A/N: I don't own Kim Possible, Jinx, or any of the characters from any of the shows. This story idea came to me while watching too much TV as I recovered from surgery. This story takes place instead of Dimension Twist at that time in the Kim Possible TV Show and after The Brotherhood of Evil season finale for Teen Titans TV Show.

'Speech"

'Thought'

This was my first short story (I hope! They, the stories just kept growing like that bio-thingy in KP's 'Mother's Day'.)

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CRISSCROSS

5. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Within a few days the Teen Titans East arrive and the recovering Robin and TTE leader Bumblebee set up a patrol schedule for the Jump City area and a twenty-four search of the tower. After all, there can't be that many places to hide against a determined search.

A week had gone by and the Teen Titans' uninvited guests just refused to let themselves be found instead it had become an irritant to the young Titan leaders.

The large circular dining/kitchen table served as a conference table for the Teen Titan team leaders and those interested in catching the intruders.

"Whoever they are, they MUST be stopped! Do you have any idea how much perfectly good Tameranian food I have had to throw away? Glornogh Day is tomorrow and that was to be your surprise feast." Starfire started to drift slowly down the hall at this last statement.

'Whew' despite varying degrees of sympathy for Starfire, most of the members of both Teen Titan groups thought and felt as if they had just dodged a bullet or a trip to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped.

"Whomever they are good, very good at what they do." Robin stated flatly to the others around the table his expression daring anyone to make a comment about his black mustache drawn by a wide tip felt pen. Robin had fallen asleep in the Crime Lab and when he awoke someone had drawn a classic villain's mustache, right down to the curl of the mustache tips on his face with a 'Magic Marker'. The ink is indelible and wouldn't wash off once dried.

"And that is?" asked Bumblebee not taking up the challenge.

Aqualad's smile reached his dark eyes, "Isn't it obvious? They've found a home and settled down." Aqualad held up one hand and named his reasons. "One, they have protection from the elements. Two, they have food and the necessities of life, and three whatever chased them here hasn't pursued them. So they are in no hurry to go back to their own space and time."

"Except that that doesn't fit my experience fighting them in their dimension so your reasons are all guesswork." Jinx said smugly.

Aqualad leaned over the table and glared at the semi-retired villainess. "And I suppose you have an answer to this problem?"

Jinx leaned back in her chair and put her feet up on the table and crossed them at the ankles. "I have a few ideas." She said simply.

Rufus, the pink naked mole rat, had at last reunited with his owner/best buddy and at night the two of them would do battle with this dimension's gaming system while Kim tried to break into the encrypted computer systems in order to find a way for them to go home. Kim knew that Ron would help if he could but computer science was not one of his strong points.

Shego was a loner and worked out her frustrations in her own unique way. It wasn't often that she was able to let her evil side cut loose and have some fun.

Like short-sheeting Jinx's bed.

Or setting Cyborg's recharger on trickle charge, so that Cyborg woke up as tired and run-down as when he went to bed without knowing why.

One of Shego's favorite tricks was on Raven. For that she had to get safety yellow and international orange in 'Day-Glo' colored spray paint cans from the basement garage and paint a giant 'smiley face' on the opposite wall to leer at Raven's bed.

Shego incinerated the filthy mess she found in Beastboy's room, (Almost making a crispy critter out of poor Rufus.)

Shego left a note for Starfire and that morning she crossed her eyes trying to read the STICK-IT on her forehead until Raven wordlessly pulled it off and handed it to her.

Are you really a princess?

Signed, Curious

Kim and Ron were in the overhead and the two of them listened in on the Teen Titan's war plans to capture them.

Ron whispered to Kim, "What does this remind you of?"

"It sounds like the Middleton High School cafeteria but without Mr. Barkin." answered Kim.

Aqualad was rapidly was getting angry and losing control. When that happened water pipes tended to burst.

While Bumblebee tried to calm her teammate down. But even she knew it was probably hopeless. The maritime superhero was royally upset with Jinx and what made him madder was that Jinx didn't seem to care a fig's leaf one way or the other about him or his feelings.

Sure enough the water pipes began to crack or break in half through out the tower. The water valve to the kitchen sink was the first to give way as the soldering on the valve joints found itself to be weaker than the water pressure Aqualad's temper had built up and flooded the cabinets under the kitchen sink.

Robin raised one eyebrow and asked Jinx why she didn't volunteer this information.

"Easy, Bird boy." Said Jinx, "I'm not a Titan and not one of you thought to ask me besides I'm only interested in beating the tar out of one of them; I think it's the Green Granny. You have no idea what she's done to humiliate me."

Robin frowned, "Listen, these people could be dangerous I want you to tell us anything about them or any idea to help catch them."

"How much are you willing to pay for more information?" Jinx asked.

"PAY!" Yelled Robin in a strangled voice.

"YES PAY! When I walk out of here I won't have one red paise to my name. Unlike you heroes I don't get a subsidy; I'll need some spending money once I leave this tower."

"I thought that that Kid Flash convinced you to switch sides and that you were supposed to be one of the Good Guys now." Robin's cheek started to twitch.

"Well being," here Jinx made air quotes, "A GOOD GUY" and a buck fifty can get you a can of soda."

While they talked, the lower kitchen cabinet doors slammed open and an unruly flood of dirty water mixed with cardboard cartons of cleaning products (whose glue had dissolved in the water), plastic trash and garbage bags, and odd household items they couldn't think to put anywhere else.

The meeting was interrupted as the water swept around the kitchen island and towards the round table. Most stood up and moved a few steps away, Bumblebee flew to a dryer location, and Raven levitated.

