Decisions

Jinx looked at the "H" on her communicator. With her left hand she touched it. She sighed. Then the girl opened it. She hadn't opened it since she had left, because the villainess hadn't wanted to risk calling her friends. If she had done that, Jinx would have returned to Jump City immediately. She looked at the display. "Twenty messages and ten calls in absence…Wow, you really want me back" she thought. They still hadn't given up hope that she would eventually come back.

The villainess would delete every message. Reading them would only give her heartache and…unnecessary second thoughts. And doubts were something she really couldn't have right now. It was hard enough to deal just with the doubts she had right now. Just in the moment where she was about to delete them Jinx saw the subject of the last one. "What the..." she said and starred at the subject. "Brotherhood of Evil". "What happened?" the girl whispered.

Jinx started to read the message. After she had finished she just couldn't believe it. She read it a second and third time. Her friends…Gizmo, Mammoth, See More, Billy and Kyd Wykkyd had joined the Brotherhood of Evil. Just a couple of days ago. This was impossible! This just couldn't have happened! Jinx gripped her communicator tighter and she was seriously thinking about calling them, but not to tell them that she would come back. No…to tell them how stupid they were to except the Brotherhood's offer!

"Haven't you seen what Madame Rouge did?" the pink haired girl said angry to her communicator "You shouldn't mess with those guys! This is too big for you! Even the Titans can barely handle them! Idiots!" she stood up from the park bench and started pacing back and forth. "You are so stupid! The Brotherhood will only use you for their own goals! You will have to do all the dirty work, while they cash in!"

She groaned frustrated. Jinx knew that this was her own fault. If she hadn't insisted on trying to join the Brotherhood this would have never happened. They would have never even been interested in them. But now it was too late. Far too late. They had already joined them. On the outside this didn't seem to be a big problem, but she knew that it was. If there would be a fight between the Brotherhood and the Titans and Jinx was thinking about a big, final fight, they would be sacrificed like pawns.

But the villainess wasn't only worried about that. After she had met Madame Rouge in person Jinx had realized that the Brotherhood of Evil would walk over corpses to achieve their goals. And this just…wasn't right. If they would win this battle against the Titans they would make sure that none of them would interfere in their plans ever again. A whole generation of heroes would be simply…wiped out. And honestly Jinx didn't want to see what would happen to this world if the Brotherhood would rule it.

She took a deep breath to calm her down. If things stayed like this it wasn't unlikely that the Brotherhood of Evil would win. The Teen Titans were fighting around the world and the fact that the Brotherhood had recruited the Hive Five didn't make things exactly easier for them. That Jinx was worried about the Titans was absolutely bizarre, she had considered them to be her arch enemies after all, but the more she had thought about it the clearer it had become that the Brotherhood was…her enemy. They were threatening her life not the Titans.

It had taken her a week of thinking and asking herself what she really wanted. But it had paid off. Jinx had made a decision. It hadn't been an easy one that was for sure. She still couldn't believe that she had made it. However, it was the right one (although that sounded silly even for her).

The girl took a long look at the communicator. "Sorry, guys! But…this is the end of the road. Don't take it personal" she said sadly smiling. Her eyes started glowing. Then with a silent cracking sound the communicator broke into little pieces. "There's no going back now." The pink haired girl turned around. She looked at Keystone City. "If he's not there anymore, I'll kill him" Jinx said, while walking to the town entrance.

…

Automatically she avoided the lively streets of the City. Jinx didn't want to attract attention, because she still wasn't sure if she was wanted in this town or not. The sky was dark, but it wasn't raining or at least not right now. But it was going to start pretty soon. However, it was quite warm even in the shadows of the little alleys she was walking in.

"Okay, Jinx, think. Where could a hero be? Where would someone like him spend his time?" the girl asked herself. Not much time had passed, when she heard the sound of sirens. It had to be quite nearby. Quickly Jinx headed where the sound was coming from. Finally she could see what had happened.

A man had broken into a jewellery store. He still wasn't finished shoving all kinds of expensive jewellery into his bag. She looked around. There was no one there to stop him. Neither the police nor the annoying hero. She groaned silently. "Seriously? Do I really have to…No, don't complain! Just stop him!" Jinx said to herself.

The pink haired girl walked slowly to the store. She didn't seem to be afraid at all of the thief, although he was carrying a gun. She looked quite annoyed actually. "Hey, who are you?" he asked, when he realised that she was approaching him. He raised his gun.

