Fan Fiction ❯ Teen Titans X ❯ Better Days ( Chapter 5 )

Aww, the hell of life. Midterms suck. If dealing with the unemployment rate isn't bad enough lol. Oh well. After this chapter I'm going to take a short break in order to get my `Mirror Images' story up to date. Aside from that I've been deep in thought regarding the story line for this fanfic. This week has been a blur of ideas. Just when I thought I knew everything I needed to know about my Khalid, my own creation, he surprises me by coming out and revealing huge portions of his past. It blew my mind and was more than I even thought possible before I started writing this story. Everything from past duels, meetings with the most unlikely of people, a lost love that happened entirely by accident, even a temp job in a recent trip to Japan. So many things happened that there's no way to cover it all in this story. Especially since Khalid is only one of many actors in the Teen Titans X story. I don't want you to think I'm getting Khalid oriented just cause he's my own creation. Maybe in the future I'll make a Khalid oriented story about some of his past journeys. For now I'm just letting you know how much my own creation surprised me when you enlightened me about his past. Anyway on to what the readers say:

 

PHAOE: Thanks for the support. Things are being paved. Now that the initial shock of recruitment is out of the way the new troubles arise. Everything from Raven's rising suspicious of Khalid's origin, Cyborg's final days in the tower, and the arrival of a new enemy to add to the list of most wanted. All that and more. (I'm such a tease lol) And yes, Khalid does get a lot of stares.

 

Delirium24: Thanks, let me know if you start to get bored and I'll see if I can spice things up again.

 

Count R.P.Orlok: Actually from what I found both spellings, Ompa Lumpa and oompa loompa, are correct. I'm not sure which is the original, but both seemed to be used in reference to the same thing. I was just more familiar with the former then the later which is why I defaulted to it when I couldn't remember the spelling. Why are they both right? I have no idea. That's the English language for you. (It's still impressive you got that Count. I wonder how many others picked it up. Suzukisan for life lol) One more thing, have you been hacking my computer and reading my story notes? Lol, the original story line actually consisted of an X/R/K triangle. I redid it in order to get more flexibility with the plot. (Hmm, note to self: when done consider writing a remix version that follows the original plot)

 

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. If I did I would off killed somebody off by now. *eyes Beast Boy* lol

 

Teen Titans X

Written by: Juggalomalice

Chapter 5: Better Days

 

 

After over 40 battles from sudden death to battle royals Jinx's pink army of Kirby, Zelda, and Peach came out on top followed closely by Khalid's Marth, Roy, and Ganondorf who missed tying with her for first place by 1 win. Cyborg pulled in third with firepower of Samus, Fox, and Ness while Beast Boy's boys in green of Link, Yoshi, and Luigi were unable to pull through.

 

As Beast Boy complained about how he was ganged up on due to his sheer talent Raven closed her book and stood up. “11:50 guys. We should get going if we don't want to be late for training.” She said.

 

Cyborg checked his own watch out of instinct. “Hey she's right. Time flies when you're having fun. Come on BB. We don't want to have you spending the next hour running laps now do we?” He joked in recollection of the green boy's lateness. Though Cyborg himself no longer had to attend due to his new status he felt like he should if for no other reason then out of respect for custom. Khalid made a quick stop in the kitchen as he poured the remaining green tea in a small thermos and pocketed it and with that everyone left to the training grounds.

 

The training course wasn't a new one. It was a huge collaboration of the best and most extreme obstacles from several other courses as well as the cruel brain child of Cyborg's most advanced technological systems and X's calculating mind for an obstacle that covered just about everything needed for survival, The Thermal Laser Mine Field. If a Titan ever got hurt in practice it was when crossing this hell hole.

 

The Thermal Laser Mind Field, or T.L.M.F for short, consisted of a barren strip of land approximately a half-mile long. About 5ft underground laid a huge network of laser linked fusion powered concussion mines in net like formations. Anywhere from 4-20 mines would be linked via a laser network in various locations in the field. Stepping into one of these unseen laser nets caused not just one, but every mine linked to it to shoot from the ground, converge on the target that tripped them, and go off. Never a pretty sight. To make matters worst the mines traveled through a network of tunnels so they were never in the same place twice. Oh and this is done while you're dodging a line of laser stun turrets with heat seeking targeting sensors on each side of the field which happen to be protected by a electro-magnetic force field to insure you don't destroy them. X claimed it wasn't that hard of a course when you got use to it. He was currently the only member who could run the whole course in under five minutes.

