Part Six: Uninvited Guests
In which we learn how to react when friends come running in at three in the morning.
Three o'clock in the morning is generally when one sleeps, but Jinx awoke when she heard some sounds. She got off her bed and walked over to where Kid Flash was sleeping on her floor. The cat-eyed witch felt slightly abashed at doing what she was about to do, but she did it anyways.
"Kid Flash, wake up," she whispered, poking him with a finger.
He got up quickly. "What is it?" he asked while blinking out sleep.
"I heard a noise," said the pink-haired girl.
"Your friends are noisy…"
Jinx frowned at him for a moment. "It was in my room somewhere."
"If it makes you feel better, I'll check."
The red-haired boy turned the lights on and searching the room and its closet. When Kid Flash reached the far side of Jinx's room, he tripped on a black object. It ended up being Kyd Wykked.
"Kyd Wykked, what are you doing in my room?" demanded Jinx irately.
The boy in question blinked and sent a telepathic message to their heads. "Hide me, please. I am not here."
The bad luck witch looked worriedly at her teammate. "Are you all right?"
"Save me from that evil," thought Kyd Wykked to them both telepathically.
"What do you mean?" questioned the blue-eyed hero confusedly.
The teleporter gave no reply but crept under Jinx's bed and drew his cloak around him to make him look like a shadow.
"Tell us what it is… Madame Rouge? Brother Blood? The Teen Titans?" The last was meant more as a joke.
There was a knock on Jinx's door.
"I don't think someone frighteningly evil would knock before coming in," remarked Kid Flash in an attempt to lighten the situation. Jinx twitched uneasily.
They went to the door, both ready to defend themselves from whatever might come. Then, Jinx opened the door.
It was not Madame Rouge from the Brotherhood of Evil or Brother Blood from the Hive Academy for Extraordinary Young People. However, it was still a figure that was fearful as it stood.
"Have you seen Kyd Wykked?" growled a rather angry Gizmo. Although he was considerably shorter than both of the people who faced him, he seemed like a large ferocious lion to the two. His intelligent eyes were narrowed in a terrifying manner that suggested he was capable of magnificent evil plots.
"He is not here," lied Jinx firmly.
"He is!" shouted the midget genius. "I saw him around Sector 4 and hurried over. Where else would he be?"
"He is rather good at disappearing," commented Kid Flash with an easy grin.
Gizmo glared at the lightning-quick boy before saying, "Jinx, why is he in your room?" and gesturing towards the red-haired boy. The cat-eyed girl started to answer, but Gizmo continued talking. "I am really sure Kyd Wykked is around here. I heard sounds! I bet you---"
"Oh, that was us," interrupted Kid Flash. "Right, love?"
"Yes… of course," stuttered Jinx.
"Yeah, right!" sneered Gizmo.
"It was like this," said Kid Flash. He demonstrated by pulling Jinx into a passionate kiss.
Gizmo stared at them for a moment with a disgusted expression on his face before running inside Jinx's room and searching most of it. He was sure the teleporter was inside Jinx's room, but Gizmo finally had to admit he could not find Kyd Wykked inside the room. When he acknowledged this, he stormed out and slammed the door behind him, all the while muttering about how he was going to find Kyd Wykked and get revenge.
The loud sound brought Jinx and Kid Flash back to reality, and they halted their kiss abruptly. Kyd Wykked crept back out from under Jinx's bed and thanked them telepathically for helping.
"So what happened?" wondered the girl. She looked curiously at the telepath.
"I opened your door and ran in," he replied telepathically. "You were the closest to where I was. I am sorry for dropping in like that. I will sneak back to my rooms now--- if I can."
"You can teleport," pointed out the red-haired boy. "Why not teleport there instead?"
The corner of Kyd Wykked's mouth twitched. "Oh… I forgot about that in my hurry to get away from that murderous midget." The original occupants of the room laughed slightly at the description of Gizmo. "I will be teleporting to my room, then." He silently disappeared into a mass of black on the ground. Soon, no traces of him ever being in Jinx's room that morning at three o'clock remained.
"I put up with so much to have you," sighed Kid Flash.