Part 12: Witch Bonding Time

Jinx, Terra and Starfire were in Starfire's room having some girl time. Raven didn't want anything to do with it for obvious reasons, so she bailed out before Starfire could force her. Amazing how Starfire could accept Jinx so quickly as a friend as well as a member to the team. Then again, Jinx had been on the team for a few days now and this is Starfire we are talking about. She's just too sweet and friendly and wants to be friends with everyone. Terra accepted Jinx too since they had the same history of working for a power hungry maniac and trying to find redemption. Currently, they were having some harmless gossip, concerning two certain male members on the team.

Jinx was putting on some nail polish when she spoke, "So, have you and Robin gotten to first base, yet?"

Starfire tilted her head in confusion, "What is this 'first base'?" she questioned.

Jinx groaned. She said, grinning, "You know, have you two kissed?"

Starfire looked down, blushing. "Yes," she admitted.

"When was your first kiss?" Jinx prodded.

"When I first arrived on Earth and was confused, I acquired much knowledge of its language by...kissing Robin," Starfire blushed red, looking down on the bed.

Terra spoke up, "You never told me that."

"You have never asked."

Jinx was now grinning like a Cheshire cat. She lay down on her stomach with her elbows on the mattress and her chin in her hands. "Okay, spill Star! What was it like?"

"I do not wish to talk about it," she said shyly.

"Aw, come on girlfriend!" Terra exclaimed, "It's just between us girls. Come on!"

Starfire sighed and closed her eyes. "It was the most wonderful experience of my life." She then had her hands to her cheeks and started giggling like a school girl.

"Damn! I knew I should've made a bet with Gizmo and Mammoth that you two would end up together!" Jinx said. Starfire blushed even harder.

"Well how about you and Draco?" Terra questioned Jinx with narrow eyes and a grin.

"Yes, friend Jinx, tell us! Have you and Draco gotten to this first base?" Starfire asked with sparkly eyes.

This time it was Jinx's turn to blush. "Ah…Um…" she stammered.

"Let me guess." Terra continued, "He hasn't made a single move, huh?"

Jinx breathed out, exasperated, "He's just so dense! I mean, I give him small clues and he still doesn't get the hint. I bat my eyelids at him and he asks if I have something in my eyes. I mean, his cluelessness does make him adorable and he's really honest, but not to notice when a girl is making a pass at him. Come on!" she dropped face first onto the mattress. "I feel like he'll never know how I feel," she mumbled.

"But you have to admit that he does care about you. He did trust you when no one did and gave you a chance," Terra told her.

"Also, he protected you from that Copycat's claws!" Starfire added.

Jinx flipped over onto her back and looked at the blonde and redhead, "I guess you're right. He did save my life and almost got killed for it. How many guys you know will do that for a girl?"

"Robin…" Starfire sighed.

"Beast Boy…" Terra sighed, smiling.

"I asked a stupid question." Jinx looked at her clothes. "Maybe if I changed my look he'll notice me."

"Change your look? Like how?" Terra asked.

"Maybe I can be sexy."

"I think Starfire could help you with that."

Starfire pointed to herself, "Me?"

"You dress sexy all the time. Don't you notice how guys look at you when you go out?" Terra reminded. Starfire shook her head. "Thought so."

Jinx shook her head. "I don't think I would look good in purple. No offence Star."

"None taken."

"But seriously, I want Draco to pay attention to ME!" Jinx exclaimed.

"Speaking of Draco, I wonder what he's doing right now," Terra said

"Hey! Let me go you buggy freak!" Draco screamed as he was flailing about.

Currently, Draco was in the Mirror Dimension fighting a monster. He was fully armored, but the monster somehow surprised him. The monster was humanoid looking and covered in a sort of blue exoskeleton. Its head looked like a dragonfly, complete with wings.

It also had Draco in its claws.

Draco was about 100 feet in the air and he wasn't liking it. He wasn't sure he would survive a fall from that height, but clearly he wanted to take that risk. They passed over a building before Draco drove his flaming fist into the monster's chest. The monster let out a loud buzz before he let go of the Dragon Knight.

