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Need for Speed 2

Guys' Night Out

After eating a little bit of each breakfast dish the guys made for her, Jinx got dressed in her usual clothes and emerged from her bedroom. She started to giggle when she found See-More with a feather duster in one hand and a vacuum in the other.

"See-More…when did you get clean up duty?" she asked.

"Thought this place needed a cleaning," See-More explained. "You enjoyed your breakfast?"

"Yeah," Jinx said, "thanks for the pancakes."

"Mammoth made you the pancakes," See-more frowned. "I made you a smiley face with eggs…"

"Oh yeah!" Jinx said, "that's right. Yeah, that was great too, thanks See-More."

"Hey Jinx," said Mammoth, pushing Jinx to the door. "There's a new all-you-can-eat buffet in town, let's go check it out."

"But I already had breakfast!" Jinx exclaimed.

"I didn't," said Mammoth, "come on!"

There was no getting out of it. Mammoth hauled Jinx off to the buffet where he had six helpings of everything. Jinx was already full with a steak and baked potato but Mammoth made her try everything. Somehow Jinx was able to put away some roast beef, roast duck, roast pork, barbeque ribs, a bowl of chicken soup and a bowl of vegetable beef, mashed potatoes, boiled vegetables and every desert from pie to chocolate pudding. After eating the meal fit for an army, Jinx held her head over the back of her chair to stretch her stomach out. She felt like she was going to explode.

"So…full…"

"Come on, Jinx," Mammoth said, waving a spoonful of his sundae. "You've got to try this!"

"No thanks," Jinx said, lazily waving her arm up into the air. "I—I'm-hic—good."

"There you are, Jinx!" yelled a couple of southern voices.

"Oh no…" Jinx moaned as she saw about ten upside-down Billies run up to her.

"Let's go shopping!"

"Shopping?" Jinx moaned.

"We thought you'd want some new clothes," Billy number one said as he pulled her out of her chair.

"We were gonna pick 'em out for you and surprise you," said Billy number five, "but Billy thought it'd be better to bring ya along incase we didn't know ya size."

"No I didn't," Billy number two. "Billy did."

"Oh, sorry, Billy."

"But, Billy…I don't need any clothes!" Jinx whined.

"Sure ya do!" Billy number six exclaimed.

Four billies picked up Jinx over their heads and carried her out of the buffet, while the other Billies tried to eat some of Mammoths' dinner.

"Hey!" Mammoth growled, taking back his sundae.

"At least me just finish Jinx' huckleberry pie!" said Billy number nine.

"Billy!" yelled Billy number four, who was holding Jinx's left leg. "Ya'll better hurry now or ya'll be left behind!"

"Wait for us, Billy!" yelled Billy number eight, shoving a piece of pie into his mouth. "Mmm, that's good eatin'!"

The Billies carried Jinx into a store that only the hillbillies of the world would shop at. Just before Jinx thought her bad luck hadn't gotten any worse, she felt as if she was going to die.

"This isn't my style!" Jinx proclaimed, looking at the store in horror. "Billy, put me down!"

"Okay," said Billy number four and he set her down on her feet. "Ya'll spread out and find Jinxie something nice."

"Don't call me Jinxie…"

"I can't believe this is happening," Jinx mumbled as the Billies ran around and pushed the weirdest clothes into her arms, saying how great they were going to look at on her.

"Why, isn't this just 'darlin'?" Billy asked, tossing a pink jumper dress onto Jinx's head.

"Can I help you boys?" asked a southern woman.

"Yes ma'am," replied Billy number three, "our friend here would like to try on these."

"No I wouldn't," Jinx grumbled, dropping all the clothes, revealing her appearance.

"Ooh, mercy, honey!" gasped the woman. "Do you always dress like that?"

"Of course I do," Jinx retorted.

"We think she looks scary," said Billy number five.

"I'll show you scary…" Jinx snarled, about to jinx all ten billies but the woman grabbed her by the hand. "Hey!"

"You're goin' to like yourself after this is over."

