Jinxy, We Shouldn't Fight…

Electron was shooting lighting bolts and jolts of electricity at shoppers. Private HIVE was stealing from the firearms section. Gizmo was rummaging through the electronics, throwing certain things to the side, leaving them to crash and break. Mammoth was stealing from a clothes store (for what I don't know, he's constantly wearing the same thing…). SeeMore was, of course, stealing from random optometrists and eye fashion stores.

They all stopped, and looked at us. Gizmo and Mammoth glared, SeeMore looked at me like the rest of the Titans, but Electron smirked. "I want Electron," I muttered to the others. They all gave me a half nod, like they were affirming that I wanted to be the one to take him out.

"Titans, GO!" yelled Robin just before the HIVE attacked us. I went immediately for Electron, of course. Starfire began fighting SeeMore, Robin and Raven fought Mammoth, and Cyborg went for Gizmo. What was Cyborg's thing with Gizmo, anyways? It's like Cyborg hated Gizmo more than any one member of the HIVE, unless you counted Brother Blood. It probably had to do with the fact Gizmo was one of the few villains that could crash his system, if he so chose to.

Electron shot lightning at me, and he was missing every shot. He was going easy on me. I could see it. "Why are you holding back?" I asked, dodging a few of his little attacks. I have seen bigger attacks from when we went out, and that was a while ago. "Why aren't you attacking?" he asked me with a smirk as he continued to shoot lightning. "Like I'd answer that!" I said, continually evading his attacks.

His arm outstretched and he let out a very long lightning bolt. I ducked and flung a bolt at his stomach before he could stop firing that one lightning bolt. He never could cut off a lightning bolt quickly, especially a long one. Electron flew backwards and landed with a thump.

I walked over to him slowly. His eyes were closed, as if he was sleeping. "Didn't know you were so physically weak," I muttered. I went to pick him up to set him to the side, when his eyes shot open and he shot a lightning bolt at me. He had taken me by surprise, and I flew backwards. For a minute, all I saw was black…

The black faded back into color. Electron was leaning over me, smirking. I didn't see anyone else but Electron. "Jinxy, you know, we shouldn't be fighting. We're bigger than that. We can talk this out," he said, shaking his head slightly. "Talk? Yes, let's talk about how you betrayed me. How you led me into a false sense of security then took it all away from me," I said, seething at the moment.

He suddenly lunged forward and pinned me against the ground—hard. "That was nothing. She was just an old playmate who came back to me after leaving for a year. I went there to tell her that I was madly in love with a girl. She wouldn't take no for an answer, no matter how much I told her. So, I told her I would give her one night with me, and then she should leave. She said she would take that, and we began kissing. You came about then," he said in such a tone that it almost felt like I was a little child and he was reprimanding me for something.

"If you were really in love with me, no matter what, you wouldn't have been able to be with someone else," I spat back at him. "She was an old friend. Saying no to her wouldn't have been right since she had gone through so much just to see me!" "Electron, either way, what you did was unforgivable. I can tell you aren't really interested in me. That was a completely different lifetime. Now, I think that's enough talking. Back to fighting," I said and gave him a little smirk of my own.

I kicked him hard in the stomach, knocking the air out of him. On instinct, his hands flew to his stomach and he gasped for breath. I managed to get out of under him once I had kicked him, and now I had the advantage.

I looked up at the ceiling. Some of it had been crumbling and fallen out. Probably due to them breaking in or the fights. I shot as many bolts as I could at the ceiling above him without going through to the sky (I didn't want to put a hole in an airplane or something.

Electron didn't have time to react when he saw the ceiling fall towards him. It crashed around and on him. I heard a soft groan beneath the rubble, and Electron stood up, slightly dazed. "Jinx, you can come back! You can be a part of the greatest organization in the city! No hard feelings whatsoever. We'll date again, go through some schooling, become big-time criminals and get married! We'll have the perfect life, Jinx!" he said, almost pleaded.

"Electron, I'm already a part of the greatest organization in the city. A great guy has proposed to me. I have great friends, and a good life. To me, THIS is the perfect life. I wouldn't change it for the world," I said, pretty much growling at him. "Jinx, this is your last chance. Come with me, or be forced to watch as Blood inserts that virus into Cyborg's systems. Decide now. In a way, it will be better for him. And since it will be better for him, it will be better for you. You'd be an idiot to not come with me right this minute. So, your decision?" he said just before holding his hand out to me.

I grabbed it, and he smirked broadly. It would've been a smile if not for the contempt hidden behind it. I gripped it harder, and twisted it. I took my other hand and shot a bolt right at him, and he flew forward. I looked closely at him and realized I had knocked him out. This time I was sure, because he isn't one to try the same trick twice in a battle.

I sighed and picked him up. He was light, so I was able to carry him to the front of the mall. Most of the Titans were looking around for me and seemed relieved. "We thought you disappeared or something!" Beast Boy said before hugging me. "Good job," muttered Raven.

"Jinx… just curious, but how do you know Electron anyways?" asked Cyborg, raising his eyebrow. "It's a long story," I mumbled. "Come on, we have the entire trip back," he replied. "Alright," I admitted.

AT THE TOWER

Cyborg didn't interrupt me at all during my story. We were sitting in the main room before Cyborg was able to mull over the entire story. "I can't believe he did that too you! What a jerk!" exclaimed Cyborg. "Join the club," I muttered. "I didn't know you had such a hard first boyfriend," Cyborg said before sighing and leaning against the couch after his first rant.

"Just what I get for picking a boyfriend every girl wanted," I thought out loud. "But he still shouldn't have done that to you! Next time we fight the HIVE, I want to be the one to take him down!" said Cyborg. I think then he was even smirking—evilly. Just like Electron… I thought with a small frown and sighed silently.

I looked up at him, and he still seemed to be thinking about nearly killing Electron. Suddenly the video camera I put in Cyborg's room came to mind. He was doing so much for me… I couldn't keep him off his guard. He needed to know about what was going on. It directly involved him, anyways. He was in grave danger… And I needed to tell him.

"Cyborg… I need to tell you something," I began unsurely. He snapped back to reality, looking at me with concern written all over his face. "Listen… I had a dream the other night. The dream was Brother Blood and I talking. He told me about how he would put a virus inside your systems if I didn't come with him. All through the dream I could scarcely breath. He told me he would see me next time I go to sleep. I've been trying to stay awake, but… Anyways, I woke up and Raven forced me to tell her about the dream. I explained everything that happened, and found out he put some creepy spell on me. Everything he told me, it was like he was actually telling me."

Cyborg was deathly silent. His expression seemed blank, as if he was thinking. He sighed and said, "I'm talking to Robin. Wait right here." He walked off, not leaving any hint as to if he was mad or upset at me. I just hoped with all my heart that he wasn't angry with me for not telling him earlier. After all, I had had multiple chances to tell him. If something happened, I would never have been able to forgive myself.