Sorry for the delay, I do have my reasons which you can ask about, but suffice it to say, I do a lot. I love updating though and I have a lot pre-written so two weeks at most should be your delay. Thanks to Starlight, who rocks. Okay, so why did Wally pass out? Find out now! Also, I rewrote some of the previous chapter, I hope it's more improved!
So come to me my love
I'll tap into your strength and drain it dry
Can never have enough
For you I'd burn the length and breadth of sky
--Vanessa Tang
My Medea
Jinx had not planned for her plan to be compressed so much. She had planned to take Kid Flash prisoner tomorrow, after enjoying one last date with him. Having him crumbled at her feet in the middle of the night wasn't her idea, but she'd have to make do with what was given to her.
As she gave her former boyfriend the poisoned chili, she assured herself that this was not personal. She had thoroughly enjoyed her date with Kid Flash. It was just the fact that they did not have a future together, but she could have an excellent future if she turned him over to Lex Luthor for testing. After all, Kid Flash would be a veritable font of information, once it was tortured out of him. And of course, she would not have to watch the boy she somewhat loved be tied up and tormented until he prayed for merciful death. She'd be in Rome, with a lump sum of cash and the ability to be a criminal again.
Firefly had given her the idea. She had met him while on a field trip with the Hive to Gotham City to interview the Penguin. "Just distract him for me, while I pick off the bank. I'll give you twenty-five percent of the profit," he had said, giving her that smoldering look that had made her melt last year. He was waiting for her when she had returned from the wedding.
"Deal," she said, happy to be paid for spending time with her boyfriend. He did manage to give her a good time and her cash supplies, though currently ample, could always be added to. Until, she realized something terrible. "Wait…how did you know I was seeing Kid Flash?" she asked.
"It's all over the street, Jinxy. You haven't exactly been discreet; villains are starting to think you've turned. I say you're just playing him, but quite a few of us are wondering where your loyalties lie," Firefly said in a brotherly tone, giving her a sad smile. "Come on; don't tell me the little witch has gone Glinda on me?"
Jinx had already made her choice before he had finished speaking. There was no way she was loosing street credit due to her romantic problems. "Don't worry; I'm going to end this problem. It's just a spy mission. I'm hoping to capture him to sell for a good price," she had said, giggling evilly.
"That's my bad girl. Say, I work for Luthor. How about I take him off your hands and sell him to someone who can make him talk? Believe me, we could take down the Justice League, split the profits," Firefly said, giving her a pat on the shoulder. She had tried to remember that she had once adored him, but she just felt hollow. "You and I could make a great team, missy."
So Jinx had mixed the sedative laced into chili, making sure there was enough medicine there to take out three medium sized bull elephants. Kid Flash had a quick metabolism and she had to make sure he didn't get up before he had been properly secured.
Of course, this was supposed to happen at the park yesterday, where Firefly would be waiting with the enhanced chains. She hadn't predicted that Kid Flash would come over, demanding an explanation and she would have been forced to manipulate him into thinking it was his fault and being forced to accelerate the plan before he caught on to anything else.
She didn't know why she had reacted that way. Maybe, she was realizing that she had begun to care about him and it was starting to become scary. Kid Flash could hurt her heart, like Stone…Cyborg had. And she had promised she would never allow that to happen again. When he showed up, she struck with cunning.
So now she had a superhero on the floor and six hours to get him to Firefly and go on a shopping spree. But first, she had to finally satisfy her curiosity and find out who was behind the spandex, who was this boy who she had foolishly given her heart to?
Jinx peeled the mask off his face and marveled at how cute he was. Without the mark, he looked younger and more human. He had smooth white skin and a couple of freckles on his nose. Combined with the red hair, he looked pretty sweet. If only she wasn't going to destroy him, she'd marvel at how much she liked him without his mask and wish she could have seen him like this when he was awake and could smile at her. This was stupid; this was the face of everything she hated. Soon, soon, he'd be gone out of her life and she'd have control over herself, and her criminal career again.
She took a picture of his face and scanned it into her computer, trying to track down his face. Surely, he must have some form of a civilian life, something to give away his secret identity.
There! She opened a site and noticed the picture a younger version of Kid Flash, sitting in a wheel chair in a church, staring into space and barely even noticing the camera. He looked thinner there, and his face was the most miserable sight she had ever seen. He just looked so broken hearted.