"Yeah right," moaned Jinx as the rest of the Billies picked up her clothes and followed Jinx and the store worker to the dressing rooms.

"Try this one on first, Jinx!" said Billy number one, shaking the jumper dress.

"No, this one! This one!" insisted Billy number three, holding a pair of overalls.

"She doesn't want to wear that!" said Billy number seven

"How do you know?'

"Because she'll look great in this!" he held up a pair of blue cutoffs and a red and white polka dotted midriff tie shirt.

"Oooh!" said all the Billies. "I'd even look good in that!"

Jinx gasped at the clothes. She wasn't going to wear anything showing her legs! And her stomach! Had she ever done a sit up in her life? And especially after eating all that food she knew she had gained at least twenty pounds. "I am not…"

"Put it on, put it on!" the Billies cried.

The store worker picked up the clothes, placed them into Jinx's arms and told her to pick a room.

"You want me to come and help ya?" said Billy number three.

"NO!" shouted Jinx as she disappeared into the fitting rooms. The Billies looked excited for a moment then looked at each other.

"So…now what?" said Billy number four.

"Why don't you boys just wait for her until she comes out?" said the fitting room attendant.

"Good idea."

Jinx sighed, staring at her reflection. Perhaps the Billies were right. Some new clothes might do her some good. The hillbilly style certainly wasn't hers, but Billy was doing his best to show her some kind of attention, even if it was a little warped.

"Might as well try them on," Jinx said to herself, taking off her purple and black outfit and slipping into the number the Billies were all anxious to see first. "Ugh…they wanted me to wear this?"

"Hey Jinx! Time to come out and show us!"

"They want me to come out too?" Jinx wondered out loud.

Jinx swallowed, opened the door and stepped out of her cubical and walked down the hall. Her face as pink as her hair, she peaked around the corner. "Uh, Billy…this one really isn't me."

"Come on out! Don't be shy!"

"Well all right," said Jinx, "but this won't be my new uniform, okay?"

Jinx slowly stepped into view, her arms in front of her and her knees touching. She was grateful that Kid Flash couldn't see this…or was she? What would his reaction be?

The Billy clones wolfwhistled and clapped.

"That's my girl!" cried Billy number one.

"Wow, those shorts make your legs look like they go up to your neck!" commented Billy number seven.

"Oh man," said Jinx.

"I wish you'd dress up like that more often."

"No way!" Jinx said. "This one is a no go."

The Billies moaned. "You look so nice in that.."

"I'm going t put on something else. Jinx disappeared back into the dressing room, desperate to get out of the outfit. She picked up a black shirt and the pink jumper dress, put them on and went to show the boys.

"Awww!" chorused all the boys.

"Isn't that the cutest thing you ever seen?" Billy number five asked.

"Sure is," replied Billy number two.

"Lookit that," said Billy number three, "you look like my little seester!"

"Thanks…I think," Jinx said.

"Now try on those pink overalls!"

"And the other pair of shorty shorts!"

"Okay, okay," said Jinx, going back to the dressing room. Every five minutes she went to show the Billy clones her outfits and the ones that didn't fit right they were happy to go get her another size. Eventually Jinx got into it and would say things like, "Is there one of these in purple?" or "this would look great with a pair of boots" or "can you find me a hat that goes with these?"

The Billies were happy to oblige. About two hours later of trying on over two dozen different outfits, Jinx settled on two pair of cowgirl jeans, three pink flannel shirt, overalls, the jumper dress, a pair of boots and a pair of sandals and cowgirl hat. It took there Billies to carry her stuff.

"This is a lot…we should've just stolen them instead," said Billy number seven.

"Nah, we got a good bargain on these even if we did pay for them," Billy number six argued.

"Besides, that lady was really nice," piped in Billy number four.

"Yeah, didn't she look like Ma?" inqured Billy number ten.

The Billies all sighed and pull out their wallets to look at the picture of their mother. "Mama!"

Some of the Billies were upset that she didn't go for the shorts.