Jinx rolled her eyes and said "Seriously, you don't wanna know. But…" she sighed "…would you be so kind to stop stealing this jewellery. I really don't have time for this, you know." He looked at her confused for a moment then he answered "If you try to stop me I'll shoot you." Again she sighed. "Yeah, I expected that kind of answer. Seems like I have to stop you then. Man, I really feel like a traitor now" She made a step closer "But don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you…seriously. I'm one…of the…good guys now." Jinx sighed heavily. "I feel stupid only saying that."

Then the burglar shot. But he wasn't even close. She had dodged the attack with ease and was now standing next to him. Before he could even aim with the gun at her the ground beneath his feet collapsed. It wasn't deep or dangerous for him only enough that he was stuck. "How did you…?" he started, but he fell silent again, when he saw her pink glowing eyes. Jinx snapped her fingers and the gun he was holding exploded.

"Huh?" the man just said. "Okay, now that that's done I can go. You can't get away on your own and the police will be here in any minute. My job is done here. Have a nice day in jail" Jinx started walking away. Then she suddenly stopped and said "I didn't injure you, right? I was really careful, but that was my first time fighting a normal human. I'm not used to that." He only stared at her. She took his silence for a yes. "Well then" the pink haired girl said and walked away.

She could already hear the police coming. A little smile spread across her lips. She hadn't intended to do this, but it had worked quite well actually. When she was already a bit further away, Jinx turned around and started to walk backwards, so she could see how the police arrested the man, while she was going. To her surprise she felt a slight feeling of pride. She shook her head. "This is so weird! But not…bad." After a minute she bumped into someone.

She turned around and said "Sorry, I…Oh, it's you." She looked at Kid Flash with a mixture of annoyance and relief. "Where have you been? A criminal had nearly gotten away" she said to him. "Lucky for me that you were there to stop him" he answered smirking. "Oh come on! You were watching me AGAIN? Seriously you have way too much time!" She started walking again, but not because she wanted to get away. No, she just felt more comfortable talking to him when she was walking.

"So you are not going to deny this time that you did something right?" he asked, following her.

"Why should I? It's not illegal to stop a criminal."

"True, but not really common among villains" he answered. The red haired hero ran his fingers through his hair.

"I know" Jinx sighed "But…as far as I know pretty normal for…someone like you."

"My daily work, but why would you do that?" he asked curious.

"Because" she took a deep breath "this villain realised that…some hero was right."

He was suddenly in front of her. "Oh really?" he said and leaned interested forward. Jinx rolled her eyes. "Don't pride yourself on that" she simply said.

"And about what exactly was I right?"

"About the…not wanting to be a criminal anymore stuff" she finally admitted.

"That means…?" he asked knowingly smiling.

She glanced at him. "Don't push it! I can still just turn around and go." Jinx stopped walking. "Listen up! I'm only doing this if you stop acting like a total idiot and if you stop moving around. Just stay right in front of me."

"Should I stop breathing too or doesn't that bother you?"

"See? How am I supposed to team up with you if you don't take me seriously?" she said frustrated, without even realising what she had just said "Stop talking and listen to me!"

"Jinx, you know that you…"

"I said stop talking!"

"I was only…"

"Which part of "stop talking" you don't get?"

"I…"

"Shut up or I'll make you!

"Okay, okay! I'll wait till you notice" he said finally giving in.

"Good" she took a deep breath "What I was trying to say before was that I…can't go on like that…I don't want to go on like that. I realise now that I made a few…mistakes and…I can't ignore the fact anymore that I…like doing something…right more than committing a crime." She looked like that would be something embarrassing to say. "I'm not saying that I regret everything I did in the past, but…most of it. And…thanks to you" she really didn't look too happy about this fact "I see that I could be something…else. Something more. What I'm trying to ask you is" she needed some moments to say it.

"…May…may I…join you?"

…

It was past 10 p.m. when the police arrested a team of burglars, who had tried to rob valuable paintings from an art gallery. Roughly the policemen pushed the burglars into the police van. They were cursing, but didn't resist too much. They knew that they couldn't get away and they were also covered in light bruises. Nothing serious just painful. One of the police officers turned his head to the entrance of the art gallery. He nodded into this direction. A sign of gratitude.

A figure in the dark simply jerked its shoulders basically saying that this thank was unnecessary. It stayed there till the police was gone.

Edit: Hope this chapter is better now.