Old Enemies

Jinx turned around and sent with her right arm a shockwave to the person in front of her. It didn't hit him, but destroyed the hydrant behind him. A water fountain rose into the air. The pink haired girl was getting drenched, but she was too busy with fighting to notice it. To her annoyance her attacks didn't even get close to him. Quite obviously the person wasn't really fighting her just avoiding her attacks and that made her even more furious. "You do realise that you are getting totally wet?" he asked. Jinx looked at herself a bit surprised. She really hadn't noticed. For a second she looked like she was going to freak out, but then she just stormed off. She said furious "I don't have time for this!" and walked away.

Like always his timing was just perfect! This idiotic hero just had to be in the same city as her! Fate really wasn't on her side. A second later he was next to her, easily following the girl. Her pace was obviously nothing for him. She noticed his smile. "Go away, Kid Flash!" she snapped annoyed. She had wrapped her arms around her upper body. Even though it was a warm day, it was freezing cold if your clothes were sodden. "You don't have to be rude. I wasn't going to fight you" the hero answered.

"Then why are you stalking me?" she asked him angry "Waiting till I commit a crime? Because if you're doing that I warn you, I'll kick your butt if you get in my way!" "Like just a few moments ago?" the red haired boy teased. She sent a shockwave into his direction. It didn't hit him. "Stupid superhuman speed!" Jinx thought annoyed.

She started to walk faster. Of course he could keep up with her. "Are you trying to run away from me?" he asked and tilted his head. "I would if I could" the girl thought. "I'm trying to ignore you. Perhaps you go away then" Jinx answered truthfully. He looked at her. Why was he always smiling?

"You know, you'll freeze to death before that works" he said "You are trembling." "I'm not…trembling!" she answered insistent, although her body proved her wrong. It was really cold! "Besides it's your fault! If you hadn't followed me, I wouldn't have blown up the hydraaAAAAHHH!" Her sentence was cut off by him gripping her shoulders and pulling her with him for some meters at tremendous speed. She was pretty sure that no one besides him, had experience that kind of speed. Her body wasn't made for this. She felt how her stomach protested. This felt more awful then getting hit by one of Starfire's Starbolts.

"Are you trying to kill me?" Jinx asked and tried not to vomit. She felt horrible. "You are too sensitive. That was slow!" the hero answered. "In which universe was that slow?" she mumbled and leaned against a wall. "Why did you do that anyway?" the villainess asked angry.

"For your clothes. I don't want you to catch a cold or something" he responded. Annoyed she had to admit that he was right. Her clothes were dry now, but she felt too sick to be happy about that. "Helping a criminal isn't really something what heroes should do" she simply answered and felt how the sick feeling was wearing off. "Saving innocent people isn't something what villains should do" he responded still smiling.

The villainess looked quite shocked at him. There was no way he could have seen her! "I have no idea of what you are talking about" she said and tried to sound convincing. "The thing you did at the bank. Pretty good job considering the fact that that was your first time doing something like this. I actually…Hey, are you okay, Jinx?" he asked and sounded honestly worried.

She was sitting on the ground and leaned against the wall. Her stomach had calmed down, but she felt still not very good. He had seen her. He had seen her saving three people! That was bad. Very bad! That was just horrible! If he would tell someone…she couldn't even imagine what could happen. "Listen up! I didn't save anyone! I simply stopped them, because they were an embarrassment for every professional villain. I don't save people!"

"If you are such a notorious villain then why didn't you take the money instead?" he asked and raised his eyebrow. "I…ahh…" she started, but fell silent again. She had no idea how to answer that. Eventually she just pushed him out of the way, hissed "Stalker!" and proceeded walking. "And how was it?" he asked a second later. "Stop following me!" the girl said annoyed.

After some moments of silence Jinx asked "How was what?" "Saving people" he responded "Must be different from robbing stores and stuff." "I didn't save anyone!" she answered persistent. Suddenly he appeared in front of her. His look was serious now. "Why do you pretend like saving innocent lives is something bad?" he asked. The pink haired girl didn't answer. "How is he doing that?" she thought. His look made her feel…guilty.

