Strange.
That was the only way to describe this.
It wasn't weird, crazy, or even a little bit scary.
Just…..strange.
One minute Jinx is training the new recruits.
The next minute she's encased in darkness listening to Supergirls wails. After pushing the loud blonde off of her and finally convincing the team that this isn't a new exercise. She immediately went on the offensive, urgently looking for whatever caused this.
Maybe they blew out a fucking watt or something. Her team was already a hazard, these three recruits...just added to the destruction.
After finding out the entire blocks power was out, she figured she should probably ask someone who knows about electricity.
"What the fuck is going on," Jinx said as she held her arm up, illuminating Gizmo's lab in pink.
"If I knew, you think I' de be fucking with the processor," Gizmo yelled back. He was crouched down, flashlight in his mouth frantically pushing buttons and resetting wires. It didn't make sense.
There is no way the entire building would cut off like this.
There's no way HIS lab would shut down the same day dumb ass Mammoth breaks his generator.
There is no way.
He can't be this unlucky.
He grumbled, pushed another three buttons, and sighed when nothing happened. "Somebody's up to something".
"Yeah, and whoever it has hella reach", See-more shyly said from the entrance. He looked less than happy to be in the cold laboratory. Okay, he looked positively terrified to be in the lab.
Which didn't bother Gizmo, he did know See-more history with laboratories after all. So no, he wasn't bothered. Not with See-mores shivers, or his lack of eye contact. He wasn't bothered until he saw who See-more brought with him.
At the sight of her figure Gizmo huffed. Jinx he could handle, See-More he could handle, but Shimmer. ….She's destructive, demonic, and….. Distracting.
A complete fucking psycho.
Said psycho smirked at him as she crossed around his lab fiddling with whatever she passed.
When she finally stood in front of him, the pink glow from Jinx's hand made it obvious she was more than worn down. One eye was black, bruises littered her forearms and blood was on her shirt.
He knows he should be focused on the power, but damn it he can never pass making fun of Shimmer.
"Whew", he whistled crudely, smirking. "Guess the new recruits took a bite outta you. Who was it, Troi….hmmm Jade…..Supergirl"
Shimmer bristled, "Oh fuck off gnome and turn the fucking power back on".
"I know this may be hard for your pea brain to understand, but it's not as simple as flicking a fucking light switch. All electronics are off, even fully charged cell phones. This isn't your regular power outage." Gizmo sneered back.
Almost instantly Shimmer flung the nearest object at him. It was proto-type, for a black hole storage unit he was working on. She didn't exactly break it, but damn did it hurt his head.
Didn't he tell ya, a fucking psycho.
He pointed his laser at her, burned her arm. Laughed at her scream and ducked as she threw more inventions his way.
Didn't he tell ya, distracting, fucking psycho.
"Stop it both of you", See-more yelled as he tried to step in between the two, hoping his presence was enough to deter them. It wasn't.
Both heavily smirking now, the short teen and the beautiful brute still engage in their petty battle. Only this time they now had See-more as a moving target.
It wasn't until a scrap of metal nearly smacked Jinx in her own face that she decided to step in.
Children. She was literally dealing with children. With a roll of her eyes, she hit both Shimmer and Gizmo with a surge of energy before addressing the two.
"Come on Giz, leave See-more alone. And Shimmer aren't you supposed to still be in the training room. I told you to watch them".
Shimmer ever the ray of sunshine she is, rolled her own eyes, and ungracefully dropped whatever invention she was about to shuck. "You sure did. But hey Cyclops here was leaving and I probably would've killed Super blonde if I stayed. I gladly would've gone somewhere else but Baron's sleeping and Hoodie is cleaning up after Arrow boy..again. Icy and Numerous are torturing Pinocchio, which is fun but not so much when he doesn't have blood. So here I am".
Ugh. Jinx sighed.
What's sad is, this is probably the most mature thing Shimmers has ever done.
Rolling her eyes back. Jinx groaned and motioned to See-more. " Your report".
See-more ever the love-struck fool he was, stopped his moment of gapping at Shimmer to fully address the pink-haired beauty. " I went to look around like you asked me. And well, Bludhaven, Gotham, Star City, Central City, Smallville, and Blue valley have all lost power. It's crazy out there, Supers are just about everywhere".
Jinx nodded trying to figure out just what those cities had in common. Power source, companies, anything is evidence.
Before she could truly map out whatever conspiracy theory her mind was cooking up, the small boy beside her perked up.
