Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans, but I do own the names Angel Xavier, the character's Sin, the cars (not in real life though I wish I did), and … a lot more that may seem like mine. But not the Teen Titans, never the Teen Titans … oh … the sadness.
A/N: WOW! This is sooo, late! I'm sorry you guys (huggles all my views) really I am, but things have been hectic … not only with me having to balance two – three – different stories, but on top of it I was moving and internet access was a bitch for all the hotels I was going to. Grr! Even now everything I'm uploading is coming up slow because the connection is weak. God I hate not having my oen house at the moment.
Feh ...
Oh well, we can't have it all I suppose, anyway! Here's the next chapter!
YAY!
Okay, enough of that, and enough of my talking, nice to be back with this story … so … those of you that read it … hope you enjoy this one. Love ya! Enjoy!
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Curiosity Kills
Eyes glanced to the screen that sat at the passenger side of the Ford GT, a scowl formed over lips as a snort echoed in the silent – minus the roaring of the engine – power machine. Why the scowl? Because the Sci-fi freak was occupying the screen, "Hello Control Freak, did I not just kick your ass back in the day? What's your excuse for pushing Rorek to betraying me?"
The ugly little nerd that gave all other nerds a bad name smirked. As if it was supposed to scare the best racer in the country, "Let's just say girls are good for things other then fucking, if you know what I mean."
"No, and frankly I'm a offended, especially by you, how could someone as Fugly as you even dare offend the feminine sex," Sin's scowl turned to a smirk and a chuckle was heard, "sad really, I more pity you then hate you now. However I can relate to Raven's feelings about a leech such as you."
"Raven?" Control Freak raised a brow, then glared at the screen, "How would you know about that bitch."
"… 'Bitch'? Raven … a 'bitch'? Control Freak … prepare to get you ass handed to you once more, but this time, I'm gonna make sure you never get a chance to sit on it with that plastic toy you call a car any more." End transmission and begin the tournament, Sin entered the out-skits of the city and saw a suspicious vehicle sitting just at the beginning of the long stretch road facing the GT. Stepping on the gas, Sin made sure to come so close to Control Freak's trashcan-of-a-racing-car that the wind on the hard turn the GT took would shake the form of the "plastic toy".
Inches from each other, Control Freak growled and pounded his gas just as the GT took off back into the city, after all that was he instructions he had given the cocky rider. To go back in the city and race through to get to the center, however he never expected to see two more racers. More exact? Two black Porsches each with their own mean designs coming close to running into them, "What the fuck?"
"What the fuck?" Robin immediately took a hard turn the same as X, Star in the passenger side screamed in fright, the damn thing felt like it was going to tilt! How could Robin handle it?
"Robin! Don't do that!"
Robin glanced to his left to see Jinx rolling down her window from X's car, Robin took the hint and rolled his own down, "Hey! What the hell is going on? Who's in the other car?"
"Beats the shit out of me!" Jinx screamed over the roaring winds, "But he has a beef with the GT, so just concentrate on loosing Sin's concentration and we'll nail her finally!"
"Jinx! Get you ass back in the fucking car!" X screamed from behind, Jinx rolled her eyes and rolled up the window, Robin did the same, however turned to quizzically stare at Star, but glanced at the streets.
"Was it just me … or did Jinx just suggest Sin was a … girl?"
Star shrugged, "I don't know, why? Is it a problem?"
Robin shook his head and glared a head at the GT that was pulling even further a head with X cutting him off to become the third in the race; Robin didn't concern himself with placement just yet. Something just bothered him, "No … but it just seemed a little too specific if you ask me," the little street-misfit thought, then glanced at the laptop that was in the glove compartment, then up at the race. Biting down hard on his lower lip the thought of dropping out killed him, so he improvised, "Star, hack into Jinx's computer. Don't ask questions, but whatever you find download the information."
Confused big green eyes tilted the head that it was socket into and Star couldn't help to raise a brow while looking off at the race Robin was slowly loosing sight of, "Uh … Robin … are you sure."
"Yes, Star. I'll play this by sight, now just do it."
Still quite unsure about the whole thing, Star sighed and shrugged, taking out his laptop from the glove compartment, "If you in insist."
