Idiot, he didn't even try to track me.
Jinx thought as she walked through a small alley on her way home. Her plan was to detour through a couple of nearby city, but when she looked behind her and saw Kid Flash running the other way, she thought 'what's the point'.
For a second she thought of following him. Find out where he was going, only then she decided that their little truce should at least extend for the rest of the day. If he was kind enough to let her go without being tracked it's the least she could do.
As she walked closer and closer to a leaning apartment, she couldn't help but let her mind wander back to her conversation with Kid Flash.
He broke up with his girlfriend,should she feel bad?
She shook her head. What was the point of feeling bad, it's not like he will be single forever. Just look at him, and with his flirting he's sure to find another girl in a second. Besides arrow girl didn't seem all that into him. No, she refuses to feel bad.
As she replayed her mini argument in her head, she slowly approached the brownstone apartments. Her mind obviously was busy because she nearly forgot to activate the info tech and let herself in.
A fingerprint scan and an eyeroll later she was instantly transported from the poor old Blue Valley brownstone apartments to the technology bunker right below it.
"Hey I'm back", she called as she walked through the first room. It was quiet in the giant bunker, way too quiet to even remotely be considered normal. "Guys..
"Watch popsicle I will destroy you"! Puppet King yelled as he chased after the Icicle Jr..
The dubbed popsicle was laughing maniacally while holding Puppet Kings crown."Sure your highness, as soon as your wooden legs catch me".
"Guys seriously we shouldn't resort to petty games of keep away". See-More exclaimed. After realizing he was being ignored he rolled his one eye and crashed onto the nearest couch cushion.
Partially irritated and a tiny bit amused Jinx decided to trip Icicle Jr and dramatically fall next to See-more on the couch.
"Hey witch you did that on purpose" Icicle Jr exclaimed.
Jinx pursed her lips, nearly appearing innocent if her smirk didn't follow, ' Did what"?
Icicle tried to reply but was cut off from Puppet Kings strangled cry and headbutt tackle. The two boys began to childishly fight over the crown, rolling on the ground and shouting the most deranged things.
"Look you little ice cube-
"What you stack of wood".
"Ugh, You're impossible.. Give me my crown"
"Nah, don't wanna"
"I swear to god Cameron"
"Always the biblical talk aye Jordan"
"Gaah"!
The following words were a series of grunts, yells, and witty insults. Despite the extensive injuries, the two teens were putting on each other Jinx couldn't help but smile at the situation.
"Shouldn't you stop them", See-More asked.
Jinx laughed as she turned her attention away from the feuding teens.
"Naah, Icicles only acting out cause Numerous is hurt and he's worried. This will give him something to do and Kingy some time away from his pouty plotting mode.' Sides there not causing that much damage".
" Cameron just cut a piece of Jordan's leg off"
Rolling her eyes Jinx swiftly replied, "They're wood I'm sure Giz will fix it. Bet Kingy can't feel a thing anyways".
See-More didn't seem to convinced."I guess….Is that chili leaking down your hand"?
Blinking a bit Jinx slowly unfolded her hand to reveal two smushed childogs,"Aww man I knew I should have just taken the fucking cart. Think Hoodie will still eat these"
"The Red hood left base twenty minutes ago. In response to your earlier question Mammoth will eat the substance no matter how foul it is" XL terrestrial stated before enlarging himself from his position on See-Mores arm.
"Jesus! I swear you and Red Hood try to freak me out. How long have you been there" See-More whined. He was definitely the most squeamish out of the group, one of his biggest pet peeves was when people snuck up on him. To say Batman was his least favorite hero was an understatement.
"He's been there since I got here. For someone with heat seeking vision you really suck at detecting people" Jinx teased.
See-More grew even more flustered as he nervously stuttered his reply. "I-I its hard when...my powers.. The h-helmettt…Jinx don't laugh at me...oh god.. nevermind just go give the chili dogs to Mammoth".
"Sure thing boss".
"Wait Jinx I didn't mean to sound demanding..I Know you're the leader.. I just-
Noticing the boy's flustered appearance Jinx could help but laugh and lovingly place a kiss on his cheek, "A whole three months and you still don't get my humor".
She didn't bother waiting for his reply. Like all the times she showed him any affection See-More was speechless, dazed, gone.
Her back was turned but she still would bet all her money XL terrestrial was rolling his bright red eyes.
Once she reached the doorway, she turned around and face the two boys with a serious expression. " When Hood gets back let me know".
