New in Town
"Amateurs!" Jinx said, while rolling her eyes. She was standing in a dark alley, watching a few burglars robbing a bank. She could see them through the big windows of the building. But she wasn't the only one watching. Passengers and a few policemen were watching them too. Fortunately the shadows hid her from the curious eyes of the townspeople. She really didn't want to pick up a fight. Jinx had never been in Keystone City before, but that didn't mean that she wasn't wanted. After all Jinx was a villain, no matter where she went.
She sighed. Leaving Jump City had been easily the dumbest thing she had ever done in her entire life. But after the incident with Madame Rouge it had seemed to be the right thing to do. Something had changed back then - although she wasn't quite sure what it had been - and returning to the Hive Five hadn't been an option anymore.
She missed her friends dearly, what was quite amazing considering the fact that they were most of the time idiots. Jinx missed her home. And how pathetic it may sounded, she even missed a little bit her fights with the Titans. "Okay, now it's getting ridiculous, Jinx" she said to herself "Missing the Titans…You must be getting crazy!" After all a stupid Titan was responsible for this mess! He and his annoying speeches! But Jinx stopped herself from thinking about him to deeply. She preferred not wasting any thoughts on him.
Obviously those burglars hadn't done something like that before. They were even fighting about something! While robbing a bank of that size you had to work in a team! Teamwork was everything! She knew that from experience. A single villain wasn't quite successfull these days.
The police had surrounded the building already; however they hadn't interfered, because no matter how stupid those men were, they had been smart enough to take hostages. She tilted her head. In her whole carrier as a villain, she had never even thought about taking hostages. For her this was just cowardly, but apparently for someone without special powers necessary to get what they wanted. Honestly Jinx hadn't been really careful when she had been stealing something, while civilians were involved, but this was just…not her style.
Then they came out. There were three guys. Each one of them was holding a gun against the head of a civilian. She narrowed her eyes. "Seriously..." the villainess said silently. If they stayed like this, they would surely get away. The police wouldn't take the risk of losing the life of a hostage. In Jump City this wouldn't have been a big problem. The Teen Titans could finish them off, without even risking the life of those civilians, but Keystone City didn't have a hero of its own. That was quite rare nowadays and really not good for a big city like this. And without a hero nowadays villains could do everything without getting caught.
But…those men weren't really villains. They were just simple thieves and they would kill those people without even flinching. Jinx could see it in their eyes. It was the same expression Madame Rouge had when she freed…him. And unlike her those hostages couldn't protect themselves. Jinx caught herself worrying about them. "What's wrong with me?" she asked herself. The villainess had never wasted thoughts on civilians before, but now…she was honestly concerned about them. Creepy. And it felt wrong.
The girl frowned. "Would it hurt to...?" She bit her lip. Jinx turned around. "Nah! They can take care of it." She made some steps and stopped. "What is happening to me?" she hissed. "I must be gettting sick..." then her eyes started to glow "Really, really sick!"
Suddenly out of nowhere there was a flash of light. It was pink. Startled by the light one of the men stumbled backwards, but didn't fall. He thought the police had been responsible for this flash and raised his gun to the head of the hostage he was holding, only to see how his weapon broke into pieces. Confused and shocked he looked at his partners. Their guns were also broken. What in the name of god had just happened?
Jinx watched how the police rushed to the burglars and arrested them. The hostages ran away to the other police officers. Their faces were full of joy and relief. Most of them were crying. They surely had been thinking that they would die.
Destroying those guns hadn't been hard at all. Even from this far away. The hard part had been to actually do it. She had never helped people with her powers before, well apart from herself, but that didn't really count. It felt wrong in a way. Jinx felt like a traitor. She was a villain! Villains didn't help people! The only logical reason for her to stop those burglars was to steal the money herself. And it would be easy. The police thought that the danger was over and they surely couldn't handle someone with special powers like her. But she didn't feel like doing it. It was strangely unappealing.
She turned around and went away. The very first time she didn't have to run away from a scene of crime. It was a nice difference. "Weird" she thought. However the strangest thing for Jinx was that she didn't feel guilty. Yes, she felt like a traitor, but she couldn't bring herself to actually regret what she had done. There was even a part in her that felt a bit good. That felt that this had been the right thing to do. "Honestly you're going insane" the pink haired girl said to herself.
After a while she started to feel slightly uncomfortable. She had the feeling that she was being watched, but she couldn't see anything strange in the alley. Jinx narrowed her eyes. She was quite sure that this feeling wasn't just her imagination. "I spent to much time on my own" Jinx thought and started walking faster.
Three weeks had passed since she had left Jump City and for her, who was used to be around people, this solo-thing wasn't really nice. Of course Jinx could return to Jump City at any time or just call her friends, but for what reason? To return to my life as a third class villain who would never be taken seriously by the Brotherhood of Evil? No, returning wasn't an option.
Jinx stopped abrupt. There had been a noise. She turned around. There was nothing suspicious. But something had coused a noise and she was sure it hadn't been the wind. "If I wouldn't know it better, I'd say that I'm being follwed" she said to herself. Jinx was about to turn around, when a voice behind her caused her to stop. "I was thinking exactly the same". "Of all the towns..." she groaned when she recognized his voice.
Edit:
As you can see (or rather read) I changed the Jinx POV to 3rd person POV.
I know myself that writing in the first person is a bit risky, but I wanted to give it a try. However, I failed and the story lost something.
So I'm changing it in every chapter, because I think I owe that the story.
Please be patient I'm correcting it as fast as I can.
And thank you for the nice reviews! I really appreciate them!