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Malchior sighed as he kicked back in the middle of the heated spring, at the driver's side of his black Infinity. Door wide open, leg sticking out and chair leaning back the lazy misfit yawned and closed his cool crimson eyes. Too out of it and stoned to do shit, he decided just to fall asleep, but his cell phone decided different. With it's obnoxious ring and harsh vibration, Malchior growled, "Fuck, what the shit?"
Immediately sitting up Malchior reached into his back pocket and took out his cell phone, to see it was … his sister, "Okay Raven you better give me a god damn good reason why you – WHAT!" standing up, Malchior forgot that he had been sleeping in his car and hit the top of it. Cursing black and blue when his head pounded in pain. A dragon like snarl escaped his lips as he staggered out and looked down the road on either which side, "Control Freak huh … alright, I'm stoppin' by Rorek's … this clown is goin' down for good."
With conversation ended and an irritated Malchior hopped back into his car, and slammed the door shut. Starting the engine, he glanced to his review mirror, and stilled. Slowly looking back he saw something odd … no not something, someone. Turning around he whipped out his gun from his pants and pointed it at his assassin, "You got 5 seconds to identify yourself or I scatter your brains all over the leather. 5 …"
"You can't touch me Malchior, no one can."
"Fuck you," Malchior snarled, this just wasn't his day, jumping to the back there was a rough tussle, the Infinity shook back and forth, sounds of struggling and obscene language was heard, and then …
BAM!
A moment of silent pause, and then the car drove off, nice and smooth, nothing too suspicious … although … that was the point.
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Swerve, evade, and skills that could have drives in the legal racing business blush of embarrassment. Jinx held on tight, glancing at X noticing how dead set on catching the GT he was, she gulped and dared not disturb his concentration. Even though no one had a clue where they were going, Jinx looked at the review mirror to notice that Robin had really pulled far back. It worried her, something wasn't right … something was off. A race was taking place in the middle of the afternoon where a bunch of cops can catch them … yet … there were no cops!
This wasn't a race … this was a trap!
"X …" Jinx whispered, knowing that he probably haven't have heard her, she looked back, pink eyes laced with worry, "Angel!"
"What!" he growled, taking a sharp turn, shutting Jinx up as she gasped and closed her eyes. Too fast, too fast, too fast! She thought, frightened, X knew she wasn't that into what he did, but helped anyway to be a apart of something. Though it always made him laugh to see her so scared, right now wasn't the time for distractions. He had to concentrate.
"Angel we have to turn around."
Record skip, X almost slammed on his break, but held his posture and glared through the corner of his eyes, "Girl you better start making some fucking sense or I'm gonna –"
"X, this race isn't a race anymore!" Jinx screamed over the roaring engine and X rage, "We have to turn around, this isn't ours to deal with! Back in the past Sin raced Control Freak once and won of course, but he couldn't let it go down the way it did. So he phoned police in five different district cities to block off all of Sin's movements. They impounded the GT, and she got away, but no scientist could look into what the GT had because it was boosted! Sin got revenge and now it goes the same for Control Freak. This could be too messy for us to get in tangled into."
"Hold the fuck up!" agitated X huffed and stayed with Control Freak, "What the hell gives you the idea that this guy's a chick, how the hell do you know so much about him – her – what-the-hell-ever she is! Start talking Jinx!"
Jinx shook her head, frustrated and frightened she replied with a cryptic, "Because I just do alright! Now turn the fuck around or we're busted! Haven't you noticed we've just entered the most protective part of the city and no cops are after us? Think Angel! THINK!"
"I'm thinking!" X growled, "And right now I'm thinking you know more than you're letting on! Who the hell is Sin, Jinx? Tell me!"
"Angel, don't be stupid I don't know who Sin is!"
"But you know so much about her so you have to know more, now TALK!"
"Pay your ass attention to the god damned road!" Jinx pointed and braced to the windshield, X rolled his eyes, looking up ahead, he gasped when he saw where they were headed. The docks … what the hell …? Contemplating if Jinx could be right or wrong, X glanced at his rearview mirror and glared when he saw Robin turn off another road.
What did the bird know that he didn't?