 

Surprising Beast Boy comes in second in the time trial averaging 6-7 minutes at most. Mainly cause he is usually forced to run the course three to ten times a day. Lucky for him Raven was merciful that day and told everyone about the time. She herself averaged 9 minutes. Slower then Beast Boy, but she always came out with less scratches and scorch marks.

 

Jinx was up next and the first half to course was pretty easy. Jump this, dodge this, and blow this up. Nothing new and her amazing success further inflated her already large ego. Though she had seen the T.L.M.F in action twice she didn't believe it was anywhere near as hard as Raven and Beast Boy made it out to be. This did little to help her cross it. In fact the moment she placed a foot inside the mine field 6 mines shot from the ground and nearly blew up in her face. She barely had time to avoid it, but the blast radius sent her flying 10ft further into the field. If the day wasn't bad enough with just that the turrets activated right then and there and started shooting at her before she even got a chance to get up. She began her graceful acrobatic flips and tumbles to evade the blasts and for awhile it seemed to work. Until she tripped another laser net and got blasted in a random direction. She even tried to disrupt the mines laser networks by sending a magical tremor through the ground. Unfortunately all this did was activating 50 land mines that homed in on her and blew up. It wasn't long before her confidence was swallowed by sheer panic. Unable to think of any other tactic that would work she resorted to a universal plan that all the Titans had used during their first few trips into the laser field. Abandoning all tact and grace she ran for her life.

 

She ran and ran as she heard the laser fire singe the very air around her and the loud popping sounds as circulars orbs shot from the ground and blew up. Truly this field was the physical incarnation of hell. Nothing in the Hive was anywhere near this extreme and she was top of the class and trained in the most extreme circumstances that Brother Blood could think off. As she closed in on the finish line she found herself making plans to kill X for concocting this death trap. At least that's what was running through her mind when a familiar popping sound was heard and she found her self running straight into a now airborne mine. With the remaining strength she had she jumped over the explosive device like a pole-vaulter. She felt like time slowed down as she looked down and saw the mine collide with three others that were closing in behind her. She could of swore she saw them burst open and the very blue power cell within them rupture as white light and heat escaped from it's core. She felt it rise up almost scorching her back. She knew that in she wouldn't be able to make it out. She was done for. She stared down at the growing fire beneath her and her eyes went wide with fear. Then it hit her. Not the fire below her, but a fire in her ribs. She felt like someone had smacked her with a white hot sledgehammer. The pain burned through her body, but ironically the force of the blow sent her flying the needed distance to dodge the explosion and send her into the safety of the finish line. She heard a loud horn sound as she looked up from what she thought was her grave.

 

“12 minutes 28seconds!” a voice yelled out loud, “Not bad for your first run I say. Congratulations Jinx.”

 

Jinx recognized the voice as X's and she would have smiled at his comment if she didn't hurt so much. She looked pretty bad. Her cloths were burnt and stained with dirt. Her legs and arms were covered with small bruises and scratches. Her face had gained a new shade of color as it was covered with dirt and the black ribbon holding up the right side of her hair had broken off allowing half her hair go down. She slowly stood up and steadied herself, but immediately felt a flare of pain shoot up her side as she grabbed her ribs and fell to her knees.

 

“Raven,” X shouted, “Get her to the infirmary, now!” Raven merely acknowledged the command with a simple nod as she ran over the fallen rookie, wrapped Jinx's are over her neck, and helped her to her feet.

 

“Let me go.” Jinx weakly protested even though she knew she wouldn't be able to stand up on her own.

 

“Unless you want to eat dirt again I don't think that's a good choice of action.” The regional empathy remarked as she with little emotion as she half carried the sorceress back into the tower.

 

Jinx noticed Khalid give her a side way glance as he walked over to his position at the starting line. To her dismay though X didn't bother to give her a second look after his order to get her into the sickbay. She looked back to see Khalid standing ready with his now trademark empty expression as X reset the course. A quick flash of light caught her eye as Khalid's Nagamaki appeared in his hand. He gave the giant pole-sword a few warm-up twirls before resting it on his shoulder. A loud beep went off signaling the start of the course as three explosive disk launchers popped out of the ground as began firing him. All Jinx saw was a bright flash of light before the metal doors slide shut behind her as Raven led her to the medical wing.