Neither boy looked happy for the task. Red Hood was avoided at all times by See- More. XL Terrestrial well unless it had to do with training he avoided everyone. Despite this, both boys nodded their heads.
Thanks" Jinx called over her shoulder as she continued walking. The corridor was long, and Mammoths room was at the end of the hall after about thirty flight of stairs. To say she was irritated to find it empty was an understatement. After checking the rooms of Shimmer, See-More, Billy Numerous and Icicle Jr, she was beyond irritated
"Where the fuck is he. I mean he's bigger than the fridge, how can I not find him" Jinx muttered as she passed a couple of more rooms. She was now on the fourth floor and nearing the quitting stage of her quest to find Mammoth.
Untill she passed a shiny, metal door with the words 'keep out' crudely written in German.
"Giz is Mammoth in here" she asked as she walked in.
Gizmo appeared a bit annoyed for her lack of manners but was more annoyed with Shimmer peeking over his shoulder.
"Unfortunately, his darling psycho- I mean sister wouldn't let me work until I use my chami chamber to heal him. Problem is out of the twenty chambers I've made blubber butt can't fit in one. So I'm wasting precious time making a new one".
"Shut the fuck up dweeb and just do it. Don't you see how banged up Baran is " Shimmer sneered.
Mammoth who looked way worse than his smile gave off, kindly replied "But sis, I'm okay"
At this Shimmers pale white skin began to coat itself in the familiar shiny metal of Gizmo's lab.
Everyone stood leery,Shimmer did not activate her powers for scares.
However, instead of her usual angry shrill voice a calm almost potent voice spoke through. "No, Baran you're not. You took on wonder blonde and superbrat, you're practically dead. I can see your fucking bones poking out of your skin. But don't feel bad, it's not your fault". She lightly caressed that part of his body, the blood coating her perfectly manicured steel nails.
Narrowing her eyes Shimmer glanced up from her crouched position and glared toward Jinx direction, "It's hers".
She then flung the blood over in Jinx direction along with four bloody fingernails. The fingernails flew out like sharp knives, if Jinx hadn't moved quickly she's almost positive one would have sliced her neck.
Jinx who had expected such a response, rolled her eyes and slouched on the wall. She seemed perfectly at ease but Shimmer knew her better. She was prepared more than anyone for an attack, regardless of how nonchalant she looked.
She wasn't to surprised that only one of her follow up attacks hit Jinx, she was even less surprised when the blast of pink energy knocked her back six feet. She crashed into some equipment much to Gizmo's dismay but still smirked when she looked at Jinx's cut cheek.
"You done" Jinx cooly replied as she wiped over the cut in annoyance.
Shimmer glared, "Not a chance".
Before she could murder the pink haired teen, she was instantly lifted from the ground. She growled, cursed and screamed for her brother to put her down but was continually met with the same answer. " Sis don't go blaming Jinx".
While the two siblings argued Jinx strolled over to Gizmo. She took a moment to grab a healing pill from his stand before speaking to him.
"So how's Numerous, since he's not blabbing around the house I assume he must be in one of your chami chambers".
The german brat smirked a bit, " Idiot was so banged up he still hasn't regained consciousness. I told him one hundred was to many for his stamina".
Jinx nodded, she too though Numerous was becoming too cocky in his abilities."When will he wake up".
Gizmo shrugged,"Who knows, who the hell cares. I'm no doctor but I give him a couple of more hours".
Jinx bit her lip and smirked. Despite what Gizmo wanted them to believe he truly did care for all his comrades. She's sure he knows the exact minute Numerous will wake up.
"Hey what the fuck are your smiling for Pinky" Gizmo snarled.
Jinx rolled her eyes and decided not to tease him, just this once. "Nothing so did you figure out what the necklace was".
The subject change was obvious but Gizmo seemed too intrigued with her question to acknowledge it, "Not that Shitter gave me much time to analyze it but I did notice three things about our priceless little gem".
As he pushed a series of buttons on his wrist watch a table with the gem, a couple of tools and holograms appeared before them.
"Like" Jinx pressed. She grabbed the nearest magnifying class and started at this strange rock. It's not often they're sent on jewelry runs. Sure the rock was priceless but as far as she could see its just a rock. A turquoise,shiny rock.
"Well for starters, it was right to be considered priceless. I've never seen anything like it, it doesn't exist in any jewelry seller's inventory. So then I started digging and it turns out a comet recently crashed on Earth. The planet it originated from is unknown but some parts of the rock were chipped away and sold to the black market before the government took over. All of the stolen pieces of the rock were accounted for, all except one tiny pound".