"Because…because…for a villain it is something bad, okay? It's something we don't do" Jinx confessed. "So you admit that you did save their lives?" he asked now smiling. This time her shockwave didn't miss him. He fell on the ground two meters away. "Idiot!" she mumbled. She was walking away again, but after some steps she stopped. The girl sighed annoyed. "I can't believe that I'm doing this!" she whispered and turned around. "Yes, I…saved someone's life. Big deal. But don't think I've changed or something. I'm still a ruthless criminal. Got me?"

She started walking again. But he didn't even need a second to catch up on her. "Seriously don't you have anything better to do than to follow me? I mean like saving and being a hero?" Jinx asked. "No, not really. Seems like you did my job for today. But who knows? Probably someone decides to break into a building at 3 o'clock in the morning. Do you guys do that on purpose? Breaking in at these unearthly hours just to annoy us?" he asked.

And for a second Jinx even cracked a smile. "Sometimes. But I don't like to steal something this early myself. But Gizmo always insisted that…" she stopped. Again she had nearly told him too much. How was he doing that? "This kid insisted? I thought you were the leader" Kid Flash said even a bit surprised. "I am!" she sighed "I was, but…have you ever tried to stop a kid that throws a tantrum? Especially when it's a small techno-villain? I rather get up at 3 a.m. than enduring this kind of hell" the pink haired girl answered truthfully. It was a weird feeling, but talking to him was surprisingly easy.

"You WERE the leader? What happened?" the hero wanted to know. The villainess sighed and answered slightly annoyed "I left, as you can see."

"Why?"

"Same reason why you left. I had nothing left to do there."

"What about the Hive Five?"

"A team is only holding me back. Just like you said."

"Nice to hear that you remember that" he answered. He seemed to really mean that.

"Are you truly a solo-hero or are you a Teen Titan?" the girl asked out of the blue. The fact that he had told her that he was working alone had bothered her the most about him. Why should a stranger protect Jump City and more importantly why should a Titan lie about the fact that he was a Titan?

"Why do you want to know?"

"Just answer my question."

"Yes, I am. An Honorary Titan. I joined them a few weeks ago" he answered with a hint of pride. "Well, I thought so. You fit in perfectly" she responded "So you protected their city, while they were gone? They trust you quite a bit for a newbie." Again he looked a bit proud. "That's the good thing about being a hero. People especially other heroes tend to trust you more easily."

"I'm more amazed about the fact that they let someone like you protect their city alone. You are really not that good at fighting" Jinx teased.

"Says the one who couldn't land a single hit on me"

"Hey! I hit you!"

"Only because I was a bit careless."

"Yeah, say whatever you want. I can kick your butt whenever I feel like it."

"You couldn't even catch me with your team."

"We did catch you!"

"You mean your metal cage? Yes, I was definitely trapped in there."

"N-No! Later I caught you."

"Without Madame Rouge none of you would have ever known how to catch me" he answered and angry she had to admit that he was right. No one of the Hive Five had had the slightest idea how to really catch him. "Okay…you are right, but without me you would have never gotten away from Madame Rouge" the girl said. "If you hadn't called her in the first place, I would have never ended up like that" he answered half serious half cheerful.

"I know. I'm sorry…" Jinx stopped walking, after she had realised what she had just said. "Why…" the villainess said silently. She didn't understand why she had said that…out loud. It was true; she had nearly handed him over to the Brotherhood of Evil and most likely caused his death. And yes she was sorry for that. But admitting that? Something was wrong with her today.

He was about to answer when both heard a ring tone. Jinx knew what it was. She had heard it before, during some battles with the Titans.

"Seems like you'll have to stop stalking me" she said smiling. "Finally!" Jinx thought relieved. He looked briefly at the communicator with the famous "T" on it then he answered "This won't take long. Besides if a wanted villain like you is in this town I have to keep an eye on you. It would be bad if I don't stop you from saving some more people." The villainess glanced at him, but didn't use her powers. She would probably miss him again.

"You'll have to be quite lucky to find me later" Jinx stated simply. She wasn't going to let him find her again. "See you later then" he said and then he was gone.

Edit:
Fixed this chapter, too.