Chapter 2: Location, Location, Location

When morning came, it was still surreal to Jinx that she had joined up with the speedy teen hero, much less that he was staying in her house.

Of course, it all began to dawn upon her when she entered the front room, rubbing her eyes. He was at the large super computer, zipping from control to control and carrying out some sort of business.

"Err…" She mumbled, raising her index finger.

"G' morning!" He chimed cheerfully. "I made WAFFLES!"

On cue, the toaster popped up two waffles.

She stared blankly at him until he disappeared and reappeared with them cut, buttered, and smothered with syrup. "Eat up so you can get your strength back!"

"How can you be so full of energy in the morning?" She asked, sitting down at the table and yawning.

"Oh, I've been up for hours. I've been searching the city for Madame Rouge and your team," He said, his smile never leaving his face.

"How many hours?" She asked flatly.

"Um… all night."

She raised her eyebrows. "Yet… you're still raring to go."

"Totally!" He beamed. "I'm always full of energy. I have to be to keep up to speed!"

"Well, sit down. Your quote-on-quote 'up to speediness' is annoying."

He plopped down into a chair and sighed, his smile gone. "I… didn't find anything."

"Whatever," She shrugged.

"Y-You mean you aren't mad?" He exclaimed, looking shocked.

"Of course not!" She complained. "Madame Rouge is a super villain. Our stupid computer probably couldn't even pick up her signal. We're going to have to get a better one before we find anything."

"Oh…" He said, sliding down in his seat a bit. "Then, I guess I stayed up all night for nothing."

"I guess so," She responded and chewed on a bite of her food. She had to admit, the boy knew how to make waffles.

A loud breathing through the nose caught her attention after a few moments, and when she looked up, she discovered that the boy… had fallen asleep.

"Oh, give me a break," She moaned as he snored in his seat, head lolled back on the chair.

She finished eating and put the dishes in the sink.

"Something must have happened to you to occupy you, and I'm not going to leave you here all alone when you're in that sort of state. If your enemies attack you now, you might be in danger of getting hurt."

"Why…?" She whispered, clenching her fists on top of the counter. "Why do you have to care so much about someone like me…?"

He snoozed away, blissfully unaware.

"Even…" She looked over at him. "Even my teammates… probably wouldn't feel like that…"

-

"Hum?" Kid Flash said drowsily as he awoke. "Oh! I guess I must have fallen asleep! Hah!"

"Yup," Jinx replied, walking by him, dressed in her day clothing and carrying her shoes. "Good thing you're up too. We're about to go use ourselves a computer."

"Oh, good, you found one!" He chimed, hopping onto his feet and standing excitedly next to her as she slipped on her boots. "So, where is it?"

"Titans Tower."

He was silent for a minute.

"…but I thought…"

"They're my enemies, yes."

"Then, how come they're letting you-"

"They're not letting me do anything."

"How are you going to use it without them knowing?"

"That's where you come in…"

"I don't like where this is going…"

-

"Okay… let me get this straight," Kid Flash said blandly as he raced across the sea to the Titans' island, Jinx on his back. "You want me to go up to their door and just knock on it… and…distract them?"

"Yeah, tell them that you want to join the team," Jinx said.

"-but I'm more of a solo guy."

"YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO JOIN THEIR TEAM, YOU IDIOT!"

"So… You want me to lie to them! That's what villains do!"

"You're teamed up with a villain now! That officially makes you a VILLAIN."

"Oh, no! Where did I go wrong?" He sobbed. That oven ding came out of nowhere again. "I'm over it! Okay, we're here."

"I'm going to scale the building, and break in through one of the windows. You have to keep those stupid titans occupied."

"I'll do my best…"

-

KNOCK. KNOCK.

Silence.

The door swooped open, and all five titans just stared.

"Can I… help you?" Robin asked.

"HI! My name is Kid Flash and I---" He was quite for a moment or two. "-want to use your super computer!"

"…Why?" Robin asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm on the search of a diabolical villain who kidnapped some friends of my friend!"

"He's not sticking to the plan!" She whispered in aggravation, peeking around the tower. "Talking like that, we'll never-"

"Okay," Robin said.

"HUH!" Jinx yelped, then covered it up with a badly done bird call.

Kid Flash walked inside.

"So, who are you looking for?" Cyborg asked. "Maybe we've seen this person already and put them in jail."

"I'm looking for Madame Rouge," He said simply.

"Wha-!" Beast Boy yelped. "Why would you even want to look for her?"

"Because," Kid Flash said simply, "she kidnapped some friends of my friend."

"You've got to be crazy to go after her on your own!" Cyborg told him.

"Yes, the Madame Rouge is a dangerous foe indeed," Starfire said.

"I'm not going after her alone. I've got a partner. Together, it'll be no sweat taking her down. We almost did it before, but she retreated," He laughed as if it was no big deal.

"Dude, what's your power?" Beast Boy asked, starry-eyed.

"I run really, really fast… and I can go through walls," Kid Flash shrugged.

"Beast Boy, his name is Kid Flash. What did you expect him to do?" Raven asked flatly. Beast Boy grinned sheepishly, and she shook her head.

"Who's your partner?" Robin asked as Kid Flash began typing away amazingly quickly on the computer.

"Ah…" Kid Flash responded hesitantly. "A…friend of mine…"

"Well, that was vague," Raven said dryly. "Does this partner of yours have a name?"

"Yeah," He said, still typing.

They all looked at each other with confused expressions.

"What's the guy's name!" Cyborg yelled finally, getting frustrated.

"I'll have you know," Kid Flash said smartly, "my partner is a girl."

Cyborg fumed for a few seconds, still not getting his answer.

"You'd better calm down, man, or you'll blow a circuit," Kid Flash said innocently. "I don't mean to be rude or anything."

Cyborg looked at his other teammates, then back at Kid Flash, and lifted his hands to strangle the quick little boy.

"AH!" He cried, making them all fall down. "There it is! That was easy! Thanks, you guys! I owe you one."

Before they could say anything, he zoomed out of the house.

Jinx stood grumbling outside the door of Titans Tower when he appeared, swept her into his arms, and took off across the ocean.

"They're a fun bunch of people!" He sang. "We should really join up with them because I bet they could help us a lot!"

"The moment they found out I was part of this, they wouldn't even give us a second glance!" Jinx complained. "You're stupid."

"Well, you know, heroes will give a villain a second chance if they actually come to them for help," Kid Flash said kindly.

"How do you know?" She rolled her eyes.

"Well… I did, didn't I?"

She went quiet.

"Aw, SHUT UP!"

"Heh-heh! I got you! I got you!"

"Stop that! You idiot! Not all heroes are like you! You're just indecisive! You don't know me all that well! Stop saying that!"

"OW! OW! Not the hair!"

"Hey, don't stop!"

SPLASH!