*Authors Note - I do not own any of the Teen Titans, DC characters or the Grand Theft Auto Cities. I do however own Quake, my Original Character.
Also - 'This is Thinking' - "This is Talking"

THIS IS A LENGTHY CHAPTER. PLEASE DON'T HATE ME FOR THAT.

Chapter 3 - Fate Intervenes

Quakes POV

It's been a few days since I last saw the H.I.V.E. 5 after foiling their robbery attempt. Still can't get over the fact that I lost that fight to them. But I got all the jewelry back and nothing was stolen so I'd call that a win. It was a relaxing few days in comparison; a few robberies, a kidnapping, and a bomb threat, all in all pretty easy work. It was a quiet day today, until...

BBBOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM

A small explosion rocked a neighborhood a few blocks away from me. Smoke could be seen rising from The First National Bank. 'I bet it's the H.I.V.E. 5 again' I thought to myself. I flew to the bank as fast as I could just in time to see them exit the building. They exited with caution, obviously remembering how badly I beat the 5 boys the last time. I think it's time to reintroduce myself to them. I fly as fast and as hard as I could at Mammoth, knocking him almost a hundred feet backwards. I landed across from the bank in front of an old condemned building.

"Didn't we do this once before?" I taunted them, "as I recall, it didn't work out so well for you".

Jinx retorted quickly, "Look, I don't know who you think you are-" I quickly cut her off, bowing and saying "Ah yes where are my manners. My name; is Quake, beautiful". She blushed rather quickly which really showed up on her grey skin, but she shook it off even quicker. "Fine, Quake was it, but if memory serves me correctly we beat you last time".

"Uhh, you beat me last time, your team on the other hand was easily defeated. And besides you might have gotten away, but you left all your loot, I returned it, and that counts as a win in my books."

"Not this time sucker", See-More said blasting me with his laser. I dodged that easily, but it connected with the building behind me, causing it to collapse. Thankfully no bystanders were in the way of the falling building, except for me and the H.I.V.E. 5. Both sides scurried out of there as fast as we could to avoid the falling building, but a stroke of bad luck had to happen. Jinx tripped and fell as the building was collapsing on top of her. I looked back to make sure that nobody had absentmindedly wandered under the building (there's a lot more clueless citizens than you'd think back in Los Santos) and saw that Jinx was going to be crushed. I disappeared in an instant and reappeared right where the building was going to connect with Jinx. I put my hands up and stopped the building dead in its tracks. Some debris fell out of the building though and hit Jinx on the head, knocking her out cold. I lifted the building into the empty lot where it once stood and let it collapse into itself (good thing it was already slated for demolition earlier this week). Jinx was knocked out on the ground and the H.I.V.E. 5 left their loot on the ground in a panic. Nearly getting crushed by a building will help sort out your priorities, which in their case was life vs loot. Jinx laid on the ground not moving, thankfully she was breathing. I could hear sirens in the distance. The police were coming. I was about to leave when I looked back at Jinx, her fragile form on the ground. She was helpless and needed someone to save her. I decided that I should help her.

I picked her up bridal style and flew off with her, heading in the direction of my home. Or rather my temporary home the Titans set me up with while I stay here in Jump City. I entered my apartment, and set her down in my room on my bed. She had a few minor cuts and bruises on her arms from the debris falling on her, her outfit was dirty and ripped where the cuts were. I decided to do a good deed for her (though she probably wouldn't show me the same courtesy had I been knocked out and at her mercy), and both wash and repair her clothes. 'Now how to do that without (clears throat) "seeing anything"' I thought to myself. I walked over to my closet and pulled out the biggest shirt I could find, which just so happened to be my Detroit Red Wings jersey, and slipped it on over her clothes.

*TEENAGE AWKWARDNESS COMING UP. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.*

'There, now comes the hard part'. I took the bottom of her dress and proceeded to move it up her torso, my jersey still covering the areas that should have been bare, had it not been for my jersey. I brought it up to her chest, just below her neckline and brought her right arm through her dress and pulled it out. I then carefully maneuvered her head through and finally slipped her dress off her left arm and under my jersey. Her dress was off and my jersey was in place. 'Finally one of my plans worked'. Now for her leggings, this would be somewhat easier. I ran my hands up her legs to get at the fabric just below her waist. I was thankful my jersey would cover this part of her up as well. Otherwise I'd be in big trouble especially if I got caught looking at..."that area" of her body. I brought my eyes up to the ceiling, just in case. I removed both stockings with ease, brought everything out to my living room and brought out a few of my clothes too. I looked back at my room to make sure Jinx was still out cold, which she was. I decided that now was as good a time as any to get rid of my costume. Hey it would look really suspicious if Quake came out of my apartment with Jinx's clothes with him. I hit my fists together and my costume instantly disappeared, the plus side of having a costume of pure energy is it can come and go at will.