Up in the ceiling, Ron turned his head towards Kim, "I guess that's it for …"

A steam pipe ruptured somewhere in the dark and it suddenly became like a sauna to the two teens, to make matters worse several of the copper cold water pipes started to sweat and sprayed cold water on their overheated bodies. The acoustic ceiling tiles could only absorb so much water before they sagged and fell to the floor below.

The tiles sudden fall caught Kim and Ron by surprise. Ron looked down and stared at into the catlike pink eyes of Jinx. They stared at each other and Ron raised one hand and waved.

Kim looked at her best friend, "You didn't just give her a finger wave, did you?"

Ron looked puzzled, "Yeah, I guess I did."

"We'll talk about why you shouldn't flirt with villains later." Kim grabbed the crosspiece and swung down with the intention of kicking Jinx.

Jinx was also caught by surprise, the last thing she needed was for this guy to make another pass at her in front of all these Teen Titans.

'They'd never let me live it down besides he's got a girl with him, the two-timer!' Jinx threw two hex bolts, one at Kim and the other at Ron.

The hex bolt that hit Kim caused the crosspiece to buckle under the sudden stress of her weight. Kim fell down on the round table, which tipped over and she slid onto Aqualad's lap. (Being an aquatic hero he didn't care about getting wet, so he stayed sitting. Heck, he'd even swum in New York City's East River.) That showed either bravery or a lack of good taste/sense or a combination thereof, take your pick.

The hex bolt that hit Ron caused him to slip and fall. Ron fell and hit the tipped over round table, bounced off, and belly-flopped in the water on the floor. The only person not hit with the splashed water from Ron's fall was Jinx. This did not earn her any brownie points with the Teen Titans but Jinx could care less by this point.

'Stuck-up prigs.' thought Jinx.

One finale pipe burst at the far end of one arm in the 'T' shaped building. This was followed by a female scream of surprise and outrage intermixed with several words no one understood or wanted to.

Raven smiled slightly to herself and thought, 'This is interesting Robin's ears are turning bright red. I would venture a guess that he knows far more Tameranian than he is comfortable in letting the rest of the team know. I wonder how he found the time to learn and what special lesions Kori gave him. I doubt if Robin himself is aware of just how much closer to Kori he's become, that he would admit to, even to himself.'

The new metal door was ripped off its hinges as a wet Starfire flew through the hall, bathed in a green battle aura and not much else. "AQUALAD! IT HAD TO BE YOU! YOU TWO TAILED, RINGED BACKED, SWAMP DWELLING QUATNAR. NO STRIKE THAT, YOU'RE EVEN LOWER."

Aqualad was justly proud of his ability to react in any given situation and his ability didn't fail him now.

He stood up and dumped Kim Possible in the water on the floor and exclaimed, "GOTTA GO!"

Ron sat there in the water and looked sadly at Kim's shocked expression, "Well, I guess we've both been dumped."

"Ron I wasn't dumped! I don't even know who he is!" Kim hissed.

Ron didn't pay attention to what his best friend was saying because Starfire was flying by in pursuit of Aqualad.

Her red hair was soaking wet and looked like a rat's nest, she had her purple halter top and metal collar on, as well as her boots and nothing inbetween. Ron went to do a double take when Kim's hands slid over his eyes and she whispered "There are some things you are not meant to see young Jedi."

"Aw Kim!"

"Now let's get while the getting's good." With that Kim grabbed Ron's hand and they ran for the elevator.

Raven walked over to Robin and pushed his lower jaw shut and smirked. "It's not everyday you see your girlfriend do a fly by half naked."

"She's not my girlfriend." Robin protested weakly as his head turned to watch her flight.

She ignored his protests and continued talking, ""In a way I can't blame her. It's not hard to guess where she was sitting when the pipes broke. I would advise that Aqualad go to an ocean far, far away, and very deep for the next few months. Of course, that's up to Bumblebee, the Teen Titans East leader."

Robin looked around, "Where are they?"

"Gone'" Jinx shrugged.

Robin's cheek started to twitch. "And you didn't try to stop them?"

Jinx shrugged again, "Nope, I'm not a Titan and I don't work for free." With that Jinx turned and walked up the stairs to the roof. She had remembered when they first net and that red head was just his best friend. But Jinx was no fool, and Red's body language was at odds with what both of them were saying. Could it be that both of them are that clueless?

Jinx smacked one fist into the palm of her other hand. She knew what she had to do; she needed to talk to the Green Granny about the two teens, especially the blond boy, if he is straight up and not a two-timer. He had asked her to a dance and he is kind of cute.

Down three floors in the Storage room the two teens crawled under and between large cardboard cartons to the back of the room. The boxes had been pushed in a haphazard fashion, giving Kim and Ron a home of sorts. There were no lights in back of the Storage room leaving it pitch black.

Kim's voice whispered out of the darkness, "Ron, stay where you are. I need to get out of these wet clothes and let them dry."

"Are you sure I can't help?" Ron whispered back.

"No, you can't!" Kim hissed.

(Remember this story rating, keep your hormones in check, for more see one of mattb3671 and one of his Smuff universe stories.)

"So stay over there." Kim reached out in the darkness to pat Ron and reassure herself that he stayed in place.

"Kim, do think that there is any chance of getting home?"

"Ron, I honestly don't know but whatever happens, we'll face it together."

"Night, Kim."

"Night, Ron-boy"

Continued

A/N:

100 paise 1 Indian rupee

For those who didn't know, Jinx was supposed to have been born in India. (There are many different 'official' storylines written and rewritten. So take your pick.)

A short form of Starfire's name is Kori