Hello, my loyal readers! It is time for another update, and more plot twists are on the way. But why am I blabbing? On with the story!

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(Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans)

ZYX scurried back into Raven's room with Light and Dark: "I'm back, Raven."

Raven: "It took you long enough. Now place them in the circle on the left, then stand in the one on the right."

He did as instructed.

Raven: "Now repeat after me. Callas-sen-ten, moke-co-let."

ZYX: "Callas-sen-ten, moke-co-let."

Raven: "Pose-saa-maa-kay-coe-low-pet."

ZYX: "Pose-saa-maa-kay-coe-low-pet."

Raven: "Narket, ha-ken,makka-set."

ZYX: "Narket, ha-ken,makka-set."

Raven: "Mos-soak, kellon-mow-la-home-met."

ZYX: "Mos-soak, kellon-mow-la-home-met."

With each line of the spell, the circles glowed brighter, until they exploded into a radiant emerald shade. When their vision cleared, they saw Light and Dark were now slung across his back.

Raven: "Now, whenever you say, colant (coal-aunt), your swords will return to their sheaths, or the sheaths will appear on your back."

ZYX: "Great. So, Raven?"

Raven: "Yes?"

ZYX: "You know how your powers act up whenever you feel too much emotion?"

Raven(After long pause): "What about it?"

ZYX: "Have you tried making a power sink that will suck up all the energy you release accidentally?"

Raven opened her mouth to respond, but started considering what he had said. The more she thought about it, the better it sounded.

Raven: "No, I haven't, but it sounds like a good idea." She flew to one of her shelves and started grabbing books. "Why didn't I think of that?" ZYX wisely stayed silent.

After finding the right tome, Raven walked over to her vanity, where she opened one of the drawers and took out the gem ZYX had given her the day before.

Raven: "This should do nicely."

She wiped away most of the two circles that were already on the floor, then drew a new one between them.

Raven: "Stand back."

ZYX retreated to the corner of the room closest the door.

Raven: "cool-sennack-contolpum,

Nicka-lumpa-te,

Nick-clone-nos-nocka-kum,

Passa-nappa-whey!"

The circle started to glow purple, but the remains of the two circles on it's left and right started shimmering black and tainted the middle. Neither ZYX nor Raven noticed, though, because they were both screaming from the mind numbing pain surging through their bodies. The last thing ZYX heard as he slipped into unconsciousness was the rest of the team surging through the door.

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Inside the HIVE FIVE's base, the girl groaned and slowly opened her eyes. As her blurry vision came into focus, she saw a pretty Asian girl perched on a chair next to the couch she was lying on, looking at her with a slightly worried expression (Jinx had decided on a holo-ring at the last second).

Jinx: "Are you feeling better?"

Girl: "Yeah, I think so. Who are you?"

Jinx: "I'm Jinx."

Girl: "Jinx? What kind of a name is that?"

Jinx: "It's a code name."

Girl: "Code name? Why would you need a code name?"

Jinx: "I'm a meta-human. You know, like the Flash and Black Canary?"

Girl: "meta-hu-? No way, there's no such thing."

Jinx(confused): "What?"

Girl: "Meta-humans aren't real, they're in comic books, like the ones my best reads all, the, time."

Jinx(shock/rage): "Comic books?"

Girl: "Yeah, comic books. The kind where you save the world ever day and blow stuff up with your mind?"

Jinx fired one her hex bolts at a can sitting on the counter, causing it to explode and spill soda all over.

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See-More: "Hey, that was mine!"

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Jinx: "Like that?"

The girl stared at the brown stain on the counter for what felt like infinity. When she turned back to look at Jinx, all the color had vanished from her face, and she was trembling slightly. She looked like she was about to faint again.

Jinx: "Okay, let's try this again. I'm Jinx, and you are-?"

Girl: "I'm Em onymous."

Jinx: "Anonymous?"

Em: "EM onymous. EM."

Jinx: "That's an unusual name."

Em: "So is Jinx."

Jinx: "Touché."

They lapsed into an uncomfortable silence.

Jinx: "How did you get here?"

Em: "I don't know. I was coming home from my dancing class like I do every day, and I-stepped in something. It grabbed my leg and pulled me through the sidewalk. Next thing I knew, I was standing in that hallway. Then these people showed up. All I remember is the eye." She shuddered. "That big pulsin', spinnin', glowin', green eye. By the way, how'd you find me?"

Jinx: "I was part of the group, the one with pink hair."

Em: "I remember someone with pink hair, but your hair's black."