 

An hour later found Jinx resting in one of the med lab beds. Her hair had been untied to let it fall free. Her face was now had the dirt on it washed off while the minor injuries she had suffered on her arms and legs had been healed thanks to Raven. She also now wore a loose set of bandages around her stomach and ribs. According to Raven's diagnostics the last laser blast she suffered at the end of the course had bruised her ribs. Nothing serious, but it would be a bit painful to move for a few days.

 

Unfortunately after Jinx's treatment the two former enemies fell deadly silent unsure of what to talk about. Random topics brought on by Jinx provided the two a steady if not unease communication. One of the things talked about was magical theory. Which to Raven's surprise Jinx was well versed in. She wasn't just an arrogant spell caster like Raven always thought she was. Jinx did almost as much homework as Raven did.

 

The two girls were unable to carry one with their talks for very long though as the medical doors slide open to allowing the black figure of Red X to walk in. Following shortly behind him was Khalid. He had some dirt on him, but aside from that he looked to be in tip-top condition. Raven had not spent much time looking at Khalid and she was surprised to find that Khalid was taller than X only falling a fell inches short of reaching Cyborg's height. “Well X always was on the short side.” Raven mused to herself.

 

“Well how are you feeling Jinx?” X asked in a semi-concerned manner.

 

“Much better now, thank you.” She answered once again taking on her mischievous grin.

 

“She'll be fine. She just has some bruised up ribs. She'll be good as new in several days. Until then she find it kind of hard to do some physical activity, but I'm sure her skills will allow her to compensate.” Raven stated.

 

“That's good to hear.” X stated with an approving nod. Even Khalid closed his eyes and gave a slight nod at hearing this before his eyes shot open as if he had forgotten something.

 

“Red X,” Khalid began in a somewhat formal manner, “What kind of telecommunications does this tower have?”

 

“Huh, anywhere in the world even space with unlimited minutes. Why?” X answered unsure why the apath would ask such a question.

 

“Mind if I make a few phone calls?”

 

“Sure, I see no reason why you can't.”

 

“Thank you.” Khalid said as he left the room with out so much as a good bye.

 

“Hmm, wonder who he has to call.” Jinx remarked.

 

“Whoever it is it's none of our business.” X asserted

 

“How was his course time?” Raven asked since they were on the topic of Khalid.

 

“21 minutes 32seconds.”

 

“Was it that bad?” Raven asked in slight disbelief.

 

“No, it was that good.” X corrected.

 

Both girls looked at him with questioning expressions.

 

“What do you mean?” Raven asked

 

“He walked through the whole course. He even stopped for afternoon tea in the middle of the mine field. For some reason the laser turrets couldn't target him. Had to recalibrate the whole system for them to even be able to detect him and even then the accuracy was totally off. I have no idea how he did it either.” X answered in pure confusion.

 

Jinx gave a knowing giggle as if X had just asked what color the sky was and said, “That's because Khalid doesn't give off much body heat.”

 

“How do you know that?” X asked as he eyed the girl.

 

“He told me last night. Explains why everything gets cold around him. I'm sure you've noticed it, right Raven?”

 

“Well yeah, but I think there's more to that mystery than him not having body heat. It's like he's missing something, but I don't know what. Anyway, he's human and most humans release body heat. Even Cyborg, who is mostly mechanical, has a body temperature.”

 

“I know that, but Khalid is pretty reluctant to talk about his past or powers. I think he let the fact that out by accident.”

 

“He did have a lower body temperature than normal now that I think about it. In his physical examination he did at least, but Cyborg just forgot to mention it. The weird thing is that his temperature averages about 35°F. Just a little above freezing.”

 

“But human temperature is 98°F on average. If he was human he would be dead by now.”

 

“Maybe he's not human.”

“Than what is he?” X asked interrupting the chattering teens. Both girls looked at him with shock having forgotten he was even in the room before their expressions turned into those of confusion. Each girl had their theory, but nothing concrete.

 

“He might be a demon.” Raven speculated

 

“Perhaps, but now a days half-demons are a near extinct race. Stumbling a full fledge demon would be like winning the lottery. It's a possibility, but statically unlikely.” Jinx interjected.

 

“For your information I know for a fact that half-demons still exist.” Raven added as a side-note in a slightly annoyed fashion.

