*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"

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Quake POV

[Jinx] hugged me around my neck, crying into my shoulder. "You came for me, you really do care about me."

"Of course Jinx, I couldn't imagine my life without you."

"Oh don't worry, you won't have to imagine." and with that something metallic was attached to my neck. Before I could even react, Rouge pulled out a remote and pressed a button on it, sending a powerful electric shock throughout my body.

"That's five gigavolts of electricity (A/N: that's 50 times a lightning strike's voltage) coursing through you Quake. You should have known better than to trust a villain".

After almost a minute of agonizing torture, she (thankfully) lifted her finger from the button. My body couldn't take much more, I collapsed onto my knees then fell forward onto my stomach. The last thing I remember doing is looking at Jinx and uttering one word. "Why?", it came out as a whisper, then the entire world went black.

Chapter 6 - The Truth and Reconciliation

Jinx POV

I couldn't believe it. The pain who's been bothering me for days has finally been defeated. It was really stupid of him to agree to Rouge's terms perfectly. I was almost expecting another hero to drop in as his back-up. But none ever showed, didn't he tell anyone about this? He must be more stupid than I thought.

But he did it to rescue you.

My conscience was telling me I did the wrong thing, and I was starting to believe it. I looked down at him, his body still smoking from the energy from the electric shock and I almost...pitied him. He came here to rescue me, he believed that my life was in danger, he saved me from getting crushed, which Madame Rouge never told me about, and how did I repay him? By attaching a shock collar on his neck and shocking him into oblivion. He was the only person who said he trusted me.

No, he probably trusts everyone. I need to stop thinking these thoughts. I'm bad luck. A villain. That's the way it is. And that's the way it'll stay. No matter what he does, I'll be a villain. Always.

"Good vork Jinx," Madame Rouge said, "Vith the assistance of the capture of the hero Quake, I am inclined to offer you membership into zee Brotherhood of Evil. Velcome to our ranks."

"T-thank you Madame. I'm honoured to be a member." I said as I deactivated the hologram projector that Gizmo made changing from the pajama disguise to my regular outfit.

"Your first task is to load zis idiot onto the vehicle in zee back."

"Y-yes Madame Rouge," I said. She was gone to god only knows where and I was left with my orders. I did as I was asked and lifted Quake onto the transport in the back of the building. He was really heavy, though for someone of his height I guess it was normal. I finished putting him in the truck and Madame Rouge appeared.

"You may get in zee truck, Jinx," she said.

"R-really? Y-you mean I can come with you? I've been waiting for this day for so long, I-I-I'm so happy right now I can't describe it." Both of us got into the vehicle and Madame Rouge drove us away. I fell asleep in the truck, so I have no idea exactly where we are.

We were in some kind of abandoned building, underground somewhere I didn't recognize. We must be on the outskirts of Jump City, on the other side of town from the factory where we beat Quake. Madame Rouge stopped the truck and got out, then she went towards the back, grabbed Quake, put him on a gurney and strapped him in. I doubt that she'd give him medical attention. She told me to wait here until she called me in, and I did as she asked. But my thoughts were on the hero that she had taken with her.

After about 15 minutes of me wrestling with my thoughts about what I did to Quake, Madame Rouge called me to where she was. I walked in and stepped through some kind of energy field and saw Quake hanging by the wall with chains on his wrists, ankles, and neck. He gave a slight moan and his eyes started to open, he was becoming at least semi conscious.

"Vake up Quake, ve need you to answer some questions." He shook his head from side to side, trying to regain conciousness. He looked right at me, even though I couldn't see his eyes, I knew he was. He didn't say anything. He just moved his head to the side.

"If you refuse to answer any questions..." she pulled out a remote and pressed the button. A massive shock was sent throughout his body, not as powerful as before but still more than any human, and most meta-humans, could stand.

"Zis shock collar vill also put out electric shocks constantly through your body, vhich vill keep your powers in check. Now, vhat is your secret identity Quake?" He looked up at this almost surprised at the question, but then looked away again refusing to answer. Annoyed at this, Madame Rouge activated the remote and shocked him again, his body twisting with convulsions.

