What went wrong? Did you dislike that chapter? Can you give me some feedback? Well, I decided to post another chapter to gain information on why the radio silence! Thanks to Cartoonstar and Acosta for reviewing, it meant the world to me! Well, hope you enjoy this part. Thanks to Starlight, Sultan of Snark!

Okay, on suggestion, I rewrote this chapter! Tell me what you think!

Dangerous Mind

It's in your eyes, what's on your mind.
I fear your smile and the promise inside.
It's in your eyes, what's on your mind.
I fear your presence, I'm frozen inside.
I'm searching for answers
Not questioned before.
The curse of awareness,
There's no peace of mind.
As your true colors show
A dangerous sign.

--Within Temptation


"Jinx, open up," Wally snapped, standing in front of her secret lair. He had paced in front of it for two whole minutes, trying to decide what to say to her and how to say it. "You have some explaining to do." He was mad and he was going to get some answers before he completely lost his mind.

"Ready for some more?" Jinx said, coming to the door with a sweet smile. Wally had to force himself to look away from how adorable she looked in pink silk pajamas. He was filled with righteous anger, think Batman, not Green Arrow!

"Were you in cahoots?" Wally snapped, his voice shaking. He was babbling and he knew it but the words just didn't come out as fast as his mind was working. It was a problem he had seemed to have even before he had gained superspeed. "Did you just destroy me?"

"What are you talking about? Have you lost your hick mind? Are you shooting up with Captain Commando?" Jinx demanded, hands on her hips. "Slow down and discuss this rationally."

"You...Firefly...working together...tricked me...betrayed me...," Wally mumbled between clenched teeth. "Did you?" Real smooth, he sounded like Kid Stutter, not Kid Flash.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I had nothing to do with it," Jinx said, rolling her eyes. She gave him another glare before beginning to shut the door. "Why do I get the feeling that didn't set your mind at ease?"

As always, he was too fast for her and was already inside the apartment. "Don't lie to me," Wally pleaded, unable to deal with the fact that he had been so duped. "I deserve better than that. Please, just tell me if you did it," he begged. The mentor of the Flash, begging a villain. There was a great disturbance in the force!

"Look, you're the one who keeps saying that I need to trust you. But at the first sign of trouble, you're barging in over here and demanding that I set your mind at ease," Jinx snapped, her eyes narrowing. "Admit it, you don't trust me!"

Wally forced himself to calm down before he did something he would regret. Jinx may have been a criminal and a traitor, but he would not be the one to resort to violence, even accidentally. "You're a criminal, Jinx. Get it? Being with you could end every dream I have. I want to become a superhero and get my PhD in engineering and build better housing for people. I have people I love, people who have taught and guided me and made me feel like I'm worth something. And I am risking everything for you." He was risking his future and everything he ever dreamed of. He was proving his father right. How could he let this happen to himself?

"So don't! I didn't ask for you," Jinx said, her eyes darkening hexingly. He could see the hurt in her eyes, but this time, he wouldn't just believe every word coming from those sweet lips of hers. "You were the one who chased me! And I thought I was more than a criminal to you!"

She was more than a criminal, but she was less than trustworthy at this moment. He had to make her understand what he had done for her? "Do you know what will happen to me if I am thought to be protecting a dangerous criminal? I'll have my mask taken away and I'll be locked up. And everyone I love will think I'm a traitor," Wally demanded, folding his arms. He was in a rare temper and he couldn't stop his voice from shouting. The thought of that was enough to make his knees shake. The thought of his uncle's anger and shame, of Batman's reaction...who would even want to live through that?

"So then take me to prison. We both know you can do it if you want to, you're faster than me, you can overpower me in a split second," Jinx challenged, holding up her hands in surrender. "Why are you hesitating?"

Wally was ready to take her in. He could overpower her, have her locked up and then turn himself into his uncle. He would be punished but it would be over and done with. He'd take his grounding and then he would be restored to the beloved nephew and apprentice he had always been. "I can't."

"Why?" Jinx asked, her look cold and mysterious. "Don't turn your back on me," she warned. "Didn't your precious mentor tell you that? I'll find some way of stabbing you in the back."