Draco rolled over the surface as he landed. He turned back to see the monster in mid air and buzzing around. The monster then flew straight at Draco but Draco dodged by rolling away. The monster attempted to strike again, this time like a dive bomb. However, Draco was prepared. He drew a card and inserted it into his gauntlet.

"Add Vent-Summoning Dragonzer!"

The red dragon tackled the dragonfly out of the air, ripping its wings in the process, before spewing flames at it. The monster recovered and glared at Draco, buzzing angrily. It charged and Draco grabbed its arms and fell backwards, flipping it over him. The monster fell flat on its back. Draco then drew a card and quickly inserted it into his gauntlet.

"Final Vent!"

As per-usual, Dragonzer flew around Draco while he got ready for his attack. Getting into the same ready pose, Draco then launched himself into the air, with Dragonzer flying after and around him. He then went into a flying kick position. His extended leg burst into flames right before he came flying back down.

"DRAGON COMBUSTION KICK!" He slammed right through the monster. The monster exploded and was completely destroyed, leaving an energy ball, which was promptly swallowed by Dragonzer.

"Phew!" Draco wiped his brow. Although he was wearing his helmet, it was more of a habit thing whenever he did that.

The dragonfly monster he had defeated was stalking around a zoo. It was a good thing he got to it before it laid its claws on its latest prey, a small child. Luckily, no one noticed and that was the way he liked it. H looked down the ledge of the building and gulped. "That's a long way down," he said to himself. He sighed. "Well, the fastest way off this building is a straight line so," he ran forwards and jumped off the ledge. "GERONIMOOO!" he yelled at the top of his lungs as he fell to Earth.

Okay, I know what you're wondering, is Draco nuts? Well, I wouldn't exactly say he was the sanest Zodiac Knight around, but compared to the rest of them, he's fairly tame. Although, his obsession with extreme sports, mainly bungee jumping, does make someone question and even wonder about his sanity, or even if he has one.

He landed on his feet and recovered quickly as he struck a victory pose with his arm out and holding out a victory sign.

Draco and Sanity, now that's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one.

He drew out several more cards and looked at the monsters on them. "Feeding time!"

"So about this changing your look thing, does this mean what I think it means?" Terra asked.

"You bet it does sister!" she exclaimed, "SHOPPING!"

"We are going to the Mall of Shopping?" Starfire exclaimed happily.

"Oh yeah!" Jinx grinned

"Glorious! I shall get Raven!"

"What? Raven?" Terra questioned, doing a double take, "You really sure about that Star?" But Starfire had already left them, zooming to Raven's room as they spoke. "Why do I even bother," Terra muttered. She turned to Jinx. "I don't think Raven would want to go to the mall, not with you coming."

Jinx sighed, "She's still hung up over the time I got into her room." She shrugged, "Oh well."

"You're lucky if Raven even says yes. It took a LONG time for her to trust me. I don't know how long it'd take for her to trust YOU."

"Not very long," Jinx said

"Hopefully," Terra added

"I'm open! I'm open!" Pluto yelled before he caught the rolled up ball of smelly gym socks. He was in his armor and his helmet was blocking out, or at least, filtered the smell.

He was currently playing Stankball in the hallway with both Beast Boy and Cyborg.

"Now! Catch!" Pluto threw it at Beast Boy.

Beast Boy transformed into a gorilla and grabbed it, before turning around and throwing it at Cyborg. Cyborg caught it and cheered, "BOOYAH!"

They were having a blast with their game. Unfortunately, they were also playing in front of Raven's room.

Two of them was bad enough, but now three of them? I really need to meditate, Raven thought while groaning. In her hands was one of her horror books and in it was the rose Shadowcobra had given her. She picked it up and sniffed it.

What am I feeling? Is it love? She inwardly scolded herself, No! I can't give in to love, not again! She glanced at the chest that held Malchior's book. The last time she gave into love, she almost put her friends' lives into grave danger. Now Shadowcobra came along and was trying to court her. Or maybe he's just a flirt.

She heard something slam into her door and it broke off its hinges. It was Cyborg and he had the stankball in his hands. Raven glared.

Cyborg immediately got back up. He looked at her nervously, "Um…sorry about the door, Rae! I'll fix it right up!"