Gizmo paused, "No other cities"
See-more nodded, then grimaced, "Well I can't exactly go to every city in the world but when I checked Milan, Vegas, and Los Angeles-
Instantly Gizmo swore, mixing both his English and his German as he crouched down again only this time he began using his laser to draw on his floor.
"Uh Gizmo, you okay" See- more kindly asked. Gizmo was erratic and a bit rude, but always majorly OCD. He would never write on his floor.
"I think the munchkins gone crazy, " Shimmer happily added.
Jinx ignoring both of them crouched down next to the small teen. "Giz, you know what's going on"
The small teen nodded, " Somebody used an SME, and I'm willing to bet it was somebody from our side."
"A what", Shimmer asked.
If Gizmo heard her he didn't make it obvious. His movements did not change, his eyes still focused on whatever he was drawing. He repeatedly kept scribbling with the laser and stepping back. Almost as if he was an artist admiring a painting.
Jinx had to nudge him twice till he finally mumbled out "Sion magnet with an electronic base".
This time Shimmer sighed and crouched down, "Okay now in English dweeb".
Snapping his head up, Gizmo nearly dropped his laser as he glared. " I said it in English and you know it".
Screw her. She knew languages were a sore subject for him.
Sighing yet again Jinx stepped in between the two, "Giz, what's a Sion magnet".
"Think of it as a giant metal source powered with ions", Gizmo said before continuing his drawing.
The others said nothing, eventually, they figured the small teen would explain. When he didn't, Shimmer was more than happy to talk again.
"Well, what makes you think it was us smarty. Seems like a pretty good excuse for Supers to just parol around. Oh, darkness let me protect you, Batman and all that crap ".
See- more grimace, "I don't think so Shimmer. You should've seen it, everything stopped and dark. People are going crazy, this is more problems than any Supes wants".
"Not to mention SME's are highly illegal and highly destructive. One SME could decimate a country. It's probably the most dangerous weapon in the world." Gizmo added.
Shimmer smirked, " Okay I take it back, that does sound like us".
"Doesn't sound like a power outage though," Jinx added.
Gizmo nodded," They're not usually, it's pretty hard without frying yourself but when paired with a polar magnet, they can wipe out all electricity from at least 67,000,000 kilometers radius".
Jinx paused, "So whoever did this was in one of those cities".
Ever pleased that at least someone had a brain, Gizmo beamed up at her. "Yeah, if they're able to get their hands on SME. Then I need to know who".
Jinx nodded almost immediately. It is moments like this that she and Gizmo were on the same wavelength. Whoever has this weapon needs to be identified. Whether she working with them or not.
It really could be anyone in the League of Doom. It could be any villain. And that was a problem, she was acquainted with only some of them. And she trusted none of them.
She stepped back a bit, grabbed a laser, and added," Gothams right here".
Still not really understanding, See-more stepped back also and fully looked at what the small teen had been scribbling.
It was a circle, with points and numbers...almost like
"Coordinates?" See-more asked.
'Yeah, if I use actual numbers, It'll make sure I pinpoint this correctly".
Finally, See-more understood. Ever the helpful dolt, he instantly began teleporting back in forth, naming coordinates as he reappeared.
Meanwhile, Shimmer shook her head. This was making no sense." Okay, I get the SME thing stops electronics, super dangerous, scary but why is Poindexter is drawing math on his floor?
"To find the SME" Jinx hastily replied.
Huh.
"It's basic geometry, retard. Think of this way, if all these cities are in one circle I just need to figure out which city is in the middle and then I know where this all started. Hence where the SME is." Gizmo smirked. He was obviously enjoying this.
"Nerd" Shimmer grumbled as she stalked over to his large computer.
It was strange for once, the large screen blank, no light illuminating from it. And no short teen angrily yelling from it either…...yet.
She smirked since the owner was too busy messing with his circle, Shimmer figured now was the best time to switch the keyboard keys.
She was almost finished with it too, before the strange genius yelled out a proud, "Got it"
Groaning, Shimmer lifted herself off of the computer and sarcastically quipped, "Oh goodie"
"Guess where", Gizmo excitedly asked the trio
Honestly, he was such a child.
Shimmer faked her own enthused smile and excitedly replied, "Your mother's house". She finished her reply with a flashing middle finger and an eye roll.
