Author's Notes: I have time for writing this fanfic because I am a fifteen-year-old on summer vacation. I don't go to camp (yet), I'm unemployed, and my mom forces me to stay at home on some days (such as today). I guess you could say I have no life on some days, but chapters take me less than two hours to write (depending on how many times I am distracted while writing, and believe me, I get distracted easily). Anyway, I promise that this chapter isn't as dark as the last one. Criticism is appreciated.
Disclaimer: "Teen Titans" does not belong to me, but whoever it does belong to must be very happy.
Kid Flash closed the door to his apartment, leaned back onto it, and sighed. He didn't want to be that hard on Jinx. She actually looked scared, but then again, the teenage speedster was pretty frightening back at the research center. He closed his eyes and recalled what happened a short two minutes ago. He felt like a jerk, but sometimes, things like that had to be said in the way that he said them. Well, it had already happened, and he couldn't change that. His mind floated to another topic. "Hmm, when was the last time I got her a rose?" he thought. "Those guys at the flower shop must be wondering what's going on." He smiled. "Well, I guess I could stop by later, as long as Jinx doesn't decide to demolish all of Africa or something."
He heard a knock at his door and turned around to open it. Once he did, his eyes opened wide in fear, but it was too late to fight back his attacker.
Jinx entered the living room of the Hive Five headquarters to find her teammates lying either on the floor or on various pieces of furniture, looking tired as ever. Pulling off that robbery was not an easy task, especially for her. Her knees would be aching for a while after the number of maneuvers she had to pull off to get the box with the real chemical in it.
"Great job, guys," Jinx announced to her teammates. "You pulled that off even better than last time."
"Yeah, yeah," she heard Gizmo call from the floor. "Just let me sleep, will you?"
"Heh, sure," Jinx said. "Where did you guys put the chemical?"
"Communications room," See-More replied, his voice muffled since he was lying on his stomach on a couch.
"Thanks," she responded with a smile. She walked to the staircase and went down one flight of stairs, then proceeded to the communications room. Within it, she saw the box with the right chemical in it, walked over to it, and opened it. There was no eerie glow, and to that, she smiled. "So it is only in the movies," she thought. The liquid was actually a dark green that resembled chlorophyll in its liquid state. She closed the box and looked at the giant screen that took up most of one of the walls of the room. The symbol of the Brotherhood of Evil was displayed on the screen. Pulse quickening, Jinx ran out of the room and up a flight of stairs to get to the living room.
"Did you guys contact the Brotherhood of Evil?" she asked frantically. She heard Mammoth grunt what sounded like a "yes."
"You told them we had the chemical?"
"Yeah," See-More responded. "They're sending someone to come by later. I hope it's not Madame Rouge again."
"I second that!" Billy Numerous responded, raising his hand. Jinx didn't see it, though, because he was on the floor and on his back. "That woman sure is creepy."
"I have a feeling they will, though," Jinx said. "The Brain can't travel on his own. Monsieur Mallah…well…it's not everyday you see a talking gorilla, and so sending him would be out of the question. I doubt General Immortus would even bother coming here. She's not entirely scary, though."
"Speak for yourself," Billy responded.
"What did they say when you contacted them?" Jinx was starting to get a little worried.
"Not much really, stupid crudmunchers," Gizmo said. "They're a waste of time." On a normal day, Jinx would've yelled at Gizmo for such a statement, but this time, she said nothing. Instead she walked out of the living room and into her room, closing the door behind her.
"What now?" she thought to herself. "Madame Rouge is coming later. We have the chemical. They could take over the world, not even needing our help, and then what? It's a bleak future for everyone except them. They want world domination, and I…I don't even know what I want. I'm just bad luck. I use it to get what I want. I can steal food, jewelry, and things that I actually need, but could never afford. I wonder if heroes get a salary…no, no, don't think about being a hero. Focus on this now. Focus on this. Wait, what could I possibly use this chemical for? Kid Flash is right. I don't want to take over the world. Well, if I don't want to take over the world, what's the point of even joining the Brotherhood? Maybe there is none. Maybe I just stole this chemical to prove that I could. What am I going to do with it now? I can't hand it over to the Brotherhood, can I? No, no, that can't happen." A new idea dawned on her. "Am I even cut out for this villainy stuff?"