Jinx: "It's a holo-ring. I didn't want you pass out again when you saw me."

She removed the ring and let true form show itself. The girl's eyes bulged and she squeaked.

Jinx: "I know. I get that reaction a lot."

Em: "Okay, wow. Just, wow. But where's everyone else?"

Jinx: "Just outside. Wouldn't want you to pass out again. Before I call them in, though, why did that eye stick in your mind?"

Em: "Let's just say I had a bad experience with a school play."

Jinx: "Fair enough. Just a moment, dear." She walked over to the corner. "See-More?"

See-More: "She's clean. Not even a half-truth."

Jinx: "Good." She walked back over to the couch. "I'm going to call the rest of the team in now. Do you think you can handle that?" Em nodded. "You can come in now, guys!"

Private Hive, Mammoth, Gizmo, and See-more trumped in. Em burrowed into the couch a little, and watched them with wide eyes.

Jinx: "may I present the Hive Five!"

Em: "WOW! WOWOWOWOWOWOW! Real life superheroes!"

See-More: "Actually, we're-ow!" Gimzo stepped on his foot.

Gimzo: "Yeah, we're superheroes. Name's Gimzo."

"Private Hive, at your service." He strolled up to the couch, bowed low, and kissed her hand. She blushed.

"I'm Mammoth."

"And I'm See-More."

Em: "It's an honor to meet every one of you! Just think, me! Em Onymous, talking to super heroes. Wahoooooooo!" She started dancing around the room.

Jinx: "There's just one thing."

Em stopped mid flip and balanced on her hands. "Wha's that?"

Jinx: "We still need to figure how you ended up at the bottom of our top secret underground base without setting off any alarms, or even walking anywhere the entrance."

Em: "Oh, right. I'm jus' as curious as you are."

See-More: "I checked the security cameras. Reality folded in on the itself for a split second before you appeared."

Everyone (Exclamation): "Appeared?"

Em: "Like a wormhole?"

See-More: "yes, how did you know?"

Em: "One of my best guy friends talks about that kind of stuff All. The. Time. As hard as I've tried, it's just impossible to keep it all out."

See-More: "IIIIIIIII-see. In any case, wherever she came from, it's not around here."

Jinx: "That's the understatement of the day."

Mammoth: "I'm big."

Jinx: "Now it's that one. Is there anyway to send her back?"

Gizmo: "No way, scuzheads. Once a hairballed wormhole is closed, it's closed for good. I'd have to make a new one, and that takes time."

Jinx: "How much time?"

Gizmo: "3 years, give or take."

Em: "3 years! My Mom's going to kill me."

Jinx considered tossing out of their lair, but something made her change her mind again.

Jinx: "How about you stay here while we sort this out?" This earned her a shocked look from the rest of the team, which was quickly suppressed.

Em: "Really, you'd do that for me? Oh, thank you thank you thank you!" She leaped off the couch and gave Jinx a tackle hug."

Jinx: "Hey, we're superheroes, it's what we do."

She shot a glare at the rest of the team that said, "If you don't back me up on this, I'll throw you out." They tried to show some enthusiasm, with varying results.

Jinx smiled: "I think you're going to like it here."

Em beamed back. "I'll try!"

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ZYX rose slightly out of the sea of unconsciousness.

Robin: "Are you sure about that, Raven?"

Raven: "I told you Robin, ZYX didn't cause the accident. I didn't erase the circles from the previous spell and they messed with the one I was casting. I caused the accident, and he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Robin: "But what about your powers? If they don't come back-"

Raven: "We'll find out what happened to them when he's better and we can run tests on him without endangering his health. Now shut up, my concentrations slipping."

ZYX went back under.

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After Robin left the infirmary, he went back to his office and fumed. Just when he had figured out who ZYX was, the (insert insult here) had gotten himself knocked unconscious. Now the rest of the of team was too busy worrying about him and Raven for Robin to drop the news. His timing was perfect, thought Robin, too perfect?

Hours later, Robin had finished scanning his stuff for bugs. The only one he'd found was a tracker from catwoman left over from his time in Gotham. No wonder she kept dodging me in our last fight! He sat back in his swivel chair with a sigh. I guess the news will just have to wait until he wakes up. Until we can question him, the others won't accept it. I wonder how long it's going to be?

That's chapter 7. If there are any problems with the punctuation at the end of a sentence, I apologize. This website won't allow more than one question mark or exclamation point in a row. Like I said, cliffhangers=faster updates. Reviews also equal faster updates. Finally, if any words are missing, please report them to me.