"Young Wally West watches as the bodies of his parents, Rudy and Mary West are laid to rest…" said the caption. A pang of pity filled Jinx as she stared at the sight of the sleeping hero on her bed and the past he tried so hard to hide. "Young Wally was crippled in the car accident and doctors doubt if he will ever recover mobility." Well, that had been proven false, but Jinx couldn't tear her eyes away from the sight of the little boy, staring out in pain and looking like he wished he could have joined his parents.
All right, so that actually made her feel pity for him. She didn't realize that underneath that stupid grin, he hid such an awful past. It made her realize how alone and vulnerable he was.
Perhaps Jinx was doing the right thing. After being tortured, Kid Flash…Wally would be dead and back with his parents. That would make him very happy; she would be doing him a favor.
Of course, Jinx hadn't counted on Wally's cell phone ringing at that very moment. She was embarrassed to admit that she had jumped and screamed when she heard the ring, which was the nerdy song of "Greensleeves." Who picked a lame song like that?
"This is Kid Flash, make it quick," quipped the answering machine. God, could this get any lamer? All the pity she was feeling for him was fading away into disgust. Of course, at the sound of the voice leaving a message, her disgust turned into abject terror.
"Kid Flash, this is Flash. You haven't reported back in two days, you are two seconds from me tracking you down and grounding you!" said a voice familiar from film clips of field agents of the Hive agents being pulverized. The Flash was on the phone, the guy who could move at lightning speed that made her current prisoner seem slow, the guy who would not be happy and most likely exercise a very painful form of justice for this.
"Umm…like, it's like, me, Starfire," Jinx said, picking up the phone and making her voice as high-pitched and cheery as possible.
"Starfire? What are you doing with Wally's phone?" the greatest enemy imaginable asked casually. Jinx tried to convince herself that her knees were shaking because she was tired.
"He fell asleep, overtired. I...am on watch duty," Jinx said, her voice almost cracking in sheer perkiness. She did a much better Raven imitation, but the Alien had been the first to come to mind.
"It's good you're there, Starfire. Wally's been going through a tough time and he has been getting off track. Have he and Raven gotten back together?" The Great Fast Evil asked, and something in Jinx's heart shattered. Kid Flash had dated Raven? But they clashed, red and yellow and navy blue? Had they not attended kindergarten and learned about which colors went together? And the thought of that ugly, fashioned impaired poser dating her Wally was making her disturbingly cranky. Yes, she had been willing to sell him for parts like a steer, but at least she had good taste and was so much prettier!
"No idea, you know Raven, she…is most secretive," Jinx stammered, her voice now naturally shrill.
To her shock and surprise, the Flash laughed. "That she is. My Wally would rather face Batman than talk about his romantic endeavors to me. I don't know why he's hiding this from me. She's a delightful girl, and I wish them the best. Why does he think I would disapprove?"
Jinx pondered answering that Flash would definitely disapprove of her and she was the one who had Wally's heart, not that ugly demon girl. Yes, that would be intelligent. "I have no idea," she chirped, wishing she had paid attention in class when discussing impersonations.
"I have no idea either. He's become such a teenager. You know how much he worries me? Sometimes I wonder why he means so much to me, little scamp," he said lightly, his voice warm with affection. If he wasn't her ultimate foe, she would have enjoyed interacting such a nice fatherly person.
"I am sure he will call you soon," she lied, wondering how she could pull off her plan now. The Flash had noticed, and she still had hours before Firefly would be taking the evidence off her hands. Okay, she was a creature of bad luck, but her luck was supposed to be good!
"I don't need you to be sure, Starfire. I need him to be sure to do what he's told. He's really beginning to worry me. When my little prodigal wakes up, tell him to call me or so help me, I will put the entire Justice League to catching him and dragging him back home by the collar." Jinx pondered the entire Justice League flying down to her little hide-out and finding a poisoned Kid Flash with her. She debated if she'd live long enough to see the inside of Arkham. For some reason, although the Flash seemed really nice over the phone, she realized in his voice how much he cared about Wally. And she didn't want to know what he would do for his protégé, including kick the daylights out of someone who was holding him prisoner. This was bad, this was Darksaid bad!
"I will tell him the moment he wakes up," Jinx squeaked. "Must go, I need to go find new clothing. Bye." Hanging up hadn't relieved her worry. What if the Flash still decided to find Wally himself? "Your mentor is right! Why are you so much trouble?" she demanded to her sleeping prisoner, who was contently dreaming with a smile on his face. "I could hex you for this, but you wouldn't feel it!" she threatened.