Not the least bit disturbed, Gizmo's smile didn't even drop as he quickly replied. "She's dead, like yours. Anyways the SME is in Central City".
See- More frowned, then turned to Jinx, "Isn't that where your cover is".
Jinx nodded then frowned herself.
If this SME was as dangerous as Giz said. It shouldn't be there. Not in Central City, where villains call themselves Rogues and don't kill. Not in the place where people say sorry for bumping into you.
Not where her fr-...cover is.
Something is wrong about this.
Before she could dwell further on it, the lights started flickering until the room was brightly encased in light once more. The computer started up and the tell-tell chime of cellphones started ringing.
It takes a second to realize one of them are hers. "Hello," She answers, then curses herself for not checking which phone this was.
"Trixxxxxx, that youuuu. You sounddddd funny" Abigail Caperson's bubbly voice said. Her words slurred a bit, and it took Jinx but a second to realize it. Abigail was drunk.
She did not have time for this.
"Oh yeah, I uh have a cold", Jinx murmurs as she shuffles through Gizmo's gadgets for a spare bracelet. When Gizmo finally hands her one, she instantly puts it on and watches as her skin, hair, and voice changed.
"Oh, hey did yourrrrrsss power go out toooooo. It's sooooo weird, Carmichael said it was like all of Central City. Like all of it just came back on", Abigail asked. She started to ramble about how crazy that is, and how lucky she is to have so many generators on deck.
Shit, Jinx really doesn't have time for this. "Uh yeah, Abby look I kinda-
"Then Wally came over and-
Wait what.
"He came to your place", Jinx asked. She asked but she really didn't want to know the answer.
Because if she's honest, Abigail Casperson is her, at least her covers….friend.
Her pretty, popular, teen magazine friend. Her friend who despite having the quarterback as her boyfriend still gets love letters in the bulk.
Her superstar friend who guys dream of knowing.
And Wally's a guy right.
She's not jealous...just curious.
Besides her, she could feel See-more's stare. Gizmo was thankfully too busy fiddling with his computer and arguing with Shimmer to notice.
Abigail paused as if not sure if she should say anything else, then quietly whispered, "Yeah, he's really bummed because his friend just….died. So we drank until he passed out, which took a while cause ya know Wally's limits are vrooooom.".
"You guys are alone or-
"Uh yeah, Chads on his way though.….. Did ya hear me, his friend died Trix", Abigail whispered again.
Oh yeah. She forgot. Normal people don't deal with death on a regular bases.
"Yeah that's...sad" Jinx said after a moment. This time she turned to give See- More a full stare back. She knows he has super-vision, but he can't hear their conversation...
So why was he staring at her like that?
"Are you watching some German telenovela or something", Abigail asked. And for a second Jinx paused, she nearly forgot Gizmo was yelling at Shimmer in the background.
"Uh yeah. I have to go drink some soup. See ya Abbey".
"Wait Trix-
CLICK
Shit, Jinx had never hung up a phone faster.
Slumping against a table she tore the bracelet off, relieved as her pink markings appeared and her hair colored.
She glared at Gizmo, not having it in her to yell at the teen. Shit, Shimmer was annoying and if she's being honest, she really didn't want to continue that conversation with Abigail.
"What was that," See-more asked after a second.
"What was what" Jinx defensively asked back.
"Your body temperature went through the roof, that quickly your heart must have been beating really fast. And your defensive...to me. Are you okay, did she find out or-
Instantly Jinx cut in, "I'm fine See-more. Nothing to worry about".
See-more looked like he wanted to say more but a loud screech as well as twenty hysterical laughs rang out.
Shimmer frowned, recognizing the yell instantly. "Numerous and Icy better not be fucking with Baron again" she mumbled, before running out of the room.
"Please make sure she doesn't kill them," Jinx said to See-more.
And though he shouldn't have, See-more nodded. Exiting the lab in the blink of an eye. He'll do anything for Jinx, even ignore whatever she didn't want to talk about.
Now just the two of them, Jinx turned to a still fuming Gizmo. Apparently Shimmer had done something to his computer. She waited until he finally fixed whatever was wrong with it to address him, "Can you find out who exactly is the lucky owner of our SME".
Gizmo frowned, " Pinpointing the cities the best were gonna get".
Jinx groaned. Great.
"Better news, we have two missing calls from headquarters. I was waiting for Shitter to leave since it's probably Rouge…..You wanna call back or should I", Gizmo sarcastically added.
"Pleasures all yours" Jinx unhappily replied.
