Whew! Barely made it! I didn't think I'd be able to have time to get on-line for a while there. Talk about heart-attack!

College courses are gonna be the death of me, but, hey, that's the life of a genius. Who else on this site is weighed down by school work? C'mon, raise your hand…don't be shy!

FINE! BE THAT WAY! Humph[goes to pout in the far corner

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Clashing Colors: Part Three

Beast Boy and Jinx immediately leapt for each other's throats. They hit, scratched at any visible skin, and leapt back. Both teens seemed to have already forgotten that weapons were indeed allowed. After only a few brief seconds the two roommates seemed to settle into a system. To those watching in the observatory, the fight seemed to be a patiently choreographed dance of danger. Until, that is, the twosome knocked into the weapons.

Neither opponent really looked at the weapons, but simply snagged whatever was within reach and proceeded to throw it at the other. As such, Beast Boy was nearly hit with a double-headed ax and Jinx had to dodge an on-coming sword. This is how they broke Rule #1, for neither Beast Boy nor Jinx stopped the Weapon Toss game there. Both teenagers proceeded to reach up again and throw whatever was handy.

I bet you're wondering why Robin, or one of the other Titans, isn't in there by now and lecturing them for breaking a rule of the duel. Well, let's put it this way: would you want to go into that gym to calm down two blood-crazed teens with sharp weapons? No? That's what I thought.

After they ran out of things to throw, the roommates picked up weapons from the floor and began using them properly. The teenagers watching weren't sure which was more deadly: sharp and blunt objects being thrown around, or sharp and blunt objects being used to their full danger capacity.

During this deadly show, the Titans in the Ops Booth were privileged to witness some amazing moves by both Jinx and Beast Boy. Jinx proved quite knowledgeable in the lighter weapons, such as daggers, spears, and short swords. Beast Boy, on the other hand, was most adept at the lighter things like axes, clubs, and broad swords. Robin was beginning to wonder why Beast Boy didn't show this sort of potential during training, but he chalked up to Beast Boy being lazy.

On and on the battle raged, it even came to a point where the other Titans discussed whether or not they should make the duo stop for lunch. But, as Raven had voiced, "If you want to go in there and be turned into Cyborg's next breakfast, that is absolutely fine with me, but I'm staying in here." Needless-to-say, no one volunteered to retrieve the roommates.

Suddenly, the sharp and heavy objects no longer flew as if they had wings. Robin, Raven, Starfire, and Cyborg peered through the bullet-proof glass down onto the scene below. They couldn't hear through the thick glass, but if they could have, this is what they would have heard:

"I can't believe you had the nerve to re-arrange my stuff!" Beast Boy leapt at Jinx yet again.

"Well, excuse me for trying to clean up your pigsty!" Jinx responded venomously.

"No! You're not excused!"

"That was a rhetorical statement!"

The fighting that the two had in mind now was very much like that of before: rolling around and trying to strangle each other. Cyborg had to look away from time to time to avoid staring at places where Jinx was very well-developed.

The only movement Raven made was a twitch, but that twitch was caused by Happy shrieking He's only in his boxers! And t-shirt, Raven reminded Happy, and t-shirt. But what would he look like without a t-shirt? Happy cackled insanely, where-upon Raven shut down her imagination.

Meanwhile, back down in what the Titans were presently calling the Danger Zone, Jinx and Beast Boy were still conversing while trying to kill each other.

"How 'bout we…compromise?" the pink witch gasped out. The changeling's fingers were presently wrapped around her throat, intent on choking the life out of her.

"Depends on what you wanna compromise" came the response.

"You—" pant, gasp. "You…stop choking me…and I…choke you!" And just like that Jinx turned the tables on Beast Boy.

The shapeshifter was soon gasping out "Make…deal."

"Depends on what kind'a deal" the witch smirked smugly. "Now if you dropped this grudge you have for me, that just might make me listen."

"I…let you…off." Beast Boy's face was now a bluish-green. "You tell me…Kid Flash."

Jinx looked flabbergasted. Then she slapped the changeling and sent him flying. Beast Boy was thankful for any release, and so he took great gulps of air.

"Well" he questioned, wheezing. "You gonna tell?"

Jinx glared at him. "C'mon, I'm curious!"

Finally, the witch sighed and sat with her back against the wall. "Fine, there's not much to tell anyway." The shapeshifter happily crawled over to sit beside her and listen to the tale.

"Kid Flash wanted to convince me to turn back from my 'wicked ways'." Jinx used quotation marks to emphasize her point.

"Did he succeed?" Jinx ignored the stupid question.

"I guess it started to work, because I helped him escape from Madame Rouge."

"Ooo, bad lady", Beast Boy once again interrupted briefly, and once again Jinx ignored him.

"Well, I figured if I wanted to stop being a criminal I would have to leave the Hive Five" Jinx stated. She glanced over at her companion to note that he was listening intently. "I left and set out to find Kid Flash." Here she paused.

"What happened then?" the changeling questioned excitedly.

The sorceress glared at him. "You gonna shut up and let me tell the story, or what?" Beast Boy made a lip-zipping movement and then threw away the key. Jinx nodded affirmatively.

"Well, I hung out with him for a while" the pink teen shrugged. "He showed me things. I…" The girl stumbled over her next words. "I even began to…like him."

Jinx peered through her un-brushed bangs at her roommate. He wasn't criticizing, or laughing, or even pitying. He just patted her back and waited for her to continue.

She took a breath. "We went to a few movies and stuff, and I thought he might like me back, but…" As much as she'd promised herself not cry over him anymore, one small, choked sob escaped.

"He introduced me to her" and the way Jinx said 'her' was so full of venom and faintly disguised hatred, that it made the hairs on the back of Beast Boy's neck stand on end.

"Her name was Sarah" the sorceress muttered. "They'd been going out for a while before they broke up, but had just decided to get back together. They wanted to move in together."

Beast Boy winced. He knew what came next. "Just a polite way to say 'get out', right?"

Jinx nodded dismally, her head in her hands. "Right."

"Ouch" was all the green boy could say after that. After all, rejection hurts!

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Wow! I seriously didn't think this chapter would be this long! The mind doth full of surprises!

There ya' go! End of the Clashing Colors mini-series!

The next chapter will either be a song between Kid Flash and Jinx, or a little trip for BB and J when Jinx gets a day out for good behavior.

See ya' next Monday!

JA