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Carrot TheLuvMachine: Origato! And I plan on doing so n.n
BeastBabe: Gracias mucha!
Acosta pérez josé Ramiro: XP I like the pun! Don't worry, she's not gonna die, that would crush the fic. And the hex blast thing…hmm, we'll see. ((Gets ready to dodge a dumpster or two.))
TeenTitan's Girl: Thanks!
Pureangel86: Well, we'll see on Raven's matter…
Meiriona: I just threw in the "against her ways" thing not related to her customs at all. I didn't know anyone would pick up on that possibility o.o; I meant that maybe her mother taught her to be against abortion. Dammit, I need a plot!
Chapter Fourrr! Ish.
Jinx's head seemed to be pounding with emotion as the request slipped from her.
"Jinx…"
"Kill me! I don't deserve to live!" She sobbed. "It's all my fault--!"
"No, it isn't. None of it's your fault. Please, Jinx…you need to let go of this."
She sniffled. Let go? She would…for Cyborg…for herself.
But it was difficult. I living, breathing being…a human…she would be giving birth to one in nine months.
Cyborg kept her in his arms as she sobbed the energy out of her…until she couldn't take it anymore. Her eyelids drooped as she drifted off into a restless sleep.
;-;-;
How could Jinx have asked me to kill her? Cyborg wondered uneasily. What if she kills herself?
He watched apprehensively as she sobbed herself to sleep in his arms. When the tears, sobbing, and shame finally ceased to be expressed, he knew she had lost consciousness and was off to dreamland. He carefully laid her on the infirmary bed and covered her with a pink (not red) blanket. He knew pink was her favorite color; maybe that would give her a familiar, homey feeling. He arose tentatively as he made his way to the living room to tell the Titans he would be alone tonight, which was partially the truth. He knew he would hardly get any sleep accompanying Jinx in the locked infirmary, but it was worth it for her.
It was then when he noticed the small yet angry scars on her wrist glaring up at him.
;-;-;
Jinx tentatively pressed the button that opened the door to get some air. She was outside on the island now. There was a nice breeze, and having her hair down made it all the better.
A noise snapped her out of her thoughts. Something emerging from the water…
A submarine. Mammoth, Private HIVE, Gizmo and Seemore were in that submarine.
She jumped back. How could they have found her? They would surely take her back to the new headquarters they had established after Brother Blood was jailed and they had escaped. But how could they? They had been jailed themselves shortly afterward…unless they escaped…
How would she explain her middle?
"Jinx?" Mammoth asked hesitantly –
;-;-;
"Jinx?" Cyborg's voice came in. "Are you okay?"
She snapped from her dream and rolled over uneasily at Cyborg's wake up alert.
"Err…yeah."
Or at least…she thought she would be.
;-;-;
Raven, though not having eaten since the previous day, had no appetite. She wasn't comfortable with a villain in their home, even if she was undergoing strife of her own. Why did Cyborg bring her anyway? How come Robin's "villain censor" didn't go off? Robin was always on the alert for something suspicious; and Cyborg rarely wanted to be alone! Then again, even if it is better to respect one's privacy, this was a completely different matter.
She kept herself in the living room, unmoving as her eyes lay unseeing on the pages of her book. With a sudden sigh of exasperation, she shut it. That was probably when Starfire seized her chance.
"Friend Raven, do you wish to journey to the mall of shopping with me?"
Raven sighed a sigh that could've fogged up the living room windows if her lungs were big enough. "Not really."
"But Raven, you always wish to journey to the mall of shopping"—when I have nothing better to do, she added to the sentence mentally. "—what is preventing you from doing so today?"
"Things," she retorted in a most very out-of-character-like way.
"Will you explain to me these…things?"
Raven sighed for the umpteenth time that day before saying, "I have things on my mind. It would stop me from enjoying it." Not like I ever DO.
"If that is what you wish…" she slouched as she turned away. It was a powerful gesture no one, not even Raven, could see and still not feel guilty and fall for it.
"Alright, I'll go."
"REALLY? YOU WILL? SQEE!" She embraced her and with that dragged her off.
Raven's agony was short-lived as Robin called them all to the table.
;-;-;
After Jinx had some breakfast and freshened up for the day, Cyborg sat with her and asked her a tentative question.