 

“I agree with you there Raven, but their numbers are dwindling. I doubt there are more than 100 or even 50 half-demons in the entire world and even less full blooded ones.”

 

Raven nodded in agreement. “I admit that's true. Perhaps he's possessed.”

 

“I've thought about that too, but most possessions are of an evil nature. In the conversations I've had with Khalid I wouldn't use the words `nice' or `good' to describe him, but I would never use the term `evil' either.” The pink haired girl said on Khalid's defense. “Maybe he's a magical incarnation.”

 

“Than why can't I sense any magic radiating from him?”

 

“Hmm, perhaps he's a construct. Magical constructs are sometimes immune to such detection magic and some don't radiate any magic at all.”

“Than why does he have a birth certificate? His profile had everything a normal person would have. Age, date of birth, parents, everything. It doesn't make sense.”

 

The three members stood in silent in thought, but it wasn't long before X's voice spoke breaking the two women out of their thoughts. “I'm sure that when he wants to tell us he'll tell us.” He said as he headed for the door.

 

“I still don't like it. How can we trust someone we know almost nothing about?” The dark haired empath asked in frustration.

 

X gave let out a slight chuckle at this as he looked at Raven from over his shoulder. “You know Raven he's not much different then you were at first. In fact Beast Boy once said the exact say thing about you.” X mused as he reached the door. He turned around to the girls once more and said, “No offense, but why don't you two take a bath. You look like crap after that course.” With that he exited the room

 

The two girls regarded each other. It was true. They had seen better days. Both looked terrible compared to their usual selves.

 

“Can you walk Jinx?” Raven asked

 

“Yup, just give me a moment.” Came the answer as the pinked hair girl stood up giving a slight wince of pain. “It hurts a bit, but I can take it. Won't have time to get breaks in combat now will I?”

 

“Guess not.” Raven answered with a small laugh. “Why don't you get a change of cloths and meet me at my room. I'll show you the bath.”

 

Jinx gave a rather energetic nod since she hadn't had a good rub down in ages now as she left towards the commons room and Raven headed towards her room.

 

Meanwhile

 

X left the two girls in the medical lab and swiftly walked towards Cyborg's room. He wanted to discuss some matters with the new East Leader before he left. Along the way he passed by Khalid's room.

 

X stopped for a moment and listened as Khalid's voice floated out of the closed door. It sounded like he was talking to someone. More than likely he was on the phone X deducted. Curiosity got the better of X as he leaned in a bit on the door to try to hear the conversation. Unfortunately it didn't help for Khalid was speaking in a language X was unfamiliar with.

 

“Hmm sounds like Aramaic, but I'm not very familiar with any of the Semitic languages.” X spoke softly to himself. ”Why is Khalid speaking in a Semitic language though?” X figured he would ask him later, but right now he had to talk to Cyborg. Pushing the mystery of Khalid aside once again he reinstated his journey to Cyborg's room.

 

Cyborg was busy packing various computer and technological related devices into various boxes with the help of Beast Boy. Though Cyborg appreciated the green boy's help Beast Boy wasn't very good with machines and was somehow getting his self blown up with many of Cyborg's old inventions.

 

“You know you have a lot of junk Cy? Are you planning on taking all of it?” Beast Boy asked as he dug himself out f a pile of machines.

 

“Probably, well at least the stuff I think I'll really need. Never know when you'll need a high powered electro plasma generator when out on the field.” Cyborg answered with a smile.

 

“Yeah, god knows we've all been in that situation.” Beast Boy stated with a hint of playful sarcasm as he carried a load of equipment and placed them in a box near Cyborg.

 

“Well it's better than that `Portable Tofu Griller' you claim you `invented'.”

 

“Hey that could have been a useful tool for the vegetarian on the go.” Beast Boy replied defensively.

 

“Yeah maybe it could have been if it wasn't just a `George Foreman Grill' with a sticker of your face on it.”

 

“I swear he beat me to the patent.” Beast Boy declared in an honest Joe manner.

 

The two shared a well earned laugh out of this before they grew silent again. It was an uncomfortable and solemn silence as if neither one of them wanted to speak for fear of the inescapable future that soon awaited.

 

“It won't be the same with out you around you know?” Beast Boy said at last.

 

“Yeah I know.” Cyborg answered.

