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While Sonic and Co Are Scrambling Against Time

"Mmm…" Jinx hummed as she took a bite out of some ice cream. "Man, who woulda thought putting sea salt in ice cream would be so good?" She smiled, taking another bite.

She sat down on a bench and took another bite, leaning back and sighing. She had to admit… for being such a chaotic ball of energy, she was happy to be in a controlled peaceful environment… aside from Bowser invading every so often.

Then again, maybe this was for the better…


"Vi, it worked!"

"What…?"

"Did you see me? My monkey bomb finally worked!"

"You did this…?"

Powder looked down to see Vander's corpse lying on the ground.

"Why… why did you do this…?"

"I… I didn't… I was saving you…" She looked to see a pair of bloodied goggles, her eyes slowly widening. "I… I only wanted to help…" Her voice broke. "I only wanted to help… I only wanted to help! I only want-"

"I told you to stay away!"

"Please, please…"

"I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY!"

SLAP!

Powder fell to the ground, holding on to her cheek. "WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!"

Vi grabbed her by the mouth. "Because you're a jinx! Do you hear me?! Milo was right!"

Powder became a sobbing mess, her nose starting to bleed. "No.. no… Vi, please…!"

Vi punched her down, giving her a malicious glare as she stood above her, raising her fist again.

"Violet, please!"

Vi said nothing, lowering her fist as she stormed off without even giving her sister another hateful glare. She disappeared from view, leaving her all alone.

"Vi! Vi, come back! Please come back! Please, Violet! I need you! Violet… VIOLET! Please…"


"Mmmph…" Jinx shook her head out of the painful memory.

"You seem to be struggling."

Jinx jumped in fear, pulling out her minigun and aiming at the one who startled her… but she relaxed when she realized it was just Bereto, who calmly had his hands up. "Oh… it's just you."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you."

She sighed. "Forgive me, I was just… thinking of a bad time." She said, putting her gun away. "What are you doing out here?"

"Oh, I was just…"

Bereto looked off into the distance, seeing Yuri casually chat with Myra and Balthus.

"...Admiring someone."

Jinx turned her head to where he was looking at. "The goth girl?"

"No."

"The hunky strongman?"

"No."

"...Wait, you admire the scrawny good lookin' dude?"

"Yes. He's not as scrawny as you think."

Jinx blinked before shrugging. "Eh, you do you, I guess."

"I couldn't help but notice that you were… looking a bit unwell."

"Me? Unwell? HA! Good one, bud. I'm perfectly well." Jinx took a bite, and then immediately felt a strong twinge in her head. "Ow! OW! Brainfreeze…!"

"You want to talk about it? I'm here if you need me."

"Eh… okay, sure. You wanna go somewhere private?"

"Actually, let's have our session here. It's nice out today."

"A bit hot for my liking, but… eh. I've had worse hot days."

BGM: A Gentle Breeze (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

"So, tell me what's bugging you."

"Oh, ya know, I was just… thinking of something horrid."

"You can tell me."

She sighed. "I was abandoned by my ex-sister."

"Ah… ya know, when I was working with Pyrrha yesterday, she briefly mentioned you. Saying that "Out of everyone helping me, I didn't think Jinx would be all over this. She suffers from abandonment issues"."

"Yeah, I know a lot about depression…" Jinx mumbled.

"So how did this come about anyway?"

"Oho, let me see… I was only wanting to help, but Vi and my other two friends were thinking I was just getting in the way, hell, one of them was calling me a jinx. I… think my sister agreed with him before they went to go help Vander. But I wanted to prove myself. Sure, I screwed up on a few missions but I just needed some practice."

Jinx closed her eyes. "I finally got my monkey bomb to work and tossed it inside the building. Little did I know that it would kill two of my friends and Vander, someone who I had called father. Of course, Vi and I survived."

Bereto grimaced. "Ooooh…"

"I just wanted to help… I… didn't mean to kill them. But did Vi see it that way? Absolutely not. She called me a jinx to my face and girl punched me for it. I begged her to come back but she ran away and… I never saw her for years. That… was the day a part of me died. Powder was killed that day, and… Jinx was born."

"Hmmm…" Bereto folded his arms. "I may not know the full picture, but I have a feeling emotions were high at that moment. We don't really think straight when we're fully upset. Perhaps Vi didn't mean to? Perhaps you're remembering wrong."

"Oh no, I remember it perfectly. She did it with full malice."

"I see…" Bereto nodded.

"It also didn't help my self esteem just… kept tanking. My only rock was Vi and that bitch straight up left me to rot! Silco was the only one there for me when he took me under his wing. Yeah, I know he did some extremely shady things and asked me to do terroristic things but… I know he was there for me. He cared for me more than my own ex-sister."

Bereto folded his arms. "Uh-huh. And years later, you reunited with your sister again, yes?"

Pause BGM


"Sevika wasn't lying…? You're with an enforcer?"

"Your sister is Jinx?"

"Caitlyn, just listen, we can work this out!"

"This is a trick! You're playing me!" Jinx exclaimed as voices started speaking in her head, proceeding to arm herself with her minigun. "Shut up! I'm in no mood!"