"When should I tell them?"
Jinx looked quite startled. "W-what?"
"When should I tell the other Titans about this? They're gonna find out sooner or later, they might as well hear it from us."
"It'll be awkward."
"I know. But it's okay. They should accept you if I tell them the whole thing."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Jinx sighed. She never really thought of when Cyborg would break it to them.
But her presence could not be ignored.
"Alright…I think the sooner you tell them the better."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
;-;-;
"Robin, why have you gathered us all here…with the exception of Cyborg?" Starfire inquired.
"I want to know why you think—"
"Why we think Cyborg is aloof all of a sudden?"
"Uh, Raven, what's aloof?"
"Preferring to be alone, Beast Boy."
"Oh."
A sudden quiet welled up in the room, mixed with uneasiness and pondering.
"I think he's hiding something," Raven commented.
(A/N: I was going to end it there, but…that would be cruel.)
"Dude, Cyborg hides nothing. No secrets in him."
"How would you know?" Raven continued. "He spied at the HIVE headquarters. No one suspected him. He could easily keep a secret locked away in a room."
I did not suspect Cyborg would do such a thing, Starfire thought uneasily.
Raven continued on. "If he's hiding something, we should find out what. Not to be nosy, but it could be dangerous." She spoke these words as if he had told her!
"Let's not jump to conclusions, Raven," Robin warned.
Just then, the discussion was interrupted by the sound of him approaching.
"QUICK! HE'S COMING! ACT NORMAL!" Beast Boy squeaked frantically.
By the time Cyborg was in the room with the door shut behind him, they were all watching TV.
"Err, guys?" He started.
Robin turned off the TV. "Yeah?"
"I gotta tell you something."
"Ooh!" Beast Boy squealed playfully. "Story time with Cyborg!"
They all sat on the couch now, facing him, and it was pin-drop silent.
"Okay—"
"You're not a virgin anymore?" Beast Boy butted in stupidly. "Dude, it's about time!"
There was a quick pause before he continued. "Who's the lucky gal?"
Cyborg slapped his forehead.
;-;-;
Cyborg slapped his forehead at Beast Boy's uncalled for comment. Raven mentally slapped herself. Stupid. She thought irritably.
"What makes you so…well, how you're acting?" Robin interrogated suspiciously.
"Uhh…"
Raven shot him a shut-up-and-stop-hinting-what-we've-been-doing-in-your-room-or-I-will-kill-you look, mixed in with a glare that also said "you're stupid".
Beast Boy tried to cover himself with no avail. "Uh, nothing! Just playing around."
"Well I'm still a virgin," Cyborg retorted. "And stop trying to cover yourself, cause it ain't workin'."
"Beast Boy, you idiot…" Raven muttered. Big mistake.
"Does your statement have something to do with Raven?" Starfire asked innocently.
"Err, no…?"
"What've y'all been doin'?" Cyborg chortled. "C'mon, admit it!"
"He started it!" Raven scowled.
"Started what?" Starfire asked, startled.
"So, BB, did y'all do it?"
"Do what?"
"The Deed."
"…"
"Shut up Beast Boy. Maybe."
"OOoooooooooooOOOOhhh! That's a yes in mah book!"
"Beast Boy?
He turned slowly to look at Raven. "Y-yeah?"
"When this discussion is over, you're dead," She warned, looking daggers at him.
"Speaking of this discussion, shall we not continue it?"
"Yeah, we should," Robin remarked.
"Thanks for the save, Star!" Beast Boy whispered, but Starfire could not save Beast Boy from the reprimanding slap Raven threw onto his cheek. He whimpered and rubbed it.
Then, everyone was serious and once again concentrated on Cyborg's announcement.
"What were you gonna say, Cyborg?" Robin probed, trying to get it out of him.
He sighed. "Jinx…Jinx is in the Tower."
"You're kidding?" Robin questioned, though it seemed more like a statement than an interrogative.
"Let me finish! Red X bailed her outta jail and took her to this secret place where he lived and started raping her. So she came to me for help, and I helped her out."
There was a hiatus in the speech before Robin narrowed his eyes at him. "Where is she?"
Another hiatus.
"In the infirmary."
Dun, dun, dun, dun! Suspense! Fear it.