 

“But we had our good times and I'm sure we'll have more as well.” Beast Boy said trying to sound hopeful.

 

“You bet.” Cyborg said trying to return the confident expression only to find his self unable to hold the smile. “You know Beast Boy you can come with me if you want?”

 

“I would love to Cy. We could have burping contests and play Stank Ball like there's no tomorrow,” The green changeling enthusiastically said, “but…” his voice taking on a very serious tone so unlike him, “I can't.”

 

“Why not BB? You said so yourself. It would be fun.”

 

“Cy, look around you. The team is changing and everyone's going on serious on us. Red X has become a stranger to the term `let loose'. Khalid, though he seems like an ok guy, isn't going to be throwing any parties in his life time. Jinx is still too new to be fully trusted and for the team to take lightly and Raven has been making some improvement socially, but she still needs work. What I'm trying to say Cy is that I'm needed here. To provide comic relief. To remind everyone here that they're alive and they need to live a bit. To relieve the tension that's building up. People like me, though annoying according to Raven, are needed at times like this and I can't turn my back when I'm needed the most. Even if they don't realize it I do. That's why I can't go with you Cy.”

 

“Alright. I hear you little guy, but I'm going to miss you the most.” Cyborg said as small tear fell down the his face

 

“I'm going to miss you to big guy.” He said as the two friends embraced each other in an emotional hug.

 

Just then the door slide open breaking the two best friend's emotional moment. Both teens gave a rather embarrassed and confused look at X as he stood at the entrance.

 

“I bet this looks really gay, huh?” Beast Boy asked X while he was still in his embrace.

 

“Very. Should I let you two get a room for the night?” The dark team leader answered back in a mocking manner.

 

Beast Boy let out a laugh as he and Cyborg released each other. “And here I thought you no longer had a sense of humor.” The now red faced green boy said.

 

“I still have it. It's just not as active now a day. Beast Boy, why don't you go play some video games in the commons? I need to speak with Cyborg in private.”

 

“Huh, oh sure thing.” The youngster said as he gave his best friend a last pat on the back and exited the room.

 

X waited till Beast Boy left the room before stepping in and closing the door behind him. There was a long silence as the two waited for the other to say something. Cyborg once again went to packing his equipment and shortly afterwards X was next to him following suit.

 

“Trying to get rid of me that badly?” Cyborg harshly asked not looking at his former leader.

 

X meticulously sat on his knees and placed a circuit board inside one of the boxes. “No, not at all.” He answered the harsh question in a rather unmoving voice.

 

“Then why you here?” Cyborg demanded as he threw a heavy book into the book to relieve his anger.

 

X continued to carefully and precisely place nearby objects in their respectful boxes. “Just wanted to talk is all.” He said. His voice never changing tone.

 

“About?” Cyborg asked as his brow raised as if he didn't believe what he was just told.

 

“About anything really. Just wanted to have a friendly conversation before you left is all.”

 

“So you still think we're friends?”

 

“I know things have been rough between us, but I like to think that.”

 

“Rough is putting it nicely. We've been on an all out war.”

 

“Yeah I guess we have. Even in the earlier days in was never this bad.”

 

“Yeah, but those days are long gone. Listen X I want you to know that I wasn't just trying to be a jerk.”

 

“Neither was I.”

 

“Look X, I'm not going to beat around the bush or anything. I'm not going to pretend I know what happen that night when we were attacked. Blood wanted me out of the fight fast and he did just that. I didn't see what happened to the team, but I know you did. All I know is that you reactivated me at the end to help you treat the rest of the team. All I did was treat their wounds. You're the one who had to endure seeing those wounds dealt and to come out unscathed yourself. I can't even imagine how you felt. To have the lives of your team no your friends placed in your hands had to leave its mark.”

 

“Things are never really the same after something like that.” X said solemnly.

 

“I believe that. It's just afterwards you really grew distant from the team. Everyone was worried about you. I think the only reason I challenged you so often was to remind you that you have friends who care for you. I want you to remember that even when I leave ok?”

 

“Ok”

 

“Hey you promise me that alright.”

“Ok ok I promise.” X said with a small chuckle.

 

“So X, what do you think of Jinx?” Cyborg asked suddenly changing the topic.

 

“She's different I'll admit that, but she has skill. I think she'll make a good addition to the team.” X answered professionally

 

“No, not as a team member. What do you think of her as a girl? Come on now, just between us guys.” The older boy asked nudging X.

