Chapter six: Oops.
[Disclaimer: OK, how do I put this bluntly yet politely......I DON'T OWN THE
FREAKIN' SHOW, A'IGHT? IF YOU SAY THAT I DO AND END UP GETTING ME SUED, I
WILL PERSONALLY KEELHAUL YOU!!! Enjoy the story and have a nice day. A/N: I
haven't seen much written about Jinx, so I'm doing my best here. Cut me
some slack, people!]
Robin smiled and reminded himself, 'Grin and bear it, Robin, just a few more hours...' as he caught the football from Cyborg and saw, out of the corner of his eye, Beast Boy trying to get Raven to eat a tofu hotdog. One of the other boys they were playing with caught Robin in a flying tackle as he went for the touchdown. "Okay, get off, get off! You stopped me already! Get off!" Robin yelled from underneath the behemoth of a boy. It had been about three weeks since he got all his casts off, and snow was still on the ground in the middle of February. He had done his best to do as Starfire had wished, he really had, but he always ended up feeling a stab of jealousy whenever he saw Raven and Beast Boy together. He found himself thinking bitterly, 'So they're together, big deal, but do they have to be together in front of me?' And then, his shoulder-angel interrupted his acrimonious comments with a chastising, 'Robin, they're your friends. Don't be so hostile.' "Robin! You playin'?" called Cyborg. "Nah, I'm sitting this one out." They called in another player and Robin went to sit across from Raven and Beast Boy. "Please?" "No." "Please? "No." "PLEASE??" "Beast Boy, I refuse to eat that—whatever you're calling it." "It's tofu. You don't expect me to eat a real hotdog, do you? It's meat! Hey, Robin. Will you tell her to at least try it?" said Beast Boy as Robin sat down. Robin's head was screaming, 'Go jump up a rope, both of you.' but he ended up saying, "If she doesn't want to eat the tofu, she doesn't have to. I know I wouldn't." "Hey!"
(Again, I shall refrain from saying 'Meanwhile, back at the ranch,' just to please my adoring fans. And it isn't meanwhile, it's a few hours later.) Robin collapsed on his bed, staring at the ceiling. Go jump up a rope was right; Raven and Beast Boy were getting on his nerves. If they would just stop acting like they did when they were around him, that would be enough. They could act however they damn well wanted when he wasn't around, but just not around him. It reminded him of Starfire. Robin snapped out of it as his communicator started beeping. (*Teen Titans theme song* --gotta love it. PUFFY AMI YUMI is pretty cool.) Robbery, nothing big—or so he thought.
It was Jinx (of the H.I.V.E.). How she had escaped prison was beyond any of the Titans, but they oh-welled it in favor of a fight. The first to go down was Robin. Jinx took him out with a single hex. Cyborg rushed her from behind, but slammed into an invisible barrier. Titan two, out like a light. Beast Boy and Raven tackled her at the same time, but Jinx somehow knocked them both back. She prepared to escape, but was held back by a band of black energy. Nani? She had knocked all the Titans out cold...Raven. Baka hanyou. No matter. Jinx half smiled as she prepared her most powerful spell. Raven struggled to keep her hold on the sorceress. "Stupid Titan, you can't defeat me," said Jinx as she let go the explosion of pink energy. Raven gritted her teeth against the force of the explosion, putting as much of her ki as she could into a return attack, yelling back at the same time, "Doushitenano?!" Beast Boy raised his head slightly as the concussion of the attack rushed towards him. Had he kept his head down, he would have been missed by the black energy. But he wasn't missed. The last thing he saw for a while was Jinx's dissipating attack.
What the hell had he been thinking, raising his head while she was attacking? If Beast Boy had just kept his head down, Raven wouldn't be acting like she was now. Cyborg was forced to guard Beast Boy's door day and night to keep her from disturbing his recovery. "Can I just see him once?" asked Raven, a lightbulb glowing black and blowing out behind her in the hallway. "No. You can see him later, but go away for now." At seeing the hurt look on Raven's face, Cyborg softened his tone. "Rae, I know you're worried about him. We all are. But you can't be with him 24/7. Go on." Raven turned and left. The next thing she knew, Raven was in the park. (You thought I would say that she was on the roof because I'm terribly predictable, didn't you? Just goes to show you, I'm not as predictable as you would like. So there, ha.) She stood on the cliff across the bay from the tower and looked back at it. Beast Boy was going to be okay...he was recovering steadily, but Raven had been so scared for a while. Jinx had been completely destroyed, and that was a good thing, but it was her fault he almost died. Had Robin felt this way? It was, after all, his fault Starfire died. And this now was her fault. [A/N: Oh, how my writing has begun to die a slow and painful death...CRAPPY WRITING OF THE APOCALYPSE!!!!! What do you think?? Sayonara, minna-san!! Domo arigatou!!!]
