Jinx stood at the top of the stairs, bleary eyed, and as menacing as was possible on 3 hours of sleep and getting up too fast. She had hastily thrown on a white t-shirt and jeans, not having time for her normal clothing after See-More had woken her up.

Her eyes had bags under them, but they were still narrowed in fury.

"Why. Was it necessary. To wake me up?" She asked, barely maintaining calm. Gizmo was set to improve yet another rant, to explain to Jinx that they already had enough crudmunchers as it was, and that they shouldn't trust Billy, and –

But it was to no avail. Mammoth spoke up first, and broke things down to their simplest terms.

"Wykkyd brought in Billy Numerous. Wants to know if it's okay for him to join." He said, jerking his thumb towards the pale boy and the southerner with the large chin. Wykkyd nodded, giving a small smile. Billy smiled as well, completely oblivious to how his overconfidence might be a bad thing around Jinx's short temper.

However, he lucked out.

"Billy Numerous? Guy who… fought Titans, tried to steal Jump City bridge, right?" She said, eying him. Billy nodded.

"Sure. Fine. He's in. Nobody wake me up unless it's REALLY important."

Everyone but Gizmo nodded, who seemed to be paralyzed by her easy acceptance of Billy.

"Otherwise, I'll kick your ass, alright? I need sleep. Don't get too loud either." Jinx gave a faint wave, and walked back down the stairs leading to her room.

Gizmo's head was moving in quick, confused motions, starting words but never seeming able to finish them. "Abuh- buh – wuh – HUH!" His hands went through a rapid series of gestures, which surely had meaning to him, but not to any of the other members of the Hive Five. The rest of the Hive Five didn't share Gizmo's confusion either. Mammoth gave a toothy grin, See-More gave Billy a thumbs up, and Wykkyd smiled widely at Billy.

They were all together now. And Billy had united back together with his closest friend from the academy, Kyd Wykkyd.

This beat the hell out of being alone with lots of yourself, he thought.

There was a bit of a pause in the room. Gizmo had stormed out to go stew in his fury a bit and eventually get over it, like he always did. As for the rest of the Hive Five, Billy had a suggestion.

"Ya'll wanna build a pillow fort?"