sack but there was something very positive about him too. He always did his best to cheer up others and make them smile at the cost of himself…He just drew me in."

'This is painting some strange parallels that I am not comfortable with," Garfield thought with a frown.

"After a month of that, I left the group and became an honest to god member of X-Force…And not a month later, it all crashed down…" Jinx said as bitterness began to creep into her voice.

"What happened?" Garfield said.

Jinx grew quiet for a moment, as if trying to find the right words to say before she shook her head and said "It was right after we captured Killer Croc…"

Rain: And that is where I'm going to end it.

Garfield: Seriously?! Right there?!

Rain: Yes. The next chapter is going have two major twists to it so I want to dedicate all of that to Jinx's standalone chapter so until then.

Jinx: *Sigh* Later