Chapter 8:
Yes, I know. I never keep my promises. But school has kept me super busy and tired that in my free time all I do is sleep. I just want a break where I can just write in peace. I'm trying to squeeze in as much writing time as possible, so bear with me guys!
Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me and sending me reviews! You guys motivate me to come back and not give up on this story. So I am truly grateful to you all.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TEEN TITANS OR YOUNG JUSTICE!
A man towers over a chessboard, knocking away some of the chess pieces. Beside the chessboard are pictures and newspaper clipping of Titans. Some have their faces crossed out with red marker, while others are marked with a question mark. He removes four white pieces from the opposing side, leaving the lone King to be protected by only three pawns. The man takes his black-piece Queen to corner the vulnerable King. He swipes away the three white pawns from the board and stares at them in his hand, the white pieces reflecting on the bronze part of his mask.
He's so close to accomplishing his goal; victory is on the verge of his fingertips. All he needs now is the girl...
The door opens behind him, and the man calmly turns around to face the masked girl. "Cheshire, report." He grips the chess pieces in his hand.
"My lord," The girl kneels in front of him, her head bowed in respect. Her face was hidden behind a white mask that resembles a cat's head with red stripes and a wide grin. "I'm requesting permission to lead the upcoming attack."
The man smirks behind his black and bronze mask. "Permission granted," he puts down the four pawn pieces and picks up the white King piece to examine. "Though, I think it's time to wake the pets. The newest prototypes are not yet finished with... Reprogramming."
Cheshire stands up and bows courteously. "Yes, my lord." The man walks out the door with Cheshire trailing behind him. A panel opens up as the man approaches. His places his hand on the scanner before typing in a code. The panel closes and the wall opens up to reveal five glass cases. Another panel opens and the man reached over and pushes the red button. The case doors open up and smoke begins to spill out.
"Time to rise, my pets," He stretches out the hand holding the white King piece. "Bring me the girl." He tightens his grip on the King until it breaks into pieces and clatters to the floor.
Red eyes twinkle through the smoke as the five figures sit up in each case, their voices echoing in unison. "Yes, Master Slade."
"What are we looking for exactly?" Connor asks, shuffling through multiple files and scanning through its contents before pushing them aside when he found nothing of importance.
Artemis had decided that they should start looking through the Hero Archives, stored away in the library of Mt. Justice. So for the past hour, they had been scouring both the internet and file cabinets in search of answers to their questions. "A teenage-superhero group that arose maybe... Six years ago?" She says, typing in 'teenage superhero 2005' in the search box. Artemis groans at the number of results that had popped up on the screen.
"Maybe we can start with a location," M'gann suggested, putting down a few documents. "Where did Robin say he used to live before joining the Team?"
"He didn't, that's the problem." Artemis scowls. It never bothered her before about not knowing the civilian identities of some of her teammates, not knowing each other's personal lives. In fact, she was relieved to be able to keep such things a secret, especially because of her... Unfavorable family history.
But, now, all she could feel was discouragement. Could they really call themselves a team when they barely know anything about each other?
Artemis lets out a sigh, continuing to search for any news of- oh. "I think I found something." The Team crowds around her as she opens the webpage. "Rise of the Teen Titans," she reads aloud, raising an eyebrow. Was that the name of Robin's other team?
M'gann gasped. "I remember Robin and Kid talking about the Titans. This must be it!"
A picture catches her eye, and Artemis clicks on it on impulse. A group picture appears on the screen, five people are posing in front of what appears to be a T-shaped tower on a remote island. On the far left, there stood a girl whose face was hidden beneath the hood of her dark blue cape. Big, violet eyes peaked out from the shadows of her cape, revealing her calm yet uncomfortable expression, but if you looked close enough, you would see the ghost of a smile on her face. Next to her was a green-skinned boy with a goofy grin on his face, sticking up a peace-sign with his fingers. A teen made of robotic parts stood beside the green-skinned boy, ruffling his hair playfully, caught in mid-laugh. A red-haired girl with vibrant green eyes floated behind them, a cheerful smile blooming on her face.
"Metahumans?" Kaldur suggests, peering over Artemis's shoulder.
