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Abashed Enchanters, Part 3

The 2nd Teen Titans Fanscript – Fanfic Adaptation

By RavenStar

Author's Note: The plot for Abashed Enchanters is as follows: Jinx defects to the Titans, quickly quelling thoughts that she's trying to subvert them, and soon becomes a powerful new addition and friend to the group. But when an unexpected attraction starts forming between her and Raven, both girls find themselves confused over their feelings and emotions - and Cyborg finds himself needing a more efficient circuit breaker for his jealousy fuse.


COLD OPENING

Evening in Jump City. The sky was pitch black. Thick, dark thunderclouds SPEWED rain like fire hydrants with their safety caps busted off.

Lighting crackled. Thunder roared.

Yet, high in the sky, a bug was brave enough to fly in it, especially so high up in the air.

All of Jump City was dark except for the dimmest of moonlight that was allowed through the clouds, the result of a power outage caused by the storm.

The bug flew over the empty streets. It zipped and zoomed through the falling rain, then got lost in the clouds. It seemingly sensed that it should get out of the clouds, and descended in a counter-clockwise spiral. As it emerged from the clouds, right in front of it was: Titans Tower.

Lightning crashed. Thunder exploded

The bug's path took it over the right side of the T.

As it drew closer, voices could be heard - faintly at first, but then they got louder.

"-because she betrayed her friends."

"They're not my friends anymore. I've moved on. I'm not the same person I was back when I was still in school."

The bug came around the edge of the T in its descending spiral. The faint voices suddenly got louder, thanks to the two shattered windows in the middle of the Tower's front.

"Oh? Really? I see. So tell me, Jinx - this storm that caused the power outage that shut down this Tower –"

The bug flew into the Tower through one of the shattered windows.

The Titans were in a back-to-back protective circle. As Jinx was now a Titan, she was with them. She held Raven's hand, tightly.

Slade stood not far away – and behind him, Gimzo and Mammoth.

Surrounding the Titans were Slade's robots and droids.

"-did you think it would last this long when you cast that hex?" Slade continued.

Jinx's eyes went wide. Lightning and thunder crashed. "How did you - ?"

The other Titans were aghast as they all looked at her.

"What?" Cyborg asked.

"She caused the very thing that allowed me to be standing here inside your fortress of a Tower right now, Tin Man," Slade answered for her.

Jinx was frantic. "I-I did it to get Gizmo away from me! I swear! I didn't think his tech worked in the rain! I swear! I swear! I swear!"

"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Raven asked, snatching her hand out of Jinx's.

"I didn't think you'd believe me!" Jinx replied.

Robin narrowed his eyes. "Well, I'm certainly going to believe you over the word of Slade any day."

"Yes - a fine move, Robin. Believe someone who's just joined your team, yet was against you 3 months ago. At least you know I've been quite honest throughout all of our history together."

Gizmo laughed. "Hah hah hahhh...Who ya' gonna believe, snot-meisters?"

"Yeah," Mammoth added. "Who ya' gonna believe, us or her?"

All the Titans looked at Jinx. Slade stared her down.

She shrunk back in confusion and fear.

Someone tapped Raven on the leg. She barely moved her eye. It was Robin. He had his concussive grenade palmed; warning her to be ready. Jinx caught this out of the corner of her eye. She stopped, her stature returning, confidence back in.

"They believe me."

Robin hurled the concussive grenade into the air and Raven threw up a shield around all the Titans.

BOOM! The grenade decimated the robots and droids - as well as almost the entire room.

Beast Boy wasn't thrilled at that. "Aw, man, did you have to do that?" he asked Robin.

Any response was interrupted by Jinx, who sent a stream of explosive hexes at Slade and Gizmo, forcing the three backwards towards the broken windows. Jinx was furious, her eyes not only glowing purple, but crackling around the edges like lightning. Her voice had become deep, caustic, and malicious. She was clearly beyond any normal state of angry.

"Don't you get it? I'm a Titan now. I may have started this storm, but all that means is that I CAN END IT, TOO!" she screamed.

FOOM! She thew her hands down and sent out a huge explosive hex that launched a wave of purple lightning at Slade, Gizmo, and Mammoth, which tossed them not only out of the shattered windows of the Tower—

—but all the way back to the city!

A huge, thick cloud of dust sprayed into the air in the distance at the villains' landing.

Then the power came back on. Cyborg looked up. "Yes!"

"No!" Beast Boy said, looking at the destroyed game console

"Way to go, Jinx!" Starfire exclaimed. She looked at Robin – I said it right, right? He nodded.

Meanwhile, Jinx had made her way over and was standing at the edge of the shattered window, peering down at the harbor. She was still quite angry. Her eyes still crackled purple; her fists kept clenched.

A hand grabbed her shoulder from behind. It was Raven's. Startled, Jinx's eyes return to normal. Her teeth ungritted.

"You need to calm down," Raven told her.

Jinx looked back at the dark Titan – the original dark Titan. "Heh. Thanks," she said, blushing.

Raven smiled shyly in return.


Mammoth and Gizmo stood behind Slade. A choking cloud of dust surrounded them, but it didn't seem to affect them. "Should we go after them?" Mammoth asked his Headmaster.

Slade looked towards the Tower, which was now in the distance. "No. The damage has already been done. Besides - we have something I'm fairly certain they'll want to retrieve."

The dust cleared around his hand.

Within his fist, Slade was holding Raven's mirror.