Chapter 2:
UPDATE A/N: So, it was obviously changed. I made Jinx's reunion with the former Titans more awkward and personal. Unlike in the original, Jinx seemed so OOC. She sounded a bit whiny and overdramatic. And for some reason, in the original, Jinx seemed to pay no mind at all that she was just shot, nearly close to death. She like showed no pain at all and was already walking and moving correctly in like the third chapter. IMPOSSIBLE! is what I thought. I also revealed that the Titans had disbanded during the two years. So... yeah...
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN YOUNG JUSTICE NOR TEEN TITANS! If I did, then I wouldn't be writing this.
Enjoy~!
"Her hair is so pink..." Is that Starfire? No... That wasn't Starfire. Starfire was... Where?
"She's so pale too." Raven? No, that's not quite right... "You don't think she'll die on us, right, M'gann?"
"Artemis, I don't think it's a good idea to speak of death in an infirmary."
A door opens. "Is she awake yet?"
"No, not yet. Artemis and I were just changing the bandages."
A sigh. "But it's already been a day."
"Robin, these things take time. She was nearly at her death bed." Robin? It couldn't have been the same Teen Titan's leader, Robin. Titan Robin would never sound like a whiny little kid... "This will definitely scar and on such a pretty girl too..."
"Where's KF?" K... F...?
A scoff. "M'gann managed to finally convince him to go home."
"I had to get him out of here; he barely went to the bathroom or the kitchen! He just stayed here and watched over her," a dreamy sigh, "though, I have to admit, I think it's kind of sweet of him to stay by her side until she wakes her up."
"Knowing Jinx, her first reaction to seeing him would probably be to punch him." And how would he know that?
"With her thin frame, I doubt it would hurt very much..."
"You obviously haven't been punched by Jinx before."
"Well, I think anyone who punches that idiot is- Wait, look! I think I just saw her move! Guess she really is alive..."
"...I'll call KF."
Jinx's eyelids felt as if they were just glued shut. It was like she was opening her eyes under chlorinated-water, blurry and painful. She had to continually blink her eyes for the world around her to finally take shape and color. The first thing she noticed was the pale gray color of the ceiling, the total opposite of light blue ceiling in her own room. This wasn't her room in her apartment...
Jinx sat up abruptly. Which was a bad idea as pain was the first thing she felt. She clutched her stomach. Every part of her ached. She looked down at her and noticed her clothes were not her own. Her clothes were changed into something more comfortable: a baggy shirt and sweat pants. She looked inside her shirt and saw that her abdomen and back were bandaged. She looked up and noticed two girls stared at her curiously from their seats. One girl had red hair and freckled green skin (an alien, probably?), wearing a royal blue cape with matching royal blue gloves, a blue skirt, and blue boots and a white shirt with a red X crossing it. The other girl had her blond hair in a ponytail and wore a green mask, a green shirt that showed off most of her stomach, green glovelettes, green spandex pants with knee pads, and black combat boots.
Out of panic, Jinx's hand started to glow pink as her eyes did the same.
The red-haired green girl flew out (literally, flew out) of her chair and put her hands up in defense. "Wait! It's okay! We're friendly!"
Jinx didn't put her glowing hands down, even though the pained expression on her face made it obvious that it hurt to stay in that position. "Who are you? What do you want from me?"
"We're the ones who saved your life." Artemis crossed her arms over her chest. "As for what we want from you, a 'thank you' would suffice."
Suddenly, the door burst open, and a streak of red and yellow ran into the room before stopping at her bedside. "Jinx!" She blinked. She knew that voice...
He looked just as she remembered him. Red and yellow spandex, the red lightning bolt encased in a white circle in the middle of his chest- though the goggles were new. But he was taller and much more broader compared to the lanky stature she was so used to seeing. She instinctively moved away from him to the other side of the bed, her shoulders shaking in anger. "You!"
Kid Flash seemed to cringe at the angry tone of her voice. "Now, Jinx-" He couldn't even finish his sentence as Jinx's fist was brought to his cheek at full force. He fell back on his behind, staring at Jinx with a look of shock as she shook out her hand.
"I must have died and went to Hell if I'm seeing you." She says, glaring at him.
Kid Flash massages his aching jaw. "God damn, that hurt," he mumbled to himself. "That was a good punch."
"I've been practicing my swing since you left."
"It's been- what two years?- and that's the first thing you do to me?"