Robin smiled and reminded himself, 'Grin and bear it, Robin, just a few more hours...' as he caught the football from Cyborg and saw, out of the corner of his eye, Beast Boy trying to get Raven to eat a tofu hotdog. One of the other boys they were playing with caught Robin in a flying tackle as he went for the touchdown. "Okay, get off, get off! You stopped me already! Get off!" Robin yelled from underneath the behemoth of a boy. It had been about three weeks since he got all his casts off, and snow was still on the ground in the middle of February. He had done his best to do as Starfire had wished, he really had, but he always ended up feeling a stab of jealousy whenever he saw Raven and Beast Boy together. He found himself thinking bitterly, 'So they're together, big deal, but do they have to be together in front of me?' And then, his shoulder-angel interrupted his acrimonious comments with a chastising, 'Robin, they're your friends. Don't be so hostile.' "Robin! You playin'?" called Cyborg. "Nah, I'm sitting this one out." They called in another player and Robin went to sit across from Raven and Beast Boy. "Please?" "No." "Please? "No." "PLEASE??" "Beast Boy, I refuse to eat that—whatever you're calling it." "It's tofu. You don't expect me to eat a real hotdog, do you? It's meat! Hey, Robin. Will you tell her to at least try it?" said Beast Boy as Robin sat down. Robin's head was screaming, 'Go jump up a rope, both of you.' but he ended up saying, "If she doesn't want to eat the tofu, she doesn't have to. I know I wouldn't." "Hey!"
(Again, I shall refrain from saying 'Meanwhile, back at the ranch,' just to please my adoring fans. And it isn't meanwhile, it's a few hours later.) Robin collapsed on his bed, staring at the ceiling. Go jump up a rope was right; Raven and Beast Boy were getting on his nerves. If they would just stop acting like they did when they were around him, that would be enough. They could act however they damn well wanted when he wasn't around, but just not around him. It reminded him of Starfire. Robin snapped out of it as his communicator started beeping. (*Teen Titans theme song* --gotta love it. PUFFY AMI YUMI is pretty cool.) Robbery, nothing big—or so he thought.
It was Jinx (of the H.I.V.E.). How she had escaped prison was beyond any of the Titans, but they oh-welled it in favor of a fight. The first to go down was Robin. Jinx took him out with a single hex. Cyborg rushed her from behind, but slammed into an invisible barrier. Titan two, out like a light. Beast Boy and Raven tackled her at the same time, but Jinx somehow knocked them both back. She prepared to escape, but was held back by a band of black energy. Nani? She had knocked all the Titans out cold...Raven. Baka hanyou. No matter. Jinx half smiled as she prepared her most powerful spell. Raven struggled to keep her hold on the sorceress. "Stupid Titan, you can't defeat me," said Jinx as she let go the explosion of pink energy. Raven gritted her teeth against the force of the explosion, putting as much of her ki as she could into a return attack, yelling back at the same time, "Doushitenano?!" Beast Boy raised his head slightly as the concussion of the attack rushed towards him. Had he kept his head down, he would have been missed by the black energy. But he wasn't missed. The last thing he saw for a while was Jinx's dissipating attack.
What the hell had he been thinking, raising his head while she was attacking? If Beast Boy had just kept his head down, Raven wouldn't be acting like she was now. Cyborg was forced to guard Beast Boy's door day and night to keep her from disturbing his recovery. "Can I just see him once?" asked Raven, a lightbulb glowing black and blowing out behind her in the hallway. "No. You can see him later, but go away for now." At seeing the hurt look on Raven's face, Cyborg softened his tone. "Rae, I know you're worried about him. We all are. But you can't be with him 24/7. Go on." Raven turned and left. The next thing she knew, Raven was in the park. (You thought I would say that she was on the roof because I'm terribly predictable, didn't you? Just goes to show you, I'm not as predictable as you would like. So there, ha.) She stood on the cliff across the bay from the tower and looked back at it. Beast Boy was going to be okay...he was recovering steadily, but Raven had been so scared for a while. Jinx had been completely destroyed, and that was a good thing, but it was her fault he almost died. Had Robin felt this way? It was, after all, his fault Starfire died. And this now was her fault. [A/N: Oh, how my writing has begun to die a slow and painful death...CRAPPY WRITING OF THE APOCALYPSE!!!!! What do you think?? Sayonara, minna-san!! Domo arigatou!!!]