"I don't care how good I looked in them," said Jinx, "I'm not wearing those! I hate being cold!"

"We'll keep--," Billy number three began but Jinx gave that 'close your mouth or you're dead' look and he shut up.

"Now that you got the duds," said Billy number one said, "let's do something with that hair!"

"Excuse me?" Jinx demanded. "What's wrong with my hair?"

"It's pink," said Billy.

"That can't be your real color," said Billy number three.

"It is my real color!"

"Won't she look cute if she lets her hair down?" asked Billy number two.

"Or put it in pigtails."

"They are already in pigtails!"

Billy number three and Billy number two grabbed Jinx by the arms and escorted her to a beauty shop.

"Billy, please," said Jinx, "you've done enough, really! I like my hair the way it is! Let me go!"

"You'll feel a lot better after you done your hair," said Billy number six. "How about becoming a redhead?"

"Redhead? Me? You gotta be kidding!"

Billy wasn't. Seconds later, Jinx's head was being lathered up by a lady in her twenties with too long of nails. It hurt; just Jinx's luck to get the woman with the claws. She wouldn't have to use dye because her head would already be red from blood.

"Can you…be…a little…softer?" Jinx grunted through the pain, water splashing into her eyes. "Ow!"

"We're almost done," said the beautician, now putting conditioner onto Jinx's hair. After rising out the conditioner, she grabbed a towel and put it around Jinx's head. Jinx saw all the boys grinning at her.

"I wish I had a camera," said Billy number five.

"Ugh," said Jinx as the beautician led Jinx over to a chair and started combing her hair.

"Okay, you want it short and sassy, right?"

"Actually…" Jinx began.

"Can you dye it red?" all the Billies interjected.

"Sure I can," said the beautician, taking a number of differed red dyes. "You want Sunset Symphony or Crimson Candy?"

"Um…what's the difference?" said Billy number three.

"Or maybe Scarlet Wonder?"

"We're going to be here all day…" Jinx moaned.

Finally after getting a new outfit and a new hairstyle (bright candy red) Jinx and the Billies returned to Hive Tower. When she got there, she discovered Gizmo in her room.

"Gizmo!" she exclaimed. "What are you…hey…what'd you do?"

There was a brand new TV with a DVD player, stereo and a spinning wardrobe for her new outfits.

"Break it and you're dead!" said Gizmo, as finished wiring something.

"Wow, thanks!" Jinx exclaimed.

"Whatever, snotbrain," Gizmo muttered, stepping out of the room.

Jinx put her clothes into her rotating closet. This was going to make it much easier for her to decide what to wear—when she didn't want to wear her usual uniform. As she placed her clothes away, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," she said.

The door didn't open but a swirl of blackness opened up next to her new television. Kyd Wykkyd stepped out of it, holding out to Jinx.

"For me?

The silent Hive Five member nodded. Jinx walked forward and took the box. She took a peek and found a number of audio CDs, tapes and movies, most of which were of horror and spooky genres.

"Thanks, Kyd Wykkyd."

Kyd Wykkyd took a bow and disappeared. Jinx started going through the box. "Why doesn't he ever use the door?"

As Jinx was trying to spend some time alone, listening to some music and drawing, the guys kept poking their heads on her to ask how she was doing and give her more stuff. See-More suggested they do crime at the local mall. What she really needed was some time alone. She needed to think things through and she couldn't do that with the guys all suddenly crowding her. A few days ago they wouldn't listen to her. They never paid her much mind but now they wouldn't leave her alone.

"No really, guys, I'm fine!" Jinx insisted. "You go ahead, I'll stay here and…clean the tower."

"I already did that," said See-More.

"Then I'll get dinner," Jinx lied.

"You sure?" Mammoth asked.

"Sure I'm sure.

"Oh come with us," Billy urged.

"Just go!" Jinx exclaimed, scaring her team. She chuckled. "You guys were so great, thinking about me but you don't have to do that. Go on and have some fun. Make it a guy's night out."

The male members exchanged glances and shrugged. "Okay, we'll pick ya out somethin' nice!" said Billy.

