Chapter-16 Starfire, Terra, Jinx
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It was early in the morning, very early. The crack of dawn as a matter of fact.
The dew drops in the grass and on the dripping leaves of the towering trees tickled Terra's nose and face as she rolled over in her grassy bed.
Jinx had already been up for a good two hours and was sitting under a nearby weeping willow tree with her knees pulled up to almost her chin.
As she looked down at her now rugged and torn outfit, she saw that her lovely striped tights were now torn up and stained, and the rocks on the ground had already made their mark on her small feet. As she'd chosen to abandon her prized black and purple platforms when they too were running from the heavy rainstorm a couple days ago.
As she looked upward, she saw the dim but ever brightening sun gleaming down on her through the delicate strands of leaves on the tree.
As she stared back down at the hard ground below, she began to think, she thought about Gizmo, she thought about her other friends, and how she felt that it was her fault she accepted the invite and brought her friends, her only family into a place where their lives could be taken.
She held back tears as strands of pink hair cascaded down past her clouded eyes.
Suddenly, in all of the peace and quiet, she harkened to the sound of someone yawning loudly.
Jinx then stood up and looked over to where her team had been sleeping; it was Terra; the second one to wake up that morning.
Terra
then gazed over to the still sleeping Starfire, and then approached
Jinx.
"So, what's wrong?" Terra asked as she took a seat next to the hex witch.
And with a heavy sigh, Jinx turned around to face her.
"It's just—Well, I'm kinda scared. And it's all because, I don't know if we're ever getting out of this hell hole alive, and, and what if my other friends are in trouble? What then? Because if only I got out alive, and they had all died, then, what would be the point in even living such a lonely life?" Jinx replied as Terra nodded.
Somehow, she knew that in the back of her mind, she could relate.
Suddenly, a louder yawn than that emitted by Terra a few moments ago was heard, Starfire was finally awake.
Jinx then stood up, and brushed her dress off.
"Alright, now that she's up we can get moving." Jinx said sternly as Terra shrugged in silence and got up to follow along.
Starfire then walked up to Terra and followed as well.
"Um, friend Terra? Where are we following the Jinx to?" The young princess asked as Terra shrugged once more.
"Well no one really knows where the hell we're going right now! Duh!" Terra shouted, which was very unlike her to say the least.
Starfire looked stunned for a moment, as she walked along in tow with the group, at a slower pace than before.
A basic feeling of 'Cabin Fever' was finally taken over them.
Back up in the mansion, Ammoraye smiled devilishly at her 'work.'
"Hah, ha. See that Hirra? Every time, it works on their types. At first, they always think that just because of the strong bonds they have, that they'll be able to prevail here, but, they all wind up the same, every time." Ammoraye finished in a whisper.
By now, Hirra was probably getting really pissed off at Ammoraye constantly lecturing her as if she were nothing more than an errant child.
Back in the forest, Jinx was leading them across a rushing river via large fallen tree.
However, to their dismay, it was much harder than anticipated, as the tree kept on moving as they continued to make their way across.
But Starfire got out lucky on this one, and had already flown over to the other side, but to everyone else's misfortune, she was too tired and famished to carry anyone else over.
Just then, the Tamaranian princess got another idea.
"Terra! You should attempt to use your powers, to fly a large rock to this side!" Starfire called out as Terra looked around for a fairly sized rock, however, the only one she could find, wasn't large enough to hold herself and Jinx.
Regardless, she summoned forth the rock with a glow of bright yellow light.
"I'm sorry Jinx, we're gonna wait, but you'll have to find another way over!" Terra called as Jinx nodded understandingly as the blonde flew off to Starfire's side on the rock.
Though Jinx was never ready to admit it, she was very scared. And she had been ever since this little charade had begun.
As she looked down at her shoeless feet, and the mighty rushing current beneath her, somehow, the log, and her frail body began to shake intensely.
And the worst part of all was, that the river itself was pretty wide, and it went on for miles. So if she were to fall in, it was highly doubtful that her team would ever be able to locate her.
Slowly, she placed one foot in front of the other, and began to make her way over, but just then, Terra's powers gave out, and her rock, which she was trying to drop in the water…dropped in the wrong place, and hit the far side of the log. Snapping the pieces that held it to shore away.
And with that—Jinx tumbled down into the harsh current.
"HELP!" Was all they could hear from poor Jinx as she began to choke on water.
"Starfire! My powers are limited now, but yours aren't! So can you please try and fly me down to her?" Terra asked as Starfire nodded, and grabbed Terra.
As they began to fly off a little further, they found Jinx holding on to a loose tree vine for dear life as the water began to carry the rest of her body downwind with the water's current.
"Jinx! Take my hand!" Terra cried out as Jinx struggled to swing her other hand over to Terra.
"I-It's too strong! Come up closer!" Jinx shouted out as Terra nodded and Starfire flew her up close enough so that she could take Jinx's hand.
"Closer! Just a little more…Got her! Starfire! Pull us out!" Terra called as she managed to hang onto Jinx with both arms.
Slowly, Starfire pulled them both back up to shore, both of them soaking wet.
"Oh my god…I owe you." Jinx panted as she leaned onto a nearby tree.
"C'mon, l-let's get g-going." Jinx shivered as her other two teammates looked to her, their eyes deep with concern.
"Jinx, c'mon, you should rest, and we can get moving la- "NO!" Jinx cried out as she clenched her fists furiously.
"O-kay." Was all Terra had to say before she and Starfire followed her along the dirt path.
A few more hours into the long, agonizing walk, Jinx stopped.
Her legs began to quiver, along with the rest of her body, and with that, she let out a small sigh, and passed out before them.
"Jinx?" Terra and Starfire shouted as they both ran to her aid at once.
As Terra bent down to examine her, Starfire got up and looked around, it was getting cloudier, and thunder rumbled far off in the distance.
"Oh great!" Terra cried out as she threw her hands into the air.
"Does the Jinx have a fever?" Starfire asked as Terra turned Jinx's lithe body over and placed a hand to her forehead.
"Yeah, it feels pretty hot too. Can you carry her?" Terra asked as Starfire nodded, and had Terra place her onto her back.
"Agh! The only good leader we had! I can't believe she's SICK!" Terra yelled out in frustration as the thunderstorm moved in, and it began pouring rain.
As Starfire yelped and rushed herself and Jinx underneath a tree, Terra sank to her knees, and let the tears of anger and sadness flow.
"Terra?" Starfire asked as she watched the sad girl cry in the midst of the storm.
Back in the mansion…..Ammoraye had her camera fixed on Terra at the moment, and she was quite pleased with what she saw.
"Hmm, hmm, hmm! The blonde one seems to have given up hope! Excellent. Now then, let's just see how the others are faring." She finished as She looked towards every other monitor, to find something interesting.
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