"What were you expecting?" She spat before changing to a mocking tone while still glaring at him. "An 'I missed you so much"? Open arms? Maybe a kiss or two?"
"A little peck on the cheek wouldn't hurt," he barely managed to dodge the oncoming mini-hex sent his way. "Come on, Jinx. I don't understand why you're so mad at me-"
"From what I've gathered, you kind of deserved it- OW!" the blond girl began, only to be elbowed by green girl, who gave her a warning look. Jinx nearly forgot they were also in the room with them- wait a minute...
"Where am I?" Jinx shook her head and made a move of getting out of bed. "Never mind that, I have to go-" She yelped as pain shot through her body. She grasped her abdomen and winced.
"Don't move so much!" Kid Flash exclaimed, reaching out for Jinx, only to slowly retract his arms back to his sides. Jinx laid back in bed. "You were just shot..."
"And thanks to me, you're alive. You're lucky that the bullet didn't hit any major organs." the blond girl said, giving her a reassuring smile. Jinx scoffed.
"Yeah, lucky me," Jinx muttered sarcastically as she continued to scowl. "How long have I been out?"
"Just a day..." The alien girl answered. Jinx would've have smirked and laughed amused, but now was not the time for that.
Jinx clicked her tongue. "Should've just left the bullet in me and let me die on the streets."
"Why-"
"This is dangerous. I'm losing precious time. I really have to leave-" Jinx made a move to get up from the bed once more but was held back by an invisible force.
"I'm sorry, I can't let you continue to hurt yourself." Jinx struggled against the invisible barrier.
"Stop, let me go-!"
"Jinx!" Jinx stopped struggling and looked up towards the doorway. Jinx blinked. Once. Twice. Three times just in case. She did a double take at the end just to check if her eyes were deceiving her. She didn't whether to laugh or pinch herself to wake up from this weird dream. So she said the first thing that popped into her head.
"What's up with your hair?" She asked seriously as Robin looked at her questioningly. Robin brought a hand to his hair.
"What's wrong with it?" Robin asked, innocently yet almost embarrassed.
"It looks like Mother Mae-Eye fixed it." Jinx snickered. "And your voice! It's like you went through puberty backwards!"
Though they were joking with each other, the rest of the Team couldn't help but feel the thick tension filling the room.
Robin could feel the blood rush to his cheeks in embarrassment as he chuckled stiffly. "Nice to see you too, Jinx."
Jinx immediately frowned at the statement. "Yeah, let's just say it shouldn't be so nice to see me."
The air in the room changed drastically as Robin returned to being serious. "Why shouldn't it be?"
Jinx opened her mouth to respond but stopped herself as she glanced around her room. Robin, also noting the expectant stares, decided it would be best to just leave the rest of the Team out of it. "Um, I think its best if you guys just let Jinx, Kid Flash, and I have a talk... Alone." He sent them both a pleading and apologetic stare as he gestured to the door.
"No way! If you have something you have to say, you say it to all-" The sound of the door opening cut Artemis off as all eyes drifted to the door, where another masked guy in red stood.
"Hope I didn't miss the reunion," Red Arrow joked, stepping into the room.
Jinx released a sigh of relief. "Oh, Speedy, thank god." She looked him up and down. "Was there some kind of hair agreement that happened over the past two years?"
Red Arrow let out a small chuckle. "Guess you could say it was time for a 'new do'. By the way, it's not Speedy any more. It's Red Arrow."
"Wow, way to be original." Jinx commented monotonously, rolling her eyes. Red Arrow scoffed but said nothing. Jinx raised an eyebrow. That's all the response she was going to get? Wasn't Speedy usually the relaxed, narcissistic, carefree kind of guy? Why wasn't he adding some conceited comment about himself and not trying to hit on her?
"I guess two years can change people..." Jinx muttered, her eyes unconsciously drifting to Kid Flash, who looked like a kicked puppy pouting in the corner. She quickly averted her gaze and tried to get up again, only to cringe at the pain and lay back in bed. "I have to leave..."
"You're not going anywhere." Robin told her, walking to the side of her bed. Jinx glared from her position.
"Like Hell, I'm going to listen to you." Robin's lips curled into a small smile.
"Same old Jinx, who's still as honest and rebellious as ever." Robin took a seat beside her. "Mind telling me what kind of... Unlucky situation you've gotten yourself in?" Jinx gave him a look.
"Couldn't help yourself could you? Then again, what kind of Jinx isn't unlucky?" Jinx gave a small, pained laugh. Robin's eyes narrowed. She was trying to change the subject.