The guys split up to separate stores to raid: Mammoth, the food court; See-More, jewelry (for Jinx); Kyd Wykkyd, antiques; Gizmo, electronics; and one hundred Billy clones, the clothiers and toy stores. The Hive Five boys were having a blast, until someone spoiled it for them, really quickly.

In the jewelry store, See-More was examining an elaborate necklace with many jewels.

"Wow, that will be perfect for Jinx," he said, "really eye catching."

"Yeah, that's nice, but I'd go with the rose shaped earrings instead," said a voice next to him.

"Really?" See-More turned just in time to get punched in the face by no other but Kid Flash, his magic eye transforming to an exclamation point. "You again?"

See-More tried to shoot a laser at him but missed. Kid Flash zoomed around him and went to the food court to stop Mammoth. Mammoth was about to eat a smorgasbord of Chinese food, but then he was hit from behind with something wet.

"What the?"

He turned and he was hit in the face with a lemon meringue pie, stinging his eyes. "Ow! That's lemon meringue! I hate that!"

He was hit by more pies, blueberry, raspberry, coconut cream, rhubarb, apple, and chocolate cream.

"Hey! Billy, is that you? It's not funny man!"

Mammoth slipped on some of the mess and fell down. Flash zoomed over him, wiped some of the pie filling off Mammoth's forehead and licked it.

"Mmm, Lemon meringue, with a hint of coconut cream—not bad!"

Before Mammoth could get a word out, Kid Flash was gone. He sat there for a moment and licked a pie filling off his hand. "That is pretty good…"

"We should do this more often, Billy," said a Billy, playing with an Etch-a-Sketch. "Just the menfolk."

"Yeah."

As Billy number forty was walking around the toystore, tinkering with things and standing too close to a wall, he felt something kick him in the butt. Billy hollered and dropped the stack of cards in his hand. "What the? Billy! That aint funny!"

He hit Billy number thirty nine in the head. "Ow! Now why did ya go and do dat for?"

"You kicked me in the behind, that's why!"

"I did not!"

"If you didn't then who did?"

"Billy!" Billy number thirty-nine yelled, pointing at Billy number thirty-eight.

Both Billies went to Billy number thirty eight and tackled him.

"Hey!"

"It was you, wasn't it?"

"Let me go, Billy! I didn't do anything!"

"You kicked me!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

The three Billies started punching and kicking at each other, while Billy number thirty to thirty five were all kicked in the butt by some mysterious foot. Each Billy blamed it on the other Billy.

"You wanna fight?"

"Them fightin' words!"

Over in the clothiers, it was the same game, Billy was walking around trying clothes on and he'd get kicked in the butt and blame it on the Billy standing closest to him. Then all the lights and music in the mall went on and the Billies stopped.

"Hey, did Gizmo turn the power on?"

"Somethin' ain't right," said Billy number nine. "I think the mall's haunted."

"Haunted!"

"There's a ghost in the mall!"

All the Billies screamed and hugged each other.

"Hold me, Billy!"

"Calm down, it ain't nuttin…" said Billy number seventeen. "It's just…"

"BOO!" yelled somebody standing right behind Billy number twenty-eight, but when he turned around, he was gone.

"Run for your lives! The ghost is in here!"

The Billies ran out of the store, running over Gizmo in the process.

"What are you pig-sniffers doing?" Gizmo demanded.

"The mall's haunted!" yelled Billy number thirty.

See-More came running out of the jewelry store, communicator in hand when he collided into a pie-covered Mammoth.

"Mammoth, quit pigging out and help me catch Kid Flash."

"I wasn't!" Mammoth insisted.

"Come on," said See-More, pushing himself up. "We've got to stop him!" He turned on his X-ray vision and scanned the mall for Kid Flash. Kid Flash was moving too quickly for him. "He's in the toystore…now…now he's in the antique shop—Kyd Wykkyd, get him!"

But Kyd Wykkyd was knocked out with a vase.

