Heyo! THIS is my set in stone what happens with Jinx: she doesn't stay. She goes home. New name, new job. This exact one shot isn't set in stone, of course, but the situation Jinx is in will be.


"I could do worse"

Jinx wasn't going to stay with them. She knew the titans were never really an option. But she couldn't go back to the HIVE either. Not only was the academy in shambles, she had been taken off the hierarchy ledgers as a member. Not because of her betrayal, but because she had been dense enough to forget to submit her diploma before she left the school. She was no longer a student, and had no one to vouch for her membership with the organization. What choice did she have left?

Jinx had told the Titans right after the battle, she wasn't one of them. She had no desire to be a part of their group. "You guys are too selfless, too goody-goody for me. Not to mention I still haven't forgotten you blowing up my home. If you want me to go to jail, fine. Tell me now so I can start running." She wasn't going to lie down and let some arrogant bunch of kids with over inflated egos dictate her life. Jinx controlled fate, nothing controlled Jinx.

She chopped her hair short, just past her ears, and used an herbal mix to blacken it. That done she hitched her way north, and made a few calls to graduates she had the numbers of. One of them was working for the Australian government, and was owed a few favors. She managed to get a plane to pick Jinx up and drop her in Calcutta. It wasn't hard to find a use in that city. Between being a one girl abortion clinic, bone setter, parasite doctor, and midwife, Jinx lived comfortably enough for three years.

Of course, nothing stays hidden forever, and unsurprisingly Kid Flash found her one day.

"All right Meenakshi, relax, it's almost over. On three I'm going to re-align the bone. It will hurt like demons, but it will heal better. One, Two, Three!" Her eyes glowed slightly as she used her powers to dull the woman's awareness and set the broken leg, not flinching at the sounds. "Ok, now where is the pariah who did this?" She demanded angrily, splinting the leg.

"It was a guardsman, Mem-Sahib."

"Kshatriya?" Jinx demanded, using the name of the second highest caste, those who uphold social harmony. The woman shook her head. "So it was a western do gooder, wretched things. I'll break his leg, the impudent ass. And please, I am Brahman; there is no need to consider me Sahib. Call me Kalyani, as the other women do."

"Kalyani then, thank you."

Jinx waved it off and moved to her next caller, a girl not much older than herself, in hysterics. "I cannot have a child! I will be killed! Please, Mother." Jinx took the sobbing teen into her arms, and lay one hand on her stomach. A soft glow emanated from her fingertips, and the girl gave a start.

"Take her to a back room, she is miscarrying." Jinx spoke to one of the temple girls who ran back and forth.

"Yes Mother." Mother, Mother, Mother! Why did they insist on calling her that?

"Mother? Seems you've come up in the world." Jinx started, feeling the once familiar gust of air past her ear. Whirling around, her short braid whipping against her head, Jinx came face to face with Kid Flash. "Jinx…been a long time, hasn't it?"

"I have no idea who you are speaking to. I am Kalyani." Switching to Bengali, she shouted to the girls. "Has Meenakshi told us where to send to cart? Her husband will be most worried." She moved on to the well dressed man, who walked with a slight limp.
"Mother, I would like to thank you on behalf of my son. The fever broke, and the doctors were shocked. I have brought a substantial donation."
"It was my pleasure, Sahib." She ducked her head meekly. It really wasn't, tapeworm are a nasty bug to kill. "Nila will take the money," Kid Flash was at her side again.
"Jinx? Why are you ignoring me? Why are you doing this?"

Jinx frowned at him. "You're searching for Jinx. I am Kalyani. I suggest you leave, the clinic is for the ill." She paused for a moment. "But then, maybe you're mentally ill."
"I'm not nuts, no one but Jinx could have those eyes! Or those powers."
"You're some kind of hero, right?"
"Like I said the first time, one of the best." He said with a little smirk.
"Like I said the first time, you're an idiot." She replied evenly, staring him down.

Kid Flash broke the moment with a victory dance. "You are Jinx, I knew it! Come back, please. I know you needed time to adjust to the change, and I didn't search for you until now, but we need you as a Titan. There are more criminals who don't hold back, there've been killings! I know you can do better than this." He gestured to the badly maintained temple, to her tattered sari, scabbed legs and bruised shoulder.

"I could do worse." She said, setting her jaw and turning.
"Meenakshi gave us a description of the man who broke her leg. We know who he is, and his patrol route." One of the other women told her in Bengali. Jinx growled slightly, finding the identity and starting off.

"Jinx? Where are you going?" Kid Flash was walking backwards in front of her as she pushed though the streets of Calcutta, nearly spitting venom. She made a rude gesture and continued to search for the culprit. "What are you doing?" She soon found her target and grabbed the man by the collar.

"You wretched son of a goat, you shattered a woman's leg! I cannot say what her husband will do, but I feel like dishing out a bit of karma myself!" He was easily a foot taller than her, and well built. Kid Flash watched with wide eyes as she shouted at him in a language he didn't understand. Then she did something he did understand, violently lashing out with her power. He was too shocked to stop her, and the man went down howling.

"Jinx… I thought you were done with that life…" He said, eyes looking for a quick escape. She did not look like she was in a good mood.

"As I said, I am Kalyani. He broke Meenakshi's leg, and so I broke his. Now, mister hero, do you have anything relevant to say?"

Kid Flash paused, opened his mouth, closed it again, opened it, coughed and said "I guess you're right, you could do worse… I just wanted you to be there when Robin proposes. It should be this weekend."

Jinx groaned. "Look, I'll attend the wedding, if only to say 'I told you so'." Kid Flash grinned and went to hug her. He was stopped by her pulling her sari over her face as if in disgust.

He wasn't fazed though. "Whoop! I have a date!" Jinx raised an eyebrow as if to ask him what he was smoking. "I mean, if you want to. That is, you'll be my date for the event, right?"
"Fine"
"But I swear I- wait, you said yes?"
"Don't make me regret that. Can Kalyani get back to her work now? I think the news office is having rat problems again. Plus there was a festival last month; this week should be abortion peek of the season." Not waiting for an answer, Jinx swiftly ran back to her place at the temple.

Kid Flash stood stock still for a minute, when a throat clearing made him spin.
"I told you she was happy here." The figure said uninterestedly. "But you had to go see her yourself, didn't you. Can't take the empath's word for it." Raven continued, arms folded.

"She acted like she didn't know me at first…"

"That's because she doesn't want to be a Titan. Another thing I told you. And before you start, she was homesick beyond belief." Raven seemed to debate internally before finishing "She had to see her parents' and mentor's graves. Jinx feels very guilty about them, and she told me she was done running away from it. And, she could have done worse."


I don't know... it just came. buahaha. Eat that 'hero' Jinx or 'villain' Jinx.