Jinx rolled her eyes, there is no way she had to get her whole team for a rock "So it's a rare rock from space,great. Not kryptonite thats for sure and I dont think any other supers are afraid of rocks right".
Gizmo held a serious expression as he vehemently shook his head "Originally I was bummed like you. I thought it was just a pebble from space, then I cut two hundred and sixty three point nine volts into the center".
Jinx rolled her eyes, leave it to the midget to be dramatic "...And".
"Be quiet I'm trying to show you" Gizmo sneered. He pressed a few more buttons on one of the holograms before a giant bolt of electricity zapped the rock. Suddenly the rock began to tremble and small flecks of the turquoise began to move. Almost like circuits in a cable, or blood in a vein.
"Giz…", Jinx worried said.
"It's alive" Gizmo excitedly stated. He then began to ramble about all of the configurations, and equations.
"So the rocks alive, must be someone headquarter knows or wants to know".
Gizmo seemed a bit bummed at her interruption but still smiled as he spoke, " Not a rock, a computer".
"What"?
"I took a sample near one of my ports and it started moving toward it. I think it's ability to communicate is through a computer".
"And you're not trying to talk to what may be the rock of your dreams why"?
At this Gizmo soured. Her joke about the rock of his dreams went completely over his head all he could do was glare at the still arguing siblings and sneer, "I was interrupted"
At that exact moment Shimmer grew tired of her trapped position and agreed to no longer attack Jinx.
"Thank ya, sis"Mammoth yelled.
Jinx laughed and rubbed her now healed cheek, "Yeah thank ya".
Mammoth let Shimmer go, and walked over to the duo with a slight limp. He was a strong one, never showed how hurt he was. Even around his friends, especially around his friends.
Jinx was currently listing all of the dates Gizmo could go on with his one true match. Mammoth was now within the finished chami chamber but still joined in on the jokes and the duo's laugh began to merge.
Still a bit annoyed at her brothers current state, Shimmer growled "Just so ya know, when Madame Rouge gets here I'm demanding more brute back up".
Jinx seemed a bit startled by this proclamation. She had forgotten Madame Rouge would be coming today. She reluctantly leaned off of Mammoth and turned towards Shimmer with a serious expression. "Shimmer don't do that".
"Why not? Our ever fearless leader isn't going to", Shimmer said with a roll of her eyes.
In a way, she was right Jinx was too smart to ever think she could demand Madame Rouge something. Unlike Shimmer, Jinx had a history with the woman.
"Just don't" Jinx stated seriously.
Shimmer started to reply but was cut off by the alarm bell.
"Who the hell, would invade us" Gizmo yelled as he pressed numerous buttons enacting the top measures of security. In the midst of this, the rest of the team ran over to his room. Machines appeared everywhere, each with their own hidden weapon.
Despite their threatening appearance, more than half of those were destroyed in a fury of elongated kicks, jumps and punches. In the center of this turmoil stood a tall woman, with a short black bob and ruby red lips.
"Madame Rouge" Jinx stated.
The woman smirked, kicked a robot still clutched on her ankle, and walked over to the teens. " I was going to destroy all your little toys, boy. Be grateful I didn't".
Gizmo could only watch as the lethal women surveyed the room. There was little damage, Mammoth and Numerous were resting in chambers but she didn't acknowledge either of them, instead, her eyes gleamed once she spotted the turquoise rock on the table.
"Excellent, you got the sample of the rock. Any findings".
Gizmo carefully stated the same story he had told Jinx. However, he distinctly left out what number volt he used in order to make the rock react. Nor did he compare it to a computer.
"Hmmm so you're saying the rock expels or absorbs energy," Madame Rouge said after his explanation.
The young boy vehemently nodded his head, " I'm not sure what number volt I had used to make it react. And it doesn't react to any other volt. Perhaps if I knew what planet it came from". He lightly touched the rock almost stroking it before his hand was slapped away.
"Give me that. I said did you find anything not what did you hope to find. The scientist back at headquarters will take a look at this" the young woman sneered.
She then paused and once again surveyed the room. After a couple of seconds, she stared down at the teens and calmly asked, "Where is Red Hood".
Jinx spook in a calm but careful voice, "He went out for food".
