Souls Interlocked

Summary: Jinx takes a walk across the rooftops of Jump City to think about her life as a villain. As she does she finds that maybe she doesn't have to impress the Brotherhood of Evil to find her place in the world.

Chapter One

Jinx smiled to herself as she flipped and jumped over the rooftops of the Jump City skyline. Her teammates never knew of her nightly trips across the city. She never bothered anyone on these trips. She just needed to get out of the base once in a while so she could think straight. After all it was hard to think when five loud teenagers were playing video games

"I wonder if anyone ever really notices me when I'm up here." she thought out loud as she paused. She sighed and sat down to catch her breath. She hid her face into her knees, suddenly the wind picked up sharply but only for a few seconds. Jinx looked up quickly and saw a bright pink rose lying on the ground in front of her. She glared at it and looked around

A yellow and red streak flew past then stopped in front of her. It was a boy. He was a little taller than her with reddish brown hair. His eyes were light blue and kind. His clothes were skin tight. The bottom half was red and the top half was yellow with a red lightning bolt on it. A yellow mask covered the top half of his face but let his eyes show. On the sides were two red lightning bolts. His hands were covered in red gloves much like Robin's, the Titans leader

"I notice." he said smiling brightly. Jinx glowered at him. Did he ever stop smiling? Kid Flash just kept grinning at her

"I never asked for you to notice. And that wasn't what I meant anyway." she snapped angrily. The high speed hero just shrugged and sat down next to her

"So, you're not going to try and take me in?" Jinx asked looking at the teenager sideways. Kid Flash shook his head good naturedly

"You weren't doing anything wrong far as I could tell. Just taking an evening stroll. Last time I checked that wasn't against the law."

"You're too nice for your own good." Jinx said her eyes flashing pink. A bucket of paint fell from a piece of scaffolding and spilled all over his head. Kid Flash coughed and sputtered wiping the paint from his eyes. Jinx smirked and instantly took off across the rooftops again. She needed to rob a bank or steal something to clear her mind. Kid Flash watched her go then disappeared in a streak of red and yellow.

Jinx smirked as she walked through the doors into the museum. A single night guard was leaning over his computer playing some kind of game

"Hey, did you get my decaf coffee Frank?" he asked not looking up from the machine. Jinx walked over and touched his forehead with a glowing pink fingertip

"Maybe you should drink something with some caffeine in it." she said playfully as she slid into a chair in front of the security consul "It'll help you stay awake."

After hexing the cameras and alarms Jinx sauntered through the museum looking at several items as if all she had to do was pick them up. Which, was really all she had to do

"Hmm, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, or emeralds? So many choices so little time." she chuckled playfully. But she was heading for the most expensive item in the building. A tiara made entirely of solid diamonds. But to her surprise the tiara was gone and in its place was a pink rose. Jinx clenched her hands into fists and nearly screamed in fury

"I outta kill that stupid speed freak!" she yelled as she exited the building. A harsh wind blew through her thin dress and she rubbed her arms. It was nearly fifteen miles to home. Jinx sighed and headed into an alley then up an old, rusty fire escape. But on the way she sliced her shoulder on a protruding piece of metal

"Ouch!" she yelped. After climbing the rest of the ladder and muttering a few choice words she sat down and tried to bind up the wound with one of her long stockings

"Stupid Kid Flash. Why can't he just leave me alone? I never asked for him to appear and star messing with me. When I see him again I'm gonna…" she trailed off as she kept trying to dress the wound. But it was difficult with only one hand. She swore and threw the stocking across the roof then curled up in a ball trying not to cry. It was dark, she didn't have her communicator, the temperature was dropping quickly and to top it all off she was injured badly and on a piece of rusty metal to boot. Her life sucked to be blunt.

"Hey… is this yours?" she looked up and saw the stocking being offered… from Kid Flash's hand. She glared at him and snatched it away, wincing at the pain that went through her arm

"Leave me alone!" she snapped hiding her face again. A hand touched her uninjured shoulder gently. She refused to look up

"Jinx, I only want to help. Here," he took one of his gloves and ripped it down the side then wrapped it around her shoulder tenderly. Jinx watched him while still keeping her head down

"There, good as new. That outta hold up until you get back to your base." Jinx finally looked up after a few seconds of silence. But Kid Flash was gone and in his place was a small white and pink rose. She sighed and turned to leave but almost as an afterthought turned and picked up the rose to put in her hair.