"I can't believe he's getting the best of us again," said See-More. "Now he's on the top floor with everybody else, come on!"

By the time See-More and Mammoth got there, the Gizmo and all the Billy clones were tied up to the posts.

"There's a ghost in here!" said Billy.

"It's not a ghost, you idiot," said See-More, "it's Kid Flash!"

Rubbing his head, Kyd Wykkyd teleported to the center of the mall to join his teammates.

Kid Flash took a strip of carpet from a carpet store and wrapped it around See-More, Mammoth and Kyd Wykkyd. He stepped back and pointed at each member. "Let's see, one, two, three, four and five. Last time I checked there was six of you."

"So?" Mammoth asked.

"So where's Jinx?" Kid Flash inquired with a grin. "Did you decide to go for a guys' night out and leave her home alone?"

"None of your binnus!" snapped Billy.

"Well, I think I'll go see how she's doing, later!"

"Don't you…!" See-More yelled but the speedster was gone. "After him, you guys!"

"We can't catch him," said Billy, "he's harder to catch than a greased piglet!"

See-More used his eye to tear through the carpet holding him bound with Mammoth and Kyd Wykkyd and set his other teammates free. "Come on, we can't let him trash the tower again!"

--

Jinx chilled at home for a while, watching the movies on her new television and listening to music. But nothing she did seemed to satisfy her. Kyd Wykkyd's movies were a bit creepy and the plots made no sense. With all the six hundred channels to choose from, there was nothing on. Jinx decided to go out and catch a late night flick—a romance.

"I can't believe I'm doing this," she said to herself after buying a ticket. She never liked romance movies. She didn't like romance, period. However, here she was, watching a romance movie. The guys would never believe what she was doing right now, even though she did leave a note and say that she was going to the movies. It was probably a bad idea since she wanted time alone anyway. The movie started up and Jinx leaned back to watch it. Someone behind her tapped her shoulder. Jinx turned around to see a blond sitting with a bunch of girls.

"Could you take your hat off?" the blond asked. "I can't see."

"I'm sorry," said Jinx, taking her hat off. So much for disguising her red hair. She was dressed in the cowgirl jeans and flannel shirt. The girls giggled at her hair.

"Red's not your color."

"It's not red," said Jinx, "it's Crimson Candy." She turned her attention back to the movie screen.

To Jinx's surprise, the movie was quite good and the leading male was really handsome. He reminded her of Kid Flash. In the middle of the story when the leading male was saying goodbye to the girl, Jinx was watching with her hands close together, eyes tearing up and waiting for the moment where they were going to confess their love and kiss.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Jinx put her hand to her communicator, feeling the angry looks from everyone in the theatre.

"I'm sorry!" Jinx gasped, hurrying out of the theatre. It was just her luck for her to get beeped at the most romantic part in the movie! "What is it?" Jinx demanded, flipping her communicator open.

"Jinx, where are you?" See-More's concerned face said. "You're not at home! Are you okay?"

"See-more, I left a note!" Jinx groaned, unaware of the yellow and red blur racing behind her and inside the theatre.

"I didn't see any note."

"I would think that you would've noticed it!" Jinx said. "I'm trying to have a night with myself and you ruined it, thank you very much!" Jinx closed her communicator shut and went back to the movie. She came back to her seat and the person next to her offered her popcorn.

"Thanks," she said, "what did I miss?"

"Oh, the guy broke his promise about always being there for her and now he's dating her best friend."

"Jerk!"

"I know, but I'm never going to do that to you, Jinx." The person put his arm around her shoulders and Jinx turned to be face to face with Kid Flash.

"W—what…what the…you…you!" Jinx made the popcorn bag explode. "The nerve of…!"

"Hey, we're trying to watch the movie here!" people complained.

Jinx stormed out of the movie, Kid Flash right behind her.

"Go away!" Jinx yelled at him, flinging the doors open and stepping into the cold night. "How'd you find me?"

"Found your note," he said, waving the note she left for the guys. (Guys, I went out to a movie. Don't wait up for me.)