Madame Rouge didn't seem to convinced, "Alone..Hmmm. That child was once Robin, despite his alliance with us, he is not to be trusted. He still denies remembering Batman's true identity,and refuses to unmask himself, correct?
Each teen nodded, some more quickly than others. Red Hood was not to be trusted, not even a little.
"When he returns tell him, he is no longer able to go out alone. Understood".This time Madame Rouge only spoke to Jinx. The pink-haired girl nodded though in all honesty, she wished she hadn't. Restricting Hood was only going to make him angrier.
"Good I'll take my leave", Madame Rouge said as she began walking to exit, the rock was now placed in a small metal box tied to her belt. She honestly thought it was beneath her to retrieve packages, however, she'll make an exception for this one.
Jinx was happy to see her going. Just a little bit further and they all could relax. Just a little-
"Hey Rouge" Shimmer yelled and everyone else winced. Jinx tried to stop her but the girl spoke before she could clamp her hand around her mouth. "Don't you see my brother, What about Numerous. We nearly died out there, we need more back up. Or is headquarters to busy with their heads in their asses-".
In an instant, an elongated arm with sharpened nails flew toward the girl. Shimmer prepared herself by coating her body in steel. However, she miscalculated, she didn't understand that Madame Rouge could pinpoint the weakest part of any substance, rock, or metal.
And when the woman's nails hit her face, Shimmer could feel her skin crack like glass. She screamed in agony and held the top of her face. She was bleeding, she could feel the blood dripping from where her eyes were...where they're supposed to be.
After blinking through her pain, she finally realized she couldn't see. Behind her, she could hear Gizmo screaming over the chamber her brother broke and she could hear her brother screaming trying to get out of the shield See- More trapped him in.
This was it, no one was going to help her. Her brothers trapped and she's gonna...
She's gonna die.
She kept repeating her last thought as Madame Rouge bragged about how eye removal was a specialty of hers. Her crude remarks were followed by a nasty squish sound, which could only be Shimmers eyeballs splatting on the ground.
She couldn't see it but she imagined it was gross.
Madame Rogue continued to stomp on the ground and tease Shimmer about her ugly scars. At this Shimmer could only scoff, who cares about a scar when she's going to die.
For dramatic effect and probably her own self-satisfaction Madame Rouge took her sweet time throwing sharpened things at the girl. Some bounced off of her steel body, some didn't. When one pierced her neck and she could hear herself choking, in her head she repeated her same sentence from before. She's going to die.
She heard the women walking closer. Her steps purposefully loud. Her heels clicking.
"Pitiful", Madame Rogue sneered. and for once Shimmer agreed.
Just as Madame Rough stood over her, elongated arm mirroring a sword. A pink surge of energy shook the girl out of range.
"Jinx, No"! See-More screamed.
"Jinx"? the blind Shimmer asked. She should be laughing at her, telling her I told you so. Why was she saving her?
Madame Rouge seemed a bit annoyed but crudely smirked at the pink-haired girl, "I trust you have a good reason for this insolence".
Jinx nodded her head, though she didn't feel any bit as confident as she appeared. "I am the leader, it's my responsibility to groom my team. I should have made Shimmer aware of your position. I am at fault".
Madame Rouge seemed to consider this, after a couple of minutes of silence, disregarding Shimmers strangled breaths, the young woman smiled. "Fine, follow me".
Jinx quickly nodded, behind her, she could almost feel her team biting their lips.
Just as they wanted to intervene with Shimmer, they wanted to stop Jinx. But they also wanted to save themselves. In their world, as villains. You cant count on anyone else saving you. Even if you're on a team.
Survival overrides kinship for a villain, no matter how much it hurts.
Knowing this Jinx turned to the still petrified team and gave them her most confident smile.
The team didn't breathe until the two silhouettes nearly disappeared in the hall. They didn't move until the computer indicated that the intruder was gone. And they still didn't even blink until their eyes burned. All they could do was stare, breathe, and repeat.
Gizmo was the first to break the silence, "Mammoth, Shimmer we need to get you to a chami chamber. Everyone else should be resting".
XL Terrestrial, Puppet King, and even Icicle Jr. nodded their heads and instantly left the room. See-More on the other hand turned around in a bind of fury, "Rest! How are we supposed to rest. She's our leader and we just watched her walk to her death".
"Jinx is strong, she'll be fine" Gizmo quickly replied.
"No she won't, Madame Rouge is one of the deadliest people in the organization. I've heard what she's done to people who oppose her. We should have just let her get Shimmer" See-More spat.