Wally allowed himself to be mocked, too exhausted emotionally to even attempt continuing to argue. Jinx had called his bluff and he had no choice but to fold. He had lost his mind and he was too weak to admit it. "He did, but I can't...because I worship you. Because I dream about you and I want you but I need to know you aren't playing me like a piano. And everything I believe in, that criminals need to be locked away so they can't hurt the innocent fades away when I'm with you. Currently, my moral compass is broken, so supply me the information! Did you distract me so Firefly could get away?" he asked softly. He had to believe he was right about Jinx, or he'd have to admit he was the greatest fool in history.

"If you really loved me, you would know I had nothing to do with it. You don't really care about me at all. I saw how nervous you were at the wedding, terrified that they'd tell your precious mentor that you were being a bad boy," Jinx spat, her voice rising to match his. His anger had abated, but hers sure had not.

"Don't talk about my mentor," Wally muttered through gritted teeth. He did not like the doubt building up in him, but he didn't know how else to feel. He should leave; he should turn his back on this whole situation and run like the wind. "Believe me, he's not someone you want brought into this conversation for both our sakes." But something like teenage hormones was keeping him here. "It's not exactly out of your talents. You're the best criminal I knew." A compliment to sweeten his anger.

"Admit it, you're embarrassed of me. I'm good for an evening of making out, but I'm not respectable. I'm the cheap trampy villainess you pick up for a good time. But you can't bring me home to your precious Justice League. You're the one going on about how you're a gentleman, but you treat me more like a gentleman's club. Your mentor should be ashamed of you," Jinx hissed, as her eyes began to glow.

Wally took a deep breath and prepared to hex dodge. Hearing that had calmed him down a bit. Maybe she was telling him the truth. "You know why I can't be public about our relationship. Your side would kill you if they knew and my side would…it wouldn't be good." She had to understand how many lines had been crossed. She was smart, she couldn't expect him to just announce to God and country that he was thumbing his nose at the Justice League.

"Of course. I accept that. It's not exactly an honor for me to be slumming with a boy in tights. But when you accuse me of lying to you, you cross the line," Jinx said deliberately. She had not hexed him yet, but she looked like she was seriously considering it. He had to tread lightly.

Wally nodded. He needed to gain her sympathy if he had any hope of salvaging this situation. "I know, but I need to help people and I can't let the fact that you're my girl stop that. I love being a hero. I have honor and commitments to others. But I'm risking it all for you. I've proven myself, why can't you offer one shred of proof, one small iota of kindness to show you are on my side. Because...I need that," Wally pleaded. "I know you are going to say I shouldn't need to, but humor me. Please?"

Jinx stared at him for a long time. "I swear it. I don't know every criminal, we have turfs and he's usually the Gothem Beat. I'm Jump City, two different coasts. I was just trying to get you laid," she spat, before giving him a look that promised pain.

"Jinx...I'm sorry," Wally whispered, deciding to believe her. He had to take her at her word, or take her to prison. Right now, the first option seemed like the only one he had. He didn't know why but he couldn't imagine she had lied to him. "I've just...been under a lot of pressure. It's no excuse, I...feel free to hex me."

"You're beneath hexing. Get out," Jinx spat, pointing to the door. "Get out before I hex you. It's over between us. Come near me again and I'll break your neck."

"Jinx..." Wally said, realizing he was really crossing too many lines. "I'm sorry." He screwed up and now he had to pay for it. Short, simple and to the point.

"I don't believe you," Jinx spat, her nose in the air. "You don't deserve me." He had misjudged her, surely she would have come clean and told him and then mocked him.

"You're right," Wally said, dropping to his knees. It was so tempting to just forget this ever happened, go back to being a good boy. He was starting to think this was temporary insanity, he was addicted to Jinx. "But...it will never happen again. I swear, I'll make it my business to put you first. I'm sorry. You don't know much pressure I have been under. My grades are bad and my mentor is on my case."

"That's your problem," Jinx spat, but her tone was a bit less poisonous. "Why should I care if you're flunking? Maybe you should stop giving me the lectures on honest work and take your own advice," Jinx spat.