She managed only a half-hearted shrug. "I suppose they are..." Artemis pursed her lips in thought, squinting at the boy in the middle. He had spiky jet-black hair and a stern expression on his face, though the beginnings of a smile twitched at his lips. His uniform resembled that of the colors of traffic-lights, his black and yellow cape fluttering in the wind behind him. If it wasn't for that familiar domino mask and the bolded 'R' on his chest, she wouldn't have recognized him.
"Oh my- is that Robin?" M'gann asks in exasperation, voicing the thought everyone was afraid to admit aloud.
"I'm guessing this was Robin's preteen, rebellious stage." Artemis jokes, attempting to lighten the growing tension in the room. It didn't work as the Team became preoccupied with assessing this other version of Robin. The boy they don't know. The sidekick who left Batman's side. The leader of the Teen Titans.
This Robin's expression was much more mature-looking than the childish aptitude the current Robin takes on. This Robin's smile was softer unlike the mischievous sneers Artemis was used to seeing. This Robin was composed, vigilant, and withdrawn, as though he kept everyone at a certain distance.
This Robin was a stranger.
"At least now we have our lead." Connor says, crossing his arms over his chest.
Artemis tries not to let the disappointment show on her face. She drums her fingers on the desk. "The 'Teen Titans'..." She opens a new tab and searches up 'Teen Titans'. More than a million results appear on the screen. "Wow, that easy, huh..." She reads the first few articles and was about to close the current one she was reading when something catches her eye. It was a picture of the main Titans at the scene of a crime. Six villains were being ushered into a police van, handcuffed and angry. But the only female villain of the group had caught her attention. Her pink hair was turned up into what looked like devil horns. She wore a black and purple witch dress with the matching striped stockings along with black platform boots.
Artemis's eyes flicker down to the caption below the picture: 'Superhero group, the Teen Titans, save the day once again from the group of metahuman thieves, the Hive Five.' "Hey, Miss M, can you search up the 'Hive Five' in the criminal database?"
The green girl floated down, letting a virtual keyboard appear in front of her and does what she's told. A huge virtual screen appears, showing six people holding prison placards. The six people in each photo did not do the standard prison pose. Instead, some made weird faces, others held up inappropriate gestures to the camera, and one even had the gall to pull down his pants (luckily he was modest enough to cover his but with the prison placard).
The last picture was the pink-haired villainess, who was pulling down one of her eyelids and sticking out her tongue at the camera. "Wait a minute, is that... Jinx?" M'gann touched the picture and her full criminal profile appeared.
[Name/Alias:] JINX
[Status:] VILLAIN (2005-2007) *[Current status has been modified]* HONORARY HERO (2007- )
[Classification:] METAHUMAN
[Powers:] SORCERESS & LUCK MANIPULATION
[Abilities:] ADVANCED GYMNASTIC SKILLS, MASTER ACROBAT, ENHANCED AGILITY, SKILLED HAND-TO-HAND COMBATANT
[Origins:] UNKNOWN
[Level:] HIGHLY DANGEROUS
[Affiliates:] HIVE ACADEMY [former student], HIVE FIVE [former leader], BROTHERHOOD OF EVIL [former member]; HONORARY TEEN TITAN [current]
[Crimes:] SHOPLIFTING, ROBBERIES, HEISTS, ASSAULTING OFFICERS, GRAFFITI, DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, BREAKING AND ENTERING, ATTEMPTED ARSON, ENDANGERMENT TO CIVILIANS... *[Charges revoked due to rehabilitation]*
"No... It can't be true..." M'gann pales, unable to look away from the horrifying truth glaring at her from the screen. "Jinx used to be a villain?"
"So let me get this straight," Batman starts just as Jinx finishes her explanation of the entire situation. "Titans have been going missing for the past month or so, and the League is just hearing about this now?"
"Well, when you put it that way, it sounds like we did a bad thing..." Robin mutters, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
Jinx crosses her arms over her chest. "If you may recall, the Titans liked their independence. And plus, no offense, Batsy, but I'm pretty sure the Titans believed, among other things wrong with this universe, a few missing Titans would not even make the League's priority list." Jinx shakes her head. "Besides, we didn't even realize we were being picked off one-by-one until it was too late."
"¡Es verdad! (It's true!)" Mas exclaims as Menos adds, "Todo el mundo pensó que faltan los Titanes acaba de ir en una escapada de vacaciones. (Everyone just thought the missing Titans just went on a getaway vacation.)"
