This would take place after 'Lightspeed' where Kid Flash convinced Jinx to leave. She has since decided that she doesn't want to have anything more to do with him. He doesn't feel the same way. Shenanigans ensue.
She wasn't quite sure where she was going. It was a dirt road that she had turned onto a while back because she thought that it was a good idea. That had been at least an hour and a half ago. Now her leg muscles were cramping from walking for so long, but turning back would be a waste of energy and time. Plus, she knew that she would look stupid.
There was no one else around but her. The road was very rough, with only one lane, and extremely rocky. A few times she had tripped, quickly righting herself with a pink flush that clashed with her extremely pale face. She would dust her skirt and tug on the hem and try to maintain all of the dignity that she possibly could. That was becoming more difficult as the minutes ticked by.
On either side of the road was nothing. And no, she wasn't kidding. Some dead, yellowing grass that looked more like straw grew in straggling clumps. As far as she could see, all there was were some hills in the distance that didn't look any greener than the scenery around her. Which did nothing to help her current mood.
When she had left Jump, she hadn't really had a plan. The only thoughts running through her head were that she had to leave, and right away. Now she seriously regretted not stopping and thinking out what the hell she was going to do now that she was out of her cage. That was something that she had liked about herself, and never admired at the same time. It was really cool, to be able to say that you could 'wing it'. It was not so cool when your 'winging it' blew up in your face.
And that happened to her a lot.
But especially now, she knew that she couldn't afford to look like an idiot. She didn't like to be made to look stupid in the first place, but now she had an audience. Oh yes. Even though no one was around, she knew he was there. He couldn't not be there.
He left her freaking signs.
Jinx glared with all her might at the wooden sign that had been staked into the ground. It was neatly painted, with handwriting that she couldn't believe had come from one of the male species. It was neater than hers, for goodness sakes!
Jinx, my offer for a lift back into town still stands. When we get there I promise the rooms will be filled with roses, just like the one that you chucked at me the last time I tried to talk to you.
Figures that he would just be starting to sound eloquent, and then insert a word like "chuck" into his message.
The bad luck witch crossed her arms below her breasts and scanned the horizon. She didn't see him, but she didn't expect to. Kid Flash—as his name implied—was a little too fast for even someone like her to catch. Yes, she could admit that to herself. Admitting that fact out loud was a different matter entirely, and not something that was likely to happen any time soon.
He was close by though. She knew from the way the back of her neck kept prickling as though someone was watching. And for once she knew that she wasn't being paranoid; someone really was watching. It was unnerving. And she wanted it to end.
"Will you stop stalking me?" she cried to no one. But essentially, it was to someone. Because as soon as the words left her lips, a rush of air blew by her, and a young hero with a slight build and a bright red and yellow outfit was leaning on the sign in a cocky stance, smiling at her.
"You called, my lady?" he asked, eyes twinkling merrily. Jinx didn't know whether it was because he was looking at her (he had expressed some type of interest, although she was a little thrown off by that), or because he loved to torment her.
The second option was the only one that made any sense. Sure, he got her away from the Hive Five. He called her "different". He said that she could "do better". But that didn't mean that he actually cared for her, let alone enough to express an interest in her. No one cared about Jinx, the girl who couldn't do anything but blow things up. No. It wouldn't make any sense.
He was very good at tormenting her anyways. Jinx was very suspicious, because he had such a natural talent for it.