"We didn't say anything…" Caitlyn said calmly.

"I wasn't talking to you!"

"Powder, it's okay…"

"Stop calling me that! It's Jinx now. Powder fell down a well!"


Resume BGM

"Mmm…" Jinx looked away. "She chose her over me. To me, Caitlyn's the new "Powder" in her life. Hell, she's more interested in lip locking with her than, like, I dunno, apologizing for what she did to me back then!"

"Hold on, slow down…" Bereto said. "You hear voices in your head?"

"They're the only friends I have…" Jinx mumbled.

"When do they show up?"

"I think… when I'm stressed." She said. "I haven't heard from them in a while…"

"Did you… hit your head by any chance?"

"No, I don't recall having any head injuries."

Bereto mentally sighed with relief. The last thing everyone needed was another brain damaged woman after what happened with Seryu.

"When was the last time you spoke with Vi?"

End BGM


Jinx stood up after hugging the now deceased Silco after accidentally shooting him. "Powder… it's okay. You're going to be okay." Vi tried to reassure.

Jinx turned to the chair that had "JInx" written on it, putting her gun on the back of it before sitting down.

"I thought… maybe you could love me like you used to. Even though I'm… different. But you changed too… So… here's to the new us."


"I fired the rocket at the council… and as soon as I did, I was brought here. But you know what? I'm a lot happier here. It's mostly peaceful aside from big turtle boy's invasions and that whole invasion with Bald Mustache."

"Hmm…" Bereto closed his eyes. "So you're happier here, is that it?"

"Yes. I feel a lot… calmer. Sure, the whole Grimm thing is a bit stressful but ya know what? I'll take it over at that dump anyday."

Bereto nodded. "Right. Might I offer some advice though?"

"What is it?"

"What you're doing so far is great. Being in a peaceful environment around friends is wonderful, but perhaps, if you want to, find a way to reconnect with your sister? Because I believe there's another side to this story."

"Tch. No thank you. Bitch made it clear a long time ago."

Bereto solemnly nodded. "I understand, but think about it, okay?"

"Okay, whatever bud…" Jinx shook her head.

"And I will also suggest continuing to be in a peaceful environment the best you can so you don't have those voices pop into your head."

Jinx nodded. "Now that, I think I can handle. Though if a party comes to town, don't expect me to hold back because I've got a few rockets with their name on it~!"

Bereto chuckled. "Wouldn't think twice."

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!" A voice called out as the two turned to see Nora waving them over. "Jinx, you wanna come watch me throw Mjolnir? Thor thinks I can't throw five thousand yards further than him!"

"Oh, that sounds fun!" Jinx smiled and turned to Bereto. "See ya, Barry! Thanks for the therapy session!"

"No problem. Oh, and one last thing, if you're ever feeling anxious, do some deep breathing exercises!"

"You got it!" Jinx nodded as she ran off, biting down into her sea salt ice cream, and then looked at the stick. "Huh? …Winner? What the heck did I win?" She wondered before shrugging it off. "Eh, I'll ask around later."

Bereto chuckled. "There she goes… now to figure out how to ask Yuri out without sounding like a bumbling idiot."

He paused for a second.

"...Wait, did she just call me Barry?"

As with Jinx, she kept running until she skidded to a halt, seeing that Pyrrha, Jaune, Ren, Love and Erza were with them, the latter wearing a referee outfit.

"Alright, let the hammer throwing… begin!" Erza threw her arm down as Thor twirled Mjolnir around and casually threw it as Erza immediately took off running to go measure it.

"You got a lot of distance to beat that, girlfriend." Jinx said.

Nora smirked. "Pah, those are rookie numbers."

Unbeknownst to them all, a figure was looking right at Jinx with binoculars. "There you are, Powder… you're… a lot happier."

"Hey Vi? You heard that Ekko and Heimerdinger said that the device we used was a one way trip, right?"

Vi sighed. "I hardly heard them, Caitlyn… I just wanted to see if Powder's okay."

She closed her eyes.


"I told you to stay AWAY!"

She slapped Powder to the ground.

"WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!" She screamed as Vi grabbed Powder by the mouth.

"Because you're a jinx! Do you hear me?! Milo was right!"

Powder sobbed uncontrollably, blood coming out of her nose as Vi's eyes widened in realization. She gently let go of her and looked at her own hand. She then looked back at her own sobbing sister that was enough to break her heart.

"Violet, please!"

Vi closed her eyes, holding on to her arm as she stood up and walked away in tears.

"VI! VI, please come back! Please, Violet! I need you, please!"

Vi planted her back against a wall, away from Powder as she sunk to the ground.

"Violet… VIOLET! Please…"


Vi opened her eyes.

"Cait… I just want to know something."

"What?"

"How the hell am I going to make it up to her?"


Shout out to Jacob for this Gaiden idea!

Deadpool: Oh boy, therapy ain't gonna be easy...

Ibuki: When has it ever?

Yeah, I've been thinking the past few days over bringing in Vi and Cait, and saw this as an opportunity to show 'em off at the end of the chapter.