 

“What!? I haven't given that any thought what so ever and why would I?”

 

“Oh come on X. You have to admit she's attractive and it's obvious she likes you.” Cyborg teased.

 

“She may be attractive, but I have no idea what you're talking about Cyborg. Why would you think she likes me?”

 

“Cause it's so obvious. The special breakfast, the way she looks at you and the way she hangs on every word you say. You can't tell me you haven't noticed.”

 

“Well yeah I've noticed, but I thought she had a crush on you. At least that's what Bumblebee said.”

 

“Boy that girl told everyone, didn't she? That may be true, but I'm pretty sure that even when she was part of the Hive she had a crush on you. In all honesty I'm kind of envious.”

 

“Hold up there. You're telling me that a girl you were going out with, who was a member of an enemy organization and who has attempted to kill me on several occasions had a crush on me. How would you know that?”

 

“Not had a crush. Has a crush. As in she still does. You'll be surprised how many times that girl cursed your name. Sure the rest of the team really smeared your name, but she did it the most and it never sounded like she said it in hate. More like a strange affection. Some of the other girls there would even tease her about liking you.”

 

“So that doesn't prove anything. She really hated me and her obsession was mistook for affection. Simple as that.”

 

Cyborg let out a hearty laugh. “Dude she never denied it though. She would just blush and tell everyone to shut up. Trust me she likes you and I think you're the only person here who doesn't know it yet.”

 

“I don't know Cyborg. I've never been very good at relationships and such. I don't even know her for crying out loud.”

 

“So I've noticed. Don't worry. All I'm saying is that she's a good girl and if she's telling the truth about being reformed I think you'll get along with her pretty well. Just be careful with Raven. She seems like the jealous type.”

 

“What!!?? Don't tell me that she too.” X nearly shouted.

 

“You know for being one of the greatest detectives around you're pretty dense when it comes to women.” Cyborg said as he gave his friend a strong pat on the back. A roaring laugh was heard echoing from Cyborg's room down the hall, but no one save X knew what he was laughing about.

 

 

Beast Boy was in the commons room brushing up on his racing skills when he heard the door open behind him. He turned around to see a rather messy and disheveled Jinx.

 

“Hey Jinx. You ok? You took quite the hit back there during training.” He asked

 

“Yeah, I'm much better thanks.” The young girl answered him with a smile as she picked up her duffle bag and pulled a set of cloths out.

 

Beast Boy watched curious of what the young girl was doing. He didn't know what to expect, but he found himself rather bored as Jinx pulled out a spare outfit and striped stockings. He was about to go back to his game when Jinx suddenly pulled out a pink lace bra and matching pink laced panties. For some reason at the sight of this Beast Boy found him self unable to look away as his face turned a deep red.

 

Jinx had now zipped up her bag and set it back on the ground, but was still holding her panties when she noticed Beast Boy gawking at her.

 

“Is something wrong Beast Boy?” She asked concerned with the young boy's redden face.

 

“pa.pa.p…p..pa..pa.. undies.” He stammered out unable to say the word before resorting to the childish term for Jinx's delicates.

 

“What these? What's the matter you don't like them?” Jinx asked innocently in reference to her underwear as she held them out over her waist to give Beast Boy a general idea of what she would look like in them.

 

They were a pair of insanely sheer panties and any guy who found themselves lucky enough to see Jinx in them would be give a incredibly generous view of her privates. To say they were sexy was a gross understatement.

 

Blood shot out of Beast Boy's nose like a fire hose at the sight of Jinx and her panties as he fell backwards and fainted. Jinx watched in confusion, but figured this was normal behavior for Beast Boy. So she picked up her cloths and left the room to meet Raven leaving Beast Boy convulsing in a pool of his own blood.

 

Shortly after Jinx left the room Beast Boy came to. He laid still in his blood as more continued to pour from his nose yet a large smile crept on his face.

 

“Dude, this has got to be one of the best days of my life.” He mused

 

Jinx made the brief walk over towards Raven's room just in time to catch her as she exited her room. Raven had two towels and a change of cloths draped over her arm. She gave the new team mate a friendly half smile which was the most she could smile without her face hurting. Raven did a quick scan of Jinx taking notice of the set of cloths in her arms and the noticeable pink underwear that she made no attempt to hide.