Quick decision, quick decision, quick decision …
Back off or catch up … was Jinx right, or was she panicking?
X will know soon enough as the race took on to the edge of the docks where the three were forced to race in a straight line or push one of the other off. X stayed to the back and observed as Control Freak tried to run the GT off the pier. Now, X may have not known much about his or her problems, but he wasn't insane enough to kill someone. About to pull back, X took one glance at his rearview and gritted his teeth.
Trapped … Jinx was right after all.
Shit … up a head Sin started to slow down, forcing everyone else to follow as she brought her GT to a broad slid and perfectly brought her car to a parallel park next to a dead end of containers. X was forced to move to the side and park, though he couldn't help to notice the people that were on top of the container. All held automatic weapons, sunglasses, suites, and were crouching down watching the scene. Though he noticed there were strange looks that were shot towards him and guns being pointed his way.
He instinctively place a hand on Jinx's holding it, she squeezed back to let him know that she was okay. The two glanced at each other in unison, both thinking the same thing, What now?
Control Freak stepped out of his car, smirking, grinning, snickering … generally all of the above to piss off Sin who he knew was sitting right there in that vehicle waiting to be found. The nerd of all nerds stepped up to the GT and kicked the driver's door; even X flinched at the harsh action. He may have hated whoever was in the car, but was it necessary to damage the goods?
"Open up Sin, it's judgment time."
A long pause … X blinked and bit down on his lower lip just waiting for the girl to exit. Holding his breath … he was about to find out who Sin really was, the thorn on his side since the beginning of this whole mess and if it was a chick then hell. It was a small world. The door of the GT opened … Jinx and Angel leaned forward … it was pushed further open … here she comes …
Jinx yelped when he door was ripped open, tearing her eyes away from whoever was stepping out of the car, X turned to Jinx and shouted, "Hey! Let go of my cousin!"
"ANGEL!"
About to jump at the passenger side to save his sister, his door was yanked open and he was pulled out, "What the – let me go you gay ass mother – don't make me kick your ass! Get off of me!"
Spun around, X hadn't the time to react as a fist collided with his forehead and he was knocked to the ground dazed. Jinx screamed for him in fear, but X was alright … well … as alright as van be with a black eye forming. A major migraine started to form, it hurt like hell, that was why he didn't really car the men that hassled him picked him up and dragged him away. His distorted eyesight, and dizzy head barely gave him time to register that he was facing the GT driver and she was turning to look at all the commotion.
Eyes closed, then reopened, trying to hard to focus on the girl that had evaded him on the road. X groaned when he was once again spun around and slammed onto the hood of a black jaguar. Expensive, classy, and obviously never appreciated by the men that handled him, X got his bearings too late when he felt cold hard cuffs on his wrist, "Yo … yo what the … what the hell is going on? Hey … hey! Hey! Get your fucking hands off me! Where's Jinx? Where's my cousin? JINX!"
"Angel! I'm right here!"
X looked up – at least tried too, but the guy that was holding him wouldn't allow for it. Once again the side of his head met the cold surface of the black Jaguar, smashing it there indenting to teach him to stay the man hissed into his ear, "Your little cousin will be alright as long as you cooperate with us. Now, Angel's your name correct?"
Defiant hazel hues tried his best to turn and glare at the big nosed, black-eyed old geezer and had a strong grip, "So what if it is? What are going to do about it?"
Click!
X stilled when he felt the barrel of a gun replace the hand that held him down, it's cold surface and spirally black hole. Angel gulped when the man hissed, "Angel Xavier … well, isn't this a treat. Hey Sin this the brat that's been tailing you? Watching your every move? Breathing down your neck? Heh … well, ain't this my lucky day. I got orders to take you out. So say good-night boy."
Damn, that was the only thought that processed through Angel's head, followed with a disbelieving, So … Raven was right too … geez … maybe I should have listened to her, no chick is worth this kind of troub – what the … the reflection on the car … since it seemed new and the black could very well be a mirror in the middle of the day.
X noticed something odd … a flash of movement … a red head.
