Author's Notes: Sorry about the late update! I've been up since six in the morning, running around and what not. I was also pretty busy today, and so this chapter isn't as long as others. It's always funny how I imagine the story to go one way, and then as I'm typing, I think, "Eh, forget that idea. Let's try this out instead," and then I write out a similar ending, but a different way to get there. Heh, anyway, kudos to those who figured out the plot. Criticism for the following chapter is appreciated.

Disclaimer: "Teen Titans" and "Impulse" (who does not make an appearance, but is mentioned) do not belong to me, but can't everyone have their little fantasies?

Kid Flash looked around his apartment, scanning every part of every room to make sure that he had brought back everything that he had stolen in the past week or so. He sighed in relief and sat on the nearest chair. It was done. He had pulled off being Impulse, and he could finally kick back and relax. Well, not quite. There was still the problem with Jinx.

"Maybe I should stop by the Hive Five headquarters and see what they're up to," he thought. "Since I don't have a phone number, I'll have to talk to Jinx somehow." He slapped his forehead. "I wish she wouldn't overreact. She's avoiding this whole hero thing like the plague."

He was about to bolt out the door, when suddenly his phone rang. He sprinted to his phone instead and answered it. "Hello?"

"Kid Flash?" a voice on the other line said. "It's Arnold; we have a robbery in progress at the Jump City Scientific Research Facilities."

"I'll be right there," Kid Flash responded to the captain of the Jump City Police Department (JCPD). The Hive Five, Jinx included, would have to wait for now. He hung up the phone and ran out the door. He wasn't entirely prepared for who he would see standing in front of the research center.

A young, pink-haired witch was leaning against a wall of the building staring up at the sky. She noticed Kid Flash running to the scene of the crime, and then saw him coming over to her.

"Jinx? What are you doing here?" he asked, confused.

"Waiting around for you to show up. You're about fifteen minutes late. I had no idea you were so slow," she responded, eyes closing and a content look on her face.

"Fifteen minutes?" Kid Flash's confusion was growing by the second.

"Well, we decided not to let the police know about this little break-in until we were about fourteen minutes into it. It was all we needed, anyway. We decided to hit the same spot, since this time, there was no decoy in our way. The chemical's back at headquarters." She grabbed the speedster by the arm. "And don't even think about going back there to get it."

"Why?"

"Well, I obviously don't want you trashing headquarters again."

"Not that," Kid Flash sighed, dejected. "It's just…you're one of us now. I don't want you to go back."

Jinx's eyes opened and she stared into Kid Flash's blue ones. "Did I ask you to do this for me? Did I just run up to you and say, 'Oh, please, please, take me away from the bad guys! I'm so misunderstood! I never wanted to be like them!'? Why can't you accept the fact that I'm just bad?"

"Because I know you're not!" Kid Flash shouted, jerking his arm away from Jinx's hand and breaking the grip she had on him, which shocked Jinx and himself. He couldn't stop himself from saying what he needed to say. "I know there's something about you that's just above being this lowlife robbing malls and—,"

"You're right," Jinx cut him off. "I'm not some lowlife robbing malls, and what were you going to say? Parking meters? I'm going to be in the big leagues. I'm starting with this chemical, and once I present it to the Brotherhood of Evil, I'll be in for sure."

"Listen to me!" he shouted, grabbing Jinx by the shoulders. "How do you know Madame Rouge won't use you like she did last time? How do you know they're actually taking in new members? They've been a group of four people for as long as I can remember, and there are other scary villains out there, but have you noticed that even the vilest villains never get in? They're not going to take you. They're going to take that chemical, take over the world, and you'll be lucky if they even remember your name two hours later!"

Jinx was completely silent. She had never expected him to shout at her, and like that, too. His eyes were more intense than Jinx's could ever be at that moment (glowing or not). She opened her mouth to speak, but it was almost as if he had read her mind, and he spoke first.

"I know this because I've been working with the Flash for years now, and he knows more about the Brotherhood than the both of us. I take his word for everything he says, and Jinx, like I said before, I do care about you. I don't want you doing this. It won't end well. I know it."

"Why is he doing this?" Jinx thought to herself. "He's trying to be nice to me, isn't he? I'm still a criminal; doesn't he get it?"

After a moment of silence, she spoke. "If there are villains who don't need the Brotherhood, then I guess I'll be one of them. I can still use that chemical."

"Use it for what? I don't see world domination on your to-do list."

Jinx thought for a moment. She was, at first, going to turn the chemical in to the Brotherhood, but if they were going to take it and then be done with her, well, then she didn't want that. She would never let anyone walk over her like that. As a solo villain, she knew she'd be great, but this chemical…she never wanted to destroy the world. Holding cities for ransom, well, other villains had tried that before (as she remembered from history class at the Hive Academy), and those plans didn't really seem to work. "Do I even want that?" she thought. "What do I want? Darn it, I blame my hormones for this stereotypical teenage thinking."

Kid Flash loosened his grip on Jinx. "I'll give you time to think it over," he said solemnly. Before he turned to sprint back to his apartment, he looked at Jinx, who was deep in thought, and gave her a hug, which certainly got her out of her thoughts and sent quite a bit of blood rushing to her cheeks, making her blush. "I know you'll make the right choice," he whispered. In the blink of an eye, a blur of yellow and red was off and running.


More Author's Notes: Yes, this chapter was dark, but this is generally a pretty scary time in Jinx's life. And yes, the Hive Five pulled off a robbery in fifteen minutes. Just imagine how much Jinx freaked out once she got back to headquarters after the whole prison interview. When a woman is angry and scary, trust me, you do not want to disobey her orders. I will leave the miraculous robbery accomplished by actual Hive Five competency and Jinx's freaking out up to your imagination.