WOAH! So many reviews! So little blood circulation! Thanx SOOO much, guys! Ok, that aside, all I've been getting is "Where's Flash and Jinx's kid?" Do you guys even read the summary? THERE ARE 4 NAMES!... did I say that out loud? Anywhos… get ready to be appeased… because here comes the third West!
Anna West
Jessie groaned as he tossed and turned in bed. The sheets got twisted up in his legs and sweat made his blue face glisten. He bared his teeth as they grinded together. Suddenly, his eyes shot open, imitating a white light as an image flashed in his mind.
"… What was I gonna do? Invite you to tea?…"
He shot up in bed, gasping for air. He hadn't had a dream in a long time…
He quickly bolted out of bed and ran into the Opps Room where Mari and Pete were trying to still fix the computer.
"Guys!" he said, making them jump.
"What?" said Mari, quickly coming over to him.
"I had a dream!"
"Awww," said Pete, sarcastically, "did you win the Little Miss Cutesy Pageant?"
"Look, I'm serious! When ever I have a dream about something, it comes true!"
"Ok," said Mari, "what did you see."
He focaused.
"It was a girl… and… something about tea…"
Pete just gave him a blank stare and went back to fiddling with the wires.
"Um…" said Mari, trying not to sound mean, "tea…?"
"Yeah…"
WOO-OO WOO-OO!
All three jumped as the whole room light up with red.
"The computer's working!" shouted Pete
Mari went over to the screen as it showed a map of the city. There was a red dot next to the words First National Bank.
"It looks like someone just robbed a bank," said Jessie.
"Really?" said Pete. "I couldn't tell."
"Our parents were superheroes, right?" said Mari. "Well, then, I see no reason to break with tradition. Let's go!"
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Inside the First National Bank, a girl waited impatiently as she sat on a ledge.
Suddenly, part of a wall exploded, letting in Mari, Jessie, and Pete.
"Freeze!" Mari commanded, lighting up a starbolt.
"Well, finally!" said the girl as she hopped down from her seat. "I was beginning to wonder if you guys would ever show!"
The three looked at each other, then back at the girl.
She wasn't very tall, but wore black platform shoes with thick, purple soles. She had pale skin that was almost white and purple, cat-like eyes. She had bubble gum pink hair that she kept in a braid that went just below her shoulders and above her eyebrows hung four red bangs. Around her neck she wore a velvet black choker with a black lightning blot attached to it. She was slightly flat chested and wore a long sleeved, black shirt, with the hem of the shirt and sleeves sliced and died purple. Along with that she wore black bell-bottoms with a purple hem on each leg. None of the others knew what to think of her.
"So, you were – waiting for us?" asked Mari, confused.
"I couldn't figure out another way to meet you. I mean, what was I gonna do? Invite you to tea?"
Something clicked in Jessie's mind.
"Mari!" he said, "That's the girl! The one in my dream!"
"You're sure?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, I'm flattered, kid, but I don't have time to joke around. You are the kids of the original Titan's, right?"
Mari looked at her. "Ok… you know us. But who are you?"
"The name Anna West, but you can call me Hex."
"Hex, huh? Well, then I'm… Nightstar… and this is… Drone," she pointed to Pete, "and this is… Birdboy," she pointed to Jessie.
"Ha!" Pete whispered to Jessie. "You got the lame name, Birdboy!"
"So how, exactly, do you know us," asked Mari, clearly suspicious.
"Grapevine. My parents knew yours."
"They did?"
"Yeah. I'm the daughter of the Flash and Jinx."
"You're the daughter of the Flash?" said Pete.
"Yup, that's my dad."
"Hmm…" he said, scanning her. "You don't look a thing like him."
"Yeah, I kinda swim on my mom's side of the jean pool. And actually, that's why I left Sacramento to find you guys. About a week ago, my parents vanished with out a trace. Then I heard about you guys and thought we could help each other out."
"Well.." said Mari, "I'll have to discuss it with my team…" Then she pulled Jessie and Pete into a huddle.
"Let her help," said Jessie. "I think she means well."
"Yeah, and besides, she's cute," said Pete.
"Guys, did you hear her? She said she 'swims on her mom's side of the jean pool'. "
They looked at her blankly.
"Do you even know who her mom was?"
….
"(sigh) When our parents were teenagers, Jinx led the Hive Five."
….
"She was a bad guy!"
"But, didn't Jinx turn to our side?" asked Jessie
"Well… once a villain, always a villain, I say…"
"Mari," said Pete, "one cannot simply judge a person on what they look like or where they come from. People are more complex then that. They have emotions, feelings, different sides not yet discovered. Or, as the old saying goes, 'you can't judge a book from its cover', or in this case 'author'."
Mari and Jess looked at him wide-eyed.
"Wow," said Mari. "that was – deep."
"Huh," said Jessie, "what do you know; he does have a brain!" Pete thunked him on the head. "Ow!"
"Well… as much as I hate it, I'll give her a chance. But she makes one wrong move and she's on her own."
They broke the huddle and Mari walked over to Anna, who stood, crossing her arms, waiting for the answer.
"Well?"
"All right, you get one chance. But be forewarned; I'm watching you. Make one mistake and you're out. Got me?"
"Ok, ok, I get it, geez! Paranoid much? You must be Robin's kid."
All right, review! And, trust me, Anna's not a clone of Disgracia (Jinx). Five reviews and you get another chappie! So, get that comment in!
T.