Gizmo frowned, redialled the number, and waited for the beautiful women to pop on his computer screen.
He waited.
And waited.
But it wasn't Madame Rogue who answered.
"Luthor," Jinx said after a moment, almost cautiously. She didn't like him and he knew it.
The bald man raised his eyebrow as if he was amused. He then turned his attention to Gizmo. " I've to say, boy, I've had my doubts with your resume. Custom artificial weaponry is less than spectacular, especially for one dubbed the smartest boy alive. Forgive me, a genius hardly recognizes another intellect. But an SME, color me….intrigued".
Jinx said nothing. Gizmo said nothing.
Because them not knowing who had the SME was an inconvenience. But Luthor not knowing…. was a problem.
Luthor obviously caught on quickly, he paused. Voice threatening to break into a yell, on the crack of anger he said, "It was you..right".
Gizmo paused, unsure of himself and what this meant, "No sir, it wasn't".
Luthor, now over the ledge of professionalism, abruptly stood up and angrily turned his attention back to Jinx. Veins are already threatening to pop, he paused for a second before addressing her. "Your covers in Central City! How could it not be you! No other villain of calibur resides there. Do you think of me as a fool"!
Again Jinx said nothing. Luthor knows she does not think of him as a fool. He knows she would not be stupid enough to try something like this and keep it under the radar.
He knows, which makes him all the angrier.
Luthor, more than irritated that his assumption was wrong, glared up at the two and hit his camera. It went off-screen, only showing the feet of the few unlucky scientists who were to face Luthor's wrath.
A woman's face showed for a second before the screen cut. The call ended.
It was no longer strange.
This situation wasn't strange anymore. It was all too clear.
Somebody cut the power in over six major cities.
Somebody who outsmarted Luthor.
Somebody who didn't care if they killed millions or themselves.
Somebody who doesn't work for the League of Villains.
Strange wasn't the word.
This was bad.
Alright!. Jinx is back leading a chap! Did yall miss her? I hadn't realized its been so long since shes lead one. Although honestly, this chapter was a bit more of a Gizmo and Jinx mix lead. I really wanted to showcase the power outage definitely didn't only affect Wally. I hinted at the other cities in the previous chapter, how many of yall saw this coming tho. Its a problem and like Melvot it will affect a lot of people.
Ah Gizmoo my nerdling, I literally love him y'all. I put a bit of his and Shimmers dynamic in here because I enjoyed writing the two of them back in chapter 2. Shimmers the biggest bitch but that's why we love her right. The rest of the club didn't make the cut, even though I wanted them too. Did yall miss them? Who's your favorite of the chaos club? Hood? Numerous? Shimmer, See-more? Ah and See-More! He's baby and no one can tell me different.
And we have a lot of reveals this chapter but even more mysteries. I'm not gonna say the reveals but there were three major ones can you name them all? As for mysteries who do guys think is behind this SME thing? Remember this is the exact power outage that helped Wally conceal his secrete identity when he running around Central. Coincidence? Or Naaah. Speaking of which our Wallman did not make an appearance. Booooooooooo! I know. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Please review!
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Grungekitty
Maybeeeeeeee…...maybe not. Keep reading. Thanks for reviewing!
Guest (1)
Yes! Roy is with Jinx and the gang. I love the new name, Chaos club! So stealing it! Lol. Roys recovery or journey to recovery is gonna be explored thoroughly with the chaos club. Jasons the perfect person to help with this because of his mom and the rest of them are the perfect people to fuck that up. Plus all Roys other shit he has to deal with! Wheeew get ready. I enjoyed your guess of Armen...still not telling lol. But it will be revealed in later chapters. Thanks for your review, made my day!
Nana1995
I'm glad the story has you excited! I'm slow with updates, sorry. Will try to be better! Thank you for your review!
CangraCourter
Thank you! Your review made me smile so hard. Lol, Wally was a savage for that line! But totally in the wrong! Thanks again for reviewing.
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Thank you for the kind review! You're not imposing at all, don't feel bad. I honestly don't really measure my chapters. They fluctuate, some are really long while others are kinda smedium. There is this kinda feeling I get when writing where I just know a chapter is done. And I just stop there lol. Sorry but Idk if chapters will get shorter. I tend to write on the longer side. I will try to update more often though. It's really motivating for me when you guys send me reviews and stuff. I just have to start writing. So thank you!
Nightwing Gurl
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