"Don't bother," she used her power to lift the door back up and fixed it. She then yelled, "AND STAY OUT OF MY ROOM!" she then saw something at the foot of the door, sighing, she got off her bed and went to pick it up. It was one of the socks that made up the stankball. She winched and pinched her nose with her other hand. Then there was a knock on the door. She opened the door a little and glared. It was Beast Boy.

"Um, Rae, we seem to be missing-"

"Here!" she passed him the sock. She then closed the door in time to hear, "HEY GUYS! I GOT IT BACK!"

"BOOYAH!"

"AWOOO!"

Raven groaned again. They're three times the trouble now. She leaned against the door, trying to relax. She then heard another knock. She opened it up to see Pluto shuffling his feet nervously.

"Hey, Raven. Can I-"

"No!" she slammed the door in his face.

"I just wanted to ask if she wanted to referee! Sheesh"

Raven breathed deeply as she sat on her bed, meditating. The familiar chant left her lips over and over again. However, it wasn't easy for her to meditate.

"OW! CY! THAT WAS MY FACE!"

"SO WHAT?"

POW!

"HEY!"

"SERVES YA RIGHT!"

"GUYS! LET'S USE MY LANCE LIKE A BASEBALL BAT!"

"COOL!"

POW!

BOOM!

SMASH!

This lasted a few minutes before it stopped.

Good, they've stopped, Raven thought, hopefully. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door. I 'm gonna throw this guy out of the Tower if it's any of those three. She walked to the door to reveal Starfire, who was smiling sweetly.

"Hello, friend Raven!" Starfire greeted happily before sweeping her friend up in a hug.

"You're hugging me," Raven told her. She rolled her eyes, sighing, and then brought her hands up to hug her alien friend, "Hello, Starfire."

Starfire let her go, "Friend, I have the most glorious news. Today we are going to the Mall of Shopping!"

"That's great Starfire," she told her. She then raised her eyebrow, "We?"

"You, me, Terra and Jinx," Starfire answered.

"JINX?" Raven shouted in disbelief, shattering one of the light bulbs in the hallway.

"Is there a problem, friend?"

Raven shook her head, "I don't think I want to come, Starfire."

"Why not?"

"Jinx and I are not exactly buddy-buddy if you catch my drift. You do understand, right?" Starfire nodded her head. "Then you do know why I don't want to hang out with her."

"Is this about the time I went into your room and took your cloak," a new voice spoke out. Jinx was behind Starfire and heard the whole thing. "Because, that's a long time to be holding a grudge."

"You went into my room and touched my stuff," Raven was practically glaring at her.

"If you want to know, your stuff wasn't even that great," Jinx muttered.

"WHAT?" Raven snapped.

"YOU HEARD ME!" Jinx snapped back.

Again, Starfire was stuck to be the peacemaker, "Please friends. Let us not fight."

Both sorceresses huffed and turned away from each other, arms crossed. Starfire sighed, exasperated.

"If she's going, I'm not going," said Raven.

"Who wanted you to come anyway?" Jinx stuck out her tongue.

Raven rubbed her temples, thinking, Right now, I'd rather be around Shadowcobra meditating, or gardening with him. She wondered, Then again, where is he?

"GENOCIDE CRUSH!" Shadowcobra exclaimed as he slammed right into a monster.

Shadowcobra, fully armored, was also fighting a monster. He won, easily. The ball of energy rose and was gobbled up by Genosnaker. The giant snake bent down and Shadowcobra pet him on the head.

"Good, you are getting stronger. Pretty soon, you'll be the strongest monster there is," he said with pride. He turned around to be facing Metalceros and Stingdiver.

Metalceros was humanoid to an extent and bore the appearance of a mutant rhino. It was covered with plated white armor all over its body and had golden claws on its hands. Evenits horns were golden. It roared and bowed to its master. Hovering next to it was a giant pink stingray. Yes pink! How Shadowcobra had a pink monster bound to him was a mystery. But he had it and was stuck with it and these monsters were stuck with him.

"As for you two, listen, I know you're hungry, but you need to be patient. There has to be a monster worth destroying here that has enough power to feed your needs. But until that happens, you need to wait.