Her thoughts raced back to memories at the Hive Academy. She was one of their best students, but that was just because she was a model student. She studied for her exams. She never cheated. Had she been in a heroic academy (did they even have those?), she would've had the same work ethic. Her thoughts went even farther into her past to the days when she went to a normal elementary school. Her classmates teased her for her style and attitude, since she was on the geeky side, but she always got revenge. Usually, a flash of pink would strike a paint bottle or something during art class, and whoever it was that teased Jinx would end up with a stream of paint on their clothing. That wasn't being a villain, though. That was making yourself feel better by settling the score. Anyone with bad-luck powers would've done the same.
"Wait," Jinx thought. "Why am I rethinking my life based on what one guy has told me? Is he right? It would be easier to tell if he was if it wasn't for the fact that he's really attractive. I wonder if he has a six-pack…no! Snap out of it! Focus!"
She heard a knock at the door, and so she lost her train of thought. "Jinx?" It was See-More. "Madame Rouge is here. Get the chemical and meet us in the living room before she kills us."
"Uh, yeah! Sure," Jinx answered. She grabbed the box in her room and hurried out to the living room to find her teammates, Madame Rouge, and Kid Flash, who was trapped in a net of what looked like a high-level containment field.
"Ah, there you are," Madame Rouge said in her heavy French accent. "I was wondering what was taking you so long. Hand over the box."
"Yes, Madame Rouge," Jinx said politely as she gave the box to her former idol.
"Thank you. I knew that we would be seeing each other in the future. I caught this one not long ago," she said, looking at Kid Flash. "I do not feel like carrying him back to base, and so I leave him in your care. Can you be trusted?"
"Yes, Madame Rouge," Jinx said.
"Good. Now, there are other teen superheroes that we have captured. We are going to freeze them, and I ask for your assistance in guarding the base and I ask for you to be our audience when we freeze many of your enemies. I think it will be fun."
The faces of the members of the Hive Five brightened. Seeing Cyborg as a metal ice cube was something Gizmo was definitely looking forward to. Mammoth thought of ice cream. See-More and Billy Numerous were going to get a kick out of this. A frozen Teen Titan would certainly make their day. Kyd Wykkyd appeared indifferent, but he did find the idea appealing.
"I will take the boys with me to the base. They have missions to run. What is your name again?"
"It's Jinx."
"Jinx, you will stay here and watch the Kid Flash. Make sure he does not leave. Do not talk to him, and keep him in that net."
"Yes, Madame Rouge."
"Very good. This remote controls the level of the containment net. It is on three now, but you may increase it if it pleases you." She handed the remote to Jinx. "I will be on my way then. Come with me." Madame Rouge, See-More, Billy Numerous, Gizmo, Mammoth, and Kyd Wykkyd left headquarters. Once the door was shut, Jinx used the remote to cancel out the energy of the containment net.
"Wow, you really have a knack of saving me from those," Kid Flash said, standing upright and grinning. "Thanks."
"No problem," Jinx said.
"Hmm, disobeying Madame Rouge's orders, are we? How are you going to become a member like that?"
"I'm not interested in that anymore," she said quietly.
"What's 'that'?"
"The Brotherhood, and maybe this whole being evil thing," she shrugged. Kid Flash looked as though he had an endorphin rush. He was about to hug her for the second time that day when something else came to mind.
"Wait; did you give her the actual chemical?"
Jinx smirked (it was a pretty good impression of Kid Flash's smirk) and said, "Are you familiar with the term, 'decoy'?"
More Author's Notes: I was thinking of writing some of Madame Rouge's lines in French, but then I'd have to do translations and so I decided against it. The story isn't over yet, though. I think one more chapter oughta do it, and then, well, I think it should be done.