"It's not just me flunking. I...could...everything. I ever wanted could be gone. I...have a lot to lose. I...have to be careful," Wally said softly, hanging his head. He was ashamed of himself. Jinx was most likely innocent and he was becoming paranoid. Just because she was a criminal didn't mean that she was beyond redemption. "But I was wrong to suspect you. I...take your word on good faith."

Jinx looked down at him for a long moment. "I should kick you," she said, showing off her beautiful platform Doc Maatans.

"But I'm so beneath you," Wally said, cracking a winning smile. He knew he had done this already. Females couldn't resist bad puns.

Jinx returned the smile and nodded. She had a short fuse, but she couldn't resist him. He knew he was the only one in her life who was there for her. He had done so much for her, he had earned this one mistake. The smile on his face told him that. "Yes, you are. But...I suppose heroes have low IQs, I can't blame you. Come on, I'll make dinner and you can praise me. "

Wally nodded and sat down on the chair in the dining room. It was very nice, in an evil lair with too much florescent lights kind of way. It needed a hero's touch, but these would make fine digs if they could move in together. Yes, he was getting ahead of himself, but what could he say? His girl was too good to him. "I'll write you ballads and sit under your window, serenading you."

"Hey, I said I'd forgive you for accusing me of being a traitor. You start humiliating me in public and I'll shove my spatula where the sun don't shine," Jinx said with a laugh that vacillated between evil and adorable.

"Agreed," Wally said, wondering if his girlfriend always used violence as a form of affection.

"So, what's this about stress? The spandex getting too tight?" Jinx asked, her voice brimming with mischief.

Wally sighed and tried to figure out how to explain this. It wasn't like she had a frame of reference for having the collective weight of the Justice League on a fifteen year old's shoulders. "I am not doing well in college. Been a little distracted by certain...things."

"Yeah, I can tell. College was such a drag. I graduated six months ago and I am so glad I got out," Jinx said softly, sounding almost sympathetic.

"You graduated?" Wally mumbled, suddenly feeling a little out of his league. He still had another year to go and he was in deep trouble of flunking the current semester.

"Yeah, the Hive allowed top students to take college courses as an alternative to our high school classes. We bribed Harvard to give us certification. I graduated with a double major in psychology and economics and a minor in Computer science. Knowledge is power, after all," Jinx said with a wink.

"You're fifteen and you have your bachelor's already," Wally said, whistling. His girl was incredible and smart, no wonder she was the one for him. "And I suppose Gizmo..."

"He has his PhD already in Computer science," Jinx told him airily. "He designed a series of programs and got it. Just because we're criminals doesn't mean we're dumb. I thought heroes were supposed to be open-minded," she teased.

"I'm beyond open-minded. You've blown my mind," Wally said softly, wondering what crop of super villains had received this same type of education. He'd be facing a lot of trouble in the near future. "Still can't believe Mammoth has a Harvard education."

"Nah, most of the Hive were dumb muscle. Only a couple of us were able to be deep thinkers," Jinx said with a wink. "And luckily, for you, I was deep enough to think you might like a snack."

Snack, one of Wally's favorite words. " You must have read my mind! Never took you for the domestic type," he said happily.

"I was making us some curry for tomorrow but we can have some now. Do you like curry?" Jinx said, mollified as she motioned for him to follow her into the kitchen. She was actually smiling and relaxed. Wally just had to make sure not to make sudden movements. He didn't want to return to that state of evil.

"There isn't a food I dislike. Curry will be perfect. Why were you cooking it?" Wally asked. "How did you know I was coming?"

"I was in the mood for something different for our date tomorrow and it would be nice to share it with someone, even if you're an idiot."

Wally smiled and sped over to her. . "A girl who cooks. I don't deserve you," he said, lightly, as he kissed her cheek. "I am an idiot to even doubt you."

"I'll forgive you this time," Jinx said softly, stirring the pot with a wooden spoon. "You mentioned you liked things spicy!"

"I'm dating you," Wally said, putting his arm around her waist. "I like wild. You're definitely the spice of life."

"Take a taste, tell me what you think," Jinx urged, taking a spoonful and putting it in his mouth. It was delicious, full of flavor and made his tongue tingle. "I made it just for you."


AN-Hehe, a cliffie? That's so cruel of me! So, why do you think that happened?