Metalceros grunted while Stingdiver just floated there. Shadowcobra sighed, feeding one monster was hard enough, but three? However, Draco had 6 monsters and he seemed to be able to take care of them pretty well. Sighing, Shadowcobra regarded his two other monsters. It was time to feed them too.

"And I thought I could meditate with Raven today. Oh well."

"Okay, how about a compromise?" Jinx suggested.

"I'm listening," Raven replied.

"We go to the mall and don't talk to each other or anything or get on each other's nerves. Deal?" Jinx put out her hand.

"Deal," both witches shook hands. Starfire was thrilled and left them to call Terra. Out of the alien's earshot they spoke quietly.

"Listen Jinx," Raven whispered, "The only reason I'm doing this is because of Star, nothing more."

Jinx whispered back, "Trust me, this is not something I want, but Draco asked me to try to get along with you. Starfire's been the only really nice one and so has Terra. So let's just say I'm doing it for their sake too."

"Mostly Draco's too, right?"

"Exactly," Jinx grinned "So, let's go!"

"Jinx! You look absolutely marvelous!" Starfire clasped her hands together.

Jinx gave her a crooked smile. "Starfire, I don't think I want to have this much pink on me."

Jinx was dressed in a tank top and miniskirt. The only problem was that they were pink.

"I think it looks good. It matches your eyes and hair," Raven said sarcastically, earning a glare from Jinx.

"I don't think that much pink looks good with your skin tone," Terra added.

"That was what I was saying!" Jinx threw her arms into the air. She went into the dressing room and started to change.

The girls were all at the mall and were in a boutique for teens. Jinx wanted to find something that made her look sexy. But of course, nothing seemed right.

Raven sighed and read a book she was reading. This was the last place she wanted to go. Then again, Jinx had a lot of different tastes. This was also one of Starfire's favorite places to shop. Once, when she was out with Starfire here, guys would stand in front of the dressing rooms just to catch a glimpse of Starfire and blatantly ignoring Raven. The same thing happened in Hot Topic, except in reverse when Raven got cat calls and everyone was glaring at Starfire. Terra would fit in nicely since she was a blonde and Jinx was a mystery.

Jinx stormed out of the dressing room, fully dressed in her old clothes and huffed, "Humph! None of these clothes work for me!"

"Starfire did choose them, remember," Raven reminded.

"What is wrong, friend Jinx?" Starfire asked.

"Nothing personal Starfire, but bright clothes aren't exactly my thing if you know what I mean. I need something Gothic and says 'I'm a bad girl'!" she told Starfire.

"Why don't you go to Hot Topic? Raven's a regular there so she could help," Terra suggested.

Both witches stared at her and exclaimed, "WHAT?" They pointed at each other and shouted in unison, "THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING WITH HER!" They turned to each other, "HEY! STOP THAT!"

Terra placed a hand on both their shoulders, "Listen, Jinx, you want something that will turn Draco's head and eyes on you, right?" Jinx nodded. Terra turned to Raven, "And Raven, you're the best girl I know who knows a lot about Gothic fashion. You can help Jinx, right?" Raven folded her arms over her chest and turned to look in a different direction. Terra groaned. "Come on, Girls. Can't we all be friends?"

The sorceresses looked at each other and said, "Fine!" and they both left to go to Hot Topic.

Starfire asked, "Terra, why is it you sent them to the Hot Topic store alone? Are you not afraid that they will incur each other's wrath?"

Terra replied, "Yes I am. But what can we do? If we're going to be on the same team, we have to get along. And this is the only way I know how. Sides, you don't want Jinx and Raven to fight anymore, do you?" Starfire shook her head.

"Look, I'm only doing this for the team and not because I like you. So don't think we'll both be chummy girlfriends, okay?" Raven warned.

"Fine by me," Jinx told her before looking through the clothes rack. She then pulled out a black tube top with a red dragon emblazed on it. She stared at the dragon intently. Before smiling and sighing. She giggled like a school girl before hugging the top to herself. Raven noticed this and raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you laughing like a total loon?" Raven asked.

"It's just this," she showed Raven the top, "This red dragon reminds me a lot of Draco. I guess the guy just grew on me."

"It seems you have a crush on him."