Star …? No, the hair was short and spiky … it had to be …
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Swiftly maneuvering over the top of the containers, Wally West jumped from one container to the other. With an ear piece lodged in his ear and listening closely to the instructions given by his good friend Kori "Star" Ander, Wally stopped on the lowest container just in time to hear a gun cocked. Shit, ducking down, laying flat on top of the container, the blue-eyed teen dared to glance over the edge and spot a cuffed and pinned Angel with a gun to his head.
Hand to his ear he whispered, "Star … Angel … he's in a bad place and Jinx – " he paused to notice the pink haired girl was being dragged into another of the containers. Bad thoughts raced through his head, but he shook them away, he had to think straight for this, " – she's being held prisoner … I think. Tell me fast what to do, or Angel's going to die."
"Alright Wally, just calm down … uh … do you see any other person you know down there?"
"Wasting time Star!" Wally hissed as he watched X get thrown from the car to the ground, on his stomach the gun still at his head, Wally never cared to notice the other being the guy with the gun was talking to. He was worried about X, and Jinx, she was starting to scream.
"Okay, on my mark jump onto the black Jaguar and set of the alarm, then roll to the side and stay alive!"
Wally jerked his head and nearly shouted, "What?"
"Just do it! You wanted to help right!"
"Yeah, but did Robin call the cops?"
"Forget the cops they can't help us right now, just do it Wally! Ready? One! –"
"Can't we talk this over?"
"Two! –"
"Star …"
"NOW!"
"HERE I COME!" leaping right over the container with no clue how this plan was going to do anything, Wally landed crouched on the top of the Jaguar and as Star stated, the alarm was set off. All attention was turned to him, and he immediately rolled to the ground and stayed hidden when the bullets started to fly. Explosions of deadly metal flies shot through the air and he had no clue how to defend himself! Death was guaranteed if he didn't have a weapon anytime soon.
"WALLY!" his name, shouted by a girl. Not just any girl. Jinx, her clothing a bit tattered, but intact she threw him a 9mm pistol and jumped to the side of the car with him. The redhead gratefully took the gun, cocked it, and lifted his hand to fire back like Jinx had hid herself behind the wheel, "What the hell do you think you're doing here?"
"Saving your life what does it look like?" Wally growled and ducked when a bullet came to close to his head, "What's going on? How come those guys wanted to execute Angel?"
"Who knows, but it has something to do with Sin," Jinx yelped and jerked back when a shot scrapped the car and sparked her arm. Biting her lower lip she turned to Wally and huffed, her pink eyes exhausted from the day's outcome, "You really came to save me?"
Wally cringed when more bullets came flying, but shrugged and jerked his thumb over the car, "Not just me … when Robin phoned and told us that there was some asshole trying to take over our turf, some others came to follow."
Jinx's glossy eyes fell for a moment, but came back with a smile, "Thanks."
"Stay down bitch!"
Wally, looked over the car and smirked, "HA! There's Bee!"
"Garth, Garfield, and Roy came to?" Jinx questioned when she herself looked over as well.
"Not to mention Terra, Victor, and your brothers Mammoth and Gizmo. See there they are!" Wally grinned when he saw Robin enter the fray of gunfire and fistfights, "Come on, let's get down to business!"
Jinx smiled and jumped over the car with Wally, however one thought just kept nagging the back of her head, something was missing. Some people were missing … important people, but it was hard for her to spot in the middle of all the chaos … but she knew. They weren't there … and neither was Sin's Ford GT, Malchior's Infinity F35, Rorek's black Ninja, or Angel's Porsche Cayman S.
Something was wrong … and Robin knew it as well.
Though unlike Jinx who decided to put it all in the back of her mind, Robin spun around and delivered a roundhouse kick to the ugly nerd that started this whole thing. Running by without a care he ran to the road where his car stopped and the passenger side door opened. Star as the driver she urged him to hurry, "Let's go! I got a lock on Angel's ride! Their headed back to the Diamond Cut Boulevard. Towards Hearsay Street."
"Well don't tell me about it!" Robin growled and got in, "Step on it, Go!"
"Right," petal to the metal, Star jetted down the street, towards Hearsay Street, "Sin doesn't work for Trigon, or … um … Slade … but she is in lead with Raven, however Raven stands with her father … do you think that's right?"
