"It was probably those crud-munching Teen Titans. They're always ruining our fun." Gizmo pouted, bringing up profiles, trying to match the small blurred clips they'd recovered from Gizmo's cameras.
Several Billy's were fighting over a video game, and Mammoth was eating. Jinx looked over his shoulder at the images, shaking her head.
"It can't be. They're still away fighting the Brotherhood of Evil. And the Titans East got called back to Steel City." She glared at the rose that had taken the place of her very valuable swag. "I want to know who did this." She said firmly, clutching the flower tightly in her hands "I want to find them and I want to make them pay." The abused plant withered under her touch.
Gizmo smirked, and began to chant softly "Somebody has a boyfriend…" before Jinx hexed the chair out from under him. Mammoth sighed and came to run interference so she didn't kill the kid. Jinx had gotten very sensitive about her single status, despite outwardly boasting about it.
"So we got busted. What's the big deal?" He asked, "We get busted all the time."
Jinx let out an exasperated sigh. "We didn't just get busted, don't you get it?"
Lights dimmed as she sat down on the kitchen counter. Leaning back and crossing her legs, she looked thoughtfully around at the base.
"We've just been playin', foolin' around!" She crooned softly and sincerely
"While everybody else is out there, coverin' ground!" She began to pick up speed and volume.
"We've gotta take a whole new tact,
To get back on the track!"
She launched herself off the countertop and turned to her team. Striding over, she continued.
"And it's time we get started,
Gettin' down to business" She turned to place her hands on Gizmo's shoulders and spin him around.
"Time we get started
Gettin' down to business!" This time she danced back to stand on the coffee table. Again assuming the soft tone
"They're all sayin'" A soft cooing seemed to follow her words.
"We don't have a chance. We don't wanna let 'em
Write us off in advance.
There's only one thing we can do" Somehow, impossibly, an echo was heard, saying 'one thing!'
"To make our dreams come true!"
Jinx gestured to them to join her, over emphasising her words so they could catch on. She trotted around the kitchen, eyes alight.
"And it's time we get started
Gettin' down to business
Time we get started
Gettin' down to business"
The group of Billy's had joined in, and were elbowing See-more to get with it and sing. Jinx was hamming it up, fully intending to inspire them enough to make them a formidable force.
"And it's time we get started
Gettin' down to business
Time we get started
Gettin' down to business!"
"They're all sayin'" Jinx repeated softly, letting Gizmo and Mammoth 'ooh' in the background.
"We don't have a chance,
We don't wanna let 'em,
Write us off in advance.
There's only one thing we can do,
To make our dreams come true!"
By now everyone was singing or dancing along, and energized. They were now able to get out of their slumps and share their leader's somewhat eccentric enthusiasm.
"And it's time we get started
Gettin' down to business
Time we get started
Gettin' down to business!
And it's time we get started
Gettin' down to business
Time we get started
Gettin' down to business!"
Jinx finished with a pose, arms spread wide, on her knees. She was very close to dissolving into a fit of giggles at the matching poses of her team, with Kyd Wykkyd on her right and See-More on her left, and a cheerleader-esque pyramid of Billy's in the background.
"Yeah! Now let's go make them sorry they ever messed with us, full crime mode!" Gizmo shouted as the alarm blared an alert. Closing time, also known as crime time.
"We got multiple targets…" he began and a mischievous look came into his eyes as they doled out the assignments. They could even use this to lure out the would-be hero this way. Learn a bit more about whom he is.
Well, I'm plannning on writing the next two chapters today, and possibly posting them tomorrow. Leave feedback, this one was a bit better I think.