"I think I do," Jinx admitted. "I mean, since Cyborg, I never thought I could meet a guy better than he was. I was wrong."

"Cyborg? You mean you had a crush on Cyborg?" Raven asked.

"Actually, it was Stone, Cyborg's disguise. I was fooled and I fell in love with the guy." She sighed, "But he broke my heart and now I'm fawning over another guy."

"I have to agree to that," Raven told her, "I've been in the same boat."

"You've been in love before?" Jinx asked with disbelief. "With who?"

"A dragon," she saw the shocked look on Jinx's face. "Don't ask. I'll tell you later when I'm ready, okay?" Raven looked through the various ornamental rings when one caught her attention. The ring was designed after a snake. She picked it up and stared.

"Seems I'm not the only one with a crush on a Knight," Jinx teased, grinning. Raven blushed and a display suddenly fell over. "Need to control your emotions, huh?"

"You have no idea," Raven told her, "And I don't have a crush on Shadowcobra."

Jinx grinned some more and spoke, "I never said anything about Shadowcobra, just a Knight. He is kinda hot if you ask me."

"I no longer have any interest in boys," Raven told her abruptly.

"So you're gay?" Jinx teased again.

Raven's eyes widened, "NO!" this time a light bulb blew up. "Just not interested in guys," she answered, annoyed.

"Really? Come on, I've seen the way you look at him. I know you like him."

"Actually, he's the one who has been flirting with me."

"But it didn't seem like you hated it."

"I didn't seem to like it either. Although he does have nice eyes," Raven then realized whom she was talking to. "Okay, why the Hell are we talking about this?"

Jinx shrugged, "Dunno. It was Starfire's suggestion actually. I guess she didn't want anyone to fight on the team.

"That's Starfire for you. It's ironic that a girl from an alien race of warriors wants peace."

"I guess." she asked, "You've been to Starfire's planet, haven't you?"

"It was when she was getting married."

"WHAT?" Jinx shrieked. "You serious?" she asked in disbelief.

"Yes I am. It was an arranged marriage though. Starfire agreed, but I don't think she really wanted an arranged marriage," Raven explained.

"Did anything happen at the wedding?" Jinx asked curiously. "Did Robin go crazy?"

"Like Dustin Hoffman from 'The Graduate'."

"That's a classic!" Jinx laughed. She noticed some tight black leather pants. "These would go with this top and this top too," Jinx said as she saw another black tube top, this time with a black cat on it drawn with white outline. She placed it in front of her. "Is it me?" she asked Raven.

"The black cat helps with the whole jinx thing, if you want my opinion," Raven answered in a dull tone.

"I'm gonna go try these on!" Jinx ran to the dressing rooms and shouted, "Wait for me!"

Raven mumbled, "Like I'd do something like that!" she didn't notice however a dark figure watching them and then following after Jinx.

Jinx was in one of the dressing rooms and was changing her clothes. When she was done, she looked herself over. The black tank top was form fitting and showed off a little cleavage while the pants hugged her hips and legs. The pants were a little tight but they weren't constricting. She smiled to herself.

"I look hot!" she said to herself. "I think I'll get these and a couple more." She undressed herself and did not notice the doorknob behind her turning.

Suddenly, Jinx was grabbed from behind and force against the one of the walls in the small cubicle. She tried to scream, but the assailant had his hand over her mouth. Her eyes widened with surprise. She was also only in her panties and top.

"You're so damned hot…" he whispered as he pressed himself against her. He reached for the doorknob and locked it. "That way, no one can bother us, babe." Jinx could feel his erection through his pants. She struggled but he threatened her, "If you don't do as I say, you're dead." He showed him his gun. She shuddered knowing what he wanted. She was too scared to use her powers or fight back. Something about all this scared her and she hated it. She felt sick when the man ran his hands over her body. When she felt the man starting to pull down her panties, she cried. Her only thoughts were, Help me!

When he reached to pull down the zipper of his pants, the man was suddenly thrown right through the door. When I mean through, I mean he was smashed through. Jinx looked around and saw a red fist sticking out of the mirror. She attempted to cover herself, feeling ashamed.

