Author's note: Well, this is my first fic… Hope you enjoy. Anyway, I've been reading a lot of stories lately where Jinx wants to give up her life of crime and become a hero. It got me to thinking about what would happen if Jinx did something heroic accidentally. And this fic was born :D I'm not sure how long it's going to be, exactly, but definitely multi-chapter. And, haha, the title doesn't really have to do with the story... I just thought it sounded cool.

Please let me know what you think so far!

— Disorderly Conduct—

Sunset in Jump City! The streets are filled with city dwellers who hurry by, concerned only with their own lives—their jobs, husbands, wives, children…

Two teens stand apart from the rushing crowd. One is a laughing green-skinned boy who shows off for a group of children. He is periodically transforming into a shaggy dog, chasing his tail, and then reappearing to applause from the growing group of kids. The other is a girl who stands on the sidewalk across the street, letting the crowd part around her. She is staring at the green-skinned boy with a good-humored, somewhat mischievous expression on her face. Just as this girl begins to walk forward, a pink light crackling at her fingertips, another person enters her frame of vision.

He's carrying a gun and pointing it at the boy across the street.

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Jinx hadn't been having the best day. For starters, she'd woken up late, been tardy for her first class, and gotten reamed for it. The lecture lasted so long that she had subsequently been late for her next class. Of course, Gizmo and Mammoth couldn't be counted on to back their friend up. They hunched over in their seats, snickering while Jinx was repeatedly told that there was more expected of someone with her talents.

The day had continued on like that—she'd forgotten an easy answer in Coercion and Deceit 102, misjudged the distance of a robot during training, and spilled spaghetti sauce all over her pants at lunch. After that, she'd had enough and skipped her last class of the day to change her clothes and have some fun.

See-More saw her leaving the building. "You're gonna be in deep trouble tomorrow," he warned, eyebrows raised in concern. As blasé as the kids at the HIVE were, the administration took cutting class seriously and the punishments were harsh.

"Save it," she told him shortly, letting the front doors swing shut behind her. See-More had been teasing her ever since second period, calling her Ms. Broken Mirror, and now he was going to be a good friend? Please.

Jinx spent the afternoon hanging out down at the mall. Ever since she and her buddies had attempted to rob it the year before, they'd been banned from the premises, but Jinx never let that stop her. She leaned back in her chair, sipping an iced latte and grinning as the security officers mingled nearby. No cop could take her on, and they wouldn't call the Titans unless she actually stole something. Instead they would glare from a safe distance, and that didn't bother her in the slightest.

She stayed at the mall until dinnertime and then started heading back to the HIVE. She ignored the crowd around her, and for the most part, they ignored her. People were too absorbed in their own lives to notice her walking by, and even those who did were more likely to shrug her off as another weird goth kid than the aspiring super villain who periodically appeared on the Jump City News.

Jinx wasn't going to cause any trouble. Honestly. If she hadn't heard Beast Boy's voice, she would have walked back to the HIVE and nothing would have changed. As it was, though, she caught the tail end of one of his sentences and cringed.

"… learn new tricks. Heh. Well, I thought it was funny."

Beast Boy was the most annoying of the Titans, to be sure. He gave Gizmo a run for his money. Jinx couldn't stand him. She paused and picked him out of the crowd. He was across the street, a group of snotty kids hanging around him, all grinning like he was the greatest. As Jinx watched, Beast Boy morphed into an ugly green and black spotted dog and chased his own tail. The kids all laughed and clapped appreciatively, calling for more. Beast Boy seemed to be enjoying all the attention.

Jinx sneered. What a loser. It was at that moment she knew she just couldn't walk away without causing any trouble. It was what she did best, after all. And the rest of the HIVE Five would be jealous they'd missed out on the fun, which they deserved for treating her like dirt all morning.

She began to walk toward the green-skinned creep, her fingers pulsing with a bright pink hex. She hadn't gone five steps when someone else caught her eye. A middle-aged man wearing a long, dirty brown coat was also moving toward Beast Boy. He badly needed a shave and Jinx frowned, thinking that something didn't seem right about the man's eyes. She looked at him more closely and saw that he was holding a gun; he was raising the gun, aiming the gun—at Beast Boy!

"Oh, no way," she hissed. "This is my fight."

Before she could think to do anything else, Jinx had flung the hex meant for Beast Boy at the unkempt man's hand. It hit him solidly, and the man yelled in shock as the gun he had been holding a moment before flew from his grasp and went skidding across the pavement. The bullet soared harmlessly into the air. Somebody screamed. The man, realizing that his cover was blown, began to run. Jinx went after him, years of combat training kicking in without a thought. She leapt onto the man's back and wrapped an arm around his neck, her free hand shooting several hex spells point-blank into the guy's face. They wouldn't harm him physically, but he would be pretty out of it for the next day or two.

"I've been having a really bad day, and you picked the wrong time to mess with my plans!" Jinx said triumphantly, giving the man another hex for good measure. She could hear sirens in the distance and stood up, finally noticing that everybody on the street was staring. "Oh, don't worry," she said flippantly, "I took care of him. He's not going anywhere." She grinned and turned back to Beast Boy, prepared to thoroughly kick his butt. This day wasn't ending up so bad after all.

The green boy was still surrounded by the group of kids, but they weren't laughing now. Their faces were pale and scared. Even Beast Boy looked frightened. "Jinx—?" he said, uncertainty in his voice.

Just then, a large red-haired woman grabbed Jinx in a bone-crushing hug. "Oh, sweetie!" she sobbed, smashing Jinx's face into her chest. "You're a hero! If it hadn't been for you, I don't even want to think about what could have happened!"

"Um," Jinx managed to croak. The police had arrived and immediately went to Beast Boy, as they usually did when the Titans were involved in a crime. Before the teen could speak, though, the same woman who was hugging Jinx released her and shouted, "Over here, officers! This girl stopped the assassin! She saved Beast Boy!"

Beast Boy turned, shock evident on his face. "Jinx?" he said again. A small smile grew on his face. "You saved me?"

Jinx wanted to die.