Luckily, her phone rang. Maybe it was Firefly who could be there to remove the hot evidence and simplify her life from the impending doom at the hands of the Justice League. "Hello?" she demanded, hoping for some good news.
"It's me," a familiar but disappointingly female voice said, whispering into the phone which crackled horribly.
"Glyth, why are you calling?" Jinx asked, definitely wondering how it was possible for her to be getting such bad luck. Glyth had been paying her to lair sit and Jinx didn't have a home if she came home early!
"I need a new identity, darling. A civilian identity, well furnished with cash and no past," Glyth said, her voice low and worried. "I've gotten myself into a bit of a scrape." A bit of a scrape with Glyth usually involved something atomic and possibly nuclear war creating.
"What happened?" Jinx asked, starting to wonder how much trouble everyone around her was in. Maybe that would distract the Justice League away from tracking her down like rabid dogs? Wally had been snoring helpfully, which was only plucking on Jinx's nerves.
"I was with Cheetah, we were sent to take out Tony Zhang, otherwise known Zhang Tao Yu. We were fine, got our reward till the check bounced. Cheetah ended up with a titanium bullet in her head, from a long range weapon of someone with a lot of cash. Luther doesn't leave loose ends, I should have known that."
Jinx felt the blood in her veins freeze up. This was too convenient and yet...Luthor had just won the presidency, he had to start doing some dirty work under the table. And why had Firefly been so nice to her? He could have taken all the money for himself. "How did you manage to escape?"'
"My brother, King Snake protected me. He's the only reason I remain alive," Glyth explained. "But I need you to transfer the funds for me. Just get me set up so there's no down time between me sneaking back into town and being a completely normal girl. I'll double the lair sitting fee; it's just that you're a lot better with computers than I am."
"Ummm...not a problem," Jinx mumbled, her head spinning. This was bad, she had an unconscious superhero at her feet and information that was confirming this was bad for her future prospects at living.
"It should all check right? King Snake is based in Gotham and he shouldn't need to lead his sister around by the hand, so just don't tell anyone I had to get your help with this. Brother would be disappointed if I couldn't manage my own problems myself. Maybe set me up as a math student at a university?" Glyth chattered in her nervousness.
Jinx really needed a little down time of her own to consider her options before her phone rang again with even worse news. "Okay, call me in the morning, I should have it all set up," she said, debating how she would save her own neck first.
"Thanks, cher, you're a peach," Glyth said, adopting a Louisiana accent. "This sound believable?"
"Perfect," Jinx said, hanging up before her shaking hand dropped the phone. She switched it off with a flick of her finger and contemplated her options.
First, she was disturbed to realize that she would actually be depressed to lose Kid Flash…Wally. She had gone accustomed to having him around and all the free dates and the way he made her laugh. He had wormed his way into a tiny corner of her heart and she was not pleased to admit she actually…was fond of him.
How could she have learned to like him so much? It was completely humiliating to imagine she had actually fallen for a guy who used stupid puns and wore spandex? At least Catwoman had fallen for the Bat, who was arguably extremely sexy in that "I will defeat all evil way." But a hyperactive nerd who wore red and yellow antennae? Had she lost her mind? Yes!
Of course, that wasn't enough to save him from being sold for parts on the black market. But Glyth's warning had managed to come at the right time to save her. Now that Luthor had been running for president, he had wanted his dirty work taken care of quietly. And there was no way to keep things quiet than to eliminate the help on any mission he deemed…too unsavory to allow the chance for it to ever come to light. Combined with the threat of the Justice League's wrath hanging over head, Jinx knew one thing. She had to come up with a plan and soon, because she had danger on all sides of her.
Of course, the perfect plan! It would take a lot of convincing and good acting, but she would soon have all her problems taken care of. She had a couple hours to complete phase two, but she had to begin the first phase immediately.
Jinx began tearing off Wally's clothing, not worrying about how much she damaged it. In fact, making it look damaged would be a good thing. She tried to ignore his bare chest, which was surprisingly muscular and firm and got to work on his pants. This was getting awkward but if she wanted to maintain any semblance of having her boyfriend back, she'd have to ignore her admiring thoughts and make sure he was stripped like a bed on washing day. This was not about sex; this was about getting him naked and in bed!
Once she had gotten him in the desired state, she covered him with a blanket and went to the kitchen to get some sugar and water. She lifted the blanket and began sprinkling the mixture on him for stickiness.
Then she stripped to a bra and panties and climbed into bed next to him. "Good night. Aren't you going to be glad when you awake in the morning?" she said softly with a giggle.
AN-Now things get interesting