"Jinx," his cold, serious voice brought chills to everyone standing in the room. To the Team, it was almost as eerie as Batman's voice. To the three Titans (well, two former), it was the voice of they recognized as their strict, uptight leader.
Jinx sighed, glancing around the room. "I'd rather not have an audience."
"Whatever you need to say to him, you can say to us." Superboy stubbornly said, crossing his arms over his broad chest. Jinx tilted her head to him, staring at the giant red S insignia on his black shirt.
"And who are you supposed to be? A Superman wannabe?" Superboy gritted his teeth, taking a step forward.
"You-!"
"Enough," Robin cut in, turning to face the Team. "Guys, let me, Red Arrow, and KF talk to her."
'B-but, Robin-!' Miss Martian protested through their mind link.
'You can't be serious.' Superboy scowled in distaste. 'I don't trust her.'
'She's probably dangerous.' Artemis added, the doubt evident on her face.
'Jinx is not dangerous.' Kid Flash defended, while Artemis rolled her eyes, glaring at him.
'You're just saying that because you had a thing for her.' Kid Flash sent a glare her way as well.
'I believe Artemis has a right to be suspicious. We know little to none-' Aqualad began before being cut off by Kid Flash.
'We know her very well, you guys just don't.' Kid Flash snapped.
'All I'm saying is that she was chased by dangerous looking robots. That's bad news all over!' Artemis argued.
'She'll probably be less intimidated by you guys and actually talk to us.' Red Arrow added through their mind link.
The Team looked ready to argue again before Robin interjected. 'Please, guys. This is personal.' Robin gave them a pleading look. 'If it's too much to handle, know that you guys are the first I'll turn to for help.'
For a moment, everyone just stared at each other before a subtle, yet reluctant, nod pass through the Team. They each hesitantly made their way to the door. Once the door closed shut after them, Robin turned back to the pink haired girl, who was now sitting up in bed with the help of Red Arrow. Now it was just the four of them. Three former Titans and an ex-villainness turned good.
The silence that passed over them was broken by Jinx when she asked, "So which one's the telepath?" Robin nearly fell down at the random question.
"What?"
"Just now, either you guys all were reading each other's facial expressions or you speaking through each other's minds." The three former Titans in the room gave her a look. "Psychics 101," she rolls her eyes at them. "I'm not stupid; I can detect a telepath/psychic when I see one."
"I'll introduce them to you later," Robin took a seat beside her bed again. "Jinx... What's happening? Why was this on my old communicator?" Robin opened his holographic computer in his arm and began to relay the video messages that were sent to the old Titan's communicator.
Red Arrow's eyes widened as he saw the desperate faces of the main team of the Titans. "What is this? Is it the Brotherhood again? What about the Titans East? Are they okay?" Red Arrow began shooting off questions frantically.
"Look, I barely understand what's happening. All I know is that Titans were rapidly going missing." Jinx fiddled with the blanket over her. "At first it was just one person, Jericho. We received a distress call from Kole, and we did our best trying to scour the world for him. But it was like he dropped off the face of the planet. Then a week later, Kole goes missing... Next thing, we know Titans were going missing from left to right." Jinx slumped in her bed. "After that, all the remaining Titans decided to meet up at Titan's tower in Jump. It took a while since it was kind of hard locating every Titan, seeing as it's been two years since everyone's been together and probably had their communicators either hidden away in the back of their closet or broken. We can only presume those who did manage to get the call-"
"Why was it so hard to locate everyone?" Kid Flash asked, noting that one detail.
"Every Titan should be linked on to the communicators, even with their own tracking system. Not to mention, Cyborg could contact each team on the Tower's main database." Robin explained, confused. Jinx looked at the three's confused faces. Her eyes widened at the realization.
Jinx gasped. "Wait, you guys don't know?"
Robin quirked an eyebrow. "Don't know what?"
"I just assumed that you were still close with at least Starfire. Maybe Cyborg even," Jinx ran a hand through her hair. "Then again, everyone seemed to want to separate themselves from the hero business because of the low crime-rate and-"
"Jinx, what are you talking about?" Robin cut Jinx off from her rant. Jinx had a soft sadness evident on her face, which made Robin's stomach clench with anticipation and horror. "Why were the Titans so hard to locate?"
"Robin, the Titans have been disbanded for a year now."
R&R!
~Superbluestar428