I got Jinx's clothes and mine in the wash (which all tenants had to share btw) and had already sewn her clothes as fast as I could. When you've lived on your own for a year you learn to do things pretty fast. Jinx's clothes were in the wash and I was playing Halo: Reach when I heard a noise emanating from my room, I stopped my game and I hit my fists together as fast as I could.

Jinx's POV

I woke up with a massive headache. 'Ugh, what happened to me? Oh right the 5 and myself were fighting-ohhh what's his name...Quake...and then the building fell right on top of me. Why wasn't I crushed to death...right Quake stopped the building from falling on me. Why would he do that? More importantly where am I?' I thought to myself as I looked around the room to discover that I wasn't in the H.I.V.E. headquarters anymore. I felt something around my shoulders and saw I wasn't wearing my own clothes. I looked down at the clothes I was wearing. It was a Detroit Red Wings jersey, a few sizes too big too. I started to panic. I tried to remember my H.I.V.E. training. Okay, check my surroundings...no cameras, no listening devices, no security. Where was I? I checked my wrists to see if there was a power inhibitor on them...no power inhibitor either. Of course it could be somewhere else, so I decided to test my powers...and with a flash of pink I found out that they worked. 'Ok I'm in a strange room with no cameras, listening devices, or any security and no power inhibitor. Where on Earth can I be?'

I heard the sound of gunfire coming from outside the door. I jumped up immediately at the noise and knocked over a vase by the bedside. Inside it was a rose of all things. The gunfire outside the door stopped and I could hear the faint sound of a fist hitting something. I could hear someone walking towards the door and braced myself for an attack. The door opened and I launched a hex at the intruder.

"Whoa!" was all I heard. The intruder ducked out-of-the-way of my hex. My eyes became wide with shock and I swear that my mouth hit the floor when I saw who it was. It was QUAKE of all people. Why was HE here?

"Well I guess you're feeling better," he said "how's your head?"

"W-where am I a-and why am I wearing this" I said holding up a shoulder of the jersey.

"You're at my temporary home in Jump City," he said "and you are wearing that because your clothes are in the washing machine now."

*MORE TEENAGE AWKWARDNESS. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED...AGAIN*

"YOU UNDRESSED ME?!" I yelled at the top of my lungs while my face turned a bright crimson red. "Why would you do that, y-you saw my...oh my god". I slumped back down on the bed.

"Nonononononono i-i-it wasn't like that" he stuttered, I looked up and his face was as bright a red as his jersey. "I-I-I-I just thought that you might appreciate a dress that wasn't ripped open on the arms so I've sewn it up and gave it a wash. And for the record I put my shirt on you before I undressed you so I didn't see anything".

I looked at his face and something deep down inside me said 'Trust him'. I calmed down almost right away. He spoke up again, "You also have a mild concussion. You'll have to stay with me for a while until you're all better."

"WHAT!" I screamed at him, "I can't stay here. I'm a villain and you're a hero."

"Exactly" he said in a matter-of-fact tone, "I'm a hero. And I couldn't let a beautiful girl such as yourself go out on her own with a concussion," I felt my blood rush to my cheeks when he said 'beautiful girl', "you could fall unconscious on the streets somewhere and..." his voice trailed off like he didn't want to think about what might happen. 'Does he really care about me like that?' I asked myself. He brought me back from my thoughts when he said, "Anyway, I'd like to make it up to you with something to eat. Do you like spaghetti?" he turned and exited the room, his room technically. "Y-yeah" I said.

He made us the food and served it up. "Mmmmm, this is excellent". I told him. I don't get much 'real food' with my bad luck and the H.I.V.E. boys lack of cooking skills.

"Really?" he said "It really tastes that good?" He looked at his food and took a fork full of spaghetti and ate it. "It doesn't taste any better than I usually make it." He still had his costume on and his hood up. I could understand his caution around me about his secret identity.

We finished up our supper and he did the dishes afterwards. He pulled out the bed from his pull-out sofa. "I guess that's where I'm gonna sleep?" I asked him a bit frustrated.

"Nope that's where I'm sleeping. Your sleeping arrangements is right behind you." He pointed towards his room.

"Really? Your going to let a villain sleep in your own room with all of your secrets?" The answer he gave me shocked me.

"Yeah, I trust you." The red soon returned to my cheeks again.

I laid awake most of the night thinking. 'Why is he being so nice to me? Why didn't he leave me for the police? What does he want from me?' Eventually I closed my eyes and fell asleep, hoping this was all a bad dream.

So what do you guys think? Spoiler alert- We get to learn more about Quake in the next chapter