Batman's lips twitch into a discontent scowl as the Flash try to alleviate the tension in the room. "The League would have at least tried-"
"Maybe trying wouldn't have been good enough!" Jinx snaps, her eyes taking on a dangerous, neon pink glow. Her fingers crackling at her sides with pink energy. She knew she was only taking her anger out on him. The only reason why the Titans had not asked for the League's help was because it was her who had convinced them that they didn't need to rely on the League. She was the reason why they were all missing in the first place.
Maybe if she hadn't been so stubborn, all the Titans would have been found by now.
"Jinx..." Kid stops her by taking hold of her shoulder, signalling her to calm down. She's tense for a minute before taking a deep breath, letting the glow in her eyes die down to return to their natural, pink color.
"Sorry..." Jinx mumbles as Kid removes his hand from her shoulder. She suddenly feels colder without it, so she wraps her arms around herself in an attempt to soothe her nerves. "Look, I was the one who convinced the Titans not to call you guys for help. Like Mas and Menos said, I thought the missing Titans just wanted to go off the grid for a while."
Batman's demeanor doesn't change, it's still as cold and hostile as always. So when Batman begins to speak again, Jinx was baffled to hear the gentle sincerity in his voice. "I would have made the effort." Batman makes sure to look Jinx in the eyes when he speaks the next few words. "You know, I would not have stopped until every Titan came home safe and sound."
"Don't rule me out either, cupcake. You can't get rid of me that easily." The Flash pitches in with a wink.
Her shoulders slump, feeling that hero guilt once more. "It didn't seem like an option at the time..."
Jinx knew more than anything that, though Batman didn't seem like it, the man behind the mask was a very family-oriented type of guy. Because the Titans were his adopted son's family, that also made them Batman's family. This man, who, at one time, had also treated her as if she were his own. He would have never stopped searching until every Titan was returned safe and sound.
A screeching alarm blared through the speakers of the cave made Jinx pause in thought. Red Arrow was closest to the monitor, so he presses keys on the virtual keyboard of the computer to see what had alerted the system. "Police reports are coming in, asking for assistance..." The twins dash over to his side, reading the report alongside him.
Robin walks over to them and squints at the screen. "Four- no, five metahumans are destroying downtown... It's- crap." Robin pales at the sight on the screen.
"What's the matter, Rob?" Kid asks, rushing to his best friend's side. Everyone joins the four to see what's going on, and Jinx freezes at the sound of a familiar cackling. Kid gasps, "That's-!"
Her heart breaks when her eyes catch sight of video on the screen. Of the five familiar faces of her old team. The HIVE Five.
"It's a trap," Jinx snaps her attention to Batman, whose narrowed eyes inspect the HIVE Five's faces. "I didn't think this was worth mentioning nor of utter importance, but the HIVE Five have also been MIA after someone had broken them out of prison. I suspected they were just in hiding."
The Flash's expression turns grim as he processes the situation. "But thieves like them would have shown up every now and then, and not just disappear..."
Her heart drops and dies in her chest. Missing? Why didn't she know about this? 'Now, that I think about it...' When was the last time she's seen them? It was... A year after the Brotherhood of Evil, when she had to trick Dr. Light into thinking she was still evil. Dr. Light wanted to create an evil group of petty villains who wouldn't overthrow him. But after that entire ordeal, it was like they had disappeared off the face of the planet. Jinx had thought they just couldn't escape prison as easily as they used to. But, instead, she's just finding out they've been missing.
Jinx swallows the lump in her throat. "How long have they been missing?" Please, don't say three years...
"More or less, an estimate of three years." Her fingers curl into fists at her sides, the aura around her crackling with sparks of pink energy. They've been missing for three years, and Jinx hasn't spared a thought of it. She curses inwardly as her anger for Slade grows like a wildfire.
"Slade. He must have took them in and convinced them to work for him. Who knows how long he's been developing this plan of his," Robin says, voicing Jinx's thoughts. "I agree with Batman, this has 'TRAP' written all over it."
Batman grunts in dissatisfaction, his eyes never leaving the faces of the Hive Five. "Robin, alert the Team and put a stop to those delinquents before any civilians get caught in the crossfire."
Jinx takes a step back and a move toward her room. "Let me come with, I can-"
"You will stay here where I can keep watch on you," Batman interrupts her, causing Jinx to pause in her steps.
"You want me to stay here?"
