"I'm BORED!" Kid Flash groaned opening and closing the fridge repeatedly to see if the light stayed on when the door was closed. It had been several days since they had gotten back from the hospital, four days, thirteen hours and twenty five minutes to be exact. And Kid Flash was getting annoying to be around, she'd had to keep him indoors most of the time and when they did go outside he was banned from burning excess energy off by running at hyperspeed. As a result of this he was becoming insufferable, like a small child on crack cut with sugar.
"I've noticed." Jinx commented wryly from the sofa as she flipped over another page in her sketchpad and touched pencil to paper.
"What are you draw- hey... wait... where'd you get that?" Kid Flash asked as a thought crept up on him, he leant over the edge of the sofa and stared at the cover of the sketchpad, he could have sworn that was in Jinx's bedroom before...
"It's mine; I didn't steal it if that's what you mean." Jinx said poking her tongue out at him and resuming her drawing.
"No, I didn't mean that, where'd you get it? You came here with nothing where'd that come from?" He pointed out, Jinx slid lower on the sofa, putting the sketchbook between her eyes and Kid Flash's. Though to be fair he wasn't really Kid Flash, he was in his civilian clothing, he was Wally West.
"You went back to your base. And since that's not burnt to a crisp, you went back before the fire started." He continued climbing over the back of the sofa and pulling the sketchpad down at staring Jinx down.
"So I went back! I just picked up some stuff; I was running low on clothes and things you know." She huffed looking away.
"The report said the place burnt down and three of the HIVE five members had broken legs, you're sure you had nothing to do with that?" Wally said levelly staring at her eyes, a muscle twitched in Jinx's temple, she said nothing.
"Which was pretty coincidental considering as they all ended up with the same injury as me, and it makes no real sense for Mammoth to burn down the headquarters as he still lives there..." he added. Jinx twitched, Wally was getting dangerously close now, which always threw her concentration off.
"They DESERVED it!" She shouted finally snapping, Wally's blue eyes widened.
"JINX! How could you?! That's arson and... and at least three counts of grievous bodily harm!" Wally shouted angry at her, how could she go back to crime? She was with him; she was doing so well, had he changed nothing in her?
"They tried to kill me! They nearly crushed you to death as well with all that pain you went through for no reason, all because of them, you didn't want revenge?!" She shouted back jumping off of the sofa and glaring at him.
"No! And that's not the point! Heroes don't take revenge on people, they bring them to justice. I... Jinx how could you?" He muttered running a hand through his hair and looking away from her.
"Don't 'how could you' me! I had to watch you go through unimaginable pain because of them, they only got what they deserved, jail is nothing to them they break out every few weeks. Normal justice doesn't apply to them, don't you understand?" She said clenching her fists and holding back her powers, she didn't DO arguments, she didn't get mad, she got even. But she couldn't and didn't want to do that to Wally, how could he not understand?
"Justice does apply, that's the point. If it didn't then what's the point in me doing this? What's the point in anything? There are rules Jinx, you can't just... break the law for your own ends it makes you no better than them." He yelled angrily, he turned back towards her just as she started shouting in return.
"I was no better than them before but that didn't bother you then!" Jinx shouted back, Wally said nothing at this and just glared at her.
"Supposing you'd not managed to get me out from under that building, suppose you'd tripped and I'd been crushed to death. You're telling me you wouldn't have exacted some well deserved revenge? Nothing at all?" Jinx said softly.
"Stop that Jinx, I don't even want to think about what could have happened." He breathed turning his back on her.
"Well tough, what would have happened to your fine principles of justice and right and wrong had I died? They would have spent a week in jail tops before escaping. You'd be satisfied with that?" She snarled spinning him around to face her.
"I- I don't KNOW okay?! I don't want to know either." He muttered looking down, Jinx's eyes hardened, she shoved him back and turned her back on him.
"That means no." She said coldly and grabbed her blanket from the sofa and picking her sketchbook up from the floor.
"Jinx…stop it." He said weakly as she gathered her stuff.
"That's not what I meant!" He pleaded as she picked up her shoes silently and began to put them on.
"Damnit Jinx! Listen to me!" He shouted exasperatedly, she continued to ignore him as she zipped up her right shoe, her hands reached for her left shoe but it was already in Wally's hands, he still was after all, the fastest boy alive. She watched in shock as the shoe sailed through the air, the loud crash it made as he burst through the window and fell down to the street below, her eyes were wide in shock as she turned to Kid Flash with her mouth hanging open slightly.
"There! You can't leave with only one shoe!" He said slightly manically pointing at the broken window for good measure, Jinx was speechless; however Wally took this for her ignoring him still. It was then that he jumped on her. Well, jumped wasn't quite accurate, full on body tackle was closer.
"Don't leave." He pleaded into her neck as they lay in a crumpled mess of arms and legs on his living room floor with Jinx half ready to leave and with only one shoe on.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Jinx blurted out after coming to her senses, the boy had his arms wrapped half around her waist and half around her right arm even his legs were wrapped around hers, she wasn't sure if this was some secret super-hero full body lock or just Kid flash being dumb. She squirmed under his grip; he however took this for her attempting to escape and squeezed her tighter.
"I didn't mean to upset you! I just meant that I don't want to think about something so horrible happening to you or what it'd do to me. I care about you I don't know what it'd do to me." He whimpered having pulled up so he could see her face his nose was now pressed against hers, probably another attempt at stopping her escape. She tried to look him in the eyes and went cross eyed at the attempt, she squeezed her eyes shut, she couldn't focus on anything that close.
"Jinx… say something!" He urged squeezing her further; Jinx's rib made a nasty creaking sound and shot pain at her nervous system.
"AH! RIB!" She yelped, the red-headed idiot had released her in an instant but it wasn't fast enough to avoid the pain.
"I'm sorry! Forgive me!" He squeaked in wide eyed fear.
"God… you're like a puppy or something. Stop looking at me like that, you're making me feel bad." Jinx groaned rolling her eyes and rubbing the sore rib.
"Is that a yes?" He asked leaning down and poking her in the stomach.
"Ow, yes already, enough with the poking and pinning and tackling already." She groaned, "Now let me up already."
"Hmm, I could just keep you here. You are entertaining and I was bored before." He smirked letting his fingers run up her side tickling her slightly.
"Or, you could get my shoe from the street before I hex you off of me and beat you to death with my other shoe." She glowered her eyes flashing pink at him.
"Or, you know, that." He added hastily as he jumped off of her and dashed out the flat and down to the street below. Jinx flopped back on the floor; Kid Flash sure was exhausting to be around when he was cooped up in the house. And for someone who annoyed her when he could tire himself out from running around the world it wasn't good news.
"I got it! I had to wrestle a hobo for it but I got it." He proclaimed appearing back in the flat proudly holding her shoe.
"Thank you." She said with her eyes closed. She heard the sound of Kid Flash flopping down onto the sofa.
"Hey Jinx?" He asked in an annoying sing-song voice.
"Yes?" She asked dryly knowing what was coming.
"I'm bored." He grinned at her.
"I've noticed." She groaned.