Jinx groaned and shook her head."Can't I just watch a movie without any interruptions?"

"What's so fun about watching a movie by yourself?" Kid Flash asked.

"I was trying to get away from the guys," said Jinx, "they were getting on my nerves."

"You can leave them anytime you know," Kid Flash told her.

"I can't," Jinx said, "I'm the leader."

"Someone else can lead."

"You kidding?" Jinx turned to look at him. "They don't have any leadership skills! Mammoth and Gizmo are the biggest slackers! Kyd Wykkyd doesn't talk, Billy's full of his self and See-More…well, See-More's okay, I guess…he helped me catch you."

"And then you let me go."

"Don't bring anything into that," said Jinx.

"You're going to stay with the Hive Five then?"

"Well yeah," Jinx said.

"I thought you were tired of them."

"I am…but they've been really good today," said Jinx. "They all made me breakfast in bed. Billy took me out for new clothes and get my hair done."

"You make a good redhead," Kid Flash teased.

"I don't really like it," said Jinx, putting her hat on. "I like my hair the way it was."

"I think it's cute."

Jinx blushed a little. "Thanks."

"There you are, Jinx!" said a voice overhead.

Jinks and Kid Flash looked up to see See-More floating in the air from his air-balloon eye. He landed on the ground and his large eye went back into the visor.

"What's going on here?" he demanded, stepping protectively in front of Jinx.

"Just talking," said Kid Flash. "Don't get jealous!"

"I'm not!" See-More yelled. "Stay away from Jinx."

"What if I don't want too?" Kid Flash asked. "I wasn't done talking to her."

"You are now," said See-More, "Come on Jinx, let's go."

"You're not the boss of her!" Kid Flash grabbed Jinx by the arm and pulled her away from See-More.

"Ow!" Jinx winced. "Not so hard!"

"I'm her teammate!" said See-More, reaching for Jinx but Kid Flash blocked him. "She belongs with the Hive Five!"

"No she doesn't!"

"She does too!" See-More yelled. "I knew her way before you did!"

"That doesn't mean you know her better!"

"Would you both just shut up?" Jinx demanded, but the two boys ignored her.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Fine, let's settle this like men!" See-More growled.

"Oh please, you know you can't beat me…" Kid Flash folded his arms and laughed and See-More shot the orange lightning decal from his mask.

"See-More!" Jinx gasped.

Stunned, Kid Flash brought his hand to his left ear and feeling that the decal was gone, he sneered.

"You're toast!" He ran into See-More and crashed him into a building, making a hole through one side and out the other.

"Kid Flash!" Jinx exclaimed. "Leave him alone!"

Jinx ran through the Kid Flash and See-More shaped holes to find See-More in a whirlwind. He was trying to shoot at Kid Flash but kept missing and almost hit Jinx.

"Watch it, See-More!" she cried.

"Put me down!" See-More yelled.

"Okay!" said Kid Flash, skidding to a halt. See-More fell on the ground with a thump. "Had enough?"

"I'm just getting started!" See-More grunted, pushing himself up.

"See-More, leave him alone!" Jinx yelled, and then gasped at what she said. Seconds ago she yelled at Kid Flash to leave See-More alone. What was her deal? She was part of the Hive Five. She should be telling See-More to knock Kid Flash senseless. After all, she was a villain, wasn't she?

Villain or not, she had to stop this squabble. The boys were acting like little kids. Most girls would be happy to see two boys fight over her but Jinx just found it annoying. See-More now had Kid Flash in a headlock. Kid Flash used heat friction against See-More, burning him just like he had done to Madame Rouge.

Jinx put her hands up, ready to hex Kid Flash but she couldn't do it. She should have. He had just burned her teammate. She moved her hands to See-More. He was acting like an idiot. She never would've guess him to act so stupid. Jus one little hex would knock some sense in him. Yet Jinx was unable to hex See-More. She couldn't hex her teammate and she couldn't hex her new "friend" either.

"Oh no," she said, "what do I do?"

Jinx never felt so unlucky in her life.

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