 

“Pink.” Raven said unconsciously

 

“Huh? Oh don't tell me you don't like them either.” Jinx said in a worried manner.

 

“What do you mean?” Raven asked slightly confused.

 

“Beast Boy saw them and didn't like them so much that fainted upon seeing them.” Jinx clarified.

 

“Oh, I'm sure he fainted, but I don't think it was because he didn't like them. I'm guessing you really like pink huh?” Raven asked in a monotone voice.

 

“Isn't that obvious?” The girl asked with a laugh as she ran a hand through her hot pink hair. “I guess you think it's too girly or something huh?”

 

Raven let out a meek smile. “Actually pink is my favorite color.”

 

“Really?” Jinx asked as she let out a slight laugh. “It's really strange. We were enemies till just yesterday and completely different in just about everyway yet we have so much in common. It's weird to say the least.”

 

“Yeah I guess it is.”

 

“So what kind of bath do you guys have?”

 

“Well it's like an indoor hot springs. Funny story on how we got it. To make a long story short one day Starfire decided to a take a really long shower and Beast Boy really had to go to the bathroom. It's kind of embarrassing, but in the end it was enough of a reason for X to have a secondary bath built. It's a bit extravagant in my opinion, but it's a good place to relax.” Raven said as they reached a door that said “Bath” on it.

 

Raven opened the door to reveal a huge white tile room with a large bathtub that could easily fit five large sized people. Several mirrors lined one of the walls as another wall was lined with shelves for ones clothing and other personal possessions. Even a small section that was closed off for changing.

 

Raven closed the door behind them as they entered making sure to lock it as she walked over to the tub and pressed a few buttons on the side. Immediately several water jets opened and began to fill the tub with hot water as the stem fogged up the nearby mirrors.

 

“This is so cool.” An excited Jinx said

 

“You can change into a towel in the changing room before you get it Jinx.” Raven stated at she turned around only to encounter a stark naked Jinx. Raven immediately covered her eyes with her hands in embarrassment. “Jinx, why aren't you wearing towel!?” Raven yelled in a panicked voice.

 

“Oh come on now Raven. We're both girls here. It's not like we have anything we haven't seen before, right?”

 

Jinx just stood there naked, awaiting an answer from Raven. Raven peeked through her hands to see what Jinx was doing. Though there was no end to Raven's embarrassment she was rather curious how she compared physically to another woman. The only other girl she had ever seen naked was Starfire and those encounters never did much to improve her self esteem about her body.

 

Jinx was about as pale as she was and had no tan lines what so ever. An apparent sign that Jinx her self avoided excess sun light. Jinx had a rather petite figure like that of a gymnasts which only made sense considering all the flips and tumbles she does in combat. As a result of her slender figure Jinx was a little on the flat side in the chest region. Though it didn't take away from her natural beauty, but seemed to add to it. Jinx was one of those girls who was able to pull of the small chest look very well and still remain amazingly sexy. Never the less for once Raven felt `big' in her present company. Further inspection down of Jinx's body would reveal that she was `shaven' which caused Raven to further hide her eyes and face as she blushed at the exposing sight.

 

“You have no shame you know that right Jinx?” Raven said from behind her hands.

 

Jinx gave out a school girl like giggle at this. “Well being a super villain for so long tends to do that.”

 

Raven walked into the changing booth as she stripped down and put on a dark blue full body towel over her. She walked out of the booth to find Jinx already relaxing in the tub.

 

“This is incredible.” Jinx said as she let out a minor moan of comfort.

 

“Yeah it is something else.” Raven agreed as she crawled in and took a seat next to the pinked hair girl.

 

The two girls relaxed in silence for what seemed like an eternity. Jinx opened her now drowsy eyes and glanced at Raven who seemed to be almost in a trace like state of relaxation with the hot water flowing over her. Jinx's eye's darted across Raven's covered body and stopped on her chest. Jinx looked down at her own small chest and sighed.

 

Raven still had her eyes closed when she felt the water around her begin to swoosh lightly. She ignored it at first and soon it went away. Instead in its place she felt like someone was staring at her continuously. It was annoying feeling so she opened her eyes on to find her self face to face with Jinx who was on her hands and knees right in front of her looking her right in the face.

 

Raven let out a brief shriek at the suddenness of Jinx. “Jinx what are you doing?” Raven asked angrily.