Mammoth appeared angrier at this and nearly stalked over to the one-eyed boy but was stopped at Gizmo's hand.
"I've known Jinx for two years now, she'll be okay with this trust me. What she won't be okay with is you running yourself ragged and worrying. That shield you put up for Mammoth exhausted you, we all can see that. Just go rest up See-More, Jinx will be here when you wake up", Gizmo softly said.
At the mention of the shield See-More's body finally caught up with his mind. Instantly he felt sluggish, tired, and drained. "Yeah..okay you're right.
He didn't bother looking behind him, he didn't even teleport himself in his room like he usually did. He just walked with hunched shoulders and a grim face.
When he was gone Mammoth turned to his sister to make sure she was okay. She was pretty banged up, but he knew See-More's words hurt her the more.
"Are you okay sis" he asked.
She slowly nodded and winced as Gizmo pulled the sharpened robot scrap metal out of her still stone neck.
Mammoth wasn't too convinced, as soon as he saw her wince he began to berate Gizmo on being gentle. Then he began pointing out her many other injuries Gizmo better address. When he started talking about her eyes, Shimmer lost it.
BANG
She hit him, hand still filled with holes and sharp objects. She hit him. Hit him like how she wanted to hit Madame Rogue, like how she wanted to hit Jinx, like how she wanted to hit herself.
The giant teen fell to the floor with a thud, shaking both the lab and its equipment.
Gizmo sighed, "Did you really need to make the idiot unconscious".
His reply was a half-hearted shrug. Usually, when he called Mammoth an idiot Shimmer would bite, yell or punch. Especially at him, Shimmer was a hot head and Gizmo was her least favorite team member. Their fights were notorious.
That's why Gizmo frowned at her reply.
He guessed her quiet behavior probably had to do something with her feelings, not usually one to divulge in THAT subject. He insisted on talking trash about her brother until she snapped.
"I mean how much does the fat lard weigh. And who the fuck is going to get him in the chami chamber now".
This time he was met with nothing. He could continue his rant, but it didn't really feel all that well when no one replied. Instead, he started to focus on her eyes.
It was bad. Normally he would just send an injured comrade into the chami chamber, however, with Shimmer it was different. Most of her injuries need to be treated in whatever material she got injured in, or else the injury just got worse as blood and skin were introduced.
The eyes were a little different, the whole thing was shattered That's the only real way he could describe it, like broken glass or a cracked sidewalk. The centered was fragmented in the tiniest pieces. While the remainder was surrounded with these spider web scars.
"I'm... gonna need you to deactivate your powers for this one" Gizmo said.
Again he was met with silence, however, when the blood started gushing down his hands, soiling the young girl's cheeks he knew she had listened to him.
"Here it's a new prototype of mine, almost like a chami chamber but a pill. Not as effective but size leaves convenience".
Shimmer said nothing. It took him a second but Gizmo finally realized that eye removal means she can't exactly see what he's offering her.
He said nothing as he held the two pills to her lips and waited for her to open her mouth. When she did her tongue darted out taking the two pills into her mouth as well as two of Gizmo's fingers.
"Gross" Gizmo squealed as he pulled them out and feverishly wiped his hand on his lab coat. He cursed at her a bit, in both English and German. Forget how red his ears were, that was purely because THAT was gross.
The pill worked a bit, her wounds all across her body began to heal. But her eyes, her eyes were still the same hollow blood filled holes.
Gizmo sighed and wordlessly led Shimmer to the nearest chami chamber. He was hoping the pills would work.
By the time they reached the chamber, the worst of her body injuries were the only ones left. Gizmo thought about acknowledging how none of the sharp objects left a mark on her body but when he looked up and saw the absence of eyes he decided against it. He cleaned around each eye, put a patch over them and strapped the still silent girl inside.
Once she was inside, Gizmo walked over to the nearest 'project' and pretended to give it all his attention.
He didn't look up once. Not when she started testing the restraints. And definitely not when she started screaming, she was regrowing both eyes, of course, its gonna hurt.
About thirty minutes later he went to check on her. Vitals were good, nerve replacement good. He'd give her another 4 hour or so. In the midst of her check-up, Numerous finally woke up. The rambunctious redneck was loud and boisterous as ever. It took Gizmo ten minutes to convince him to shut up, and two to get thirty copies to lift Mammoth in his own chamber.