After a minute, Madame Rouge released the button and said, "Zis is painful for you Quake non? Vhile those shocks veren't as powerful as before, it vill lengthen the time ve can torture you for information," His body slumped down, wanting to fall forward but the chains stopped him.

Something deep down in my heart told me that this wasn't right, that nobody deserved to be tortured like this. Madame Rouge then spoke to me, "Jinx, you may continue the torture of zis idiot. For now ask him very general questions but vhen he breaks call me immediately."

"Y-yes Madame," I replied. With this she handed me the remote and left. When I was sure that she'd left the room, I turned to Quake. His head was still turned away from me, as though he couldn't bear to look at me.

I wanted to know why he'd come to the factory all by himself, why he didn't tell anyone about this. "Why did you try to rescue me Quake?" No answer.

"Why did you agree to Madame Rouge's terms so perfectly?" Again no answer.

I finally said the question on my mind since he regained consciousness, "Why won't you talk to me?" Yet again, no answer. I was getting fed up at the 'no talking' persona of his.

I said to him, "Fine! Say nothing and be tortured. It doesn't bother me any," that was a lie though.

I turned towards the exit and was at the edge of the energy field when I heard a voice behind me say, "...you hurt me Jinx...". I was surprised that he talked to me, and I turned around and walked towards him.

"What was that Quake? I hurt you? I guess 5 gigavolts of electricity would-"

"...not like that...you betrayed me...and my trust..." he interjected.

"So what," I retorted, "You probably trust everyone, don't you?"

His reply shocked me, "...no...I only trusted 7 people...you've met 4 of them already..."

"Oh, who?"

"...Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, and..." he paused as though looking for the right way to say it. "...you met the other one 2 days ago..." I knew who he was talking about. His sister.

"Oh..." was all I could say, "who are the other three?"

"...my two other best friends...they know about my joining the Titans..." He didn't say who they were, which was probably for the best given the circumstances.

"And the last one?" I asked him.

"...it was you..." he replied, which shocked me. He trusted me? And not only that, I'm one of only 7 people he trusted? T-this couldn't be true, he...he had to be lying. I was about to say something when I realized exactly what he said. 'it was you'. He said was, not is but was. I broke his trust when I betrayed him. I felt horrible, he trusts so few people that to have that trust broken would be like losing a limb. I had to say something to him.

"Why don't you trust anyone else?" Oh brilliant Jinx, ask him about trust.

"...I just don't is all...though some have proven that I can't trust them..."

"What do you mean?"

"...there was the Red X incident with Robin...the H.I.V.E. Academy incident with Cyborg (which caused me to blush a bit)...and the Titans East were mind controlled by Brother Blood once...I just can't put my trust in people if I don't show me they deserve it..."

"...and I deserve it Quake?" I said almost as a whisper. He moved his head trying to get me to come over to his face. I did, curious as to what he wanted.

He spoke to me in a whisper. "...it wasn't completely misguided was it?...you didn't tell Rouge about my secret identity, my sister, where I live, my back story, and what I told you about the Titans. Right..." He was right about that, the only information I gave Madame Rouge was how much mass he could lift.

I figured this would be as good a time as any to ask him what's been on my mind for days. I moved back from him and said, "When I was there for the first day I said something that got on your nerves, why was that?"

"...I don't want to talk about that Jinx..." he replied, a hint of anger in his voice.

"Why not? You might die here and I want to know why what I said made you so upset."

"Alright, fine then."

He told me everything. About how, before he joined the Titans he was a somewhat (I say that because he was suppressing his powers the whole time this happened) regular kid going to school. How he tried asking girls out on dates and how they would turn him down in the rudest possible manner; they'd slap him across the face, kick/hit him in a "tender area", how they'd just ignore him, and how, on one unfortunate incident, he was shocked by a weak stun gun. And how all of the girls, and most guys, would talk about him behind his back. How they'd call him a freak, and that he would get a date...if Hell froze over a hundred times. They had also made fun of the way he looked and that's why he wouldn't show me his face during our date, why he always kept it in shadows. And how one day it all came to a head, and he couldn't put any concentration behind suppressing his powers. His eyes flashed pink and so did a section of the roof in his school. The way he explained it to me was that the energy he used was similar to a blade that could cut through anything. That was when he joined up with the Titans. I almost shed a few tears. His entire back story was so similar to mine. He changed the subject though.