"I don't think so," Robin shook his head, "Raven dislike's her father as much as I want to murder Slade."
"So why does she work for him?"
"… I don't know, but whatever they're doing we'll find out in Hearsay Street, and if not through there we'll just have to go the long way." Robin sighed and leaned back, catching a breath as Star made her way down to their final destination for the day. He just hoped that phrase wasn't too literal, "I'm sure Jinx can explain her reasons for all the FBI warning seals on her laptop."
Star bit down on her lower lip and coughed, green eyes sparking with an unsure uneasiness, she glanced to Robin and sighed, "Um, Robin, I think you should know that Jinx … well – this may just be all theory … but, I think she's an FBI agent … a UC."
Robin shot up, blue eyes wide as saucers he shot Star a pensive look, "An Undercover FBI agent? Where the hell would you get a stupid theory as that?"
"Well … she does have a lot of files from the agencies in her laptop, she knows a lot about the streets – almost too much to be considered normal, and while you and Angel went to race Sin down the mountain side I heard her explain some things about the GT. Robin … it was in perfect detail … and, in her laptop … I found another file. A file containing a detailed description of what the government thinks Sin looks like and why the government is after the Ford GT." Star shook her head, "It's cryptic Robin, everything I'm finding isn't something I'm liking for us to be getting involved with … if it's one thing I'm certain who Sin is, is that he is most defiantly a she and she gets her equipment from a company called Fear Itself, that branches out to almost everything and rivals even Bruce Wayne Enterprises next to the Scathe Empire and the quickly climbing in popularity Logan Industries. Businessmen Robin, Raven's father Trigon Scathe, and your mother's current infatuation Slade Wilson … he's the one who bought off Logan Industries."
"And you found out all of this in Jinx's laptop?" Robin blinked, taking it all in, slowly processing and storing memory.
Star huffed, "That and a lot more."
"Alright … then who's the owner of Fear Itself?"
"…" Star faltered and thought for a moment, and then shrugged in defeat when nothing came to mind, "Don't know, it didn't say who the current owner was, because a woman by the name of Arella Roth had perished to do some kind of accident."
Robin nodded, "Okay, after we find out what's going down in Hearsay Street, next step is to locate the owner of Fear Itself, I'll be damned if I let Angel get all the fun on finding out who Sin really is."
Jerk! Robin braced when Star came to a sudden stop, "Whoa … what's …"
Both Star and Robin glanced at each other to make sure what they were seeing was right … in the middle of the Hearsay Street. Just across from a mechanic shop a black Infinity sat with it's driver's side open and the owner barely keeping himself from falling out. Blood dripping from his side and down the corner of his mouth, Malchior looked ready to fall over.
Star, unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the car, running for the Infinity, Robin glanced at the mechanic shop to notice that in the side parked as the Ford GT and the Porsche Cayman S, X and Sin were inside. Meaning Sin's identity was already shown. Robin jumped out of the car and called to Star, "Star! Take the cell phone! Call the ambulance! Now!"
He threw her the cell and she caught it in the air, immediately dialing the hospital number, Star shouted back to Robin as it rang, "Be careful in there!"
No response, he just raced for the side door that he saw was ripped wide open, but as soon as he rounded the opening and stood at the door frame, his shadow blocking the light. There was a loud sound that rang in the silent air … but not just any sound. One that made him flinch.
A gunshot.
BAM!
"ROBIN!"
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Behold! The cliffhanger! Did Robin get shot? Is Malchior going to die? What the hell is up with Jinx and the FBI, and who the hell is SIN already!
Gods to many questions, let's see if they're all answered in the next chapter.
Which shall never come!
Nah, I'm messin' with you, it will come I promise, but seriously tell me what'cha think, I really am sorry for all my late updates. I'm at least trying to update a bit faster then now. However no promises, I still gotta get to my other ones wow, I'm really slacking. Grr, I'm such a freakin' scatter brain. Well, catch'ya folks later, I gotta go.
Reviews are always welcomed … love you all … and thanks for reading.
By the way, you've noticed how sliced this chapter was? I don't know, it seemed kind a like I chopped it up … oh well … at least it's a long enough chapter for you guys right? (shrugs)
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