Around 1 hour later Mammoth was still unconscious but his wounds were healed so Gizmo had Numerous take him to his room. Another hour later Shimmer began to lose control of her powers fading into the frailest materials and then the strongest.
If she kept struggling she was sure to break it, but in the last two hours, three remarkable things happen.
1) The team actually managed to get along or their keeping their fights super quiet
2) Red Hood finally came back, Gizmo was worried he would have to send someone out for the angry teen.
3) In the midst of Shimmer struggling her mind finally gave out and she collapsed.
In the last hour the blood dried up, the spider web cracks didn't disappear but her damaged eyes were fully healed. She still unconscious as the short genius peeled back the bandages. But after a quick inspection a poke here and there, two dark green eyes were glaring back at him.
Shimmer must have been surprised. Those same green eyes grew wide as she surveyed the boy in front of her and smiled. She only hadn't been able to see for a few hours but damn was she glad she could again.
She wordlessly nodded to Gizmo and strolled out of the room. She didn't do Thank you's, unless it was a special occasion. And as much as Gizmo giving her back her sight was one, there was someone who deserved her thanks a little more. She'd have to wait, but eventually, she would come home. She has to come home.
So that leaves Shimmer to where she is now. Asleep on the couch in an upright position. She tried to stay up and probably could have, but when u mix Hennessy, guilt, and still sore eye sockets you're usually screwed in the conscious department.
At four o'clock the loud shuffling of the lock woke her up. She had but seconds to prepare as a beaten, defeated Jinx stood in front of her. The girl swayed a bit before regaining her balance and addressing the redhead.
"Giz fix your eyes, good".
"Your back" Shimmer replied astonished. In the last couple of hours, she honestly had begun to doubt the girl was even alive.
Jinx scoffed, "Of coursssssse I'm back. I have ssschoool tommorow or I guess today. Aww man that only leaves three hours to ssssleep". As much as she tried she couldn't help but slur her words a bit. Damn her head hurt.
She didn't bother listening to Shimmer fumble for her gratitude. She simply walked past the girl and towards Gizmo's room.
"Hey wait" Shimmer started. She couldn't believe how much of an asshole Jinx was being, she knew how hard this was for Shimmer. When said asshole didn't bother turning her head, Shimmer's temper got the best of her. She growled and stalked over to the injured girl, violently tugging her body back towards her. "I was talking to you" she spat.
Piercing pink eyes glared her down, well sort of. The right eye was puffy and red, while the left was swollen shut. It was at this moment Shimmer really got a look at her. Jinx's outfit was in tatters much like the rest of her body. Bruises littered her arm, blood leaked from every limb. Her left rib was poking out and her knees were flailing pieces of skin.
As her eyes roamed every injury the voice in her head rang. It's all your fault. All your fault.
" If you're going to tell me I look like shit, thanks I know" Jinx sarcastically replied. Shimmer winced and bit her lip regretfully. This was all her fault.
Her regretful behavior didn't go unnoticed by Jinx. The beautiful battered girl placed a broken hand on the shaking girl's shoulder. " Hey.. look I don't know what you're thinking but.. this isn't your fault".
Shimmer bitterly laughed, "Then whose fault is it….. You warned me and I didn't listen. Why did you stop her? Rogue would have killed me and you would be fine. Why did you do that"!
She didn't mean to but her feelings got the best of her. She started yelling towards the end. Tears fogged her vision but she refuses to let them fall.
Jinx squeezed her shoulder slightly until the estranged girl lifted her gaze up at her. "I did it because you're apart of the team...because at the end of the day it wasn't your fault. You're right, we do need more brute strength on the team, thanks to you headquarters knows that now. And because no one has a right to hit you. Remember that okay".
Shimmer didn't respond, she couldn't. She and Jinx had never been close, never been friends. But at that moment Shimmer felt a kinship she had only ever felt with her brother. Someone besides Mammoth actually cared for her well being.
Still, she wasn't a pansy, far from it. So she couldn't embrace the beaten girl, nor could she say anything emotionally uplifting. So she settled for a small nod and a ruley smirk. One Jinx was more than happy to duplicate.
On days like this, it became clear. Sometimes, just sometimes kinship can out rule survival.
Okaaay so that's chappie number 2!I really hope you guys like it!
I wanted to give insight on Jinx and the rest of the team. A lot of times I feel like villains aren't given the same amount of character build up as the heroes, and well that just sucks. I want you guys to learn just as much about this team as you do the other.
Wally made no appearance. Booo, I know. But he will be back next chapter.
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