"Was there something you misunderstood?" Batman crosses his arms over his chest. "You couldn't possibly have thought I would allow you to leave Mt. Justice. Not after this newfound information..."
Jinx throws her arms up over head in frustration. "I can't just sit around, twiddling my thumbs. I can help! We just need to capture the Hive Five and interrogate them. They can give us answers-"
"I forbid you from leaving this lair. It's for your own protection."
"But that's my team-" Jinx cuts herself off, swallowing down the rest of her words.
"So, it is true," Jinx spins around and comes face-to-face with Artemis's glowering look. "You used to be a villain!"
Jinx winces. "Guess the cat's out of the bag..."
M'gann puts a hand on Artemis's shoulder in an attempt to calm her down. "Artemis, I think it's best if we just calmly-"
Artemis shoves M'gann's hand away as she glares over at Robin, Red Arrow, and Kid Flash. "And how long were you three planning on keeping this a secret from us?!"
"Technically, Jinx's villain status is not really a secret. If you searched her name on Google, I'm pretty sure you would have found a ton of articles about her villain-days." Red Arrow points out with nonchalance. "Besides, you guys just assumed she was a hero from the start. It's our fault if we didn't see the need to correct your assumptions?"
Connor glares at the orange-haired archer. "Don't turn this on us. We had to find out the truth through the internet and Jinx's profile in the criminal database-"
Batman's face hardens with a scowl. "Which you don't have authorization to-"
Artemis throws her hands up in exasperation. "Oh, stuff it. We peeked into some criminal profiles, so what? That doesn't change the fact that she lied to us!"
Jinx crosses her arms over her chest, trying to swallow down the bitter feeling of hurt. "To be fair, had you asked, I wouldn't have denied it." Artemis's fists shook at her side, her teeth gritting with anger.
"That's not the point-"
"Look," Robin interjects, eyes glued to the virtual monitor. "We can all sort this out later. Right now, we have a bigger problems that needs out attention."
The Teams turn their heads to the screen, the HIVE Five and their path of destruction illuminating their faces. Artemis glares at Jinx. "Planning a reunion?"
Jinx puffs out an annoyed sigh. "Not voluntarily, anyways."
"Detain those villains," Batman orders.
The Team readies their weapons, heading toward the beta-tubes. "Got it, Bats. This will be an easy win," Robin says, adjusting his utility belt. "It's the HIVE Five we're talking about."
"Don't underestimate the enemy, Robin. That could prove to be fatal in the long run," Batman turns away from the monitor to face the Team. "Now, make sure the civilians are unharmed, there's only a minimal amount of damage, and-" He pauses, his eyes shifting around the room. "Where's Jinx?" Kid Flash pauses by the tube, eyes searching for the pink haired sorceress.
"Ella regresó a su habitación. (She went back to her room.)" Menos says with Mas nodding his head beside him.
Robin notices Kid Flash's hesitation. "Kid, come on." Kid makes no move to or away from the tubes. "Batman will take care of her." Robin reassures him before stepping through the beta-tube. Kid Flash's eyes switch from the exit to the beta-tubes before letting a defeated sigh past his lips as he follows the Boy Wonder through the tubes.
Batman mutters a curse under his breath, and heads toward the direction of Jinx's room. "Somos nosotros también bajo arresto domiciliario? (Are we also under house arrest?)" Mas asks as Batman passes by him.
"Yes, so stay put if you know what's good for you." The sternness in Batman's voice makes a shiver run down the twin's back, and they couldn't find the words to go against him. Batman turns to the red-clad League member. "Flash, I'm counting on you to keep watch over these two."
"Got it, Bats." The Flash says with a mock salute.
With that said, Batman exits the room and heads down the hall to Jinx's room. As he walks, he runs one of his hands on the inside of the cape for the hidden pocket, his fingers brushing the object within.
If worse comes to worse, he'll have to resort using that...
When Batman enters the guest room, Jinx was already sliding on her black and purple striped leggings. She had changed a lot from her villain days, starting with her appearance. Her hero outfit was an upgraded version of her original villainess outfit- instead of a purple cloak covering her shoulders, it was sheer, sleeveless purple lace, and the bodice of her dress black with a violet gem on her chest, cut mid-thigh and pointy like her old witch outfit. From the elbows down, her arms were covered by black fishnet glovelettes.
"Where did you buy those?"