 

Raven didn't get a response at first. She just saw Jinx lift and hand up and slowly poked her on her breast. “Boy Raven you're really stacked you know that?”

 

“Huh, no I'm not.” Raven said with a red face.

 

“Yes you are.” Jinx said as she sat back on her legs “We're the same age, but you have the figure of a woman while I have the figure of a 13 year old girl.”

 

“You're being too hard on yourself Jinx. I for one think you look great.”

 

“You're just saying that. Come on take that towel off. I want to see how big you really are.” Jinx said as she made a sudden pass at Raven's towel.

 

“Awww, Jinx knock it off!” Raven yelled as she wrestled with the girl finally managing to push her off. “I swear you're insane Jinx.” The now seething violet haired empath said as she stood up intending to put some distance between her and the crazed pink girl. It was then that Raven felt a pair of hands grab her towel from behind and yank.

 

The playful expression on Jinx's face faded at what she saw. A huge grotesque jagged scar ran down Raven's back from her left shoulder blade to her right hip. Raven stood in shock unable to move or even think until she heard the gasp from Jinx's throat. It was then she remembered.

 

“Don't look at me!” Raven yelled as she kneeled down and tightly wrapped the wet towel over back to cover her scar. “Don't look at me! Please don't look at me!” she yelled over a over again as tears ran down her face and every mirror in the bathroom, perhaps the whole tower, shattered to reflect her inner wish. Soon she was no longer yelling, but still in between sobs she would say, “Just don't look at me. Please don't look at me.”

 

Jinx stared in shock. She knew how Raven had gotten that scar. Brother Blood always seemed to have ways of making his students more deadly and right before the attack on Titans Tower he had give Mammoth a pair of iron claws. She had seen him give her that wound, but she never thought it would leave this kind of mark on Raven. On her friend. Even though she entered that battle unwillingly. Even though she didn't take part in any real combat that night. Even though she fled as soon as she thought it was safe too she was as much to blame as Mammoth. Though she did not wield the claws that cleaved Raven's flesh she did nothing to help her. It was then that Jinx realized just how deep her former relationship had affected the Titans. That no matter how good of a friend she became to her new team she would never be able to undo the pain she had caused them.

 

Raven could feel Jinx's eyes boring into her. Or boring in her back. She lowered her head as more tears fell down her face. “Please stop staring at me Jinx. I know I'm hideous.”

 

Jinx reached out and hugged Raven from behind. Her own tears no flowing down her face “I'm sorry Raven. I'm so sorry. This is my fault. You're not the hideous one. I am. I'm the monster for letting this happen to you.” Her hug on Raven tighten as more tears slid down her pale face. “Please Raven, I beg you please…”

 

“…forgive me.”

 

End chapter 5

 

Oh very long chapter. Very long. I said there would be a death in this chapter at the end of chapter 4, but it grew to long so I'm moving the fight scene to chapter 6. Don't complain though. You got a hot tub scene which is 10x better lol.

 

The hot tub scene. This had to be one of the most emotional moments I've ever written. While I wrote that part I was able to picture Raven holding the towel over her as she cried. I was practically able to hear her yelling for no one to look at her as I heard Jinx beg for forgiveness from her new friend. That's how real this scene was to me. That I was actually able to hear their sobs as I wrote. I almost felt like crying myself. I'm not use to writing such drama so you may not think it's very good, but I like to think I did a very good job portraying the emotion.

 

Regarding Khalid's phone call. Yes, he was speaking Aramaic which is the most commonly spoken language in the middle east. If anyone cracks a joke about Khalid being a terrorists I swear I'll crack their heads open you prejudice jerks. If you must know Khalid's origins lay in Japan. Aramaic is just one of the several common languages he knows.

 

I think the scene with Red X and Cyborg was needed to establish to the reader that although they're constantly fighting now they're still friends. X was simply trying to repair the damage that was caused so that Cyborg wouldn't have to leave on bad terms.

 

What's with Beast Boy's nose bleed? Taking a lesson from some of my favorite animes is all. (exp: Love Hina) Beast Boy is a young teenage boy. Of course he has a perverted side.

 

I still need to get a design for Khalid's costume. Nothing fancy. Just something dark and simple like him. If you have suggestions you can email them to me at Juggalomalice@hotmail.com I can write and plot out a huge epic stories but I can't design costumes lol.