(HIVE Five HQ)

Jinx came in the sliding doors shivering and soaked to the skin. It had started raining a few minutes into her journey home and she was definitely going to have a cold later

"Hey Jinx, why were you out so late?" Mammoth asked from his position half inside the refrigerator. Jinx pulled a towel out of the cabinet and wrapped it around herself

"I met up with someone." she whispered taking the rose out of her hair and holding it tenderly, after a moment the other teens in the room glanced over at her. Seeing the rose Gizmo growled

"You met up with speed feet? Did you at least give him a mark or two?" Jinx didn't answer; she just trailed out of the room towards her own quarters. The others looked at each other

"What's eating her?" Billy Numerous wondered aloud. Several copies of him appeared and they all scratched their heads

"I dunno she's been acting kinda funny ever since Madame Rouge showed up." Gizmo said thoughtfully. But everyone shrugged and went back to their earlier activities.

Jinx sighed as she pulled a midriff purple shirt and a pair of black jeans. Her dress was thrown in a corner along with her boots. She winced as she undid the careful bandage on her arm. It wasn't stained very badly and the cut didn't look to deep. Good thing she's had her tetanus shot only a few months ago

"Why does everything bad happen to me? It's not fair! I just want to be a normal girl and have a normal life!" Jinx slumped on the floor and leaned against the bed. A few tears escaped her eyes but the rest she shoved away. Emotions such as sadness were useless. Slowly she stood and picked up the white and pink rose that lay on the desk. She held the blossom to her nose and sniffed the faint sent. Kid Flash's smiling face crossed her mind and she opened her eyes half expecting him to be standing in front of her.

Why did he want to be her friend? They were opposites. He was Yin and she was Yang. Good and bad could never be together.

But still… on some level she did want to be friends with him. He was everything she had every wanted to be. Happy and always doing the right things

"Jinx?" a soft voice whispered. She whirled around and found herself pressed into Kid Flash's chest. She blushed angrily and backed away a few steps

"What are you doing here?" she demanded. The speedster placed a gentle finger over her lips hushing her

"I wanted to apologize; for following you around all the time."

"You mean for being a stalker?" Jinx snapped

Kid Flash chuckled lightly "I guess so. So… I'll see you around." he leaned against the wall but before he could vibrate through it Jinx grabbed his arm

"Wait… why do you follow me around like that? I'm a bag girl remember?" Flash smiled and shrugged

"I dunno… you're different. Sure you're a villain and all but…" he paused then shook his head

"But what?"

Flash stepped closer to her and gently grabbed her upper arms. Jinx looked up at him. She couldn't yell or jerk away. His blue eyes held her captive

"Truth is Jinx, I really like you." the speedster whispered. His lips touched hers gently. Jinx's eyes closed and her knees almost gave way. Kid Flash slowly broke away. For a moment he cringed as if waiting some kind of blow from her. When none came he opened his eyes and stared at her

"So… are you gonna hex me or something?"

"No."

Jinx looked up at the speedster then at the floor "Why did you kiss me? We could never… be anything. We're from two different worlds."

"Maybe, but that doesn't mean we can't try to be something." Flash ran his hands over her bare arms causing a shiver to go up the young witch's spine

"Flash, please don't. I'm a villain and you're a hero. The Titans would probably-."

"I don't care. I love you Jinx."

Jinx's mouth dropped a little. Her heart skipped a few beats. Kid Flash… loved her?

"What?"

"You heard me Jinx. I love everything about you. I can't help it. Every day I think about you and I want to see you. That's why I follow you around."

"But… I… we can't. My team would kill and ask questions later." Jinx protested

"Then we'll keep it a secret."

Jinx started to protest again but stopped. It was possible. If they kept it a secret from both their teams maybe…

Her thoughts were cut off as Kid Flash kissed her again. She gave into the warm feeling in her chest and returned the kiss.