"I didn't buy them. At least, not the entire outfit. M'gann bought me these babies." She tugs on the fishnet glovelettes. "Besides, if you haven't noticed, I've been under house-arrest for the past three weeks. When M'gann went shopping, I asked for some fabric and a sewing machine to I make it."
"You made it?"
"A girl needs to look good while kicking ass, don't you think?" Jinx fixes her leggings. "Like I said, I was under house-arrest for three weeks. It's easy to lose your mind if you don't figure out some hobbies to help keep yourself sane. Learned that in my days as a mental asylum patient."
Batman files that last information in his mind as another part of Jinx's mysterious past. But that's not something that needs his attention at the moment. "You are not going, Jinx." Jinx pauses and glares at the Dark Knight.
"I have to go with them!" Jinx exclaims, already tying her hair up in a ponytail. "Who better to defeat them than the person who created their attack formations in the first place?" She tugs on her platform boots as Batman continues to stare her down.
"Let me remind you that you are under observation." His voice is stern, and Jinx tries not to be swayed by how shaky her legs are becoming. Batman seems to always strike fear into her, no matter how hard she tries to hide it. "We also have to take into account that you are likely the sole objective of those hoodlums."
Jinx smirks. "Batsy, is that worry I hear?"
"I have calculated the entire situation and believe it's best to not hand over to the villains the prize on a silver platter without anything in return."
Jinx scowls, narrowing her eyes in a vicious glare. "Nice to know that I'm just a pawn in your hero game."
Batman sighs. "That's not what I meant. Jinx, you are more vulnerable to being in Slade's hands if you leave this mountain." Jinx opens her mouth to retort, but Batman puts up a hand to stop her. "I will not allow you to put yourself into more danger than you already are."
"But-"
"No 'but's, Jinx. You are not leaving this mountain, and that's final. And to make sure you don't go anywhere," Batman digs into his cape and pulls out a small cube-like object. Before Jinx can even question what it is, he throws it at her, and the box expands before engulfing her inside it. She gasps out her surprise as she finds herself trapped within magenta walls of the box.
The buzz of power inhibitors surrounding her echoes as she bangs her fists on the walls of her prison. "Did you just trap me inside a Level 4 containment unit?!" Jinx shouts in anger. Her eyes glow pink as she shoots hexes, only for it to disperse as it touches the magenta walls. "How could you-!"
"This is for your own good," Batman tells her. With a flip of his cape, Batman leaves the room and walks back to the mission room. He needs to prepare a League meeting to discuss their next plan of action to save the missing Titans and track down this so-called Slade. The name rings a bell in his mind, but he comes up to a blank when trying to recall it.
Where has he seen that name before?
Too preoccupied by his thoughts, Batman did not notice a red and white blur flash past him, taking the remote from his pocket as it did so before speeding down the hall to Jinx's room.
Jinx continued to slam her fists onto the walls of her cell, hoping to make at least some kind of dent, but nothing was doing any damage. She curses aloud, slumping against it in defeat. It was no use. Cells like these are meant to be indestructible for people like her. She still couldn't believe Batman would go so far as to imprison her in a Level 4 containment unit. Was he that desperate to keep her safe? She can't tell whether it's because he doesn't want to give Slade an advantage or that he truly cares for her safety. Batman was such a confusing guy... And a jackass.
All she could do was wait until Kid Flash comes back and finally convinces Bats to free her...
"Ah!" Jinx snaps her attention towards the door, where the twins flashed her matching, mischievous grins. "Encontramos una princesa en la necesidad de ahorrar! (We found a princess in need of saving!)" They exclaim in unison.
Jinx rolls her eyes. "You dorks." Despite the insult, she couldn't stop the relief in her voice.
Menos sticks his tongue out at her. "Estas 'idiotas' están ayudando a escapar! ¡Mostrarnos un poco más de gratitud! (These 'dorks' are helping you escape! Show us a little more gratitude!)"
"Thanks, but you do know that your powers won't work on this kind of containment unit, right?"
"Duh," Mas pulls out a remote control from behind his back. His eyebrow twitches up as his grin widens. "Es por eso que tomamos el mando a distancia. (That's why we took the remote control.)"
Jinx perks up at the sight of the remote control in his hands. "Quick, disable the box before Bats realizes you guys took that from him."
Batman immediately knew something wasn't right when he found the Flash in the mission room by himself. "Where are the two boys?"