"The answer to your question Jinx," he said.

"What?" I replied.

"The questions you asked me- 'Why did I try to rescue you' and 'Why I agreed to Rouge's terms perfectly',"

"Oh..." I'd forgotten about those.

"The answer is...that I thought that you'd been kidnapped because of my decisions. And I didn't want you to get hurt because of something I did." Did he say that he didn't want me to get hurt? Does he really care about me, or is my mind just toying with me? No. He couldn't like me, I'm bad luck. Good and me don't get along. No matter how he might see it and how much my heart protested.

"So you were just feeling guilty?"

He blushed a bit when I said this, as though embarrassed about the truth, "Yes and no".

But before he could say anymore, Madame Rouge entered. She made her way towards us and he immediately looked away, saying nothing. I didn't have to be as smart as Gizmo to figure out that he wanted me to play along. "Has zis idiot said anything yet Jinx?"

What could I do. I was starting to develop feelings for this hero. I could kiss my chances of joining the Brotherhood of Evil goodbye if they found out. Not to mention that this would paint a massive target on my back with every other villain. I had to say something, and the best bet right now was to play along with Quake's act.

"No nothing yet Madame Rouge. He's quite stubborn." I gave him a light shock, which he played up to make it look worse than it was. Madame Rouge seemed to buy this.

"Very well, you may leave Jinx and get some rest. You look like you need it."

I didn't want to. I didn't want to leave him alone with her. Who knows what she might do when I'm gone. If I didn't it would look suspicious though. I had to, no matter how much it hurt me to. "Yes Madame Rouge." I turned to leave, but before I went through the door, I looked back at was trying to save me and look at where I put him. He would be tortured for god knows how long. I looked back to the door, it opened and I stepped through. Just before the door closed I could hear a gut-wrenching scream from Quake. He was being tortured right now and there was nothing I could do about it.

I made my way to a makeshift room and sat down on my bed. My legs curled up to my chest, thinking about the hero with Madame Rouge. My Hero. I didn't bother listening to the voice that told me that this was what he deserved. I knew better than that. I started to think about the time we spent together when I had my concussion. He treated me like no one had ever done so before. He made me breakfast every day, he talked to me about what was bothering me, I met some of his family and his sister liked me even after she found out I was a villain. When we were out on our date he gave anyone who looked at me with disgust a threatening glare, which was kind of sweet of him. He even seemed sad when I left him.

And that kiss. The one he gave me before I left. Did it mean something to him, like what it ment to me?...No he was probably just trying to convert me. He didn't really care about me, not in the way I'm starting to care about him. God, he was starting to turn me to the hero side.

The last scream I heard before I left him with Madame Rouge echoed around in my head. It was starting to torture me as much as it did him. He needed my help and I wasn't helping him. He helped me when he thought I needed it, and he almost died. He was willing to give his life for me and I couldn't even stand up to the person I idolized my whole life. I sighed, I had to help him. It was only fair since he saved me from the collapsing building. But doing so would make me an enemy of every villain out there, and it looks like I'm going to have to betray the person I looked up to, to save the hero that I liked. Even if he doesn't like me back.

And there's chapter 6, hope everybody reading this is enjoying it so far.

Feel free to comment on the story. Also if anyone has any questions about the story so far I'd be happy to answer them.

Also when this story is over I'll also start on other stories:

Frozen with maybe Tangled and Brave sequels (Rated M), HTTYD/Halo, though I still need 2 more Spartans (Rated T-M), Assassin's Creed/Halo (maybe T), also another Teen Titans story (Rated T-M haven't decided yet), and maybe a HTTYD/Assassin's Creed story