Draco walked out of the mirror and looked at Jinx and then stared at the rapist who was staggering to get back up. Everyone in the store gathered around. Someone pointed out, "Hey! That's Johnny Rancid!"

"Nobody move!" Johnny Rancid started pointing his gun at everyone. "I've got a gun!"

"Azerath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven used her powers to pull away Johnny's gun and then crushed and rolled it into a ball. "Not anymore," she said, eyes glowing white.

Johnny looked up and saw Draco, fully armored. The eyepieces of the helmet were glowing red.

Though no one could see Draco's face, it was obvious that he was pissed. He roared scaring everyone and making Johnny fall down on his butt. The biker was soon wetting his pants. Draco grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and hauled him up so he was facing him.

"What did you do?" Draco growled.

"Nothing! Girl came on to me!" Rancid answered.

"LIAR!" Draco roared again. "You were trying to rape her, weren't you?" Draco asked again. Johnny was too scared so he nodded. Draco then brought up his fist and it was enveloped in flames. "You monster, you deserve to die for this." Johnny closed his eyes, awaiting impact, but nothing happened. He opened his eyes to see Starfire restraining Draco by the arms.

"Friend Draco! Stop! You will kill him!" Starfire begged.

"Good…" Draco said, "He won't be a problem anymore…" he growled.

Terra showed up and coaxed the Dragon Knight, "This isn't our way, Draco. Don't do it, he isn't worth it."

Draco stared at Johnny. "You're right," He threw Johnny onto the floor, "He isn't." Draco's armor shattered away and he stared at Johnny with angry eyes. "I don't want to see this scum ever again."

Raven used her powers to encase Johnny in a force bubble and then Terra called the police. The police came and took Johnny away. When they heard about the attack on Jinx, they gave her a blanket. Draco said that Jinx will give her statement in the morning. Starfire was helping Draco comfort Jinx. Jinx was wrapped in the blanket and in Draco's arms as he soothed her.

"Jinx? Jinx? Are you alright?" Starfire asked.

"He…"Jinx sobbed, "He tried to…"

"It's okay Jinx," Draco whispered, "He can't hurt you anymore. I'll make sure of that."

Jinx only response was to cry and bury her face in his chest.

"We should go home," Draco said.

"I'll call Cyborg," said Terra, "He'll pick us up."

Later, Jinx was placed in the Tower infirmary to check if she had any injuries. She had minor bruising but nothing serious. Draco was with her, trying to comfort her.

The other Titans and Knights were in the common room discussing the attack.

"It was my fault," Raven admitted, "I shouldn't have left her alone like that."

"Raven, it wasn't your fault," Robin told her, "This could've happened to anyone."

"Please Raven, do not blame yourself," Starfire added.

"This Rancid tried to rape Jinx and you let him go?" Shadowcobra said in disbelief. "I say you should've let Draco finish the bastard off."

"We didn't let him go, the police took him away," Robin reminded.

"He'll just get away and who knows what he'll do next," Shadowcobra replied. "It would be much easier to just permanently get rid of him."

"It isn't our way!" Robin snapped

Shadowcobra retorted, "Not your way, but I have no problem with killing scum," he hissed.

Terra whispered to Beast Boy, "Is it just me, or is Shadowcobra a bit on the edge about this?"

"I think you're right," Beast Boy replied.

"I can perfectly hear you so there is no reason to start whispering you two," Shadowcobra told them. He turned to Robin, "You have to admit that it would be easier that way."

"We don't kill, Shadow, and that's final!" Robin snapped.

"Fine, have it your way," Shadowcobra disappeared into the shadows.

"And I thought Raven was creepy," Cyborg muttered.

"What was that?" Raven snapped.

"Nothing!" Cyborg raised his hands.

"Shadow's just looking out for us. He cares but he just has a weird way of showing it," Pluto told them.

In his cell, Johnny Rancid paced around muttering to himself.

"Damn, Titans! Won't even let me have any fun! When I get out of here-"

"You won't get a chance to do that," a mysterious voice hissed.

Johnny whirled around. "What was that? Who's there?"

"Look in the mirror Johnny."

Johnny walked up to the sink and looked into the mirror.

He didn't even have time to scream…

To be continued…