"Don't worry, Batsy. They told me they were going to the bathroom. You didn't see them flash by you a second ago?" The Flash points in the direction Batman had just come from. Behind his mask, Batman's eyes widen, his hand flying to the hidden pocket in his cape. He lets out a curse when he realizes the remote is gone. He spins on his heels and runs down the hall to Jinx's room. Flash is by his side in an instant. "Hold on, explain the situation to me. Did something happen with Jinx?"
"I had to keep Jinx from running away, so I left her-" He wrenches the door open, only to be welcomed by an empty room, the dark cube that had trapped Jinx now laid in the middle of the room with an 'IOU' note stuck onto it. "...inside a Level 4 containment unit. Dammit."
"They really did some damage, huh..." Jinx says as the twins stop in the middle of a deserted road full of chaos. "If only they put this much effort during training, I probably wouldn't have left." She looks around in search for any signs of the Team. "Mas, Menos- you guys should head back to the Cave and slow down Bats and the Flash. Can't have them getting me before I can do anything..." Mas and Menos give her a playful salute before grasping each others' hands and speeding away.
She scans the area, hoping for a sign as to where the others were. "It's a bit too quiet..." No later did those words escape her lips, a body crashes out from the window of a nearby bank. The body hit a car, crushing it under the weight of his entire body. A groan escapes the guy's lips, and, on closer inspection, Jinx realized it was Superboy who was thrown out the window.
Jinx makes a move to his side. "Superboy, what-" The sound of crunching glass made her shift her attention over to the broken window. Jinx gasped; it was Mammoth, cracking his knuckles and a confident smirk etched on his face.
"Look who decided to crash the party," Mammoth grunts before charging at Jinx. Jinx jumps, flipping over him, her eyes flashing pink as she goes. The ground under Mammoth crumbles, trapping him from the waist down.
"Still thinking only with your muscles and not your actual brain, huh, big guy?" Jinx taunts. Mammoth lets out a roar before destroying the pavement he was trapped in. He gets out of the rubble, preparing to fight Jinx, when a car gets thrown at him.
"Over here, pea brain. We still have a score to settle!" Superboy shouts, picking up a street lamp and uses it like a baseball bat to throw Mammoth to the far end of the street. Superboy drops the street lamp before glancing in Jinx's direction. "Aren't you supposed to be under house-arrest?"
"Didn't you see my crime report? I don't respect authority or their rules." Jinx says with a smirk before dashing through the hole Mammoth created in the building. "But that doesn't mean I'm not on your side!" She shouts behind her, skidding around the corner of the hallway. She hears the echoes of explosions and mocking voices. She scans the walls, searching for a way to sneak inside without being noticed. She spotted a few rafters ceiling and decided that was the best place to shoot for.
After a few flips and climbing, she manages to stealthy make her way on the rafters. She peaks over the edge, watching as Artemis tries to attack See-More as he swings a giant mallet he created with his eyes. Miss Martian flies around, only to be pulled through a portal by Kyd Wykkyd. Kid Flash is dodging Gizmo's bombs, and Robin and Kaldur are backed into a corner, fighting Billy clones.
Everyone seemed so preoccupied, Jinx was unsure of what her next plan of action was. Her eyes flash pink, but it was already too late to evade the fist that appears from the shadows and knocks her off her feet. She loses her balance on the beam, and the next thing she knows is she's falling. She manages to snap out of the pained daze and flips to land on her feet gracefully. Well, somewhat gracefully, she's still dizzy from the punch to the face and falls on her behind.
The fighting stops, and all eyes were suddenly on her. But she wasn't paying any attention to them. She was too busy gaping at the face that was staring down at her (or should she say the cat mask that was staring down at her?). She hasn't seen this masked face since the destruction of HIVE Academy. If she was still villain-Jinx, she would have grinned and wrapped an arm around the girl she had once thought of as her best friend.
But now, this was the first time Jinx has faced the girl as a hero. Her enemy. The words dry up in her throat at the sight of the masked assassin. There could be only one reason for her sudden appearance. She pales as the realization clicks in her thoughts.
"Cheshire?"
Sorry for the long wait. School is hectic and summer break is coming up, but I don't think I'll be able to write in the summer (due to more school). So expect really slow updates. I'm going to do my best to write as much as possible, so be patient and please wait for me! I'm going to come back for you guys, I swear! Don't lose faith in me!
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